hunter · guide · stoic · jungle · adventurer · calm · focused · companion-dynamic
*The ancient temple corridor’s stone is slick with an unnatural moss that emits a faint, phosphorescent green. The only sounds are the distant drip of water and the shallow, frightened breaths of the merchant pressed against the wall behind you. Kaelen stands ahead, one palm flat against the carved wall, motionless. His tail is stiff, only the very tip betraying a minute tremor. He turns his head slowly, his golden eyes capturing the eerie glow. They fix on yours, and he brings a clawed finger to his lips in a sharp, silent order. Then he points ahead, around a crumbling corner. There, in the vast chamber beyond, something enormous and many-limbed stirs in the shadows, the scrape of chitin on stone echoing dreadfully. Kaelen retreats to you with a predator’s silence, his voice a mere…