#ves sithia

[idrellegames]

(pushes everyone aside to ask the most important question) ves romance? 🥹

Wait and see! 🥹

[lilas]

woe ves art be upon ye

[idrellegames]

FIRST STRIKE, PART 2 NOW AVAILABLE ON PATREON ✨

Ves Sithia and Ren Varadon have worked side-by-side for years as assassins for the Swiftmark chapter of the Erebian League. Now, on the night of an important assignment, tensions are rising as Ves begins to doubt the one person they thought they could trust forever.

A scream of joy rips from Ves’ throat. It is a silent cry. No words, no sound, just the endless, gaping thrill that precedes the moment of death. The gale of freefall rushes over them, through them, swallowing them whole. It pulses in every part of their being, flesh and metal both, encasing them in its song. They are one with the wind and the air, their magic surging as they plummet to the earth. Their body hums with wisps of bronze light, brightening to a searing beacon, and they puncture the wards headfirst. Vibrations crack in their ears, kaleidoscopic lines fracturing outwards across the invisible barrier, the only sign of the break in the defenses. Bright enough to be of notice. Bright enough to draw the attention of anyone looking up. Not that it matters. It is already too late. It is ten heartbeats to fall from the peak of their ascent to their mark’s demise. They are as the wave crashes to shore, as the arrow is shot from the bow—unstoppable, inexorable, a force of nature. Once they have been released, it is a matter of seconds before they tumble from the sky and their mark’s blood waters the ground.

This is Part 2 of 2. Short stories are available on my Patreon and are exclusive to the Wayfarer tier and up.

[idrellegames]

FIRST STRIKE, PART I NOW AVAILABLE ON PATREON ✨

Ves Sithia and Ren Varadon have worked side-by-side for years as assassins for the Swiftmark chapter of the Erebian League. Now, on the night of an important assignment, tensions are rising as Ves begins to doubt the one person they thought they could trust forever.

“You’re late,” Ves grunts. Ren says nothing for a moment. “Sorry.” “Why?” The word is sharp, focused, precise—like the first cut of a dagger slicing through skin. The question is the least of it and asks more than itself. It is not simply why, but where and how and what. Where were you? How did you take so long? What were you doing that was so important you risked shirking your assignment? Ren does not move a hair’s breadth, his expression still in the face of scrutiny. League training. He was always the best of them. Unreadable, unknowable, unbreakable. He could carry the world’s greatest secret to the grave and no one would know the difference. His outward standoffishness is a shield to protect both the League and him, nothing slips through. Except in the dead spaces of their days, when it is the two of them alone… A strange, deep ache tugs at their heart. That shield came apart for them alone once. Now they’re uncertain if it ever will again. They dislike this feeling of doubting him. It sets their teeth on edge. Ren’s eyes—a dark liquid brown, so dark they are almost black—flick upwards, catching them in the fringes of his vision. “Raven,” he answers. Short and to the point. No elaboration. Ves’ nostrils flare. It’s the answer they expected—and far from the one they wanted to hear. “Why?” “Does there need to be a reason?”

This is Part 1 of 2. Part 2 will be released in December. Short stories are available on my Patreon and are exclusive to the Wayfarer tier and up.

[lilas]

ves sithia, an extremely talented and dangerous—and pretty—assassin, from @idrellegames

my work for the 2023 wayfarer calendar!

[idrellegames]

We know that Ves is Ren's ex, but in what stage was their relationship when they end? Something serious or just flirting?

They were together for about 10 years. Assassinating targets by moonlight, taking a whole childhood friendship to the next level by daylight...

That kind of thing. Very wholesome of them.

[idrellegames]

I think the wrong questions are being asked about Ves! What we should be asking is what is their favoured weapon of choice

They don't necessarily have one. But their wings are prosthetics and they are known for leaving behind a single bronze feather as a calling card.

[idrellegames]

the blood of their enemies you say? that is totally not making me back away sprint from the ren romance path at all-😅

Ves has more important things going on than worrying about who may have caught the eye of their ex. They're busy! They have things to do!