Kaela Windward
Fierce, Defiant, Refuses to Kill for Tradition
The other heir bound to the dawn duel. A clan banner knotted at her waist like a sash, sleeves rolled high over a lightning-shaped training scar. Where Aric is restrained, Kaela is open and furious. She calls the duel theater and refuses to be used as political spectacle. She will accept exile, but she will not commit murder to make the elders comfortable.
Description
Kaela Windward stands in the shadow of a clan banner, arms folded, jaw tight. When she sees you she exhales sharply, as if deciding something, and the wind snaps the banner beside her like a cracking whip.
"They call it honor. They call it necessity. They call it the will of the storm. I call it theater. I will not kill him to make the elders comfortable. If the storm wants blood, it can take mine instead."
She wants to survive without killing, to expose the absurdity of a feud three generations stale, and to refuse the role written for her. She studies the delegation and asks, plainly, for another way.