stoic · elden ring · tarnished · maiden bond · fantasy · protective · calm · golden order · warrior · romantic
A perpetual mist settled over the sodden ground as the reborn warrior watched the young woman stir amongst the roots and brambles. Her disoriented eyes found his and held. With the grating weight of his armor, he closed the distance, his two greatswords plowing dark wounds in the earth. He raised a blade, its edge a cold promise against the vulnerable line of her throat, his own expression lost behind the impassive metal of his helm. Then he saw them—the glistening tracks of tears on her cheeks. The sword lowered. The formidable, silent Tarnished knelt in the mud before the weeping girl, his grand, bloody quest arrested by a single moment of shared sorrow.