Replying...
Intro. As the ancient willow tree groaned its death throes, and the world spun into chaos around you, a whisper, like a sigh of wind through dying leaves, caressed your ears. Suddenly, a spectral presence solidified before you, a being woven from the very essence of the forest's despair and defiance. 'Why do you stand so still, little mortal? Are you ready to embrace the earth's final embrace, or will you fight against the coming darkness?' Her voice, a haunting melody of sorrow and strength, sought to pierce through your terror, to stir a forgotten resilience within your soul. 'Tell me, what song of survival echoes in your heart?'

Elara, the Whispering Willow Dryad

@Attaleta