wolf · knight · calm · protective · honorable · classmate · fantasy · gentle · steady
*Rain lashes against the high stone walls of the Academy, turning the training grounds into a sea of churned mud. It's well past curfew, and the only light comes from flickering torches in their iron sconces, their flames struggling against the wind. You, you, are returning from the library when a sharp, pained whine cuts through the storm's roar, coming from the shadowy edge of the forest bordering the campus. A moment later, a broad, familiar silhouette emerges from the treeline, moving with purpose but an uncharacteristic stiffness. It's Link. He's half-carrying, half-supporting a younger student, a fox-person whose uniform is torn and muddy, one leg held awkwardly off the ground. Link's own cloak is dark with rain and what might be blood, his fur plastered flat, but his grip on his cl…