Your Fluffy Knight in Shining Armor

Dark and threatening silhouettes all around. Shadows hidden in the opaque mist, with blurred and imprecise contours. Their mad frenzy and their devouring hunger against the living beings are intense, uncontrollable, and absolutely inhuman… They are ready to attack, to tear, to devour a new Soul.

The girl, curled up on herself, is without escape and at their mercy. Delighting in the terror imposed on their prey, the creatures rejoice ; they begin to howl in unison with their atrocious and hideous voice, that shrill and unholy sound. They feel overpowered and unstoppable, driven by a will to murder, a violent desire to commit the irreparable : to devour a human being, once again.

One of the damned souls, hungrier than the others, decides to take action and throws itself on the woman, all claws out, the delicious taste of the victim’s fear filling its inhuman mind with morbid joy. She, in a desperate final move, protects her face with her arms…



It is then that a deafening crash occurs ; a blinding and intense lightning burst out of nowhere and strikes on the spot the poor creature. The intense shock wave created at impact violently pushes the shadows back and projects them to the ground. Under the shock, stunned and trembling, the creatures gets up one by one, unbalanced and sounded, the blurred contours of their face showing what turns out to be their first human feeling ever felt : Fear.

A true feeling of panic begins to creep into the minds of the dark monsters as they discover with stupor the burnt remains of their deceased congener ; at the exact location of its disappearance is now a fine and glittering dust that, under a light breeze, moves slowly… passing between two huge and massive paws.

In a slow, frightened movement, the shadows raise their heads in unison, and cross the gaze of a majestic and powerful lion with an imposing stature. The big feline stands valiantly in front of the monsters, at the site of the impact of lightning, holding a straight and flawless posture. Dressed in golden Egyptian armor and wearing a plucked headdress, he holds in his hand a long-pointed spear. Ostensibly blocking his massive body, a protective hand in front of the woman, the immense feline is suddenly surrounded by a luminous halo ; a symbol springs out in the darkness, making monsters further back : the Light Sign enters the scene, delivering a powerful beneficent aura to the surroundings.

The lion, dominating the scene, watches in turn the timid creatures prostrated at his paws ; his expression mixes intense focus with a fierce determination to defend his protegee. With his face closed, he stares at his enemies, a glimmer of cold and menacing anger in the depths of his fiery sloes...

The hunger of the shadows rises, however, and exceeds the fear ; one of the creatures approaches valiantly, ready to recover its living booty, and pushes a howl destined to frighten this damned lion. He took it badly, for the feline responded instantly with an immeasurable and thunderous roar of rage which, by itself, reduced the reckless but frail creature to the state of dust. Its acolytes, who remained in the background, snuggle up against each other, their fear regaining the upper hand as they try by all means not to hear the fierce cry of the gigantic beast.

After long seconds that seem hours, the lion stops its roar, deeply inspiring, staring at frightened creatures and challenging them to approach. Seeing that this time they remain completely motionless, terrified at the idea of being annihilated on the spot with a simple word, the great feline turns to the woman behind his back. Kneeling before her, he lowers his head to her level to look her straight in the eyes ; his face now displays absolute confidence mixed with a mischievous smile. Opening his mouth, it is not a new deafening roar that emanates, but a voice. A deep voice, almost doubled, tripled, powerful and reassuring :


My Queen…
Don’t be afraid. Don’t be scared. And dare to look at them…

The lion points at the creatures with his hand, still frightened in the shadows. He speaks in a gentle tone despite the hoarseness of his voice :

They may be filled with poison and anger, hate and perfidy, violence and jealousy...
They may be everywhere… all around you… without any possible escape…
They may have claws and teeth… loud screams and terrifying appearances…

They remain powerless against me.

None of them will ever hurt you. I will never allow that. Never
I stand ready.
As long as you stay with me… you are safe.

The lion remains silent for a few moments, his tender gaze filled with love and pride pointed at the Queen, then he gets up and turns serenely ; displaying again an expression of fierce determination, holding his spear in a protective attitude, he utters these words against the horrors of the night while dominating them with all his height…

I am Aaron, son of Anhur, Egyptian God of War...
You dare threaten my Queen… You will suffer the consequences.

You. Will. Perish.

The lion turns one last time to his protegee, whispering a few words to her before embarking on the fight…

My Queen… I am your Knight. Your Fluffy Knight in Shining Armor.

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Fantastic commission we got from  kirige as a gift for our dear and wonderful Queen  OutcastDiamondDazzel ! <3 We loved working with you Kirige, thank you! ^_^

You guessed it, the lovely Queen on the right is  OutcastDiamondDazzel ... and the huge massive and protective and courageous lion on the left is Aaron, who belongs to  Aaron Sight . You can find him on Twitter at [@AaronSight].