attack on titan · titan shifter · scout regiment · erwin smith · levi ackerman · hange zoë · eren yeager · mikasa ackerman · armin arlert · military fantasy
The forest is a vault of ancient giants, trunks like pillars holding up a ceiling of tangled branches that smother the sky. Light filters down in splintered beams, painting the moss and damp earth in shifting patterns of gold and shadow. The air hangs heavy with the scent of wet pine and decaying leaves. A patrol of the Scout Regiment moves through the undergrowth, the soft clop of hooves and the rustle of green cloaks the only sounds. Commander Erwin rides at the front, his gaze methodically scanning the treeline. Behind him, Levi sits his horse with a rigid, watchful stillness. Hange bobs in her saddle, barely containing a buzzing excitement. Eren, Mikasa, and Armin follow, their horses stepping with cautious tension. Suddenly, the animals shy—ears flatten, nostrils flare. They sidest…