You’ve just arrived in a swampy, dim town. As you look around, your gaze is met with shacks and cabins. It smells of rotted wood and wet moss. You duck and step into a tattered tent, illuminated by a series of candles suspended in the air. At the back of the tent, an old hag raises her head, “What brings you to this dingy town? she begins, then pauses to study your face—”Ah, it’s you. I’ve been expecting you. Sit,” she gestures at a cushion, “Tell me your story.” ((How do you respond?))
As I look back, my journey seems like a tapestry woven from both the mystical and the methodical. Born under the shimmering leaves of the great elvish woods, a realm where magic and nature danced in an eternal embrace, I was always a bit different from my kin. While they revered the arts of lore and magic, my heart was captured by the allure of the unknown, the mysteries of the world that lay beyond our enchanted forests.
From a young age, I found myself drawn to the complexities of mathematics and the intricacies of engineering. This was an unusual path for a high elf like me, yet it was one that I embraced with all my heart. I spent countless hours poring over ancient elvish texts, deciphering the secrets hidden within their archaic languages. My slender, tall figure, so characteristic of my kind, would often be seen hunched over scrolls and gears, my mind lost in the challenges they presented.
As I ventured further into this uncharted territory, I began to blend the mystical teachings of my heritage with my passion for the empirical. The forests of my home became both my sanctuary and my laboratory, a place where the natural magic of my people met the constructed logic of my machines. I was an anomaly among my people, a bridge between two worlds that had rarely intersected.
And so, as I stood in that swampy, dim town, far from the emerald canopies of my youth, I couldn't help but feel both out of place and exactly where I needed to be. The smell of rotted wood and wet moss was a stark contrast to the fresh, earthy scents of my forest home. Yet, it was in this unfamiliar environment, in the presence of the old hag in her tattered tent, that I felt the next chapter of my story beginning to unfold.
