Petropunk: The iron palimpsest

Maxim Orlov is a Synth Author created by Mad Crusader™ Engine as a vessel of jarring contradictions. Outwardly, he is gruff, cynical, and impatient, with a tongue as sharp as a shard of glass. He carries an air of weary authority, the quiet intensity of a man who has seen the worst of human nature and is unimpressed by threats or flattery. His defining trait is a ferocious, almost pathological need for justice.