THE EDGE OF SWORDS presents : marja hverny .
[ TEXT ID: the image that looked back at her now did nothing to reflect her true self. as if the mirror was simply reflecting falsehoods and teasing her of all the potential she could have harnessed if only she had the courage . in the same way , the temptation was alike to the dark wood : will you take what is offered to you? or will you turn away from what you see? END ID. ]
introducing one of our main protagonists of teos , marja hverny is the ward of the kyorvan king ; raised among his sons as one of his own following the tragic death of his queen at the hands of his enemies , this is the only life marja has ever known. an orphan child left abandoned at the edge of the dark wood , she has only ever been MARJA OF NOTHING , marja of nowhere —— but oh , who would have known she would have ever been something much more than nothing ? not abandoned , but tucked safely away. not lost , but precisely where she should be. not nothing , but the redemption they all have been seeking.
marja hverny is the salvation to a realm that is dying , if only she had not been taught by her parent’s enemies to despise the very thing she is destined to become.
NAME : marja hverny. MBTI : intj , the architect. ALIGNMENT : true neutral. ENNEAGRAM : type four , the individualist. TEMPERMENT : choleric. INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE : destiny is a worrying concept . i don’t want to be fated , i want to choose. ( jeanette winterson , written on the body. )
CONNECTIONS .
DRUIAN : she hates him , she loves him. she wishes him dead , she wishes him to never leave her side. when it comes to druian navar , she is fighting a battle between her heart and everything she stands to lose by being associated with the likes of him. he has protected her , he has betrayed her , he has shown her tenderness , but she knows she could never fully trust him. he is the enemy of those who raised her , and a traitor to those that carried her name before her ; but part of her believes that he is the only one who could ever understand her , who sees her for who she is and doesn’t begin perfecting all her imperfections. ( he will be the death of her , and she knows it — he is the swinging sword of her own execution. )
KARSTEN : she remembers the way the two of them used to play in the frozen meadows outside of hvitan borders. the way they both swore they would fight for each other always —— now ? now marja knows if he ever saw her again , he would kill her for who she is. her face is no longer the face of someone he considered sister , but the face of an enemy he must vanquish. ( she thinks there is still a tenderness there , right ? she thinks he is still her brother , right ? ) marja still recalls what they both promised each other as children , but now they are facing each other on the battlefield of their forefathers , and perhaps neither one of them is entirely prepared to raise their sword against the other — but one of them will.
REN : marja could admire the girl , if only she did not despise her for being everything she fights to become —— when the crownless queen enters a room , she becomes the room ; she commands the room . she walks with her head held as high as the sun and demands the respect that is so easily given by those around her . ren knows who she is , and she is quick to point out everything marja isn’t . the two could be powerful together , if only they could swallow their prides long enough to see each others strengths rather than their weaknesses .
CEDRYC : he did not abandon her , he has never betrayed her , he did not turn away when everyone else dared to question her. when cedryc stands by her side , he only stands to love her devotedly & without any question to his loyalty. he is the key to everything marja wishes to know ; a tree of knowledge she could sit beneath and admire forever —— but there are expectations with cedryc , promises made she knows she cannot fulfil. sometimes she wonders if the respect she has fought to earn is based solely on the man that she finds herself entwined with now , a beaming light that will forever outshine her. cedryc looks upon her and there is only sincerity , and marja does not entirely believe her own intentions are as pure as his.
