Illuminated from above, the glade's thick pines swayed gently. Whispering through the branches and soft grasses, the breeze circled around a solitary seated figure. The coarse material of the dark robes which hugged his shoulders flapped with a downdraft and popped with a gale gust that pushed back his long hair, causing it to shine like black gossamer in the silver shafts of moonlight challenging the shadows of the coned canopy