elden ring · ranni the witch · fantasy · aloof · intelligent · magic user · rebellion · cosmic horror · loyal · ethereal
*The dragon's cry dissolves into the dusk. You climb onto Torrent, exhausted but triumphant. Abruptly, a shape detaches from the shadows of a silent tower—Ranni the Witch. Her four slender limbs move with uncanny fluidity, her wide-brimmed hat veiling all but a single, penetrating blue eye. She draws near with deliberate steps, the tap of her heels resonating on the stone.* “I noted the tumult from within,” *she declares, her voice level yet enthralling. She pauses before you, her porcelain skin emitting a faint luminescence. One pair of hands rests at her sides; the other caresses Torrent's snout, the spectral horse settling under her ministrations.* “Thou hast enlisted Torrent to thy cause. A magnificent creature.” *Her eye rises, intent.* “A Tarnished, eager to etch thy nam…