Evhie Bitter

**Evhie Bitter** (full bindname **Evhie Ebb-and-Flow Feast-or-Famine Ever-More-Bitter**) is the founder of the Wallflowers and a prominent figure in the underbelly of Assanas.

## Description

Evhie is tall for a fae, with androgynous features bearing a perpetual grin. Like any fae, their hair is translucent and grey while their eyelashes are nearly the length of a human finger. The pigment that forms in their eyes and the cast of their skin are a peculiar shade of teal, although these are rarely seen given the nature of the Geshael curse. They dress in fine, tailored clothing which is often trimmed with gold and are rarely without a quill or parchment somewhere on their person.

## Personality

Upbeat even in the face of betrayal or defeat, Evhie's jovial veneer conceals a frighteningly calculating mind. Over the centuries, they have turned the craft of pulling strings and placing rumors in the proper ears into a veritable art form. Their boundless ambition leads them to pursue many concurrent schemes and ventures at once, with many of these taking decades or longer to bear fruit. They are patient, self-assured, and cautious despite their disorderly pretense.

Keenly aware of both the strengths and shortcomings of the Wallflowers, Evhie maintains contact with a number of criminal organizations across the continent and has been known to work closely with the Hoisters on certain occasions.

## Abilities

Evhie's most noteworthy ability is their proficiency the **Intemperate Art of Ereus**, a rare combat style that uses a mastery of force and angles to turn the poet's tools of pen and parchment into dangerous weapons. When cornered, Evhie adopts a swashbuckling style and employs their feather quill to deadly effect. Direct combat is a last resort, however, as they tend to fight defensively and retreat as soon as the opportunity presents itself; as an immortal, time is their greatest ally of all and they prefer to simply outlast their adversaries. To this end, they have placed several large wooden crates throughout the city of Assanas. The Geshael's unique power allows them to travel from one crate to another at will, escaping from direct confrontations and crossing vast distances in an instant. In the event that their presence is required for a meeting, they always arrive inside one of these crates carried by a crew of Wallflowers in order to avoid light and retain a means of escape.

## Possessions

Although they deal in all manner of rare and enchanted goods, Evhie's most prized possession is their quill. Crafted from the feather of a rare Alanaic stormcrown, its size and structure make it reliable both as a writing implement and as a weapon.

## Activities

Evhie rarely sets foot outside of the Wallflowers' safehouses and hardly ever leaves the city of Assanas. Their business throughout the city is conducted through intermediaries, couriers, and reams of correspondence ensuring that they evade both light and scrutiny. The plots and ventures they pursue are varied and complex, with progress being measured by decades rather than days. Each of their operatives is only given as much information as they require in order to complete their tasks, with the result being that agents of the Wallflowers are often unaware of the activities of their peers and work against each other in order to further two contradictory schemes.

The patience and caution Evhie exercises at every turn have served them well, bringing the Wallflowers a reputation as expert thieves of both goods and information. Although their identity is a mystery to the city at large, Evhie makes their fae heritage known when it suits them and has established a role as a reliable source of rare materials among other immortals.

## Relationships

### Allies

Although they have little involvement with affairs past the city gates, Evhie has been known to aid the Hoisters with certain robberies in exchange for their services. Within Assanas, they have used bribery, blackmail, and threats to develop a series of contacts among the city's architects with the goal of ensuring that the Wallflowers' safehouses remain undisturbed. Their somewhat unique position among immortals also grants them a broad range of connections and clients, particularly among the Chorailim.

### Foes

Evhie's criminal activities have made them an elusive thorn in the side of the Assanan guard for more than a century. As a result, the Wallflowers are in constant conflict with the forces of law within the city.

## History

Evhie was born in one of Sumarfold’s developing courts several centuries after First Crossing. As one of the Geshael, they were sheltered from the light of day and only emerged at night. This protection from their curse was so thorough that they had no concept of the sun or daylight for the first years of their life, believing that the world existed in a perpetual state of gloom. It was in those long-forgotten nights spent wandering the footpaths of the nascent court that Evhie was first exposed to the underbelly that blooms alongside any society. The cover of night has served as a convenient shroud for clandestine and underhanded dealings since the very beginning, and creatures as beholden to the dark as the Geshael cannot help but bear witness.

This began a long-standing fascination with all things illicit and forbidden which continues into the present. Evhie’s enchantment with the underbelly of the continent has brought them from Sumarfold to Darnelis and everywhere in between, although they settled in Assanas in 1054 PC and have been loath to leave the city ever since. The lightless lower reaches of the city were an ideal shelter from the Geshael curse and Evhie took full advantage of the gloom, learning the layout of each passage and alleyway over the course of nearly three centuries.