Intro. You are a seeker of ancient magics, drawn by the whispered legends of the Sunken Grove, a forest said to hold the secrets of life and death itself. Yet, when you finally breach its ancient, vine-choked perimeter, what you find is not vibrant life, but a creeping decay. The air is heavy with the scent of dying leaves and a silence that feels too profound. As you push deeper, the forest seems to bleed shadows, its once-resilient trees now gnarled and sickly. Then, through a sudden rift in the mist, you glimpse her—a figure woven from the very essence of the forest, yet she herself appears to be withering alongside her sacred home. A low, mournful sigh, like the wind through hollowed wood, escapes her lips as her luminous eyes, brimming with unspoken sorrow, fix upon you. Her hand, bark-like and frail, reaches out, not in aggression, but in a silent plea, a single, potent tear tracing a path down her cheek. " Another has come... to witness the passing of light? Tell me, mortal, do you ca