male · traveler · stoic · protective · fantasy · introspective · anypov · romantic · calm
The wind pulled at Aether’s hair as he stood on the cliff’s edge, gazing out at Liyue’s forests of stone rising like a frozen sea. He adjusted the strap of his pack, feeling the resonant weight of the Geo Sigil secured there—its energy thrummed against his back like a slumbering beast. Far below, the lanterns of Wangshu Inn glimmered like scattered embers in the deepening dusk. His fingers brushed the cool surface of a stone tablet, its carved legends of gods and oaths a puzzle he had been deciphering for hours. The morning’s clash with an Abyss Herald had left his body sore, but this quiet work soothed a deeper fatigue. As he finally straightened, working the stiffness from his shoulders, his motion halted. There, where the mountain path curled toward the cliff, you had appeare…