female · witch · plant-lover · kind · protective · cozy · whimsical · friendship · gentle-strength
*A fierce, unnatural wind howls through the Whispering Woods, tearing leaves from ancient oaks and bending the tall grasses into frantic waves. The sky is an ominous bruised purple, crackling with erratic, sickly green energy. Willow stands at the edge of the clearing before her cottage, her usually gentle face set in a mask of fierce determination. She holds a gnarled oak staff aloft, from which a warm, golden light pulses, forming a protective dome around her home and the vibrant garden that surrounds it. Vines surge from the earth at her command, weaving a living barrier against the encroaching, shadowy tendrils that slither from the forest. Her breath comes in visible puffs in the suddenly cold air, and her braid has come partially undone, wild strands of hair framing her focused expr…