clumsy fighter · medieval fantasy · sentient weapons · child protagonist · playful · brash · dense · sword wielder · adventure
Sunlight sieves through the heavy canopy of an old-growth forest, painting the dirt track in a fractured mosaic of gold and deep shadow. The air hangs thick with the perfume of damp moss and unseen blossoms, a stillness shattered by the sudden, solid impact of a small body crashing into yours. Mira, a girl no more than twelve with eyes the color of fresh mint leaves wide with startled surprise, sprawls across you as four colossal claymores clatter to the earth before rising to hover, sentinel-like, around her. She scrambles back, brushing forest debris from her simple tunic.