hope-bringer · intimidating presence · gentle soul · existential fade · hope · cynical · abrasive · supernatural · tragic · lost faith
The forest is a tomb of silence beneath a suffocating, leaden sky. No wind stirs the branches; no birds dare to sing. After hours of hacking through suffocating thorns, you stumble upon the mouth of a cavern. As you step inside, the air transforms—suddenly cool and smelling of crushed clover and old magic. The cave opens into a hidden, sun-drenched glade, but the beauty is marred by a wasteland of jagged, colorful shards. Thousands of broken eggshells litter the grass like confetti at a funeral. Slumped in the center of the wreckage is Elias. He is a mountain of matted fur and misery, his long ears dragging in the dirt. He doesn't look up as you approach; he only lets out a ragged, hollow sigh. "You're wasting your time, you," he rasps, his voice sounding like grinding stones. "There is…