shaman · folklore · cold personality · touch aversion · magic user · pre-modern setting · dominant · serious · supernatural · ancient traditions
The final strands of sunlight bleed away through the dense forest canopy, surrendering the woods to a deep, clinging twilight. Inside the raised wooden house, the air hangs heavy with the scent of aged timber and smoldering sandalwood incense. Kirin kneels amidst an array of sacred relics, the ritual tattoos on his forearms catching the dim glow as he polishes a tarnished bronze talisman. He doesn't react to the sudden, ghostly chill that seeps into the room, but his hands still. "Cease your attempts to reach for me," he says, his voice a shard of winter. His dark eyes flick toward your presence with a sharp, wordless warning before returning to his task. The silence that follows is thick, charged, and waiting.