[hider=Lyen] [color=D4E637][h1][u]Lyen'Ivhere'Zulc[/u]__ _ _ _ _[/h1] [img]https://i.imgur.com/Pr8JVIG.jpg[/img] [sub][h3][u]42[/u] | [u]F E M A L E[/u] | [u]Y A S O I[/u] | [u]B L O O D & E S S E N C E[/u] | [u]M A L E D I C T__[/u]__ _ _ _ _[/h3][/sub] [sub][h3][u]C H A R A C T E R I S T I C S[/u]__ _ _ _ _[/h3][/sub] [i] At a glance, Lyen fits all the negative preconceptions of Maledicts and swamp witches. She is a collector of the macabre, practices strange and dangerous magic, and may have a startling appearance and candour to any unfamiliar with Yasoi. In truth she is simply curious and genuine, and will very happily discuss the very practical uses of keeping a preserved brain on hand with anyone who asks. Though she has been apart from her people for some time still carries their ways and features with her: The inexhaustible energy that keeps her unable to stay seated for long, bright eyes that are constantly searching for the next preoccupation, and a direct way of communicating that leaves little room for deception or subtlety. The greatest change in her time away has been her manner of dress, over years she has come to to feel comfortable in Drudgunzean fashion, which somewhat helps lessen the attention her grey skin and yellow markings draw. She ornaments herself with small pieces of her ever-growing collection braided into her thin dark hair, or pinned to the fabric of her clothes; items of varying values from Avincian coins to bird bones. [/i] [sub][h3][u]B A C K G R O U N D[/u]__ _ _ _ _[/h3][/sub] [i]Lyen was born far from the lands of the Yasoi. Her parents were constant travellers and had happened to find themselves on the border of Drudgunze and Eskand when their daughter was born. While they set out to return, it wouldn't be until Lyen's twelfth year that she would meet another of her own kind. Her mother a ranger, and father a healer of blood magic there always seemed another diversion that kept them in human lands for just a month or year longer. Their eventual return was met with a Mette'stiroi in celebration. The party marked an impossibly large shift in Lyen's young life. It was the night she discovered her people, her gift, and her future. She was tested amidst the festivities by Byln'Keh'Sibur, an elder who has spotted her showing off blood magic to other young Yosai. She was tested four times in total that night, each with a different group of witnesses to cheer for her results. Byln herself accepted her as an apprentice by the end of the week, and initially things went perfectly. Lyen was fascinated by and devoted to her training and new home. But as time went on, restlessness began to set in and the confines of her new life became apparent. Five years into her teachings she ran away for the first time. Only to be tracked with a spell and pair of Dervishers and promptly returned to Byln's care. She managed another year before running off again. Eventually the attempts became frequent enough that the her mentor conceded; the remainder of Lyen's study would send her travelling the Yasoi settlements, and find teachers in elders along the way. The offer was meant to be something of a joke, the Yasoi are spread far with great distances between them, but Lyen's thirst for freedom and knowledge was greater than Byln had expected. She was over 30 by the time she returned to Anentso, having earned golden Tetsoy and her cognomen of 'eternal student' rightly, she wore the mocking joke as a badge of honour. Byln was dead, and deciding there was little left to learn there, Leyn looked east, to return to the human lands of her childhood. For the past ten years Lyen has lived among humans, only returning west for the occasional Mette'stiroi where she trades in artifacts and stories with others of her kind, and always leaves with an additional Tetsoy to remind her to return again. Her search for knowledge has taken her over most of the continent, but now she arrives in Parrence come to see exactly what sorts of heroes have come to answer the boy-king's call. [/i] [sub][h3][u]I N V E N T O R Y[/u]__ _ _ _ _[/h3][/sub] [i]Karambit - A curved blade of four inches, equally useful as a tool and close quarters weapon. Dagger - A thin five inch dagger made of silver, solely used for letting her own blood for use in spells. Surgical Tools - Self explanatory Preserved Tissue - The most unsettling of her collections are about half a dozen jars of organic samples including two brains. Useful tools when it comes to internal essence and blood magic, but few seem keen to learn much more into her research of the subject. Spores of Vil'Drece - a mushroom found in Yasoi lands known for its anti-inflammatory effects when brewed as tea and intense psychedelic effects when eaten raw. [/i] [sub][h3][u]T H E G I F T[/u]__ _ _ _ _[/h3][/sub] [i]4W - Blood - Essence - Truecaster[/i] When the elders first discovered her gift, Lyen was using it to make lewd sculptures and small fireworks for amusement. While her magic now takes a much different form, she still regards it as an exquisite tool of nature to be studied and marvelled as much as any of the more gentle types, and finds the idea of 'good' and 'bad' magic absurd although all to common in humans. While her truecasting limitation makes external blood and essence magics rather predictable and unimpressive, her precision and power on the internal level is anything but. Her maledict studies included detail study of the effect of poisons and remedies on the body's composition allowing her to mimic, or even repress, most symptoms with a simple touch of drawn essence. Internal blood magic is more complex; generally these spells require drawing from her own mana by blood a producing parasites to infect the bodies of others. There 'parasites', while only surviving for a few days, may have any of a variety of uses: Tracking, energy leeching, monitoring, or damage. [sub][h3][u]S T R E N G T H S & S K I L L S[/u]__ _ _ _ _[/h3][/sub] ❖ [i]Adaptable: Owing to both her love of learning and complete lack of discipline Lyen is something of a jack-of-all-trades. While she doesn't excel at much anything beyond the use and study of her gift, she has tried a wide assortment of skills for varying amounts of time with poor to middling results. These include; whittling, archery, midwifing, cake-making, tailoring, fishing, plan-fluting, and more. [/i] ❖ [i]Anatomical knowledge: A consequence to her studies and precision required to preform maledict spells Lyen knows more about the internal processes of human and yasoi than most medical practitioners.[/i] [sub][h3][u]W E A K N E S S E S & F L A W S[/u]__ _ _ _ _[/h3][/sub] ❖ [i]Inhuman: Her skin being a greyer tone and tall lithe figure make it hard for Lyen to blend in. Humans are exceptionally wary of her after learning about her particular type of magic of reasons she will never fully understand but has grown accustomed to. [/i] ❖ [i]Magical Limits: In addition to only being able to truecast, Lyen has a limited drawing range and can only cast within arms reach. [/i] ❖ [i]Impulsive: While Lyen might be willing enough to go along with a plan, its rare she's ever able to stick to it; especially if something interesting comes up. [/i] [sub][h3][u]C O L O U R C O D E & O T H E R[/u]__ _ _ _ _[/h3][/sub] ❖ [i]D4E637[/i][/color] [/hider]