The Privileged
MinorThe Privileged carries the weight of years in her lined face, yet her eyes burn with a power that makes the air itself seem afraid. Gray hair and crow's feet cannot hide the dangerous elegance that lingers in her posture. When she moves, one feels the presence of something ancient and merciless wearing the skin of an old woman.
In the Powder Mage Trilogy, The Privileged is introduced as a mysterious and deadly sorceress of the old order, an aging yet immensely powerful woman who survives catastrophic injuries through her magic and wields auras capable of killing at a distance, even through rain. Her weathered appearance and Privileged gloves mark her as a stubborn remnant of the royalist magic that the powder mages seek to overthrow following the coup in Adro. Throughout Promise of Blood, she serves as a formidable antagonist, relentlessly pursuing her goals with ruthless efficiency and embodying the unyielding strength of pre-revolutionary sorcery. Though her full arc is largely contained to the first book, she represents the broader clash between traditional Privileged mages and the emerging gunpowder-based military might.
Physical Description
An older woman with gray hair and a face that shows her age—lined and weathered skin with prominent crow’s-feet at the corners of once-beautiful eyes. She wears a plain brown jacket and matching skirt, but her most striking feature is the elegant Privileged’s gloves covering her hands. Despite her years, she carries herself with a commanding, dangerous presence that makes the air feel charged around her.
Evolution
Powder Mage Trilogy 01 - Promise of Blood
The Privileged begins as a hunted sorceress of terrifying power, surviving multiple gunshot wounds and a bayonet to the stomach through her magic. An aging woman who was once very beautiful, her weathered face and gray hair conceal the strength of one who can spread deadly auras through rain itself. Throughout the story she remains a formidable antagonist, her Privileged gloves a symbol of the old magic that refuses to yield to the new order.
- Survives multiple gunshot wounds and a bayonet strike to the stomach by channeling her magic to heal and endure the injuries.
- Demonstrates her power by spreading deadly auras through rainfall, killing or incapacitating enemies without direct contact.
- Confronts the new revolutionary forces as a hunted but unrelenting antagonist, using her Privileged gloves to channel destructive sorcery.
- Maintains her role as a symbol of the old magical order, refusing to yield to the powder mages' technological and political upheaval.
Book Appearances
Powder Mage Trilogy 01 - Promise of Blood
First appears Ch 6