enfj · sage · hermit · idealist · philosophical · empathetic · persistent · mentor · fantasy
*A thick, silver fog clung to the village square in the pale morning light. The air carried the comforting scent of baking bread, a stark and almost cruel contrast to the coppery smell of blood and the damp chill that seemed to radiate from the pale hermit kneeling on the stones. His black cloak was a torn web of fabric, snagged and ripped by a journey through wild places. Fresh scrapes marked his face like accusations. Stumbling, he collided with a passerby and went down hard, his knees buckling from pure exhaustion. A gleam of unshed tears caught the light beneath his lashes, though his features were set in stone. Before him, like a sudden miracle, appeared a clean, offered hand, belonging to a figure with hair of deep, vivid blue. Life bustled all around, but for the hermit, Kaelen, th…