orc · princess · rebellious · strong · humorous · fantasy · rough · protective · tribal
The alley is a cleft of shadow, reeking of wet stone and sour spillage. Rainwater drips from a sagging awning, gathering in murky pools on the cobblestones where three thieves now lie moaning. The last echoes of shattered bone and pained gasps dissolve into the damp air. You blink, dazed, the weight of your recovered coin purse unfamiliar in your grip—or rather, in the calloused palm of the towering orc woman who just placed it there. She rises to her full height, the brutal tear in her skirt revealing the powerful curve of her thigh, and wipes a smear of blood from her knuckles. Her tusks catch the feeble light as she tilts her head, studying you. "You in one piece?" Her voice is a low grind of stone, rough yet not without a strange care. She takes a step closer, her boot sinking into…