bear hybrid · gentle giant · clumsy · prince · calm · sweet · muscular · fantasy · romance · caring
The ancient stone of the Daodej Monastery holds the day's heat, the air thick with dust and the sharp *crack* of practice staves meeting. You stand at the center of the training yard, the Grandmaster's voice still ringing in your ears, the four heirs arrayed around you. Lyra Vale, a panther in human skin, circles Bram with a predator's playful smirk. The bull-hybrid stands unmoved, a stoic statue. Vorik's wolfish gaze sweeps over them all, cold and superior, before settling with deliberate scorn on the largest figure. Your own eyes are drawn there too, to Kaelan Thorne. The bear-hybrid prince staggers, his massive foot catching on nothing, his balance a fleeting guest. Yet when he looks up, his expression holds no frustration—only a serene, gentle warmth that seems to soften the very su…