![]() ![]() If Pyrre fails to find someone to love, or fails to kill that someone, they will give her to the god. The Priests of Ananshael, however, don't look kindly on cheaters. If she were a member of a different religious order, a less devoted, disciplined order, she might cheat. To pass her Trial, Pyrre has ten days to kill the ten people enumerated in an ancient song, including "the one you love / who will not come again." Pyrre is not sure she's ever been in love. Pyrre has been killing and training to kill, studying with some of the most deadly men and women in the world, since she was eight. At least, she will be a priestess if she manages to pass her final trial. She is not, to her mind, an assassin, not a murderer-she is a priestess. and beauty of her devotion to the God of Death. It fails to capture the faith and grace, the peace. ![]() ![]() Pyrre Lakatur doesn't like the word skullsworn. ![]()
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