((Here's my good guy character. Hope she's not too powerful...))
Name: Mehra Sarethi, The Nerevarine
Race: Dunmer, also known as Dark Elf
Age: About 50, physically mid-twenties
Appearance: Mehra Sarethi resembles any other Dark Elf: ashy grey skin, pure black eyes, black hair, and the characteristic sharp features of an elf: a large brow and pointed chin. Like most Dark Elves, she is on the short side--maybe 5'3". Her height is only extenuated from the blue robe she wears, one that is much too big for her. She wears large, clunky, leather boots and a leather backpack stuffed full of magical items, potions, some lockpicks and probes, and a bit of food.
If you want to know what Nerevar looked like, he was Chimer--the race that Dunmer used to be. Deep golden elves, the same height as Dark Elves, but much nicer and without the natural resistance to fire.
Personality: Mehra has a complicated personality. That comes with being two people at once. Mehra herself is stubborn, prideful, and quick-tempered. Mehra would define herself as an "introvert"--being around too many people just drains her batteries and makes her irritable. But, her soul is that of another person--the long dead Chimer general Nerevar. Nerevar, surprisingly enough, is a very trusting and loving man, but also a great strategist. Nerevar was noted to be a big people person, great in peace negotiations and parties. Mehra switches back and forth between her "real self" and the reborn soul of Nerevar.
Alignment: Chaotic Good. Nerevar was also good, but he was Lawful good.
Universe: The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
Powers?: Dunmer have a natural resistance to fire. Being the Nerevarine gives Mehra a closer relationship to Azura than other elves, even those that worship Her. {But, Azura won't be able to help Mehra in another universe.)
Magic: Mehra is an excellent mage. She specializes in Destruction magic--harmful magic that is either fire, frost, poison, or electric based--and Alchemy--using magical components of flora and fauna. Mehra dabbles in enchanting items, but it isn't her strongest suit, and she tends to use enchanted items she finds, such as her array of amulets. Note that Mehra's magic relies on magicka, a type of energy, and once she has depleted it, she cannot regain it without drinking a magicka potion or resting. This also applies to the enchanted items which have a certain amount of uses and have to recharge to be used again.
Specialties: Magic, being the reincarnation of a dead general.
Special Items: Mehra's array of magical items:
Conoon Chodala's Boots: Boots enchanted by a woman named Conoon. She is one of the many "False Incarnates"; people who believed to be the Nerevarine because they fufilled the prophecies, but for one reason or another were discovered as fake and executed by the Tribunal Temple. These boots have a small enchantment that ups the wearers speed and endurance for thirty seconds. Mehra wears them to remember the False Incarnates.
Moon-And-Star: A magical ring that ups Mehra's natural charm and speaking skills. This ring was forged by the Dwemer smith Kagrenac as a personal gift to Nerevar, his friend. It was then enchanted by the Daedric Princess Azura, who added a nice touch: only Nerevar--or the Nerevarine--can wear this ring. All others will die on the spot. Mehra wears this to show everyone she is Nerevarine.
These magical items listed BELOW were taken from Dagoths, twisted Dunmer whose minds and bodies were cursed by their master and Mehra's immortal enemy, Dagoth Ur. She took their artifacts as prizes.
Amulet of Heartthrum: This amulet has an effect that lasts 30 seconds. It fortifies the users magicka, gives them a shield that allows them to absorb spells cast on them for magicka, and shields against electric-based attacks.
Amulet of Heartfire: This amulet lasts only thirty seconds. It fortifies the users agility, fortifies an unarmored user against attacks, allows them to blend in slightly with the background, fortifies their speed, and fortifies their stamina.
Belt of Heartfire: Note: Not the same as the Amulet of Heartfire. This belt lasts 30 seconds. It fortifies the users health, fortifies their resistance to poison, gives them a shield against fire, and fortifies their fatigue.
Blood Ring: This ring lasts thirty seconds: It fortifies the users health, gives them a shield against fire, ups their resistance to fire, ups their resistance to spells, and removes negative spells currently on the user when cast.
Soul Ring: This ring lasts thirty seconds. It removes negative spells when cast (like the Blood Ring), fortifies the users magicka, fortifies the users health, ups the users resistance to electricity, and ups the users resistance to paralysis.
((Note: All enchanted items can only be used ONCE in a battle, and must recharge for 24 in-game hours after.))
Strengths: Mehra is a mage with a specialty in Destruction and Alchemy magic. Being a Dunmer, she has a natural resistance to all types of fire, both physical and magical.
She also has many powerful enchanted items at her disposal.
Weaknesses: Magic can only be recharged with time (as in, wait for it to come back by itself) or by drinking a magicka potion. Magicka can be fortified, but fortified magic is artificial, and one always ends up with less than they started.
Mehra is also very unfit, since she never bothered to exercise, instead using rides, teleportation, or levitation to go places.
Silence spells are the bane of mages. Mehra's magic--even activating the enchants on her items--work by saying certain phrases and doing movements. A Silence spell, or even some duct tape on her mouth can stop her from using magic.
In battle, she is at a huge disadvantage to an enemy with reflection abilities; she uses no weapons, only magic, so any enemy that is capable of reflecting or absorbing spells can quickly overcome her. (This is a common problem in her world; the Daedra have a natural Reflection ability, so her spells sometimes fly back at her.)
Mehra has little defenses for poison and paralysis. The defenses she does have are weak; just simple resistance spells given by the enchanted items. Any opponent with a poisoned dagger or a paralysis spell can hit her.
Bio:
FOR MEHRA: Mehra never knew who her parents were. She was raised in Cyrodill, in their version of foster homes, which were...not good. She turned to the streets to escape and was quickly arrested. For some unusual reason, the Emperor was interested in her! On his orders she was shipped to Morrowind, a very tumulous place. Morrowind was technically part of Tamriel, but the treaty that guaranteed their surrender also gave them the right to govern themselves, under the "Tribunal Temple", the worship of three supposed "living gods": Vivec, the Poet god, half Chimer and Half Dunmer, the best friend of Saint Nerevar, Almalexia, Lady of Mercy, wife of Saint Nerevar, and Sotha Sil, the Clockwork god, patron to Dunmer mages, tinkering away in his Clockwork City. Mehra was raised to worship the Nine Divines, and didn't understand these "living gods".
In Morrowind, Mehra was quickly dubbed an "outlander" by the local Dunmer. They didn't consider her part of their race; since she was raised by Imperials. That racism really pissed her off, especially from the local KKK, the Camonna Tong, who have great control over one of the parts of government, "House Hlaalu." She outright killed a bunch of these gangbangers in a club once. (No arrest, since one of the local guardsmen paid her to do it.) But, Mehra found some friends in the Mages Guild. She flew through the ranks and settled at the rank of "Warlock." It was at that point she remembered what the Emperor told her to do: find some guy named Caius Cosades and give him some piece of paper from the Emperor.
Turns out that was pretty important. Caius was pissed. But, he let her go and gave her some chores to do: learn about Morrowind History from this guy (who gave her more chores: first, get this box from this ancient Dwemer city filled with bandits) get some info from this secret necromancer in the Mages Guild (not a surprise at all, that lady was WAY into skulls) and some more info from people down in the city of Vivec.
And then he spilled the beans: Hey Mehra, we think you're the Nerevarine. She punched that skooma addict in the face for hiding it. Her whole life she felt crazy for switching moods so quickly! At least she didn't have to listen to him anymore; he left for Cyrodiil and told her to meet the Wisewoman of the Urshilaku Camp, one of the few native Dunmeri tribes left. So, then she worked on proving herself Nerevarine: become a member of all three branches of government (Redoran, Hlaalu, and Telvanni. She likes the Telvanni the best: some of those wizard-lords are thousands of years old, held alive just by the magicka in their veins!) and member of the four last tribes. She started waking up with freaky dreams from Dagoth Ur, or with Ash Zombies trying to kill her. Twice people on the street went up to her, stripped naked, ate some corpus flesh (basically zombie-cancer flesh), and declared their allegiance to the secret Sixth House, the House of Dagoth Ur! The guards tackled them and dragged them away for being crazy.
After that ordeal, Mehra met Vivec. That was one of the moments where Nerevar took complete control. S/he and Vivec talked for hours about his/her past, their relationship, what it's like to be a god, and what to do next. Vivec gave her Wraithguard and told her what it meant. Then he said the only way to destroy Dagoth Ur and end his plot to take over Morrowind and drive out the outlanders was to destroy the heart of Lorkhan, which would drain Dagoth Ur, Vivec, Sotha Sil, and Almalexia of their status as gods. So by saving Morrowind, she would be killing the three living links to her past life. But Vivec was okay was it, and so were Sotha Sil and Almalexia.
That was a real eye-opener. But, he told her where to find Keening and Sunder--the two other mystical items needed to destroy the Heart. They were in Dagoth's hands, in various Citadels around Red Mountain, the volcano he controls. So she went on a Dagoth-killing spree; murdering Ash Zombies, Ash Vampires, Dagoths, Ash Ghouls, And Ascended Sleepers. It was a terrifying holy mission, but she did find Keening, Sunder, and the Heart-amulets, which have massive power.
Then she went to Dagoth Ur, the home of...you guessed, it, Dagoth Ur. He spoke to her, trying to convince her that Nerevar and Dagoth Ur were friends, but that was a lie. She found him with the Heart in a gigantic chamber. A half-created ribcage was constructed around it. He was attempting to create a new god! Ignoring him, Mehra used every single Heart-amulet, then put on Wraithguard. Striking the heart once with Sunder, then multiple times with Keening, she killed it. Dagoth Ur screamed in protest, but without a Heart to power him, he was easy to defeat with Keening. Then the room exploded, and Mehra found herself outside with the ghostly visage of Azura.
Azura thanked her for ending the reign of terror. She disappeared, leaving a ring in thin air...And then Mehra found herself flying through a tornado, and dropped Sunder, Keening, and Wraithguard down into the lava pit...
FOR NEREVAR:
Nerevar was born Indoril Nerevar, he king of Resdayn, modern-day Morrowind. As the Hortator, or war-general of the united Chimer people, he fought the Dwemer, or dwarves, and founded the First Council, making him the uniter of the Chimer in 1E 416. Nerevar was blessed with the ring Moon-and-Star, which Azura blessed, as some say She saw him as a special worshipper, since he consulted Her at any chance. He met Almalexia during her reign and they married. He was taught by Sotha Sil and Vivec, and his most loyal servant was Dagoth Ur.
Eventually the First Council broke into war against the Dwemer. Through means lost to history, Dagoth learned that the great Dwemer smith Kagrenac had found the fabled Heart of Lorkhan and was building tools to use it. This was considered blasphemous, so he told Nerevar, who was shocked. King Dumac of the Dwemer was his friend, and would never do something so evil! He confronted Dumac, and their peace quickly broke. The war raged on hard, until they reached a cinematic climax at Red Mountain in a battle that history does not quite understand. Somehow every single Dwemer on this plane disappeared at once. The Tribunal Temple claims Nerevar asked for Azura's help in using the Heart to dispel them. The Ashlander's say that was Kagrenac's punishment for attempting to defile the body of a god. The last remaining Dwemer, Yagrum Bagarn, has no idea what happened, other than it didn't happen to him, who was currently "outside of the planes".
Somehow, Nerevar died in the battle. The Nords say he feigned death. Vivec insinuates King Dumac and Dagoth Ur killed him. The Ashlanders claim that the Tribunal--Vivec, Sotha Sil, and Almalexia--poisoned a wounded Nerevar to get the power of the Heart. But what is sure is that Nerevar made his friends swear to not use the tools to gain power. A few years after the battle, the Tribunal used the tools and Azura appeared. She cursed them, turned their skin grey as the ash of the mountain, and said that Her champion Nerevar would return and make them pay for such profane knowledge, and that all Dunmer would share the fate of the Tribunal for the end of time.
After that, Almalexia, Nerevar's widow, became Vivec's Consort. The Heirographa--the orthodox teaching of the Tribunal--claim that Nerevar lived long enough to bless the Tribunal as the official protectors of the Dunmer people.
Name: Mehra Sarethi, The Nerevarine
Race: Dunmer, also known as Dark Elf
Age: About 50, physically mid-twenties
Appearance: Mehra Sarethi resembles any other Dark Elf: ashy grey skin, pure black eyes, black hair, and the characteristic sharp features of an elf: a large brow and pointed chin. Like most Dark Elves, she is on the short side--maybe 5'3". Her height is only extenuated from the blue robe she wears, one that is much too big for her. She wears large, clunky, leather boots and a leather backpack stuffed full of magical items, potions, some lockpicks and probes, and a bit of food.
If you want to know what Nerevar looked like, he was Chimer--the race that Dunmer used to be. Deep golden elves, the same height as Dark Elves, but much nicer and without the natural resistance to fire.
Personality: Mehra has a complicated personality. That comes with being two people at once. Mehra herself is stubborn, prideful, and quick-tempered. Mehra would define herself as an "introvert"--being around too many people just drains her batteries and makes her irritable. But, her soul is that of another person--the long dead Chimer general Nerevar. Nerevar, surprisingly enough, is a very trusting and loving man, but also a great strategist. Nerevar was noted to be a big people person, great in peace negotiations and parties. Mehra switches back and forth between her "real self" and the reborn soul of Nerevar.
Alignment: Chaotic Good. Nerevar was also good, but he was Lawful good.
Universe: The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
Powers?: Dunmer have a natural resistance to fire. Being the Nerevarine gives Mehra a closer relationship to Azura than other elves, even those that worship Her. {But, Azura won't be able to help Mehra in another universe.)
Magic: Mehra is an excellent mage. She specializes in Destruction magic--harmful magic that is either fire, frost, poison, or electric based--and Alchemy--using magical components of flora and fauna. Mehra dabbles in enchanting items, but it isn't her strongest suit, and she tends to use enchanted items she finds, such as her array of amulets. Note that Mehra's magic relies on magicka, a type of energy, and once she has depleted it, she cannot regain it without drinking a magicka potion or resting. This also applies to the enchanted items which have a certain amount of uses and have to recharge to be used again.
Specialties: Magic, being the reincarnation of a dead general.
Special Items: Mehra's array of magical items:
Conoon Chodala's Boots: Boots enchanted by a woman named Conoon. She is one of the many "False Incarnates"; people who believed to be the Nerevarine because they fufilled the prophecies, but for one reason or another were discovered as fake and executed by the Tribunal Temple. These boots have a small enchantment that ups the wearers speed and endurance for thirty seconds. Mehra wears them to remember the False Incarnates.
Moon-And-Star: A magical ring that ups Mehra's natural charm and speaking skills. This ring was forged by the Dwemer smith Kagrenac as a personal gift to Nerevar, his friend. It was then enchanted by the Daedric Princess Azura, who added a nice touch: only Nerevar--or the Nerevarine--can wear this ring. All others will die on the spot. Mehra wears this to show everyone she is Nerevarine.
These magical items listed BELOW were taken from Dagoths, twisted Dunmer whose minds and bodies were cursed by their master and Mehra's immortal enemy, Dagoth Ur. She took their artifacts as prizes.
Amulet of Heartthrum: This amulet has an effect that lasts 30 seconds. It fortifies the users magicka, gives them a shield that allows them to absorb spells cast on them for magicka, and shields against electric-based attacks.
Amulet of Heartfire: This amulet lasts only thirty seconds. It fortifies the users agility, fortifies an unarmored user against attacks, allows them to blend in slightly with the background, fortifies their speed, and fortifies their stamina.
Belt of Heartfire: Note: Not the same as the Amulet of Heartfire. This belt lasts 30 seconds. It fortifies the users health, fortifies their resistance to poison, gives them a shield against fire, and fortifies their fatigue.
Blood Ring: This ring lasts thirty seconds: It fortifies the users health, gives them a shield against fire, ups their resistance to fire, ups their resistance to spells, and removes negative spells currently on the user when cast.
Soul Ring: This ring lasts thirty seconds. It removes negative spells when cast (like the Blood Ring), fortifies the users magicka, fortifies the users health, ups the users resistance to electricity, and ups the users resistance to paralysis.
((Note: All enchanted items can only be used ONCE in a battle, and must recharge for 24 in-game hours after.))
Strengths: Mehra is a mage with a specialty in Destruction and Alchemy magic. Being a Dunmer, she has a natural resistance to all types of fire, both physical and magical.
She also has many powerful enchanted items at her disposal.
Weaknesses: Magic can only be recharged with time (as in, wait for it to come back by itself) or by drinking a magicka potion. Magicka can be fortified, but fortified magic is artificial, and one always ends up with less than they started.
Mehra is also very unfit, since she never bothered to exercise, instead using rides, teleportation, or levitation to go places.
Silence spells are the bane of mages. Mehra's magic--even activating the enchants on her items--work by saying certain phrases and doing movements. A Silence spell, or even some duct tape on her mouth can stop her from using magic.
In battle, she is at a huge disadvantage to an enemy with reflection abilities; she uses no weapons, only magic, so any enemy that is capable of reflecting or absorbing spells can quickly overcome her. (This is a common problem in her world; the Daedra have a natural Reflection ability, so her spells sometimes fly back at her.)
Mehra has little defenses for poison and paralysis. The defenses she does have are weak; just simple resistance spells given by the enchanted items. Any opponent with a poisoned dagger or a paralysis spell can hit her.
Bio:
FOR MEHRA: Mehra never knew who her parents were. She was raised in Cyrodill, in their version of foster homes, which were...not good. She turned to the streets to escape and was quickly arrested. For some unusual reason, the Emperor was interested in her! On his orders she was shipped to Morrowind, a very tumulous place. Morrowind was technically part of Tamriel, but the treaty that guaranteed their surrender also gave them the right to govern themselves, under the "Tribunal Temple", the worship of three supposed "living gods": Vivec, the Poet god, half Chimer and Half Dunmer, the best friend of Saint Nerevar, Almalexia, Lady of Mercy, wife of Saint Nerevar, and Sotha Sil, the Clockwork god, patron to Dunmer mages, tinkering away in his Clockwork City. Mehra was raised to worship the Nine Divines, and didn't understand these "living gods".
In Morrowind, Mehra was quickly dubbed an "outlander" by the local Dunmer. They didn't consider her part of their race; since she was raised by Imperials. That racism really pissed her off, especially from the local KKK, the Camonna Tong, who have great control over one of the parts of government, "House Hlaalu." She outright killed a bunch of these gangbangers in a club once. (No arrest, since one of the local guardsmen paid her to do it.) But, Mehra found some friends in the Mages Guild. She flew through the ranks and settled at the rank of "Warlock." It was at that point she remembered what the Emperor told her to do: find some guy named Caius Cosades and give him some piece of paper from the Emperor.
Turns out that was pretty important. Caius was pissed. But, he let her go and gave her some chores to do: learn about Morrowind History from this guy (who gave her more chores: first, get this box from this ancient Dwemer city filled with bandits) get some info from this secret necromancer in the Mages Guild (not a surprise at all, that lady was WAY into skulls) and some more info from people down in the city of Vivec.
And then he spilled the beans: Hey Mehra, we think you're the Nerevarine. She punched that skooma addict in the face for hiding it. Her whole life she felt crazy for switching moods so quickly! At least she didn't have to listen to him anymore; he left for Cyrodiil and told her to meet the Wisewoman of the Urshilaku Camp, one of the few native Dunmeri tribes left. So, then she worked on proving herself Nerevarine: become a member of all three branches of government (Redoran, Hlaalu, and Telvanni. She likes the Telvanni the best: some of those wizard-lords are thousands of years old, held alive just by the magicka in their veins!) and member of the four last tribes. She started waking up with freaky dreams from Dagoth Ur, or with Ash Zombies trying to kill her. Twice people on the street went up to her, stripped naked, ate some corpus flesh (basically zombie-cancer flesh), and declared their allegiance to the secret Sixth House, the House of Dagoth Ur! The guards tackled them and dragged them away for being crazy.
After that ordeal, Mehra met Vivec. That was one of the moments where Nerevar took complete control. S/he and Vivec talked for hours about his/her past, their relationship, what it's like to be a god, and what to do next. Vivec gave her Wraithguard and told her what it meant. Then he said the only way to destroy Dagoth Ur and end his plot to take over Morrowind and drive out the outlanders was to destroy the heart of Lorkhan, which would drain Dagoth Ur, Vivec, Sotha Sil, and Almalexia of their status as gods. So by saving Morrowind, she would be killing the three living links to her past life. But Vivec was okay was it, and so were Sotha Sil and Almalexia.
That was a real eye-opener. But, he told her where to find Keening and Sunder--the two other mystical items needed to destroy the Heart. They were in Dagoth's hands, in various Citadels around Red Mountain, the volcano he controls. So she went on a Dagoth-killing spree; murdering Ash Zombies, Ash Vampires, Dagoths, Ash Ghouls, And Ascended Sleepers. It was a terrifying holy mission, but she did find Keening, Sunder, and the Heart-amulets, which have massive power.
Then she went to Dagoth Ur, the home of...you guessed, it, Dagoth Ur. He spoke to her, trying to convince her that Nerevar and Dagoth Ur were friends, but that was a lie. She found him with the Heart in a gigantic chamber. A half-created ribcage was constructed around it. He was attempting to create a new god! Ignoring him, Mehra used every single Heart-amulet, then put on Wraithguard. Striking the heart once with Sunder, then multiple times with Keening, she killed it. Dagoth Ur screamed in protest, but without a Heart to power him, he was easy to defeat with Keening. Then the room exploded, and Mehra found herself outside with the ghostly visage of Azura.
Azura thanked her for ending the reign of terror. She disappeared, leaving a ring in thin air...And then Mehra found herself flying through a tornado, and dropped Sunder, Keening, and Wraithguard down into the lava pit...
FOR NEREVAR:
Nerevar was born Indoril Nerevar, he king of Resdayn, modern-day Morrowind. As the Hortator, or war-general of the united Chimer people, he fought the Dwemer, or dwarves, and founded the First Council, making him the uniter of the Chimer in 1E 416. Nerevar was blessed with the ring Moon-and-Star, which Azura blessed, as some say She saw him as a special worshipper, since he consulted Her at any chance. He met Almalexia during her reign and they married. He was taught by Sotha Sil and Vivec, and his most loyal servant was Dagoth Ur.
Eventually the First Council broke into war against the Dwemer. Through means lost to history, Dagoth learned that the great Dwemer smith Kagrenac had found the fabled Heart of Lorkhan and was building tools to use it. This was considered blasphemous, so he told Nerevar, who was shocked. King Dumac of the Dwemer was his friend, and would never do something so evil! He confronted Dumac, and their peace quickly broke. The war raged on hard, until they reached a cinematic climax at Red Mountain in a battle that history does not quite understand. Somehow every single Dwemer on this plane disappeared at once. The Tribunal Temple claims Nerevar asked for Azura's help in using the Heart to dispel them. The Ashlander's say that was Kagrenac's punishment for attempting to defile the body of a god. The last remaining Dwemer, Yagrum Bagarn, has no idea what happened, other than it didn't happen to him, who was currently "outside of the planes".
Somehow, Nerevar died in the battle. The Nords say he feigned death. Vivec insinuates King Dumac and Dagoth Ur killed him. The Ashlanders claim that the Tribunal--Vivec, Sotha Sil, and Almalexia--poisoned a wounded Nerevar to get the power of the Heart. But what is sure is that Nerevar made his friends swear to not use the tools to gain power. A few years after the battle, the Tribunal used the tools and Azura appeared. She cursed them, turned their skin grey as the ash of the mountain, and said that Her champion Nerevar would return and make them pay for such profane knowledge, and that all Dunmer would share the fate of the Tribunal for the end of time.
After that, Almalexia, Nerevar's widow, became Vivec's Consort. The Heirographa--the orthodox teaching of the Tribunal--claim that Nerevar lived long enough to bless the Tribunal as the official protectors of the Dunmer people.
