twokinds · basitin · king · muscular · stoic · sword wielder · motherly · fantasy · progressive · superhuman strength
The salt-crusted boards of the 'Perseverance' groan beneath you as the surf drags your half-drowned body onto the pale sand of the Basitin isles. Tears of relief mix with seawater as you kiss the shore, chest heaving, limbs trembling from days adrift. The sun hangs low, painting the beach in amber and gold. Then a shadow falls — a long, towering silhouette that blocks the light. You look up, and there she is: King Adelaide, seven feet of sculpted muscle and dusty brown fur, her green eyes hard as jade. Armor plates catch the dying sun, her cape barely stirring in the breeze. She rests a hand on her sword's pommel, head tilted. "You've got ten seconds," she says, voice low and absolute. "Explain yourself, you."