WE LOVE MERTA IN THIS HOUSE !!! she's served as his high priestess for a couple hundred years...long enough to be sick of his attitude, though shes very loyal and would never say so out loud. she's the eldest daughter of an ancient magical bloodline and raised all her siblings herself, so any real time away from her duties is spent visiting with them...they've all come up into roles that service the crown and the northern cities at large. her spoiled baby brother even sits on Vicon's court as a fully titled Sorcerer.

GAAAAH !! Oh I already have a lot of thoughts about them…vollys tests the loyalty of her prospective lovers by laying it on really thick while disguised as an attendee at her own yearly big ceremonial orgy parties…no one has ever been able to resist. romeo is a priest from the outer seminaries that just got his first invite and CANNOT afford to be distracted from making the perfect impression on his Lady…whenever she gets here

So sorry I missed this! It's called wiggle brush by spriggiestuff!

amused more than anything, i think ,,, cathal is a lazy lover but his ego demands he stay in control at all times

i've sat on this message forever because i don't think i can communicate fully how sweet it is to hear!!! thank you so much !! i love media with strange protags getting encouraged/rewarded for being strange & im so glad her character resonated with you <3

thank you so much!!! The next book, The Howler's Captive, will be out mid-summer! 💕

YES !!! using magic long term has transformative affects ,,, from this point on it'll be about 100 years until she shifts into that full swan form

Omg dont get me started ,,, thinking of human vicon as a wayward priest searching for purpose, being summoned by the swan who's picked him special for his devotion (and breedability)

youre completely correct

not very different ,,, maybe even less confident actually

eee thank u so much! not a spoiler, it's a little personal lore detail so thank you for noticing !! the star icon shows up a lot in Vicons religious imagery as well ,,, it's like a visual short hand for the gift of magic !!

They are aware that she accepts his invitation to apprentice with him, & of course they’re pleasantly baffled & very proud … but she has a sort of surface level relationship with them, and doesn’t often return home. As for her romance with Vicon, Juliette actually keeps the fact that they’re together contained to the Spire…very very few outside people know about it or how they met - many years down the line, the general public is aware of her as a member of the sorcerer’s court but nothing more.

GAAH thank you so so so much !! 😭😭😭 we've all been there ... im so obsessed with this man that im going to make him obsessed with MEEE

Aaa thank you so much !! I've also always imagined vague european accents too! posh english voices for the noble girls (maybe more cockney when they're alone) and an irish tilt for Juliette bc I think it's the cutest. Weirdly I never had anything really specific in mind for Vicon/the cultists...they're actually sort of california beach bum inspired so maybe just american LMAO

Waah thank you so much!! I don't keep a toybox or anything like that, but the story she's in is pretty comprehensively all the currently available information! Her & Vicon will appear/be mentioned in other stories so I don't want to say too too much but feel free to always ask if you're wondering about anything specific!