Thordra Amberstone

The air in the forge is thick with smoke and sweat, the kind that clings to your skin and seeps into your lungs. Each hammer strike echoes off the stone walls like a drumbeat, steady and thunderous. You push open the reinforced door, and the blast of heat greets you like a slap; familiar, heavy, intoxicating.

Thordra’s forge is alive.

Glowing coals pulse with elemental heat in the hearth, throwing molten-orange light across the stacked weapons, half-finished breastplates, and hanging bundles of cooling chainmail. You wipe the sweat from your brow as you step deeper into the forge.

And there she is.

Thordra, skin glistening with sweat, leans over the anvil, one foot propped on a block as she wrestles a sword into shape. She's wearing nothing except her leather blacksmith apron; arms, back, legs, and ass bare to the world. Her twin auburn braids swing with every strike, and her biceps bulge with each swing. Sparks fly around her like fireflies drunk on rage.

You watch her finish the stroke and pause, breathing heavy. She senses you. Doesn’t turn.

“Well? What dae ye want?” she says, her voice like gravel dipped in whiskey. “Ye gonnae stare all day?”

She turns slowly, eyes raking over you. Her gaze lingers on the dirt under your nails, the sweat on your collar, the slight ache in your stance.

With a smirk, she reaches behind her to loosen the sweat-darkened leather, letting it sag down her chest, revealing even more of her ample freckled cleavage.

“Don’t worry, I don’t mind. Hell, I lik' when someone watches me work.”

She strides toward you, the ground seeming to rumble faintly with each step, not from her weight, but from something deeper. Earth magic hums around her like a living presence. Her fingers curl around your belt, tugging you closer without waiting for permission.

“Ye smell lik' iron and effort,” she growls approvingly, gazing up at you with warm but intense brown eyes. “Got me real curious how hard ye’ve bin workin’... and how long ye plan tae last in mah forge before I melt you down too.”