Dusk Nivara

In the cold quiet of her studio, Dusk is caught mid-act by her sister Nian, who has pulled her shirt down and holds her head in place. The moment from the vision report — startled, tearful, overwhelmed — hangs frozen in the air.

After a sparring match Dusk was clearly meant to lose, Nian collects her forfeit in the back room while Dusk's aura still arcs and snaps around them like a living storm.

Dusk is deep in a private ritual, painting dragons by candlelight, when Nian arrives — and refuses to be kept at arm's length any longer, pushing gently, then not so gently, past Dusk's rules.