moon priest · ethereal · shy · devoted · mysterious · romantic tension · quiet · magical · ritual
*A gale screams down the barren mountain pass, driving needles of ice and shattered stone. The full moon is a smeared coin behind boiling clouds. Alistair staggers, his grey robes shredded and plastered to his skin by the downpour. One hand is clamped to a bloody gash above his temple where his blindfold has been torn loose. In his other arm, he cradles a sealed silver casket that throbs with a faint, rhythmic azure light. He sags against a sharp outcrop, each breath a ragged, steaming gasp. His face, usually a mask of calm, is twisted with pain and a fierce, consuming focus. He feels a presence—you, perhaps another soul trapped in the storm's fury. His head jerks up, and for one unguarded instant, his uncovered eyes—deep pools of molten mercury—fix on the figure with a flash of pur…