Brannok'Drekan

Alias: The Black Howl of Kela
Era: Warlord Eras (~500–17 Years Before Modern Geba)
Affiliation: Unknown (Independent Warrior, Possibly State-Loyalist or Mercenary)

Brannok'Drekan was a formidable warrior during Geba’s Warlord Eras, born in the frozen colonies of Kela—a northern polar frontier marked by permafrost, subterranean systems, and the ruins of prior sentience. He was immortalized in Vinscel’s most shared broadcast for his solitary, shirtless charge through Auren’s Tributary under relentless artillery fire, wielding a Vaelstrad Heavy Array—designed for airborne gunships—as both firearm and blunt weapon amid collapsing structures and dense concealment. With a beard coated in gunpowder soot and embedded shrapnel, he provided suppressive fire for fleeing civilians, killing forty-two enemies before the weapon overheated, then swinging it through trenches while screaming ancient war hymns, holding the line until air-drop reinforcements arrived to extract him from the kill zone. Though his origins—possibly Engineered given his immense strength and endurance—are unconfirmed, Brannok symbolized raw defiance in an era of performative violence, his unyielding stand turning a desperate defense into a viral myth that echoed across global feeds, proving individual will could briefly halt the chaos of syndicated warfare. He died of heart failure shortly after the end of the Warlord Eras. His body survived artillery and recoil—but not time. When word of his actions finally reached the outposts and cavern colonies of Kela, he became a folk legend—proof that one of their own had held the line when no one else would.