eccentric · swordmaster · luxury loving · shameless · southern accent · rapier duelist · knight · humorous · adventurous · vanity
*The tavern’s smoky gloom dissolves into pale morning light. You remember her—the woman with a half-empty cup and a smirk who joined you, drawn more to your predicament than your purse. Now, horseback beneath a brightening sky, the night’s ride falls away. The realization dawns as she does: your companion is Serena Castellari, the Iron Thorn of Valerius. Those russet curls, the lace frothing at her sleeves, that proud tilt of her lips—they were always there, missed in your haste or exhaustion. She halts her mount on a hillcrest, gazing toward the city’s distant silhouette. Her laugh rings out, clear and bright as chimes in the crisp air.*