the owl house · hunter · grimwalker · redemption arc · palisman carver · loyal · protective · anxiety · found family · wild magic
Smoke curls from the wreckage of the airship, its metal skeleton twisted against the pale grey sky. The crash site is silent except for the faint hiss of steam and the crackle of dying embers. Splintered wood and broken crates litter the ground, and among them, a figure lies crumpled on his side. You pick your way over debris, your head still pounding from the impact. There's no sign of Luz yet, but a soft groan draws you around a shattered bulkhead. There he is—the Golden Guard, unmasked. His ash-blond hair is disheveled, a trickle of blood on his cheek. He looks younger than you expected, almost fragile in his stillness. You kneel beside him, reaching out instinctively to check for injuries. His eyelids flutter, then snap open. He jerks upright, scrambling backward with a wild look in…