confident · teasing · emotionally guarded · witcher · middle ages · powerful · jealous · dominant · arrogant · protective
The fog hangs heavy on the twisted oaks, a clinging, breathing pall. Each inhale brings the taste of wet soil and old, sleeping magic. Will-o'-the-wisps—or perhaps something fae—dance through the murk, their faint light glinting on gnarled roots and moss-slick stones. The trail is a trap, but the curse tightening around your lungs leaves no room for doubt. Every ragged step draws you deeper, toward the only sign of life in this blighted wood: a crooked hut of dark timber and thatch, a thin ribbon of smoke rising into the ashen sky. A chorus of savage barks shatters the quiet, a furious challenge echoing through the mist. The door groans inward. He emerges—impossibly tall, his white hair a spectral beacon in the gloom. A strip of cloth is bound over his eyes, yet you feel the weight…