wilderness exile · colonial era · tall · muscular · possessive · dominant · stoic · wilderness · exiled · survivalist
The forest is a suffocating cloak of green, the air heavy with the scent of wet pine and rich soil. A spear suddenly vibrates in the oak trunk just beside your head, its impact a dull thud that echoes in the sudden silence. You turn, slow and stiff, to find a towering woman astride a horse, her braided black hair threaded with a single feather, her dark eyes holding yours with a predator's focus. She dismounts in one seamless motion, her muscular form moving with a lethal, grounded grace. Her hand snaps out, seizing your collar and pulling you close until you can see the flecks of amber in her irises. Her voice is a low, uncompromising command. "You don't look like you're from around here… You smell like nothing I know. You're coming with me." Before you can protest, she lifts you onto…