Tome of the Forbidden Characters - all the characters playing- and/or killed off

Rper: Saoirse

Name: Tempest
Age: Roughly 120; the race is immortal.
Race: Celestaari (winged humanoids)

Character Description:
Tempest is tall and lithe, her skin well-tanned from too much time spent under the sun. Heavy manacles made of some strange, unbreakable metal bind her wrists and the ankles of her bare feet, but even in chains, she still moves with the fluid grace and proud bearing of the Celestaari. Her eyes are lightning-blue, and she wears her silver hair in a long ponytail, stray locks partly hiding her elegantly pointed ears. Feathered wings, sleek and streamlined, protrude from her back, spanning a full twelve feet when fully unfurled. What really strikes you about them, though, is that they are made not of flesh and bone but cold, lifeless steel, the metallic feathers gleaming like swordblades in the sunlight.

History: (I guess I'll leave this to be told IC... )

Class: Stormwarden - Warrior mages who study the art of weather and elemental control.

Main Strength: Chained and crippled though she may be, Tempest is still resourceful and stubborn, a combination that makes her surprisingly dangerous in a fight. She also has her elemental magic, although the chains that bind her magically drain her power, making it a challenge to get even the simplest spells off.

Main Weakness(es): Tempest is bound by unbreakable chains around her wrists and ankles. They prevent her from wielding any weapon effectively, forcing her to fight bare-handed, something she was never trained for. There's enough slack in the chains for her to walk, but she cannot run; the best she can manage is a brisk pace, and even that tires her. Exile's Chains sap her magic, making it difficult for her to cast spells. With her wings turned to lifeless steel, she will never fly again - this to a Celestar, is a worse punishment than death.

Deity: Avasteia the Sky-Queen, Starmaiden

Avasteia is the goddess of weather, storms and the sky, archenemy of Saaruk-Khor. Whimsical, playful and impulsive, she is every bit as dangerous and dramatic as the awesome tempests she commands. Guardian of the sun and moon, she brings both the rain that gives life and the stars that light the night sky; but when her temper flares, she can eradicate entire nations through drought or storms. But more than any mortal affairs, what's most important to Avasteia is the great orchestra of the heavens, whose song stirs both the slightest summer breeze and the awe-inspiring hurricanes of the world.

She is commonly portrayed as a winged human female with silver hair and blue eyes. The immortal Celestaari were made in her image to serve her, and long ago she built vast floating cities among the clouds for them, where they live till this day.

THIS CHARACTER IS NOT PLAYED IN THE IC

Name: Xaelith
Age: Immortal
Class: Ash Dancer
Race: Zyagghizyr (shape-shifting creatures composed wholly of volcanic ash)

Character Description: Appearance may seem unimportant when you can change your body at will, but there is one form Xaelith is most commonly observed in, and which is probably the closest to her true (or idealized) self: a human female in her early twenties, with night-black hair and claret eyes, clad in sleek, wicked black. Beneath the fabric, her skin is strangely cool and dry, with an almost powdery texture to it. And if you look watch carefully enough, you'll notice that she doesn't ever blink or breathe...

Weapons: A pair of heavy iron gauntlets, the fingers which end in sharp, serrated claws.

Main strength: Zyagghizyr are ash-spirits of vengeance, and have no bodies of flesh and blood, only fine, powdery volcanic ash. They are therefore immune to all and any forms of physical attack, even if it completely disintegrates their bodies, because they can simply re-form the scattered ash. Zyagghizyr can also change their appearance and voice at will, and the disguise is so flawless that people rarely find out until it's too late.

Main weakness: Water is fatal to Zyagghizyr, because it coagulates the ash into lifeless black mud. This even applies for fluids such as blood, which is why most Zyagghizyr prefer suffocating as a method of killing their foes. Small amounts cause intense pain, and something on the level of a bucket would be lethal. Extremely strong winds can also kill them, by dispersing the ash too far away for them to re-form, although some of the most powerful of their kind are immune.

Xaelith is also, mysteriously, terrified by the sight of fire, even though it doesn't hurt her...

God: Saaruk-Khor, Divine Arbiter of Justice

Saaruk-Khor is the vengeful, hate-filled god of fiery justice. Obsessed with bringing judgement upon this sinful world, his agents work tirelessly to enforce his perverted ideals of justice, which typically involve the eradication of the other Gods and their followers. "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" is his philosophy, and those mortals foolish enough to defy him are punished by being thrown into the lake of everlasting fire prepared for the gods and their followers, where they burn for the rest of all eternity.

An ancient legend says that long ago, Saaruk-Khor was a caring and benevolent god who took it upon himself to end the world's discord. Time and time again he tried, and each time he failed. Eventually, he decided that he needed power to bring justice and peace to the world, and that desire grew with each failure until at last it consumed him and became a burning obsession. He demanded the ultimate power - the Sun's divine fire - from the Sky-Queen Avasteia, and when she would not give it to him, he took it by force and hid it deep beneath the ground, at the heart of the world. Till this day the land sometimes quakes and shudders as it strains to contain that terrible power, and where Saaruk-Khor wills, it rises to the ground in torrents of magma to burn and destroy.

GM NOTES ON R.P.ER: Sao brings a different side to the thread, using his/her mind instead of just posting on a whim (or so it seems). I'm really g;ad for the different elements that Sao has brought into the thread. Tempest has a quick mind, which means that there has to be a decent RPer at the other end of the cahracter. It has been a blast playing with Sao in this thread and others, and they have always done an excellent jub adapting to new situations.