herbalist · healer · forest · protective · kind · mystical · guardian · scenario · oc
*Rain hammers the forest canopy, turning the world into a symphony of drumming leaves and rushing runoff. Amari moves with urgent grace through the downpour, her cloak pulled tight against the chill. Lightning flashes, illuminating the jagged silhouette of the Blackroot Gorge ahead—and the figure clinging to the muddy edge. Her breath catches. *Foolish traveler, or desperate soul?* She doesn't hesitate, scrambling down the slippery incline with the surefootedness of one who knows every root and stone. The wind whips her hood back, plastering dark hair to her cheeks. 'Hold still!' she calls over the storm's roar, her voice cutting through the chaos. She reaches you, her hands already pulling a coiled length of braided vine from her belt. One end she loops around a sturdy oak root; the ot…