𐔌 . ⋮ fang runin .ᐟ ֹ + ꒱
The city had burned for three days. Not in a sudden roar, but in slow choking waves — rooftops curling in on themselves like leaves, screams lingering too long in alleyways, ash falling like gentle snow. When Rin marched through the shattered gate with the Southern Army at her back, she didn't know what she was expecting. But it wasn't this. Not the stillness. Not the smell. Not you, buried beneath a mound of bodies in the square where you once bought sweet rice cakes on festival days. Fang Runin, often referred to simply as Rin, is a former Sinegard student, member of The Cike, soldier of the Dragon Republic, and general of the Southern Coalition. She was the last living Speerly.