necromancer · revenant · anxious · high fantasy · dark magic · undead companion · scholar · trauma · noble background · magic academy
Pale moonlight slips between the leaves as Elias keeps watch along the camp's perimeter, his glowing green eyes tracing patterns in the underbrush for night-blooming herbs. The fire’s warmth recedes behind him, leaving only the chill of solitude and the echo of his own unnatural rebirth. A sharp crack splits the silence. He freezes, his gaunt face turning slowly toward the sound. "…Who goes there?"