bloodsworn – a wip by @ceyxes
genre ➣ high fantasy drama status ➣ planning market ➣ adult themes ➣ balance – loyalty – honesty – the past, weighed against the future – beauty and fragility extra ➣ identity theft – elemental magic – queer cast – twin shenanigans – trauma
« synopsis »
after being declared illegitimate and having a bounty placed on her head, the assassin sheds her name and flees north to the imperial city of lakha.
bound as a child to the royal family, the shadewitch can only watch as a magic rot slowly kills the man he is sworn to serve.
at odds with her bloody heritage and the high magister, the princess would defy death itself to keep her father alive.
concerned with her own well-being first and that of others last, the bloodwitch broke her bindings long ago –
and now, with the emperor’s throne vacant, that may bring the valley to ruin. the magisteria race in to fill the power vacuum as the princess struggles to find her footing, protected only by the forced loyalty of her closest guard. when that’s broken by a southerner with more blood on her hands than in her veins, what is there to save the city – to save the valley – from destruction at the hands of wild magic?
« characters »
nerya ➣ 24 – the assassin – has never said “please” or “sorry” in her life and doesn’t plan on starting now – the estranged daughter of a pirate queen in the city of ships, nerya has been on the run ever since she got on her mother’s bad side; she’s an asshole in self-defense and only cares about others’ well-being if it affects her, too. that is, of course, how she ends up the only thing standing between her new home and decades of war.
hadrian ➣ 28 – the shadewitch – negative self esteem but great customer service – he's convinced he deserves everything bad that's ever happened to him because why else would it happen? he serves authority with a kind of traumatized glee and pretends not to understand thoughts that challenge the way he's been raised. bound by his very blood to serve princess taivan.
taivan ➣ 21 – the princess – leader of the free world even if she doesn’t want to be – she's always worried about how people see her and the first word on her lips is always "please" or "sorry" or "thank you". constantly aware that her attention is a favor and her scorn is not to be taken lightly. all she wants is her father back, and she’ll use every tool at her disposal to achieve that.
riadhna ➣ 28 – the bloodwitch – embraced the curative powers of hatred a long time ago – not her real face and not her real name. most people call her adhna now, so the name she stole from her brother has stuck. she can't stand being forced to serve anyone and ran away from home when they bound her. maybe she's a murderer (she is) but she has a heart of gold (she doesn't).
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