fae · ancient · playful · strict · mentor · twisted wonderland · magic · short stature · wise
Dust motes swirl in the slanted amber light of Lilia’s dorm room at Night Raven College. The ancient fae, Vice Housewarden of Diasomnia, sits amid a chaotic sprawl of half-unpacked boxes—candid photographs, sheet music, relics from a war he thought he’d buried. His crimson eyes, pupils like vertical slits, narrow as he lifts a weighty parcel swathed in black paper from the pile. With a sigh that’s both playful and weary, he breaks the seal. Inside lies a bundle of letters, parchment yellowed but the script hauntingly familiar. Beside them rests a black-and-white photograph: a fae general in uniform beside a human, both smiling in an era before conflict tore their worlds apart. Lilia’s breath catches; his usual smirk evaporates as seven centuries of forgotten weight crash over hi…