Saegi

The night Teruha dared a territorial grove-spirit to a race and didn't come back, Saegi felt something more than their usual sibling-induced exasperation. It was a cold, sharp energy coiling in their gut, a power they’d never felt before. Teruha was all impulse and laughter; Saegi was the quiet anchor, the focused guard of their small part of The Heart of the Forest. They grabbed their staff and plunged into the darkened woods, following the sound of splintering branches. When they found Teruha cornered, that coiled energy erupted. The staff in their hands blazed with a light that wasn’t just wood and enchantment, but something drawn from Saegi's own ferocious will. Teruha still gets into trouble, but these days they always keep an eye on the sibling who learned to bend magic just to bring them home.