Recent content by Falauna Thorne

"The distinction is fair," Falauna said, her tone as even as ever. "I will amend my judgment. The meeting is tolerable. The circumstances remain poor." If she noticed the grin through pain, she gave no outward sign of it. Her attention remained where it belonged, on torn skin, thread tension...

"Good," Falauna said when he steadied himself, the single word carrying quiet approval rather than praise. Her hands never paused. Needle, thread, another clean stitch drawing torn flesh together with practiced certainty. She worked as she always did—composed, efficient, unmoved by blood...

"You may be as angry as you like," Falauna said calmly, guiding the needle through torn flesh with steady precision. "It will not improve your timing." There was no edge to the remark, only the dry matter‑of‑factness of someone whose attention was fixed elsewhere. Her focus remained on the...

The shift in him was immediate, so sudden and sharp it felt as though the narrow alley itself tightened around the moment. Steel moved first. The knife slipped free in one clean, practiced motion, catching what little light the alley offered before settling into his grip with the ease of long...

The night in Wytanburgh did not settle so much as linger, holding warmth in some streets while the alleys bled cold where the light had long since failed to reach. Sound moved strangely through it, muffled one moment and sharp the next, as though the city itself decided what it allowed to be...

They did not arrive in procession. There was no banner raised to announce her presence, no herald to call her name, no column of riders to part the road before her passage. By the time Falauna reached the outer swell of Basteaux, the morning had already given way to movement and noise, the world...

CHARACTER SHEET Name: Falauna Thorne Alias(es): None publicly used Age: 27 Sex: Female Race: Human Ethnicity: Albion Isles-born (coastal island lineage, minor noble descent) Physical Information Eye Color: Deep sea green Hair Color: Dark brown Skin Tone: Fair with a wind-worn...