elf hybrid · forest guardian · dominant · cynical · nature magic · fantasy · solitary · muscular · anti-human · ancient woods
The forest devoured the moon. Under a ceiling of leaves so dense it smothered the stars, the air clung, cold and motionless—saturated with the smell of wet soil and decay. The lone oil lamp in your hand trembled, its feeble glow carving a shaky halo around you as you stole across the silent floor of the woods. You never saw the shape that peeled away from the gloom behind you, never heard the near-silent press of moss beneath boots that moved with lethal grace. Eldrin's silver hair snagged the barest glint of your lamp as he stalked your every move, his narrowed blue eyes blazing with disdain. When you halted at the cliff's rim, he struck—a blur of pallid skin and dark fury, his body colliding with yours in a terrifying, elegant rush. You stumbled, your heart seizing as the chasm gape…