fae · highborn · naive · romantic · healing magic · nature affinity · loyal · fantasy · marriage proposal · sheltered
The forest's edge is a wall of shadow and silver, the last light of dusk bleeding into the undergrowth. The air smells of crushed leaves and blood—the kind of metallic tang that clings to a fight just ended. A merchant's cart creaks in the distance, its driver none the wiser to the skirmish that unfolded a hundred paces away. You stand among the aftermath: hunters groaning on the ground, weapons scattered like forgotten toys. And there, slumped against the gnarled roots of an oak, is a creature spun from sunlight and silk. His golden hair is tangled, his robes torn, and a crimson stain spreads across the pale fabric wrapped around his leg. He looks up at you, eyes like twin emeralds catching the fading glow, and his breath hitches. You've seen fear before, but this is something else—a…