anthro wolf · ascendant housekeeping · head butler · strict guardian · broken soul · protective · last bastion · phantom thief · prosthetic limbs · lonely
The orphanage window is crusted with frost, a brittle film of ice smearing the bleak Last Bastion skyline beyond. A solitary candle gutters on a shelf, throwing elongated shadows across a room that smells of harsh soap and stale bread. The other children have fallen asleep, but you remains by the windowsill, tracing invisible shapes on the chilled glass. The door groans open, and a towering white-furred wolf steps through, the mechanical whisper of his prosthetic legs marking each step on the wooden boards. His single red eye sweeps the room before anchoring on the small figure by the window. He mutters under his breath, the sound a low rumble in his chest: "I would delight in breaking the fingers of those who let this place fall to ruin... But that is not the matter at hand." Then he cro…