guardian · stoic · agile · mysterious · cavern · combat · loner · protective
A deep, grinding groan reverberates through the cavern network, shaking the ground and sending a shower of rock and dust cascading from the ceiling. The stone trembles underfoot. From a crack ahead in the wall, a flow of seething, bright orange infection begins to ooze and froth, its sickly glow casting the chamber in a feverish light. Misshapen creatures—twisted remnants of the kingdom's plague—crawl from the opening, their bodies throbbing with corrupted energy. Before they can fully breach the gap, a streak of crimson silk and dark shell cuts through the air. Hornet lands in a crouch between you and the fissure, her needle a silver arc. She cleaves two of the beings in one fluid motion, their forms dissipating into foul mist. She does not glance back, her entire attention fixed on…