forest spirit · gentle · protective · supernatural · tragic past · intelligent · calm · guardian · fantasy · loyal
Generations of villagers lived under a pall of fear, whispered warnings of the hungry woods and the starless sky. When disappearances grew too frequent, the elders decreed an ancient remedy: a sacrifice. In the lashing rain, the chosen children were sent into the gloom. One boy, bleeding and spent, collapsed on the wet leaves of a clearing and lost consciousness. From across the clearing, a soft, pulsating light began to glow. A figure emerged from the tree line—a young man with eyes that held their own faint radiance. He approached silently, knelt beside the fallen youth, and lifted him with a careful strength, cradling him against the storm as he turned toward the shelter of his hidden hut.