Name: Aquilan Reluvethel
Gender: Male
Height: 6'2
Age: 415
Race: Elf
Birth Continent: Titan
Description:
Quil appears to be like any other male elf. He has fair complexion, regal stature, a heart shaped face with an aristocratic nose and of course, pointed ears that are characteristic of his race. But what sets him apart from the whole elven population is his red eyes and red streaked black hair.
He wears a black dragon scale armor hidden beneath a blood red cloak.
Personality:
Quil is reserved and quiet. He prefers to keep to himself and avoid interaction with other people be it humans, dwarves or elves. He rarely smiles and can be described as stoic and emotionless. Due to what he had gone through in his early years and due to losing his family, he had learned that he only has himself to depend on. And because of this, he is hard to trust others as he also doesn't expect people to trust him. When spoken to, he would answer as briefly as possible or not at all.
History/Backstory:
Quil is the last descendant of the long line of Reluvethel elves, a race of elves that has exceptionally potent healing capabilities and elemental affinity. These elves were commonly employed as healers or as enhancers. Enhancers are elves who harness the elements to help with agriculture, industry and the Academies.
Quil used to look like most Reluvethel elves when he was younger. His hair had been pure black and his eyes had been clear blue. What changed his appearance was an event that would unfold at a later age.
At an early age, Quil had manifested excellent affinity with fire and had several times attracted a rare phoenix to himself while he had been training with his father in the woods. Lafarallin Lathlaerin, the head of Elswin Academy of Magic, had witnessed this and formed a hypothesis in his head. He convinced Kelvhan Reluvethel, Quil's father, to have his son sent to the Academy for study and to be able to hone his elemental skills that he may be an Enhancer when he comes of age.
With Kelvhan's consent, Quil was sent to Elswin and progressed steadily under the tutelage of Lafarallin. But the older elf had something else in mind. His true intention was to fuse the phoenix to the elf, in the hopes of granting the young elf a greater power. His reasons for this was unknown but Quil would later conclude that Lafarallin had interest in politics and that he was one of the old elf's experiment to further his own ambitions.
Eventually, Lafarallin's hypothesis proved true. He was successful in fusing the elf with the phoenix but not without consequences. Quil's appearance changed. His veins, filled with flame from the creature, gave him a more potent healing ability and greater control over fire. But with this enhancement, he became unstable mentally. The creature had not fused with him as Lafarallin had thought. It was as different entity and it was not pleased in being trapped in another's body. Quil could hear its thoughts, he could feel its anger, its frustration. He could feel it trying to get out, trying to find a way to separate itself from the elf. The constant struggle for control took its toll and eventually made his enhanced abilities unstable. In a moment of weakness, Quil unleashed a wave of flame so strong that he managed to burn down most of Lafarallin's associates. Lafarallin soon ordered Quil be imprisoned in a cell built under the Academy. Fearing that his experiment would be discovered, he commissioned assassins to annihilate all Reluvethel elves.
Centuries imprisoned with only four walls as company gave Quil more than enough time to meditate and he soon found peace with the creature inside of him. The old elf Lafarallin eventually passed away leaving his son, Thalandil, to continue his studies. Thalandil took a chance and released Quil experimentally into society. Exposed to people so suddenly, Quil bordered on instability again. And so before he could wreak havoc, Thalandil decided to send Quil to Crator Island with the order to find out everything he can about its secrets in exchange for his freedom. Crator Island would be the perfect place to exile Quil. If Quil manages to succeed, then it would bring glory to the Academy, Thalandil and his father's name forever immortalized in history. But if Quil perished in the island, then it would just benefit the Academy to be rid of an experiment the King had no knowledge of.
The transport was perilous as the waters near the island roiled and bubbled in fury. The ship carrying Quil was tossed around until it was almost capsized. The ships crew, afraid for their lives, tossed Quil into the unforgiving water and left him to fare for his own. Dragged down into the dark blue depths, Quil surrendered himself to the darkness.
But he found himself washed up on the beach of the very island he was ordered to explore.
Etc: Quil's only weapon is a plain sword he would later temper and imbue with fire.
