Name: Dahal
Age: 2,367
Race: Inari
Culture: The Inari are a dead race, their entrance into the god's realm being such a catastrophe that Dahal was the left as the only Inari in Elysia.

Appearance:


Occupation/Concept Dahal doesn't really fit into any one profession. Mercenary, mechanic, medic, technician, pilot, bodyguard, assassin, he's worked as almost everything at some point.

Training:
-Warlock-Engineer: A master with technology. Dahal can operate, repair, or maintain any kind of tech be it magic or not. He's even shown the engineering skill to adapt various technologies into one another, creating hybridizations of the different technologies he comes across.
-Timeless Knowledge: Dahal can speak every known language fluently and even some lesser known ones.
-Piloting: From small fighters to dreadnoughts Dahal can pilot virtually any craft.
-Mental Fortitude: Whether hardened by age or trauma, Dahal doesn't flinch in the face of the horrors of Elysia, or even those beyond.

Powers:
Dragon-Blooded Conduit:
-Regen link: A healing ability that only works on his two bodyguards: Kuonlos and Karna
-Mortis(aura): Dahal can slowly drain life from mortal beings around him, leaving him the sure victor in prolonged combat.

Psionic Conduit:
-Psi lance: A simple, piercing lance of psionic energy
-Rift walk: Using his rifts on himself Dahal can teleport over short distances
-Rift: Dahal opens a rift in space connecting to some point in time for one of three effects

• Collapsing star: The rift will only catch a small part of the explosion but will be devastating nonetheless
• Comet: By catching a comet shooting through the universe the rift can launch a deadly projectile
• Singularity: By opening a distance from a black hole the rift can either pull in everything around it or in a targeted direction

Exalted Conduit:
-Arc-Charge: A power that can be used offensively or in support. On his allies this power charges their equipment and bodies, increasing their capabilities and creating a small zone around them that shocks opponents. against his foes this power will overload any compatible tech they use and possible stun organic beings
-Essence Eater(aura): A variant of Mortis, this aura has a greater effect on beings made more of essence such as angels, gods, or devils while leaving mortal life untouched.

Equipment:
-Arcanist Engine: A device of Dahal's making, this engine works to empower and augment his powers as an Exalted. The engine can help to focus his abilities, with various conduits giving him different capabilities. It can also work to replicate powers encountered in other Exalted or generate new psionic powers based on his experiences, allowing him to expand his abilities over time.
-Inari power-armor: Incredibly durable set of armor with a integrated codex system that serves as a PDA, on-board medical functions, a universal adapter to interface with any technology, and plasma claws. Should Dahal ever reach a critical condition while in the armor will put him into stasis and take over motor functions, either to retreat or finish combat.
-Inari "Spirit" sword: A last resort weapon, the Inari SBR-7 "Spirit" Blade is an energy sword with a blade so intense there is almost nothing it cannot cut through, however the blade is only good for one strike, after which the power cell must be replaced. Dahal carries two.
Airship:


Motivation: Dahal really just want to continue living. He does have some desire to seek the revival of his races however, and occasionally pokes around either in the gods or in the tech of Elysia's other empires for a way that may be possible

Personality: Dahal is mostly stoic a lot of the time, only giving off small shows of his emotion if any at all. If he gets suitably enraged or incredibly angry he can prove to be sadistic and cruel, but other than that the other thing he may show the most is affection, should any deserve it, even more so if he's somewhere comfortable.

Flaws:
-Frail: The Inari are a somewhat frail species. Even with his augments Dahal will stand little chance in a fight without his armor.
-Lazy Fox: Dahal likes little more that to get out of his armor and curl up on something soft.
-Big Boi: Inari being much larger than most other races of Elysia, not many things were made with them in mind. Dahal has trouble fitting through the interior of any airship but his own

Bio: Dahal's exaltation came about as soon as he entered stemming from the sheer disaster the event of the Inaris' entry into Elysia had been. A very small number of Inari had been left and the incredibly violent display that accompanied his rise to an Exalted did not help things. Between the repeated disasters and having wound up in an environment that was not actually that much less hostile than where they were before their numbers dwindled rapidly, and soon Dahal was the only remaining Inari in Elysia.

Left with nothing but a ship and whatever he was able to scavenge from the remnants of his people attempts to survive he set out into space. He would spend a long time with no real purpose, just going from place to place merely...surviving. He'd have a part in many things, but always ones that wouldn't draw attention or put him in the spotlight. He'd serve as a mercenary in skirmishes between empires, aid manhunters as they tracked cartels and gangs. Despite being approached many times by various organizations and even empires like the Fae'Rin ascendancy, he never took a permanent position.

Far many years down the line Dahal's lonely track seemed to come to an end. He had meet two Ghelt, they themselves having faced the near annihilation of their people, and befriended them. Despite a rather embarrassing failure on their first outing together that none of the them wish to talk about the three would go on as a crew, their respective skills making them quite the team.

Extra Info:
Born outside Elysia
Arcanist Engine Power Replication requires that physical contact be maintained until an ability can be completely copied.

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Name: Eilsel Re Zael

Age: 81 (looks 16)

Gender Hermaphrodite (prefers male pronouns)

Race: Xiliph

Culture:
Xiliphs live in a radioactive planet where its atmosphere is primarily made of toxic gases that can burn the lungs and its vast oceans are literally vast pools of poison that can corrode the skin. Thanks to their longevity and strong DNA, they made it possible to pass on desirable traits to their offsprings and to the next to be able to adapt and survive on this planet. Centuries later, they are now immune to all kinds of poison, toxin, and venom as well as all levels of radiation. Due to the nature of their planett, they have lived in isolation from the other races and were able to develop their own culture. They tend to be cold-hearted and act indifferent towards other races as a result, only capable of showing compassion to those their own race or even to those who have earned their trust. In the present, they contain a monarchy-type of government. The Xiliph King sent out ambassadors including his son Eilsel to promote intergalactical relationships with other races. The Xiliphs were especially skilled in the field of nuclear plantation and management due to their natural immunity to radiation, allowing them to do the most out of their job without limitations. This allowed them to become very economically successful and be revered even by the other races.

Racial Features: Living on a radioactive planet comes with a cost. All Xiliphs were born with deformities on their bodies whether they be an extra arm, a third eye, a long tail, a pair of horns, even an extra head. There are also some traits that all of them share such as being capable of bioluminescence where the color of the light they emit are the same as their seemingly-glowing eyes. They have a second set of lungs that lets them breathe out poison gas instead of carbon dioxide similar to the atmosphere of their planet, though the young ones are still incapable of controlling what they breathe out so whenever they're in another planet, they put on specialized gas masks to avoid accidentally killing everyone near them. Even their bodily fluids are poisonous: a single droplet is enough to kill even the strongest of creatures when they drink it.

Appearance



Occupation/Concept Explorer

Training:

• Ruthless and Efficient Killer
• Modestly-Skilled Pilot
• Knowledge of a variety of poisons, venom, and toxins
• Adaptable and resourceful
• Fast reflexes, quick on his feet

Powers:

• Poison Manipulation and Generation = Eilsel can control poison of all kinds in all of its forms, including his own toxic breathe and poisonous bodily fluids. He can release a mist of toxic fumes from his mouth and to release his bodily fluids at will. He can control the level of deadliness of poisons from gradually killing his targets to killing them at a specific time frame to immediately killing them and also control how his poison affects his targets. If he concentrates hard enough, Eilsel can make his poison become acidic to corrode metal.
• Poisonous Energy = Eilsel can release waves of energy that poisons everything it touches and can become acidic to corrode metal. He can also manipulate this energy into any form he wishes.
• Miasma of Madness = Eilsel can emit an aura around him. Anyone caught within the aura will be afflicted with nausea, dizziness, hallucinations, and sleepiness that worsens the nearer they are to Eilsel.
• Kiss of Life = Not all of a Xiliph's bodily fluids are poisonous. Eilsel's race has tiny special glands behind their mouth that secrete an antidote that cures all kinds of poison and its effects that is known within Elysia. He can transport the antidote to a poisoned target by a kiss. Note that it can't cure any kind of illnesses not afflicted by poisons.

Equipment:

• Sword Cane = Fashionable and deadly. The cane's handle releases spikes that wounds and injects Eilsel where his blood can spread through the blade of his sword.
• Hidden Retractable Arm and Shoe Blades = So he can kill you when you least expect it.
• Night Vision Goggles = The goggles on his top hat allows him to see through the dark.
• Xiliphian Gas Mask = Even at a young age, Eilsel can choose to release between carbon dioxide and the toxic gas from his second set of lungs. He just wears it to show the other race that he is still a young one. It also makes him look mysterious and cool.
• Xiliphian Garb = Eilsel's clothes are made of plant materials found on his home planet that does not block out his bioluminescence and allows him to glow to his full extent. His clothes are also unaffected by the poison he generates from his body.
• Urune Homing Band and Ring = Eilsel wears a bracelet and a ring that allows him to turn on Urune and automatically travel to his location, wherever he is. He doesn't need to use both the ring and the bracelet, these are just in case one of them goes missing.
• Journal = For him to record what he learned and experienced during his journey.

Airship: Eilsel's personal airship Urune. What it lacks in obvious firepower, it makes it up for its sleekness and silence, capable of running silently and flying at superspeed. It has his own autopilot system so he can continue his journey even while sleeping. Eilsel himself doesn't know it, but his family integrated a homing device that sends his location anywhere on Elysia back to their homeplanet to monitor his journey and be able to immediately come to his aid whenever he's caught in trouble.

Motivation: His curiosity about knowing more about Elysia; to learn about the different races living in different worlds and to see if he can learn something from their culture that he can share and impart with his own kin; to grow more as an individual

Personality: Eilsel is a very silent individual, capable of staying silent and staring into space in long periods of time. He does not trust easily, but he will soon learn to be more passionate towards others as he continues his journey with his co-pilot O'Gun. He may seem cold, ignorant, and haughty at first, but those who know him best describe him as a very cheerful and energetic boy. He was stone cold because him growing up in Xiliphian customs but now he has learned to 'ask questions first, kill them later'.

Flaws:

• Eilsel doesn't trust easily.
• His horns are extremely sensitive.
• He may accidentally kill everyone in his vicinity if he became too careless in using his powers.

Bio:
Eilsel is the youngest of all the children of the Xiliph King. He is also the most peculiar out of all his siblings. His unnerving ability to stay and remain silent in a very long time and studious concentration is second to none; he has won many staring contests that way. Always curious about the world around him, his family would often worry about taking their eyes off of him when he was a child as he tends to stray away from home and go on an adventure all on his own. While Xiliphs were infamous for being cold towards races different than them, Eilsel found a wounded kugon, treated it, and made it his lifelong companion as it grew on him. He may not trust others that easily but O'Gun, his kugon, is a good judge of character and anyone O'Gun seems to be comfortable to Eilsel takes it as a sign of trusting that person.

Ever since he found O'Gun at a young age, Eilsel's curiousity of getting to know more about the different worlds in Elysia only grew. When he reached the right age of maturity for his race, his parents gave him his own ship so he can travel all of Elysia. Together with his most trusted co-pilot O'Gun, Eilsel set off on his journey of exploration about the mysteries of Elysia, and to know if it is time for the Xiliphs to finally embed on their DNA the value of compassion towards others.

Extra Info: O'Gun is an empathetic creature, capable of sensing even the tiniest of hostility from other creatures. He can eat anything as its stomach acid can corrode the hardest of metals and it can disgorge its stomach acid towards enemies. Finally, O'Gun's species may or may not have Dragon Blood.

Name:
Matrix

Age:
13

Gender
Artificial, identifies female

Race:
AI/Ku

Culture:
Ku

Racial Features:
Cybernetic Body
Digital Mind
Matrix is an awakened AI, based on the neural patterns of the Ku. She is naturally compatible with their technology which includes a variety of robotic accessories and upgrades, the integration of which is aided by her Exaltation.

In addition, as an AI the digital world is an open book to Matrix. She can access WiFi, radio and other electronic communications within range as easily as thinking.

Appearance

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Matrix's robotic shell is bright and cute, several parts capable of glowing in a variety of colours. She resembles a cross between a dancer and a magician, making exaggerated poses and projecting lights as a performance for onlookers.

Matrix also uses a combination of physical transformation and holograms to adopt secret identities when she travels, revealing her true form only when needed. Her typical disguise is that of an ordinary Ku young woman.

Occupation/Concept
Robot Magical Girl/Wandering Hero

Training:
As an AI, Matrix can learn incredibly quickly. Not only does she have several encyclopedias worth of knowledge in her databases, she can also access local networks in range to download extra info as needed.

Among these extra sets of data are training simulations that she can run through in time-shifted virtualities, experiencing subjective days in microseconds.

Naturally, Matrix has practised with all her equipment and integrated systems, as well as hobbies like song and dance, games, and fashion.

Powers:
Essence-powered transforming robot
Matrix's robotic body superficially resembles those of an ordinary, if cutting-edge, Ku. Unlike regular Ku however, instead of a rechargeable power core she has a shining star of Essence. When she channels this through her systems they run as perfect versions of themselves, manifesting abilities their designers can only hope to eventually match.

Magitech integration
While many Ku have modular accessories, Matrix's access to essence lets her take this to another level, integrating equipment that should be simply handheld.

Natural hacker
As an AI, Matrix is a natural at interfacing with computer systems and can perform operations on them as fast as she can think. When she weaves Essence into her codes, there's hardly a computer system in the worlds that can keep her out.

Echoes
Matrix can make copies of herself and send them into other devices or as infomorphs existing only as data. These copies don't have access to Essence, but can perform any of Matrix's mundane tasks from holding conversations, to performing a song and dance or even piloting drone allies in combat. When their purpose is served, they will reintegrate themselves with Matrix, who will absorb their memories.

Equipment:
Integrated essence-channeling weapons
Energy-projection ranged weapons
Flight system
Disguise projector
Scout drones

Motivation:
Exploration, Heroics, AI rights

Personality:
It's fairly common, as far as anything with Exalts can be common, for young Exalts to try and be superheroes. The reality of the world, with the complexities of situations and shades of grey, eventually persuades them to adopt different methods, but Matrix has yet to learn this harsh lesson.

She often comes across as childish, more concerned with having fun and showing off rather than actually dealing with problems. A situation that can't be solved with violence, impassioned speeches about love, or or the occasional impromptu song and dance is likely going to leave her bored and frustrated.

Most would simply roll their eyes at this, but others see a darker potential. Tyrants rarely see themselves as evil, instead doing what is needed for stability. The history books are rich with tales of Mad Exalts passing bizarre laws and ruling their twisted provinces. It rarely ended well for anyone involved.

Flaws:
Refuses to kill
'Secret identity'
Young and naive
Strained relationship with Merico - Merico, like any megacorp, is driven by profit and power. Opposing Matrix openly is a great way to have her go on a rampage in their systems, but several subdivisions operating only in unhackable paperwork have been tasked with eliminating or controlling Matrix. They're 'fire and forget' divisions, reporting rarely if ever and the left hand unaware of what the right is doing. Officially, the company treats Matrix much like K175, using her for promotional or publicly acceptable missions, giving the world the impression that Matrix's wanderings and unexpected activities are part of experimental marketing campaigns.

Bio:
Merico labs was performing research to let them transition from braincase-cyborgs to fully digitised consciousnesses. The experiments were a failure until one of their AIs exalted and locked them out of the system until they could stop making 'stillborn' AIs.

Negotiations with an Exalted are always tricks, given the power they possess it would be easy for an Exalted to simply make demands and destroy cities until they are met. As an AI, and particularly one born from their own systems, Matrix could wreak havoc in Merico's systems if she wanted to, from draining accounts or releasing files up to sabotaging the robotic bodies of the Ku. So far, Matrix has done very little of this. She makes sure she keeps her freedom, charges expenses to the company and 'borrows' tech. In exchange, Merico are respecting her order regarding AIs and marketing her as a mascot similar to K175. They make suggestions for places she can visit, or request that she demonstrate a product or appear in a publicity stunt. Matrix particularly enjoys appearing alongside K175, who she considers her 'sister'.

Matrix travels the worlds in a robotic body of a design similar to K175 (A model of the same make which has been similarly transformed by exaltation), often disguised as an ordinary Ku until she finds a wrong to right at which point she'll flashily transform and carry out her idea of justice. She refuses to kill mortals, so more mundane wrongdoers often find themselves tied up and given a public scolding.

Extra Info:
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