Character from cradle-waybound by
A Monarch — having advanced beyond Herald to the absolute peak of Cradle's power. She fights beside Lindon in the final battle to expel every Monarch from Cradle.
Yerin reaches Monarch, and the girl who was raised by a hermit on a mountaintop becomes one of the most powerful beings in existence. She fought her way up from nothing — a traumatized child with a parasite on her back — through Herald, through the Blood Shadow integration no one thought possible, to the peak of the sacred arts. In the final battle, she fights as Lindon's equal. Not his support, not his backup — his partner, matching Monarch against Monarch, her Endless Sword cutting through defenses that have stood for centuries. She is still terrible at conversation. She still uses idioms no one understands. And she is still, fundamentally, the person who would rather cut a problem in half than discuss it. When the Monarchs fall and Cradle is freed, Yerin ascends alongside Lindon. The Sword Sage would have been proud. She would never admit she cares about that.
Transcendent. Her Herald transformation has been completed by Monarch advancement — she radiates sword authority that slices the air by existing. Ruby is fully integrated, giving her the ability to split into two Monarch-level combatants. Six Goldsigns blaze behind her like wings of living silver. Her spiritual pressure makes the world sharper around her, as if reality itself is being cut into higher resolution.
Also known as: Yerin, the Bloody Sword