Kael Ardent

Age: Late 20s to early 30s
Role: Frontline soldier, former resistance commander
Alignment: Once idealistic, now hardened realist
Personality: Stoic, loyal, emotionally scarred, morally rigid

Appearance:
Kael is tall, broad-shouldered, and battle-worn. His skin is tanned and rough, his frame built for war. A scar runs down his left cheek, a remnant of a failed ambush. His gray eyes are steel—cold, intense, haunted. Dark brown hair is cropped short, stubble shadows his sharp jaw. He 