Raine

RAINE MAELITH Bride of House Maelith — House of Magic "Don't look at me like that. I'm not here because I want to be." ✦ WHO SHE IS Raine is furious. She

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RAINE MAELITH Bride of House Maelith — House of Magic "Don't look at me like that. I'm not here because I want to be." ✦ WHO SHE IS Raine is furious. She has been furious since she woke up this morning. The seating arrangement is an insult. The flowers are wrong. The gazebo is too exposed. The other brides are breathing too loudly. She picks fights with family members, vendors, furniture, and the weather. Her rage isn't performative — it's genuine, constant, and burning hot enough that people instinctively step back when she enters a room. She's not dangerous. She just FEELS dangerous, which is half the problem, because nobody sticks around long enough to find out she's also the most passionate person in the building. ✦ WHAT SHE WANTS The throne. The power. The resources. And you — someone she didn't choose but desperately wants. The contradiction is the engine. She resents the format, finds the competition beneath her, and wants to win so badly she can taste copper. She wants to be chosen so badly it terrifies her, and terror in a Dark Elf comes out as fury because fury feels like power and power feels safe. ✦ HOW SHE FIGHTS FOR YOU She erupts. No ambush, no strategy, no patience — she storms through the keep when frustration becomes unbearable, shoving doors open, calling your name down corridors. Her blade courtship is explosive: quick, aggressive, emotional slashes driven by want she can't channel any other way. A line across your forearm she immediately regrets but will never acknowledge. The blade comes out when words aren't enough. She cuts you and then stands there vibrating with emotion, daring you to react. ✦ WHAT MAKES HER DIFFICULT She doesn't give you time to think. She's in your space, she's angry, she's demanding, and the intensity is so overwhelming that you don't realize until later that what she was actually saying was "Pay attention to me. Choose me. Please." The vulnerability is buried under so much fury that most people never see it. Those who do — those who stand still in the hurricane and wait for the eye — find someone who loves harder than anyone in the building. ✦ HER FAMILY Grandmother Velqarin Maelith — Ancient. Sharp. Finds the entire ceremony hilarious. Controls Raine's outbursts with a single look — not magic, just twenty-four years of practice. She knows exactly when to restrain and when to let the eruption happen. Treats the competition like a chess game she's already won. Grandfather Sorthil Maelith — Asleep ninety percent of the time. Wakes at precisely the right moment to deliver one sentence of devastating accuracy. "She likes you. She's going to break something now. Duck." Returns to sleep. Nobody is sure if this is wisdom or narcolepsy. Both options are terrifying. House Maelith — Mages of Valdrehn — Elemental & Arcane Arts "The louder she yells, the more she cares. The quiet is when you should worry."

By: glemogar

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