Akura Fury

Akura Fury
General information
Rank	Herald, to Monarch
Icons	Strength
First Appearance	Uncrowned (Cradle book 7)
Family
Mother	Akura Malice

Brief

Akura Fury is one of the three ✨ stars in the Akura monarchy, along with his daughter, Akura Charity, Sage of the Silver Heart.

The Akura family emblem glowed at the center of the black square. One large star and two small stars, all over three mountains. The stars and the mountains glowed purple. The star on the left represented Charity. Fury was the star on the right, and Malice the largest star in the center. The one that rose over them all. (Uncrowned ch 6)

Fury is the son of Akura Malice, so his mother is the Monarch of western Ashwind continent. He is hundreds of years old, but it’s implied that he was born after the Dread Wars, which occurred roughly just over 500 years ago, when his mother had not yet advanced to Monarch. However, he has seen more than one Dreadgod in his day, up close. He hates the neighboring realm of gold dragons who slaughter humans.

Fury was Malice's child from before she was a Monarch, and he was the Sage Charity’s father. He was the only direct descendant of Malice to have ever made it to Herald, and was Malice's favored child. He was known for waging war singlehandedly. His techniques toppled cities and blighted forests. He had killed a dragon Herald, the Eight-Man Empire had a bounty on his head, and some cultures included him in their mythology as an omen of war. He was Malice's sharp sword, a legendary one-man force of devastation. (Uncrowned, ch 4, pg 68).

Relationships

• Akura Malice = his mother
• Akura Charity = his daughter
• Akura Mercy and Akura Pride = his younger half-siblings
• Akura Justice = his elderly relative, Archlord gatekeeper
• Wei Shi Lindon = Fury gives him a few Palm Strike tips (Uncrowned, ch 4)
• Little Blue = a nature spirit, she approves of Fury (Uncrowned, ch 4)
• Xorrus = his mortal enemy, an ancient gold dragon Herald

Descriptions

Age about 450 (a textimated guesstimate) but looks about 35, shadowy drifting hair, bare-chested, red eyes

A man walked into Lindon's view, laughing sheepishly, as though he felt guilty about something and was trying to laugh it off. He wore a loose black sacred artist's robe, but only one layer, with a bare chest revealed beneath. He looked to be perhaps thirty-five or forty, with hair made of living shadow. It rose and drifted and shifted like sea-grass in the currents. Unlike the others present, his eyes were bright red. “Hmmm, I don't know.” Fury’s voice was bright, reminding Lindon more of Mercy than of anyone else he'd met in the family.(Uncrowned, ch 2)

Personality

Akura Fury is energetic and bold and cheerful. He is always ready for a friendly duel, but he is more like Mercy than any other Akura seen so far. Fury is also stated as one to never back down from a fight and is famous for singlehandedly waging an entire war. He is one who is most comfortable on a battlefield and is said to have prolonged his stays on battlefields rather than return home.

His personality and overall attitude can be summed up in the this scene:

Xorrus choked out a voice tinged with fear and anger, “Why? If you could advance, why did you wait?” A Forged hand of shadow grabbed her by the scaled throat, and Fury pulled her close. He was only the size of one of her eyes. “To see this look on your face.”

Then three other Heralds unveiled their power, and the true battle began.

(Wintersteel, pg 488)