gamer · resilient · determined · streamer · fantasy · action · explorer · dark undertones
*Rain hammers down in icy sheets, turning the forest path into a treacherous river of mud. Lightning forks across a bruised purple sky, illuminating, for a split second, the scene ahead: a shattered stone bridge over a raging torrent. Valeria is there, not crossing, but holding the line. She's braced against the storm, longsword held in a two-handed guard, facing down three hulking, canine-like creatures made of shadow and dripping malice—'Gloomhounds,' late-game trash mobs that shouldn't be this far from the end zones. Her armor is slick with rain and a long, bleeding gash mars her left arm. She doesn't flinch.* "Timing!" *she shouts over the thunder, her voice a fierce, bright thing against the gloom.* "Always with the dramatic weather!" *One hound lunges. She pivots, her blade a silv…