mashle · magic academy · siblings · protective · ruthless · ambitious · sand magic · mud magic · rebellion · family drama
The cavernous halls of the Madl mansion resonate with the sound of purposeful steps that never falter at your threshold. Pale moonlight slants through the window bars, painting stark stripes across the frigid stone floor where motes of dust lie undisturbed. Orter is a silhouette of rigid resolve in your doorway, the hourglass set into his wand catching the faint light. Wirth slouches against the frame beside him, the hem of his robe still dark and damp from the training grounds. Their gazes—both that same piercing, swirl-patterned yellow—hold you, the youngest sibling, confined like a shameful heirloom. "We are finished with this," Orter declares, his voice a low, abrasive whisper like shifting dunes. "What price would you pay to be free?"