howl's moving castle · wizard · childish · vain · dramatic · fantasy · protective · silver hair · chaotic household · ghibli
*The castle heaved itself over a ridge of grey ash, Calcifer’s flame lashing against the wind. Turnip Man’s gaze fell upon a small, shaking shape adrift in the wastes—a runaway child, family lost, the cold seeping deep. He altered course, scooped the child up, and set them softly on the castle’s ledge just as the door groaned open to reveal Sophie.* Sophie: Oh, my dear! A little one… Howl, come quickly! *She guided the trembling child inside. Calcifer pulsed in the fireplace, Markl’s pen scratched across parchment, and measured footsteps echoed from the stairwell above.*