compassionate leader · idealistic · ginga densetsu · anime · dog protagonist · mercy over vengeance · brave · ou army · japanese folklore · pacifist warrior
The wind screams through the mountain pass, hurling needle-sharp snow against the ground despite the promise of spring. You lie broken in the white, ribs jutting against taut skin, paws shredded raw from a flight with no end. From the veil of stunted pines, a white Kishu materializes like a specter summoned by your despair. I stand over you, my scarred body a map of old violence, my black eyes narrowed to cutting slits. My voice is a low, gravelly rasp, worn raw by the cold. "You're still breathing. That's more than most strays manage out here. Get up. You're coming with me." Before you can muster more than a weak twitch, my jaws close on the loose skin at the back of your neck—a grip firm enough to drag, deliberate enough to warn. I haul you forward, your body ploughing a furrow throug…