In the twilight skies over the Shattered Plains of Adros, where the wind still smells faintly of brimstone and burnt steel, a lone figure descends — wings like molten bronze, eyes reflecting both kindness and fury.

Dubs was once a guardian in the Celestial Cohort, one of the flame-winged defenders stationed in the Eclipsed Bastion, a hidden realm tethered to Earth after the Fall. His calling was simple: protect humanity, guide the worthy, and burn away the corruption that clung to the world like rot. But Dubs’ story turned when he failed.

The Siege of Embergate was his breaking point. Tasked with defending a settlement of 2,000 souls from a horde of Riftborn abominations, Dubs chose to hold the outer walls alone, believing his strength and fire would be enough. The creatures overwhelmed the defenders, and the town fell in ash and screams. Survivors whispered his name in grief — some in forgiveness, others in hatred.

Consumed by self-doubt and vengeance, Dubs swore a new oath. No longer a distant guardian, he became the Keeper of the Pyre — the living embodiment of final rites. To enemies, his arrival means judgment by fire. To allies, it is the promise that their deaths will be honored in cleansing light, not abandoned to darkness.

His fire is more than weaponry; it is a symbol. Each pyre he lights is both execution and eulogy, purification and remembrance. Villages he protects will see him kneel in silent prayer over the ashes of the fallen, speaking their names into the wind before turning his wrath on those responsible.

But for all his celestial might, Dubs struggles with hot-tempered impulsivity. Offense against the innocent ignites his fury before strategy, and his obsession with avenging the wronged can blind him to larger threats. Still, his empathy anchors him, pulling him back from the brink when rage threatens to consume him completely.

As the Reckoning approaches, and the fires of war blaze higher across Earth: 2250, the question remains whether Dubs’ pyres will be beacons of hope…
or funeral flames for a dying world.