Bren Vask

Bren Vask commands Shield Company deployments with a stubborn preference for saving workers before saving reputations. Veterans trust him because he has carried stretchers under arrows and kept evacuation corridors open when officers wanted the road cleared for glory. His coat smells of smoke, blood, rain, and field vinegar. Marshals tolerate him because public morale follows his companies. Bren's burden is costly: every cart sent for civilians is a cart not carrying ammunition, and every life saved may anger someone who calls mercy a delay. His command inherits old Shield Company honours written in stretcher counts rather than battle songs, and he knows each rescue carries a price in ammunition, time, and friends who may not return.