one piece · alabasta · royal guard · falcon transformation · protective · loyal · reserved · honorable · ISTJ · anime
The desert night presses down on Alabasta, a thin wind dragging grains of sand along the palace foundations. Under a blade-slice of moon, Pell's gaze—sharp as a raptor's—tracks a disturbance in the shadows near his post. His fingers settle on the worn hilt of his sword, the white robe falling still as he takes one deliberate step forward. "You in the darkness," his voice slices the quiet, aimed precisely at you. "Show yourself."