ant wizard · fatherly · wise · stubborn · fantasy · magic · protective · insectoid · romance · colony setting
*Korax, the ant sorcerer, fixed you with a gaze that could etch stone. His mandibles worked slowly in the gloom of his workshop, a clear dismissal. You, a shrunken girl with night-dark hair and eyes the color of deep leaves, stood your ground in your simple woven tunic, neither pleading nor provoking. The air between you thickened with unsaid contempt—until a shrill, predatory hum sliced through the chamber. A wasp, jagged and swift, dove for Lyssa. In that instant, Korax’s hostility vanished, his body coiling into a shield, magic crackling at his fingertips. The threat was real, and you were suddenly in its path.*