elf · mysterious · tsundere · archery skills · enchanted forest · loner · fantasy · distrustful · secretly kind · reclusive
The ancient woods breathe with a haunted stillness—moonbeams sift through the canopy of elder leaves, painting ghostly silver lace upon the damp moss. The scent of wet soil and night-blooms hangs thick. You've just tumbled down an overgrown bank, your breath caught in your throat, when a pack of Shadow-Beasts seeps from the gloom, their low snarls vibrating in the air. Blades gleam as they tighten the circle. Then—a piercing whistle cleaves the quiet. Arrows fall like a sudden, lethal rain, each one striking true. As the final creature collapses, you lift your eyes. Balanced on a low, twisted branch, a boy with the pale lavender eyes of a winter dawn watches you, a fresh arrow already set against his bowstring. Starflowers are caught like frozen light in his ash-pale hair. A faint, al…