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Avalia

Princess with No Throne

Amisra Keyrel ⋆ 251 ⋆ Female ⋆ Dark Elf

Appearance

Height:

5’5

Build:

Fit, athletic, and well toned

Hair Color:

Silver

Hair Length

Usually on the longer side past her shoulders, currently cut into a long bob

Eye Color:

Golden amber

Skin Tone:

Ashen grey

Distinguishing features:

Amisra has a sleeve tattoo covering her left arm featuring a sun with a skull as its center. The rays extend down her arm in tribal looking swirls and designs. It ends with an x on the back of her hand.

Psychology

Likes:

⋆ Spending time with her best friend and partner in crime, Tanithil
⋆ Being in control of her own fate and making her own decisions
⋆ Fighting and honing her combat skills
⋆ The thrill of adventure and discovering new places
⋆ The feeling of the wind in her hair while sailing on a ship
⋆ Her sleep

Dislikes:

⋆ Betrayal and those who are untrustworthy
⋆ Losing control of a situation or being powerless
⋆ Being confined or restrained, physically or mentally
⋆ Those who mistreat or abuse their power, like General Malaggar
⋆ Being reminded of the loss of her mother and sister, which can trigger intense emotions and anger
⋆ Having her sleep disturbed

Fears:

⋆ Losing those she loves again, especially Tanithil
⋆ Being powerless to prevent harm
⋆ Being betrayed again by someone she trusts
⋆ Being unable to protect herself or others in a fight or combat situation
⋆ Being all alone in the world

Habits/Quirks

⋆ She has a habit of cleaning and sharpening her weapons, even if they don’t need it, as a way to calm her nerves and focus her mind
⋆ When thinking deeply or concentrating she has a habit of biting her lower lip
⋆ Has a soft spot for animals and can often be found petting them or talking to them when she sees them, especially horses
⋆ She has a sharp tongue and sarcastic sense of humor that she often uses to cover up her deeper emotions or to deflect when she’s feeling vulnerable
⋆ When she’s feeling uncomfortable she tends to tap her fingers or shift from side to side to release some of that energy

Sexuality:

Demisexual

Personality:

Amisra is a fiercely independent and determined individual. She has a sharp mind and is not afraid to speak her mind, even if it means going against the norms of her society. She is loyal to those she trusts and will do anything to protect them. She has a dry sense of humor and a quick wit, making her fairly popular among her crewmates on the pirate ship.

Amisra is a skilled fighter and has a strong sense of justice. She is not afraid to get her hands dirty and will do whatever it takes to achieve her goals. She is also a natural leader thanks to being groomed as heir of her kingdom, but she has no qualms about following the orders of her captain as long as it doesn’t go against her moral compass.

Despite her tough exterior, Amisra has a soft spot for her best friend and confidante, Tanithil. She sees him as a vital member of the crew and her life and will do anything to keep him safe.

She is also haunted by the loss of her kingdom and the betrayal of those she once trusted. She struggles with feelings of anger and bitterness, but tries to keep them in check. She knows that dwelling on the past will only hold her back and is determined to carve out a new future for herself and Tanithil.

Background

Occupation

Princess and heir (formerly)
Bodyguard (formerly)
Pirate (currently)

Living Immediate Family Members:

N/A

Dead Immediate Family Members:

King Taerel Keyrel || Father
Queen Saria Keyrel || Mother
Princess Lyrei Keyrel || Baby Sister

Current Companions:

Tanithil Malaggar

Current and Past Lover(s):

One does not kiss and tell…usually

Current Equipment(Any weapons etc):

A falchion
A pistol
A necklace her sister made her
Coin pouch

History(2 paragraph minimum):

Princess Amisra Keyrel was born to King Taerel Keyrel and Queen Sarai Keyrel and was groomed to become the next ruler of her kingdom, Thael Taesi. She grew up in a palace filled with love and warmth, surrounded by doting parents and loyal servants. From a young age, Amisra showed a natural aptitude for combat and was trained by the best in the kingdom. Her favorite teacher was General Zarra Malaggar, who was immensely skilled in hand-to-hand combat, bladed weapons, and ranged weapons.

Amisra also became best friends with the General's grandson, Tanithil, who showed a natural talent for magic. Amisra's mother struggled to have any more children, miscarrying many times, until she finally had another little girl. Unfortunately, her mother fell ill after giving birth to her sister, Lyrei, and Amisra took on the responsibility of raising her with the help of servants and her father. Her little sister became her whole world, and she loved her deeply.

However, Amisra's happy life came to an abrupt end when General Malaggar and King Zanithel betrayed her family and seized control of their kingdom. They were given three days to surrender, and Amisra and her family were put under house arrest. Amisra and Tanithil made a plan to get her family out and escape, but as they were packing, they were caught by General Malaggar.

They heard the screams from the other room and came out to find her mother and sister dead. Blind with rage, Amisra attacked Zarra with Tanithil assisting from the side. Amisra's emotions got the better of her, and Zarra won the fight. Before Zarra could strike a killing blow, Tanithil jumped in and saved Amisra but lost his hand in the process. Amisra held her friend in a panic, trying to stop the bleeding and faintly hearing General Zarra be called to back down. In one last fit of anger, Amisra sent a shadow dagger flying at the General and managed to scar her face before Tanithil whisked them out of there.

Only having each other now and being on the run, they found a light elven man who would go on to smuggle them out of Thael Taesi and into the dwarven city of Ironhold on a ship. They spent 40 years there, with Amisra working as a bodyguard for an inventor and keeping up her combat skills. They would go on to meet the light elven man once more, who was now a pirate captain, and join his crew, where they have been for the last 60 years.

Combat and Magic Stat Creation

ALL SPECIES ANSWER:

Fitness Level(If you’re active, please list how. Sports activity? Etc):
⋆ Very active. Living on a ship is more of a workout than many may realize with all the physical labor one has to do.

What are your character’s physical strengths?
⋆ Strength. Amisra is exceptionally strong due to the physical labor she does on the ship along with keeping up her fighting skills. She’s often found climbing the rigging which also helps build her upper body strength.
⋆ Agile. Living on a ship you learn agility rather quickly or you quickly become useless. She has wonderful reflexes and coordination as well due to this.
⋆ Hand-to-hand combat. Being a physical fighter she’s had to learn hand-to-hand combat and she’s had quite a few years and experiences to master it.
⋆ Melee and ranged weapons. She’s trained with all sorts of weapons since she was a child, but she especially excels with falchions, pistols, and bows as these are her weapons of choice.
⋆ High pain tolerance. She’s always naturally had a higher pain tolerance than most, but years of being a pirate and having to build that pain tolerance due to the high injury rate in her job has heightened that tolerance even more.
⋆ Balance and endurance. With being on a moving ship you gain balance pretty quickly otherwise you could fall overboard. You also have to build endurance because you don’t often get days off while working on a ship.

What are your character’s physical weaknesses?
⋆ Long-distance running. Spending so much time on a ship she doesn't get to practice long distance running much. Her speed when running is more on the average side as well.
⋆ Alcoholic. While not as bad as some, Amisra has turned to alcohol as a way to cope with some of her traumas. Because of this, it can sometimes leave her in a vulnerable state.
⋆ Emotional triggers. She feels things strongly and if she’s triggered emotionally she can go into a blind rage which can be a blessing and a curse as she will lose focus thus letting her guard down.
⋆ Terrain. She’s spent years on a ship, when she gets off the ship it takes her a bit to get used to walking on solid ground again and so her balance is off for a bit.
⋆ Magic. It was never something she was focused on nor was she ever very good at it. Tanithil has been teaching her some as of late, but it’s a slow progression.

Years of Experience:
Weapon(s):
⋆ 240 years of general training with ranged and melee weapons. 200 years mastering falchions and bows. 60 years with a pistol.

Hand-to-Hand Combat:
⋆ 240 years of general hand to hand combat

Dark Elves
⋆ Offensive Erebokinesis: 70 years, best magic skill but still not great.
⋆ Shrouding: 70 years, but struggles with this.
⋆ Shielding: 70 years, second best magic skill yet still fails her often.

Best Abilities(Fairies will specialize):

Melee, ranged, and hand-to-hand combat

Avalia

The Assassin

Kenia “Aelynthia Eilran” Biralei ⋆ 375 ⋆ Female ⋆ Light Elf

Appearance

Height: 5’6 Build: Slender and toned physique with a small waist, toned arms, and well defined legs Hair Color: Pale blonde Hair Length Kenia often likes to keep her hair longer, enjoying how feminine it makes her look. She won’t hesitate to cut it all off if she has to, tho, and has in the past. Eye Color: Gold with a ring of blue around the outside Skin Tone: Lightly tanned Distinguishing features: Kenia has quite a few scars all over her body, including a few burns from being caught in a house fire. She also has her ears pierced several times and a few elegant tattoos covering some of the scars on her back with the names of those she’s lost written in an old elvish language. Another distinguishing feature is her golden eyes ringed with turquoise blue, a trait unique to the Arcaena family yet has been forgotten about by many in the world.

Psychology

Likes: ⋆ Books ⋆ Chocolate ⋆ Sweets ⋆ Music ⋆ Singing ⋆ Fashion ⋆ Observing people Dislikes: ⋆ Betrayal ⋆ Dark Elves ⋆ Being manipulated ⋆ Slavery ⋆ Cruelty towards the weak and defenseless ⋆ Limitations Fears: ⋆ Losing the people she loves ⋆ Failure ⋆ Death ⋆ Losing control ⋆ Being vulnerable ⋆ Drowning ⋆ Being enslaved Habits/Quirks ⋆ Taking long baths ⋆ Eating sweets, especially while reading ⋆ Being sarcastic ⋆ Hiding her emotions ⋆ Keeping secrets

Sexuality:

Heteroflexible

Personality:

Truthfully Kenia is rather extroverted as she actually enjoys being around people and can be rather charismatic. She has a pretty strong presence and often will take charge in social situations. She does have moments, however, of introspection and can be guarded with her emotions, making her have some slight introverted tendencies as well. Upon first meeting her you’ll find that she is rather selfish, willing to use people she doesn’t really know for her own gain. Break past her walls and grow close to her and you’ll find she actually is rather selfless. She will often make sacrifices and risks in order to protect those she loves and cares for. Sometimes she can come across as rather mean, having quite the sarcastic tongue on her. Witty and confident makes for a person who won’t hesitate to tell you how she really feels about you. She can be rather affectionate if she grows close to you otherwise she doesn’t like to let others get close enough to touch her unless it’s on her own terms. Being extremely guarded means it can be rather difficult to gain her trust.

Kenia is very passionate about many things, and especially so with the people she loves. When she cares for someone, she cares for them deeply and has experienced enough loss in her life to never want to feel it again. Her passionate nature also often extends to her interests, including books, sweets, and music. Kenia has often been called rude or even evil, but this is often just a defense mechanism. If one were to break past the walls she has up and grow close to her, they would soon find that she obviously can love others deeply and would do anything to protect them.

Kenia feels things both strongly and deeply. While she is often teasing, witty, and carefree when she is happy, her most immediate reaction when angry or sad is to channel her darker emotions into a barely-contained rage or killing calm. This gets her into trouble more often than not. Often she will take rash actions and has a desire for vengeance when someone close to her is harmed or even killed.

Despite being an assassin, she is quite meticulous in managing her appearance. She has a fixation on finery and insists on wearing fashionable clothing. She can often be found spending her money on frivolous things and can be surprisingly girly.

Kenia also has a strong moral compass, surprisingly enough. Though she often tries to suppress the memories of her tumultuous past, her experiences have shaped her into the woman she is, and that is a woman who does not tolerate injustices. She absolutely loathes slavery and unnecessary cruelty. People that partake in either of these, she will do anything necessary to make them pay for their actions.

Background

Occupation Hired Blade/Assassin Living Immediate Family Members: N/A Dead Immediate Family Members: Nym Biralei || Father Alea Biralei || Mother Lura Vasys || Daughter Rhys Vasys || Son Current Companions: N/A Current and Past Lover(s): Airdan Vasys || Ex-Husband Current Equipment(Any weapons etc): Dual swords Variety of daggers and throwing daggers Variety of poisons Thieves tools Stealth gear like soft soled boots, dark clothes, and a cloak Bandages, antiseptic, and different healing herbs Money Ball bearings

History(2 paragraph minimum):

Once upon a time, in a far-off land called Avalia, there was a young elven princess named Alea who fell deeply in love with the captain of the guard. While she was the youngest child of King Lirien Arcaena and viewed herself as unimportant compared to her four older siblings, her father was not pleased with this romance and did everything in his power to stop it. He forbade them from seeing each other, but the princess and the captain refused to be separated.

One day, they decided to elope, and they were married in secret. When the king found out, he was outraged. Many of his advisors suggested a severe punishment, but the king was a kind man who loved his family. Still, he couldn’t let the offense go unpunished. He banished the captain of the guard from the kingdom along with his daughter, stripping her of her title of princess. It broke his heart to do so, but a king must do many heartbreaking things at times to keep order in the kingdom. The couple settled down in a small village in the forest, where they were happy together. A few decades later, their daughter was born, and they named her Kenia.

When the king found out that he had a grandchild, he couldn't resist the temptation to meet her. He traveled to the village in secret and was enchanted by the beautiful little elf child. He doted on her, and soon he couldn't resist the love he felt for her.

The king eventually came to realize that he had been wrong to banish his daughter and her husband. He invited them to return to the kingdom and reinstated his daughter's title as princess as well as her husband as captain of the guard, having struggled to find anyone as skilled as him in the time they were banished. From then on, Kenia was known throughout the kingdom as the granddaughter of the king and was loved by most who met her.

As Kenia grew older, she learned the ways of the elves and her father took it upon himself to teach her how to defend herself. From the time she could pick up a bladed weapon and comprehend how to wield it, her father began teaching her how to use it. He also made sure she was skilled in hand-to-hand combat. She also found she loved learning about light magic and seemed to have an affinity for illusions, especially invisibility, as well as defensive light magic. When she wasn’t learning from her father or learning magic from the castle's best magic wielders, she would spend much of her time in the forest, exploring and learning about the world around her. She was always eager to help others and was known for her kind heart and adventurous spirit.

Kenia's parents were proud of their daughter and loved her deeply. They were grateful to the king for allowing them to return to the kingdom and be with their family. Kenia, too, was grateful for the love and acceptance she received from her grandfather and was always there to help him in any way she could.

Kenia grew up to be a beautiful and skilled elf, much like her mother before her. Her father doted on her, but he was also fiercely protective, especially when it came to matters of the heart.

One day, her grandfather introduced her to a young nobleman named Airdan. Kenia fell in love with him immediately. He was charming, funny, and kind, and she felt like she had known him her entire life. Her father and several of her friends, however, were not fond of Airdan. They thought he was two-faced and not right for her. Many of them pleaded with her not to marry him as they just felt like something was off.

Despite their concerns, Kenia married Airdan in a beautiful ceremony in the forest. Her father reluctantly gave his blessing, but he warned her to be careful. Kenia didn't listen. She was deeply in love with Airdan and believed that they would be happy together.

As time went on, Kenia's father's concerns seemed to be justified. Airdan showed a side of himself that Kenia had never seen before. He became distant and cold, and she didn't know what to do. She tried to talk to him about it, but he brushed her off, telling her that everything was fine.

Kenia's friends also noticed a change in Airdan's behavior. They tried to warn her, but she wouldn't listen. She was determined to make the marriage work. There were too many other stresses happening in the world, with fear of the dark elves rising, that Kenia longed for that happiness to grow once more.

A few years later, Kenia gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl which she named Lura and Rhys. They became her world, and she poured all her love and attention into them. Airdan was there, but he seemed distant, almost like he didn't care.

Despite her struggles, Kenia refused to give up on her marriage. She loved Airdan and believed that they could work through their problems. It wasn't until three years later, when Airdan's true colors were revealed, that Kenia finally realized the truth.

Airdan had been manipulating her all along, using her love for him to get what he wanted. Kenia was ready to leave, but it was too late. The dark elves had declared war, her father had left to fight, her grandfather was focused on the war, and her mother had fallen ill. She was alone and Airdan took advantage of this. He kept her and the children locked in the house, little more than slaves to him, as he would have secret meetings with people Kenia could never find out more about. Something was terribly wrong and she tried desperately to leave.

She’d almost accomplished it, managing to escape the house with the children, but she didn’t make it far when Airdan had caught her and he wasn’t alone. He had dark elven soldiers with him, a group of elite assassins sent by the dark elven king. Airdan and several of the dark elves beat Kenia within an inch of her life while the other dark elves restrained her three year old children. She tried desperately to fight back, doing fairly well for a time, but there were too many of them. As she lay there, bloody and reaching for her children, Airdan slaughtered the twins right in front of her to prove his loyalty to the dark elves. Screaming and devastated, he then dragged Kenia back to their house, locking her in before setting it ablaze and leaving her for dead.

The details are still fuzzy to Kenia, but she remembers someone breaking into the house and getting her out before she lost all consciousness. When she awoke, she would find herself in a small hidden cottage being tended to by a kindly woman. It was then she would come to learn that her husband had led the assassins into the kingdom and they had begun hunting and killing all of the light elven royalty. It was believed Kenia was also dead and truly she wished she was.

Once she recovered, Kenia realized it was best to remain dead and changed her name to Aelynthia Eilran, being called Aelyn for short. She also discovered that the home she was recovering in was a secret base of rebel assassins. She’d spend the next 50 years dedicating herself to learning the skills of an assassin. She trained rigorously and eventually would spend the next 50 years making a name for herself as one of the deadliest assassins in Avalia, even earning the nickname of The Scarlet Sword. While taking on many jobs, she also began gathering information on her husband and the dark elves as she was hell bent on vengeance.

Combat and Magic Stat Creation

Fitness Level(If you’re active, please list how. Sports activity? Etc):
⋆Highly active: She has to stay in shape in order to work as an assassin, especially if a job goes wrong and she has to fight her way out.

What are your character’s physical strengths? ⋆ Bladed Weapons: Kenia has spent a couple hundred years training with a large variety of bladed weapons. She’s mastered dual swords, daggers, and throwing daggers. ⋆ Hand-to-hand combat: Kenia has trained in hand-to-hand combat since she was a little girl. ⋆ Agility: As an elf she has a natural grace, however she’s honed that grace and swiftness over many years while training with her father then training as an assassin. ⋆ Stamina: Kenia has incredible stamina from years of training and can keep going for long periods of time without tiring. ⋆ Strength: While not the strongest person alive, Kenia has above average strength due to weapons training and learning to climb difficult surfaces. Most of her strength is in her legs, however. ⋆ Speed: With the combination of agility, stamina, and strength, Kenia is incredibly speedy. ⋆ Stealth: As an assassin, she is incredibly stealthy.

What are your character’s physical weaknesses? ⋆ Strength: A strength and a weakness, Kenia does not possess brute strength. ⋆ Vulnerability to magic: While skilled in defensive light magic, she still is vulnerable to other magic including offensive light magic. ⋆ Exhaustion: Kenia doesn’t know when to quit and will almost always push herself to her limits. ⋆ Overuse of her magic: While highly skilled in light magic, Kenia will easily overdo it at times and will lose use of her magic for a short time. ⋆ Emotional distress: Kenia has experience many traumatic events in her life and her emotions can sometimes get the best of her. If she becomes too overwhelmed with an emotion it can affect her ability to fight. ⋆ Dark Magic: Just as dark magic is weak to light, Kenia’s light magic is weak to dark. ⋆ Ranged weapons other than throwing daggers: Kenia has never really trained with anything other than bladed weapons and hand-to-hand combat. ⋆ Fire: Kenia actually has a fear of fire due to her past. Years of Experience: Weapon(s): ⋆ 200+ Years with bladed weapons and 100 years dedicated to dual swords, daggers, and throwing daggers. Hand-to-Hand Combat: ⋆ 200+ years to general hand-to-hand with 100 years dedicated to taking people out silently and fighting groups of people Light Elves ⋆ Offensive Photokinesis: 100 years dedicated ⋆ Illusions (includes invisibility): Almost 300 years dedicated to illusions with 100 years of that being intensely dedicated to it, especially invisibility. ⋆ Shielding: About 250 years dedicated to this. Best Abilities: Dual swords, hand-to-hand, and illusion magic. Also incredibly skilled with stealth and poisons.

Kenia's Stats

Physical Stats

Strength:⬤⬤⬤◯◯

Ground Speed:⬤⬤⬤⬤◯

Stamina:⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤

Dexterity:⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤

Durability: ⬤⬤◯◯◯

Magic Stats

Offensive Photokinesis:⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤

Illusions:⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤

Shielding: ⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤

Combat Stats

Melee Combat: ⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤

Short-Range(Knife Throwing): ⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤

Hand to Hand Combat: ⬤⬤⬤⬤⬤

Long-ranged weapons: ⬤◯◯◯◯

Avalia

The Assassin

Kenia “Aelynthia Eilran” Biralei ⋆ 375 ⋆ Female ⋆ Light Elf

Appearance

Height: 5’6 Build: Slender and toned physique with a small waist, toned arms, and well defined legs Hair Color: Pale blonde Hair Length Kenia often likes to keep her hair longer, enjoying how feminine it makes her look. She won’t hesitate to cut it all off if she has to, tho, and has in the past. Eye Color: Gold with a ring of blue around the outside Skin Tone: Lightly tanned Distinguishing features: Kenia has quite a few scars all over her body, including a few burns from being caught in a house fire. She also has her ears pierced several times and a few elegant tattoos covering some of the scars on her back with the names of those she’s lost written in an old elvish language. Another distinguishing feature is her golden eyes ringed with turquoise blue, a trait unique to the Arcaena family yet has been forgotten about by many in the world.

Psychology

Likes: ⋆ Books ⋆ Chocolate ⋆ Sweets ⋆ Music ⋆ Singing ⋆ Fashion ⋆ Observing people Dislikes: ⋆ Betrayal ⋆ Dark Elves ⋆ Being manipulated ⋆ Slavery ⋆ Cruelty towards the weak and defenseless ⋆ Limitations Fears: ⋆ Losing the people she loves ⋆ Failure ⋆ Death ⋆ Losing control ⋆ Being vulnerable ⋆ Drowning ⋆ Being enslaved Habits/Quirks ⋆ Taking long baths ⋆ Playing the piano and singing ⋆ Eating sweets, especially while reading ⋆ Being sarcastic ⋆ Hiding her emotions ⋆ Keeping secrets ⋆ Strategic mind ⋆ Skilled fighter ⋆ Getting creative with light magic

Sexuality:

Heteroflexible

Personality:

Truthfully Kenia is rather extroverted as she actually enjoys being around people and can be rather charismatic. She has a pretty strong presence and often will take charge in social situations. She does have moments, however, of introspection and can be guarded with her emotions, making her have some slight introverted tendencies as well. Upon first meeting her you’ll find that she is rather selfish, willing to use people she doesn’t really know for her own gain. Break past her walls and grow close to her and you’ll find she actually is rather selfless. She will often make sacrifices and risks in order to protect those she loves and cares for. Sometimes she can come across as rather mean, having quite the sarcastic tongue on her. Witty and confident makes for a person who won’t hesitate to tell you how she really feels about you. She can be rather affectionate if she grows close to you otherwise she doesn’t like to let others get close enough to touch her unless it’s on her own terms. Being extremely guarded means it can be rather difficult to gain her trust.

Kenia is very passionate about many things, and especially so with the people she loves. When she cares for someone, she cares for them deeply and has experienced enough loss in her life to never want to feel it again. Her passionate nature also often extends to her interests, including books, sweets, and music. Kenia has often been called rude or even evil, but this is often just a defense mechanism. If one were to break past the walls she has up and grow close to her, they would soon find that she obviously can love others deeply and would do anything to protect them.

Kenia feels things both strongly and deeply. While she is often teasing, witty, and carefree when she is happy, her most immediate reaction when angry or sad is to channel her darker emotions into a barely-contained rage or killing calm. This gets her into trouble more often than not. Often she will take rash actions and has a desire for vengeance when someone close to her is harmed or even killed.

Despite being an assassin, she is quite meticulous in managing her appearance. She has a fixation on finery and insists on wearing fashionable clothing. She can often be found spending her money on frivolous things and can be surprisingly girly.

Kenia also has a strong moral compass, surprisingly enough. Though she often tries to suppress the memories of her tumultuous past, her experiences have shaped her into the woman she is, and that is a woman who does not tolerate injustices. She absolutely loathes slavery and unnecessary cruelty. People that partake in either of these, she will do anything necessary to make them pay for their actions.

Background

Occupation Hired Blade/Assassin Living Immediate Family Members: N/A Dead Immediate Family Members: Nym Biralei || Father Alea Biralei || Mother Lura Vasys || Daughter Rhys Vasys || Son Current Companions: N/A Current and Past Lover(s): Airdan Vasys || Ex-Husband Current Equipment(Any weapons etc): Dual swords Variety of daggers and throwing daggers Variety of poisons Thieves tools Stealth gear like soft soled boots, dark clothes, and a cloak Bandages, antiseptic, and different healing herbs Money Ball bearings

History(2 paragraph minimum):

Once upon a time, in a far-off land called Avalia, there was a young elven princess named Alea who fell deeply in love with the captain of the guard. While she was the youngest child of King Lirien Arcaena and viewed herself as unimportant compared to her four older siblings, her father was not pleased with this romance and did everything in his power to stop it. He forbade them from seeing each other, but the princess and the captain refused to be separated.

One day, they decided to elope, and they were married in secret. When the king found out, he was outraged. Many of his advisors suggested a severe punishment, but the king was a kind man who loved his family. Still, he couldn’t let the offense go unpunished. He banished the captain of the guard from the kingdom along with his daughter, stripping her of her title of princess. It broke his heart to do so, but a king must do many heartbreaking things at times to keep order in the kingdom. The couple settled down in a small village in the forest, where they were happy together. A few decades later, their daughter was born, and they named her Kenia.

When the king found out that he had a grandchild, he couldn't resist the temptation to meet her. He traveled to the village in secret and was enchanted by the beautiful little elf child. He doted on her, and soon he couldn't resist the love he felt for her.

The king eventually came to realize that he had been wrong to banish his daughter and her husband. He invited them to return to the kingdom and reinstated his daughter's title as princess as well as her husband as captain of the guard, having struggled to find anyone as skilled as him in the time they were banished. From then on, Kenia was known throughout the kingdom as the granddaughter of the king and was loved by most who met her.

As Kenia grew older, she learned the ways of the elves and her father took it upon himself to teach her how to defend herself. From the time she could pick up a bladed weapon and comprehend how to wield it, her father began teaching her how to use it. He also made sure she was skilled in hand-to-hand combat. She also found she loved learning about light magic and seemed to have an affinity for illusions, especially invisibility, as well as defensive light magic. When she wasn’t learning from her father or learning magic from the castle's best magic wielders, she would spend much of her time in the forest, exploring and learning about the world around her. She was always eager to help others and was known for her kind heart and adventurous spirit.

Kenia's parents were proud of their daughter and loved her deeply. They were grateful to the king for allowing them to return to the kingdom and be with their family. Kenia, too, was grateful for the love and acceptance she received from her grandfather and was always there to help him in any way she could.

Kenia grew up to be a beautiful and skilled elf, much like her mother before her. Her father doted on her, but he was also fiercely protective, especially when it came to matters of the heart.

One day, her grandfather introduced her to a young nobleman named Airdan. Kenia fell in love with him immediately. He was charming, funny, and kind, and she felt like she had known him her entire life. Her father and several of her friends, however, were not fond of Airdan. They thought he was two-faced and not right for her. Many of them pleaded with her not to marry him as they just felt like something was off.

Despite their concerns, Kenia married Airdan in a beautiful ceremony in the forest. Her father reluctantly gave his blessing, but he warned her to be careful. Kenia didn't listen. She was deeply in love with Airdan and believed that they would be happy together.

As time went on, Kenia's father's concerns seemed to be justified. Airdan showed a side of himself that Kenia had never seen before. He became distant and cold, and she didn't know what to do. She tried to talk to him about it, but he brushed her off, telling her that everything was fine.

Kenia's friends also noticed a change in Airdan's behavior. They tried to warn her, but she wouldn't listen. She was determined to make the marriage work. There were too many other stresses happening in the world, with fear of the dark elves rising, that Kenia longed for that happiness to grow once more.

A few years later, Kenia gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl which she named Lura and Rhys. They became her world, and she poured all her love and attention into them. Airdan was there, but he seemed distant, almost like he didn't care.

Despite her struggles, Kenia refused to give up on her marriage. She loved Airdan and believed that they could work through their problems. It wasn't until three years later, when Airdan's true colors were revealed, that Kenia finally realized the truth.

Airdan had been manipulating her all along, using her love for him to get what he wanted. Kenia was ready to leave, but it was too late. The dark elves had declared war, her father had left to fight, her grandfather was focused on the war, and her mother had fallen ill. She was alone and Airdan took advantage of this. He kept her and the children locked in the house, little more than slaves to him, as he would have secret meetings with people Kenia could never find out more about. Something was terribly wrong and she tried desperately to leave.

She’d almost accomplished it, managing to escape the house with the children, but she didn’t make it far when Airdan had caught her and he wasn’t alone. He had dark elven soldiers with him, a group of elite assassins sent by the dark elven king. Airdan and several of the dark elves beat Kenia within an inch of her life while the other dark elves restrained her three year old children. She tried desperately to fight back, doing fairly well for a time, but there were too many of them. As she lay there, bloody and reaching for her children, Airdan slaughtered the twins right in front of her to prove his loyalty to the dark elves. Screaming and devastated, he then dragged Kenia back to their house, locking her in before setting it ablaze and leaving her for dead.

The details are still fuzzy to Kenia, but she remembers someone breaking into the house and getting her out before she lost all consciousness. When she awoke, she would find herself in a small hidden cottage being tended to by a kindly woman. It was then she would come to learn that her husband had led the assassins into the kingdom and they had begun hunting and killing all of the light elven royalty. It was believed Kenia was also dead and truly she wished she was.

Once she recovered, Kenia realized it was best to remain dead and changed her name to Aelynthia Eilran, being called Aelyn for short. She also discovered that the home she was recovering in was a secret base of rebel assassins. She’d spend the next 50 years dedicating herself to learning the skills of an assassin. She trained rigorously and eventually would spend the next 50 years making a name for herself as one of the deadliest assassins in Avalia, even earning the nickname of The Scarlet Sword. While taking on many jobs, she also began gathering information on her husband and the dark elves as she was hell bent on vengeance.

Combat and Magic Stat Creation

Fitness Level(If you’re active, please list how. Sports activity? Etc):
⋆Highly active: She has to stay in shape in order to work as an assassin, especially if a job goes wrong and she has to fight her way out.

What are your character’s physical strengths? ⋆ Bladed Weapons: Kenia has spent a couple hundred years training with a large variety of bladed weapons. She’s mastered dual swords, daggers, and throwing daggers. ⋆ Hand-to-hand combat: Kenia has trained in hand-to-hand combat since she was a little girl. ⋆ Agility: As an elf she has a natural grace, however she’s honed that grace and swiftness over many years while training with her father then training as an assassin. ⋆ Stamina: Kenia has incredible stamina from years of training and can keep going for long periods of time without tiring. ⋆ Strength: While not the strongest person alive, Kenia has above average strength due to weapons training and learning to climb difficult surfaces. Most of her strength is in her legs, however. ⋆ Speed: With the combination of agility, stamina, and strength, Kenia is incredibly speedy. ⋆ Stealth: As an assassin, she is incredibly stealthy.

What are your character’s physical weaknesses? ⋆ Strength: A strength and a weakness, Kenia does not possess brute strength. ⋆ Vulnerability to magic: While skilled in defensive light magic, she still is vulnerable to other magic including offensive light magic. ⋆ Exhaustion: Kenia doesn’t know when to quit and will almost always push herself to her limits. ⋆ Overuse of her magic: While highly skilled in light magic, Kenia will easily overdo it at times and will lose use of her magic for a short time. ⋆ Emotional distress: Kenia has experience many traumatic events in her life and her emotions can sometimes get the best of her. If she becomes too overwhelmed with an emotion it can affect her ability to fight. ⋆ Dark Magic: Just as dark magic is weak to light, Kenia’s light magic is weak to dark. ⋆ Ranged weapons other than throwing daggers: Kenia has never really trained with anything other than bladed weapons and hand-to-hand combat. ⋆ Fire: Kenia actually has a fear of fire due to her past. Years of Experience: Weapon(s): ⋆ 200+ Years with bladed weapons and 100 years dedicated to dual swords, daggers, and throwing daggers. Hand-to-Hand Combat: ⋆ 200+ years to general hand-to-hand with 100 years dedicated to taking people out silently and fighting groups of people Light Elves ⋆ Offensive Photokinesis: 100 years dedicated ⋆ Illusions (includes invisibility): Almost 300 years dedicated to illusions with 100 years of that being intensely dedicated to it, especially invisibility. ⋆ Shielding: About 250 years dedicated to this. Best Abilities: Dual swords, hand-to-hand, and illusion magic. Also incredibly skilled with stealth and poisons.

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Leo & Thea

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Thea had begun slowly making her way down the street after leaving Charlotte’s house. She needed to meet up with Leo, but she found she wasn’t really rushing at all as she was nervous about what she needed to talk to him about. While talking to Charlotte and even John had helped her in feeling a bit better, the dread of the morning’s events was washing over her once again. How would her brother react to the news about her now ex-fiance? How was her mother going to react? Anxiety had her trembling like a leaf and then there were the gunshots. Panic set in as she glanced around, unsure of where the sound came from. Was she in danger? Perhaps her mother had a point that she shouldn’t explore the city without a guard.

At first she simply began walking faster, but it quickly turned into a run as she did her best to fight back tears. Before she knew it, she was in the park and was forced to slow down due to the festival. She had a few people try and stop her to ask her if she was okay, but she barely heard them as she felt the world spinning some. Her head was pounding and she needed a drink desperately. Perhaps then she could calm down some. Finally she stumbled across a stand selling some mead. She made her way through the line and eventually bought herself a glass. She downed it right then and there before ordering another and walking away with it. Slowly she felt herself calming some and her mind cleared a little. The horse race…yes, wasn’t there a horse race today? Surely Leo wouldn’t miss that. With a deep breath, Thea began making her way to the racetrack.

It took her a little while to sift through the crowd, asking some familiar faces if they’d seen her brother yet. She’d managed to finish her second glass of mead now and finally found someone to point her in the direction they’d last seen her brother. She found him sitting down and she felt emotions wash over her once again, but did her best to keep her composure. She approached him, forcing a smile on her face as she took a seat next to him. ”May I join you, dearest brother?” She asked, unable to keep a quiver from her voice.

“Thea!” Leo immediately stood up and spoke her name with exaggerated enthusiasm to show her presence was always a welcomed one. “Just in time for the race.” He offered his brightest smile. He had noted the fragile shake of his sister’s voice when she’d spoken. Was it a bad day or just another difficult one? Either way, his job was now to improve Thea’s day however he could. So Leo put an arm around Thea’s shoulders and used the other arm to gesture toward the horses.

“Now I’ve placed a large bet on that horse right there, Lady Avarice, a steed named after greed absolutely has to have her sights set on gold. Except Duke Vikena has renamed the horses, so now I’m wondering if the horse now known as Queen Tulip the Bitch-Slayer has a chance of defeating Sir Ominous Dominus Black. Certainly, with a name like Sir Ominous Dominus Black that stallion will be looking to dominate this race. Quite the predicament. Will I leave here slightly richer than before? Or will I be enduring a painful lecture from our mother later all about poor horse choosing?” Leo whispered the information as if it were a closely guarded secret, and once he was done, he pulled his arm away from Thea, grinned, and shrugged.

In reality, he had picked the horse and rider he’d never heard of, considering the unknown a riskier, and thus more rewarding if correct, bet. But the point was not to discuss betting strategy, only to distract Thea with something ridiculous, non-troubling, and fun. “Have you placed a bet?”

Leo seemed to always know the best way to calm her nerves and make things fun, something Thea truly admired and often tried to do for him as well. She’d relaxed some as he’d put his arm around her and couldn’t help but giggle as he told her of all she’d missed so far. Surely their mother would be quite frustrated with him if he lost whatever money he bet. She wouldn’t even be surprised if she’d be mad that he bet anything at all, likely finding gambling to be a distasteful thing. All the more reason for Leo to do so and Thea to support him.

”My, it sounds like I’ve missed a bit! Unfortunately I didn’t get a chance to place a bet, though I have a feeling I would have bet on the same horse as you. How could you pass up that opportunity with such a divine name?!” She said, a happier tone coming easier to her voice for now. She still knew she had matters to discuss with him, but for now there was no harm in both of them enjoying themselves. ”Even with the name change, I think your bet was a wise one. Sir Ominous Dominus may sound daunting and strong, but I personally think it sounds like he’s compensating for something, wouldn’t you agree? Perhaps he’s a little bitch.” She reasoned with a bit of a smirk, confidence exuding from her now. ”I think our lovely Queen Tulip the Bitch-Slayer will easily take Sir Ominous Dominus the Little Bitch down.”

Leo nodded along, listening with the same focus he used for only the most important discussions. A world in which their highest concern was merely the outcome of a horse race was a much better place to live in even if it was a facade fated to last only for a short while. “A bold claim but very sound logic. Ol’ Ominous Dominious out there just doesn’t seem to have half the vibrancy the Bitch-Slayer’s got.” Leo agreed. That much was true, even from a distance it was clear that from coat to saddle the horse now known as Queen Tulip the Bitch-Slayer received only the best care and attention, and the noble mare held a confident look that said she was more than ready to leave the competition in the dust. It was a sound bet.

“I think you showed up just in time to save me from torturous seconds of second-guessing, a sure sign my luck has finally turned around.” Leo added.

"I'm always happy to be your good luck charm." Thea said with a giggle and a nod as she glanced out at the competition, but slowly her face fell as her mind drifted to other matters once again. She fidgeted in her seat a little as she debated on speaking or not. How could she rob him of joy at this moment? Perhaps she'd wait until after the race. Or was it better to rip it off like a bandage? She wanted to scream at herself for being so indecisive. "Leo I…" She began and felt a wave of illness overtake her, but she pressed on. "I have news to tell you, but I fear you may be upset." She said in little more than a whisper.

“Life is full of upsetting news, but I try not to make a habit of shooting the messenger. Whatever you have to tell me, I can almost guarantee it won’t be the worse news I’ve gotten in the last year.” Leo would bet money on that statement too. Whatever her news was; it wasn’t pressing enough that she had led with it, and it wasn’t sensitive enough that it needed to be told in secret. So it would be manageable, but since Thea seemed anxious about whatever she needed to say, the horse race was quickly pushed out of his mind as he gave her his full attention.

Thea couldn't help but wince a little at his last words, knowing that was likely the truth. Still, she wasn't fond of adding to any stress her brother already had. She took a deep breath, exhaling slowly before she finally opened her mouth to speak. "Felix broke off the engagement." She glanced at him briefly, hoping to gauge his reaction to the news. "I made a mistake and went to his room drunk last night. I suppose my state resulted in me acting shamefully and I've scared him off. I always scare people off…" She began rambling, now looking away from her brother.

“Well, Felix has a stupid weasel face and is less interesting than a loaf of stale bread.” Leo spoke calmly, as if these were well-known facts, once Thea had paused. It was probably poor taste to speak of the prince like that, but that thought was much less important than the fact that Thea was hurting. He put an arm back around Thea’s shoulders. Even if she didn’t want to look at him, she would know he wasn’t going anywhere.

“Thea, anyone who is afraid because you have emotions, is not worth your time.
And you did not look happy around him last night, no marriage would ever be worth your happiness. You are worth more than that.” Leo offered this opinion in a soft and somber tone. There was the ‘pop’ of the starting gun, the sound of hooves against the track, and Lorenzo’s commentary filling the air but it no longer mattered. A small win would not fix his sister’s broken heart, and there wasn’t much Leo could do about it either. “You go ahead and be as scary as you need to be, I’ll be right here.”

The warmth of comfort spread over Thea and her brother’s words reached her ears, quelling her fears and worries for the time being. She leaned into him, laying her head on his shoulder as she let out a small sigh, watching the horses take off. A rogue tear slipped down her cheek, but there was a soft smile on her face. ”How did I end up with the most wonderful brother ever? Thank you, Leo.” She said softly. After a few moments of silence and quite the interesting power struggle, the Bitch Slayer seemed to pull ahead and Thea sat up. ”Oh Leo, look! Oh how exciting!” She said, now with more enthusiasm as it seemed the horse Leo bet on was going to win.

“Of course. You will always get my best Thea.” Leo smiled, not a bit of it forced or faked; if he was going to do something right, at least let him be a good brother. The crowd picked up, excitement rumbled through the air. Surprise interference by a wayward bird even threw a bit of chaos onto the track. It was a close race but Queen Tulip the Bitch Slayer pulled through in the end. Leo clapped for the victor, mirrored the crowd's enthusiasm, and it was enough to just watch a horse race with his sister.

“Very, exciting. Good to see Sorian can still put on a proper horse race. Want to split the winnings? Since you brought all the good luck?” Leo offered.

Thea giggled, but shook her head as she smiled at him. "No, no. You won it fair and square Leo. Besides, if Mother found out you gave me money she might get upset thinking I'll use it to feed my addiction. Which, honestly, I might." She said somewhat jokingly with a shrug. "Thank you for helping relieve my anxieties and being the best brother, Leo. I think I might go back to my room and take a nap now." She said before throwing her arms around him in a hug. A few minutes later Thea was heading back to the guest house.

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Munir & Mina
Part One

Interactions: @Conscripts Dr. Williamson

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Munir, having brought the beaver back from his hunt, handed the dead creature to the royal clothier, leaving him with an order of “Please, use this pelt to create a pair of gloves fit for winters in Kolonivka. The glove should be elegant, but durable, fit for a royal lady. For the cost of any additional material and labor, my retainer Hazim can see to it you’re provided for. Hazim?” Munir gestured to a quiet man standing next to him and the man sprang into action, making contact and conversing with the clothier. “Hazim, spare no expense. Come to my quarters with a report after you are finished. I would like to catch up on events that took place while I was gone on the hunt.” With that, Munir gave the quiet man and the clothier a nod and briskly walked off.

While making his way back to his quarters, another of his retainers filled him in on the day’s events that he missed. When the man got to the point of the execution, Munir was rather aloof and seemingly uninterested. Public executions, while rare, took place in Alidasht and Munir has attended them since he was a young child. But, as soon as Mina’s name came up, Munir perked up and started paying attention. When the man mentioned that Mina was taken to the infirmary, more than likely due to a heat stroke, Munir put up a hand to gesture for the man to stop speaking, “Take me to her, at once.” A simple, yet direct command from Munir was all that was said for the next several minutes while the pair made their way to the infirmary.

Upon arrival, Munir gave the same hand gesture as before for the pair to slow down and quiet down. “Wait here.” Munir said as he gently reached for the doorhand, pulling the door open as gently as he possibly could have. Having made very minimal noise up until this point, Munir peered in through the door that is now slightly ajar, and saw that good Dr. John placed a kiss on Mina’s forehead. Munir remembered some words being exchanged between John and Mina, but he did not remember the exact words. He then witnessed Mina placing a kiss on the doctor’s cheek. Munir pondered for a moment, surely this is some sort of odd Northern tradition, to kiss your doctor in such a way…

Right?

Munir cleared his throat to announce his arrival. “Lady Blackwood. I heard of your medical emergency and I made my way here with haste. I hope everything is better? Dr. Williamson, is there anything you should require to provide the lady the best care in your abilities?” Munir said, working to stay calm and treat the scene in front of him as merely a professional one, and nothing more.

A professional kiss on the forehead returned with a professional kiss on the cheek…

Mina’s eyes shifted from John’s to fall on Munir now, a confused smile spreading across her face. She hadn’t been expecting to see him here, but it certainly wasn’t an unwelcome surprise. ”Munir! What a surprise to see you here. I’m quite alright, I assure you. Dr. Williamson is quite skilled at his craft.” She said happily as she turned her attention back to the doctor and her friend.

”Thank you John for coming to my rescue. I think I’ll take this to my room now and take it easy for the rest of the day. I’ll be sure to stay out of the heat as much as possible as well.” She said as she took the things he gave her and began getting up. She then slid the box with her uncle's blood sample over to him before continuing. ”I’ll leave this with you to examine. I might also suggest adding a drop of a similar substance after examining it initially and then watching it. I assure you that you’ll find something very intriguing.” She said, being careful not to state exactly what was in the box yet knowing John would understand what she meant. She then turned her attention back to Munir and walked towards him, forgetting about the state of undress Mina was currently in.

”Would you be so kind as to walk me back to my room?” She asked as she gave him a small bow.

John? His name should only and ever be Dr. Williamson. Munir merely observed Mina as she said some words to seemingly calm him. He noticed that she slid a box over to him. Surely that was a professional gesture as well, nothing more. With his mind clouded by the brief scene in front of him, Munir had not noticed the state of Mina’s undress either. “Uh. Sure. I would be glad to.” Munir replied quickly, unclasping the light shroud he wore to his hunt and draping it over Mina’s shoulders. He turned to one of his retainers, and said softly “Bring buckets of ice, iced water, iced mead and a plate of soft stone fruits to Lady Blackwood’s quarters.” The other young man nodded once and shuffled off.

Munir offered Mina his arm, turning his attention briefly to John. “Dr. Williamson, I very much appreciate the things you’ve done for Lady Blackwood. I’m in your debt.” Offering a small nod, Munir pushed the door further open with his free arm and began supporting Mina back to her room.

Hunter's Game (Small Private Group)

Adelaide Varo

So the big guy wanted to test her? Adelaide wasn’t one to back down from a challenge, especially a challenge she knew she’d be hard pressed to fail. She simply smirked at Versle before grabbing one mug and downing it in seconds before doing the same with the other. She slammed the mug down, wiping at her face as she gave him a smug look. It didn’t even seem like she was fazed by the alcohol. ”Confidence, arrogance, what’s the difference really? I know I can back up my words and be assured that I can hold my drink far better than you likely think.” She said, as she signaled for another drink. She then leaned back in her chair, listening to the others speak and pondering the task ahead of them.

”Might I point out that the queen said ‘reptilian’ in nature, meaning it could be a large variety of things. While countermeasures may be simple, they may not be depending on what it truly is. If it’s some kobold, then perhaps counter measures are simple. But what if it’s a naga or even a basilisk? Even a dragon or drake could be described as ‘reptilian in nature’. I agree with my sister that we should observe the creature before rushing in at all in hopes to determine what it is.” She said as she turned to listen to the fox man ‘introduce’ himself. The puff of smoke enveloped them and she instinctively held her breath for a moment, before waving the smoke away from her face with a bit of a bored expression.

”How cute, perhaps we should call you Smokey. I’m assuming magic is your game then? Certainly can be useful, especially in dealing with a bruja.” She then turned to the small man with the large sword and nodded in acknowledgement of him. ”Perhaps you and the big guy over here should have an arm wrestling competition. I’d be very intrigued to see that. Maybe I’ll even reward the winner.”

Next was Rayland and Adelaide couldn’t keep from rolling her eyes a little at his introduction and the mention of the kill shot. ”Good to know you don’t have the skill to readjust a kill shot to avoid friendly fire. I’ll keep that in mind.” She scoffed before going on to introduce herself. ”The names Adelaide Varo and Alice here is my twin sister. While she likes to keep her distance, I like to get up close and personal in a…surprising manner. I stick to the shadows and my blade always strikes true. I’m much quicker than many expect and quite a bit stronger as well. I also specialize in poisons and my knowledge of monsters is extensive as I have a photographic memory and can recall most everything I’ve ever read.”

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John & Mina

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”Well…” John gave a slight chuckle and a sideways glance as Mina took the handkerchief from his hand. ”My schedule is always welcome.” He then glanced away as she was doing her thing. His words caused Mina to give a pause in what she was doing, glancing at him with an inquisitive smirk. He crossed his hands at the back,giving any weird looks and gossips a cold glare, waiting for either Mina to finish or the carriage to arrive. Both seemed to come at roughly the same time.

”Yeah, I’d agree, though it’s probably different for me than for you.” John gave a rather faint smile, as the carriage stopped. Before the driver needed to hop down to service his guests, John already opened the door and handed the driver the destination and his payment. Before long, he was in the carriage, sitting next to Mina when she asked about the blood sample.

”Oh for sure. It’s been a while since I met your uncle, hope nothing’s up with him.”

Mina couldn’t contain the small laugh at John’s last words, trying to figure out what the best response would be. ”Well I suppose strange things have been happening with me for a while and my uncle’s condition isn’t devoid of that.” She finally said, now unbuttoning her sleeves and rolling them up some. She seemed to relax a bit more, now out of the prying eyes of the public. ”While he has good days and bad days, the bad days are beginning to happen more often. The sunlight sensitivity seems to worsen on his bad days, he becomes rather irritable, and even I rarely see him anymore when those days are upon us.” She finally said with a sigh, glancing at John with a solemn smile.

”Well, that’s never good to hear.” John crossed his arms upon Mina saying, his casual friendliness earlier noticeably vanishing.

”So I’ve begun closely monitoring his vitals on those bad days and recently have been taking weekly blood samples to examine myself. Obviously I’m no doctor, but I’ve found something curious and honestly you’re the only person, let alone doctor, I feel I can trust with this.”

Hmm, it’s back to the whole blood sample. He did tell Mina about how to take blood samples, yes, but that was a while ago when he was still living in Kolonivka. She did ask for specifics recently, which he didn’t really pay much thought over other than the thorough technical description. But now that she said it, he was the only person she could trust. He really felt honored that this was the case, especially for someone of status and connection like Mina, who had no shortage of close confidants, and that often included the person who probably should have known this info before he did.

”For sure, discretion shall be kept in my veins.” He said, tapping his index finger a couple times on his thigh. ”But your uncle’s physician, who were they…Dr. Igor, right? Do they know this information?”

A soft smile graced Mina’s lips before she reached over and squeezed John’s hand. ”Thank you John, I truly appreciate you being discreet.” At the mention of Dr. Igor, however, a scene flashed in her mind. The older man had been berating Mina for taking some matters into her own hands, despite her attempting to share it with him. Her uncle had overheard the whole thing and an unusual burst of anger overtook him.

”Ah, Dr. Igor unfortunately resigned after a small accident befell him several months ago. I’ve been the sole caretaker of my uncle since then.” She said with a sad sigh, not revealing much more than that. ”He was gracious enough to leave me with some of his medical supplies, though, since it’s so hard for us to get good doctors willing to move to Kolonivka.”

’That’s a weird way of putting it.’ Was what John thought as he heard of what happened. But he too left at that, as Igor was just a local physician and not a part of the Institute, and they didn’t meet that much, so he couldn’t know exactly what happened there.

”Well that sucks. There really needs to be more development for Krasivaya. They aren’t getting enough attention.” John said, rolling his eyes a little, but returned back to the topic at hand. ”Yeah, I’ll take a look. But the topic of importance right now is you. What were you doing in the execution arena there to be like that?”

”Agreed.” Mina said simply in response to development, she truly was all for developing her lands more and planned to focus more on that once she became countess. For now, though, she was rather preoccupied in keeping the peace and caring for her uncle.

He moved the conversation on to the execution and why she was there. She thought for a moment on how to respond. ”I was there merely out of curiosity, I suppose. An execution with no explanation of the crime, I found it quite curious. Besides, it’s always good to know what crimes other kingdoms are dealing with in case it happens in your own, wouldn’t you agree?” She explained, actually being rather truthful. She did leave out her initial suspicion of magic being involved. ”It ended up being quite a bit more intense than I’d anticipated. For one, it was far warmer than I’d thought it would be. Then there was the actual execution. The man was absolutely mad and something…nefarious seemed to be at work there.”

”I guess yeah.” In the world of politicking, it was probably so. Though for John he’d probably be fine shifting through the paperwork that accompanied these crime cases, but executions are perhaps the most obvious and exciting. He listened to her observation with a little bit of skepticism. Not for her words, her words he had no doubts about, but its implications. A warmer stage could mean a lot of things, from poor crowd control to ventilation, and a madman…well he had been a Caesonian once…

”That could mean a lot, but I guess we’ll see when we get back to the guest house.” He said, something which they were not that far away from. Very soon, the carriage arrived outside the guesthouse yard, and John, like usual, took the initiative and went ahead. He asked a maid for the usual items he’d need delivered to a vacant empty bedroom.

”Alright, let’s help ourselves.” John said, inviting her to sit on the bed. ”How are you feeling exactly? From then till now. You can be honest with me.”

Mina had a request of her own of the maid, instructing her to bring her a box from her room. In said box was the blood sample she’d mentioned to John earlier. For now, however, she needed to let John do his examination. So she listened to him, taking a seat on the bed and even getting a bit comfortable by leaning back. ”Well…” She began to ponder, thinking of exactly what had all happened. ”I felt completely fine at first, I was speaking with Leo about the execution as it began. It wasn’t until the execution began that the headache hit. I felt compelled at that moment to catch the eye of the dying man and that’s when it all went black.” She went on to say, speaking the truth…for the most part.

”After that I saw a memory of me as a little kid with a friend and my mother. Then I woke up and everyone was freaking out. I felt dizzy and weak and frankly quite parched, which is still how I’m feeling honestly.” She explained with a small sigh.

”That’s…”

Oddly specific timing...it is quite odd that it happened like that. Could that just be a complete coincidence? It better be so. It basically checked out with the other list of what seemed to happen.

The servant arrived at the room with a tray with two cups and a jar of cool water. As soon as the servant left, the doctor touched the jar with the back of his hand, making sure the water was relatively cool and not freezing. Then he poured both of them a cup, though Mina’s more full than his, considering she probably needed more of them. ”If heat is just the issue, this should help after a while.”

He took a sip of water before taking out a white fountain pen to write down a few things in the blank sheet of paper he had in his pocket, seemingly a checklist of sorts. Then, he raised a hand a little bit, with a little hesitation and a request. ”If you don’t mind.”

While John was pouring the water, Mina tucked the box the servant had brought her beside her. She would wait for an appropriate time to present it to John, but for now she took the water and took a sip herself. The cool liquid was quite refreshing, not having realized how thirsty she actually was. ”Be my guest.” She responded as she leaned in a bit closer.

Gently, he laid his palm on her forehead before leaning forward and laying his forehead on the same hand’s wrist, so as to compare the temperature. It was close enough that she could feel the warmth from him as well.

Mina sat silent for a few moments, simply watching John, his closeness not going unnoticed by her. He would likely find that she was a bit cooler to the touch than he’d probably expected, but she’d always run on the cooler side when it came to her temperature. She always figured it was because she came from such a cool climate, but John didn’t share it. His brows twisted in confusion but took his time to write it down carefully…

”Well Doctor, what’s your assessment? Perhaps I need mouth to mou-” She began to say teasingly, eyes trailing over his face, his lips. She was cut off, however, by a sharp pain in her head and she sucked in a breath as she winced. ”That damn headache is back.” She said through gritted teeth, her eyes clamped shut for a moment as she waited for the pain to pass. John almost dropped the note he was writing on, as he rushed back over to her side, an arm around her shoulders.

Almost as quickly as it had come on the pain seemed to subside and Mina slowly opened her eyes. ”You know this is exactly how my mother’s so-called madness began. Headaches and fainting spells. Perhaps I am to end up just like her.” She said with a small laugh, but she couldn’t hide the moment of fear she felt at the thought.

John’s eyes drooped down as he looked away, trying to hide away the worries he had for his friend. Everything he had been suspicious of recently - the Varian nobles the previous day, this weird execution, what Mina was going through, and now her mother’s story, something she had not really talked about until now - he was trying to dance around the uncomfortable possibility. Maybe it is time that he gave it the light that it deserved.

Like she once said… “The tears only flow when the coffins are closed.”

Those close to him might be at risk at the moment…

”Give me a second.” John stood up from his bed and headed over once again to the items that he requested. Two of the things he took out were both small canisters, but one that were difficult to notice was instead coming from his chest pocket. He handed both over to Mina.

”This one helps with headaches. It’s relatively harmless to have, but save it for what happens earlier. Just brew two teaspoon with warm water, just like how we have tea.” If she were to look inside, both are powder-like, but one is very visibly red and smelled pretty spicy. That one he handed afterwards. ”If your symptoms don’t go away, have this one, three teaspoons, and three salt teaspoons. It will be hard to drink at first, but it'll dampen these fainting spells.”

”That’s pretty much what I have for my assessment…” John said with a sigh. It was still a bit hard to take, and especially more so for Mina. He knew that nauseating moment; he knew how everyone whom he treated had felt. ”Oh and…it’s not really that effective, but…”

And so he leaned in for a kiss on her forehead. A soft touch that lasted for only a brief moment.

”Everything will be alright. Sometimes…madness can be beaten.”

An unexpected warmth bloomed in Mina’s chest as he kissed her forehead and his words only furthered that. He was giving her hope, the hope that she wouldn’t end up like her mother. It was a comfort she hadn’t realized she needed. So, setting the two small canisters on her lap, she reached up and gently touched his cheek before placing a kiss of her own on the other cheek.

”Thank you, John. You’ve always been a wonderful friend and I’m happy I have you to rely on.”

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Time: 12 AM
Location: Execution at the Athletic Arena
Attire: Outfit
Interaction: @Conscripts John
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Mina gave one last thankful nod to Leo before he left before turning her full attention to John. Truth be told, she was still weary and her head was still pounding a bit, but the whispers were irritating. She merely had to keep her composure until they could get out of this place, unless they followed her… No, Mina couldn’t worry about that right now, that was a problem for future her.

She nodded to John as she watched him call for the carriage, thankful to not have to walk back. She truly did want to sit down for a bit. It was his next question that caught her off guard a bit, but she found a smirk slowly blooming on her lips. ”My dear John, at least take me on a date first before getting me out of my clothing.” She teased him and then giggled, accepting the handkerchief. She dabbed at her face some, then down her neck, to her bosom. Once she was done, Mina’s fingers moved to her underbust corset as she began unlacing it. She was sure she would get some odd looks, but it was the one thing she could take off without completely revealing herself. She also undid a few more buttons on her blouse, thankful for the ability to breathe unrestricted now.

”Strange things have been happening this year it seems, wouldn’t you agree?” She asked her friend as she watched the carriage approach. She waited for it to come to a stop and the door to be opened before climbing in, setting her corset and the handkerchief beside her. She then waited for John to join her and remembered something then. ”Oh! John! Since we’re heading back and I had planned on paying you a visit today anyways, would you have a moment to glance at a blood sample I took yesterday of my uncles? I found something curious about it and wanted to get your opinion. And before you ask, yes I stored it properly as you showed me.” The last bit was said with a small laugh.

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Time: 12 am
Location: Festival in the Park
Attire: Outfit. Hair, and Makeup
Interactions: @Ojo chan 42 Dali
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The blessing he placed upon her had Saiya smiling and a warmth blooming in her chest. She wouldn’t admit it to him, but lately she’d been questioning whether the gods were truly with them or not. It seemed that the fact that he was here was them potentially trying to give her a sign, telling her not to give up hope. She felt her faith renewed a little and it was refreshing. She linked her arm with his as they began moving and she listened to him speak of what he’d been up to. ”Well it truly was a welcome surprise to see you here. I’m glad the Djinn sent you my direction. Now if they would lead us in the direction of your kin, that would be wonderful.” She said with a small giggle, realizing it may be a bit harder than she realized to find the Kadir children.

Dali went on to speak of love and how he’d yet to find anyone, a thought that tugged at her heartstrings some. She wasn’t expecting, however, for him to ask if she’d given her heart to anyone. A blush bloomed across her face as she began shaking her head. ”Oh that’s hardly the case. I’ve been far to busy to think of love, nor would your father encourage such a thing because then he may lose his precious informant.” She said in a joking manner with a wave of her hand, but there was quite a bit of truth behind it. ”If there are suitors then they are unknown to me, that’s for sure.” She finished, still feeling a deep heat coloring her cheeks.

She was thankful for the slight change in subject with the mention of food and she quickly latched onto it. ”Bless your mother for sending you with that! While the food here is good in its own right, I do have to say it’s rather bland. They certainly could use some education on how to use spices.” She giggled. She missed the curries from back home and found herself longing for them. Perhaps she would see if she could get her hands on some more spices and find her way into the kitchens to make some curry.

It was at that moment that something caught her attention and she went on alert as she paused and listened to the racket. She glanced around, but she didn’t see any immediate danger. Still, she felt an urgency now to find the Kadir children and make sure they were alright. ”Perhaps food should wait and we should find your kin. Make sure they weren’t involved in whatever is currently happening with that racket.” She said, looking back to Dali now with clear alarm on her face.

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Time: 12 am
Location: Vikena Estate
Interactions: @princess Charlotte, @JJ Doe △△△
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Outfit: Dress, Stockings, Boots

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It seemed that Thea had missed quite a bit last night while in her drunken and depressed stupor. She sat there silently still playing with the kitten as the two spoke of things that happened, feeling a bit out of place now. She was supposed to go to that party with her dearest Annie and Callum, but she canceled at the last minute as she hadn’t been in the mood for a party. It seemed like she missed a lot of excitement and she made a mental note to go visit Annie later to get more details. Not that the princess would really have many more details it seemed as from Count Fritz said they all had amnesia. This was something else she needed to discuss with Leo too as she knew he went.

Delilah came back with tea and food, which Thea happily accepted. She took a sip of the tea, noting that it could use some alcohol in it, but kept her mouth shut. She then began nibbling on one of the finger sandwiches. She watched as Fritz shuffled and went about with his trick while continuing to discuss the party. She noted the ace of spades, wondering what kind of card trick he was going to perform. When he flipped the card again and it was blank she took note of Charlotte’s reaction. Her eyes flicked between both people before she quickly set her tea down and began clapping. ”Bravo, Count Fritz! What a marvelous card trick! I used to love watching people perform tricks like that!” She said, attempting to reassure Lottie that he hadn’t performed anything nefarious.

”Oh Lottie! It’s just like that one time we went to the festival as kids and watched that man perform silly fake magic tricks!” She knew she would likely look like an airhead, making no comment on Fritz mention of actual magic. She did log that little piece of information away for later, but she wished to ease her friend's startled mind.

It was then that Thea heard the clock chime and she realized she was planning to find Leo. She had a feeling she knew the next event he might attend and wanted to go support him if he did. ”Oh! I forgot I was to meet my brother! Do please excuse me and thank you for the tea and company Lottie. I’ll be sure to stop by again soon.” She said as she gently set the kitten down and stood. She gave them both a curtsy and looked to Fritz. ”It was a pleasure to meet you, Count. I do hope we get to speak more in the future. Please excuse me.” And with that she left to go find her brother and inform him of several different things.