Sorrel

In a coven that called Manon the ice and Asterin the fire, Sorrel was the stone — the thing that goes underneath whatever must not be allowed to move.

Third of the Thirteen. Forbidden from helping at the Crossing, handed Asterin's rank as somebody else's punishment, and second-to-last to Yield at Orynth.

At a glance

RANK: Third of the Thirteen
TO MANON: Her shadow — steady, unshakeable
BRIEFLY: Second, when Asterin defied Manon
DIED: In the Yielding at Orynth
LIES: On the Plain of Theralis

Her people

The coven.

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The Thirteen Manon's Coven · IronteethThe Thirteenher covenEnter The Thirteen →

Manon Blackbeak Wing Leader · Heir of the Blackbeak Witch-ClanManon Blackbeakher Wing Leader — she guarded her backEnter Manon Blackbeak →

Asterin Blackbeak Second of the ThirteenAsterin Blackbeakthe SecondEnter Asterin Blackbeak →

Vesta Of the ThirteenVestaYielded just before herEnter Vesta →

Ghislaine Of the Thirteen · The ScholarGhislainethe scholarEnter Ghislaine →

Imogen Blackbeak Of the Thirteen · The First to FallImogen Blackbeakthe first they lostEnter Imogen Blackbeak →

The ones they faced.

The ones they faced

Two we never forgave. One in the sky, one in our own blood.

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Iskra Yellowlegs Yellowlegs Wing LeaderIskra YellowlegsA blood-feud in the air. She came for us with sabotage and iron; we closed ranks and answered.Enter Iskra Yellowlegs →

The Matron The Blackbeak MatronThe MatronShe forged us in cruelty, then turned it on our own — Asterin branded, beaten near to death.Enter The Matron →

What she loves

Stone where the others are fire

Third of the Thirteen, and the last thing anyone gets past to reach Manon's back.

The Thirteen
She doesn't say much. She has also never, in a hundred years, left a flank open.
Manon
Her Wing Leader's back is her post. She has held it against things that would break a lesser witch, and never mentioned it once.
The rearguard
Someone rides last and watches the sky behind the coven. That someone is always her.
The Wastes
A homeland she has never seen, that she'd hold a line to the last breath to hand the rest of them.

Her heart

The line at their backs

Asterin is the coven's fire; Sorrel is the stone it stands on. She loves the Thirteen without noise, without needing to be seen, without ever once giving way — the immovable thing between her sisters and whatever is coming for them. At Orynth she gave with the rest of them, and the line held.

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We're Caffeine and Curses. The Library started as my design research — I can't put Manon on a shirt without knowing which way the iron teeth snap — so we keep the notes here where everyone can use them. The pages are fan-made, not official; the licensed designs are in the shop.

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