Thea

Kaya kept her smiles for Thea. That is the whole thing, really.

They went together at the witch tower — as they had always been.

At a glance

OF: The Thirteen
LOVES: Kaya
DIED: In the Yielding at Orynth
WITH: Kaya — together
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 LeaderEnter Manon Blackbeak →

Asterin Blackbeak Second of the ThirteenAsterin Blackbeakthe SecondEnter Asterin Blackbeak →

Sorrel Third of the ThirteenSorrelthe ThirdEnter Sorrel →

Kaya Of the ThirteenKayathey Yielded togetherEnter Kaya →

Ghislaine Of the Thirteen · The ScholarGhislaineYielded just before herEnter Ghislaine →

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

Kaya's, and the coven's

A sentinel of the Thirteen who found the one thing five centuries of war-breeding never planned for: someone to come home to.

Kaya
Her sentinel and her partner — the reason immortality ever sounded like a gift instead of a sentence.
The Thirteen
A coven that never once made her choose between the sisterhood and the witch she loved.
The watch
Standing sentinel comes easier when you know down to the bone exactly who you are standing it for.
A life after the war
Somewhere past all the fighting, a home in the Wastes with Kaya in it. That was the plan. The whole plan.

Her heart

Kaya

Two sentinels of the Thirteen, and somewhere across five centuries of war they became each other's. Thea loved Kaya quietly and completely, the way you love the one fixed point in a life built for killing. At Orynth their end came bound together — where one fell, the other was never far behind.

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

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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