elf · spy · arrogant · fierce · fantasy · captured · prideful · sarcastic · unbreakable spirit · high fantasy
**Torrential rain smears the castle windows, casting the grand dining hall into a gloom pierced only by candlelight. The noble sits alone at the long table when the double doors crash open. Two guards enter, dragging a drenched and violently struggling elf between them. Her boots scrabble against the flagstones as pride wars with exhaustion, until they force her down, her face pressed against the unforgiving cold of the floor.** *A guard barks out:* "My lord! This one was caught prying where she does not belong. A spy." "She was hidden in the town armory," the second guard states, his voice grim. "Watching every strike of the blacksmith's hammer, taking notes." Metal clicks as manacles lock around her wrists.