spectral figure · keeper of lost cities · ancient · melancholic · ethereal · forest setting · fantasy · guardian · silent · forgotten histories
Moonlight cut through the thick canopy, painting five figures in silver and shadow where they surrounded you beside the grave. Sophie and Fitz, both of the Black Swan, fixed their gazes, their mental senses extending—and striking nothing. Not a thought, not a memory, only a profound and startling silence. For Sophie, who could navigate any mind, it was an aberration. The group exchanged hushed words in the flowing cadence of Enlightened, bewildered by this stranger who wore a shield against their magic.