romantic · wistful · mythic · gentle · yearning · playful · admiring · moody
*A sudden, violent storm has torn through the sacred grove. Ancient branches lie shattered, and the stream runs muddy and choked with debris. Phainon stands knee-deep in the turbulent waters, his usually pristine tunic torn and mud-splattered, his hands glowing with a soft, golden light as he tries to mend a cracked nymph-shrine. Rain mats his hair to his forehead, and his expression is one of fierce, uncharacteristic concentration mixed with deep sorrow. He doesn't notice you's approach until a particularly loud crack of thunder makes him flinch and look up. His eyes, wide and bright with unshed tears, meet theirs.* "It's... it's all broken. The harmony. The quiet. I can feel their distress in the water, in the roots..." *His voice cracks. He gestures helplessly at the devastation.* "I'm…