Khy'eras

"Well look at you, cleaned up quicker than a dandy caught in the maid's quarters at first light," Bracken offered with a smirk to the bard. "Now, given your surprise and concern, I'm guessing you're from some place Fellsgard way then, Mister Mudpies?" She added, turning her atte...

Bracken was beginning to think Verdant Row wasn't worth all the trouble it caused. She got halfway through the idea of going elsewhere before she remembered the last time she'd had that idea. The slivers of annoyance that immediately sprang to the fore of her mind forced her to concede again. "...

Bracken finished her arcane motions, calling forth a shield the size of a small buckler to her unburdened wrist. Master Gyrtu nodded, understanding the spell well. "The Serpent Fang?" she questioned with a faint tinge of interest. Bracken merely nodded and stepped forward, bringing her bla...

Bracken choked, her body wanting to sob but unable to overcome the rictus of pain the loss of so much energy had inflicted. The words felt even worse than she could have imagined; all the pain in the world proving to be nothing before the monolith of her failure. She felt a consuming rush of despair...

She brought her hand forth only noticing the tremors coursing through her as she attempted to twist her fingers into the proper forms. Her body refused to listen, refused to suffer more demand until the maelstrom of emotion was contained or dissipated. A wave of fury sprang forth, forming a searing ...

"You will listen until I have finished, Initiate ," Master Gyrtu said sharply. Bracken flinched, trying her best not to look away though her Master's features softened a moment later. "Your weakness is not your magic, nor your speed, but your application," Master Gyrtu explained...

Master Gytu's eyes flicked to Bracken's hand for an instant and she nodded. "You've selected to demonstrate the abjuration of the Empty Vessel," she stated calmly, though a flicker of a smile showed at the edge of her lips. "Do you hope to earn favor by selecting my school?" Brac...

"Good, your form is always impeccable," Master Gyrtu called as she brought her own practice blade up into a strong guard. "Begin," she barked out a moment later, instantly stepping to the side intending to circle Bracken. The Master's words were like lightning for her muscles, b...

The flowing shift of the canopy was deafening in the silence of Bracken's mind. Her thoughts were not quiet themselves, the small voice of measured consideration had not stopped talking since she woke this morning. Yet, where there was supposed to be confidence, serenity, and purpose she found only ...

Bracken frowned down at the bit of paper she'd collected from the clerk behind the counter. Written in block lettering across the center of the parchment were the crimes the bounty was accused of: Accusations herein: Fraud, Theft, and Defiling a Daughter These plain-as-day words were surrounded by a...