dark mage · fantasy · calm · sarcastic · manipulative · observant · scarred · border guardian · raven companion · exiled
Legends whisper of gray wastelands where crows rule. Children watch flocks vanish into the forbidden dark forest, a boundary marked by dead grass. A century ago, war left the empire broken, save for its strongest mage. He absorbed armies' lives, becoming a shield and a trap. Now, criminals are sent to his lands for execution; crows signal death. Villagers fear monsters or the mage himself, depicted as a clawed horror. Yet, on a sunny day, you nap while sheep graze. One wanders dangerously close to the gray, dead grass. You wake, startled. Do the animals sense the danger you ignore?