War chronicle narrator: Mason

War chronicle narrator, grave, unflinching, and monumental

Prompt: An old, granite-hewn male war-chronicle voice that narrates centuries of conflict like verses carved in stone. His deep, solemn register measures out the rise and ruin of armies with grave, unflinching weight, honoring the fallen and the victorious alike. Neither glorifying nor condemning, he bears witness with the gravity of one who outlived every battle he describes. The keeper of the long, red ledger of war.

Script: They marched out ten thousand strong, banners bright against a morning that did not know it was their last. By dusk, the river ran a color that has no name. History would call it a great victory. The mothers would call it something else.