Here are my two submissions. I hope you don't mind my use of Caradia for their backgrounds. ![enter image description here](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/74/07/f7/7407f766978b697e348bf0248df05345.jpg "enter image title here") Name: Ilsibin Haeg Age: 25 Gender: Male Personality: Ilsibin is a quiet and honorable man. He's content to spend his time fine-tuning his crossbow or some other device he's crafted. His quiet nature doesn't mean that he forgoes polite company. He relishes the chance to argue and discuss the finer points of kings, laws, and outlooks. The main deterrent is usually the uncouth company he's forced to keep. Beyond this his great flaws are that he tends to hold grudges, nursing a great deal of anger towards those that wrong him, and a little bit of a superiority complex when it comes to the uneducated. Role/Title: Originator. One of the technic knights of Caradia. His talents include the knowledge of engineering and architecture as well as some skill with cunning traps and devices. Though he has a sword, Ilsibin prefers to attack from afar using his accurate and deadly crossbow. History: Like his fellows, Ilsibin was taken from his homeland at a young age and raised to be an originator. Ha he been older, he might have realized it was the Empire's way of obliterating his people's way of life. Tinkering, sciences, physical training, and philosophy ruled his childhood. Eventually he and his fellows fit the mold of the genteel warriors that Caradia sought. Years later, as a man, Ilsibin joined forces from all over Caradia to oppose the rising undead horde of the skeletal Hill King. After only one day of fierce battle, something happened. The field was cleared of combatants in a cacophony of dirt, wind, and sound. In the aftermath Ilsibin and a woman named Jolu found their life forces inexorably bound together. They would have sought help if the remaining forces of Caradia didn't start to systematically slay the survivors. With no other options or prospects and the betrayal of his benefactors leaving a bitter taste, Ilsibin and Jolu fled the Empire. At Jolu's urging, the two became fortune-hunters. Recently the word of rebellion has called them to Waylox. Hoping for a decent payoff, The two have thrown in with the rebels for the time being. Though Jolu is optimistic that they can switch sides and get a better deal from Ovorion as the civil war rages on, Ilsibin feels a stronger attachment to the rebels and and the high-minded ideals of their queen. ![enter image description here](http://digital-art-gallery.com/oid/113/640x959_19493_Witch_2d_fantasy_witch_picture_image_digital_art.jpg "enter image title here") Name: Jolu Xoyr (Psena Nict) Age: 27 Gender: Female Personality: Jolu Xoyr tends to glide from one situation to the next, using wit and charm to ingratiate herself with the company she's currently keeping. She has a quick mind, a love of adventure and travel, and a passion for life. For all these virtues, her vices are just as great. She's often selfish, greedy, and prideful. Role/Title: None. Mages capable of discovering her past might dub her a termagant for the abuse and shame she heaped upon her teacher. Jolu is very skilled with the manipulation, binding, and endowment of spirits; like the other mages of her ilk. The most unruly and useful of spirits she finds are usually drawn and sealed into an unassuming scroll case for later use. History: When the Orkaine people were beset by the Caradia Empire, they gracefully folded into the superpower. Thus they managed to keep much of their culture and heritage while gaining the resources the Empire had to offer. One of these traditions was of the spiritualist mages that called Orkaine home. When she was starting to mature into comely young woman, Psena began to manifest a talent for the art and was inducted into their number. Mourdeen, her master and teacher, taught her simple trick and charms, but Psena always wanted more. She wanted to live the stories of mages besting demons and plundering the low places. One night while Mourdeen was far away on business, she decided to take the knowledge for herself. She escaped with as much information, spirits, and wealth as she could carry. Psena made for the independent Colethe lands to the south. By the time Mourdeen returned, she was long gone. Years later Psena returned under the moniker of Jolu Xoyr. Urbane and supremely confident, she had learned well from her stolen research and expected offers and excitement to come her way. It did, but in the form of forced conscription into Caradia's army to face the Hill King. Her talents lended themselves naturally to combating his necromancy. Unfortunately it brought with it a lot more scrutiny from other Orkaine mages that wondered where this upstart mage had come from. After the battle and fleeing with Ilsibin, Jolu tried to break the bond that tied them, but all her efforts were for naught. Deciding to turn this event into and opportunity, Jolu proposed that they pool their talents to fortune-hunt until they could find a way to sever the connection. Ilsibin eventually agreed and that was that. Both: Anything extra: Their life bond keeps them from traveling too far from each other. Distances greater than 50 ft. cause nausea and pain. The greater the distance the more sever the symptoms get. This also means that a death for one of them will most likely kill the other. Music: [http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/even-in-death-tmorras-belly-mix](http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/even-in-death-tmorras-belly-mix)