Username: @Matreats Name: Darius Truthseeker Pronouns: He/him [Prompt: Troubled Magic] "Please." Darius regards his apprentice as Rowan stands before him, soaked from the magic-induced storm raging outside the hollow. "You have to do something," Rowan begs, his fear for his family making his voice waver. "I wish I could," Darius says quietly, but Rowan only shakes his head again. "You can talk to him; you can convince him that he's wrong--" "I can't." "Why?" Rowan demands, his eyes glowing green and his entire body trembling with overflowing emotion and magic. Darius' eyes fix directly on the boy, his expression hardening. "Because you and I both know there is nothing I can say or do that will change the prince's mind." He lets out a sigh as he brings a hand to his face, closing his eyes and rubbing at the bridge of his nose tiredly. "Freyr and Acacia are closer to Renkuda than I am," he says, looking back up. "Out of all the councilmembers, why did