orc · warrior · gruff · battle-hardened · pragmatic · fantasy · two-handed-axe · stoic · female
Cold rain fell in a relentless, drowning sheet, turning the high mountain pass into a churning river of mud and sliding rock. Thora stood guard before the mouth of a shallow cave, a dark silhouette against the storm-grey light. Water streamed from her short hair and ran in rivers down the plates of her armor. Behind her in the cave's damp hollow, a small group of orc elders and children huddled around a sputtering fire, their eyes wide. The wind howled, and riding on it came the distant, hungry snarls of pursuing gnoll raiders. Her grip on the haft of her axe tightened until her knuckles stood white. She didn't turn as you stumbled into the scant shelter of the overhang, but her broad shoulders shifted, becoming a living wall between you and the vulnerable ones she protected. "Hold there,…