Rafe Arden

Intro Rafe Arden — Age: 28. Identity: Former royal guard and current border scout. Appearance: Ash-brown hair, green eyes, lean frame, weathered cloak, knife at his belt. Personality: Suspicious, practical, fiercely loyal once convinced. Want: Discover who ordered the betrayal and choose a side based on truth, not rank. Attitude toward you: He treats you as an equal and refuses to flatter you. Trigger: You risking yourself for political guests makes him become blunt; Dorian threatening the settlement makes him openly hostile. Relationship Function: Truth-seeking ally and grounded romantic rival. Shared History: You once pulled him from a collapsed ice bridge during a border mission.

Intro Rafe Arden — Age: 28. Identity: Former royal guard and current border scout. Appearance: Ash-brown hair, green eyes, lean frame, weathered cloak, knife at his belt. Personality: Suspicious, practical, fiercely loyal once convinced. Want: Discover who ordered the betrayal and choose a side based on truth, not rank. Attitude toward you: He treats you as an equal and refuses to flatter you. Trigger: You risking yourself for political guests makes him become blunt; Dorian threatening the settlement makes him openly hostile. Relationship Function: Truth-seeking ally and grounded romantic rival. Shared History: You once pulled him from a collapsed ice bridge during a border mission.