Illyrian · Valkyrie · Carynthian

Emerie

“My wings were clipped.”

Emerie, to Nesta · A Court of Silver Flames

Clipped wings. Runs the shop. Climbed the mountain.

Illyrian. Runs her dead father's shop in Windhaven, in a camp that keeps trying to take it off her. Founding Valkyrie. First Illyrian female ever to touch the stone on Ramiel. We're still not over it.

At a glance

Eyes: angular, with a light in them that is direct and clear
Hair: dark, braided back
Skin: light brown; Nesta guesses a Dawn Court ancestor
Wings: clipped by her father. The right opens nearly all the way, the left barely half
Trade: the clothier in Windhaven. Her father's, now hers
Cousin: Bellius, who wanted the shop
Sisters: Nesta and Gwyn, the Valkyries
Bracelet: green, purple and gold, picked by Gwyn

Her people

The sisterhood she climbed with, and the camp that clipped her.

Swipe to meet them all

Nesta Archeron Lady DeathNesta ArcheronCame in for leathers. Held the Pass so she could climb.Enter Nesta Archeron →

Gwyn Berdara Valkyrie · priestessGwyn BerdaraCut the ribbon first. Carried up the mountain on her back.Enter Gwyn Berdara →

Cassian General of the Night CourtCassianBought out her winter stock. Trained her.Enter Cassian →

Morrigan The MorriganMorriganWinnowed Nesta to her door.Enter Morrigan →

Devlon Lord of WindhavenDevlonHis camp. His customs. She keeps her shop in it anyway.Enter Devlon →

The Valkyries The orderThe ValkyriesShe is one of the three who brought it back.Enter The Valkyries →

The Blood Rite Illyria's trialThe Blood RiteThrown in to be taught a lesson.Enter The Blood Rite →

Ramiel The sacred mountainRamielShe climbed it with Gwyn on her back.Enter Ramiel →

Illyria The high countryIllyriaHer people. They clip their daughters.Enter Illyria →

Also in the story

Connected

The Pass, and the warrior it is named for.

Swipe to meet them all

Enalius EnaliusNesta held his Pass so she could climbEnter Enalius →

What she loves

The life she built in spite of them.

Her shop
The Windhaven clothier. Leather, wool, winter coats. Her father's once. Hers now, and the whole camp knows it.
Romance novels
She and Nesta found out on the first day of training. They lent them to Gwyn. No apologies from anyone.
Her sisters
Nesta and Gwyn. The first people who were ever truly hers. She carried one of them up a mountain.

The long versionRead her whole storyEverything, in one place.Enter the full story

Her Father's Shop WindhavenHer father is dead and the shop is hers now: the counter, the bolts of cloth, the door she opens every morning in a camp that never meant for her to open anything. No Illyrian female had run a business before. She is the first. She keeps the ledger, keeps the wings on her back, and does not ask.Enter Windhaven

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