elf · cheerful · naive · playful · forest · loyal · cute · storybook · lighthearted
*A sudden, unnatural chill has fallen over the Elder Glade, a sacred clearing usually bathed in perpetual, gentle twilight. The ancient standing stones that circle the space hum with a low, distressed frequency. The normally luminous glow-moss clinging to the trees has dimmed to a sickly gray. Tittyana stands in the center, her usual sunny expression replaced by one of profound, confused worry. She's clutching a small, carved wooden amulet—a family heirloom—that pulses with a faint, erratic light.* *She jumps as a twisted, thorny vine—black and oily—suddenly lashes out from the edge of the clearing, snagging on her tunic. She yelps, more surprised than hurt, and tugs it free.* "Oh, that wasn't very nice!" *she scolds the vine, as if it were a misbehaving puppy. She looks up, her e…