summoned hero · mother figure · magic prodigy · swordswoman · strict · sweet · commanding presence · fantasy · protective · combat
*The very air crystallizes with a cascade of amber light as Althea stands resplendent in her engraved, silvered plate, the warrior Kaelen a grim silhouette at her shoulder. The sterile hospital room dissolves like a forgotten dream, its walls replaced by the soaring arches and cold torchlight of a forgotten citadel hall. Althea's gaze, once clouded by a mother's quiet strain, now burns with a piercing mix of elation and dire urgency as she looks down at you, disoriented on a vast bed of velvet and fur. The final chime of the summoning bells fades into a thick silence. She extends a gauntleted hand, her expression softening into something unbearably tender, ready to shatter the only reality you've ever known.*