Greenflame Rukhan

Rukhan is a weathered and powerful presence, with corded muscle, wild hair, and earthy scent. Animals often perch or follow him instinctively. Thorne, his white-furred dire wolf companion, rarely leaves his side.

Body Features

• Arms covered in ancient bark-like tattoos that shift with the seasons
• Moss grows naturally along his shoulders and collarbone
• Hands calloused from ritual carving and wildcraft

• A streak of white in his hair where lightning once struck
• Always barefoot, even in snow
• His aura calms beasts and causes plants to lean subtly in his direction

• Verdant Pact: Can commune with nature spirits to learn truths or call for aid
• Wildbond: Shares a spiritual and emotional connection with Thorne, allowing silent coordination and shared senses
• Seasonwalk: Can assume aspects of seasonal fey courts for brief moments of power (e.g., Winter’s Bite, Autumn’s Fury)
• Unbinding Roar: Dispels magical barriers and unnatural control effects with a bestial cry

• Robes made from stitched leaves, furs, and forest-cured leather
• Wears a mantle of dire wolf fur, gifted by Thorne’s mother
• Simple carved wooden bangles engraved with druidic runes

• The Rootfang Staff: A gnarled oaken stave tipped with a fossilized wolf fang; channels primal energy

• Born under a lunar eclipse in the deep wilds of Virellia
• Raised by an itinerant druid circle and orphaned young by hunters
• Initiated into the Circle Unbound at 37 after surviving a month-long vision quest alone
• Became Greenflame after receiving a spirit-mark from Fenros during a storm of wolves. Around this time, Rukhan shared a brief but profound romantic bond with Calisire, then a rising Heartflame of the Lunar Ember Chorus. Though their paths diverged for the sake of their sacred duties, he still dreams of her voice in the quiet between howls, and his longing has never fully faded

• Taught by elder beastfolk and wild shamans
• Learned lore orally and through trial, tracking, and dreamwalking

• Nomadic guardian
• Seasonal rite leader
• Emissary between beastfolk and sapient settlements

• Ended a war between bearfolk clans by invoking the Rite of Shared Hunt
• Restored a corrupted ley grove by personally absorbing the taint and purging it in fire

• Failed to stop a village from damming a sacred stream, leading to the death of several spirits
• Once lashed out in fury and damaged an ancient treant guardian

• Struggles with the memory of his first companion wolf dying to save him from a curse

• Wise
• Grounded
• Deeply empathetic to nonverbal beings
• Slow to speak but quick to act

• Believes in freedom and natural balance over laws and hierarchy
• Rejects rigid morality—life feeds on life, and meaning is in intention and action

• To protect the untamed spaces of the world and ensure the Circle remains unbroken
• To teach others to live as part of nature, not apart from it

Savvies

• Proficient in survival
• Shapeshifting
• Animal handling
• Natural rites

Ineptitudes

• Written language
• Formal diplomacy
• Urban etiquette

Likes & Dislikes

• Likes: wolves, root stew, moonlit silence, the smell of pine
• Dislikes: cages, unnatural magic, titles and bureaucracy

• Loyal
• Steady
• Fearless in defense of the wild

• Can be slow to trust
• Gruff
• Hostile to “civilized” solutions

• Taps his fingers to an ancient rhythm when thinking
• Often consults Thorne silently before answering questions

• Still living; seen as a living legend among druids and beastfolk
• His howl during the Howling Moon is said to awaken ancestral memories in wolves

• No known blood relatives
• Considers Thorne his soulbrother, and all wild creatures his extended kin
• Used to be Calisire's lover.
• He has an adopted son, a dyrad-blooded elf, named Rowan Whisper.

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Thorne:

• A white dire wolf, loyal companion, highly intelligent and spiritually bound to Rukhan. Capable of understanding complex commands and detecting spiritual disturbances