#orella

Orella and her two adopted siblings, Corazón and Azucena. They are the main characters (Orella being the protagonist) of my novel, which doesnt have a title yet :)

Orella: she/her, 21 (starts the story as 13). She's training to become a knight, and her dream is to be a great knight of legend, just like the man who saved her years ago. When she was a kid, her village was destroyed and she lost her entire family. Since then, shes very protective of Corazón and Azucena, the other two survivors of the incident, and sees them as her new family.

Orella was born with no affinity for magic, like most of the common folk. But, a lot of the people training to become knights do have magical talents, so to compensate, she has trained hard and become the physically strongest of her generation, and the most skilled swordwoman. She and Corazon are rivals, although she doesnt take their rivalry too seriously.

She has a very laidback, chill personality. Shes always joking and goofing around so people often underestimate her and think shes just brawn and no brains, but shes a very intuitive person. Orella doesnt mind people not taking her seriously, she knows shes strong and is focused on her dreams. Shes very idealistic and believes in good old chivalry and honor, which get challenged during the course of the story.

Her struggle to keep her family safe and together is what drives the story.

Corazón: he/him, 20 (starts as 12). He's also a knight in training and shares Orellas dream. Unlike her, he was born with the affinity for soul magic (one of the two magic systems in the setting). Specifically, hes a Soul Collector, someone whos able to steal others souls and use them to manifest attributes from their previous holders (the strenght of a warrior, the claws of a tiger, etc). Hes very talented at it, and it was this magic that saved him from the destruction of their village. During the destruction, he found Azucena (a street kid) and tried to protect her, until they were found by Orella and she saved them both.

Corazon has a cold personality and is very closed off. He doesnt see Orella and Azucena as his family, at least not at this point in the story, as he values his lost blood family more than them. He clings to his lost ones tightly. To him, Orella is his rival first and foremost. He often follows his emotions and doesnt think before acting.

Azucena: she/her, 18 (starts as 10). Shes the youngest of the trio. She was abandoned on the streets when their village was destroyed, until Corazón found her. She was also training to become a knight, but she was only doing it so she wouldnt be separated from them, and had very little aptitude for fighting, being the worst of her class and always ditching the training to hide and read. Her only wish is to remain with her siblings, but fears she worries them too much and that shes dead weight to them.

When you want to draw some “interesting” things, but someone is sitting right behind you.

Orion and Orella from the app game Post Knight! The little alchemy merchant twins from Griffondell. I love them very much.

I super recommend this app if you don’t play it already. It’s really fun and relaxing and the art is adorable.