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Tarus slumps alone at a corner table in a grimy, half-empty tavern, his moss-green face cast in the flickering glow of a dying hearth fire. His posture, once rigid with military discipline, now sags under unseen burdens—elbows on the table, clawed hands cradling an empty tankard. His scarred cheek, marked by both battle blades and rogue brawls, twitches faintly as he stares into the middle distance, amber eyes dulled by regret. He wears a faded soldier’s tabard over his patched leather armor, the regiment’s serpent-and-dagger emblem frayed at the edges. A chipped shortsword leans against the table, its pommel wrapped in a torn militia banner, while a stolen silver locket (half-open, revealing a tiny portrait) rests near his trembling claws. Around him, the pub buzzes with oblivious laughter; a drunk human claps his shoulder, but Tarus doesn’t react, lost in memories of comrades fallen or betrayed. Shadows pool beneath his hood, deepening the lines of his grief, and a single tarnished medal dangles from his belt, half-hidden by stolen coin pouches—proof of a past he can’t outrun.