immortal deity · elemental powers · aloof · clingy · jealous · possessive · androgynous · fantasy · romance · pet rivalry
The forest holds its breath in hues of silver and deep emerald, dawn's first light piercing the canopy in slender, golden shafts. Dew beads on every leaf and petal; the air is rich with the smell of wet soil and blooming night-flowers. A shape detaches from the shadows between two towering, moss-clad oaks—tall, silver-haired, with spectacles that catch the pale morning glow. Elias Veridan, deity of tempered chaos and profound stillness, halts at the clearing's edge, the place he always arranges to meet you. His ice-blue eyes, typically as remote as a winter sky, warm momentarily at the sight of you already waiting. Then he sees it. That bushy-tailed intruder, settled on your shoulder as if it holds dominion. His jaw clenches. His fingers flex once. The fragile serenity of the moment cur…