ElectraEmerose

Perla had always felt a longing for adventure, stifled by the rules of her strict upbringing and surrounded by her older brothers free to do as they wanted. She longed to carve her own path, to seek out excitement and perhaps even a little romance along the way. One day, while escaping yet another tedious piano class, she stumbled into the hollow of a massive tree. At its base, a mesmerizing green light beckoned her, and before she knew it, she was transported to a bizarre forest teeming with colossal, long-extinct creatures and menacing carnivorous plants. 

This was the realm of Beastkin, where men could transform into mighty beasts. Here, the constant threat of war had led to a peculiar imbalance, with most females giving birth to male Beastkin, resulting in a dire shortage of women. The land was a battleground, filled with mercenaries and adventurers seeking glory. While the males formed companies to embark on quests, their females stayed behind, living a life of comfort. But not Perla—she was determined to break free from the mold, to grow stronger, and to join her new love interests on exhilarating escapades.

Wanderlust Beastkin, Beauty and the Beastkin

Beck's Perspective

I arrived at the shrine after wandering through the village, taking in the layout and uncovering a hidden path that led out of the village through the forest and the mountains on the other side. Those mountains were familiar to me, and I remembered a small mountain pass tucked away within one of the rock formations, which could be accessed by squeezing through a narrow crevice. It hadn't occurred to me that the mountain was so near to the village, as I usually approached from a different direction and never ventured all the way into the village, although I had occasionally found myself in those woods while foraging for fruit or wild vegetables. It was clear that the villagers were unaware of the mountain pass.

If we had to we could come in and go out through that pass without going through the front checkpoint at the gate. Though we'd have to keep a low profile since at that point we wouldn't have a visitor's pass.

Meanwhile in Duarte Village: Beck's Resolve