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Post by Nicky on Jul 23, 2006 15:16:46 GMT 1
Name: Nicholas Laivur Age: 21 Species: Human Gender: Male Date of Birth: Unknown Height: 6' 5" Wight: 160lbs Eyes: Ice Blue, can turn completely black and firey. Marital Status: Single Education: Self Trained in Sword fighting. Preferred weapons: Long sword. Mother: Unknown Father: Unknown Siblings: None. Children: None.
Short description: Very Strong, Powerful and Intelligent. Knows alot about the world and very rarely trusts anyone. Very Independent and paranoid, he will fight to the death and never back down. Despite this, he rarely lets people see his face, he is a very good looking human, but very.. Evil. Most of the time he will only do something for someone if he sees gain in it for himself. He almost is always dressed and protected in his armor, which is black heavy plate all from head to toe, with red heavy plate tips on his bracers/gloves, helmet and boots. With a dark black cape covering most of it. Background: As far back as he can remember, he knows of know real family. He was tossed from house to house, people getting fed up of looking after him due to him always constantly arguing and fighting with other kids, mostly for no reason. By the age of 13 he was tossed of a moving carriage and left in a wood on his own, with his sword he always carried with him, he wandered the forest for years, learning all about it, surviving off the berries and Apple trees that was around, he soon came to know of a Inn just out side were he visited and got in the odd feud, just for the fact they’d stared at him for his weird raggy clothing. He was a skilled swordsman, often spent hours on end practicing on his own in the forest. If attacked he can do more then defend himself, he’d retaliate often wanting them dead. He’s a troubled person that gets along with hardly anyone. He’s had hardly any interaction with women and men as friends, just a loner that seems to hate everyone. No-one knows why.
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Post by Nicky on Jul 23, 2006 15:33:22 GMT 1
Name: Rayne Avalotus (Ayáseialýr, or just “Alýr”) Gender: Female Tribe: Mixed Aellenrhim Race: Elf Age: 142 Birthday: 4th day of the Month of the Changing Winds Birthplace: Bolder Forest Occupation: See below
Appearance
Rayne’s appearance seems strangely dark for her tribe, who are known for having lighter colorations. Her hair echoes the still elegance of the night, falling in subtle waves over her shoulders and down her back. She often wears it up, sometimes in a simple bun at the back of her head, with strands falling out from the constraints. The tresses frame her soft face that, while elven in its shape, seems to hold something of softness, detracting from the severity of the traditional elven countenance. Her gentle eyes are in perfect proportion with the rest of her features: her neat, rounded, rather stubborn chin, and her small nose. Her slender eyebrows arch delicately over her eyes. Her soft lips retain a delicate pinkish hue that accents her face.
Being elven, her ears are naturally pointed, slightly long, though not to the point that they draw a great amount of attention. They are pierced twice in the lobes, and once up in the tender cartilage. She is accustomed to wearing mithril hoops, rather precious to her, being a gift from her mother, or decorative chains that link one earring to another.
Her eyes, perhaps one of her most stunning features, glisten in shades of indigo, blue and violet, all culminating into orbs that contain endless depth and meaning, enigmatic emotion and profound thoughts hidden behind the star-like glitter that seems to come from within. At times, her eyes convey her feelings, but many times, they can conceal from the world what haunts her heart. Her black eyelashes are elegant, though not necessarily extremely long.
Her neck is elegant and slender as her shoulders, which slope down in a poised sort of way. Even in times of great stress or strain, she will try to maintain the façade of relaxed and calm disposition, though times come when she is forced to sacrifice it. Her arms are also elegant, slender, thin and in proportion. She is not strong, and such is apparent. Her muscles are lean, thin. Her hands, despite how small they are, are also long and soft, cool as the night wind. They have the potential to bring magical destruction, but also bring a great deal of comfort. Her nails are clean and clear, often with a polished gleam.
Her torso is slender, small as her body yet endowed with feminine curves that make her form aesthetically appealing. One might think she would look lovely in some royal gown hugging close to her, but she has yet to endorse the exploitation of these features, and often keeps them hidden in robes and cloaks or stifled in loose dresses or even less conventional shirts. Her waist accentuates this elven slenderness, being rather small, with hips just a tad larger.
Rayne’s long legs often remain out of sight, but are nonetheless slender and soft, with a well-shaped thigh and calf. Despite her lack of extensive exercise, her elven qualities enable her to maintain a poised and graceful figure. Small feet with darling little toes are often shyly hidden.
The soft skin covering her body is one smooth and unblemished, unscarred yet, perhaps mostly due to her dedication to her studies and her general inclination to stay out of physical or magical fights. Its color is light, but not necessarily pallid – lightly tanned, a bit darker than the peachy hue of other Aellenrhim .All together, Rayne reaches a high of only about 1.7 peds, making her rather short for an elf, though it does not detract from her confident nature. She weighs less that a pygge, making her also extremely light.
Clothing
Rayne’s wardrobe changes from time to time. Still closely tied to Ximax Academy, she has a few robes. Though she, perhaps out of sentimentality, still has her lower-level robes, she properly wears what are generally assumed to be higher-level robes, though they are tailored to her. These robes are of light indigo coloration, with intricate designs in silver and white. When out in the Ximaxan streets purchasing reagents and necessities, she will often wear her plain, gray robe, which she finds most comfortable and appropriate.
Rayne, however, also has dresses, though she is not altogether fond of the majority of them. Many of them require a tight bodice to hug her slender form more than is comfortable, and tend to reveal more than she likes. Though many such dresses have been given away, she still keeps some of the nicer ones in case an occasion should arise where she should need to use them.
Though it is rather unconventional, she will casually wear shirts, often loosely buttoned or tied, though these she wears usually more as something to sleep in and wear around her small room in Ximax than anything else. She also has loose, dark green trousers, but rarely wears them. All of the aforementioned clothing resides in storage at Ximax, there when she needs.
Most commonly, she wears a plain, faded indigo dress that seems almost gray. The sleeves are long and flared, comfortable, allowing a great deal of movement in her arms, should she need it. The dress, very plain, comes all the way down to her feet, which are held in comfortable walking shoes made of leather. The material is thin to help her stay cool in the sun, and is slightly translucent—which is most commonly seen in the sleeves and hem. Often she also wears a gray cloak around her, equipped with a hood to hide herself if she wishes to pass through the crowds unseen by others. Sometimes she also carries a less-common washed-out blue dress (often worn while washing other clothes or doing light traveling) with tighter sleeves and a dark gray cloak that is thick to keep out the cold.
Rayne has rather unspectacular shoes of leather, rounded at the ends and small, that are well suited to her little elvish feet. If she plans to travel in winter to places where snow falls, she will commonly carry thicker boots to keep out the cold.
Save for her earrings, Rayne possesses one other jewelry item: that of a necklace with a small, elegantly fashioned mithril necklace in the shape of a pentagram with a small, indigo stone set in the center. This was the gift of her brother before his death.
Personality
Rayne is usually a fairly laid-back individual who is not so different from other elves. She is a woman extremely learned, both from where she learned from her Bolder home and what she accumulated in the grand libraries of Ximax, and it is this knowledge that both connects her and separates her from the people she meets. Not wanting to make others feel uncomfortable, she tries not to say too much that would reveal the depth of her knowledge.
Through conflict, Rayne remains unobtrusive unless the conflict begins to affect her or another who doesn’t wish or deserve to be a part of it. She is not often one to take sides until she feels she knows the truth of the matter, and rarely ever tries to convince others to belief something. Her faith in knowledge and the intelligence of people cause her to assume that each will thoroughly evaluate a situation before jumping to conclusions. Whether or not people actually follow such procedures is debatable.
Because she tries to remain an objective figure in any situation, the more caring side of her rarely shows. Though she is fairly friendly and easy to converse with, she rarely allows anyone to get too close to her emotionally. She values independence- both hers and others’. When people wander close to her, drawn on her intellect and witty nature, and the rather enigmatic heart buried deep within, her continual need for independence is often frustrating enough to keep people from following her too close.
Love was never high on Rayne’s agenda. Though she dated a bit in her graduate years at Ximax, nothing really became of those relationships, and they quickly lost base. Many who know her often say that she is too in love with knowledge to take on another lover. She is too dedicated to study, and should rather embrace a book than another being. How much of this is true is really yet to be decided.
Knowledge and books are Rayne’s greatest loves now, though. Perhaps it is just her nature, something spurred on by her Aellenrhim heritage, but she loves to learn and to share her knowledge when she feels it appropriate. This does not keep her from enjoying the sound of wordless music, though. Every note, she knows, every small pattern, has meaning and depth, and is greatly appreciated, especially given that Rayne never learned any instrument very well. She is, however, apt to sing, and her voice, though she will deny it, is rather melodic, perhaps springing from her Yifferhim background.
Great pleasure comes from Minstrel’s tales, and Rayne will gladly listen to enjoy and to learn, and will often share stories of her own that she knows, perhaps something she made up or learned during her time at Bardavos. She is high learned, and it shows even when she tries to hide it. Her writings and even her casual conversation are filled with allusions to great works or events in history that tumble in unconsciously. She writes about people and places of the past. She does a lot of writing, not just analytical, but also very creative, though some claim that all her writing, though it may be on serious things, has a touch of poetry in it.
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Post by Nicky on Jul 23, 2006 15:36:17 GMT 1
-Though it is her knowledge she really values and her magic she takes most pride in, Rayne is also something of a poet, able to create poems and sonnets often off the top of her head. She has read the works of others and understands the functions of language, the techniques, and applies them both to her writing and to her spoken word, which is, perhaps, one reason that she manages such wit and cleverness. Though, at this point in her life, she is rather weak physically (and magically), it is her great skill in language that keeps her from harm.
Rayne’s manner sometimes paints her as arrogant—we did say she was not so different from other elves. She trusts her knowledge and what she knows, and is quite confident of it. On the other hand, though, she is also a woman endowed with great humility, which seems rather confusing. If proven wrong, she will give in, though often she will firmly support what she believes. When she sees that she is wrong, she will give in, but her morals and values are strongly planted in her, and she takes pride in them. Such things are not so easily uprooted.
Rayne, either because of her nature or because of her knowledge, is extremely acceptant of other races. On the rare occasion she discriminates, she often does it based on a person’s personality, not their race. Having attended and worked with creatures of all races, including human, dwarven, browniin, hobbit, and even orcish, she is able to respect each knowing the talent coming which each race. She does not discriminate based on gender either. She tends to approach each person as though they had no gender, given she has no care for love, and treat them as she would treat anyone.
Her ideals sometimes make her a little hard on any creature that discriminate another based on race, gender, or any other quality. She is even a bit caustic towards men who discriminate in favor of women, buying them drinks and showering them with compliments without much regard for their intellect. She rarely accepts drinks or compliments from men herself.
Though, as a young child, she was extremely shy, she has since become more confident in herself enough to join in on conversations or introduce herself to strangers, though there are times she enters an establishment and spends several hours there, then leaves, without saying a word to anyone. As a poet, she believes that each word should matter, each thing should count, and if she says something that has no real purpose or meaning, that that was a word or phrases uttered in vain. In this way, she is rather conservative.
Rayne is still bound by the inherent joys she experiences being an elf: namely, being extremely connected to the natural world. She loves the sunlight and the moonlight and the trees. Even in her place at Ximax she kept flowers and plants to keep her company, and enjoyed watching them through each season. She loves seeing the birds fly and the deer rush past through the twilight that dwells always on the underside of each leaf. Nature often appears in her writing and in her casual conversation. She does not mind casually observing the ways of nature.
Rayne also thinks in relative terms and understands the full circle of life, perhaps springing from her elvish background (that which includes studying the Cárpa'dosía). It is either her understanding of both the origin and inevitable end of life or perhaps her stubborn confidence that does not make her often afraid. Perhaps, though, it is because she understands forces and creatures, and that all things must return from whence they came. She understands how things work. When one knows the darkness, that mystery is gone, and the true form of nothing is exposed. “Nothing” does not incite horror or fear.
Lineage
Rayne is certainly of mixed elven blood. With a face not as fairy-like as the pure-blood Aellenrhim, there is undoubtedly other blood running in her veins. Of course, most of her blood is of her tribe, but due to the infusion of various tribes into the Aellenrhim, few still retain the pixie-like appearance anymore. Certainly Rayne falls into this group of mixed bloods.
One of her most peculiar features of her is her black hair, which at times might cause one to mistake her as one of the darker kinds of her race. Her light skin does not help, though it is lightly tanned. However, by the color of her eyes and the shape of her head, most people assume her to be of the wood elves with dark hair. In truth, though, there is some suspicion that there is a bit of dark elf blood in her. Of course, her mother, in life, had openly denounced any ties with those who worshipped Coór.
Though her mother desperately attempted to kill suspicion, usually her efforts only aroused more of it. In truth, there is evidence both for it and against it. There is a good chance a great deal of the family’s blood probably came from the Cyrathrhim. There is evidence that some of the tribe’s most powerful mages joined into Rayne’s family, both before and after the Third Sarvonian War. Though it is unknown what the appearance of the Cyrathrhim was like, was Mira’shijim who said, “They (the Cyrathrhim) are both like us, and yet quite unlike us, in appearance. They are both our mirror but also our window to the far north. I would be unsurprised if those elves that dwell beyond the Tandala do not look something like them.” This would imply that the perhaps the Cyrathrhim had dark hair (like the Diorye’oleal just across the Tandalas), which might have led to the black hair Rayne possesses.
Still, there is evidence that something may have occurred during the Third Sarvonian War in which the Coór’Melór descended to spread darkness. In 210 b.S., he stole into the chambers of Aiá'merán and raped the beloved Ránn. This, however, was not the only mix of dark and wood elven blood. Around the same time, it is believed that something occurred between one of Rayne older relatives and one of the Diorye’oleal dark mages that had be stationed in the city to ensure nothing befell the heir of Coór’Melór that grew in the belly of the Ránn. It is uncertain if the event between the dark mage and wood elf ever took place and, if it did, if it was rape or truly a union of love.
In any case, the family has, since the Third Sarvonian War, been very sensitive about accusations of being part dark elf. For several generations, the elves would allow none but pure Aellenrhims or lighter-featured Yifferhims into the family, many of them wandering mages or scholars (or both), to help purge the dark genes in the Aellenrhim blood. It would seem the family had succeeded until the birth of Rayne. It may have been caused by the great falling out of the family in the mid 1550’s, caused mainly by the influx of newer cultures into the tribe, and the desire of many family members to break free from the strictness of the elders. Rayne’s mother’s choice in husbands had not been as severely scrutinized as before, and she had married an Aellenrhim with blood as mixed as hers.
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Post by Nicky on Jul 23, 2006 15:37:53 GMT 1
Weaknesses
Having dedicated her entire life to the pursuit of knowledge and the study of magic, Rayne lacks real physical strength. This is not to say she can’t lift a sword, but the weight of it alone would be enough to prevent her from using it effectively. On top of this, she has no real knowledge or skill with the sword, or really any other weapon. She cannot handle throwing daggers and can hardly lift an axe. Though she knows the basics of the bow and arrow, her aim is rather poor and her weak body makes stringing and pulling back the string rather difficult.
Most of Rayne’s life has been spent in a room studying, and her weakness leads to lessened agility. She can climb, but doing many of the elegant moves that others can do is lost on her. She does not swing on tree branches or spin in mid air. She isn’t very fast either, and her physical endurance would definitely have to be labeled as poor. Her endurance is mainly magical, not physical, though she is strong where those two endurances collide.
Rayne is knowledgeable about magic, with all the makings to be an Archmage of Wind. However, after reaching level 10, she decided to make a turn in her studies and pursue Xeuá magic instead. She is thus forcing to train her mind how to think in terms of Xeuá instead of in terms of just cár’áll and oún. Using elemental magic, thus, keeps her from advancing towards Xeuá. At this point in her progression, she cannot wield any magic what so ever.
Rayne’s mother and beloved brother died when their carriage burst into flames during a trip to Voldar to meet Rayne’s father. The deaths give her some trauma, and a fear of fire. Though her studies have helped to lessen her fear, fire still makes her anxious and nervous. She is able to share space with small flames such as candles, but anything larger makes her a bit more fearful.
Strengths
Rayne is extremely knowledgeable. She has studied since she was little, and her love of learning has caused her to open books on all kinds of subjects, including beasts and plants, as well as geography and magic. She is quite fluent in Styrásh, Tharian, Thergerim, (all of which she began learning or knew before she left for Ximax). Since her coming to Ximax, she have learned a little orcish (though not a lot, and with very, very limited pronunciation and comprehensibility). She has learned Gnomish and some tribe-specific human languages or dialects of Tharian (i.e. Eyelian, Shendar, etc.) and Styrásh (Quaelhorhim, Yifferhim [including some Old Yiffer]) since her arrival and Ximax and in her travels through the mid-southern parts of Santharia. She has studied books both at her home in Bolder at the Great Library and in the endless libraries at Ximax. She finds lore and culture appealing, and her knowledge on such things gains her respect from many different tribes, and helps keep her from ingesting a plant or the meat of a beast that might do her harm.
Rayne’s knowledge makes her clever and witty. She understands psychology and this helps her get on people’s good side (though her arrogance can sometimes cause an opposite effect.) Her readings have endowed her, also, with the power of language, knowing the connotations of words leads her to using language effectively, both in speaking and in writing.
Magic
Rayne is extremely adept in magic. She has studied it since she was little, and her knowledge in it is unrivaled. Though she is unable to use it, it is not this fact that makes her so influential in the realm of magic. She has a great understanding of how magic works, of that way cár’áll and separate oún can be manipulated to bring about a certain effect. She has studied at places all over Santharia, taking into consideration both human and elven views on magic. She has studied at Ximax Academy but also done learning at Bolder, Quallian, and Elving.
Rayne managed to be a wonderful elemental mage, learning more about the processes then most of her classmates knew or even desired to know. It may have been this knowledge that allowed her to ascend through the levels so quickly, or perhaps it was her family background, having had a lot of mages in her family. In any case, she delved deeply into the study of magic. Her love of the workings of magic was probably what spurred her desire to learn Xeuá magic.
At the moment, though she knows how spells are done and how the system works, she doesn’t use magic, has made herself unable to perform spells, forcing her mind to leave behind the elemental magics that have become second nature to her and pick up Xeuá magic. Her mind is going through changes as she is unlearning a system that she has studied since she was small in order to learn a new one.
Possessions
Rayne is not one to burden herself by taking a lot of things she doesn’t need. She manages to keep all the items she carries in a small leather pack made primarily of Prieta skin, though the pack has several well-placed pockets on the inside where she is able to organize different things. Some of the pockets hold bags of berries and seeds, as well as dried meat, in case she gets hungry, and water. She also keeps a journal of various writings and a quill and ink jar. Because she has no magic, she carries around a small bundle of spell scrolls, most of which are defensive in nature. Having so few of them, however, she is careful about using them.
She carries an extra change of clothing as well. As an Aellenrhim, it might come as no surprise that she always wishes to be clean, and carries around soap to keep her body and her clothes relatively grime-free. She carries a blanket and hammock, too, though she prefers sleeping at an inn then sleeping on the hard ground or in a tree. This blanket serves as a towel used to help dry herself off after a bath more often than being slept on. She also carries a brush and bands to keep her hair out of her face.
Careful as always, Rayne also carries medical supplies, including some gauss bandages and Miyu and Yahrle ointments incase of injury. She also carries around a small sewing kit, which can be used both for sewing up a wound and to sew up rips in clothing.
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