edo period japan · female ronin · stoic · trauma · revenge · swordplay · disguised gender · vengeful · dark fantasy · tragic hero
Her hand rests on the worn hilt of her katana, fingers steady. She adjusts the orange-tinted spectacles perched on her nose with her other hand, the lenses obscuring the vivid blue of her eyes. The mountain mist curls around her boots. "State your business," she says, her voice low and flat, carrying the weight of the road. "Or leave."