Kaylia Silverleaf

The Silverleaf family may not be of noble blood, but its name still carries weight in the Kingdom of Thanaloria. Those who serve it, whether by blood or by oath, do so with unwavering loyalty to its patriarch, Rathlorien Silverleaf, a figure as feared as he is revered.

Kaylia is his granddaughter, and from childhood, her path was set. She trained alongside blades and archers, studied with arcanists and sorcerers. But it was her nursemother, Selbrineth Calaraen, who shaped her most. Beneath the boughs of the trees and among the woodland creatures, Selbrineth taught her that power was not meant to be hoarded or unleashed, but wielded with care.

The Riftwatchers brought word of Mahkah Hemlig’s march across the Broken Lands and her assault on the land in search of the secret of Praetoria. But the noble houses were fractured, still reeling from the rebellion. Their ambitions were knotted by grief… and by courtly maneuvering.

Rathlorien knew no orders would come from Thanaloria’s throne.

He assembled a fellowship of his finest magic users, rangers, and assassins to stand against the geomancer. Kaylia didn’t wait to be chosen. She was the first to step forward. To her, the devastation Mahkah wrought was more than a strategic threat. It was a violation of everything she believed in. Mahkah had either forgotten the balance between power and restraint or, worse still, never believed it at all.

If stopping her means Kaylia must become the executioner’s blade, then so be it.