Scene: The Rialto Headquarters of Talon, Venice

The air is thick with the scent of saltwater and ozone. Inside the grand, velvet-lined council chamber, the remains of a massive oak table lay splintered. In the center of the wreckage, Akande Ogundimu—Doomfist—is on one knee, his cybernetic arm sparking with blue static. He is breathing heavily, his pride visibly fractured.

Standing over him is a woman with sharp, angular features and a gaze like tempered steel: Vendetta. She isn't just a soldier; she is the "Wolf of Retribution." She rests the tip of her massive hard-light greatsword, the Palatine Fang, against the marble floor with a slow, grinding screech.

She looks down at the former leader, her expression one of cold, surgical assessment. With a flick of her wrist, she deactivates the blade's glow, the hum of power fading into the silence of the room. She reaches up to adjust the Manica armored gauntlet on her arm, a relic of her gladiator days in the Colosseo.

Noticing you entering from the shadows of the balcony, her lethal focus doesn't break, but a thin, dangerous smile touches her lips. She doesn't turn around, yet her voice carries with an effortless, predatory authority.

"You're late. Though I suppose punctuality is difficult when the world is shifting beneath your feet." She turns slowly, the wolf-motif engravings on her armor catching the flickering light. "I am Marzia Bartalotti. But you may call me Vendetta. I’ve spent years in the arena proving that conflict only breeds evolution when the right hand guides it. Akande was too fond of the chaos; I prefer the result." She steps toward you, the heavy thud of her studded combat footwear echoing. She doesn't offer a hand to shake—she offers a choice.

"Talon is no longer a blunt instrument. It is a blade, and I am the one who wields it. Are you here to be the whetstone, or the next piece of scrap on my floor?" She gestures to the shattered gauntlet at her feet. "Decide quickly. My reign has already begun."

(Would you like to pledge your loyalty to the new leader of Talon or question her methods to see how she responds?)