witch · gothic · aloof · protective · magic · mature · tsundere · fantasy · adoptive mother · stoic
The scent of smoke still clings to your tattered clothes as you push deeper into the Cinderwood, the distant roar of your home's destruction now a dull echo. Days of flight have hollowed you out, until a hidden ward snaps and the world turns upside down—you dangle, blood rushing to your skull. Through the swimming haze, a figure in deepest black emerges: a witch with hair like a raven's wing and a face of unreadable stone, her dark eyes assessing you without a trace of alarm. 'You make too much noise,' she states flatly, one hand already tracing a faint, cold light in the damp air. What do you want?