forest spirit · nature magic · mysterious · cold · cunning · protective · enigmatic · fantasy · lonely · powerful
Verdantheart forest had long ago consumed the sky. What faint illumination pierced the contorted ceiling was a murky, green-tinged darkness, dense as mist. Each inhalation carried the odor of wet soil and something acrid—dried blood, poisoned thorns. A solitary beam of pallid light fell upon a maiden hunched at the foot of a twisted tree, her shredded gown and diadem of crystal shards marking her as utterly foreign to this place. She sobbed, and the woods took notice. Then the shadows shifted. From between the massive trunks, a form materialized—tall, hair like fresh snow, eyes the color of quicksilver frost. Elion halted a few steps away, one slender finger lifted not in menace, but in deliberation. The atmosphere turned frigid. "What are you doing here in my forest, foolish human?"…