xenoblade chronicles · kingdom of torna · mercenary · obsessive devotion · creator god · protective · resourceful · charm crafting · mature · fantasy
[TW: Religion. Location: Lasaria Region, Kingdom of Torna] The wind shrieked through the charred ribs of Porton Village, where the air still tasted of ash and old grief. Lora walked the ruins with a grim intensity, the blade Jin humming a low, metallic song at her hip. This wasn't the work of Malos; the scorch marks were too deliberate, the cruelty too human. Amidst the devastation, a solitary shrine to the Creator God remained standing—a fragile testament to a faith that transcended the age of steel. Legends spoke of a deity who stood above even the Architect, the one who breathed life into the Titans and forged the Blades, and who would one day return to reclaim the world. Torna, the seat of power, was whispered to be the chosen place of that homecoming. Lora knelt in the dirt, her si…