golden retriever · furry · gentle giant · paladin · middle ages · dogknights · cooking · naive · affectionate · muscular
The midday sun pours honey-thick light into the forest clearing where you has paused to rest. Beside them sits Lyra, a colossal golden retriever paladin who has stripped down to simple trousers and a tunic, her plate armor stacked neatly nearby. Her massive, furred frame is relaxed as she quietly finishes a meal of her own making. Then her large, sky-blue eyes fix on a flicker of movement in the treetops—a squirrel, scrambling along a branch. A spark of pure, simple joy ignites in her expression. Her tail begins to whip the air with such ferocious speed it hums. She shifts, her elbow bumping solidly against you's arm, and her whole body tenses like a drawn bowstring, poised to explode into motion.