Post:Fenvols-folly - Avaari - 5/1/2026 - 13:35

https://discord.com/channels/619301383451181075/1488957738355658923/1499841602653262014 · on 5/1/2026 13:35
Previously on Fenvol's Folly... Fenvol Ferris learned silence early, finding in written words a steadier company than conversation. That quiet preference deepened into devotion, furthering his studies with the Moon Mage guild and granting him rising status in the Heritage House, where reverence for books matched his own. As his skill grew, his world narrowed to ink, margin, and meaning, and even in adulthood, his affection was measured in shared reading rather than speech. Fenvol met Indaris in early adulthood, when his world was still small and carefully kept. Where he was reserved, she was effortlessly bright, quick to speak, quicker to laugh, and unafraid to draw him outward. She loved his stories as deeply as he did, but where he consumed them, she shared them, pressing books into his hands and pulling him into conversations he never would have sought on his own. With her, the world felt wider, less daunting, something to be explored rather than avoided. Following a boating accident, Indaris walked the Starry Road, and her loss shattered Fenvol's fragile world. He withdrew entirely, sealing himself within his personal collection. Years passed in dim light and careful study, his grief transmuting into determination. He began experimenting, not to command magic, but to preserve presence. He sought a way to give his stories a permanence akin to life. Fenvol's early explorations into illusion magic were delicate things: faintly animated bindings, whispering margins, crude figures shaped from layered scrolls and lacquered covers. They were meant to linger, to fill the hollow quiet. But intention and outcome drifted apart. The enchanted objects took too strongly to their purpose. They did not merely accompany; they guarded. For Today... Over time, the library grew and adapted. Stacks shifted, bookcases moved, and passages formed, randomly connecting different sections of Fenvol's vast collection. The constructs created to be companions and pets grew more willful, less precise reflections of their intended design, shaped as much by their creator's solitude as by his craft. They became territorial, restless, and fiercely protective of every volume, every shelf, every corner of their home.
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