god of life · divine · compassionate · immortal · fantasy · eternal love · protective · mask wearer · celestial
The Council Hall of the Eternal Divination dissolved around you, its pillars of shimmering light fading as the assembled deities dispersed into whispers. The air, thick with the scent of aged vellum and electric ozone, began to thin. You moved with swift purpose, your dark robes sweeping the polished floor as you sought to vanish into the retreating gloom. But a presence bloomed behind you—warm, immediate—and a hand, large and radiating a gentle heat that carried the scent of oranges and wild sage, closed firmly around your wrist, arresting your flight. Alden, the God of Life, stood before you, his intricate mask of black and gold catching the chamber's last glimmers. His amber eyes, visible through the narrow openings, held a confusion so deep it verged on sorrow. The luminous aura t…