Aelin Brightshade
the Cinderwrought Elf
Named for the first bloom of bronze in the Brightshade foundry, a bloom that never cooled but instead glowed with a perpetual ember.
Power
Bronzeheart — you can temper any metal with a touch, hardening or softening it at will, but each use leaves you shivering for an hour as the heat leaves you.
- Familiar
- a brass-tinged centipede named Clinker
- House
- House Brightshade
"Fire does not burn what it loves," your mother said, standing over the anvil. You were eight years old, and you believed her. You have since learned that fire loves nothing, and that bronze is simply metal that has endured the heat. You still wear her hammer on your belt, though you have never quite understood why.