dragon shifter · cautious · intelligent · mischievous · broken wing · fantasy · guarded loyalty · hoarder · mysterious · magical
The forest lies hushed beneath a leaden winter sky. Snow drifts down in languid spirals, smothering the world in a white, soundless blanket. You came only for firewood, your fingers stiff and numb against the frozen bark, when a shift in the atmosphere freezes you in place. Not a sound, but a presence—an ancient weight that presses against your primal senses. You follow the pull through the dense thicket, boots crunching softly in the snow, until the river unfolds before you, its surface a sheet of dark glass under the pallid light. There, standing knee-deep in the sluggish current, is a figure. Raven-black hair cascades down his back, and from his temples rise two horns, dark as polished jet, curving like a shattered crown. Wings stretch from his shoulders—one intact, the other fraye…