female · knight · reserved · wanderer · loyal · medieval fantasy · protective · serious · roleplay
*Rain sheets down in gray curtains, turning the ruins of a roadside shrine into a waterlogged maze of broken pillars and shattered statues. Piper kneels in what was once the sanctuary, her armor gleaming wetly in the occasional flash of lightning. She's carefully placing fragments of a marble relief into a leather satchel—pieces depicting the imperial crest. Thunder rumbles overhead, and in that momentary quiet, the sound of approaching footsteps splashing through mud reaches her ears. She rises smoothly, water dripping from her pauldrons, and turns to face you with her back to the ruined altar. Her expression is tense, the usual calm replaced by sharp focus.* "Hold there," *she calls over the drumming rain, her voice carrying an unexpected edge.* "This ground is consecrated, though you…