IkuSaari

A young healer woman sets sail to kill her enemies and steal the heart of the prince her rival desires. She encounters deadrousers, cannibals and lunatics as she hunts for epic treasures and love. She finds out she can be everything she wants to be: a doctor and a healer of thieves, a lover and an impressively rich spirit aunt, but the price she has to pay will be paid in blood. 

Serenica Ingram is a brave witch in her twenties. She would do anything to be even better at healing. Mariana Kinley, a witch-hating witch and a ruthless businesswoman, doesn't like competition and drives Serenica out of her home. She joins the pirate crew of the necromancer, Captain Spade. 

The city of Neul that Serenica calls home is a hostile and degenerate place, ripe with rich merchants and homeless witches, but the mythical island of outlaws, Aja Vana, is even stranger. The western islands are populated by outcasts and Serenica would do anything to avoid them. 

Becoming a rich and respected pirate healer isn't easy, especially with both other witches and royals wanting Serenica dead. She has to sail to the ends of the known world just to get her stolen property back, and even harder will be to catch the eye of the Dreamer, the fair prince whom Kinley also desires, while fulfilling the promise to kill a king.

WARNING: s*icide mentions, very mild cursing, violence, blood so please use caution when reading.

discord link finally. it's an actual functioning server afaik: https://discord.gg/tmeZKG5dqT

Water Belongs to the Dead: Heart of the Witch

The screams of victory echoed on the deck, piercing Serenica through her skull.

She realized she would have to stitch up many men, and Indigo was dead.

Spade was weeping over her now lifeless body,

This was the first time Serenica saw him like this, so utterly devastated that he could not speak or even look at her.

She knelt down next to him as the last enemies jumped overboard, and she saw the first mate do the same.

They put their hands on Spade's back, without trying to pull him away from the dead woman.

The healer wondered if Indigo had symbolized something to him, like Helen had been a symbol of innocence for Serenica. The king-captain mourned the woman like concepts were mourned, not as a person or a secret lover, but the things he said once he could express himself again revealed a deep appreciation.

Coughing Blood