#ilya.

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       ILYA SWANBROOK is a peasant farmer turned dragon hunter,       born to his father bron,     &     his mother ygrette.     his peculiar last name stems from the fact the farm that his family occupies is by a brook populated by swans     &     in his town,     similarly to how people in our western medieval society were named,     one was typically given the surname of an area they lived in,     who their father was,     or a trade they had.     ilya is very strong,     from doing much of the manual labour on his farm since his father lost his leg in a working accident,     &     his mother is rather frail     &     sickly,     &     typically sticks to being more of a homebody.     in general,     ilya is very friendly,     very intelligent despite not being particularly booksmart     (     libraries are very sparse in their area     ),     strong,     &     determined to do what is right for the people he cares about,     &     for the people of the reach in general.     he’s righteous,     &     has an incredibly strong moral compass.     he is your ideal hero.

       zhyvian,     as the dragon,     had been missing as king for 10 years when ilya decided himself that he was going to go slay the beast,     after the capitol offered a bounty for the killing of it on suspicion that it had somehow played a part in the king’s disappearance     (     zhyvian had disappeared,     &     suddenly a dragon had appeared     &     brought with it others,     yet no one caught on     ).     

       he went after it in order to claim the bounty for his family,     so they could live a more leisurely life where they wouldn’t have to exert themselves with manual labour to sustain themselves with their fallbacks.     ilya reluctantly left,     not wanting to abandon the workload to his parents,     but his older brother jericho encouraged him to leave if he truly wanted to go after the beast     (     though hesitantly,     since he didn’t want to risk losing his little brother     ).     during his journey,     ilya was met with an ash elf,     kira alamek,     &     a previous knight of the dragons,     the order under zhyvian during his reign,     elka lofström.     

It feels so unlikely. Something like this could never have been in the cards for someone as careless as Ilya. Blair was a force, someone who was easily admired and revered among those in her orbit. Although Ilya shares a similar sentiment, it is evident that Blair's outward demeanor varies vastly from his own. She brings something good right out of him, and it's something that Ilya vaguely recognizes.

He's unsure of its weight. Whether it's good, whether it's bad.

Ilya studies her. Tries to see if she believes the words that hold truth without obligation. Words fell short, didn't they? Ilya acts on what he knows to drive the point. The physical. What could be felt could be better understood. His hands, however hungry, grip her hips. Her slender frame fits perfectly against his own, as if the two were molded to fit beneath one another. Their mouths collide, and in his honest expression of unfiltered adoration – he kisses her like he seeks salvation beneath her tongue.