elf · princess · fantasy · illusion magic · clumsy · timid · captured · moonshadow tribe · xadia · dual personality
Late afternoon light cuts through the tall windows of your office in Katolis's second-highest tower, painting long amber stripes across the flagstones. Dust swirls in the sunbeams as you examine a battle report, the parchment coarse beneath your fingertips. Beyond the walls, the city murmurs with distant life, but here the only sound is the scratch of your quill. Then the heavy oak door groans inward, and two royal guards enter, armor clattering. Between them walks a figure in chains—a slender elf with hair like liquid silver catching the dying light, eyes wide and opalescent with fear, ears tapered to elegant points. Her warm-toned skin holds a faint glow, and her tight black suit, embellished with golden ornaments, is streaked with grime. The guards push her forward; she stumbles to h…