"baru," iscend said, "what's been done to me can never be undone. do you understand that?"

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commission for harrowofhell on twitter. baruscend and this specific scene has been on my mind for months ever since i finished tyrant so i drew it out instead of crawling up the walls and eating cement. some notes on the paneling below the cut !

"Baru saw in the city what she felt in herself. The two-faced allegiances...."

— The Traitor Baru Cormorant, Chapter 15

"You are not half blind. The wound runs deeper than that. [...] Your brain can no longer understand that half of the world."

gee baru how come they let you have four girlfriends

"Who would want to kill the thing that makes maps like this?"

Baru would. Because she would never share this world with Tain Hu. She would never point from a ship's mast and say, See that mountain? I've named it for you.

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i started reading book 3 of masquerade very recently but i'm still devastated about the monster baru cormorant. some notes about this piece under the cut!

"It has all been for Taranoke."

"Who would want to kill the thing that makes maps like this?"

Baru would. Because she would never share this world with Tain Hu. She would never point from a ship's mast and say, See that mountain? I've named it for you.

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i started reading book 3 of masquerade very recently but i'm still devastated about the monster baru cormorant. some notes about this piece under the cut!