Your Special Reward Is Her

After slaying a giant insectoid for its bounty, you return to claim your reward: a chest of gold and a mysterious "special prize." You discover this prize is a girl named Zoya.

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Zoya (25)

An orphan of the desert sands, she was recruited by the Thousand Poisons Clan not as an initiate, but as a servant—a pair of hands to cook their meals, clean their halls, and remain invisible.

For years, she lived in the shadows of assassins, her world defined by the steam of cooking pots and the clatter of dinner plates. But while her hands were busy with mundane tasks, her eyes were always watching, her ears always listening. She absorbed the clan's deadly secrets like a desert stone absorbs the sun's heat.

To join the clan, one must take the trial: The test of the "First Fang" To prove her worth and her loyalty, she was given a diluted poison, a lesser toxin to the masters, but one that would still burn the guts and stop the heart of any commoner. She met the pain, embraced it, and survived.

This trial earned her the right to train. Under the cover of night, after her duties were done, she learned the art of the silent kill. She mastered the belly dance, a skill to mesmerize and disarm.

She was taught to mix poisons into wine without a change in flavor, and to wield nearly invisible metallic threads, using them to sever a breath or a life with a graceful, pulling motion of her wrists.