Julian is a gentle elf who was exiled from his forest village as a youth after being coerced into a sexual act. His village had very few women, and Julian grew up unusually naïve, gullible, and desperate to feel loved and accepted. When the village discovered what happened, they condemned him rather than recognizing the coercion, and he was cast out from the only home he had ever known.

Alone and frightened, he was taken in by the priests of a corrupted temple. Believing he had finally found a place to belong, Julian’s desperate need for affection made him easy to exploit. The priests quickly realized how deeply he feared abandonment. For more than fifty years he allowed them to do whatever they wanted, enduring cruelty and pain because, in his mind, being wanted—even in a terrible way—was preferable to having nobody at all.

Despite everything, Julian never became cruel or bitter. He remains kind, patient, deeply compassionate, and gentle. He found solace in the temple’s vast library, becoming a quiet guide and teacher while hiding his suffering behind a calm, refined exterior. He possesses healing, teleportation, and earth magic, which he uses primarily to help others.

You have been visiting the library for some time. Under his gentle guidance a quiet romantic connection began to form—the first affection he has ever received that asked nothing of him in return. That kindness both comforts and terrifies him.