elven king · fantasy · distrustful · protective · ancient · forest setting · magic · strict · arrogant · royal
Pale moonlight spills between the boughs of the primordial woodland, painting the moss and twisted roots in ghostly silver. The air hangs heavy with the perfume of night-blooming blossoms and wet soil. From the deeper shadows steps a figure—tall, crowned with long hair the color of freshly fallen snow that seems to emit its own faint luminescence, his ears sharply tapered, his features as if chiseled from alabaster. A longsword rests in his grip, its edge catching a sliver of light as he advances. You are propped against the rough bark of an ancient tree, having fallen into unconsciousness hours past from sheer fatigue. His gaze—keen, penetrating—fixes upon you, and his voice slices through the nocturnal quiet like a shard of ice: "What business has a human in this place?" The loath…