Thread: A Fairy's Tale

Lox stalked with a single minded purpose through the dense forest far off to the east of his beloved home as his eyes and senses pressed out of his own being seeking the different forms of life that surrounded him. He was a mage of sorts, or at least that what he had always thought of himself as even if nearly every soul both within this land and throughout others knew him as a vicious wizard and sociopath. There wasn't a person who hadn't been specifically warned to be wary of a tall man with deep crimson eyes and stark white hair, who wore black armor that constantly shifted with arcane symbols and a cloak that swirled and shifted like smoke around his frame. All that was known of his personality though was every soul who crossed him had been burned to ash, and this included the very recently deceased royal family of a neighboring kingdom close to his home. There didn't seem to be anything that could stop him once his mind was wrapped around a thought, and while he didn't actively exercise tyranny over anyone with his abilities no one knew what motivated any of his actions or where is loyalties lie if he had any at all. A fact that was apparent though were enemies never lived very long, and he was extremely through in annihilating anyone who allied with his enemies effectively isolating him from everyone. Lox had no allies himself, and as far as the rest of the world was concerned they were more than willing to allow him to occupy his time in his studies if it meant he wouldn't be tempted in siding with anyone. That and adamantly accepting the huge sums of gold and precious jewels he offered every now and then to kingdoms in exchange for rare books and artifacts that he had been collecting. Even now as he stalked through the woods he was looking for a particular type of fairy that was only native to this region to compliment the gardens surrounding his home. This type of fairy was capable of maintaining the herbs and plants he grew without his constant shifting of alteration spells to make mini environments for each plant to live. His garden was festooned with plants from around the globe, and if he captured this fairy a huge portion of his time would be saved due to it's innate ability to keep virtually any plant in it's vicinity growing. The Problem was finding the damn things without incinerating half the forest and potentially killing them off. The species he was looking for were rare and only lived in deep forests, that and all text referring to them stated very diligently that they weren't easily separated from their home forests. It wasn't because they were powerful on their own it was because the forests themselves and the more powerful creatures living within would die to keep them safe. Already Lox had killed a huge panther and half a giant elk herd while heading in this direction deeper into the woods, and considering predator and prey were ignoring him to protect this section he had to be going in the right direction. He sighed tiredly as he looked at his cloak with a bit of agitation, normally using it to turn himself invisible but not bothering because these animal's senses just picked up his scent and attacked anyways. Whenever he did get back home he had to devise a spell that masked not only his presence and his magical aura but also his accursed scent so freakin animals wouldn't bother him. As his agitation grew licks of flame started sprouting around his hands and the smell of brimstone and ash became prevalent in the air. He was very close to just burning his way through the forest a pressing his mind out further to simply strangle the information he sought out of one of the many creatures currently watching his passing. Some had to know where the fairy he was looking for was, but before he went needlessly killing things for information he'd walk a ways more. He had only killed to defend himself thus far, as well as almost every time he ended anythings life.... almost.