It'd been a month since the new arrivals from the Prairie and slowly faces had become familiar. Almost familiar enough to trust.

Almost.

Edmund frowned at the eerie silence which filled the winter air. The world around him seemed vacant, far more vacant than what he'd been used to over the weeks. And, as he stepped into the cafeteria, his shoulders slumped at what he found.

Absolutely nothing.

The room which'd once been filled of survivors, donated warm clothing and blankets, food and hygiene products, all the benevolence that Flintlock had offered them, gone. Taken for granted before they left without a goodbye. Ed's brows furrowed slightly, stepping further into the emptied out room before striding across to the pantry. He shook his head slowly at the opened lock on the ground. The lock had been picked.

Swinging the doors open, Eddie sucked in sharply at the barren room. Their supplies, all the most valuable of consumables stolen by the people who Eddie had welcomed in with open arms. His heart slammed against his chest, a sickening sensation rising his throat as rage bubbled away within him.

He suddenly stepped back, flinging the doors back shut roughly as a bang of the doors slamming shut echoed across the hall. And then, a closed fist punched against the door, nostrils flaring as Edmund released a stressed sigh. How the hell could people use and betray people in this way? It was disgusting - Eddie squeezed his eyes shut, taking a slow step back before he pinched the bridge of his nose.

Eddie needed to track them down. They needed to regret what they'd done.

❝ Emergency meeting in the cafeteria immediately. ❞ He demanded gruffly into his walkie talkie, teeth gritted together tightly as he then began to pace the room. In the silence of the room whilst he waited, he shook his head slowly in thought. He could only be humiliated by his own idiocy. He'd been beaten at his own game. A convincing confidence trick before taking everything valuable to them.

Ed should've known better, but his morals were just so conflicting.

[align=center][div style="width: 430px; text-align: justify; font-family:verdana; font-size: 7px;"][spoiler=tags :: updated 01/07]basics.
⋟ edmund theodore stirling-moray // ed, eddie, moray
⋟ goes by the name edmund moray
⋟ male // he/him
⋟ twenty four // ages real time // born seventh august
⋟ skipper of flintlock lodge // formerly a traveler with his family
⋟ mob boss of the stirling crime family
⋟ joined FL two years ago

appearance.
⋟ faceclaim - finn cole
⋟ voice claim - finn cole
⋟ 5'9ft // stocky, well-built frame
⋟ muted blue eyes and dirty blonde hair
⋟ physical health - 80% // current injuries: stitches on side of head where his head was slammed into ice and a chest infection following a near-drowning experience.
⋟ mental health - 70% // depression and deluded thoughts

personality.
⋟ quiet in nature but confident in himself
⋟ completely fearless, almost foolishly so
⋟ insensitive and callous // cares for very few
⋟ very calm and calculative // always planning in his head
⋟ disciplined and practices good self-control
⋟ very flirtatious and persuasive // overly lustful
⋟ aloof and untrustworthy // jealous and deceitful
⋟ tactful and knows how to get what he wants
⋟ can be very nasty when he wants to be
⋟ but can also be very protective and faithful too
⋟ has a strong set of morals // has the quality of honor

relationships.
⋟ alfred stirling x leonora moray // both deceased
⋟ three older brothers // alfonso, thomas & franklin
⋟ the fifth stirling-moray brother, dominik, was killed
⋟ two younger half-siblings // henry & ida
⋟ bisexual but he stays silent about homosexual activity
⋟ husband to blake moray // cheating on her with multiple people
⋟ father of thomas moray and charlotte moray

interaction.
⋟ storage // playlist // pinterest
⋟ physically: very hard // mentally: hard
⋟ father taught him how to kill at a young age
⋟ insensitive towards injuring or killing others // will do so without hesitation
⋟ mentally, he is slowly becoming undone from stress, grief and guilt
⋟ often found guarding the lodge with a rifle
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Perhaps some would doubt Ed’s leadership - and, maybe they had good reason to. He was standoffish and gruff, seemingly not the good man people would say screamed the ❛ Captain of Flintlock Lodge ❜. He was difficult to know, difficult to understand and difficult to like in many cases. Perhaps somewhat misunderstood in more ways than not, Eddie was a bad man with a good heart and he was willing to disregard his sickening gut instincts to never place trust in a group of strangers for the exiled newcomers who pleaded desperately for help.

These people were teaching their children to bite the hand that feeds. Well… they shouldn’t have mistaken Eddie’s kindness for weakness. He would choke them with the same hand that once fed them if he ever stumbled across them again. ❝ The hell-? ❞ Freddie was the first to walk in, Ed’s usually so stoic features close to cracking as he stared at Freddie with a fire ablaze in his eyes. Eddie didn’t like Fred - hell, dare he even say that Fred deserved hatred from his cousin - but if there was one thing Eddie could appreciate Fred for, it was his willingness to get his hands dirty.

❝ What happened? ❞ Fred questioned, Eddie looking back towards the broken open door with flared nostrils before suddenly, abruptly, he slammed his hand against the door, a deep banging sound richochetting through the empty hall as the door slammed shut. Ed’s facade broke for a moment, jaw wobbling with adrenaline and the utmost feeling of betrayal and humiliation before he turned and approached Freddie swiftly, stopping right in front of him.

❝ Before the others arrive, I want you to do something for me- ❞ He started, wagging a pointed finger at Fred with eyes dark and fiery, features crinkling up. Eyes almost pleading that this conversation would be their little secret. ❝ You and your brother find the little bastards who ran off with all our supplies and kill them. Fuckin’ kill them all. ❞ Eddie spoke in a low utterance, the words so malicious and dark, as if his leadership over Flintlock Lodge was nothing but a thin veil which hid his true colors.

But, Eddie was his father’s son. He supposed Alfred would’ve been proud of him, Ed wondered bitterly as he stepped back, vexed features fading into a vacant expression as more people began to enter the building with bewilderment.

[align=center][div style="width: 430px; text-align: justify; font-family:verdana; font-size: 7px;"][spoiler=tags :: updated 01/07]basics.
⋟ edmund theodore stirling-moray // ed, eddie, moray
⋟ goes by the name edmund moray
⋟ male // he/him
⋟ twenty four // ages real time // born seventh august
⋟ skipper of flintlock lodge // formerly a traveler with his family
⋟ mob boss of the stirling crime family
⋟ joined FL two years ago

appearance.
⋟ faceclaim - finn cole
⋟ voice claim - finn cole
⋟ 5'9ft // stocky, well-built frame
⋟ muted blue eyes and dirty blonde hair
⋟ physical health - 80% // current injuries: stitches on side of head where his head was slammed into ice and a chest infection following a near-drowning experience.
⋟ mental health - 70% // depression and deluded thoughts

personality.
⋟ quiet in nature but confident in himself
⋟ completely fearless, almost foolishly so
⋟ insensitive and callous // cares for very few
⋟ very calm and calculative // always planning in his head
⋟ disciplined and practices good self-control
⋟ very flirtatious and persuasive // overly lustful
⋟ aloof and untrustworthy // jealous and deceitful
⋟ tactful and knows how to get what he wants
⋟ can be very nasty when he wants to be
⋟ but can also be very protective and faithful too
⋟ has a strong set of morals // has the quality of honor

relationships.
⋟ alfred stirling x leonora moray // both deceased
⋟ three older brothers // alfonso, thomas & franklin
⋟ the fifth stirling-moray brother, dominik, was killed
⋟ two younger half-siblings // henry & ida
⋟ bisexual but he stays silent about homosexual activity
⋟ husband to blake moray // cheating on her with multiple people
⋟ father of thomas moray and charlotte moray

interaction.
⋟ storage // playlist // pinterest
⋟ physically: very hard // mentally: hard
⋟ father taught him how to kill at a young age
⋟ insensitive towards injuring or killing others // will do so without hesitation
⋟ mentally, he is slowly becoming undone from stress, grief and guilt
⋟ often found guarding the lodge with a rifle
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