and after some minor editing and fixing stuff I didn't like, I'm done! for picture and theme, I will be adding that later. When I get access to better internet. Or I may draw a picture myself :3
Up for critiques and comments :3
N A M E / A L I A S Ki'ira Infera – Calamity
M Y T H O L O G Y
Ki'ira is a very unusual character from legends, her first mentioning comes from records about 1800 years ago. The place was not named as it was a nameless battleground where two opposing armies clashed. At the time of her appearance there, she wrecked havoc among both armies, sending many to the embrace of death. The chaos on the battlefield continued until the two armies retreated, leaving her alone in the field of death, afterwards she vanished. From that point in time onward, she would appear at random intervals in the middle of battles, attacking everyone she comes across. She became one of the fairy tales on the fields of battle. Every commander sent to fight, would fear her appearance as it would mean the destruction of his armies. Thus she was nicknamed the Calamity on the battlefields.
Ten years after her first appearance, Ki'ira appeared for first time in the middle of a pillage of a town which was later recorded by survivors from there. After the town's protectors were slaughtered and the aggressors began pillaging it and indiscriminately killing it's residents in twisted games they forced them to take part of, a single caped individual walked into the town. Records state it was a woman, but on her head a pair of fox ears could be seen along with a tail that was moving around behind her. When the pillagers tried to attack her, the woman went into rampage, mowing down every last one of those who tried to fight. Records state that those who tried to run away form the carnage of their friends, were slashed from afar, using what witnesses only describe as flying blades of fire. According to the records, she was laughing during the entire slaughter and when there were no more enemies around, she just took a bag from one of the dead bodies, filled it with some food and then walked away as quickly as she appeared. It wasn't until a year later that the mystery woman was recognized as the walking calamity.
Ki'ira's stories were always similar, she would appear during a battle and would always mow down soldiers in both sides. Occasionally she would appear when there were pillages going on, would kill everyone with a weapon and then vanish again. As the number of people saved by her continued to increase, some began to regard her as a mythical fox creature that appears to save the innocent from aggressors. Which wasn't always far from the truth, in fact her rampaging on battlefields had caused many wars to stop in their tracks, effectively saving the lives of many civilians, but also costing the lives of many soldiers and capital, as the money she costed to countries wasn't insignificant at all. Eventually a coalition from several countries was formed to deal with this calamity. The strongest warriors were gathered and send after her as she had proven that her power was overwhelming.
According to legends she should have been around 29 years old when that happened. Despite the protest from the side of normal people, the expedition from multiple countries was sent after her. The calamity made her final stand near a now not existing village known as Kaleze. The soldiers had attacked the village to draw her out and she appeared for the joy of the village's inhabitants. The soldiers quickly reorganized and attacked her. Legends state the battle continued for days as the soldiers were many and strong and even had magic on their side. The calamity was not behind them though, her strange powers over fire allowed her to sweep many in her attacks. When the battle ended, not one of the soldiers send after her was standing, but they had done their jobs. Ki'ira was mortally wounded as dozens of weapons were sticking out of her body. In her final moments it's said that a single child approached her to offer her a cup of water. She took the cup, drank the water and thanked the child. As she reached a hand to pat the child by the head, she died. Her hand, softly placed on the child's head, her body still standing tall with her sword in her other hand. Following the defeat of the expedition force, all the kingdoms sent soldiers to retrieve her body and belongings, but not a single soul was to be found in the village. The final legend states, the villagers knowing soldiers will come for her again, took her body and placed it in a coffin and left Kaleze with Ki'ira's body and belongings. No one knows where they went and what happened with them. Some say they found a new place to settle down away from everyone where they idolize her to this day, other say they were ambushed on the road and killed to the last person. No one can say for sure, but what is known is that her body was never recovered or found. Still to this day she is regarded as many things, for some her story is the one of a person who gave her all to protect the innocent from the horrors of war, for other she was the personification of destruction and chaos. As some tell it to their children to learn and become a better person, others use her to scare their young into obedience.
Yet for those with the iron will to find the truth, a single clue remains, locked inside one of the many libraries. Unknown to most and ignored by those who have seen it, a single small leather bound diary lies covered in dust. It's content are nearly impossible to read as it has nearly dissolved under the relentless tides of time, but the old diary written by an old forgotten general contains a single untouched by time sentence:
“And by our hands, by attacking those who had not the power to protect themselves, we awoke a fiery monster in the form of a child...”
A P P E A R A N C E
Ki'ira's appearance is quite the discussed topic for records that contain it have been lost so all that remains are varying legends. Some described her as astonishing otherworldy beauty while other as a mostly foxlike monster with long face and slit eyes. Still her most distinguishing feature were her fox ears and tail, they appear in every legend and even the vague mentioning in historical texts. She was always told to have the pair of red fox ears and a tail.
In reality, Ki'ira was tall 1,75 meters tall, with long straight dark brown hair, reaching down to her waist, which was often put in a braid. Her face was beautiful with clear skin and a pair of piercing gray eyes. On her bare body could be seen many of the scars she bears as marks from the devotion she had towards fighting WAR.
A B I L I T I E S / E Q U I P M E N T
Ki'ira has been often depicted as a monster that slashes people with her bare hands, but as many myths that's simply not the truth. She was an excellent sword wielder who lived her entire live with a sword in her hand. Additionally the abilities of fire she is often told to have had are quite true. At a very early age, she learned magic and specialized in fire. As magicians go, she was never formally taught, all she know, she learned herself by the trial and error. Her favorite magical attack were her flaming wave slashes, she often used those to take down multiple enemies at once. Additionally she would often coat her entire sword with flames, thought that would destroy every normal not enchanted blade.
While her abilities themselves helped about her incredible strength, it was also her equipment that proved worthy to follow her in her legend the most. The calamity had many different artifacts, most of which no one knows how she acquired. Names and existence of many were lost in the time, but a few still live in her legends: Infernal fang – that was her signature weapon, a longsword that she wielded with one hand. It had glowing red blade with many carved figures on it. It was a magical artifact that could withstand heat and fire and it's blade was harder than even the greatest steel. In her entire life it never broke, never chipped and never dulled. Blessings of the fox goddess – The legend about her having fox ears and tail come from these artifacts. A headpiece looked like a pair of fox ears and leggings had a tail attached to them. The ears gave her the ability to hear so far away that she could actually hear the clanking of an armor from miles and the tail allowed her to run nearly as fast as a horse and not leave tracks behind her. Though she still tires with time and cannot run for a long time.
A G E O F L E G E N D 1815 years ago.
When revived from her supposed eternal slumber, she only had her headset from her 'Blessings of the fox goddess'.
@Transience 60,000 years!! damn I'm going to place my guy further back in history then XD We are all within 4k years of the modern era which seems a little strange to me so I'll give my guy some more wrinkles when he wakes up.
@Transience Speaking of the passage of time and the development of society, does the setting follow classic fantasy stories in the sense that several thousands of years hasn't necessarily seen technology comparable to that of our own particular reality (i.e. essentially a very long medieval period inevitably dominates)?
@rivaan Looks good to me! Feel free to place her into the character tab.
@Blackbeard Wrinkles are a sign of wisdom, so DO IT.
@Vigfast You are correct, a long medieval period dominates Ansus. The height of technology is trebuchets, ballistas, and very recently, rudimentary canons, though they are a rarity.
@Transience Yeah, I got it together now. My brain was just being funny; it happens on occasion. Thanks for the super straightforward explanation; I'll reference it as well when checking the basic lore and such for consistency.
Now I feel the urge to change the time when my character was alive as well. I feel as if she would be an ancient hero rather than one more recent. That aside, I am going to be pretty much polishing up Pricia's skills and abilities as well as refining her Mythology and adding more to it. Probably will change the last two paragraphs of it as well, didn't quite like how they are written now that I look at them.
@Invisible I was actually surprised that a lot of people opted for recent heroes. I would have thought the lull of ancient heroics was why people joined! :P But sure, polish away. let me know of any updates you do unless it is just a grammatical correction.
@ravenDivinity Yes, shoot. Linked families? Bloodlines? What did you have in mind?
I've edited my sheet. I'll probably add to it over time but I think I'm happy with it now. I went over the Mythology and re-wrote it to read better. I hope it worked!
Anyway should we discuss everyone relationship? I don't think anyone is alive at the same time but following the timeline some character would have heard of others and vice-versa. Should we discuss to what degree those characters are known and how each hero feels about any others he has heard of?
@ravenDivinity Only if you wanted, of course! It was just a suggestion, but they do look pretty similar. There is quite some time between the two characters, though, so do you think Altim's family would have remembered and revered the descent of their bloodline? Or would it be relatively unknown?
@Blackbeard Sure! Yours and my character seem to have come from a time much prior to everyone else's. Thought I suppose a lot of whether a character knows of another or not also has a lot to do with location.
