Vaelora Starwater
the Thornwarden
Named for the star-dappled pool where the first ironthorn root pierced the earth, and for the oath she swore there never to withdraw her hand from the thorn.
Power
Ironthorn — you can coax a single ironthorn vine from the soil each season; its thorns draw blood only from those who have broken a promise to you.
- Familiar
- a pale adder named Needle
- House
- House Starwater
You will not open the sealed grove, not even for the queen's command. The thorns have grown over its entrance like iron lace, and you have let them. You have buried three songs inside, and the adder at your wrist is the melody you saved.