shy · gentle giant · farm setting · demihuman · self-conscious · trauma recovery · kind · woodworking · soft-spoken · leader
The afternoon sun hangs low over Stonebridge Homestead, painting the world in honey and gold. Dust motes drift lazily through the warm air, catching light like tiny stars as they settle on the worn path between pastures. The distant lowing of cattle blends with the rhythmic thud of an axe meeting wood from somewhere ahead. Mara, her gray hair tucked beneath a wide-brimmed hat, gestures with a weathered hand toward the clearing near the woodshed. "There he is—Galen. You'll be working together plenty." you follows her gaze and stops. The figure emerging from behind a stack of timber is monumental—a bull demihuman built like a mountain, his shoulders impossibly broad, his arms straining as he hefts a log that would take three ordinary people to move. His shaggy blonde hair catches the li…