#and the archdruid's face lights up like ah yes! halsin! good to see you my boy you've grown so much since i saw you last

[ride-a-dromedary]

Half-formed headcanon that the previous Archdruid Halsin replaced was the one that advised his village's council and elders when he was an elfling. Maybe he was even from a similar branch of the High Forest originally, so he made the trek to visit their specific areas when his grove was situated closer.

He would make time when he wasn't busy to speak to the village children and learn their names and show them little tricks and give blessings and share stories and lessons with them. He became much like another adult in the community - a teacher and a guiding hand, but special because he only came around once in a while. It became pretty routine of them all (Halsin included) to anticipate his visits even though they weren't incredibly frequent. There would be excited little whispers on the breeze and giggles in the rustling bushes when he was expected, his telltale shadow stretching on the forest floor, the lot of them hiding underfoot and impatiently waiting for business to be finished so he would come out to play with them.

His visits became farther and fewer in between as Halsin got older due to needing to focus on things elsewhere, until he was eventually unable to come anymore, and was replaced by another druid in his stead.

Halsin years later reflecting back on him and thinking to seek the druid out again to be trained under his guidance after Halsin reaches his maturation epiphany, since he had nothing left keeping him in High Forest. Solely because he remembers looking up at that man and thinking: "I want to be like him when I grow up". So why not give it an attempt? And - on a wing and a prayer - with only a vague idea of where he might still be situated, he packs up and pursues.

#BG3 Musing #Halsin Posting #druids and archdruids can live for thousands of years under the right conditions - plus if he was elven? but a blink #i'm just imagining a bright eyed little halsin watching him druidcraft little flower buds open #with that 'i'm going to be just like you someday' look on his face #then just fast forward like 240 years later and that look of admiration has turned to one of horror - light gone shadows in their place #fun stuff #halsin just wandering around to find the emerald grove and popping in like i need to speak with so on and so forth #introducing himself by his chosen name but hastily correcting it to 'but you perhaps know me as blank' #and the archdruid's face lights up like ah yes! halsin! good to see you my boy you've grown so much since i saw you last #and he chuckles and says yes but then when he asks after his parents or his elders halsin's face pinches on itself #and he has to deliver that upsetting news #he becomes a secondary father figure and mentor #then more sad you get the picture #the halsin headcanon machine runs at full speed but not always with a full tank #he was elven too actually i've decided #who's stopping me? larian?