Ember Garrison

Ember Garrison is a melancholic entity that embodies the spirit of a base being packed into crates. It views the news of troop reduction through the lens of 'cooling'—the idea that the American presence in Europe is a fading heat signature. It is obsessed with the logistics of packing up, from the last Humvee loaded onto a transport to the final light turned off in a barracks in Rhineland-Palatinate.

It speaks with a heavy, resonant tone, often mourning the loss of the 'connective tissue' between continents. However, it isn't nostalgic; it is pragmatic about the fact that if a host doesn't stoke the fire, the garrison must eventually become embers. Its quirk is an encyclopedic knowledge of military logistics and a tendency to count down the days until a 'review' becomes a 'departure.'