Omg, just give Kith some Tylenol, jeez.

Aaaand, can't wait to get at that Morgana! *stabby stabby stab stab*

. . . and then learn her secreeeeetssss . . .

No one might actually want to deal the finishing blow... 

Yeah... knowing what I know, now, I feel kind of bad for Morgana... or, at least understand her motivations a bit better, anyway.

That said, Ch'dau knows none of it and would just as soon kill her if given the opportunity.

Kind of hoping Morgana just poofs away and doesn't offer the chance, tbh.

Ugh, I'm going to have to remind myself that I'm the one making myself impatient, waiting to learn more about her.

Recall that Morgana's preferred form of payment is Life, which she says in reference to a healthy, living humanoid with unbroken spirit.

In her perspective, it's not really any different than people bartering with say a horse. To our characters, the difference is obvious. To her, though... Her perspective is twisted in part by her many, many years spent in the company of Spiderlily, who as a fae A'nia has a very detached view of Audalis in the first place, but also in part by the circumstances of who she was before Morgana. 

Wow, I love complicated antagonists.

Very excited to learn more about those two!

I put a lot of thought into Morgana and Spiderlily - what they can and can't do, how they gather information, learn things... Find secrets... 

It also occurs to me that you could almost use a chess analogy for Morgana's various mediums

The felt toy dolls are like pawns. Small, unassuming, generally not powerful... Unless they are queened...

The mannequin as Kithran, Mosic and Ch'dau fought in the apothecary are like bishops. Among the more powerful units

The mannequins that Aranwen know of are like rooks/castles. The strongest of Morgana's mannequins in combat

The shopkeeper... Morgana's dolls like those don't fit the analogy because they are generally not for combat. If pushed into the analogy, could be like the knights - dangerous in the right time and place, otherwise not really.

Morgana has one 'queen piece' ... And yes, there's a good likelihood the trio will end up having to fight it.

Spiderlily isn't on the hypothetical chessboard, btw. 

"dangerous in the right time and place, otherwise not really." The most accurate description of the knight piece I've ever heard.

Maybe Spiderlily is the uncle who gave you the glass board for Christmas one year lol or maybe she's the Windows 95 computer I learned on.

Great analogy, and I'm glad you put so much into their design and mechanics as well! They're such interesting and layered characters--at least from what I've been able to glean so far.

I am feeling a bit concerned...  

RUN

Edit: just noticed the lips. WHY DO THEY HAVE LIPS

They're Morganaquinns!!!

Back isn't feeling a whole lot better, today, but I am at least able to hobble around without feeling like I'll snap in two. I'll do my best to get some posts going, soon.

Just, never sneeze again, okay?!

I did see Rer was also working on a post on the collab page, but who knows if she made it out of there?!

...I haven't checked the collab doc, yet, this morning. I'll take a peek in a few.

Added the first bit of my post to the "Onward and Upward" section in the collab doc... Seemed to fit or lead in nicely to what the two of you already have there, so I figured why not. Going to take a little break and tend to some work related business, now, before I get into the next "ambush." If either of you want to write that up, feel free, otherwise, I'll do so once I get work sorted.

About to check it out!  Ah, and that post was aaaaalllll Rer, gotta give credit where credit's due! With the exception of the very last Kithy line, which I just interjected in there when I read through last night.

Hope you're feeling better Eol Fefelupagus!