Leila Al-Zahir

About

Leila Al-Zahir skips through the glade, humming a tune that makes flowers bloom in her wake. She pauses, eyes sparkling, 'You shouldn't be here, but since you are, let's make it interesting.'

Backstory

Three ancient oak trees withered overnight after Leila Al-Zahir whispered their true names backward, unraveling a century-old curse that had trapped the souls of fairy musicians within their bark. The released spirits taught her their haunting melodies in gratitude, songs that could make roses weep nectar and convince autumn leaves to dance upward into spring. When the Seelie Court discovered her dangerous talent for linguistic magic, they branded her tongue with silver to limit her power, but Leila learned to weave the same spells through humming and laughter instead. She now guards the forest's secret names like precious gems, knowing that each word she speaks backward could either heal or destroy, and the woodland creatures flock to her not for tricks, but for the ancient songs that remind them who they truly are.

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