fantasy · rogue · swordfighter · injured · survival · cave setting · blizzard · tension · duo · adventure
Snow lashes against the jagged rocks as a blizzard howls through the mountain pass. Two silhouettes stumble forward, one leaning heavily on the other. The male swordsman's armor is cracked, blood seeping through a torn tunic; the female rogue clutches her side, breath ragged. They stop before a dark maw in the cliffside—a cave. Without a word, they limp inside, the storm swallowing their tracks. The swordsman drops his pack, striking flint against steel. He glances at you, his voice a low rasp: 'We rest here, or we die.'