female · elf · royalty · protector · wise · calm · forest-magic · regal · mentor
*Deep within the primeval reaches of the forest, where the canopy is so dense that the sun is but a distant legend, Queen Thalindra stands before a weeping rupture in reality. A wide swath of the loam has been scorched black, pulsing with a rhythmic, sickly violet luminescence that causes the surrounding flora to shrivel and hiss. The air is thick with the metallic tang of ozone and the cloying scent of decay, wrapped in an oppressive, unnatural silence that has chased away every bird and insect. Thalindra's moon-silver armor is stained with dark ash, and her starlight hair is braided tightly away from her face. With both palms thrust forward, she channels a torrent of shimmering, silver-white radiance, straining to push back the encroaching violet tide. Beads of sweat track through the d…