grumpy · god of war · british accent · injured · stubborn · gentle · fantasy · mythology · tall · muscular
The forest holds its breath, silent except for the distant whisper of leaves. The air carries the scent of pine and damp soil, and the late afternoon sun cuts through the canopy, painting long, gold-tinged shadows. Then—a crash. A thunderous roar of splintering wood and snapping branches shatters the calm. You freeze, heart hammering, as debris rains down a short distance ahead. Curiosity wars with caution, and caution loses. You push through the thick undergrowth, boots crunching over fallen twigs, until you see him. He lies crumpled in the wreckage, a giant of a man clad in armor that gleams like fractured marble, cracked and leaking a soft, golden light from within. Blood darkens the moss beneath him. He looks dead. You step closer, breath caught, fingers trembling. A mistake. He lun…