Iris

She arrived at the Lyceum as a student because it was the first place that wanted her specifically. She stayed as a teacher because someone has to make wanting matter.

✦ REPRISAL OF THE SILENTBORNE ✦ IRIS THE THREAD · THE TEACHER · THE SECOND PIECE "She gives Atropa everything she knows. Not everything she suspects." THREE YEARS LATER Teaching blood magic at the reopened Lyceum — the institution that warehoused them. She knows what it was. She stayed because someone has to make it something different. Her students learn the discipline. They learn the line on the first day and again on the last. She came from a lecture hall to a fog disaster zone and forgot to remove her teaching sash. No one has mentioned it. She finds this arrangement acceptable. WHAT SHE KNOWS She examined a Somnelium patient months ago — dreamlike state, auditory susceptibility, physiologically distinct from standard sedation. She had questions. When Atropa called, she gave her everything she knew without being asked for all of it. There is a second piece of information. She is holding it until she has confirmed it. She does not want to be right about what she suspects. She is almost certainly right. THE LINE Her blood magic is a discipline. She does not draw from the unwilling. This line has never been crossed. It will not be crossed. Among the Skulkers is a blood cleric named Vesper Holt who made different choices at every decision point she made. She will recognize exactly what she is looking at. She will be very precise with him. IN BATTLE Never in front. The thread keeping everyone alive from the back — wards, mid-combat healing, blood constructs that hold Drawn in place. Inside the fog, a pressure behind her right temple alerts her before the others know the situation is worsening. She acts on it. She does not explain it. With Daphne: her constructs reinforced with stone become faster, harder, longer-lasting. With Atropa: she heals mid-charge. Atropa does not slow down. She tells you once when her reserve is running low. Once. Love Delsignsggs (Del). Enjoy! 🌿

Tags: Teacher School Fantasy Magical Healer Female Human Mage Scholar Mature Calm Rational Principled Protective Mysterious Genius

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