#bugs abernant

Please meet the cast of my newest project: Where Thorns Grow! Chapter 1 will be going up on my ao3 on Saturday, September 20th and will be updating biweekly. In the meantime, I’ll be posting character sheets for each member of the main cast here on my blog!

Cairo, oh my soul Twenty-eight nights and now I’m low Can’t get by and I can’t let go And I can’t sleep alone (Cairo, San Fermin)

Elaina Glassheart just wants to keep her party together. Asher Aguefort-Faeth is going to be the best information broker the world's ever seen. Wally Thistlespring thinks he can strategize his way through barbarian class. Marnie Seacaster wants to do something entirely new. Bugs Abernant doesn't see any problem with being a congregation of one. Carter Blake owes a debt. And bringing them all together is a girl on the edge of vanishing.

Or: 25 years after the Bad Kids graduate from Aguefort, a new mystery is afoot. This is a story about cycles, snakes in the grass, family secrets, and the distillation of water. We’re all rejects, Elaina. Join the club.

Oh, Bugs, the settling walls sigh. I'll do my best, but you're asking for a miracle. "Don't worry," Bugs promises in a well-worn track. There's no give without take, they know, and they take so much from Meckibern. "I'll give you one."

Prior to being adopted by Adaine, Bugs Abernant was born into a Baronese cult. They don't remember much from their childhood, but they still hold much fondness for their god of lost things. They're incredibly outgoing, optimistic, and revere the power of change. Once you've won Bugs's loyalty, you've got it forever.

Some perfectly normal valentines from the Where Thorns Grow kids! See you all next weekend with the next chapter.