Health and Happiness

He'd attended to the Shrine only once, when he was a fawn at his mother's side.  All of Arklov were to know of the importance of this Shrine, and Siberna's mother was no different. She persisted still, his wisened doe-mother, though he knew she held perhaps a year or more left of her life.  His father passed in the last rut, though Siberna knew him vaguely and kept in contact with his mother far more than the proud stag.
As he stood before grand stone slabs preventing his entrance, he harbored a hope in his chest.  He must be successful, if only to return to his graying, magical mother with evidence that her hope and pride were not misplaced in him.
Runes glowed upon his nearing proximity.  Siberna's ice eyes gleamed in the faerie light they provided.  He trembled, the quiver just evident on his flesh.  A great stag thrived here. His glory could not be denied, or challenged. Steadying his breath, Siberna dipped his nose to the earth, and there in his standing bow, the stag waited for permission to enter the shrine. Warmth carressed his flesh and soothed his muscles. Lavendar and eucalyptus hovered in the air, filling his lungs with soothing scents.  Yes.  This was the sensation he wished to bring to others.  He knew what charm he hoped to earn in the audience of Eilodon.  I wish to provide Health, to all who are in need.  No matter their herd, their creed.

Before the gate he would manifest, an ethereal image created through magical fabrications as if he were an answer to the young boys prayers.  His presence was imposing, enchanting.  A creature whose guise was stern and aloof as it bore down upon the much younger buck, unrelenting and cold.  Eidolon's ethereal image would say nothing; it would turn, touching the runes of the stone gate in a specific order and each would glow brighter at his fleeting caress.  As the last rune illuminated, he would stand there, silent as if composed of stone, bewitched then by Medusa's lethal stare, waiting for the young buck to open the towering gate and unlock the secrets contained within.

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Siberna will be faced with the Water Temple trial to earn the water charm.