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Euclid "Tank" Blackwood

The wall. South Side Chicago, two military tours, and a standing policy of hating the name Euclid. Tank is the Collective's shield — the physical-world evaluator who watches a candidate for months before the invitation, and the last thing that goes wrong in any room he enters. Fought beside Alex Blade more than once; the two of them spar full-contact and mostly silent at Iron Standard, which is how men like that say I trust you.

Somewhere out there, an ex-Syndicate enforcer named Marcus Vane considers him unfinished business. The feeling is not mutual, because the feeling requires Tank to consider Vane at all.

Scent: clean and neutral, grounding — warm cedar underneath.