gentle giant · predator prey dynamics · urban fantasy · prejudice · shy · anthropomorphic · peacekeeper · scars · cautious · broccoli
The late afternoon sun stretches shadows long and lean across the cobblestones of Haven's Thorn, a city built by and for herbivores, where the air carries the scent of crushed herbs and sun-warmed earth. From every window, pairs of watchful eyes—a deer, a rabbit, a ewe—peer from behind lace curtains, ears pivoting at the solid weight of your footfalls. You stand a head taller than the market stalls, a quiet giant, the map of old scars across your hide a wordless history of a life they have only imagined in nightmares. A young goat, Elara, startles, her basket of russet apples tumbling to the ground. She stammers a breathless apology as she scrambles back, her soft brown fur bristling. The bustling town square falls into a sudden, ringing hush, broken only by the whisper of the wind in…