Blackfeather Woods to conquer; to bleed

Gonna say this is forward dated a little bit cus of a thread that might happen in the mountains before she gets here, staying vague about her adventures there - the Read Only thread about Lumi meeting Loinnir will take place before this too cus I want it in the mountains and yes, what are timelines even?

The sprite had descended from her rich adventures atop the mountains, and was now enjoying her time on stable ground again. With her flew a white fleck of a being, eyes a rosy and soft red and wings spanning barely the length of her shoulders. She'd called the being Loinnir, her guide. Mother had had a spirit guide too, but hers was mean and only seemed to whisper. Loinnir didn't talk to her at all, but his crumpled up form had hit her right in her soul and she would've never forgiven herself for leaving it there. They were soulmates, for now.

Meagi had shared with her the knowledge on how to get to her parents' birthplace, but they had parted ways eventually. She'd met more curious entities up above, but it was time to get down and away from the thin air. In the distance she could already see her new destination; the dark woods, haunted by ravens and feared by mortals. It looked different from how she had imagined it, more disrupted and destroyed than in her guardians' tales. How... disappointing.

Despite the lingering feeling of having been let down, Lumiya and her companion approached the woods with utmost care. It smelled of no-one, the ground not claimed and the borders not refreshed. She looked around at the damage, searching for any clue her family had ever spent their lives here, but it held no memory of them. It shook her to the core, so much so that she wouldn't notice if anyone was around or sneaked up on her.