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ZephyrusName: Baroness Carnatia de Valmont
Species: Human
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Appearance:
Bio:
The third child of the de Luson ducal noble family from Westernant famous for producing knights, Carnatia was born without the necessary physique and skills for the martially oriented family, making her a black sheep of the family of sorts…at least until she got it in her head to secretly start using magic to enhance her performance. She started winning tourneys and gaining recognition…until she was caught at one of the tourneys and was eventually exiled for bringing shame upon the family.
Being too used to a life of luxury, Carnatia has had it hard at first, having either irresponsibly spent or swindled off most of the money her elder brother secretly gave her. Eventually, a passing monk took pity on her and took her under his tutelage. After determining that Carnatia can at least survive on her own, the monk continues his journey, occasionally sending letters to Carnatia.
With her only other skills aside from statecraft being fighting, Carnatia became an adventurer, selling her services to various clients—some discreetly introduced to her by her elder brother, unbeknown to their family—with her Golden Prerogative skill, one would think Carnatia would be rich by now…and she would be if she had saved up the money instead of using it to support a luxurious lifestyle. It’s not a matter of status to Carnatia, but as a former noble of high status, she had simply gotten too used to a luxurious lifestyle to do without. She’s trying her best to be more ‘down to earth’ but alas, one glimpse at her and most would definitely think ‘Ah, noble’.
Two years ago, on behalf of a client, Carnatia was involved in an expedition to the so-called ‘Land of Twilight’ the forgotten forested land in Varenheim infamous for being ‘cursed’. While the details of the expedition were never made public, she returned with enough riches to buy a land and start an Eastern Tea shop-Massage Parlour for the upper class, which proved to be quite successful in Westernant. Due to the Land of Twilight’s reputation as the cursed land of the elves and the Kingdom of Westernant seeing itself as humanity’s liberator and eternal shield, Carnatia’s rumoured exploits in the Land of Twilight had become romanticized by Westernant bards as one of the Kingdom’s knights triumphing over an ancient evil of the elves, earning her somewhat of a celebrity status in the kingdom. A status that was only emboldened after the King of Westernant granted the de Luson’s prodigal daughter a barony of her own, starting her own noble family of de Valmont.
Currently, Carnatia has received a mandate from the kingdom to volunteer as part of the Pontificials on an observation mission in the Province of Sielse, Tretagor. The official reason is to bring back Paladin Thomas Sanders and his entourage.
The unofficial reason is that once the cause of the disappearance is resolved, Westernant intents to use the incident to claim that Tretegor could no longer be trusted with the security of their own provinces, hence Westernant, which bordered Sielse would send a ‘peacekeeping troops’ to keep order, with the eventual goal being the annexation of the province. It would, however, be hard to present oneself as the well-intentioned ‘good guys’ if they do not take part in the initial mission to resolve the incident, hence, Westernant’s own rising celebrity being sent to take part as part of the Pontificials as a propaganda of sorts.
On Carnatia’s part, the mandate she was given was to join the Pontificials and find out the cause of the entourage’s disappearance. And that is just what she will do, what happens after is not the business of a mere Baroness but that of the higher-ranking nobles in Westernant and officials of other nations, after all.
Passives:
Golden Prerogative
A skill somewhat common among the nobility. Some say it is proof of a noble’s Divine Right to rule, other say it is merely a passive skill cultivated by noble families. Allows its possessor to have a better chance of stumbling upon valuables and getting a better price.
Prescient Defense
A skill obtained due to Carnatia’s seamless blending of magic and swordsmanship. A form of arcane divination that allows one glimpses of attacks made by their opponents, therefore allowing one to dodge or counter if their body can keep up.
Spells:
Arcane Enhancement
Magic that supernaturally enhances Carnatia’s weapon, allowing it to be sharper and strike faster. Carnatia can also use it to wreathe the blade in flames, though at an increased mana cost.
Zen Focus
A skill learned from her monk master that allows Carnatia to hone her mind to seek that one vital spot of her opponent, allowing for a single ‘critical strike’.
Mirror Image
Illusion magic that creates eight copies of Carnatia to confound enemies. The copies are incorporeal and will and thus cannot harm enemies, but are otherwise indistinguishable until they are attacked, after which they will disappear after one strike.
Dispelling Strike
A spell wreathed through Carnatia’s weapon to ‘cut down’ a magical construct. The blade itself needs to physically touch the spell—or things affected by the spell—to dispel it. The amount of slashes required to cut down the construct depends on the strength and complexity of its arcane component. Outside of combat, this spell can be used as a channelling spell that can thoroughly dismantle magical enchantment.
Mundane Skills:
Through her education as a former noble, Carnatia is adept at various aspects of statecraft, such as diplomacy, knowledge of laws, fief management, and so on. Of course, basic life skills for commoners such as cooking, sewing, and cleaning are…adequate at best.
Equipment:
Rapier, well-decorated light armour, a courtier’s outfit with jewellery, an adventurer bag with various assortments of tools, and an expensive enchanted tea set able to store and brew various flavours of tea.
Other:
Duties and Obligations were what had been taught to Carnatia since she was young, and it stuck until now. However, for her, what those duties and obligations are... depends on one's circumstances and position. As a noble of House de Luson, she would never take advantage of her subject for her duty and obligation is to take care of the realm. She didn't do it out of an inherent desire for benevolence, rather to Carnatia, being a noble is an occupation with a social contract of making sure their subjects are taken care of, and in return, they are afforded wealth and respect.
To her, nobles who shirk their duties to their subject do not deserve an iota of their wealth nor respect given to them. While she was exiled, she did not consider such things her obligations and duties. She wouldn’t take advantage of a person simply because she can, but as long as it's within the bounds of the laws of the land and she was in great need, (because the law had to be respected so everyone can live in a civilized society) she had no qualms to 'taking advantage' of the law, rather than upholding the spirit of said law. She also did not particularly care to stop injustice if it did not concern her because that was not her duty and obligation anymore.
Of course, now that she has been reinstated as Westernant nobles’, her perspective on duties and obligations is more similar to when she was Duke de Luson’s daughter rather than when she was an adventurer/mercenary, which includes furthering Westernant’s interest and upholding its laws. On the other hand, as she has joined the Pontificials, upholding the Pontificials’ mission and acting in accordance to its code is also paramount. To Carnatia, she is now in the unique position of having two duties and obligations that may conflict with one another.
While no longer part of a Ducal’s Household, Carnatia has grown too used to luxury that more often than not she ended up paying more than she probably needed to for that extra luxury. For example, Carnatia can only drink alcohol of the high-quality ones, in particular high-quality wine. Despite being a mere Baroness, due to her booming business, her level of wealth is more similar to a Count, alas, due to her own spending, her personal finances typically just about break even. Most of the time, that is.
On her days off, Carnatia enjoys relaxing on a bed with a book, or practising with her rapier if she's in the mood for more physical activities.
Music to jam to
Species: Human
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Appearance:
Bio:
The third child of the de Luson ducal noble family from Westernant famous for producing knights, Carnatia was born without the necessary physique and skills for the martially oriented family, making her a black sheep of the family of sorts…at least until she got it in her head to secretly start using magic to enhance her performance. She started winning tourneys and gaining recognition…until she was caught at one of the tourneys and was eventually exiled for bringing shame upon the family.
Being too used to a life of luxury, Carnatia has had it hard at first, having either irresponsibly spent or swindled off most of the money her elder brother secretly gave her. Eventually, a passing monk took pity on her and took her under his tutelage. After determining that Carnatia can at least survive on her own, the monk continues his journey, occasionally sending letters to Carnatia.
With her only other skills aside from statecraft being fighting, Carnatia became an adventurer, selling her services to various clients—some discreetly introduced to her by her elder brother, unbeknown to their family—with her Golden Prerogative skill, one would think Carnatia would be rich by now…and she would be if she had saved up the money instead of using it to support a luxurious lifestyle. It’s not a matter of status to Carnatia, but as a former noble of high status, she had simply gotten too used to a luxurious lifestyle to do without. She’s trying her best to be more ‘down to earth’ but alas, one glimpse at her and most would definitely think ‘Ah, noble’.
Two years ago, on behalf of a client, Carnatia was involved in an expedition to the so-called ‘Land of Twilight’ the forgotten forested land in Varenheim infamous for being ‘cursed’. While the details of the expedition were never made public, she returned with enough riches to buy a land and start an Eastern Tea shop-Massage Parlour for the upper class, which proved to be quite successful in Westernant. Due to the Land of Twilight’s reputation as the cursed land of the elves and the Kingdom of Westernant seeing itself as humanity’s liberator and eternal shield, Carnatia’s rumoured exploits in the Land of Twilight had become romanticized by Westernant bards as one of the Kingdom’s knights triumphing over an ancient evil of the elves, earning her somewhat of a celebrity status in the kingdom. A status that was only emboldened after the King of Westernant granted the de Luson’s prodigal daughter a barony of her own, starting her own noble family of de Valmont.
Currently, Carnatia has received a mandate from the kingdom to volunteer as part of the Pontificials on an observation mission in the Province of Sielse, Tretagor. The official reason is to bring back Paladin Thomas Sanders and his entourage.
The unofficial reason is that once the cause of the disappearance is resolved, Westernant intents to use the incident to claim that Tretegor could no longer be trusted with the security of their own provinces, hence Westernant, which bordered Sielse would send a ‘peacekeeping troops’ to keep order, with the eventual goal being the annexation of the province. It would, however, be hard to present oneself as the well-intentioned ‘good guys’ if they do not take part in the initial mission to resolve the incident, hence, Westernant’s own rising celebrity being sent to take part as part of the Pontificials as a propaganda of sorts.
On Carnatia’s part, the mandate she was given was to join the Pontificials and find out the cause of the entourage’s disappearance. And that is just what she will do, what happens after is not the business of a mere Baroness but that of the higher-ranking nobles in Westernant and officials of other nations, after all.
Passives:
Golden Prerogative
A skill somewhat common among the nobility. Some say it is proof of a noble’s Divine Right to rule, other say it is merely a passive skill cultivated by noble families. Allows its possessor to have a better chance of stumbling upon valuables and getting a better price.
Prescient Defense
A skill obtained due to Carnatia’s seamless blending of magic and swordsmanship. A form of arcane divination that allows one glimpses of attacks made by their opponents, therefore allowing one to dodge or counter if their body can keep up.
Spells:
Arcane Enhancement
Magic that supernaturally enhances Carnatia’s weapon, allowing it to be sharper and strike faster. Carnatia can also use it to wreathe the blade in flames, though at an increased mana cost.
Zen Focus
A skill learned from her monk master that allows Carnatia to hone her mind to seek that one vital spot of her opponent, allowing for a single ‘critical strike’.
Mirror Image
Illusion magic that creates eight copies of Carnatia to confound enemies. The copies are incorporeal and will and thus cannot harm enemies, but are otherwise indistinguishable until they are attacked, after which they will disappear after one strike.
Dispelling Strike
A spell wreathed through Carnatia’s weapon to ‘cut down’ a magical construct. The blade itself needs to physically touch the spell—or things affected by the spell—to dispel it. The amount of slashes required to cut down the construct depends on the strength and complexity of its arcane component. Outside of combat, this spell can be used as a channelling spell that can thoroughly dismantle magical enchantment.
Mundane Skills:
Through her education as a former noble, Carnatia is adept at various aspects of statecraft, such as diplomacy, knowledge of laws, fief management, and so on. Of course, basic life skills for commoners such as cooking, sewing, and cleaning are…adequate at best.
Equipment:
Rapier, well-decorated light armour, a courtier’s outfit with jewellery, an adventurer bag with various assortments of tools, and an expensive enchanted tea set able to store and brew various flavours of tea.
Other:
Duties and Obligations were what had been taught to Carnatia since she was young, and it stuck until now. However, for her, what those duties and obligations are... depends on one's circumstances and position. As a noble of House de Luson, she would never take advantage of her subject for her duty and obligation is to take care of the realm. She didn't do it out of an inherent desire for benevolence, rather to Carnatia, being a noble is an occupation with a social contract of making sure their subjects are taken care of, and in return, they are afforded wealth and respect.
To her, nobles who shirk their duties to their subject do not deserve an iota of their wealth nor respect given to them. While she was exiled, she did not consider such things her obligations and duties. She wouldn’t take advantage of a person simply because she can, but as long as it's within the bounds of the laws of the land and she was in great need, (because the law had to be respected so everyone can live in a civilized society) she had no qualms to 'taking advantage' of the law, rather than upholding the spirit of said law. She also did not particularly care to stop injustice if it did not concern her because that was not her duty and obligation anymore.
Of course, now that she has been reinstated as Westernant nobles’, her perspective on duties and obligations is more similar to when she was Duke de Luson’s daughter rather than when she was an adventurer/mercenary, which includes furthering Westernant’s interest and upholding its laws. On the other hand, as she has joined the Pontificials, upholding the Pontificials’ mission and acting in accordance to its code is also paramount. To Carnatia, she is now in the unique position of having two duties and obligations that may conflict with one another.
While no longer part of a Ducal’s Household, Carnatia has grown too used to luxury that more often than not she ended up paying more than she probably needed to for that extra luxury. For example, Carnatia can only drink alcohol of the high-quality ones, in particular high-quality wine. Despite being a mere Baroness, due to her booming business, her level of wealth is more similar to a Count, alas, due to her own spending, her personal finances typically just about break even. Most of the time, that is.
On her days off, Carnatia enjoys relaxing on a bed with a book, or practising with her rapier if she's in the mood for more physical activities.
Music to jam to
