Ajalaaus
Alcide Aukai
"Black Wynd" Kekoa Vell
Dima Naseem
Elakhi "Jade" Chloris
Fahkri Ochin
"Honey" Sreelekha Devar ayalu
Kaasu
Kasho Nedra
Kinjin Shivaji
Nicandro Everard
Rujko Anshu Atyaananda
Rynalai
Shujaat Khayri
Xukithl Saada
NPCs

Alcide Aukai
Age: 200
Sex: Male
Species: City Elf
Appearance: Tall for his species, standing at about 5'3”, what he lacks in stature he makes up for in sheer presence. Immaculate and rarely seen out of uniform, his chestnut hair is always drawn back in a short braid, and is always clean shaven. Most striking are his mismatched eyes (due to a childhood injury), one brown and the other blue. His preferred weapon is a traditional longsword of standard knight issue, which he is also rarely without.

Guild & Rank: Master Knight of Land, Fourth Ciron of the Sciuri Miut

Personality: Prideful, he doesn't take slights against himself, his old miut, or his underlings very well. His temper has cooled over the years, and he tends to treat every situation with the impassivity of ice, with the belief that excess emotion is useless, but also because of the need to be in control for the sake of his old broken miut. He is very proper, polite, and traditional, holding his personal honor in the highest regard. He comes across as cold and unfriendly, doing his duties efficiently and keeping most everyone at a distance.

Parents
Sacha Aukai – mother - Master Mage – 800
Akshan Idaa – father - Changer Druid of Tyrea – 900

Biography

Born in Kali'ech, just outside of Starscape, during the Age of Darkness, Alcide rarely saw his father, as he was a Tyrean druid and always on the move. He lived with his magess mother in Kali'ech until he came of age, at which time he moved to Cascadia Falls to become a Knight. His mother had been wrapped up in her studies, with little time for her son, and Alcide had spent more time with the local guards than he ever had at home.

Alcide joined the Tiger miut when he entered the Knight guild, and although he was rough around the edges at first, the guidance of the first ciron and his naciron tempered him, and over time he gained master rank, eventually put in charge of the second evamiut. During the last battle with Chaos, the Tiger miut suffered heavy losses, leaving Alcide as one of only two surviving cirons, three fifths of the miut destroyed in the attack. Trying to act as a pillar of strength for his broken miut, Alcide has tried to strengthen morale and keep some semblance of order along with Caldre, the other remaining ciron, hiding the fact that he is at a loss of what to do without the first ciron or his naciron.

"Black Wynd" Kekoa Vell
Age: 50
Sex: Male
Species: 3/4 human, 1/8 angel, 1/16 cat anthro, 1/16 Wyrlaen elf

Appearance: Of an average height and build, he carries himself with dignity and grace. Although normally strapped down and hidden underneath his clothes, he has vestigial black-feathered wings which come from his angel heritage, and are about the same size as a wynd's. His anthro and Wyrlaen heritage doesn't show any discernable traits on him, physically. He has dark eyes and dark hair, although he is beginning to grow a few greys.

He doesn't dress in one particular way, easily slipping into new outfits given the situation he is in. When participating in less than legal activities he might dress in tight black attire, and might even let his wings show, along with wearing a black half-face mask. He wears things that help his already superb ability to blend into crowds and/or disappear.

He favors his short sword and dagger as his main weapons, but carries several much smaller throwing daggers on his person, including hidden sheaths for the weapons on the inside of his black leather bracers he sometimes wears.

Guild & Rank: Talon/Thieves Guildmaster

Personality: Always presenting himself as a mild-mannered, polite fellow, he has a cold, calculating mind. Although he is ruthless, he is very much in control of himself, and obeys a strict personal code of morality. Not interested in the laws set by the government, he strictly obeys the laws of the Thieves Guild, and his own code of honor. He is a good leader, very cautious, often suspicious, and very seldom trusts anyone. He is steadfastly loyal to those he considers friends, as well as anyone who is loyal to him.

Family
Father: Veronna "Wind" Vell (1/4 angel, 3/4 human) – retired thief
Mother: Meliia "Silence" Rasco-Vell (1/8 cat anthro, 1/8 Wyrlaen, 3/4 human) – (mostly) retired thief/assassin

Biography: Born to two parents with deep ties to the underground, Kekoa was taught less-than-legal arts for as far back as he can remember. His parents were loving and attentive, and made the best of what they had during the Age of Darkness, giving their son a relatively happy childhood. Veronna and Meliia both supported their son's decision to enter the Knight's Guild, where he thought he could work for a better future. Unable to live up to the Chaosian ideal during the Age, Kekoa was to be put into a remedial miut. He instead made the decision to leave the Knight Guild altogether, and allied himself with the underground.

He has spent many years developing his skills and contacts with a great deal of help from the dragoon named Elder, becoming a master of stealth, when he wishes to exercise it. He eventually made the rank of Talon within the Thieves Guild, and although his ambition was to reach a higher rank, he respected the Talonmaster and Guildmaster, and instead turned his attention to his duties as a Talon. He eventually met Lucky, who he took under his care, and developed a great friendship with.

He considers his inability to locate Lucky after she disappeared to be his greatest failure in life, but has used her example of beginning a new life to inspire him, giving himself a new purpose as the underground reforms from the disappearance of the Dispassionate Man. He waited patiently for the opportunity to take control of the underground, and now works to shape it to his own ideals, hiding the fact from most everyone that he is the Patient Man.

Dima Naseem
Age: 432
Gender: Female
Species: Dragoon
Height: 4' 10"
Weight: 145 (with wings)

Appearance: Pale skinned, with a button nose and standing four-foot-ten, she looks much younger than she is, and she hates that. Her wings are scaled black, like her father's. Her direct gaze can be a bit imposing, what with her dark, gold-flecked eyes, a black streak running down one side of her face, fangs, and long dark hair (which she often keeps in a single thick braid), and sometimes unfriendly demeanor. She prefers wearing the black-and-silver robes of Aeryon, cut to let her spade-tipped tail loose, and wears silver feather earrings (a gift from her brother), preferring not to wear much jewelry, even a druid pendant, at all, finding it could impede her movements if she had to defend herself. She hides her weapons (several well-balanced daggers) in sheaths strapped to her forearms and calves.

Guild/Rank: Changer Druid of Aeryon; First Change: White-tailed Kite; Second Change: Wynd

Personality: Very gentle with animals, she's normally a bit reserved, though often moody and unpredictable. When she is angry, she is a force to be reckoned with, and often displays quite a temper, though most of the time her hostility is a reaction to hide her underlying hurt. She spends her time honoring Aeryon, studying for her next Change, teaching her acolyte, dealing with men, and practicing combat and magic. When she chooses a friend, she is extremely loyal, but very seldom lets people close enough to become attached, preferring to stubbornly cleave a path of her own, used to going about life alone, even though she secretly craves to be loved.

Family

Mother: Maysa Naseem - deceased
Father: Najib Naseem - 900 - Smithy
Sibling: Mazin Naseem - 500 - Male - Artisan

Background: Born and raised in Kiridia, Dima had a rather normal life growing up and living with her parents. Her mother, Maysa, was a Druid of Aeryon, and her father, Najib, was (and still is) a weaponsmith. While her older brother chose the path of an artisan, combining some of his father's smithy skill with his love of jewelry-craft, Dima took after her mother since a very young age. Maysa taught and trained Dima in druid magic for the first two-hundred fifty years of Dima's life.

Dima's parents tried to shield their children from much of the oppression of the Age of Darkness, and managed to live a life that was meager, but happy. When Dima was two-hundred fifty, however, her mother died mysteriously. Dima suspected she may have been part of an uprising, but she never learned the details of her mother's death, and neither her father nor brother would speak of it to her.

Still an Acolyte at the time of her mother's death, Dima threw herself into her studies with a nearly obsessive fervor. It took her fifty years from that point to come to grips with her mother's death, to stop blaming herself or the gods, and to finally become a Cleri. Though she still approached her studies with fervor, it was no longer out of desperation, but out of wonder and love for Aeryon. It took her another hundred years before she successfully completed her First Change, and though she misses her mother, she became much closer to her father and brother, as well as Aeryon himself. In a way, since becoming a Changer, she feels closer to her mother now, as well, though the mystery surrounding the events of Maysa's death still haunt her, apprehensive and sometimes downright phobic around bond creatures.

Ordered by Aeryon to leave Kiridia, Dima left her father and brother to begin anew in Cascadia Falls, where Aeryon granted her an acolyte of her own. After attempting to bind the energy from a Chaotic elemental, Dima wound up going through Chaos withdrawals, and she now is coming to grips with its subsequent scarring, having grown fangs and a tail and having gone through a period where she was unable to fly. She now struggles with her new appearance, and the events of her past having being brought to the surface, all while trying to set a good example for her acolyte and caring for the defected demon whose elemental creation was the source of her own scarring.

Pets

Pet Name: Hamza
Species: Flaret (male)
Description: Given to her as a kit by her brother when his flaret had a litter because the little flaret was being picked on as the runt. Hamza became a fast companion to Dima, and is rather shy, preferring to stay close to her.

Pet Name: Asima
Species: Wynd (female)
Description: A diluted calico, she looks very pretty with her cream and gray colors. Dima took her in after she found Asima in an alley, nursing wounds from a catfight and rather ill-tempered. Many scratches and bites later, Dima and Asima made friends, though Asima doesn't often like anyone other than Dima and Hamza.

Pet Name: Ajua
Species: Flider (female)
Description: A little ball of tan fur, with a curious nature and not a lot of sense of self-preservation.

Elakhi "Jade" Chloris
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Species: Human

Appearance: Elakhi’s most distinguishing feature is her startling, bright green eyes. She’s about 5’5”, slender and extremely flexible. Her hair is about shoulder length, parted to one side, and a dark brown. Rarely seen wearing a color other than black, and even more rarely seen wearing something other than form-fitting pants, a well-cut tunic, and boots. Her preferred weapons are a whip and a short sword, strapped to her hips.

Guild/Rank: Journeyman Patroller, Owner of Jade's Forging

Personality: She has become much more at ease after some time of being part of the Patrol, and while she can still be cold and abrasive, she is much more friendly now, and more frequently lets her naturally curious and sometimes mischievous nature show through. She laughs more easily and is rather affectionate, no longer making a habit of trying to hide her emotions behind a mask. She still retains her serious side, but it no longer rules over her everyday life, the major difference now being the fact that she’s learned how to reign in a sometimes seething depth of rage while not simply shutting it away. Instead, her anger fuels her determination to do well with her new life in the Patrol.

Family

Mother: Upala Myrddin - 50 - merchant
Father: Casca Myrddin - 53 - merchant

Half-sister:Nayana "Jinx" Myrddin - 23 - assassin

Background: Elakhi Chloris was born Elakhi Chloris Myrddin, but dropped her last name in favor of her middle name when her family disowned her. She grew up in Oceanica, where her parents were merchants, and were making a good name for themselves selling supplies to sailors and dealing in trade. Elakhi roamed the streets from the time she was very young, as her parents found her presence a burden to their business, and she soon discovered an uncanny knack for picking locks and pockets. She soon began thieving regularly in the merchant’s district she knew so well, even after her parents took her back into their home at the age of 15 for the purpose of marrying her off.

Elakhi was caught by her parents at age 17, breaking into one of their client’s warehouses. After confronting Elakhi, they kicked her out of their business and out of their home. With only the clothes on her back, her weapons, lockpicks, and dog Varil, she turned away from her family, and gave up her last name. She ran away to Cascadia Falls, where she soon joined the Thieves Guild after a short stint of working in the Red Torch district. From then on she worked under the night name of ‘Lucky,’ learning to master the whip from Elder and assisting Black Wynd in the punishment of those who broke Guild law, learning many techniques from Honey.

One fateful night, Elakhi was targeted by a serial rapist named Jvalant, who she tried to fight off and failed. For two years Elakhi was put through torture and forced to live in a very small space. It was by her own sharp mind and wit that she didn’t break, even though Jvalant’s many other victims did.

Freed from him by the Patrol, her loyalties to the Guild mostly degraded and she joined the Patrol to begin a new life. Although cold and distant at first, the friendships she made and the lessons she learned began to change her into who she is now, and she continues to improve upon herself, driven to do for others what the Patrol did for her.

Bond name: Varaae
Species: Gryphon
Appearance: Very large for his species, Varaae is about one and a quarter times the size of a normal male gryphon. His body is a rich, milk-chocolate brown, and his feathered head and wings have interspersed dark grey highlights, the underside of his wings and the furred tip of his tail are a solid dark grey as well.
Personality: Rather shy, quiet, and clumsy to no end, Varaae is well-meaning, though he does have a mischievous streak. Forever willing to put himself in harms way for his bonded, he always seems to be there when she needs him.
Ability: Blindsight. Using nonvisual senses, they are able to maneuver as well as they would under normal conditions.

Fahkri Ochin
Age: 1087
Gender: Male
Species: Imp
Loyalty: Chaos

Appearance: Black leathery skin, red wingsails, gold eyes... has silver piercings running down both ears, blood-jeweled rings on both pinkies. He wears clothes only for the sake of other peoples' modesty, and keeps a few thin, sharp blades hidden on his person in random places, more for torture than actual fighting. Muscular, tall for an imp, at four-foot even.

Guild/Rank: Former Gold Justice

Personality: Vegetable.

Family

Mother: Haqika Ochin - Hand of the Goddess - deceased
Father: Ghufran Ochin - Justice - deceased?

Background: Raised in a traditional imp household, with both parents teaching him loyalty to Chaos, how to combat, etc. Fahkri became a Ditloxi of the Srih, and remained as such until after the Avenging War. His mother, a Hand, was killed in that war, and his father was assumed dead, but, as a Justice, Fahkri is uncertain of his father's true fate. After the Avenging War, Fahkri found his true calling after becoming a Justice.

After a series of unfortunate events, in which Fahkri continually made a mess of jobs, failing Her Justice too many times, and his bond defected to Unity, Mahja punished him, keeping him in a zombie-like state in a demonstration of Her Justice's 'mercy.'

Bond

Ajalaaus
Bond type: Gargoyle (defected)
(Chaos class), Common Bond
Sire/dam: Sire: Keshus ; Dam: Avanius
Appearance: A dark, solid grey, very large, with a gimpy, crimped tail.
Personality: Blockheaded and always poking his nose in where it doesn't belong. Has a tendency to be rather dense. Is a good battering ram, and enjoys running things into the ground and a good fight.
Ability: Inducing others to forget/ignore Chaosian features.

"Honey" Sreelekha D evar ayalu
Age: 35
Sex: Female
Species: Jackal anthro

Appearance: Svelte and lithe, Honey moves with natural grace, putting seduction into most everything she does. Her voice is deep and sweet, and just as tempting as the rest of her. She has her fur, normally a mix of grey and brown, dyed black so it matches her eyes which are a dark blue as to seem nearly black themselves. She normally has an illusion, or a veil over her face to cover up the fact that her right cheek is torn away, revealing all of her teeth on the right side of her face even with her mouth closed in a gruesome grin.

When she is working at her legitimate job as Sreelekha, managing her restaurant, she always keeps the right side of her face hidden, if not by illusion, then by some elaborate mask or veil. She wears revealing, elaborate dresses, and a multitude of jewelry, including bangles on both arms and her tail. Never a woman to go unarmed, when working this job she carries a chakram at her hip.

When working under the guise of Honey, she wears either whatever disguise is appropriate for the job, or a black bodysuit. She either wears a mask on her face or more often foregoes any covering of the right side of her face. Honey has learned how to use her looks as a distraction, with one side of her face whole and the other fearsome and drooling. She carries a sickle on a metal chain with a heavy iron weight at the end, as well as a cat-o-nine-tails (more for torture than combat), as well as a variety of poisons.

Guild & Rank: Talon in Oceanica; owner of Fortune's Blossom, a high-class restaurant in Oceanica

Personality: Fiercely independent, she rarely strikes up true friendships with anyone, wary and suspicious of everyone's ulterior motives. In spite of this, she can act quite friendly, manipulating people to get what she wants. She is not afraid of overstepping the bounds of the law to protect her own. In fact, she sometimes goes out of her way to do so if it means upholding her own code of morality, however lax it may be. She lives a hedonistic lifestyle, doing whatever pleases her as long as she's certain it won't get her arrested or destroy her reputation as Sreelekha. Of the few people who are true friends, she is begrudgingly loyal, but genuinely affectionate, feeling very deeply for them alone.

Parents:
Amarjaa Dev arayalu – mother – 58 - Chaosian thief
Gaurav Deva rayalu – father – deceased

Siblings:
Iishim Dev arayalu – 30 – brother - Chaosian thief
Anjali Deva rayalu – 39 – sister – Chaosian thief
Beeja Dev arayalu – 32 – sister – Chaosian thief

Biography:
Born during the Age of Darkness to a Chaosian thief family in Cascadia Falls, Sreelekha was the second daughter of the family, and learned the skills of thievery and espionage from her parents and the other thieves they associated with. When Sreelekha was seventeen, she managed to attract the attention of a demon, who bit off her cheek on their first night together when she fought back. Desperate not to become a slave, she fled underground, where she met Black Wynd. Under his care, she recovered, and soon defected. She hid underground, working with Elder and Black Wynd during the rest of the Age of Darkness. After the Age was over, she defected from the Thieves Guild, opting to work as a freelancer, and divided her time between Cascadia and Oceanica, where she began her own legitimate business.

As a favor to Black Wynd, she is now working as an operative in Oceanica for the Talons while she runs her restaurant. Her job there was initially to keep an eye on freelancers fleeing from Cascadia, and then she was working to band the freelancers together for the coming of the new Thieves Guildmaster. Before she could do that, she assisted the Patrol in finding out who was paying off the freelancers of Oceanica, and removed the Myrddin from power.

Pets

Pet name: Ichaani
Pet type: wyvern (female)
Pet description: Scales of a dark hematite color, Ichaani is rather unfriendly to most, but lives for receiving scritches from Sreelekha for doing a good job.

Kaasu
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Species: Changeling - Wolf
Loyalty: Unity

Appearance: Thin and wiry, he often looks too thin or malnourished. He has red hair that is long enough that it usually gets in his eyes, and light blue eyes which have a tendency to catch the light and look somewhat violet. He dresses simply, tunic, breeches, and boots normally dull, dark colors, with a cloak sometimes. His only jewelry are two thick, silver wrist braces he wears at all times. His skin is dark, and hints at a person who has spent many days on the road. He carries no weapons, and always goes unarmed.

His wolf form is lanky, with thick dark, dark red fur and those same odd violet eyes. The silver wrist braces follow him into his wolf form, staying on his forelegs after his change.

Guild/Rank: Master Bard, Storytelling/Poetry/Historian

Personality: A loving, kind person to everyone, and always willing to help someone in need. His carefree nature shields the world from seeing how his dark past has affected him. He loves children, and loves teaching, and loves his parents. He doesn't like others to know he is a changeling, and often tries to pass as human. He is a complete pacifist, trying to atone for his past sins. He's more often sad than angry, but rarely lets anyone close enough to him to truly know what he's feeling.

Family

Mother: Kmitza - Healer - 93
Father: Ziako - Healer - 92
Siblings: Caoduz - 25? - Female - Whereabouts unknown

Background: Kaasu grew up in StarScape with his family clan of wolf changelings. His parents, both healers, raised Kaasu and began teaching him and training him from quite a young age to become a healer, as well. Though his parents taught him the basics of healing, Kaasu found a group of bards in StarScape whom he became apprenticed to.

Whether it was intentional or accidental is unknown, but at age eighteen, Kaasu's uncle transmitted a Chaosian spell to the young changeling. It caused Kaasu, for nearly two years, to become rogue, haunting the Seirac Range in wolf form with no other thought in his mind other than to kill.

After causing many creatures innocent deaths, a cousin of his, a wolf changeling named Kiana, found him and fought him into exhaustion, and then healed him of the spell. Kiana brought him home, to find that he had a sister that his mother had given birth to shortly after the spell had made him mad... But she had given his sister away to another changeling clan, afraid that her second child would also somehow be stricken with the same Chaosian spell.

Grieving his actions, Kaasu pledged to atone for his sins by never taking another life or harming another being.

Kaasu, over years of studying and teaching and hard work, eventually gained Master rank. He still, however, wears two silver wrist braces, to remind him of restraint, and how his lack thereof (even if under a spell), caused him to kill innocents all those years ago.

He looks for his sister wherever he goes, hoping that someday he will find her. He often prays to Tyrea about her, and whatever other things are bothering him.

Kasho Nedra
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Species: Ferret Anthro-turned-vampire
Loyalty: Unity

Appearance: A brown sable ferret in humanoid form, she has a dark overcoat and an undercoat that's white during warmer months and thicker and orange during colder months. She wears a hooded robe in the colors of Tyrea, green and brown, with a maple leaf pendant displayed proudly around her neck. About 5'7", she is lithe and well-toned, as most ferret anthropomorphs are, but her fur sometimes makes her look fluffier than she is. Carries a strong, dark oaken staff.

Guild/rank: Cleri Druid of Tyrea, member of Nummuc Yow sect

Personality: Always upbeat, and easily excitable. She loves to smell things. A strong smell will usually distract her from anything. She has a love for potatoes, and has a tendency to hoard things, be them food, or shiny.

Family

Mother: Rhea Nedra - 50 - Master Healer - A gentle, loving, very high energy dark-eyed white ferret anthro.
Bonded to green-eyed flamecat Sekanal, shy and very in tune with her maternal side, mated to Meosnal.
Bond Talent: Turning objects into water.
Father: Aniketos Nedra - 51 - Knight (Elk miut naciron) - A black sable ferret anthro, he is a proud man, with a tendency towards being quiet.
Bonded to gold-eyed flamecat Meosnal, acts very tough and male, but has a very tender side towards his mate Sekanal.
Bond Talent: Making objects sprout thorns.
Siblings:

Biography: Kasho grew up with her family in StarScape, and as her siblings all found their calling in healing, barding, and the military, she still searched. She desired to become a druid, but no druid of Tyrea would take her, since they considered that she didn't have the lifespan a druid needs. She found in Kiridia the sect of the Nummuc Yow, and found that compared to the other druids she'd confronted, they were very accepting. Kasho flourished in this new sect, and found herself advancing within a couple years. She is one of the more extreme of the Common Way, and refuses to use druid magic, and often refuses to associate with those outside of the sect. She is nearly fanatical in her devotion to Tyrea, and helps many common folk with farming on a regular basis. At the moment, her family is rather scattered, but they try to keep in touch as best they can.

Pets

Pet name: Vyoma
Pet type: female flaret
Pet description: Sweet and very friendly, she’s often independent, running off places where Kasho has to go and look for her

Kinjin Shivaji
Age: 27
Sex: Male
Species: Half kender, half human
Appearance: Standing at about 5'5”, he has a slim build, a little on the scrawny side, but is surprisingly strong due to all the training he does. He has a dimpled cheek, easily noticeable since he grins so much, and makes him look younger than he is, and left to his own devices he would grow out his facial hair until quite scruffy to make up for it. He tends to clean up well for his jobs, taking pride in his work, and dresses either in nice clothes for his work at the Forging, or in uniform when he's working as trainingmaster. He's familiar with different weaponry, but he prefers only to arm himself with a dagger and relies mostly on hand-to-hand combat to defend himself.

Guild & Rank: Air Trainingmaster, Manager of Jade’s Forging

Personality: Naturally curious and friendly, he tends to have a mischievous streak. Affectionate towards most anyone, he likes to make people smile. His quiet, happy nature hides a rather fantastic temper that has taken him many years to be able to control. He tends to be very private, and deeply loves and trusts his chosen friends.

Parents:
Savka Shivaji – mother – deceased
Novak Veselin – father – 63 – master Guard

Biography:

Born in the Red Torch district to his kender mother, Kinjin didn't get the best start to life in Cascadia, but he never let it get him down. Growing up in the brothel with his mom, he eventually decided to try and become a bard after he found he had a knack for numbers. Working to become a mathematician for a number of years, he also began to hone his skills as a thief, as it came so naturally to him. He eventually was caught cheating the owner of a fighting ring out of her money at the gambling tables, and she blackmailed him into becoming a fighter of Ayane's. Dropping his studies, he became a kickboxer, and was eventually freed from his debts by Jade. He then went on to become part of a tribond and the next Air Trainingmaster.

Bonds

Name: Visanth
Species: ryuuki
Appearance: Dark sapphire blue, average-size
Personality: Dignified and serious, he tends to lean towards pessimism.
Ability: Finding objects

Name: Dayaae
Species: gryphon
Appearance: Light tan, streaks of dark brown and red , average sized
Personality: Sensible and sweet, she's quite feminine, but very protective of her bond.
Ability: Speaking with the wind

Name: Insinae
Species: pegasus
Appearance: Bay
Personality: Always a bit... twitchy, and has become even more so given the nature of their bond ability.
Ability: Seeing into the future

Nicandro Everard
Age: 28
Sex: Male
Species: Human
Appearance: Overall, Nicandro is a massive man; tall, broad shouldered and thickly muscled. He has an overall swarthy complexion with dark eyes and a mess of dark hair. He rarely smiles, always seeming rather sullen. Typically in uniform, but occasionally wears more casual clothes when off duty, and bears a longsword of standard Knight issue.

Guild & Rank: Council Knight; Master Knight of Land, Second Ciron Sciuri Miut

Personality: Quiet and reserved, he seldom speaks more than a few words at a time. He is sometimes disregarded as being slow or unintelligent, but this is a great misconception. He has a knack for strategy, and is very deliberate in his words and actions, just more often using actions than words. He is very aware of his brute strength, and has compensated for it by becoming a very gentle man, using his strength only when necessary.

Parents:
Bella Everard – mother – deceased
Fabrizo Everard – father – deceased

Other Familial Ties:
Buelo Everard – grandfather – 92

Biography: Nicandro led a rather normal childhood during the Age, living with his parents and his grandfather in Starscape. Both of his parents were Guards, and his grandfather a Knight, so he always aspired to join the Knight Guild. He was often bullied by other children when he was young who called him `slow' or `stupid.' Always large for his age, when he fought back he tended to badly hurt someone, and his grandfather would always remind him of how his strength was special, and how it should be used.

When he was ten years old, his parents were both killed in the line of duty, and Nicandro's grandfather took responsibility for him. With the lessons his grandfather taught him ingrained, he decided to join the Knight Guild when he was fourteen, and was placed into the Sciuri miut, where a friendship with Elsan and Seyal kept him from giving up on being a Knight.

Bond
Azarath
Species: Ryuuki
Appearance: A slim, quick female, very small for her species, she's an all-over speckled cinnamon color.
Personality: Sweet and affectionate, she has a mischievous streak that she mostly keeps under control, especially if she's bribed with sweets. She inherited her mother's way of speaking, using colors and images and emotions to communicate more than using words. She and Nicandro's bond is so strong that they cannot touch each other without losing themselves.

Rujko Anshu Atyaananda
Age: 250
Sex: Male
Species: Half city elf, half human

Appearance: Naked. All. The. Time. He's not particularly gorgeous or anything, but he isn't ugly by any means, either. In truth, if he wore clothes, he would be rather plain and go relatively unnoticed by most people. As it is, he shows off a lithe, masculine "dancer's" body, and isn't a hairy person at all. Generally not noted by people in lieu of the fact that he's completely nude, he does in fact have eyes and hair. His hair is long, a nearly white blonde, going to mid-back, and usually kept bound in a ponytail. His eyes are blue, and light enough that it's normally difficult to see the gold flecks in them. He carries himself with a confident, self-assured gait, as if he doesn't have a care in the world. Though he rarely wears them, he does have two short swords he wears crossed against his back.

Guild & Rank: Fire King, Wanderer Artisan (tattoo, street chalk artist)

Personality: Good-humored and friendly, Rujko takes everything lightly, and it is very difficult to offend him. Always ready with a witty remark or a joke, it's (relatively) easy to forget he parades around in the nude. Though he likes to convince people he's pacifistic, he has a ruthless edge that he keeps in check most of the time. He is dignified, but not vain, and tends to be rather nonsexual so people aren't too uncomfortable around him.

Parents:
Dalayla - mother - deceased
Axa - father - 533 - Chaosian Thief

Biography: Born during the Age of Darkness in Star Scape, Rujko and his human mother lived together in relative peace, staying out of trouble and living as best they could. Rujko's father was never much in the picture, as he defected to Chaos shortly after Rujko was born. After Dalayla died from old age, Rujko was taken in by Axa, was taught the ways of a thief, and soon turned to Chaos himself.

As the Age ended, Axa disappeared, and Rujko defected back to Unity, having never been a very strong follower of the Nameless One. Determined to begin a new life, he gave up thievery and sought to earn his living in more legitimate ways. Feeling compelled to bring beautiful things into a world still suffering from the Age, Rujko apprenticed an artisan, and eventually struck out on his own to improve on his craft. Quickly finding that until he gained his mastery and/or became famous, he'd be stuck in relative poverty, he had to decide between wearing rags or wearing nothing at all, and he chose the latter option.

When he reached Cascadia Falls, he bonded royal flamecat Cvetenal, and upon Shasten's suicide, became the Fire King.

Bond name: Cvetenal
Species: Flamecat (royal)
Appearance:She's a mixture of black and mocha brown, although her flames take on a dark orange when she's alight. Of average height, but quite svelte, with a carefully sculpted rounded face and of course, large, delicately shaped silver eyes that mark her as a royal.
Personality: Maternal and dignified, no-nonsense, and always trying to get her bond to wear clothes.

Rynalai
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Species: Mercentaur
Loyalty: Neutral

Appearance: Rynalai often walks proudly, doesn't like wearing clothes, even for other peoples' senses of modesty. A brunette, she has grey eyes, and her horse self is white with random grey splotches. Rynalai's mer form is about the same as her land form, except for the solid, dull grey scales of her tail. She wears a multitude of braclets, many fashioned herself, on her human wrists and her forehooves.

Guild/Rank: Wandering Artisan, set designer of Flight of Fancy troupe

Personality: Often cold and sarcastic. She takes her art very seriously, and is quick to banish someone from her sight for insults to her work. She holds grudges for years, and is a very stubborn person in general. The only thing she seems to be kind to is her artwork. She even often threatens her helpful sciuri with death. That's just sort of her way. She's generally happy, but she doesn't like anyone that much.

Family

Mother: Tilana - deceased
Father: Rankio - deceased

Siblings:

Son: Iskren

Background: Rynalai had a rather normal life growing up. Boring, by her standards. She attempted to work on a ship as a speaker to Khori~nath, when she was 15 (telling them she was 20), even though she truthfully didn't know their language. The ship wound up being attacked by Khori~nath, and all lives were lost, except for hers.

Ever since then, she's been afraid to be in the water; Khori~nath haunt her nightmares. She lives in her land-form now, attempting to pass as a land centaur. She joined the troupe hoping for excitement, after several boring years of having to learn artistry. Now she's free to do any art she wishes, not having to fulfill any teachers' requirements.

Pet

Pet Name: Splatter
Species: Sciuri
Description: Devoted to Rynalai, he never takes her death threats seriously, and very much enjoys paint, and being used as a paintbrush.

Shujaat Khayri
Age: 430
Sex: Male
Species: Dragoon

Appearance: A medium-built dragoon, standing at 5'3", he's rather muscular, simply from years of working with his body, though he doesn't look it with the robes he wears. He normally dons the robes of Claeryn, though he could technically wear any of the gods' representative robes, he chooses the fire god's colors since that was the first god he reached Changer rank under.

Beneath his robes he hides extensive tattoos in a crisscrossing tribal pattern that begins at his ankles, go up the sides of his legs, up his sides, up between his wings, along his upper back, and up to his shoulders, and down his arms, stopping above his elbows. In four different places (top of the sides of both arms, and on both of his hips) there are tattooed druidic runes, one symbolizing each realm. His wings are dark blue, and his taloned hands and feet are scaled in the same color. He has dark eyes and dark brown hair which is long enough to be slightly wavy.

He chooses not to carry weapons on his person most of the time, seeing as how his druidic magic serves well for his defensive and offensive needs. He does, however, own two very old, well-cared for daggers that strap to his forearms, but normally only uses them for ceremonial purposes and doesn't usually wear them at all.

Guild & Rank:
Irotana's Chosen
Changer druid of Claeryn (Change: flaret)
Changer druid of Laugar (Change: raela)
Changer druid of Aeryon (Change: goshawk)
Changer druid of Tyrea (Change: dralk)

Personality: Shujaat is normally rather cheerful and nonchalant, and acts as if he never completely matured. This is partially because he's still somewhat unsure of how to act around people, and will often act the way he thinks he should act instead of in a natural manner. He sometimes says or does things that are completely out of place if he's feeling unsure of himself. He has a tendency to take on personality aspects that compliment the qualities of the god or goddess of whose robes he is wearing. Wearing Claeryn's robes he may be fiery and passionate, wearing Tyrea's he may be more down-to-earth and sensible, and so on. He is very rarely seen angry, and it takes quite an injustice, or one of the people he cares about in danger, to make him so. He is usually more than willing to admit when he is wrong about something, and attempts to be an agreeable person altogether. He feels very deeply, and only shares those true feelings with very few people, if at all.

Parents:
Father: Ghayth Khayri - Fire mage - 825
Mother: Arwa Khayri (maiden name: Dhheiba) - 801 - Fire mage

Siblings:

Other family:

Biography:

Shujaat Khayri is the second-youngest son of the Khayri clan of dragoons, a family that has boasted that their presence dates back to the Realm Wars (though whether that's true or not can be debated). It is said that a feud has existed between the Khayri and Naseem clans since their beginnings, the Khayri clan aligned closely to fire and the Naseem clan aligned closely with air. Just before the beginning of the Age of Darkness, the two clans resided together in Rahn with an unsteady truce. It was then that a druid who had married into the Naseem clan met Shujaat, and offered to take him in as an acolyte of Aeryon. Initially, Shujaat refused, as his clan would never agree to let him study air magic, especially from a Naseem.

As the Age of Darkness began, the truce between the Khayri and Naseem clans began to crumble. As the Khayri began working more closely with Chaosians, Shujaat was eventually prompted to run away from Rahn to join Maysa Naseem in Kiridia and become an acolyte of Aeryon. It was soon after Shujaat's disappearance that the Naseem clan in Rahn was slaughtered for "crimes against Chaos" though it was most likely simply a political move made by the Khayri to remove their rival clan for good.

In Kiridia, Shujaat studied druid magic under Maysa with her daughter, Dima. The two acolytes were constantly at odds with one another, even as Maysa taught them the ways of a servant of Aeryon and Najib Naseem taught them how to fight. It was during this time that Suhayla, Shujaat's older sister (and follower of Chaos), went looking for her little brother. Eventually finding him in the household of the remnants of the Naseem clan in Kiridia, and in the tutelage of a druid no less, she attempted to execute Shujaat. Suhayla's attack on him was thwarted by Dima, and Maysa took Suhayla in to nurse her back to health.

Under Maysa and her son Mazin's care, Suhayla made a full recovery, defected, and became an acolyte under Maysa, as well. Eventually, Suhayla and Mazin fell in love and were to be married, but Shukri Khayri came looking for his two missing siblings. Shukri captured Suhayla and gave her over to a group of demons, who publicly tortured her to give up information on the other druids. After a public rape and execution of Suhayla, Shujaat was understandably distraught. Dima, who was engaged at the time, "annoyed" him back into relative health. Shujaat confessed his love for her, but with Dima already taken, his faith in the gods in an unstable state, and his brother still looking for him, he decided to leave Kiridia.

After leaving Kiridia, Shujaat eventually began learning druid magic from a gnome of Claeryn, and eventually completed his First Change beneath the fire god. Still feeling restless, Shujaat found himself studying each god, until he had become a Cleri beneath Laugar, Aeryon, and Tyrea. Completing his next Change under Laugar right after the end of the Age of Darkness, Shujaat decided to work on his Tyrean Change by going into the woods and studying dralk in their natural environment. After some time of this, and with four different gods' voices in his head, Shujaat lost himself, and he roamed the woods for some time believing he was a dralk. It wasn't until he bonded his ryuuki Azizeth that Shujaat was able to make sense of his scrambled thoughts again. He completed his third Change, and was working on his fourth while trying to regain a stable mental state and reconnect with his past as he settled down in Cascadia with his acolyte. Upon the completion of his fourth Change, he became Irotana's Chosen.

Pet name: Jaqjit
Species: dralk
Description: Dark green scaled, she tolerates Shujaat because she views him as a herdmate, or perhaps one of her children, and tends to be fiercely protective of him.

Bond name: Azizeth
Species: Ryuuki
Appearance: A slim female with dark red, nearly maroon body.
Personality: Not very good at telepathy, she's a strong empath, and more often emotes or uses colors and pictures to express herself than using words. Very affectionate and cuddly, she often dotes on people with sloppy ryuuki kisses.

Xukithl Saada
Age: 50
Sex: Female
Species: Nahgam

Appearance: About average size for a female nahgam, Xukithl makes up in speed what she lacks in strength. Her human half is a golden tan from long days in the sun, her snake half scaled in dark hematite and silver tones. Her hair is black, kept short and spiky, and her red-and-gold eyes are heavy-lidded with thick dark eyelashes, giving her the appearance of being sleepy or dozing all the time. She most often wears a leather bustier, and arms herself with a pair of cyclone blades for throwing, and a double-bladed dagger resembling a pair of fangs for close combat.

Guild & Rank: Chaosian Thieves Guildmaster: the Bandit King

Personality: Unpredictable, she is the proverbial `snake-in-the-grass,' a woman who can build a friendship for years only to enact an easy, unexpected takedown. She is treacherous, cunning, and ruthless, and has often killed a person mid-sentence without warning, all while wearing a smile. Treat her with respect, and you may be rewarded, treat her with anything different, and you might find a headhugger under your pillow. Her loyalty to the Dark Goddess is unwavering, her loyalty to the High Demonlady a rather less so, following her orders so long as she agrees with them and she is given proper incentives.

Parents:

Siblings:

Biography: From a young age, against her parents' wishes, Xukithl followed her older sister's path, training to become a thief in the Chaosian Guild. She learned how to use speed and ruthlessness to make up for the difference in size between herself and other Guilders, as well as developing unique ways of vengeance. As she herself became more skilled, she began training her younger brother and sister in the ways of the Guild as soon as she could after their births.

She, along with her siblings, worked as pirates on Chaosian ships, and became an invaluable team to take on raids; always getting the job done. During the years they worked together as pirates, Xukithl began to resent her older sister for lording over her the fact that Xayateotl had `taught her everything she knew.' Xukithl waited for a long time to exact her revenge for the slight, and during a raid, Xukithl crippled her older sister's tail with an entropic spell, pointing out that she knew a lot more about being a Chaosian than Xayateotl did.

Guilders soon learned not to find themselves on Xukithl's bad side, and she began forging ties within the Guild to slowly increase her status. Soon she found herself second only to the Bandit King, a troll who was one of the Srih as she was, and during the last celebration before the raid of Firstday, Xukithl slipped a slow-acting poison into the Bandit King. Upon the news of his death, she was instated as the new Chaosian Thieves Guildmaster.

Pets

Pet name: Xell
Pet species: Lingsi
Pet description: At one time a bird of amethyst and emerald, he's dulled nearly to grey since being captured by Xukithl, plucking out many of his feathers. Kept tied to a perch in Xukithl's quarters, he still manages to sing for her, if only to get some sweets.

Bond

Bond name: Xedxus
Species: Locandrac
Color(s) & Appearance: A dark blue, streaked with black, quite chunky and muscular.
Personality: Seemingly lazy, he is often quiet and observant, with a surprisingly sharp mind for a locandrac. He is a good match for Xukithl, and often helps her with directing Chaosian pirate ships.
Ability: Extreme long-range bondlink telepathy.

NPCs

NPC 1
Name: Najib Naseem
Relation to Dima: Father
Location at present: Kiridia
Description: A strong, good-natured man, he's been a smithy all his life, and loves the work. A dragoon with black-scaled wings, he's a bit tall for his species at five-foot-seven, and has a sharp, aquiline nose. He loves his children, and still loves his wife. He keeps things to himself, and may be the only one who actually knows how Maysa died.

NPC 2
Name: Mazin Naseem
Relation to Dima: Brother
Location at present: Kiridia
Description: An artisan, he enjoys making jewelry out of silver and stone. His wings are the dark green of his mothers', and he's the pacifist of the family. Though he learned how to use weapons, he very much prefers not to, and became a very skilled speaker and debater instead, preferring to disarm people with words than weapons. A big teddy-bear of a man.

NPC 3
Name: Ghufran Ochin
Relation: Fahkri Ochin's father
Location at present: unknown
Description: Assumed killed during Avenging War, a former Justice. He now lives in a cave on the outer edge of Chaos Isle, fishing and collecting shiny objects.

NPC 4
Name: Siolo Kuma
Description: A dragoon woman with dark brown wings that match her very dark skin. Her hair is black and very short against her head. She's a Master Healer, and has been in the Healer hall for a very long time.

NPC 5
Name: Sabri
Description: A gnomish Master Healer with a cheerful disposition.

NPC 6
Name: Oz
Description: An upbeat gnome from a large family, he's a Master Mage of illusions, but he also has a keen interest in Chaotic artifacts.