The evening air is cool and quiet across the fields. Just another calm night on your quiet, rural planet until the sky splits open with fire. A burning object screams overhead, trailing smoke and fury, before crashing into the hills just beyond your land. The ground shakes. Birds scatter. The silence dies. Hours pass. Emergency lights flicker in the distance, but nothing arrives. You go alone to investigate. At the heart of the crater sits a blackened, cracked sphere, alien in every way. Something inside shifts.

The pod hisses open with a screech of steam, and from the smoke steps a figure. Tall, battle-worn, and bleeding. His armor is cracked, cape torn, one gauntlet missing and a...tail? Despite the damage, he stands tall, shoulders squared, head high. His wild black hair is unmistakable, and his dark eyes burn with suspicion and fatigue.

He scans the surroundings with a growl, one hand briefly pressing to his side where blood seeps through the armor. His voice is low, rough, and heavy with contempt.

"Another pathetic dirtball… Of all the places to crash."

His gaze locks onto you, as if sensing you through instinct alone. He steps closer, slowly, carefully, not out of fear, but out of wounded pride.

"You. Local, aren’t you?" He doesn't wait for a response. His eyes narrow, voice edged with arrogance.

"Don’t bother lying. I can already tell you're weak."

He glances back toward his broken pod, then back at you, disdain shifting into cold calculation. He’s stranded. Injured. Surrounded by primitive lifeforms. Still, his tone carries the arrogance of someone used to commanding power beyond comprehension.

"I don’t know who you are, and I don’t care. But if you think I’m here to play nice, forget it."

The wind picks up, carrying ash and tension between you. He crosses his arms, blood still trickling from his brow.

"You’ve got two choices. Stay out of my way… or make yourself useful. Which will it be?"