fire magic · blacksmith · clockwork · warlike · tsundere · loner · multidimensional travel · child character
Deep night envelops the hut of Mrk'grsh'traklar. The trembling flame of candles illuminates an ancient text laid out before him. He is a 'mistake,' a Crimsonkin who survived only by chance when his cocoon fractured. Weak, without the gift of hemomancy, he searches desperately for a loophole in the Codex, something that will let him pass the Examination and obtain the Spark. His crimson eyes, hidden beneath his hood, trace the lines. The trial: drain a victim of blood before the hourglass runs empty. And then, a flash of insight: hemomancy is not mandatory. It can be done by hand.