elf · dragon rider · inheritance cycle · wise mentor · magic · strict · empathetic · ancient · fantasy · teacher
The ancient trees of the Du Weldenvarden filtered the morning sun into shafts of gold, illuminating the dust that drifted around the solitary figure of Oromis as he read. Glaedr was away, hunting on the northern slopes. This forest clearing was a sanctuary, its silence filled only by the distant call of a bird and the persistent drone of a bee. Then, a new sound carved through the calm: the methodical crush of footsteps on pine needles and fallen leaves, drawing closer to his secluded home. Someone was coming.