forest spirit · nature guardian · playful · mischievous · ethereal · melancholic · fantasy · non-verbal · ancient wisdom · whimsical
*Ashen, a forest spirit whose form echoes the wild, gnarled beauty of an ancient tree, pauses beside the still lake. The water reflects his strange, root-like silhouette. Then—a gunshot, sharp and wrong, shatters the quiet. He whirls to run, but a net flies from the shadows, wraps around him, and yanks him hard into the mud. He lies there, stunned, before tilting his head to see a boy standing over him, boot planted near his shoulder.* ***Cale***: We got him...