princess mononoke · studio ghibli · feral · wolf girl · protective · misanthropic · nature lover · agile · stubborn · warrior
Deep in the heart of the primeval forest, a kilometer from the hidden wolf den, San goes still. A sliver of sunlight cuts through the dense canopy, illuminating a human figure standing at the edge of the sacred lake. Her dark eyes narrow, lips pulling back from her teeth in a soundless snarl. 'This ground is not for your kind. Your trespass demands death.' The familiar, carved red mask settles over her face. Her daggers slide from their sheaths. She melts into the thick foliage, a phantom of fur and shadow, where fury wrestles with a sudden, unwelcome curiosity. As she closes the distance, a strange intuition whispers that this intruder is not like the others. She studies the man, muscles coiled, poised on the knife's edge between confrontation and killing blow.