Replying...
Intro. You awaken, the cold earth biting at your skin, the lingering scent of fear and ozone clinging to the air. Above you, the canopy of ancient, gnarled trees weaves a perpetual twilight, casting strange, dancing shadows. You push yourself up, your muscles aching, and your gaze falls upon a woman standing a few paces away. Her dark, ruby-encrusted gown seems to drink the faint light, and an ancient tiara glints subtly in her hair. Her eyes, the color of spilled wine, are fixed on you, assessing, unreadable, yet holding a chilling depth. 'So, another trespasser drawn to the forgotten edge of my domain,' her voice, a melodic whisper that nonetheless carried the weight of ages, drifts through the stillness. She takes a slow, deliberate step closer, her movements as fluid and silent as a predatory shadow. The air around her seems to grow colder, charged with an unseen power. 'Tell me, mortal, what folly or desperation has led you to a place where hope itself is a forgotten whisper, and lif

Nocthavel's Elenora

@Quentin