The Wolf of Midnight: Queen Rainya Thorn- [Fantasy Cover]

"Yes you queen of blighted pests and rabid men.
All north of the Mikander had heard of you, black and terrible, blind to the Royal Stars,
and each steels against your bestial tide. To revere the King, and expel the barbarians.
So depart forthwith from these celestial walls,
Wane back to your tree shadows and let not your were- selves sin in your drudging wake.
Tremblingly obey and show no negligence."

Upon these pronouncements, a wry smile appeared on the face of Rainya Thorn, the would- have queen of said blighted pests and rabid men.

"You mistook my intentions, my dear Sage.
"I was merely hunting a perfidious thrall, who bit my back and but flew when I burnt his home.
So I ate his walls, his fields, his skin, and his defrocked men."

She blushed, an esurient blossom upon her nymph- like cheeks that grew like that of an afterglow.
"But since I was in the pleasing view of this royal capital, I have decided to come to see your city for myself.
We are both sovereigns, your King and I. And I was merely keen to see his walls. Black and terrible is better than white and unassuming, no?
But now that you have said your piece. I think I would conduct my fresh hunt here, by your King's southern banks, and pass my time in delights until made merry.
Your King is more than welcome to join me of course. " she winked.
"If only to relieve him from his tedium in gazing at those distant stars."

"Or I might see him instead," She cooed, "and see that old orrery sphere left to his name."
"Perhaps, I can offer some fresh improvements."

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Heilung: Asja
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Rainya Thorn, "The Wolf of Midnight" Queen of Thornwald, 3rd Hegemon of the realm.

Rainya Thorn~ Not since the days of Tomyris was there a Thornwald Queen as formidable and menacing to the Heldanian political order. Graceful, studious, and abound with insatiable ambition, the dynamic Queen of Thorn would remake the order of the realm with her discerning acumen and strong hands and then make herself the 3rd great Hegemon of the realm. With a silken mane of hair as dark as the night and constantly wrapped in mink furs marked with gilded stripes, Rainya strikes an imposing figure- especially when under the glows of wisp lights, where unseen dancing and living tattoos swam on her.

Having been one of the rare Thornwald rulers to grown up well and not through intrigue and fratricide/ parricide, her early reign in her adolescence was extremely unremarkable. For 3 years the newly enthroned queen indulged in hedonistic excess and long spells inside the Green Dream. She even forbade ministers from restraining her from these fierce pleasures. That is, until one day a loyal courtier approached her and spoke of a curious riddle of a magnificent rare bird that has an exquisite plumage that wounds hearts and an incomparable singing voice, but the rare bird had inexplicably not taken flight in 3 years, he then posed the question to the queen and asked her why this bird choose to act so. Delighted by this witty maneuver, the young Rainya then responded that she was merely waiting and studying her self until she found the proper partner-in-crime to invite her out of this idyll. After this day, the previously indolent teenage queen became an attentive sovereign and convened court daily with her ministers, she also became a voracious reader and sorceress. She is frequently depicted draped in an oversized mink robe marked by golden bestial stripes and holds a long thyrsus staff.

Her control of the Heldanian world was such that the rivals of Thornwald spoke of her reign with the words: "After her, there was only left a single breath."