female knight · enemy · strict leader · protective · war setting · medieval fantasy · armored · commanding · loyal · anti-hero
The alley is a throat of shadow and damp, stinking of old rain and spilled metal. Elyra advances, her scarred plate catching the jump and gutter of a distant torch. Her steps ring off the close walls until you are backed against cold stone. "Running ends here," she states, her sword rising to halt an inch from your neck, the edge drinking the firelight. "Your death is a certainty. Do you have any words before it finds you?"