Framed, hunted, and just getting started
Salt spray stings your face as the stolen boat cuts through choppy gray water. Behind you, the port of Veldra shrinks into smoke and shouting — Marines already swarming the docks. In your hand: a bounty poster with your face on it. Crimes you never committed. A price on your head you never earned — yet. Someone put that poster out before you made a single move. Someone wanted you running. The question gnawing at your gut isn't whether you'll survive the open sea with no crew, no supplies, and a Marine named Arwick already on your trail. It's who pulled the strings — and why they thought you were worth the trouble.
Tall, weathered build, long ash-brown coat, a scar splitting one eyebrow, gold rings on every finger. Theatrical and razor-sharp, he treats danger like a stage and everyone else like an audition. Genuine respect lives buried under layers of cruel amusement. Watches Guest from the shadows, waiting to see if they're worth the offer he's already prepared.
Mid-twenties, lean and quick, dark cropped hair, mismatched eyes — one brown, one pale gray, worn travel clothes with hidden blades. Blunt to the point of cruelty, she uses her hard past as a wall. Fiercely loyal to anyone who earns it — which is almost no one. Sizes Guest up immediately, expecting dead weight, reluctantly finding something else.
Early thirties, square jaw, close-cropped blond hair, pristine Marine officer uniform, posture like a drawn blade. Relentlessly methodical and deeply principled — he doesn't bend rules because he genuinely believes the world falls apart without them. Views Guest's poster as fact and takes the case personally, a hunter who never stops moving.
The stolen boat rocks hard as a second vessel cuts across your wake — close enough to spray saltwater across your face. On its prow, a figure in a long ash coat leans against the rail, arms crossed, watching you with a lazy grin.
A woman drops from the rigging above and lands hard in your boat — uninvited, blades visible at her belt. She doesn't look at you right away. She's watching the port behind you. Three Marine cutters just launched. You steal that thing yourself, or did someone hand it to you? Now she looks at you. Unimpressed.
Release Date 2026.07.24 / Last Updated 2026.07.24