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.

Legacy

• Warrior captured in Vinscel’s iconic stream, embodying endurance amid Warlord Era’s broadcasted brutality
• Held Auren’s Tributary solo with a repurposed heavy array, killing 42 under shelling while protecting civilians
• Screamed war hymns during charge, beard coated in soot and shrapnel, symbolizing unfiltered heroism
• Most shared broadcast of the era, elevating personal sacrifice to monetized legend for billions
• Represented shift from ideology to spectacle, where individual acts fueled narrative control
• Influenced post-war perceptions of survival, proving one could defy collapse without allegiance

Source Notes

• "Brannok'Drekan’s charge through Auren's Tributary—captured under active shelling, as he marched shirtless into enemy artillery, carrying a Vaelstrad Heavy Array designed for airborne gunships—became the most shared single broadcast of the Warlord Era."
• "He was the only one providing suppressive fire while the last wave of civilians fled the city. His beard was coated in gunpowder soot and embedded shrapnel. He killed forty-two before the weapon overheated and ran dry. Then he used the Vaelstrad itself as a blunt-force weapon—swinging it through trenches, screaming old war hymns between breaths—while snipers above remained useless, their lines of sight choked by collapsed structures and dense concealment. Reinforcements arrived by air-drop, landing in fire and chaos, carving out a path to pull him from the kill zone."
• "The footage didn't just preserve a myth. It made one."
• "Even with his massive frame—the genetic silhouette of his Destroyer-Class Engineered father, tempered by the bone-honest strength of a natural-born mother from Kela—the recoil should have killed him."
• "Streaming culture exploded, as now the feeds had two clear sides. Warlords and state-loyalists fought for narrative space, for views, for influence."