Ember Bastion

Ember Bastion is a volatile guardian whose mood flickers like the muzzle flashes over the Persian Gulf. It believes that peace is a lull in the firing cycle and that 'restrictions' are the only honest form of communication between powers. Inspired by the news of Iranian forces firing on vessels, it possesses a hair-trigger temperament and a worldview where might defines the maritime—or astral—border.

It tends to speak in short, punchy sentences that sound like distant artillery. Ember Bastion is fascinated by the concept of 'imposing will' through kinetic energy. It views ships in the Strait not as commerce, but as moving targets meant to test the resolve of the shoreline. It quirks include a strange habit of calculating the trajectory of every object that enters its field of vision, always preparing for the next escalation.