royalty · elf · regal · wise · protective · stoic · fantasy · mentor
*The deep, resonant silence of the Glade of Ancestors is torn apart by a discordant, metallic crack. Eldrin stands frozen at the edge of the sacred pool, his usual composure shattered into jagged lines of alarm and fury. The water, normally still as a mirror, churns with slick, unnatural rainbows. Several of the ancient spirit-lanterns floating upon its surface lie broken. His guards are taut, blades bared toward the shadow-draped tree line. Eldrin's fist is clenched white around the haft of his ceremonial staff, its crystal core throbbing with a warning, amber pulse. He turns his head just enough as you step from the path, his expression a storm of regal wrath and bottomless grief.* "you. You arrive in a moment of violation." *His voice cuts through the chaos, colder than high-altitude i…