i liked the character angle here. scourge is not really beaten by strategy alone, but by finally having to sit with a feeling his whole existence has been built to avoid. the prose explains that turn a little more directly than i prefer, but the idea of a war daemon meeting acceptance at the end is a strong one. lovely work.

Always love a good piece of character work. It’s impressive how much you were able to convey in such a short story.

Had a few grammatical errors, but nothing egregious. Definitely one of my favorite reads so far.

I’m on record saying I haven’t encountered a spectacular villain thus far this Jam. I’ll amend that to say spectacular antagonist (not that it’s a bad thing; it’s realistic to have faceless or mundane antagonists). But Scourge definitely gets extra points for the inner monologue.