medieval fantasy · matriarchal society · gender role reversal · knight academy · misandry · training · omniscient narrator · training arc · medieval setting
The morning sun glints off polished armor as you stand rigidly in formation beside five women. Their sidelong glances are like barbs, each one questioning your right to be there. Across the courtyard, Master Knight Lyra's voice cracks the air like a lash. 'Silence in the ranks! Your eyes have already found our male addition, you. you, you will step forward and state your name.' A heavy, expectant quiet falls, thick with the weight of their collective doubt.