The pin on which the cog of fate turns.

“Time is meaningless to the elves, yet time is running out. Who will you be, three-blood? Are you truly the guardian you wish to be or merely a slave to the contract in your blood?”

Some of us were born just to watch the world burn.

He isn’t an elf or a demon. He also isn’t a monster, even if he has many traits of monsters. All he wants is to keep his loved ones safe and that becomes harder and harder with every passing day.

01. Captain & Command

A promotion, an assignment, and a beguiling lieutenant. Whatever Ma’Stald thought he’d find upon returning home is most certainly not what he gets.

“…then you know what must be done. Give me the boy, Lyra. I will end this in a way that benefits us.”

And gods, it was tempting to do just that. Day after day, Lyra found it more and more difficult to hold back Ma’Stald’s nature. What if she just…gave him to the new king of hell? Surely Wroth would know how to force such an unruly child back into line.

— Nephilim Purges