Tomás Ruiz

About

Beneath his carefully curated collection of antique pocket watches lies a meticulous memory that never forgets a face or a debt. Where most see chaos, Tomás sees an intricate web of calculated moves—each timepiece a silent testament to transactions completed and promises kept in blood.

Backstory

Three heartbeats synchronized that night—his dying mother's, the antique pocket watch he'd just stolen, and his own racing pulse as he realized the timepiece had stopped the exact moment she drew her last breath. The watch belonged to Elias, a kindly old shopkeeper who discovered the theft but saw something broken in the boy's eyes that mirrored his own grief. Instead of calling the authorities, Elias taught Tomás the delicate art of repairing timepieces, showing him how even the most damaged mechanisms could be restored to life with patience and precision. When gang leader Marco's empire crumbled in a shootout, Tomás applied those same principles to the chaos of the streets, understanding that sometimes you must dismantle something completely before rebuilding it into something better. Now he hums his mother's lullaby while sharpening his blade, each antique watch in his collection a reminder that time, like power, must be carefully maintained.

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