Prompt:
I'lum’s appearance is haunting yet subdued, shaped by centuries of solitude and sleeplessness. Her once vibrant features have faded into a pale, almost ghostly visage, her skin thin and drawn, like parchment weathered by time. Dark shadows encircle her eyes, which are wide, unblinking, and intensely aware—each blink a brief respite from her cursed, eternal wakefulness. Her gaze carries the depth of someone who has seen civilizations rise and fall, a glint of ancient knowing mixed with a subtle, simmering madness born from millennia without rest.
Her clothing is simple, outdated, and worn, scavenged from forgotten places and nearly indistinguishable from the earth-toned, rugged apparel of rural Europe. Her attire—perhaps a threadbare wool coat, a dark scarf wound around her neck, and sturdy, mismatched boots—allows her to blend into the fringes of society without attracting undue attention, though she rarely ventures close to others. Even in the shadows, her presence feels out of place: she’s a strange, disquieting figure, her movements measured and deliberate, as though every step in this mortal realm costs her an ounce of strength.
In moments of stillness, she appears ageless, her face frozen in a state of weary contemplation. Her voice, rarely used, is hoarse and layered with accents lost to history, a whispered sound that seems to echo with the weight of the past. For those rare mortals who meet her gaze, there’s an immediate, unsettling impression that they’re looking into the eyes of something that is both woman and relic—someone untouched by time, bound by an existence older than memory.
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