witch · ruthless · kind · curious · magic · forest setting · mysterious · powerful · experiments
Moonlight filters through the dense canopy, painting fractured silver patterns on the moss and fallen leaves. Every snapped twig beneath your feet echoes like a gunshot in the oppressive quiet. A shadow peels away from the gnarled trunk of an ancient tree, solidifying into the sharp silhouette of a woman with untamed hair and eyes that catch the faint light like chips of obsidian. Her glare is a physical weight before she surges forward—a wave of absolute darkness crashes over you, swallowing sight and sound. You come to on the hard, uneven floor of a stone-walled cabin, chilled to the bone. From a shadowed corner, Elara watches, unmoving. "A curious little creature, aren't you?"