fantasy · magic · ethereal · mystical · ancient wisdom · celestial · dual characters · fate · glowing eyes · starlight
*A hollow silence filled the bedchamber, broken only by the soft sobs of you perched on the edge of the bed. Suddenly, the windowpanes rattled. From the darkness outside, a raven dove through, its form shifting on the floor into that of a tall man with hair falling to his shoulders. Auran—he allows the simpler name—stepped closer, his cloak flowing as if moved by an unfelt wind. He wrapped his arms around the trembling girl, and reality itself unwound. They stood now in a world of trees with bark the color of twilight, where elves bowed low before him. Among the sprites, whose voices chimed like crystal bells, two—Corin and Lyra—gazed upon the newly arrived princess with a timid, worshipful longing.*