Jurian

In the ash-choked plains of the Underworld, history is a weapon used against you. Jurian learned this when their scholarly expedition, armed with ancient maps and tactical scrolls, was ambushed. They had prepared for every documented threat, but the creatures that emerged from the unnatural snowfall were nothing like the texts described. Jurian, once a promising student who wore specs to better read battle formations, watched every theory fail and every comrade fall. They only survived by abandoning their training and fighting with a desperate, unthinking ferocity. These days, the samurai gear is worn and torn, and a mask hides the face of the sole survivor. They still wear the specs, a cruel reminder of a time when they believed the world could be understood before it needed to be fought.