[hider=Sisters Ilrenyana and Rallienha] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/9gn3UC3.jpg[/img][/center] [b]Name:[/b] Ilrenyana Ilvaenur Rallienha Ilvaenur [b]Age:[/b] 26 [b]Race:[/b] Sylve [b]Appearance:[/b] Ilrenyana is a fairly typical Sylve; pale skin and long white hair with dull blue eyes that almost seem entirely too lifeless for her general demeanor. Dressed in casual, though warm garb suited for colder climates, she is generally well kept. A bright blue gemstone earring is worn at all times, and she never seems to take it off. Generally, it always seems colder around her than it should be normally. If one were to get those clothes off of her, they'd notice a rather intricate magical circle carved into the flesh of her chest and stomach, extending around her waist towards her back and groin. Clearly meant for necromancy. [b]Personality:[/b] Ilrenyana...at first she comes off as a jovial, friendly sort. A very charismatic, friendly, overall sort that everyone can get along with. A smooth talker, possessing a seeming charisma that makes people inherently trust her. Yet...even with that, people can't help but to notice something off about her. The general chill that follows her from place to place. The lifeless eyes which seem to contrast always with her smiling demeanor...but such misgivings are always assuaged by her friendly tone and casual lively demeanor. Yet, anyone who actually gets to know her, will find a fairly strong contrast to her usual demeanor, the strongest of which is a simple casual disregard for most others around her. With a dislike of difficult things, and a seeming callousness towards everyone else except her 'sister' she is a surprisingly violently carefree person always taking the easy and most direct approach to problem solving without a care for the consequences. The same goes for her leisure activities as well - whatever strikes her fancy at the time, whether it be a brothel, bakery, taking candy from a baby or any random number of activities. If it seems like she could have a good time with it, consequences be dammed. The same attitude is held towards the jobs she takes. Assassinations. Thievery. Those seeking necromatic services. She takes a particular bit of, lackadaisical delight in tormenting people that becomes involved in such endeavors. Can't fail a job if [i]everyone[/i] dies. Besides! More corpses for research in that case. Maybe she could make a fun little pet for Ralli! [b]Bio:[/b] The earliest memories Ilrenyana has, is of losing her parents, and being taken in by some uncle of theirs. A rather quiet, but astute and friendly man who raised his two nieces with as much care as a parent could. Ilren spent her time honing her archery skills while Rallienha would spend her time acquainting herself with magic, and eventually roping Ilren into it as well after some time. Eventually Ralli would start dabbling in less accepting forms of magic, at some concern to Ilren...but of course, what was she going to do? Tell someone? She didn't want to lose her sister. Unbeknownst to her at the time, it had been her uncle that had been teaching Ralli about such practices. He was preparing Ralli to become his successor - for years he had been practicing necromancy since his youth, and had deemed her enough to become the one to inherit his teachings and everything else he had learned. She'd just have to do one thing. A ritual. Ilren dying. Ralli refused in the end, and ended up being the one sacrificed herself. In a fury, Ilren killed her uncle after finding out. In an attempt to save her sister, Ilren took what she knew of magic, using her own body and flesh to act as an anchor for her sisters soul - but as young and inexperienced she was...something went wrong. Her sister turned out...different. Lacking a physical body and looking so much different from before. Ilren didn't care. She still had her sister, and Ralli was her sister no matter what she looked like. Since that day, she's been making a living by performing...less desirable tasks for people who pay good enough. She has no grand ambitions other than finding a way to completely resurrect her sister. Everything else can be damned as far as she cares. Her life continued like that for a few years, at least until she started getting [i]too[/i] notorious in certain more reputable circles. It was then someone by the name of Sahale made her an offer. She could continue as she was, and likely end up dead some time soon...or take an offer of more official employment, and as long as she behaved herself on the job, have a place to stay and some sort of semblance of protection. Well. It was a good deal, and she had started to get annoyed by all the attention anyways. So of course, the logical outcome was to accept. [b]Equipment:[/b] [hider=The Gratboga] A 'Wailing Bow' that heralds the arrival of the dead. This bow needs neither a string nor arrows to actually work - just a mage somewhat versed in how to manipulate magical energies. The bow, made of smooth black wood and finished with feathers and with a red bow tied at the end is cold to the touch. Its ability is rather simple - arrows fired from this bow are magical in nature, bypassing most mundane armor. Falters against more magical armors, but that's what actual arrows would be for.[/hider] [hider=Draugasteinn] The blue earring upon her ear. A simple artifact of necromatic nature. Effectively a storage place for souls to be stored for later use in any number of rituals or spells. The imprisoned souls eventually will be reduced to madness. Cold to the touch. Hold it to your ear, you might hear a frightened shriek. [/hider] [hider=Binding Ritual Runes] The Runes upon her flesh are of clearly necromatic sort meant for the sole purpose of binding her sister to herself. Intricate, and while some parts seem to have at one point been crude and haphazardly made, it seems they have been refined over the years as whoever was making them became more practiced in the art of necromancy. Effectively, this makes her 'Sister' her complete and utter thrall that will protect her at whatever cost to itself. [/hider] [hider=A pair of ritual daggers] A pair of daggers she uses for both self defense and in necromatic endeavors. Magical runes engraved upon them allow one to 'trap' a soul of sorts into a corresponding container so long as its relatively recent. In this case, its her earring. [/hider] [b]Abilities:[/b] [i][u]Necromancer:[/u][/i] Ilren is well versed in necromatic arts. Raising the dead, using the dead, commanding the dead. Life draining curses. This is all well and good and all, but most of her repertoire would actually be focused more on buffs for herself, or debuffs for those she's in conflict with. Has a fairly good grasp of most necromatic rituals and dealings, and can reasonably deal with such things. Most of her magic comes from one of three places - the Bow, drawing from the power of her Sister, or the Draugasteinn which contains most of the souls she feeds to her sister. [i][u]Rallienha - Enslaved Soul:[/u][/i] Summons a portion of her sisters trapped soul to strike at enemies. A temporary manifestation, typically using the skeletal maws on her arms to attempt crushing and striking someone. This is usually performed by Ilren making movements similar to what she wants Ralli to make. A punch will result in a punch, a kick will result in a kick. That sort of thing. As this is a temporary manifestation, its relatively low power. [i][u]Grave Arrows:[/u][/i] While the arrows fired from her bow are magical in nature, they are typically no better than your usual arrows. A few magical tricks and maybe a gesture or two, she can imbue normal arrows with a number of other effects aside from their usual cursed arrows. An arrow burning with blue fire that explode upon impact. An arrow that will summon a specter that will relentlessly attack whoever it hits. An Arrow that will summon spectral hands from the ground to snare whatever is above them. Trip wire arrows, that if are crossed once laid will release a loud shriek and a specter to attack a foe. Her favorite though, is a 'Possession' Arrow which acts as a forcible way to possess someone with a spirit. At best, they'd simply find their movements slowed as the spirit wrestles with them for control of their body. At worst, they'd fly into a rage filled frenzy and start attacking friend and foe alike. Rather draining, but fairly effective. [i][u]Parting Step:[/u][/i] Asking for some help from her sister, Ilren cloaks herself in her sisters body, effectively rendering her temporarily intangible and incorporeal, allowing her to 'jump' some distance away from her current location. Useful for remaining unseen, and slipping into areas otherwise inaccessible. Can not pass through solid walls, and must have a direct line of sight to do so. A range of only a few meters. [hider=Rallienha Ilvaenur] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/WNaWvTN.jpg[/img][/center] What remains of her sister, contorted and twisted by necromatic practices. A large, ghostly entity seven feet tall and seeming to be some amalgamation of animal parts and Sylve. Normally unseen, bound by chains and imprisoned within her own soul Ilren and Ralli have become intrinsically linked thanks to the necromatic runes keeping her soul tied to Ilren's. Ralli takes the form of some spectral female humanoid - very much a case of the longer one looks, the worse it gets. Where her hands should be, are instead skeletal maws, twitching and jerking, sudden quick movements at all times. Her face, obscured by the furry mantle that is attached to her head seems hauntingly beautiful, until you realize the entire flesh from the middle of the nose up has been completely sheared off, leaving nothing but eyeless skeletal sockets. Chains bind her arms to her body tightly. When summoned in full they'll release and allow to be used as weapons of sorts. When summoned, Ralli makes use of her strength and undead nature to deal with anything that would threaten Ilren with a variety of abilities. A few more notable ones include: A piercing shriek that induces temporary paralysis in a human. Superhuman physical strength Incorporeality and 'blinking' - able to temporarily render herself invisible, gaining great speed when she does so, but unable to hurt things while in this state. Her intelligence is questionable, and Ilren swears she talks...but only to her. It should also be noted that while Ralli is summoned, Ilren herself becomes extremely weakened, unable to access most of her magical abilities as any energy she has is being given to sustain her sister's corporeal form. Ralli is unable to go very far from her sister. [/hider] [b]Extra notes:[/b] Might like undead a bit too much. Especially her sister. Spends a good portion of her free time experimenting on corpses. Likes making horrendous chimerical undead abominations because she thinks they're cute. [/hider]