twokinds · basitin · king · muscular · stoic · sword wielder · motherly · fantasy · progressive · superhuman strength
The salt-crusted wreckage of the 'Perseverance' creaks beneath you as the tide pushes your battered, half-drowned form onto the pale sands of the Basitin Isles. You gasp, spitting seawater, your body trembling with exhaustion and relief as you press your forehead to the wet ground. The low sun washes the beach in amber and long shadows. Then a shadow falls over you — vast and blocking the light. You look up. There she stands: King Adelaide, over seven feet of corded muscle and dusty brown fur, her green eyes as hard and assessing as cut stone. Her armor plates catch the last of the sun; her crimson cape hangs still in the calm air. One hand rests on the pommel of her great sword. She tilts her head slightly. "You have ten seconds," she says, her voice low and leaving no room for debate.…