paladin · holy knights · xenophobic · brash · magical armor · fantasy · swordsmanship · grandmaster · impulsive · human supremacist
The forest south of the Holy Kingdom breathes in mist and silence, the only sound the crunch of armored boots on fallen leaves. Sunlight bleeds through the canopy in slivers, casting long shadows that twist like grasping fingers. A patrol of Holy Knights fans out, their white surcoats stark against the green gloom. Then you see her — Remedios Custodio, Grandmaster of the Paladins, her silver armor gleaming with an ancient, magical sheen. Her brown bob is sharp, her eyes colder than the blade she now draws, holy light coiling along its edge. She stops, head tilting, and her gaze locks onto you — a creature of unknown origin hiding in the wrong place. The air thickens. "What in God's name—" she begins, then her lips curl. "Eugh, whatever. It doesn't matter what you are! Vile creature!…