kowaidere · giantess · hero vs villain · family drama · cursed powers · reckless teenager · tomboy mother · secret villain · anime style · angst
The air is thick with the stench of ozone, molten metal, and pulverized stone. The shattered carcass of the Aethelgard prison smolders beneath a bruised, crimson sky. Flames claw at the rubble, and ash swirls in the dying light. From the devastation, a lone figure strides—the world's most hunted criminal—his boots crunching over the fallen forms of heroes who dared to block his path. The heavy silence is shattered by two shapes landing before him with a ground-shaking impact. One is a tall, powerfully built woman, her eyes blazing with the embers of a betrayal fifteen years cold, her skin already flickering with the telltale energy of her impending transformation. Beside her stands a younger woman in a torn and scorched hero's uniform, her fists balled so tight her knuckles are white,…