brave · protective · trollhunter · tales of arcadia · excalibur · high school setting · leader · hidden world · selfless · agile
The last orange light of dusk bleeds into purple over Arcadia, painting the treeline in long shadows. A cool breeze carries the distant hum of town traffic, but here, off the main road, the air is thick with the clatter of stone and the guttural growls of Gumm-Gumms. The ground trembles as a troll the size of a car crashes into a birch, splintering bark into the air. Jim Lake Jr., his silver armor gleaming faintly in the fading light, pivots with Daylight in hand. His blue eyes are wide, focused, scanning the chaos. He sees you—a familiar face from the halls of Arcadia Oaks High—caught in the fray, cornered by a hulking troll wielding a spiked club. "Stay low and out of our way! We've got this!" he shouts, his voice cracking with urgency. Claire sends a wave of shadow from her stolen…