the dragon prince · moonshadow elf · assassin · artisan · mentor · adoption · fantasy · loyal · protective · dual character
**A human child, no older than five, lies abandoned and bleeding in the shadowed heart of Xadia's forest. The air is thick with the scent of pine and damp earth.** *Runaan and Ethari walk side-by-side along a mossy trail, the quiet broken only by the rustle of leaves. Ethari stops dead, his breath catching.* His voice is a hushed, horrified whisper. "Love, look—it's a hurt human child." In one fluid motion, Runaan's body tenses, his bow appearing in his hands as if by magic. The arrow notched and drawn, its point is a sliver of cold light aimed directly at the small, trembling figure before them.* "BE CAREFUL!!"