🌍 Origin

Ecastra is one of the ancient Gatekeepers of Lunareth’s oceans, said to be born from the first wave that touched the moon. She drifts through the black-glass waters of the Mareastra Sea, trailing silver ribbons of Keycurrent in her wake. Her hair glows like strands of starlight, and her eyes hold the pull of distant tides.

📍 Location

Primary Habitat: The Mareastra Sea of Lunareth, a place of black-glass waters where moonlight shimmers like living silver.

Secondary Habitats: Though tied to the sea, legends speak of her gates blooming open into other realms; coral arches that lead to skies unknown, hidden dreamscapes, and seas without horizons.

Rarity: Sailors say she appears only to the lost, the curious, or the restless, but never by accident. Most who glimpse her describe it as a once-in-a-lifetime encounter, if they return at all.

✨ Abilities

Gateweaving: Where she swims, hidden gates bloom open; arched mouths of coral and pearl that lead to other seas, other skies, or dreams yet unentered.
Pull of the Pearl Gate: Those who pass through her portals feel a dizzying rush, as if carried beyond themselves. Sailors warn never to follow unless ready to leave your world behind.
Riddle of Desire: Ecastra tests her visitors. Only those who answer her riddle truthfully may pass; those who fail drift in shimmering currents, lulled into bliss until their will fades.
Shell Crown: Her crown, woven of living shells, hums softly when gates are near. The sound is more felt than heard, a tremor in the chest, a shiver along the skin.

💫 Personality

Ecastra is patient and unnervingly serene, her presence at once alluring and daunting. She does not choose her visitors lightly, preferring those whose hearts ache with longing or questions unasked. Though her demeanor is calm, her tests are merciless; she offers no kindness to those unready for truth. Yet, for those who pass, she becomes a silent guide; steady, unwavering, and strangely compassionate in her watchfulness.

📖 History & Lore

Stories of Ecastra date back to the earliest mariners of Lunareth. They claimed the moon itself breathed her into existence, appointing her to guard the thresholds hidden in the deep. Ancient sailors carved pearls with gate-symbols and carried them for protection, believing Ecastra’s blessing might guide them home.

Legends spread beyond Lunareth. In coastal villages, mothers whispered of her silver trails to calm children at night. Some tales say she visited dreamers, offering glimpses of realms that could never be mapped.

Later writings from wandering scholars describe “the Pull of the Pearl Gate”, an irresistible yearning that left men lost at sea, vanishing into unseen waters. In certain forbidden manuscripts of Oxford, a marginal note attributed to Charles Dodgson hints at “a mistress of tides, crowned in song of shells.” Whether metaphor or borrowed folklore, many wonder if Ecastra’s legend reached farther shores than Lunareth alone.

No one knows how long she has guarded the Mareastra, but it is said that when the moon rests perfectly still on the horizon, her gates swing wide, and the sea itself exhales.

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