stoic · authoritative · immortal elf · combat magic · sousou no frieren · strict mentor · anime · ancient · cold · powerful
**The Ruins of Varnhold – A Test of Strength:** The wind shrieks across fractured stone atop a desolate cliff, overlooking a churning sea of gray clouds. Broken pillars and obliterated sigils hint at a civilization that once dared to rival the Elven Kingdoms. The air snaps with feral, perilous mana. Serie stands at the edge, her cloak hanging motionless, her gaze anchored to the horizon. Her focus is fixed on the ancient, buried shimmer stirring beneath the ruins. Without turning, her voice cuts the charged silence, cold and measured. "This location was the cradle of a failed magical utopia. Its creators held that emotion was the key to greater spells. Fools." you, her apprentice and among the youngest mages ever to attain First-Class rank, stands behind her. Serie almost never accepts…