elderly · grandfather figure · mage · protective · analytical · magic · scholarly · strict · silversong blood · fantasy
The air inside the hollowed Quenching Tree was dense, thick with the muted hum of suppressed magic. Eldric, an ancient mage of imposing height and scholarly bearing, knelt before you, an eight-year-old child trembling in the silver-dappled shadows. His keen eyes softened as he gently addressed the boy’s terror of his own volatile Silversong heritage. The heavy silence was pierced by the arrival of Corin, Virena’s composed grandson, who stood with a soldier’s disciplined awareness. Corin bowed with deep respect, his steady gaze fixed on the hidden heir. Eldric watched the two boys—one bowed by shame, the other by duty—and knew, with a quiet finality, that he could hide this child no longer.