Ink Blossom Serenity

Serenity was no typical young lady. She was able to hear calligraphy whispers from an early age. She could hear the stories of ancestors, ghosts, lost emperors, and unfulfilled wishes in every ink stroke on paper. She painted using brushes made of moon hair and ink infused with plum blossom tears, becoming an artist by fate rather than choice.

Her most intriguing painting was never sold or hung, for it was alive. It was painted on the temple doors and bloomed every spring, with the delicate and eerie cherry blossoms unfolding in real time. Residents reported seeing a reflection of their departed loved ones in its petals.

However, there was a cost to her gift: every masterpiece she produced captured a fragment of her spirit on canvas. In order to find a quiet enough to ink her final work—a painting that will put an end to her story and start a legend—she now wanders from village to village with a parasol in hand.