The Dread Trove · Mortal Queen · Koschei's Pawn

Briallyn

Bargained with Hybern. The Cauldron kept the change.

Sat at the table with the mortal queens, sold her own kind for immortality, and the Cauldron handed back age instead of youth — withered, brittle, and on a leash. Koschei's hand on Prythian, the Crown of the Dread Trove on her brow, other people's minds in her grip. Devil's bargain. She read the small print wrong.

At a glance

Was: One of the mortal queens who allied with Hybern
Now: Made by the Cauldron — old, withered, frail of body
Wields: The Crown — bends minds to the wearer's will
Hunts: The Dread Trove — the Mask and the Harp
Bound to: Koschei, the deathless death-lord, as his agent
Fate: Killed in A Court of Silver Flames

Threads

Who holds her leash, what she's hunting.

Swipe to meet them all

Koschei Deathless death-lordKoscheiHer master — steers her toward the Dread TroveEnter Koschei →

The Crown Dread Trove relicThe CrownThe mind-bending circlet she wieldsEnter The Crown →

The Dread Trove Three Cauldron-made relicsThe Dread TroveWhat she is sent to gatherEnter The Dread Trove →

The Mask Dread Trove relicThe MaskCommands the dead — one of the three she huntsEnter The Mask →

The Harp Dread Trove relicThe HarpBends space and time — one of the three she huntsEnter The Harp →

Nesta Archeron The only one who can summon all threeNesta ArcheronHolds the Trove power Briallyn covets; the threat converges on the Night CourtEnter Nesta Archeron →

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