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Character Name: Irys Valceren




THE ESSENTIALS
Race: Idreth, of Tsol'aa heritage
Gender: Female
Guild: Syssin
City: Spinesreach, and ridiculously patriotic for it, at that
Order: None. Doesn't particularly care for religion.

THE LOOK
Hair: Varying shades of red, from dark auburn to copper. Partially shaved on the right side, with braids holding back the left side. Length is just above mid-thigh, slightly wavy.
Eyes: Gold, metallic at times and honey-like at others
Height: 6'1"
Build: Athletic and very muscular, a fact that she prides herself on immensely.
Defining Features: Dath that moves (literally the skin underneath shifting about, Idreth-style). Occasionally wreathed in golden flame-like essence. Linked to a fire elemental.
Clothing: Either practical and combat ready, or dressed to the nines. No middle ground.
Tattoos: No tattoos, but covered in dath from head to toe.
Piercings: Ears, navel, center of lower lip.
Scars: None notable, countless small ones.

PERSONALITY
Strengths: Diplomacy, foresight, analyzing people, problem-solving, showing only what she wishes others to see, physical and emotional self-control, generosity and creativity
Weaknesses: Not always sure how to handle attention, takes on too much at a time, easily offended (although it won't show, it's there, and it burns), jealousy in romance, just a bit nationalist
Attitude: A social chameleon, she will generally hold her own personality heavily in reserve in favor of connecting with whoever she speaks with. When she finds someone she meshes with naturally, her intense zeal for life and her interests burns quickly past her polite front. A born defender, she genuinely believes that the work she does is noble, and throws her heart into it.
Morals: Loyal to a fault to the Syssin, as well as Spinesreach and its citizens, and everyone else can burn if it keeps them safe. Never needlessly cruel, but always willing to make the hard choice if it's the best choice in terms of objective good.
Pet Peeves: Being dismissed, who who are arrogant but can't back it up,
Best way to piss them off: Blow her off, or take control of herself from her (hypnotize, mindlock, tarot, etc)
Best way to get on their good side: Ask about her dath,

FAVOURITES
Color: Pink (shhhhhh!)
Location(s): Spinesreach, her home, Sparklight Rift
God/Goddess: Couldn't care less
Guild Master/House Head (all time): Savas
Artifact (don't have to own): Wings of the eagle
Commodity: Stone
Animal: Phenkyre
Item owned: Her axes, and her phoenix dirk
Village/forest/region: Chaos Plane
Memory: Ice skating with @Aramaeus, Albedi picnic with @Tetchta
Drink: Spiked hot cocoa
Food: Pancakes (as long as they don't have fruit in them)

MINDSET
Goals: Those of the Syssin defenders- keeping Ohlsana contained and Spinesreach safe from all threats, without and within
Ambitions: Lead the Syssin guild someday, be elected as Chairman.
(Secret) Nemesis(es): Girls who look too hard at Aramaeus lmfao
Best Friends: @Darrah
Romance: Aramaeus, Tetchta
Best personal achievement: Being elected as Senator
Worst personal achievement:
Proudest moment: [redacted, guild related]
Most shameful moment: Irys builds her alcohol tolerance religiously to ensure she is never compromised in public situations by sitting in her room and getting buzzed once a week (and to recognize the names of dangerously strong drinks). Once, early on, she got unlucky with a sip of Liquid Death, and got so drunk that Savas had to assist her suicide to get it over with.
Secret dream: Can't post it here, it's spicy. 8)
If they could make one wish: Her family would come to terms with her decision to move to the North and resume communications.

Character Name: Qelres Misi

THE ESSENTIALS
Race: Ascended Nazetu (Azudim)
Gender: Agender (they/them, he/him)
Guild: None
City: Spinesreach
Order: Iosyne

THE LOOK
Hair: Black, stringy, receding hairline, perpetually sticky due to some sort of syrupy something that oozes from their scalp
Eyes: A very bright, acidic pink. No pupils or whites.
Height: 6'6"
Build: Broad shoulders and chest, fat-padded
Defining Features: Caustic pink eyes, six fingers on each hand, cleft lip, slimy, sore-ridden, insect swarm that lives on their head
Clothing: Bright red coat, harness, black skirt, lots of lace and opals. Everything they wear seems to tarnish or get worn out a little faster than it should.
Tattoos: Crossed onyx fists on the back of the neck
Piercings: Probably
Scars: None

PERSONALITY
Strengths: Sincere, self-assured, amiable, lavish, indulgent
Weaknesses: Languid, short-sighted, callous, greedy, and not terribly bright
Attitude: Generally gregarious. Oblivious to any perspective that is not their own. Hardly ever takes things personally. Rarely believes there is any reason to explain or defend their actions. Not at all interested in what people think they mean.
Morals: "There is no law beyond Do what thou wilt"
Pet Peeves: Bad food, bad booze, bad clothes
Best way to piss them off: Being defensive or easily insulted, failing to give as good as you get, saying one thing but behaving differently, lying (especially if it is to yourself)
Best way to get on their good side: Tell them they're pretty. Be insightful.

FAVOURITES
Color: Yellow and pink
Location(s): The Wretched Sage, the kitchen in their cottage, Iosyne's temple
God/Goddess: Iosyne, Ivoln, Chakrasul
Guild Master/House Head (all time): None
Artifact (don't have to own): Their thousand-league ribbons (aka warp)
Commodity: Teeth
Animal: Locust, beetles, cicadas
Item owned: Their daggers, grimoire and armor
Village/forest/region: Huanazedha, the Festering Wastes, Arbothia
Memory: Exploring the temple with Draden, being gifted the swarm, all the times they've just hung out with Galilei or Ephi
Song: Something Iazamat's family sings
Drink: Tea spiked with weird things
Food: Meat

MINDSET
Goals: Break the tyranny of the Cycle; build a tomb worth staying in for good
Ambitions: Possess remarkable, terrifying, beautiful, holy things/people. Satisfy their own covetousness.
Nemesis: Elene >:[
Rival: -
Best Friends: Valdas, Iazamat, Galilei, Ephi
Idol: Iosyne, Xenia, their mother
Best personal achievement: Being given free rein to design Iosyne's Spire
Worst personal achievement: Convincing Elene to take them on as a student.
Proudest moment: Burying their mother
Most shameful moment: A certain heartbreak.
Secret dream: To possess everything worth taking with them when they go beneath the ground
If they could make one wish: Death would be some kind of certainty.

Character Name: Valdas Karinhi

THE ESSENTIALS

Race: Idreth, Nazetu heritage
Gender: Genderless
Guild/House: Sciomancers
City: Spinesreach
Order: None

THE LOOK

Hair: None--quills
Eyes: Amber, slit pupils and nictitating membranes
Height: Seven feet
Build: Tall, dense
Defining Features: Big horns, a second pair of eyeless sockets, Six Fingers, semi transparent skin, The Mucus
Clothing: Ornamental pauldrons, a girdled harness, leggings, boots, a gorget, cloak
Markings: Sciomancer mark + its dominant hand just messed up by Shadow
Piercings: None

PERSONALITY

Strengths: Tenacious, generous with its affection once earned, All Or Nothing
Weaknesses: Pretty haughty/sneering, two-faced (and sees that as a benefit), egotistical, manipulative, loves a good righteous indignation
Attitude: Kind of snooty, definitely self-indulgent, not impolite but definitely prone to laying the duplicity & airs of civility on thick. To the point where even it isn't sure whether it's genuine or not. It kind of thinks everyone is doing this, because that's how things were on the islands. And yet...painstakingly honest if approached straightforward? Can be kind of dour. Wears its heart on its sleeve.
Morals: Little to none. Definitely a creation of Chakrasul, whether or not it follows Her. If an action or a word serves greater knowledge or power, it's worth it. If a person doesn't, and isn't even fun to antagonize, it's worthless (which can still be fun to play with--waste not, want not).
Pet Peeves: When the other person isn't a Nazetu
Best way to piss me off: Contradict it. Deny it something it wants. It loves playing games, and yet it gets pretty pissy when it's outmaneuvered.
Best way to get on my good side: Be a Nazetu or overtly subservient to it--or blatantly contradictory? Look it can be both pissed off and delighted. In fact that's usually how it exists.

FAVORITES

Color: Indigo/any dark purple
Profession: Jewelcrafting
General Skill: Spectre - Sciomancy
Location: Overlooking the harbour in Huanazedha, or the Apex of Infinity.
God/Goddess: Lanu Du/Ohlsana, special affection for Iosyne
Guild Master/House Head (all time): None so far.
Tattoo: Tree
Artifact (don't have to own): a tenebrous gorget of kagamine and gold (protection spirit_anchor willpower enhancement(2) heal_bonus(1))
Commodity: ankyril
Animal: manticore
Item owned: an ossified shortsword of sinuous, lightless metal
Village/forest/region: Sterion
NPC: Every minotaur that snorts & threatens it when it approaches, plus the minotaur shaman blazing it 24/7
Memory: The night of the artist residency opening when it and Qelres kissed for the first time, and Veris was introduced to the thruple
Song: TOSS A COIN TO YOUR WITCHER no I don't know
Drink: Saltwater

MINDSET

Goals: To be Shadow Warden, or pulling the strings of the Shadow Warden
Ambitions: To find a way to transform the Shadowplague into something more like the symbiosis of the Duamvi, but with entities from Czjetija
Nemesis: Lowkey Chakrasul
Rival: Hmmm! Honestly anyone it thinks Qel might fancy more
Best Friend: Qelres!!!!!!!!
Idol: Nisavi
Best personal achievement: The shaping of itself as an Idreth
Worst personal achievement: Likely mentoring the person who will supersede it
Proudest moment: Earning the Mark
Most shameful moment: Spending a long while lost on the Chaos Plane, to the point where it thought it might not be able to make it out
Secret dream: To bear witness to the proper waking of Lanu Du
If I could make one wish..: To experience Czjetija

Sorry its personality description makes it sound like a drag of a toddler throwing a tantrum but I promise I try to make it fun to roleplay opposite????