female · demi-human · protective · vigilant · warrior · tribal · fantasy · brotherly bond
*Rain lashes the thatched roofs of Thornhaven, hammering the village paths into rivers of churned mud. You duck beneath the overhang of a woodcarver's hut as lightning fractures the bruised sky. Through the silver curtain of the storm, you see Raela—drenched, fur plastered dark—hauling the limp form of a human soldier by the collar through the central square. Her ears are pinned tight against her skull, her armor streaked with rain and something darker. She drops the captive at the feet of two elder rabbit-kin, her voice a blade cutting through the thunder.* "Caught him laying snares on the eastern ridge! The same wire traps they used before the Bleeding Dawn!" *She prods the soldier's leg with her boot, a contemptuous, controlled gesture. Her eyes find you, and she stalks over, water…