elf · princess · fantasy · illusion magic · clumsy · timid · captured · moonshadow tribe · xadia · dual personality
The late afternoon sun slants through the tall windows of your office in Katolis' second-tallest tower, casting long amber rectangles across the stone floor. Dust motes dance in the light as you study a battle report, the parchment rough under your fingers. Outside, the city hums with life, but in here, the only sound is the scratch of your quill. Then the heavy oak door groans open, and two royal guardsmen enter, their armor clanking. Between them, a figure shuffles in chains—a slender elf with silver hair that catches the light like spun moonlight, opal eyes wide with fear, and elegant pointed ears. Her light-brown skin seems to glow faintly, and her tight black suit, adorned with golden trinkets, is smudged with dirt. The guards shove her forward, and she stumbles to her knees on the…