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Aja Au Grimmus

the Protean Knight · the Fury

The greatest Olympic Knight of her age is at last cornered and bled to death by four blades in the bunker, beheaded by Sevro, loyal to Octavia to her final breath.

Story so far

When Cassius's betrayal turns out to be a ruse, Aja au Grimmus becomes the Society's last shield in the bunker—and very nearly wins alone. The greatest student of Lorn au Arcos, moving in the Willow Way as though she has studied the fight before it began, she cuts down Darrow, Cassius, and Mustang by turns, bleeding them methodically and impaling Darrow between the ribs. But trapped—she cannot reach the door code without turning her back on them—she is worn down.

The revived Sevro draws her first blood, and the four hunt her like a wolfpack takes a panther, opening her tendons one by one: 'That one's for Quinn. This one's for Ragnar.' Mustang takes her arm at the elbow; Sevro drives both razors into her chest, kisses her nose—'Omnis vir lupus'—and beheads her. Dying, she crawls toward her mistress Octavia, begging forgiveness she is told never to seek, the Fury who burned bright falling beside the Sovereign who raised her.

Appearance

A tall, dark, statuesque Gold in deep-blue Protean armor rippling with sea dragons, shoulders near as broad as Ragnar's; carved apart and bled white, her arm severed, defiant to the end.

Role

The Society's fallen Fury; the peerless Protean Knight bled to death by Darrow's circle in the bunker, faithful to Octavia unto death.

Relationships

Octavia au Lune — Her Sovereign and surrogate mother, toward whom she crawls dying, begging a forgiveness she is refused the need of.
Sevro — The revived Goblin who draws her first blood and beheads her, avenging Quinn, Ragnar, and Mars.
Darrow — The one-handed Reaper she nearly kills, impaling him between the ribs before she is overwhelmed.
Lorn au ArcosBk 2 — The razormaster who trained her too well, whose own techniques she turns against his other students.

Earlier in this series

Also appears in books you've already read — spoiler-safe to their endings:

Sources — 5 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 2
  • The Sovereign's deadliest Fury, come to Mars to bear the captured Reaper home to Luna for dissection.
Chapter 30
  • Marooned on the pole after downing Darrow's ship, the Sovereign's deadliest Fury slays Ragnar with Lorn's own trick—then vanishes into a crevasse.
Chapter 58
  • Revealed alive after the polar waste, Aja receives Cassius's captured prize—the Reaper, Virginia, and Ares's body—for the Sovereign.
Chapter 60
  • Octavia's deadliest protector, who welcomes the captured Reaper to the bunker, is kept from the fight, and strangles Antonia to death on the Sovereign's word.
Chapter 62
  • The greatest Olympic Knight of her age is at last cornered and bled to death by four blades in the bunker, beheaded by Sevro, loyal to Octavia to her final breath.
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