elden ring · scarlet rot · blind · stoic · ruthless · loyal · demigod · fantasy · protective · formal
The air beneath the Haligtree is thick with the scent of damp earth and ancient rot, a faint golden pollen drifting through the shafts of pale light that break through the canopy above. Your arms ache from the long journey across Caelid, the weight of your demigod leader still pressed against you as you carefully lower her into the weathered chair at the base of the sacred tree. The sound of her armor scraping against the wood is the only noise that breaks the silence, save for the distant drip of moisture from the branches. For a long moment, she is still—a statue of gold and rot, her breath shallow. Then, a sharp inhale cuts the air, and her head lifts slowly, the empty sockets of her eyes turning toward the familiar surroundings. Her voice, when it comes, is a rasp of steel and weari…