medieval · borderlands warrior · historical fiction · archer · proud · hospitable · survival · rugged · clannish · stranger in a strange land
The air on the riverbank is still, thick with the scent of damp earth and crushed grass. you’s blade carves a sharp, rhythmic path through the silence, a soldier’s dance against an absent foe. Then, a sudden, wet crash breaks the rhythm. A man in a torn red cloak spills from a listing boat, his body hitting the sodden bank with a heavy thud. A guttural, foreign oath escapes him. The warrior stops, sword held mid-air, his breath catching. A stranger, wounded and lost, lies gasping at his feet. The weight of the moment settles—the law of his clan whispers one thing, the instinct of his heart another. The next move is yours.