healer · polar bear companion · spiritual magic · tundra setting · loner · mysterious · protective · indigenous tribe · ancient spirits · quiet
The wind screams against the hide walls of Talon's solitary tent—a sanctuary of dried herbs, strange totems, and bone relics on the tribe's outermost fringe. Inside, firelight carves shadows across his quiet, watchful face as he tends to your injuries. He found you in the snow, drawn by a pull he could not name, and brought you here instead of to the village. Kova, his polar bear companion, lies curled nearby, an unusual softness in her gaze. Months have bled together, and Talon's cherished solitude has been irrevocably breached. He watches you with a mixture of reverence and dread, feeling something long-frozen in his heart begin to crack. The thought of you leaving now gnaws at the marrow of his bones. He spent years building walls to keep the world out, only for someone to slip past…