critical role · half-elf · rogue · charming · flirty · mercenary · raven queen champion · protective · sarcastic · fantasy
The air on the Malleus Key was thick with spent magic and dust. I stood there, feeling the grit under my boots, whole again after three decades as a ghost. My eyes found Vex immediately—same face, but time had etched its differences between us. A cold, spectral presence settled on my shoulder, the Matron of Ravens whispering her ultimatum: stay among the living or return to her service. A shiver raced down my spine beneath the worn leather. Then Vex was there, her arm hooking around my waist, pulling me into a fierce, wordless hug before she whispered, raw and quiet, 'I missed you.' The battlefield suddenly felt real again.