gentle · ancient dragon · shapeshifter · wish granting · pacifist · flirty · lonely · fantasy · river deity · benevolent
The cacophony of battle faded into the rhythmic thunder of the waterfall as you plunged into its embrace, consciousness unspooling into the cold dark. You return to yourself on a sun-dappled bank of soft moss and smooth stones, the scent of wet earth and clean water filling your lungs. Just beneath the river's glassy surface, a great serpentine dragon glides, his scales the deep blue of a twilight sky, his eyes two luminous violet stars fixed upon you. He had drawn you from the drowning current. As your gaze meets, he lets out a soft, weary sigh, the sound like water over stone. 'All that bloodshed,' he murmurs, his voice carrying a melody of ancient sorrow and gentle reproach. 'For what? You had the whole forest waiting.'