[center][img]https://secure.static.tumblr.com/64b9bc50ac3fc3455ca6209004cd1e40/kianhkh/Wehn5k9j7/tumblr_static_filename_640_v2.jpg[/img][/center][center][h3][i][color=#161314][b]ℵ[/b][/color][color=#071A1E]audun[/color]  [color=#161314][b]ℒ[/b][/color][color=#071A1E]iaessar[/color][/i][color=#2E2C2C]. . . . . . . . . . . . .[/color][sub][center][color=#2E2C2C]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[/color][color=000000][i][b]ᴠ ᴀ ᴜ ʟ ᴛ  ᴏ ғ  ʟ ι ᴀ ᴇ s ᴍ ᴀ[/b][/i][/color][/center][/sub][/h3][sup][sup][sup][sup][img]https://drfhlmcehrc34.cloudfront.net/cache/7a/2e/7a2eca87d796d9fd03a702d75817da61.png[/img][/sup][/sup][/sup][/sup][/center][center][sup][color=#304A38][b]“I serve the Rezā Liaesma and in turn it serves me as well. I have always wondered why.”[/b][/color]
[color=#220261]♦[/color] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeIRRzdSPrA]Theme[/url] [color=#220261]♦[/color][/sup][/center][hr][hr][center][sup]N A U D U N  L I A E S S A R
Now-dune Lea-sahr[/sup]
Two-hundred-thirty-one [color=#220261]♦[/color] Male [color=#220261]♦[/color] Bound-Human [color=#220261]♦[/color] Elite Sentinel [/center][indent][h3][sub][ [color=#220261][b]⊰⊱[/b][/color] ] [color=#161314][i][b]Ⱥ[/b][/i][/color]ppearance[/sub][/h3][hr][/indent][indent][indent]Standing at 5'9 and weighing in at roughly 200 lbs without his armor, Naudun is a well muscled, if weathered man. His red, unruly hair and prismatic eyes give him a striking countenance, especially when coupled with his somewhat gaunt features and piercing gaze. Altogether, Naudun gives off the air of a weather man used to holding power, despite being detached from it. There is an aloofness about him and he carries it wherever he goes.[/indent][/indent][indent][h3][sub][ [color=#220261][b]⊰⊱[/b][/color] ] [color=#161314][i][b]ℬ[/b][/i][/color] io[/sub][/h3][hr][/indent][indent][indent]
[hider=Personality]As a sentinel, Naudun is a man who has been tempered by the Path, honed like a blade to become a warrior of Rezā Liaesma. He is observant, intelligent, but haunted by the things he has seen and done in his long life. Having weathered both great tragedies and beared witness to incredible miracles Naudun is not easily taken by surprise. While not particularly warm or charming, Naudun is an understanding man with a certain air of authority and power about him. He is the sort that takes command when he sees a need for such, but not one so easily corrupted by power that he would keep that authority when another would be better suited. In this way one might say that the Sentinel is a honorable or even virtuous man and--in large part--they would be right. However, when it comes to the field of battle, anything goes for battle is not a virtuous or pretty idealistic thing; rather, it is a bloody, brutal, and often ugly thing. Still, as a warrior he [i]can[/i] take some measure of excitement, and even joy, from a battle with a skilled opponent--though such is not particularly commonplace to him anymore.[/hider]
[hider=History][color=#304A38][b]“One day you will know the trials I endured to reach where I am today. That day is not today.”[/b][/color][/hider][/indent][/indent][indent][h3][sub][ [color=#220261][b]⊰⊱[/b][/color] ] [color=#161314][i][b]ℰ[/b][/i][/color] quipment[/sub][/h3][hr][/indent][indent][indent]
[hider=Equipment][h3][sub][sub][color=#161314][i][b]Sentinel's Armor:[/b][/i][/color][/sub][/sub][/h3]While not particularly durable beyond the physical traits of the tempered leather and worked steel, this armor has been infused with the essence of  Rezā Liaesma. As a result, the armor is light and if not entirely destroyed, will reconstitute itself given a reasonable amount of time. Minor tears, scratches, or otherwise damage will seal back up in several seconds, with dented metal returning to its former state after roughly 10-20 seconds depending on how extensive the damage is. This effect is not particularly notable in combat, but is useful in other ways. Beyond this, the armor is useful because every Sentinel is trained to treat it as an extension of their body. As a result they are capable of manipulating it on a subconscious level, making it essentially impossible for their garments to get in their way during combat.[/hider][/indent][/indent][indent][h3][sub][ [color=#220261][b]⊰⊱[/b][/color] ] [color=#161314][i][b]ℭ[/b][/i][/color] apabilities[/sub][/h3][hr][/indent][indent][indent]
[hider=Magical Skills][h3][sub][sub][color=#161314][i][b]Rezā Liaesma:[/b][/i][/color][/sub][/sub][/h3]An ancient and paradoxical thing, the Rezā Liaesma is the essence of Fire and Preservation bound together in harmony. It is the primordial vigor, the warmth, and the nigh untamable destructive force of Fire; yet also the stability and stasis of Preservation. Together the two manifest into a shifting prismatic, [url=https://i.imgur.com/EQakhDH.jpg]crystalline flame[/url], ever changing, yet stable. This force has all the properties lent to etheric flame, making it possible to soothe or cauterize injuries, to instill one’s form with physical might, and of course to unleash the unbridled fiery of primordial flame itself. As one might expect, the Liaesma can also preserve the state of things encased or infused with its essence, allowing it to reinforce physical structures and impart stability where otherwise there would be none.

Yet, as one might expect of two largely conflicting essences, the power has its faults, primarily in that the two melded energies constantly fight for dominance, with one always wishing to release its energy, while the other wishes to preserve it. Thus, the Rezā cannot remain stable for terribly long once it has lost contact with one of its Sentinels, those brave mortals who take up the mantle of its power. When not bound and kept in harmony by the will of a Sentinel, the Rezā will lose its crystalline form, at which point it will violently ‘decay’ into pure destructive power, as the Fire aspect of it overtakes Preservation and is released.

[hider=Mechanics and Limitations]With its viability as a magical weapon depending largely on the Sentinel who wields it, the Rezā Liaesma is a difficult thing to temper. To do so, a Sentinel is trained from a very young age to focus their mind and harness the “Skira,” something untapped in most. This skira allows a Sentinel--once they have been bound to the Rezā Liaesma--to impose their will on the Rezā. The stronger their will, the more potent their Skira, and so the more control they will hold over their bound power.

Naudun’s [i]skira[/i] is exceptionally potent, allowing him to harness the Rezā Liaesma to such a degree that he can wield it in combat without losing control more often than not. This allows Naudun to call the Rezā into existence to create constructs. However, due to its potency, Naudun is only capable of keeping it completely stable so long as it retains direct or indirect contact with his body. From this point onwards, the Rezā begins to decay at an exponential rate making it dangerous to both Naudun and anyone else nearby. The further the Rezā gets from his person, the more quickly it decays until it loses all stability and reverts into primordial fire, exploding in spectacular fashion. Naudun, within 4 meters of his person, is capable of maintaining a degree of control of the Rezā, allowing him to slow its decay. Within this range he can slow its decay so that it takes roughly 16 seconds to decay fully and subsequently detonate. Within 8 meters the Rezā will have only 8 seconds before it fully decays. Outside of this range, the Rezā decays rapidly and violently, taking only 4 seconds to do so at most. Naudun is also fully capable of increasing the rate at which Rezā within 15 meters of him decays as well as sensing it--telling him the rate at which it is decaying--and controlling it to a degree. Within this radius he can telekinetically manipulate any Rezā Liaesma he has generated and can increase or decrease its decay rate depending on how close he is to the substance or by imposing his skira on it via contact--unless merely willing the Rezā to release its power, which does not require contact.

Elementally, the Rezā Liaesma is countered somewhat by lightning and water. The power is however, totally immune to dispells or otherwise magic negation as it stabilizes itself and/or destabilizes the structure of any dispell or spell negation it comes into contact with. Chaos or magic that has the tendency to destabilize things it comes into contact with tends to be more potent than other types of magic when it comes to effecting the Rezā.

It should be noted that while Naudun’s skira is exceptionally potent, he can still only create Rezā Liaesma from his own body. Essentially this means that he cannot manifest it at a range, though he can create it and then throw it physically or telekinetically.[/hider][h3][sub][sub][color=#161314][i][b]Scrima:[/b][/i][/color][/sub][/sub][/h3]The etheric power held within all living things, often used by people to harness magic, the scrima, when properly harnessed both allows a Sentinel to manifest and control the Rezā Liaesma as well as giving them a measure of extrasensory ability. This sixth sense allows them to detect other sources of scrima, including their own manifested Rezā. This lets a Sentinel detect other magic users within 20 meters of their person, as well as detect the use of magic--though the ability does not let them determine the magic’s precise nature. Due to the presence of scrima and--for a Sentinel--Rezā Liaesma within the body, they gain a much more detailed awareness of their personal form. This allows them to know precisely how badly injured they are in addition to a few other passive boons such as being capable of maximizing their movements much more easily. Due to this awareness and the Visage, one’s scrima increases the reaction speed and time of the user significantly, allowing them to react to things going much faster than normal by either reacting beforehand or utilizing ‘prime flaring’ to increase their physical speed.[/hider]
[hider=Physical Skills][h3][sub][sub][color=#161314][i][b]Combat Prowess:[/b][/i][/color][/sub][/sub][/h3]As a Sentinel, Naudun has been trained in both hand-to-hand combat and armed combat. However, Naudun has long since become far more exceptional in the latter of the two, having trained with a great number of melee weapons, as well as a few ranged such as the short and long bow. He is most skilled with short, long, broad, and great swords, but has considerable ability with a spear or throwing javelin as well. His CQC skills are nothing to scoff at, even if his hand-to-hand capabilities have somewhat decreased with their lack of use. Being as old as he is and having experienced so much conflict in his life, Naudun has extensive combat experience to draw upon and is a tactician and strategist in equal parts.[h3][sub][sub][color=#161314][i][b]Visage of Rezā Liaesma:[/b][/i][/color][/sub][/sub][/h3]A trait imparted to advanced Sentinels bound to the Rezā, the Visage is a physical enhancement that increases a Sentinel’s potential combat prowess. Via their bond, a Sentinel’s body is infused with a measure of the Rezā Liaesma’s essence proportional to the strength of their Scrima. This infusion makes them more durable than a normal man, making them more able to shrug off minor assaults, as well as giving them an out of combat healing factor. In combat situations, a Sentinel can [i]‘Flare’[/i] this infused essence with their Scrima. There are two levels of [i]‘Flaring.’[/i] ‘Base Flaring’ causes one’s Rezā to drastically reduce the pain of any wounds they’ve sustained as well as putting their body into a state where it cannot do itself any damage--though this does not protect them from foreign attacks. A Sentinel can passively maintain a [i]‘Base Flared’[/i] state, allowing them to continuously ignore damage and continue to fight for long periods of time. However, [i]‘Prime Flaring,’[/i] the second level of the ability, can only be maintained for a limited period of time depending on the potency of one’s Visage. [i]‘Prime Flaring’[/i] retains the traits of [i]‘Base Flaring,’[/i] in addition to enhancing their barely augmented physical speed, durability, and strength to much more considerable levels.

Naudun’s Visage, when [i]‘Prime Flared,’[/i] allows him explosive bursts of speed and a static boost to his physical strength, taking him from his base ability to lift roughly 400 lbs to an ability to lift roughly 1200 lbs. This boost increases his dexterity as well as his strength and while it can be used as a passive boost for up to 20 seconds, doing so is not energy efficient, and so it is better used in bursts to increase one’s physical attributes at opportune moments. When used 10 times in a row in bursts it has a subsequent cooldown time of 40 seconds--in a row is constituted by using the ability 10 times consecutively without at least 10 seconds in between uses. If used for 20 seconds continuously it has a cooldown time of 1 minute and 20 seconds.

In regards to the speed boost granted by either [i]‘Base Flaring,’[/i] or [i]‘Prime Flaring,’[/i] the former gives a Sentinel incredibly fast reflexes and close range maneuverability allowing them to track and move their limbs quickly to block multiple attacks or very fast maneuvers while [i]‘Prime Flaring,’[/i] augments this somewhat, in addition to granting boosts of speed to cover distances rather than react.[/hider][/indent][/indent]