Racial abilities: infravision, resistance to charm, stealth.
Training: Aelynn is is trained as an expert archer, with a skill and level of dedication unlike any other. She seldomly uses other forms of weaponry, but does have a short sword that she carries as a back-up weapon. She crafts her bow and arrows herself, and takes pristine care of all her equipment.

Special notes: Aelynn is most at home in natural settings, especially woodlands. She has had little exposure to "civilized" life in lands developed by humans, therefore has an understandable fear and discomfort when forced to enter such surroundings. She also has a dislike of uncontrolled fire, since it only serves as a reminder of her past.

History: Aelynn's father was a wood elf ranger-scout, who had a dryad's tree within the bounds of his scouting route. Unaware of the dyrad's presence but suspecting, he went about his daily rounds under the eye of the dryad. One day, while furthest from his home camp of Greenskye, he came across a small band of gnolls lying in wait for a brown bear and her cubs. With no choice but to act immediately, he went into battle with the gnolls. Unfortunately there were more gnolls in ambush than he was aware, and although he came out victorious he was gravely wounded in the process. The dryad, upon seeing this, came forth to his aid to show her appreciation for his care of her forest. She took him to her tree where she healed his wounds. Upon awaking, the wood elf was smitten with the dryad (as is hard to avoid even without the charms!) , but was more deeply touched by her kindness in helping him. Their pairing ensues after this, and the wood elf awakes later under a tree near his home camp. He sees her sporadically on his rounds after this, wishing to see her more but she insists that it is not the way of things. She bears his child, much to his pride, and raises Aelynn'ryelis though most of her young childhood. She is taught the ways of the forest and the forest creatures, during the time which children are their most innocent. Before the child reaches adolescence, the dryad says it is time for her live with her father, and learns the ways of his kind. Aelynn goes, eager to learn, and is made a part of the wood elf tribe. She spends the rest of her life there, seeing less and less of her mother as she grows into adulthood. Her father trains her in the bow, which Aelynn begins to take a great interest in.

When she is in mid adolescence, there is a great battle on the outskirts of their territory. A band of adventurers battle a Hill giant, and due to some negligent spell casting on their part, a stray fireball spell sets the forest aflame. The wood elves rally to save the forest, but not before the fire consumes a goodly portion of it, including her mother's tree. With her dying strength, the dryad appears before Aelynn, who is mad with grief and anger. Not wanting to see the seed of hate grow in her daughter, the dryad's last words give her comfort and strength, pleading with her that not all outsiders are wholly evil, but that some just need to be taught the ways of the wood. After this incident, Aelynn returns to the Greenskye camp and asks to be trained as efficiently as possibly in the weapon she feels she can best defend the wood - the bow. Her father had her trained in every technique known to elves in the way of the bow, and she was a steady and fast learner. A week before she would have joined the scouting teams in active protection of the Greenskye wood, she began having mysterious and disturbing dreams. Following the call of these mysterious dreams, she left the security of her home and traveled south to the Forest of Tethyr, where she meet several adventurers who had the same dreams. They joined together to battle a dark menace that's invaded the ancient forest and old home of the elves.

Personality: Aelynn is still the sweet and (mostly!) innocent type. She's genuine with everyone she meets but somewhat cautious of outsiders, especially city-folk. She enjoys assisting others and lends a helping hand whenever possible. She views all creatures of the forest, be it man, elf, deer or old oak, as equals.

Note: This is her short bio. Yes, there's a longer version. =3 Read it here.

Name: Jorie Rikard
Race: Altered Human
Height: 5'10"
Weight: Ummm... about twice what you'd expect. ;)
Build: Average; toned and athletic.
Hair: Blond, with a red-orange streak at the part, worn short and tussled.
Eyes: Blue-green
Other Attributes: Jorie's left eye is doesn't quite match her right in color, and has what looks like runic circuitry in the pupil when seen close-up. She also has a slash scar across her left cheek.
Class/Occupation: Mercenary/Gunslinger/"Problem Solver"
Game Origin: Dawn of the Immortals (formally known as Dark Saga)
Genre: An RPG character from a fantasy world, but comes from a more Steam-Punkish area called the Techno-Empire. (a sci-fantasy combination, think mid-era Final Fantasy games or Chrono Trigger)

Racial abilities: Enhanced vision, extra durability, regeneration, superior reflexes, poison tolerance (including alcohol). She's also incredibly difficult to kill. Her body is tougher than a normal human's, she has a high tolerance for pain, and she has a tendency to get back up after taking what should be mortal damage.

Training: Jorie is an expert marksman, born with an amazing talent for making impossible shots which is only improved by her enhanced vision. She is very athletic and known to pull off insane acrobatics in order to get those impossible shots. She knows some martial hand-to-hand as well, and can fight with a knife.

Special notes: Jorie's pistols are energy-flingers, powered by techno-magic, that were custom crafterd by her father, a renown gunsmith. They have attachments that can be added to convert them into rifles, and can fire solid rounds as well for better penetration. Jorie also carries a caster gun (yes, ripped right out of the anime Outlaw Star!) which allows her to fire hugely destructive energy blasts (she keeps this as her last resort weapon, when she has to whip out the big guns! o.o).

She has a personal satellite or 'ID' as they are called; a small mechanical creature that hovers near her almost all the time which she ironically calls 'Blank' (think MAGs from Phantasy Star Online). Blank can carry extra ammo and parts for her, recharge power cels, and act as a range amplifier for long range rifle shots. He can speak and tends to be very polite and cautionary, except when conversing with Jorie. They seem to bicker and trade jibs fairly regularly. Also traveling with Jorie is a winged cat named Haley who attached herself to Jorie when she was just a kitten, much to Jorie's original distaste. Haley has since grown to be one of Jorie's only true friends, and is just as feisty has her human counter part. (see model sheet for visual reference on both of these.)

History: Jorie’s career started at a young age guarding caravans for her family; the largest weapons trade-guild in the Techno-Empire. This went well, until one day at the age of 18, she encountered an aristocratic slaver and duelist by the name of Daevarius Cantleroy. She dueled for her freedom but in the end her pride was what he took instead of her life. She has borne the scar of this first failure ever since. Her second failure, at the age of 22, almost killed her. A pair of manticores brutally attacked and slaughtered the caravan she was guarding; mutilating her body, leaving barely anything to save. She was rebuilt with a miracle of technology and magic, brought about by her father and his connections among the Iklons. Though her body was rebuilt and complete, the woman inside tragically was not. It took months for her to recover and retrain her body, but the experience left a mark on her that would never truly fade. She continued to work for the trade-guild until her father’s death, at which point she left it behind and took to a life of mercenary work. During that time, she began a relationship with an Iklon mercenary named Dalenir that would change her life in ways she would never expect. Since that time her adventures have tested her spirit, body, and pride, spanning death and time. Each challenge has tested her strength and resiliency, but she’s meet each one head on, with a bitchy attitude and loaded guns.

Personality: She's bold, aggressive, and enjoys her job perhaps a little too much. Her experience with death has removed her fear and much of her instinct for self preservation. She's reckless almost to the point of insanity, but the thrill of the action and the pain of combat as one of the few things that make her feel truly alive.
The woman has a mouth on her like you wouldn't believe. She's flippant and sarcastic, with a quick and VERY sharp wit which few can escape. She says exactly what she's thinking no matter how tactless, obnoxious, or down right rude it might be. Oh, and she cusses like a sailor. ;)

She is a consummate professional however, and takes each job she does very seriously. She may be a risk taker, but she takes care to only endanger herself and the not others around her (I can't necessarily say the same about property damage though!).

Jorie is rough around the edges, and a little broken inside. Her life has been harsh and it shows. She puts on a good, tough face most of the time, but it only hides the insecurities that lie beneath. Though she comes across as fairly bitchy, she's still good at heart. She defends fiercely those few she calls friend, as well as things she sees as morally wrong. Her friends grow to appreciate her for her sense of humor and ability to bounce back from almost anything. She’s a reluctant hero, with a bit of a subconscious martyr complex.

Quirks: Jorie never speaks of her experience with death, and tries to avoid the subject should anyone ask. Jorie's repressed the traumatic memories of the moments before her death, but relives the manticore's brutal attack during reoccurring nightmares, which always end with her waking screams. She also has a terrible fear of manticores when they confront her in the flesh, and such confrontations evoke an instant fight or flight instinct in her.

Jorie has three addictions; hard alcohol, sex, and adrenaline. Alcohol helps her cope, sex fills the relationship void, and the adrenaline rush makes her feel truly alive. (Of course, those aren’t the only reasons; she just loves recreational sex and drinking too! And she seems to think she was born to be an action hero, haha!) She loves coffee too, and chewing on raw licorice, but hates smoking and generally thinks it’s a disgusting habit.

Theme Music: Harder to Breathe by Maroon 5; Somewhere I Belong by Linkin Park.

Related Characters: Daevarius Cantleroy (enemy), Dalenir (lover), Anwyn, Kalee, and Shauri (friends).

Kadir ¤ ¤ ¤

Name: Kadir
Race: Shii’do human (Arabian)
Age: 20
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 175
Skin: Dark Tanned
Build: Average but toned
Hair: Dark brown, almost black
Eyes: Warm, light brown
Other Attributes: Always wears a gold chain with a small tarnished medallion on it.
Class/occupation: Sky pirate / adventurer
Game Origin: Dawn of the Immortals
Genre: Original Fantasy

Training: He has a practiced skill in slight of hand, lock picking, and stealth. He’s well trained in the sword, preferring the cutlass as his primary weapon, but also has a good hand with daggers, either thrown or melee. In addition to standard sword training, he has some spellsword abilities. These allow him to amplify his attacks through the use of the elements (fire, lighting, wind, acid). He has the full experience of a qualified airshipman, including pilot and navigational skills.

Special Notes: He wears finely crafted leather armor dyed dark red/rust. The cutlass he carries is an artifact and can sheathe itself in one of the 5 elements (fire, earth, wind, water, void). He has tropical bird companion similar to a small toucan. He’s also got an ever-full flask of rum that he never lets out of his sight!!

History: Kadir knows little about his birth or origins. He was rescued as an infant from a shipwreak after a large storm, of which no other survivors were found. The only identifying factor was a medallion found with the child. The markings on it were unrecognizable to the people who found him, but from their arrangement they derived a name in their own language... Kadir. He’s gone by that name ever since, and never removes the medallion.

He was placed in an orphanage in Eastgate, one of the larger cities in the Knight’s Kingdoms. Life was not easy as an orphan, for the headmaster, Dobias Grimshaw, was one of many corrupt officials in the city. Much of the funding reserved for adoption services was skimmed into the man’s own coffers, while at the same time he sold children to slavers under the cover of being adopted into loving families. Though as a child Kadir never really understood any of these inner workings, the unpleasant atmosphere of the orphanage was unmistakable. His skills for stealth and slight-of-hand were developed out of necessity, honed while trying to avoid the headmaster, who meted out frequent and harsh punishments for even minor misbehaviors, and it was known among the children that his ‘special attentions’ were not something to aspire to.

Left with little choice but to endure the horrid conditions and treatment, Kadir did his best to avoid the worst. Sadly he was only moderately successful, but his only friend Jaimus was even more unlucky. When Jaimus was the one to disappear one morning, Kadir could no longer sit idly by. Even at the age of twelve he understood that this did not seem right, and after he could not find any information as to where the boy had been sent for adoption, Kadir decided it was the last straw. Taking his friend’s words of warning from the previous night to heart and fearing he’d be next, he ran away from the orphanage, willing to live and even risk death on the streets in exchange for freedom from the place.

Kadir only made a passingly decent street urchin. Though he was quite good at burglary he found out, in a very unfortunate fashion, that he made a poor pick pocket. While running from the city guards after this unfortunate incident, he hid himself among some cargo on the docks. After some time in hiding he fell asleep, only to be woken by a jerk that told him the cargo was being loaded onto a nearby airship. Kadir had always idolized those that risked the law and enjoyed the freedom of the skies, so he could not believe his luck at this opportunity to stow away.

Once the ship left port he found of course, and after an obscene amount of begging to allowed to stay, the captain took pity on the boy and made him a swab. He spent the next six years working his knuckles to the bone, doing and learning everything he could from the captain and his crew. He had a unique talent for sharp eyes and wits, so his typical place became as a look out in the crow’s nest. That crew became the closest thing he had to a family, and many of his ideals were adopted from the captain himself.

Perfection never lasts though, and the Kingdom’s Navy did finally catch up with the pirate crew. Kadir was knocked unconscious in the attack and taken with some of the other crewman that tried to escape. Their skiff was shot down though, and Kadir became the sole survivor of the crash. Though he searched for information on the fate of the captain and crew, all he could confirm was that the ship had been destroyed and prisoners taken. Knowing that this meant life imprisonment or worse, he mourned the loss of his friends and tried to move on.

Now the age of 18, Kadir found work on yet another pirate vessel, though this one involved in even less unscrupulous business than the first. Only two years had passed and again he found himself on a pirate ship being boarded by the navy. This time he bore no loyalty to the brash crew and their doings, so he fled for his life. It was then that he found himself in the air-port of Cliffside, alone and with only the clothes on his back.

It was then that he started his mercenary adventuring career, with the hopes of one day having enough money to acquire his own airship and charter.

Personality: Though he has undoubtedly questionable morals, Kadir is still good at heart. He has a very ‘Robin Hood’ type approach to life. He hates most organized law and politics, finding them to typically be corrupt and unjust. He feels best when able to help those that the law has forgotten, or chooses to ignore.

The pirate legends of old were his fondest stories as a child, so he emulates that stereotype in his own life. He acts macho and smooth, with a swagger to his walk and smirk on his face. Sadly though, he doesn’t always pull off this image and sometimes makes a fool of himself at just the wrong moment. He has no problems with being self serving as long as he’s not hurting good, honest people in the process.

Quirks: Kadir’s a bit of fool when it comes to women. Though he’s got the looks to pick up plenty of girls for one night stands (which he does), when it comes to the women that matter he tends to screw it up. (typically because he picks the –wrong- moment to be honest!) Women are definitely his weakness, and smart ones find little trouble manipulating him if they want to.

Name: Kurai Humitsu (dark secret in Japanese)
Race: Demon, higher version of a succubi. (formally a half elf from the Orient)
Age: Eternal (looks mid 20s)
Height: 5'7"
Weight: Not telling!
Build: Average but very curvy
Hair: Black, with bluish highlights. In her demon form there's two streaks in the front that are silver-violet.
Eyes: Purple. In her demon form they have no black pupil and the 'whites' are pale purple
Skin: Asian in tone. In her demon form it is pure white.
Other Attributes: Luxuriously full lips that are usually red or purple, and a birthmark under her left eye. Her long nails are always manicured and colored to match her lips. She always looks sexy and really can't help it. In her demon form she has black demon wings that emerge from the small of her back, and pale purple-gray horns.
Class/occupation: Temporal class invoker arch mage, Princess of Hell, Head of the Enclave of Mages, Member of the Shadow Council.
Game Origin: Dark Saga IX
Genre: Original Fantasy

Racial abilities: Her demon form is her true form, but she wears her old half elf guise most of the time. She can shape change at will, into any humanoid form (and gender) that she's seen and studied. Her demon form has wings that give her the ability to fly and blink (short distance visual range teleport), horns that allow her to dual-cast spells, and chains that she can manipulate at will (like Quilvess' ribbons). She has hellfire, a deadly greenish flame that does extra damage to all things holy, and renders soul damage to anything it touches when wielded as a weapon. She also bleeds hellfire instead of normal blood, and takes half damage from all physical attacks. She is also a Princess of Hell and the demonic patron of lust, so every time someone incites lust in her name it brings her power, (needless to say her churches are very popular!! ha ha).

Training: Originally trained as a demonologist, she's also highly skilled in invocation, evocation, and necromancy, and has a large repertoire of conjuring, summoning, and elementally based spells. She is a master of all types of magics, including dimensional and temporal disciplines.

Special notes: She disdains physical combat and won't engage in it unless her her magics prove to be inefficient for the situation. She carries a large triadic mage staff that amplifies many of her magics. She has a winged serpent familiar that stores magical energy for her an amplifies spells. Her powerful demonic warder named Moriathus appears to defend her whenever she is physically attacked. She also owns a hellsword that bleeds green hellfire when unsheathed, though she never uses it. She has purple nondescript "armor" (don't ask, it's a gamemaster thing!) that she can summon at will if needed in combat.

History: She was born to the wife of a samurai lord, fathered by a wandering elf. When the Samurai lord discovered the truth, he was furious that his wife had been unfaithful and could not withstand the stain to his honor that having such an obvious half-breed as his daughter would be. When the infant was born, he switched her with a servant newborn that had been birthed the same night. Her mother "died" in childbirth even though the birth had been easy. Kurai grew up with her new servant parents in relative peace. As time passed, her elven blood became more and more noticeable, though most spoke nothing of it for fear of the Samurai's wrath. When Kurai reached early adolescence, she could stand the silence no longer, she confronted her adoptive parents and demanded to know what her true heritage was. They eventually told her, but only after she threatened to go to the Lord and demand the same from him. Upon hearing the truth, she was furious, that such a place of power could have been hers and was denied her. In her rage, she threatened the Lord himself with letting out the truth. This in turn infuriated the lord, who ordered both her and her adoptive parents killed for treason. Kurai fled for her life, barely managing to escape. Alone in the wilderness, and full of hate and lust for vengeance, she wished for power even greater than that which she had been denied. And at that moment, a powerful denizen of hell was listening. Kurai knew of demon magic and the gifts a demon lord could give to those that swore fealty to them. She gathered the necessary materials to call on the powerful beings and performed the ritual with careful accuracy. But the entity that arrived was far beyond what she expected, for her call had been answered by Azrael, one of the eight ruling Dukes of Hell. She accepted his contract and has served him in a great many ways for years afterward. She was favored among demonologists, and her patron gifted her in many ways.

Time passed and she grew in power swiftly. She finally reached a point where she came close to surpassing her patron in power. Fearing that possibility, her patron severed their link that made her a demonologist. This act should have killed her, but she was already too far into the process of becoming a demon and with some help from Gloriana (a fallen angel), she completed the transformation and became a free demon (hell's version of a fallen angel). She soon took her place in the hierarchy of power as a Duchess of Hell in her own right, seizing her former patron's rank in the process.

She spent most of her life in the pursuit of power, through whatever alliances she could make. She does her best not to make enemies, and tries to maintain a neutral or positive status with anyone of power she comes across. Her charming ways and careful manipulation of the politics and the issues involved have allowed her to swiftly rise into the ranks of the upper echelon of world's powerful entities. She's made many alliances to bring her power and security in life, as well as making interesting "friends" in the process. She is favored by the Lord of Hell himself, Lucifer; as well as Lord Oberon of Arcadia, Great Bahamut of Dragonhome, and though the Lord of Heaven, Pax Dei, keeps a quiet and apprising eye on her, several of his high ranking angels have had pleasant and congenial relations with her.

Her quest for power and knowledge is never ending, and it has gained her immortal status, the position of Princess of Hell (just below Lucifer), as well as the highest rank a mage can attain on the world, (not including the World Mage, and she doesn't want that job anyway! The hours SUCK!). She's worshipped as a goddess of lust in a great many regions, but is more universally known as the new Goddess of Magic. (basically the GM picked up where I left off when the campaign was done, and made her into one of the sickest NPCs that's ever existed in this game!)

Personality: Kurai is an expert at manipulating people to so they do what she wants them too. She has her pride, but has no problem setting it aside in order to tell or give a potential enemy what they want; 90% of the time making them a potential ally instead. Her wiles are not easily resisted, and not may people try, most of the time because what she offers them is genuinely a good deal. Though she has very little in the way of classic morals, she is not exactly evil either; preferring to walk the line of neutrality in order to best bring as many people to her side as possible. She is obsessed with attaining new knowledge. She is an avid researcher of the magic arts, taking the craft very seriously, and takes great glee in making new discoveries (having learned everything known to mage-kind already!) She once spent a year and a half speed-learning necromancy because her friend Alaric needed a new body. Lastly, Kurai is all about SEX. Lust, passion, and subtle seduction are all part of her repertoire. Her talents are widely known and worshiped.

Quirks: She has a classic weakness for men of power, and she's always looking for ways to make her over-active love life even more interesting.

Related Characters: Gloriana (lover), The Seventh Sword (lover), Diera (friend), Alaric (friend), Joylin (friend).

Name: Kyriss Silvermane
Race: Started as: 1/4 Drow (dark elf), 1/4 Deep Dragon, 1/4 Moon elf, 1/4 Eladrin (fae). Ended as full Eladrin. 3rd daughter of Rilrae and Coranth.
Age: Looks about 20
Height: 5'7"
Weight: average for her height
Build: Toned and athletic.
Hair: Burgundy/magenta (similar to Rilrae's skin tone)
Eyes: A vivid, deep blue
Other Attributes: Slightly pointed canine teeth.
Class/occupation: The Elite (rogue, problem solver, etc.)
Game Origin: "3nd Gen" A finished AD&D campaign that was run in the Forgotten Realms game setting.
Genre: Classic Fantasy

Racial abilities: She has infravision, faerie fire, dancing lights, darkness, levitation, all from her mother's side. From her father's fae blood, she gained the ability to "shadowport" - to step into a shadow and step out of another one anywhere within visual range. She can also use an illusionary chameleon like power to go unseen even in broad daylight, and can move with utter silence when she chooses.

Training: She trained under Shar, Rilrae's half brother, and learned many techniques in the arts of battle, subterfuge and assassination. She favors daggers and knives and will wield no weapon of any greater size or length. She has superb accuracy with thrown objects especially her throwing knives, and uses many acrobatic techniques to confuse and get an advantage over her enemies.

Special notes: Kyriss wields wicked dual long knives in battle, one ice and fire, given to her by Shar. She also gained a silver companion drake named Xardin.  After her mother's death, she inherited the Drow Spider dagger Rilrae carried so often. She also came into the knowledge and power of being part Eladrin (fae) after her father's "death".

History: Kyriss is Rilrae and Coranth's third born child.  She is willful and rebellious, but with a strong heart. Early in her childhood, it was found she had a taste for adventure, but little talent or interest in wielding the sword or the bow. Out of ideas, Rilrae and Coranth sent her to Shar's citadel to be trained. He found in her an extraordinary gift for wielding small weapons, which he then tailored his training around. Kyriss was trained as an expert with the knife and dagger, both melee and thrown, as well as in all the stealthy arts.  When Shar felt he could teach her no more within the confines of the island citadel, he sent her out into the world. She traveled with a group of companions for quite a number of years, having many adventures, a few of them of the world-saving variety! She went through a period where she had very strange dreams; dreams where she was someone other than herself and with people whole seemed familiar but she had never met. She began hearing voices even when she was awake, and this unsettled the young Kyriss more than she cared to admit to her companions. She began to question who she was, frightful of what was happening but with now way to gain a better understanding.

The great Dragon Rage occurred then, which lead to the death of her parents. She was away from home at the time and the news was devastating when it came to her. She spent a great, long time grieving, but also during that time came knowledge and understanding. The spirit of her father visited her, and explained that she had inherited a bloodline from him that he only recently learned he had. The voice in her head was that of her grandfather, who had been one of the true fae turned mortal, and was trying to assist her through the change that was happening in her. She slowly began to understand that the person she thought she was was only part of what she could become. She returned to her companions a much more hardened and mature woman, and they continued on with their quest.

She began to understand her new abilities more and more as time passed, and found that she was not wholly of the physical plane. In the end, her companions were forced to fight a great battle against an old enemy; Shar's demonic father. They were narrowly successful in winning the battle, but Kyriss had been brought far too near death to survive. She knew that she was no longer mortal, and that this would be the step that would bring across the Veil to the land of the Fae, but she did not wish her companions to know. Sparing them the pain of grief, she left their company on a journey, but little did they know it would be the last time they saw her. She sought out secrecy as the fae are ought to do, and passed beyond the veil shortly thereafter. She achieved her true form and her spirit blossomed like something that had been caged in a space far too small. She now resides in the outer realms and passes the time by watching over the lives of adventurers. For amusement, she occasionally returns to the physical plane in the guise of a common adventurer, and lending a hand to those in need.

Name: Lariset
Race: Winged Human / Celestial
Age: Eternal, but looks early-mid 20s
Height: 5'8”
Weight: 128
Build: Light average
Hair: Strawberry blond, very straight, styled a like Nancy/Ms. Deep's hair from the Read or Die OVA but it goes to mid back.
Eyes: Sapphire Blue (gifts her with empathy sight)
Other Attributes: Large white feathery wings spring from her back and she has a set of two bluish dots above her eyebrows on either side of the bridge of her nose. She commonly wears nice clothes with a feminine flair, but not too ostentatious. She ALWAYS carries her card deck with her. In her Celestial form, Lariset is surrounded by a nimbus of light, her wings are tipped in golden fire, and a bright halo crowns her head. The bluish dots extend further over her brow and under her eyes, which are solid white; emanating a whitish flame out the sides when she uses her powers. She also has ribbons with the old tongue rune work on them that usually wind around her arms in this form, but they have a life of their own and can really be incorporated just about anywhere.
Class/Occupation: Card Master; but also barmaid, bartender and Queen at various points in her life (long story, see below).
Game Origin: Dawn of the Immortals (formally known as Dark Saga)
Genre: Original fantasy world.

Racial abilities: As a normal winged human, just flight. But as a Celestial, she has the ability to read the Weave of Fate, and can manipulate the threads within it to sway or change the outcome of events. She even has the power, should it be necessary, to end a person's fate, but must be careful of the repercussions (she doesn't like doing this). Her gift as a seeress stems from these powers, and she can use her ability to read Fate while in her normal winged human form (though her eyes glow), but she must fully manifest into her Celestial form to use the other powers. She can use her ribbons as a defensive or grappling weapon, and the nimbus of light she sheds acts as a shield.

Training: Lariset is a skilled Card Master—someone who casts arcane magic through cards (much of like Tarot, with numbered and patroned arcana). She can combine different cards in her deck to produce different effects, from basic combat spells, to transportation, to summoning, etc. The numbered cards or Combat Arcana, draw their power from the elements. The Major Arcana each present one of the lords of the Elder Powers (angel, demon, dragon, phoenix, etc. You get the idea...), and they draw their power and meanings from that patron. When using the Major Arcana, the is a small chance that the patron of that card will answer the call for power in person, which has happened for Lariset on more than one occasion, (I think they like her!). She also has decent skill with the sword and bow.

Special notes: Lariset carries the Somner Sword, gifted to her by her ancestor Arioch. It is a sword of ancient power and is one of the oldest symbols of light on the world. Its blade sheds a radiance that harms things of darkness and corruption, and allows the wieldier to bestow certain blessings.

History: Lariset began life in a remote country town as part of a small band winged human refugees. She worked at the local inn as a bar maid and apprenticed with the village Card Master. Life was simple and she was young and innocent, untouched by the evils of the world. One fateful day an ancient evil was unearthed in her home town, setting in motion a chain of events that would inexplicably bind her, and several other youths, into a long and arduous quest. The idea frightened her a great deal, but she gathered her courage, accepted her fate, and went out with them into the world at the young age of seventeen.

There were many adventures had by the group and Lariset grew in skill, power and determination as time wore on. Little did she know that her life was destined to become even more complicated. At the age of 19, she finds out that she is the only surviving descendent of the last uncrowned king of Averie, the ancient homeland of the Winged People. She had been been hidden among commoners from the undead scourge that had taken over the floating island and almost wiped out her people. Some time after this, she begins having prophetic dreams of her own future, which include her ruling over the Winged People with a mysterious black winged man (black wings being the sign of the Exiled Royal's lineage).

Through her travels she eventually meets this man, Kaiva, who has had similar visions. He joins the group and the two are curious about each other but somewhat reserved and wary as well. (how do you fall in love if you know you're supposed to? Or are you supposed to? The visions only showed them ruling together, not what their relationship was like. *grin*) As time goes on their relationship grows by small steps, some forward and some back. Lariset is wary of Kaiva's darker side and is even more hesitant about her proposed future in general. In the end, they free Averie together allowing the Winged People to return; and Lariset puts aside her misgivings, taking up the mantle of leadership and accepting Kaiva's proposal for marriage.

After gaining a great deal of personal power later in her life, Lariset ascended from the mortal form of a winged human to that of a pure Celestial, the parent race of the Angels that currently rule Heaven. The Celestials had long ago disappeared from the realms of the Elder Powers, the winged humans being the mortal remnants of that once great race. When she ascended, she took Kaiva with her, and in order to keep the balance of Elder Powers, he was given the mantle of the Infernal (at which point his black wings shed their feathers and became leathery like a demon's). The Celestial and the Infernal are the more neutral powers of Light and Shadow, unlike Heaven and Hell which are Holy and Unholy. The couple lived on as these Elder Powers, maintaining a balance between them, functioning as each others compliment, rather than opposite (in past cases, these two powers have been at odds, just like angels and demons).

Personality: Lariset is generally a soft spoken, kind, and compassionate person. However, she has a stubborn determination as well, and it not known to back down from situations she feels are not right. She defends her ideals, her loved ones, and her people with a forceful passion that surprises most, given her usually passive nature. She's a positive thinker who has a knack for talking herself and her companions out of sticky situations, (she's always been the advocate of talking first before resorting to violence). She's seen a lot in her life, but is determined not to be jaded by it.

Quirks: Lariset started the game as a virgin and stayed that way through most of it. In the beginning she knew she wasn't ready and as she grew older no one ever came along to sweep her off her feet (hopeless romantic that she is) until her wedding (which Kaiva did a superb job of once they got over their issues). It was a running joke through the game though, that all kinds of weird things hit on her (genies, incubus, etc.) much to her discomfort! While she's not prudish she is rather easily embarrassed and is blushes very easily.

Training: She has a background in street brawling, is an excellent knife fighter and has rudimentary skill with pistols.

Special notes: She carries a combat knife that seems quite unmentionable, with the exception of its sharpness.

History: Lyds was born to one of the old noble families in Britain. Her parents are stuck in the glory days and have all the bad characteristics of snooty nobility, even though their name fell out of favor ages ago. Lyds rebelled against this lifestyle at every opportunity, turning to the London punk club scene, living on the street, doing illicit drugs and committing petty crime. She became fascinated with the occult because of its forbidden nature. One day in an occult supplies and bookstore, she came upon an old dagger in a glass case. She successfully shoplifted the weapon and made off with it, which started a chain of events that brought her to the Sanctuary Group.

The Sanctuary group is an organization that does paranormal investigation and problem solving. (Think MIB but the supernatural instead of aliens). When Lyds was arrested for a murder she didn't remember committing, the Sanctuary Group appeared to bail her out, on the condition that she come to work for them. She discovered that the knife she had stolen was one of old power and she was now cursed by it. In order to gain control of the power in the blade and her own life, she had take Sanctuary's offer. During her training they discovered she had a talent to see those things that did not want to be seen, specifically those of Faerie origins. They encouraged that talent along with the rest of her training, while in the process helping her break free of the drug habit she picked up on the street. Lyds grew out of the obstinate behavior that was standard for her at the time, and became a much better person. The Sanctuary Group effectively saved her from the destructive path she was headed down.

Personality: Lyds is a free spirit and quite mischievous. She's a party girl, has insane amount of curiosity and is always looking for a good thrill. Some people call her crazy but that only makes her grin. She tends to get into a fair amount of trouble but thus far she's managed to squeak out of ever tight spot she's been in. She's loud; a boisterous talker and unafraid to speak up. She has a fair amount of sass and attitude, but is not overly rude. She's very respectful of other people's ways and attitude; she believes very firmly that people should be themselves.

Quirks: She loves the Sex Pistols. She used to smoke Lucky Strike but switched to cloves. Everyday she wears a different colored thong which is almost always visible above the waistband of her low slung pants. She loves motorcycles too. When not smoking she often chews bubble gum... loudly. She also hates going by her full name, which is why she'll take any nickname instead.

Theme Music: "Trouble" – Pink, "God is a DJ" - Pink

Wardrobe: As I don't have a finished model sheet for her, here's some descriptions of her typical attire. She's your fairly classic punker. Baggy black cargo pants (always with the thong showing), Doc Martins or Combat boots, rugby Ts, Harley Davidson tank tops, mesh, and tight t-shirts or tank tops with sexual innuendos on them. ;3. She also has a flight jacket cut black leather jacket with punkish 'adornments' including a big Sex Pistols logo on the back made from odd paints, bits of duct tape, safety pins, you name it... If you want ideas for her costuming, do a Google image search for Lita from the WWE.

Name: You couldn't pronounce it if you tried, unless you're a dragon that is... ^_^
Nickname: Meryu (given to her by humans). 
Race: Dragon, of course!
Age: Not telling, but young for a dragon. =P 
Height: Hybrid: 6'1" tall Dragon: 75 ft long body, 65 ft tail
Weight:  Hybrid: 145 lb.  Dragon: Alot!! 
Wing Span:  Hybrid: 12 ft  Dragon: 150 ft 
Occupation: Wanderer, healer.
Residence: A lair in the southern hills, but likes to make home wherever she is welcome. 

Personality: She is a free spirit that enjoys seeing the world and the beings in it. She has an intense fascination with the two-legged ones, (human and human-like beings) and she takes on a humanoid form so she may walk among them and learn more about their ways. She likes helping others, and will do so when she can, but will always be careful not to upset the natural balance. She also believes strongly in freedom for all creatures.
Likes: Pretty baubles and jewelry, sunshine, music, playing in clouds, fixing grumpy people.
Dislikes: Horseradish, rude people, misuse of power, oppression, people who contaminate their bodies with unnatural substances or energies. 
Motto: "Be yourself, and be free!!"

Magical capacity: Racial abilities include: Healing, purification, shapechange, weather control, water breathing and dragon fear. All abilities start minimal and grow as with age. As a dragon she has a natural affinity for casting magic. As she gets older her grasp on magics increases, and she can cast more and more complicated spells. She has an affinity for water and air powered spells. 

Background: She was born to a clutch of baby dragons, mothered by a water dragon and fathered by an air dragon. She grew up among her siblings but was more energetic and curious than all the rest. Her fascination with the two-legs started at an early age, and was very uncommon among her kind. She ventured out among them as soon as she became old enough to be self sufficient dragon. She has good friend named Poeso who was her first friend among humaniods.

Notes: Meryu isn't limited to a fantasy setting, it's believable that she could travel to other times and dimensions in her wanderings. Aside from her full dragon and hybrid forms, she can take a full human or elven form, or a tiny dragon form (chibi), but doesn't do this quite as often. She also has a hunting form that is much larger and more powerful and bestial than her hybrid from, with large feet and claws, and a snout full of sharp teeth. All of her natural instincts, reaction times, and senses are heightened in this form. She only takes this form when to go into areas where she cannot hunt in her full form. She seldomly takes this form around others because of it's feral ferocity. Her ability to cast spells is limited in this form because of the amount of concentration and discipline required to cast all but the most minor spells.

Related Characters: Poeso (best friend).

Name: Naril
Race: Physical body - Shadow Elf; Soul - Half Fae, Half Demon
Age: Looks 18
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 110
Build: Very slight
Skin: Soft cool-gray
Hair: Soft black
Eyes: Pale Jade
Other Attributes: She has a green stone in the center of her forehead, a little darker in color than her eyes.
Class/occupation: Power Acolyte, Mage of the Triad
Game Origin: Dark Saga
Genre: Original Fantasy

Racial abilities: Low light vision, hide in shadows...
Training: Because of Naril's unique nature, she possessed a very strong magical talent. She progressed through the ranks of the arcane magic users and reached the status of Master before her 21st birthday. In her later years, she was brought into the Triad, a unique group of elite magic users who try to maintain balance on the world.
Special notes: Shadow elves are sensitive to sunlight, and therefore must keep the majority of their body covered when out in direct sunlight. It is also a great taboo for a shadow elf to be disconnected from their own shadow, which is why shadow elves are commonly seen wearing no or partial footwear.

History: Naril is the first child of Quilvess and Wayvern, (read Quilvess' history and this will make much more sense). As the Fae and those of Demonic heritage cannot reproduce naturally, Quilvess and Wayvern each took a portion of their own souls and placed them within the body of a stillborn shadow elf child. That child was Naril. The young girl was raised in a small mixed racial community. Her birth mother was a devout follower of Wayvern, and thus Naril's origins were never kept from her. If anything, she was her birth mother's pride and joy; a symbol of the reward for her faithfulness. Naril never knew her birth father, and it's unlikely he knows of her existence either.

Naril was fey and aloof even as a child, seemingly much more complicated and mature than any child her age should be. She had very few true friends in the village, most of the children thought her too strange to befriend, something that never bothered Naril because she knew she was in fact different. But those true friends she had were to become her adventuring partners when the time came to leave and go out into the world. One such partner was a noble human warrior named Farlan, that loved Naril and protected her valiantly from the time that they were very young. Naril cherished this friendship, but did not return his love. Her heart fell instead to a female Diem she meet during their adventures. Teira was a blind seeress and Sword Sworn whom had taken the Goodess's oath and sought to free her kidnapped children. Naril assisted her in her quest, and once it was fulfilled the geas of the Sworn was lifted and Teira resumed her life as a seeress.

Naril achieved a great many things during her lifetime, including gathering together ancient artifacts of great wizards that had gone before her, being the youngest to achieve and surpass the status of Power Acolyte in recorded history, and was taken under the wings of one of the most powerful and misunderstood mages of the worlds history. While in the midst of her adventuring days, she developed a runic structure of body tattooing that would allow shadow elves to be safely exposed to sunlight. She even carried the ancient and powerful hell blade Stormbringer for a time, the noble demonic soul power housed within her keeping the evil blade from possessing her. (They had some long, interesting conversations, in fact. ^_~) After joining he ranks of the Triad, she became a planeswalker, traveling to distant worlds on the paths of magic.

Personality: Naril is fey, aloof and mysterious. She very rarely angers or even raises her voice, a disapproving tone is the closest you'd get. She smiles slowly and laughs softly, but always with feeling. She's never seen with a blank stare on her face, instead she always has a look of contemplation even when at rest. She is not fearful of the unknown, rather, she is intrigued by it. She has a deep respect for all sides of an argument. "Good" and "evil" do not exist to her, but as two sides of the same coin.

Quirks: Unlike her mother, Naril is not prideful. She does not look down on others nor does she exalt in her elevated position. She simply enjoys her accomplishments for what they mean to her, not what they mean in relation to the world or anyone else.

Related Characters: Quilvess (mother), Wayvern (father), Farlan (childhood friend), Teira (lover).

Quilvess ¤ ¤ ¤

Name: Quilvess
Race: Sidhe (Noblest of the Fae)
Age: Undefinably ageless.
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 115
Build: Slight, Lithe and supple
Skin: Blue
Hair: Black, with purple highlights
Eyes: Emerald Green (gifting her with true sight)
Other Attributes: She's always found wearing her circlet
Class/occupation: Fae Knight
Game Origin: Dark Saga (a game run in a home grown world and system)
Genre: Original Fantasy

Racial abilities: She is a noble fae that has the power of Illusion at her fingertips. She never allows her true Sidhe form to be seen by mortals, and uses an illusionary facade to disguise herself as normal elf when among mortals. Her emerald green eyes give her True Sight, rare even among the Fae.

Training: She is a chosen warrior of the Fae kingdom, and her rank gifts her with many things. She carries a bladestaff, which can take the form of a normal quarterstaff when ever Quilvess wishes. She also has Fae armor, that can take the form of any type of clothing she wishes. She also has knotwork ribbons that obey her ever command, which remain as knotwork tattoos on her arms when inactive.

Special notes: Being Fae, she has a weakness against cold iron, so most of her weapons are silver or fae steel. She is haughty and regal, with a general disposition of being above most mortals. This is classic for the Sidhe, who are one of the upper echelon of races even among the elder beings.

History: Quilvess is a noble Fae and member of Oberon's court. She was hand picked by him to become a Fae Knight, and go to the realm of mortals to protect his interests there. She served him loyally for many years in the guise of an elf, traveling and fighting besides mortals. During these travels, she met a dark elven conjurer named Wayvern. There was something about him that drew her to him, and she began to spend increasing amounts of time with the man. She found that he could not be fooled by her facade, and that he had always known what she was. This was very out of the ordinary, but was on one more piece in a puzzle that was unraveled sooner than either of then expected. They were visited by a messenger from Hell, who said that "The Lord's time of punishment was over" and that she was there to retrieve him. It turned out that Wayvern was actually one of the 13 Lords of Chaos, the secondary ruling body of Hell. Sometime ago he had a lover that he had shown mercy upon when Hell demanded an extreme punishment. In return, Hell punished Wayvern by removing his memory and making him live as a mortal. He returned to his duties in Hell but was saddened to leave Quilvess behind. It was this moment that made it clear that they had fallen in love.

Quilvess continued on in her mission, which carried her into great danger. During a last great fight, Quilvess was forced to make a great choice. To stay and fight to the death with the mortals, or to flee. Death on the mortal plane for Fae is very dangerous, for their soul is not native to it. Had she died, her soul could have been lost forever in its search to find its way home. This is an extremely fearful thing for the Fae, who are immortal in their home realm. But Quilvess could not flee to her homeland, as a Fae knight, she was geased to serve in the mortal realm for 100 years. In the last moment, a voice in her mind offered her safety. It was Wayvern, extending his hand from the realms of Hell to take her away. Feeling she had no choice, she accepted. Even though they presented one of the oddest couples the elder races had ever seen, they were happy to be together again. Many different trials and tribulations have occurred for the odd couple since then, and they both spent millennias growing and changing as beings. They left Hell after some time and today they reside as avatars to the Goddess, Wayvern of Balance and Quilvess as the Mother. They are the watchers of the world.

Personality: Haughty and withdrawn, she shows a certain amount of disdain for all of mortal kind. She always wears stylish and exotic outfits; her wardrobe of unimaginable size. She's always perfectly manicured when seen by others, and seems to maintain that appearance with an effortlessness that is envious. She seems to radiate an exotic perfection, even when in her common elven form. Her full Sidhe form inspires awe in those few mortals that are lucky enough to see it. Her attitude did not win her many friends when she traveled among mortals, but as she grew in power, found love, made a family, and became one of the guardians of the world, her patience and respect for all living things-- mortal or not- grew within her as well.

Quirks: She has a slight weakness for mysterious men or men of power, those attributes sparking her curiosity.

Related Characters: Wayvern (lifemate), Naril (daughter).