Theska

Theska is temptation made flesh—laughing, golden-eyed, and dangerous in the most delightful way. A half-devil and half-satyr, he walks the halls of the Winter Court with the swagger of a troubadour and the scent of sin. Twin to Thorne, yet her mirror in more than appearance, Theska is warmth where she is cool, chaos where she is control. He is one of Prince Cyrix’s personal entertainers, a position that involves more than music and jest. With Thorne, he tends to the Prince’s pleasures—but beneath the silk and laughter lies a mind as sharp as a knife’s kiss.   Theska plays the fool, the flirt, the libertine—but he listens. Every drunken confession, every lover’s spat in a quiet corridor, every whispered intrigue behind gloved hands finds its way to him. His infernal blood gives him an uncanny gift for desire—he always seems to know what people want, and how to make them say too much to get it. His Satyr heritage ensures that he is never unwelcome, no matter how scandalous his presence becomes. Together with Thorne, he weaves seduction into strategy, turning feasts and frolic into theater of control.   Where Thorne whispers in shadows, Theska dances in light. He plays music that makes nobles weep or undress, tells stories with meanings folded like poisoned petals, and flatters until flattery becomes compulsion. He is quick with a laugh, quicker with a lie, and quicker still to slide into someone’s confidence—or bed. His charm is effortless, but never aimless. Every touch is deliberate, every gaze a calculated caress, and every fool who believes he’s merely a hedonist becomes another note in his symphony of secrets.   Though he rarely shows it, Theska is fiercely loyal to Prince Cyrix. Not out of duty, but fascination—Cyrix is the only being he's ever met who plays the game by not playing, who allows Theska and Thorne to operate unchecked because he understands their value. And while Theska laughs and drinks and kisses his way through the Winter Court, his true allegiance lies with his sister, with the Prince, and with the gathering of knowledge—because in the end, knowing what someone craves is the surest way to break them. And no one plays that game better than Theska.