Ā Ā ( jung somin, cisfemale, she/her ) iād be careful, thatās [ kestrel moon ], theyāre a [ blood ] mage. at [ thirty-two ] years old, they specialize in [ blood construction ]. but i also hear they have the ability of [ wound transference ], rather remarkable for a [ human ]. as an [ assassin ], theyāre known for being [ loyal ], if not a little [ reckless ]. it might just be me, but they remind me of [ a head tilted back to the sky taking in the sky for the first time in a long time, falling off a barstool and failing to get back up, the gleam of a smile that is equal parts deadly and amusing ]. i wonder what side theyāll choose in the upcoming conflict.
tw for violence, death, and imprisonmentĀ
at one time kestrel was happy, her family lived in peace in elysia. kestrel was the oldest of four children and spent most of her days taking on odd jobs or hunting with her father and selling their catches in the marketplaceĀ
they didnāt have much but they were joyful, they made do with what little they could hunt and fish, living in a cabin theyād built by hand in the woodsĀ
kestrel had little aspiration for her life besides taking care of her family for the rest of time but that all changed when she was sixteenĀ
she returned home late one night after visiting friends to find her family eviscerated, they had been maimed so ferociously she failed to even recognize their faces, only identifying the clothes they were wearing
just like that kestrelās life changed over night she took refuge in their little cabin hunting and fishing for herself, trying to find some reason to keep livingĀ
it wasnāt until she was in town one day, drunk in an alleyway and left by people she thought were her friends that she was approached by a mysterious stranger
he knew of her plight and he had information that could help her, the only catch was she needed to kill someone for himĀ
determined to do anything to avenge her familyās death she took on the job without a second thought, and thus began her career as an assassin.Ā
determined to kill her way to whoever had taken her familyās lives she made a deal with a demon to become a blood mageĀ
her powers of wound transference made make silent hits from the shadows all too easy and eventually her skill was noticed by the guildĀ
still kestrel was a shadow of the woman she once was, she spent the weekends she wasnāt working slumped over on a bar stool or spending all her money on books and fine clothesĀ
eventually she became something of a nomad, taking on jobs farther and farther from elysia until she was offered her biggest reward yetĀ
the job was complicated but nothing she couldnāt handle, take out one of the richest men in valentia.Ā
despite all her planning something went wrong, somebody sold her outĀ
she was carted off to an elven prison to serve out a life sentence. for eight years she toiled away doing hard labor and barely surviving until by a stroke of luck she was released
her paperwork was mixed up with someone elseās and too emaciated and dirty to tell they simply let her walk out with nothing but the tattered clothes on her back.Ā
she walked all the way back to the assassinās guild hall where she collapsed in front of the doors until eventually someone found herĀ
now a year out of prison sheās doubly determined to find out who killed her family and who betrayed her. and raise a little hell in between.Ā
