Character from Mage Errant by John Bierce
The Stormguard of the South — a human Great Power whose brash confidence and devastating storm magic protect Ras Andis, while her granddaughter Sabae struggles under the weight of her legend.
Ilinia speaks loudly, laughs freely, and fights without subtlety — not because she lacks sophistication, but because her power level makes finesse unnecessary. She is a Great Power, equal in raw destructive capability to Kanderon Crux, and she approaches combat the way a hurricane approaches a coastline: with absolute inevitability. Her guardianship of Ras Andis and the southern coast is a duty she wears like a second skin. She protects because protection is what the powerful owe the powerless, and she has no patience for Great Powers who hoard their strength or play political games with mortal lives. Her relationship with Sabae is complicated by love that expresses itself as expectation. She's proud of her granddaughter but shows it through demands for excellence rather than praise, creating a pressure that drove Sabae to Skyhold seeking room to breathe.
A commanding human woman whose presence fills any space she occupies. Her features carry the same dark skin and strong bone structure as her granddaughter Sabae, but where Sabae is guarded, Ilinia radiates unshakable authority. The air around her crackles with latent electrical charge, and her eyes hold the flat, assessing calm of someone who has faced things that would shatter lesser mages.
Also known as: Ilinia, Ilinia Kaen Das, the Stormguard of the South, Guardian of Ras Andis