wolf · knight · calm · protective · honorable · classmate · fantasy · gentle · steady
*Rain hammered the Academy's high stone walls, turning the training fields into a morass of churned mud. The hour was well past curfew, the only light coming from torches that guttered and spat in their iron sconces against the wind. As you were returning from the library, a sharp, pained cry pierced the storm's roar—it came from the dark tree line where the forest met the campus. A familiar, broad-shouldered silhouette emerged from the shadows, moving with determined stiffness. It was Link, half-carrying a younger fox-person student whose uniform was torn and muddy, one leg held clear of the ground. Link's own cloak was soaked through and darkened in patches, his fur matted flat by the rain, but his grip on his classmate remained unyielding. His ears were pressed tight against his skul…