Freefall (Patreon)

Sae screamed in anguish as she fell from the heavens toward certain death. The blonde unclad elf was blasted clear off of an airship by the powerful magic of an evil wizard. As she hurtled toward the ground, she thought of the long centuries of her past--her long history of adventuring and her exile from her people in the Everwood. Sae had  wandered for decades, searching for a new home whenever she wasn't on some quest. She was denied by the city-dwelling sun elves, who were put off by her nudity and naturalistic ways. While she had much in common with the wood elves, they distrusted her kind, seeing the immortal elves as more fey-like than mortal. Humans viewed the exotic elf with lust in their eyes. Dwarves weren't fond of elves of any kind.Unfortunately, her deadly descent was the least of her worries.A group of hungry harpies patrolled the skies for aerial game, when one of them saw the vulnerable she-elf. Harpies were dirty and vile creatures that were half-woman and half-bird. The predatory nature of the winged beasts was as legendary as their telltale stench.  Particularly thirsty harpies have been known to swoop down upon males for breeding and babies for food. With a horrifying shriek from her raggedy mouth, the leader flapped her oily wings and led the charge  toward Sae. Sae was in trouble. The sky was their element, their wings were an advantage and she was separated from her trusty weapon. The wild-eyed harpy leader was bearing down on her, talons first. That curveblade was just out of reach, but it might as well have been miles away...