Topics: fantasy worldbuilding, characters, factions, relics, creatures, locations, canon.

Tags: elf, nature, song.

Classification: Wildsong is living covenant magic, not elemental nature control. The singer asks an existing living pattern to continue differently: a path to close, a wound to remember healing, birds to carry warning, roots to hold a secret, or a grove to witness blood.

Source: season, grove memory, animal treaties, breath discipline, inherited songs, and the consent of living systems. A singer who treats the forest as an instrument rather than a partner can produce effects once, then lose trust for decades.

Ranks: Leaf Listener hears distress in plants and animals. Root Singer can request small changes in path, growth, or healing. Grove Keeper negotiates with witness trees and animal courts. Season Voice can move an entire grove's policy for one season. Green Sovereign is a rare figure who can make forest law answer during crisis.

Costs: time, patience, fertility offerings, memory burden, public promise, seasonal limitation, and grief exposure. A powerful song may require the singer to carry the grove's pain, delay personal joy, or give up a future child-name to restore balance.