New to Giralda, I see. Well, it takes all sorts around here. Take that shifty-eyed weasel by the fire.
Oh, he acts looks like a simple merchant, peddling meager wares, but watch what you say around him. The Empire’s got ears everywhere...
See those two there? They seem all chummy now, but that’s only because Var is trying to convince Jarek to desert the navy in Thisbē and join
those lawless bastards who sail from the Spice Isles. I’m sure that one will kill the other before the week is out, once they’ve got what they want from each other.
Then there’s always the usual mercs; bastards who’d happily kill their own mothers for a coin. Oh, they say those twins from Brelan aren’t so bad,
but a merc is a merc, and money is all they see.
At least there're no damned elves here tonight. One got uppity last month when I insisted the
bastard slept in the stables. A damn generous offer for a half-breed, if you ask me!
Mind yourself if you head into the Wilds. It’s full of things that
would happily eat you and shit you out without a second thought. Even the people who hunt those things are more beast than civil.
Anyway stranger,
what'll it be: a room, or a drink?
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Mage's Guild Founder/Ambassador
Storm: 6-96 | Spells: 1-90
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Post by Yennesia on Oct 22, 2019 1:58:55 GMT -6
yennesia
DEMOGRAPHICS
Birthday: XX Month (31 years) Gender: Female Pronouns: She/Her Race: Gifted Human Occupation: Ambassador/Mages Guild Co-Founder Origin: Orric, Thisbe Sexuality: Heterosexual Marital Status: Single Alignment: Chaotic neutral
MAGIC
Magic:Focus - The necklace she wears around her neck is not just a cosmetic feature, but also acts as a focus for her magic. She can still perform her power without it, but it stabilizes her magic so that she is able to cast spells. It also helps reduce the chance for adverse reactions or side effects of her power. THIS IS A LEGENDARY ITEM AND HAS BEEN PURCHASED FROM THE SHOP.
Minor Illusion Magic [Adept Spell] - Owing to the ghastly burn scar down the side of her face and neck, she is able to maintain a near constant illusion without concentration, tricking people into seeing smooth, undamaged skin where her scar should be. LIMITATION: If she is sick, or magically exhausted for whatever reason, she cannot maintain the illusion without concentration. If she chooses to concentrate at that point, which she rarely does, it chews through her energy at a fast rate. Usually, she just hides her face with her hood if she cannot maintain the illusion.
Conjuration [Expert Spell] - With this spell she is able to conjure a small animal to do her bidding. The only animal she ever conjures are black kestrels (black because it was easier for her to conjure when she was younger, as trying to replicate a true kestrel’s colors was too difficult. She has never bothered to change it up.) LIMITATION: She cannot conjure out of thin air, and needs a focus to channel her magic through. She has several specially made crystal kestrel skulls she uses for this purpose. The conjuration uses the crystal skull, and once the power is cut off, the kestrel disappears, but the skull remains.
Warging [Novice Spell] - This spell allows Yennesia to enter the mind of an animal and experience the world through their senses. LIMITATIONS: At this level, Yennesia is only able to warg into her own conjured kestrels. While warged, she is unable to control their actions, only experience their senses. While not warged, however, she can control them to her liking. Also, the spell’s range is only a few miles, maybe the size of a small city, before she loses connection with the animal.
As she is currently visiting Noria, she has a temporary magic tattoo on her hand. She despises it. She has never been accused or convicted of any magic related crime in Noria.
Power(s):Storm Magic [Expert Power] - The power to harness the energy of a storm (be it blizzard, thunderstorm, hurricane, etc) and manipulate that energy. At her level, Yennesia is simultaneously able to draw strength from the storm, while also channeling it to her will. However, the bigger the storm, the more difficult it is for her to do so. If in the case she cannot draw and channel from the storm, it is possible for her to draw energy from another source to manipulate the storm’s energy, but this split concentration is difficult and can easily get out of hand, and therefore is only used in desperate circumstances.
Combat: She is able to defend herself with two daggers she keeps on her person, but beyond that, she tends to rely on her magic - and her sharp tongue.
Misc: From her Mages Guild education, she is highly literate, and well read in diplomacy, politics and even battle strategy.
FREEFORM
Eyes: Light bluish-green Hair color: Black, worn long with some braiding, curly in nature Scars: A large burn scar that spans her the entirety of her left cheek and down her neck. Distinguishing Features: She is known for the stark contrast between her quite pale skin and her dark, black hair. She typically smells of lilac and sage. Attire: She always wears black, sometimes with small green accents to accentuate her eyes. Jewelry: She wears no jewelry except a silver set onyx necklace with a pentagram on it.
Yennesia was born into a loveless home, not as Yennesia, but Tova. Her father, a laborer of some kind, Tova never cared enough to know, routinely came home drunk and abused her and her mother. Out of fear for her own life, her mother never tried very hard to protect her daughter from the rage of the drunkard, leaving a lot of room for resentment toward the both of them.
As she learned later on, somewhere down her family line there was elven blood, and this blood that ran through her veins bore her magic ability. While she didn’t understand it and couldn’t control it, from a very young age she was able to draw power, usually when she was in a highly emotional state, from storms and other weather phenomena.
One night, her father came home, as usual, blind drunk while a large thunderstorm brewed overhead. After her fool of a mother stoked his ire, he had it out with her, and then turned his wrath on Tova. Out of pure fear and raw anger, she caused several bolts of lightning to strike the house, which resulted in such a severe fire that even the rain couldn’t dampen it. This fire burned down her entire house, and her parents perished with it. Tova barely escaped alive herself, coming away from the ordeal with a large, unsightly burn down the left side of her face.
The power she had harnessed did not go unnoticed. A formidable, but kind, elven woman had sensed the power, and found Tova not far from the burned ruins of her home, crying in the rain, clutching her face. This woman was a powerful mage, and from that day forth became Tova's mentor and tutor. She taught Tova how to harness her power and control it. She taught her illusion magic to hide her scar, as well as conjuration and warging magic. When she was old enough, her mentor allowed her to choose a new name. And so, Yennesia was born.
This powerful pureblood elven woman, together with Yennesia and a dwarven shaman, founded the Mage's Guild, which is still in a young stage. For the most part, she represents the Mages guild as an ambassador, traveling all over Giralda on Mages Guild business, as well as personal research. She is highly learned in all matters arcane, and is often called upon for her opinion and expertise. For the moment, she finds herself, not for the first time, in Noria, conducting such work, and her own personal business as well.