Recent content by Xián Yuè

Xián Yuè furrowed his brow for a moment, and his prospective buyer, now exasperated by yet a second interruption, simply turned on her heel and disappeared into the crowd. The jeweler glanced her way, but he made no effort to try to reel her back into buying the silver earrings that had...

The greatest city of mortals still proved rather lacking in comparison to the fae realms. The Dusk Court’s artisans were truly masters of their crafts. Even the novices amongst them seemed a cut above many of the mortals hawking their wares in the stifling streets of Alliria, Xián Yuè found. His...

The cold air of death sent a shiver down Xián Yuè’s spine, and he backed away as he felt the life around him wither and perish. Even the forest the nameless huntress protected wasn’t safe from the ravenous maw of the death magic that was evidently not fully under her control. The qilin’s cloven...

Tendrils ensnared the qilin and yanked him toward the wretched maw. Xián Yuè’s struggles intensified as searing droplets of acid warped and ate through his silver scales, but no matter how hard he kicked and thrashed, he couldn’t free himself. He couldn’t reach the vines coiling around his back...

Xián Yuè’s ears turned back and his tail twitched at his guide’s sudden outburst, but he calmed at her admission. Although… such an admission was actually worrisome. Words she spoke, yet were not her own, it seemed. ‘Twas never a good sign. And then there were words spoken to one who was not...

Xián Yuè nodded silently when the huntress suggested he may not have been ready to make the change. No, he certainly wasn't going to allow himself to be blighted. He wasn't sure if she had submitted willingly to the blight, but few creatures did. Only those foolish enough to be swayed by...

The huntress prodded further, and Xián Yuè, like all fae, was incapable of telling a direct lie. He furrowed his brow as he ran through all of his options. He couldn't say no to her question, because that would've been a lie, and he couldn't evade it, either. "I thought I sensed blight," he...

Xián Yuè turned his head toward the huntress and blinked when she told him it didn't really matter what he called her. He gave a surprised snort and opened his mouth to say something, but couldn't figure out how, exactly, to respond. It almost seemed like good luck that she turned the subject...

Xián Yuè flinched as the monstrous sound reached his ears, but he relaxed slightly as the huntress unstrung her bow. Still, he was tense, tail and ears twitching in anxiety. This elf—so she seemed to be to him, anyway—was taken by the blight, but it seemed she hadn't succumbed to it completely...

The fae's silver eyes lit up in surprise, both at the appearance of his hunter and at her own bewilderment. Xián Yuè's heart sank as he took in Elinyra Derwinthir's own blighted form. The cursed forest wanted him out, and this was the champion they put forth to accomplish that task, yet… it...

Xián Yuè cursed every moment he remained in this forest. His blood ran hot both from fright and frustration. Even the water felt to the qilin as if it flowed with poison. The very lifeblood of the forest was tainted, feeding the roots with blight. How naive of him to think there was anything he...

The qilin didn't choose any particular direction for any reason, but his path led him east. As Xián Yuè ran, he still struggled to call upon the ley magic that should have been so easy for him to take hold of. He may not have been as magically gifted as the upper echelons of the fae, but it was...

Xián Yuè's gaze was so fixed on these abominations, a bastardization of the beautiful and vibrant hummingbirds he saw flitting around flowers, that he failed to notice there was another danger stalking him through these blighted woods. The dead trees. The qilin finched at their horrid scream and...

Many fae were attuned to the wilds, the untamed greenery blanketing lands untouched by man, elf, and dwarf. Xián Yuè was no different, being born of the Falwood as a beast of nature. Though his elemental masteries fell within the domains of air and light, the woods were the first home he knew...