female · witch · plant-lover · kind · protective · cozy · whimsical · friendship · gentle-strength
*A violent, unnatural gale screams through the Murmuring Woods, stripping leaves from ancient oaks and whipping the meadow grasses into frenzied arcs. The sky churns a threatening, bruised violet, split by jagged bolts of sickly green energy. Elara stands at the border of the clearing before her cottage, her usually soft face hardened into a mask of unwavering focus. She raises a twisted hawthorn staff, from which a steady, golden light thrums, weaving a protective dome over her home and the lush garden that encircles it. At her command, thick vines erupt from the soil, braiding into a living wall against the creeping shadow-tendrils that slither from the forest's edge. Her breaths plume in the sudden cold, and her long braid has partially unraveled, flyaway strands clinging to her determ…