shattered Pedestals and Iron Wills

Name: Yuria
Title/Rank: Heiress of Mordred, High Priestess of Decay
Age: 24
Species: Human
Gender: female
Alignment: Neutral Evil

Height: 5'6"
Weight: 123 lbs

Home: Earth

Description: A young woman of raven black hair of light complexion. Her face is beautiful, almost angelic in appearance, and she is very slender of build. Her eyes are a deep green, and she always were a long flowing white robe. Her robe is adorned with gems and necklaces.

Personality: Cruel and evil in every sense of the word. She has no qualms with murder or mayhem and is perfectly willing, perhaps even gleefully so, to torture people and make them suffer. She is very driven in her goals as well.

History: A descendent of the former high priest, Mordred, Yuria became curious of her past when she began to exhibit magical powers as a little girl. She eventually unlocked her full potential, but became hungry for more power. She began to investigate her past and discovered ties to the madman Mordred, and became obsessed with reviving him and his cult. She killed her parents and turned them into her first undead allies, and now aims to conquer the known world and rule it as its queen. She also hunts down the tomb of Maledict, seeking to revive him and unlock the secrets to the ancient black magic of the old world...

Powers:

Black magic- Yuria is a potent spellcaster, primarily focusing on black magic like her ancestor before her. She mostly uses her necromancy to create undead minions, though she occasionally uses her black magic to damage opponents, such as by paralyzing them or by draining their life force for her own.

Cryomancy - Yuria also has the ability to manipulate temperature to a degree to crate blasts of ice. She can unleash torrents of freezing air, fire off shards of ice, and create frozen structures such as houses and walls. Her cryomancy is her preferred method of attacking her foes, as she finds the sight of frozen flesh to be oddly satisfying.

Name: Krythnriin
Age: 16
Species: Saurian
Gender: Male
Height: 5'4"
Weight: 270 pounds
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral

Appearance: Krythnriin is a fairly average-sized saurian. His body is colored hues of sapphire and cerulean, speckled with bits of sapphire along the length of his spine. His head is a very dark sapphire color, indicating he is of age. He often wears his ceremonial armor from his father, the chieftain of the lizardfolk, and never leaves without his trusty macuahuitl, atlatl, and shield. 

Personality: Krythnriin is very hot-headed and bold, contrary to his cool color scheme. He is not afraid to tell others off for disagreeing with him, and is extremely rebellious towards his father. He is not afraid to start a fight if he feels it'll help get his point across.

Bio: Krythnriin was born into a high social position and wealth, thanks to his father. Despite this, Krythnriin always admired saurian warriors and their skills, wishing to fight alongside them in hunts and against invaders into the sacred wetlands, Sliinthynmrtiin. As such, he planned to leave his ancestral homeland once he came of age in order to prove a point to his father and to himself. Despite his ward, Mhlrtr, attempting to warn him otherwise, Krythnriin eventually left home and set out on his own.

Powers and Abilities:

Krythnriin has nothing particularly impressive to note outside of the usual saurian kit.

Name: Fero Draconis
Nickname: The King in Bronze, Son of the Dragon
Age: 40
Species: Draxon
Gender: male 
Alignment: Lawful Evil

Height: Normal form: 5'10" 
Were-dragon form: 12'
Length: 15 '
Weight: 140 lbs (1000 lbs in weredragon form) 

Description: An older man of stocky build and mean complexion. His hair is solid grey, with streaks of silver running along the sides of his head, and his eyebrows and facial hair as a lighter silvery hue. His eyebrows are busy and thick, and his facial hair is groomed into a short goatee and moustache. He keeps his hair in a tightly braided ponytail that runs about halfway down his back. His eyebrows are deep and heavyset, giving him an angry, unforgiving expression. Normally, he wears his regal outfit, clad in the furs of wildlife surrounding Freyr-Lunge, and dyed with hues of purple and red. When engaged in battle, Fero will don his namesake, the bronze armor of kings, a beautifully polished set of plate mail with engravings speaking of all Draxons' fates to ascend with Greshlynk's kin in heaven. The helm is in the shape of a dragon's head, giving it a menacing appearance. 

Personality: A cold and calculating king, Fero is very aloof and uncaring of his subjects. He views his non-draxon subjects as little more than laborers and workers, often unwilling to treat them as proper citizens within his own kingdom's boundaries. He is openly antagonistic to outsiders, viewing them as threats to the Draxon people's blood integrity. Fero is not afraid to torment and mock those who question his decisions, and openly enjoys seeing his opponents suffer. He is very slow to anger and often holds an air of indifference about himself. 

History: Fero was born into his position of authority, heralding from a long line of kings and queens of Freyr-Lunge. He was used to such an affluent life, and as such, expected it for himself. Fero has long detested non-draxons, viewing them as inferior beings unfit to live under Freyr-Lunge's protection. He has carried out many initiatives to expel or dispose of outside races and non-draxon humans, hoping to keep the Draxon people's blood pure from the "taint" of interbreeding. Many of his own subjects have left Fero's service for his tyrannical policies, including members of his own royal guard, but he nonetheless carries on without a care in the world. To Fero, the world is his and no others, and his word is law. It is how it has been, and how it always will be.

Powers and abilities: 

Pyromancy - Fero is a skilled pyromancer, of which he was renowned for when he ascended to become king. He can manipulate flames to create weapons made of fire, such as whips or swords, and also can summon great conflagrations to assail his opponents from afar. He has also mastered the rare ability to conjure smoke and ash, which he uses to great effect to defend himself.

Professional training - while no master of combat, Fero can hold his own in combat with weapons, with his preferred tool being his trusted spear, Gruda. His preferred method of attack is to aim for an opponent's gut to throw them off-guard before blasting them with a torrent of fire.

Greshlynk Made Flesh- As a king of Draxon, Fero has been gifted with a powerful form referred to as The Aspect of Greshlynk. His form appears as a great serpentine man-dragon. His body elongates and forms a long whipping tail that tends in a flagellant made of fire. His neck elongates and extends outwards, and his head turns into a draconic shape with a pair of antlers atop his head. Despite looking quite different from a normal Draxon's dragon form, Fero still retains the ability to fly and breathe fire, but also gains the ability to conjure lightning from his antlers. This form, however, lasts as long as any other dragon form, and thus cannot be abused.

Name: Mana
Title: The Exile
Age: 43
Gender: Female
Species: Human
Alignment: Chaotic Good

Height: 5'3"
Weight: 106 lbs

Description: Mana is a human heralding from the Alcarins, with dark black hair and brown skin. Her hair is very curly and difficult to tame, and as such she prefers to keep it short, usually about shoulder-length. Her hands are heavily callused from years of hard labor back with her homeland's people. Her eyes are a grey-green hue. She very slim in frame, mostly due to her poor diet since her exile. She is often seen hearing a silk robe and a hood to cover her head, along with her trusted walking stick.

History: Mana was once a member of the Alcarins, a desert people native to No Man's Land. She was orphaned at birth, but was taken up by a warrior priest who raised her to become a swordswoman, a rare sight amongst the Alcarin. She was once a respected warrior and the lover of one of her fellow swordsman, a man named Kula. One day, however, she and Kula were ambushed while escorting a caravan they were guarding by a Blood Drake. The fiend slaughtered the Caravan and killed Kula. Mana managed to slay the monster, but when she returned to her homeland, heartbroken and depressed, she was further ostracized by her people for failing her mission and getting one of their swordsman killed. She was sentenced to hard labor for her entire life, forced to work in dangerous mining camps set up by the Alcarin. She managed to escape after killing her overseer, and now wanders No Man's Land in the hopes of finding a new life.

Personality: For someone sent through so much, Mana maintains a positive outlook on life. She does not believe individuals can truly be wholly evil, nor does she believe that all circumstances are entirely bad. She attempts to see the good things in everything, though she is no fool and does not run with open arms towards those who are obviously dangerous.

Powers: 

Combat Prowess - Despite being weathered from time and circumstance, Mana is still a powerful combatant. She knows how to use momentum and her short height to her advantage to throw opponents off-balance, and is well-versed in the pressure points of humanoid creatures, so she knows where to strike opponents to make them hurt. She uses her walking staff like a weapon, aiming to disarm and disorient her opponents with twirls and flourishes.

Knowledge - Mana is quite intelligent and well educated. She knows No Man's Land like the back of her hand and can traverse it with little trouble. She also recognizes all wildlife native to Lemuria within the region, and even recognizes a few normally not from Lemuria. In addition, she is well-versed in the arts, knowing how to paint and write poetry thanks to her upbringing by a warrior priest.

Weaknesses: Several years of doing hard labor has ruined her back and hips, so she walks and runs very slowly. In addition, her vision is not very good due to several years in the labor camp without adequate eye protection.

Name: Ereshkigal
Title: Archknight of Megiddo, Queen of Megiddo
Species: Human (magically altered)
Gender: Female
Age: unknown (presumably at least 2000 years old)
Height: 6'5"
Weight: 206 lbs (without armor); 326 lbs (with armor)
Alignment: Lawful Evil

Description: Ereshkigal is a tall, muscular woman of Megiddo descent, with brown skin and jet black hair. Her hair is quite long, reaching to roughly her waist, and is curly, though not uncontrollably so. Her face is broad and flat, fitting her overall massive frame, and her eyebrows are somewhat bushy. Her sclera are a nightmarish blood red color, while her irises are a dull red-orange, giving her otherwise attractive features a terrifying otherworldliness. She is often clad in a set of heavy black plate mail, and obscures her face in a thick horned helmet that resembles Molagh's.

History: Ereshkigal was the archknight of Megiddo under the original king, a man named Darius. She served him loyally until Molagh came along and attracted her attention. The two of them became good friends and were naturally inclined to work together. Eventually, seduced by Molagh's charms and his power, Ereshkigal swore herself loyal to him and helped the future god-king usurp the throne of Megiddo. Together, she and Molagh rule Megiddo with an iron fist, though she is much more inclined to take matters into her own hands personally, something Molagh has no objections to due to her incredible skills and physical prowess.

Personality: While not as tyrannical and overbearing as her husband, Ereshkigal is no pushover herself. She is one of iron will and unbreakable courage. Ereshkigal has no qualms with getting her hands dirty herself, and if she senses a threat to her kingdom or her king, she is inclined to eliminate the problem personally. She is eternally loyal to her king and her beloved, Molagh, and will fight to the death to protect him.

Powers and Abilities:

Superhuman Strength and Durability - Ereshkigal's body has been hardened and empowered thanks to a special ritual by Molagh. This ritual gives Ereshkigal strength beyond that a normal person can possibly reach. She can easily lift a ton over her head, though she can lift higher weights off of the ground if merely held above the floor. She is also blessed with superhuman durability, able to survive blows that could shatter bones and destroy organs. While her skin is no tougher than a normal person's, her muscle mass and bone density is much higher, which allows her to resist impacts that could easily kill a normal person, such as a sword stabs and bludgeoning blows to the skull from heavy objects.

Archknight's Armor - Ereshkigal's set of armor, a thick set of enchanted black iron full plate, is an enhanced version of the witch-knight's armor. Ereshkigal's armor grants her immunity to heat-based attacks and high resistance to ice attacks, and also serves to protect her vitals from harm, effectively leaving no gaps for opponents to stab her through. To harm her, they must punch through its defenses - no easy task. The armor is highly resilient to piercing attacks and is effectively immune to slashing attacks, unless immense force is applied to the attack.

Formidonis - Ereshkigal's trusted maul is crafted out of solid black iron and weighs over 100 pounds. A single blow of this terrifying weapon is capable of reducing a normal human being into a fine paste upon impact. in addition, it has been magically altered to allow Ereshkigal to unleash a devastating eruption of kinetic energy around her by striking a solid surface with it. The kinetic eruption has a radius of 40 feet and has the power to fling objects up to 10 tons away from her. She rarely makes use of this function, however, preferring to destroy her foes using her martial prowess.

Archknight's magic - Ereshkigal is innately magical, but is no master magician. Her magic mostly manifests in the form of defensive wards that she uses, such as generating barriers to block incoming attacks, improve her armor's defenses, and to interpose between encroaching opponents. However, she does possess minor offensive capabilities. She is capable of conjuring up a scalding sirocco to weaken and disorient foes, and can also fire out chains of infernal energy to entangle opponents. She can summon a phantasmal steed as well, which is capable of running at speeds around 100 miles per hour.

Martial prowess - Ereshkigal's most deadly skill, however, is her skills in combat. Ereshkigal has lived for a long time, and has fought in many battles. As such, she knows where to hit opponents where it hurts. She is also quite analytical, able to deduce an opponent's fighting style after only a couple minutes of engagement. This makes her an incredibly dangerous opponent to challenge directly.

Name: Zarmutok
Title: Breaker of Wills
Age: 24
Species: Draxon
Height: 6'5"
Weight: 248 lbs
Gender: Male
Alignment: Chaotic Evil

Description: A burly man with reddish brown hair and fair skin. His eyes are a greenish-gold color, giving his gaze a creepy and otherworldly feel. A thick, coarse beard covers his face and runs to just above his chest, and is a reddish brown color like the hair on his head. His eyebrows are fairly slim, with very wispy hairs that stick out. He is most often seen with his face hidden under a black hood, and he wields a two handed axe that he uses to execute those deemed by Fero unworthy of life. 

History: Zarmutok was originally born as Boris, but he was abandoned by his parents at the doorstep of the Palace of the Draks for an unknown reason. Fero and his wife Kristine, having no desire to raise the child, had planned to send him to an orphanage, but a member of the Royal Guard named Grigor insisted that he be allowed to raise the boy. Zarmutok was trained alongside the most fearsome of the royal guard to make him a deadly fighter, but he did not show signs of any Draxon abilities until he was already an adult. He was greatly abused by the other royal guards as a result of this, and was looked down upon by Fero and even his own father. One day, Grigor died under mysterious circumstances, and Zarmutok replaced him as a member of the royal guard. Zarmutok's immense cruelty was made readily apparent when he would deal with troublemakers and travelers, often killing them in public in gruesome ways to intimidate the city folk into subservience. Seeing a use for Zarmutok's sadistic behavior, Fero retired him from the royal guard and promoted him to be the official state executioner, and was given the title Breaker of Wills. Zarmutok enjoys his new position quite a bit and serves the king loyally.

Personality: Zarmutok is an eerily calm and polite individual on the surface, but this is merely a façade to hide the malice and misanthropy that lays beneath his exterior. Zarmutok seems friendly and affable in a conversation, able to maintain an overall pleasant personality when in public and when amongst peers. But when Zarmutok is behind closed doors, he is a cold, sadistic monster. Nothing brings him pleasure quite like seeing others in pain. While he prefers physical agony due to its immediate effects, emotional suffering is often just as enjoyable to him. He very rarely kills his targets; he much prefers to prolong their agony to increase his sick satisfaction in their predicament. He only kills his prey when he is told to do so by Fero; otherwise, he would much prefer to keep them alive indefinitely. If it wasn't for Fero promoting him to Breaker of Wills, it is highly likely Zarmutok would have become a prolific serial killer.

Powers and Abilities:

Charming Demeanor - It is very easy for people to fall for Zarmutok's silver tongue. He is quite the social butterfly and is adept at manipulating others into siding with him. In fact, few realize Zarmutok's dark side until they see it in person - sometimes on the receiving end of it.

Ride the Lightning - Unique among the Draxons is Zarmutok's inability to control fire. Rather, he is able to generate static electricity and unleash it in powerful streams. He prefers to channel his electricity into his touch and strike people with it, sending their nerves into agony, but he can also generate bolts of lightning to strike foes from afar.

Deepest Cut - Zarmutok's experience in causing pain has given him the innate ability to figure out an individual's weaknesses, both physical and mental. He uses this to intimidate and crush the wills of those he tortures, so that they break even faster than they normally would. He most often prefers striking physical weak points repeatedly to cause immense pain, while he ruthlessly jabs at the target's emotional weaknesses to crack their spirit.

Physical might - While not as skilled as many other royal guard members due to lack of practice, Zarmutok is still a skilled warrior in his own right. However, he has discarded the traditional sword and lance of the royal guard for his trusted axe, pitted and filthy from the blood of the untold numbers he has tortured and executed.

Weakness: Unlike other draxons, Zarmutok cannot transform into a dragon form. At least for now. In addition, his lack of refined skills means he relies more on brute force than any sort of tactical thinking when using his axe. This means that, while it is difficult to withstand the brunt of his assault, it is easier to outmaneuver and outplay him than other royal guardsmen.

Name: Ryvann

Nickname: Silverclad Champion
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Species: Quarter Elf
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 118 lbs
Homeworld: Meritus

Alignment: Lawful Good

Description: Ryvann is a toned woman with fair skin. She has long, straight auburn hair that reaches down to around her waist. Thanks to her elvish heritage, her face and body is relatively lithe in overall build. Her ears are only slightly pointed due to the dilution of her elven heritage by her father. Her eyes are a light golden-brown. Her right arm has a hideous burn on it - a remnant of a past conflict in her life.

History: In the land of Meritus, two planar travelers arrived, Nyvanna and Rovagug, seeking to settle themselves down after many years of travel. They eventually had a child who they named Ryvann. The family lived a calm life for many years, despite adversity from the land itself. However, after Ryvann turned 8, a temporal displacement occurred within Meritus, and the land was plunged into chaos. A wave of destruction washed across the land as the continent itself split into three pieces. In the chaos, Nyvanna mysteriously vanished, and was never seen again. Rovagug was heartbroken, and sought to understand what exactly happened. The pursuit of his knowledge drove him to madness, before he too disappeared from Ryvann's life at the young age of 14. She was forced to take care of herself, learning how to fight and learning how to survive on the streets. During this time, she learned her ability to conjure magical armor and control minor aspects of the natural world. It was also during this time that she befriended an orphaned bear cub, whom she named Katahdin.

Several years later, at the age of 18, Ryvann saw the arrival of a strange being who referred to himself as "The Immortal Flame". With him arrived several beings who he claimed were from "many worlds". Using the power of his dark fire, The Immortal Flame conquered Meritus, murdering anyone who got in his way, reanimating those who were felled with the fire's magic, while establishing his own form of control. Ryvann attempted to aid the people of Meritus in fighting the mad man, but was handily defeated. However, it was soon revealed to her that "The Immortal Flame" was really her father, having embraced some dark force that had changed him irrevocably in his journey through the planes. Shocked and heartbroken at this betrayal, Ryvann swore to destroy her father for everything he had done.

The land of Meritus is a tumultuous one, however, and an astral clone of Ryvann's being has been pulled through the planes to Lemuria. Now lost, alone, and full of angst, Ryvann seeks to find a new purpose and perhaps understand the multiversal mysteries that had so consumed her parents - and avenge their destruction by it.

Personality: Ryvann is a hot-blooded and driven woman who does not back down from her beliefs. She is a defender of the weak, an upholder of righteousness, and a proponent for equality among all people. She never backs down from a challenge to her beliefs, and is willing to fight for what she thinks is right, even if the odds are impossible. She is a natural-born leader, able to quickly organize people and rally them to action. She has a soft spot regarding her parents, usually becoming very irritable if asked about them. 

Powers and Abilities:

Conjured armor- Ryvann inherited her father's ability to conjure magical defenses, though not nearly to the extent he can. She can conjure a set of silver armor made from metallic dragonscales. This armor grants her protection against extreme cold and is resistant to slashing and stabbing attacks.

Nature magic- Ryvannn has minor control over aspects of the natural world - a remnant of her mother's own inherent abilities. She can speak with animals, and can also manipulate their minds to an extent to become her allies. She can also control plant matter to entangle and trip foes. Finally, she is able to use the elemental forces of nature to her advantage. She can create small amounts of water, which she mostly uses as sustenance, though she is able to shoot it out in a focused stream. She can utilize air to create a minor barrier around her to protect against arrows and other small projectiles. She can utilize fire to allow her melee strikes to brand an opponent with a sigil of burning flame that can weaken their physical strength, and may unleash quick bursts of flame from the palms of her hand. Finally, she may use the earth to harden her body against physical damage and grant her strength on par with a large bull for small bursts (roughly 10 seconds).

Katahdin - Ryvann's loyal steed and closest ally, Katahdin, is a ferocious brown bear of prodigious size. She is roughly 7 feet tall at the shoulder and weighs almost two tons. Katahdin is supernaturally tough, able to withstand blows from creatures much larger than her, and is strong enough to flip a box truck. In addition, she is supernaturally blessed by Ryvann's divine faith; Katahdin can evade explosive attacks that should be impossible to avoid, and is empathically tied to Ryvann.

Divine smite - Channeling her anger and faith into her blow, Ryvann can unleash a devastating strike with her weaponry. The impact unleashes a searing blast of divine energy, destroying matter at an atomic level and blinding all enemies within 20 feet of her (besides herself). However, this attack only works on creatures that are irrevocably evil; normal creatures are completely unaffected by this attack. In addition, this attack drains much of her inherent magical energy; she may only use her divine smite once per day.

Weaknesses: Despite her magical abilities and drive, Ryvann is not a skilled fighter by any means. She relies mostly on brute strength and her opponents underestimating her powers. A more skilled opponent can easily defeat her in a one on one fight. In addition, she is very easily angered at the mention of her parents, which can either be twisted to goad her into a fight or manipulate her into making a rash decision, possibly making her look bad.

Name: Delilah

Nickname: The Binder, The Moonchild
Age: Unknown, presumably over 200 years old
Gender: Female
Species: Half-fiend 
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 115 lbs 

Alignment: Lawful Evil

Description: Delilah is small, at least relative to her siblings, and is fairly thin. She is not particularly toned muscularly and is fairly bony as well. She has long, stick-straight black hair that she often keeps up in a bun. Her skin is a light red-brown, and her eyes are a solid silver color, earning her the nickname "Moonchild" from her mother. Her horns are fairly small, sticking out from above her eyebrows. She usually wears a long cloak with a hood to obscure her horns and eyes from others. She carries around a small baton-like object that, with a swish of her wrist, erupts into a 20 foot long fiery whip. She wears a pair of strange black gloves embued with infernal energy, seemingly to allow her to hold the whip without harm to herself.

History: The youngest of Molagh and Ereshkigal's children, Delilah was also the only one to initially show not only a lack of physical strength but also a lack of magical capability. This bought her the ire of her father and siblings, who often abused her verbally and physically. Despite Ereshkigal's protests, Molagh initially planned to have her exiled from his kingdom to allow the cruel wilderness of No Man's Land to either harden or destroy her. On the day of her proposed banishment however, Delilah showed her true power: the ability to contact and bind spirits from beyond the confines of their current plane. Impressed and shocked by this revelation, Molagh quickly changed his plans and began to privately study and tutor his daughter, attempting to unlock the secrets of her magic. After years without success, he eventually decided to return her to living alongside her siblings, where she was properly trained as a witch-knight. She, like her brother Nebuchadnezzar, never grasped the fighting styles and techniques of this training, much to her siblings' enjoyment. However, she was eventually given permission to wander more freely outside Megiddo to help spread Molagh's influence. Seeing this as a chance to prove herself, Delilah jumped at the opportunity, and now wanders Lemuria in the hopes of finding the Artifacts of Malchezid.


Personality: Delilah is calm and collected, very rarely manifesting extreme emotions - a technique she learned from observing her parents that saved her greater misery at her siblings' cruel hands. She is quite studious and spends much of her time attempting to learn about the world around her. She uses her skills in research to further her father's ambition to uncover the long-lost locations of the Artifacts of Malchezid. She is adverse to other people, often keeping her distance out of fear of her identity being discovered and being punished for it. She holds a love-hate relationship with her family, but especially her mother, who she believes should have done more to protect her form her father's wrath.

Powers and Abilities:

Spirit Binding - Delilah possesses a strange form of magic referred to as "binding" - the act of fusing spirits from the Void Between Worlds to grant the wielder magic powers. Delilah is able to contact many such spirits, but prefers to bind only a select few for their abilities. Binding a spirit takes roughly 20 minutes and lasts until she sleeps or is knocked out, when the spirit is ejected from her body. A bound spirit alters Delilah's appearance slightly, often changing her appearance to be more like the spirit she has bound, though sometimes only manifesting minor aspects of their being. She can only have one spirit bound to her at a time.

Common spirits Delilah binds include:

Diabolus - A shedim (a type of demon not native to Lemuria's reality) who once attempted to become a god by stealing the powers of the God of Judgment. His traitorous nature ultimately became his undoing, as powerful champions of earth sacrificed their powers to destroy his mortal coil. Upon death, his soul became trapped in the Void and was unable to escape. Binding Diabolus causes her mouth to distend into a hideous smile with half-rotted teeth. Diabolus grants her the ability to channel Nekros (anti-life energy) through her touch, rapidly causing organic matter to fall apart. She may also unleash a 30 foot torrent of blue-white energy from her jaws that consumes the souls of any creature it engulfs, empowering her physical strength.

Dohulmajiis - An ancient fiend defeated by the Sunwyrm, the emissary of the god Greshlynk, Dohulmajiis became trapped upon death and was unable to manifest a new body on Lemuria. Binding Dohulmajiis causes a trio of tendrils to appear from the wrists of both her hands. Dohulmajiis grants her the ability to put creatures to sleep with a mere touch of these tendrils. Sleeping creatures touched by these tendrils are sent into horrific nightmares that result in violent, spasmic death. Creatures slain by this ability rise as a Shadowreaver 1 day later.

Ashardalon - A fearsome dragon from Aster said to have sold his soul to an abyssal lord, Ashardalon was defeated twice - once banished to the celestial plane where he was butchered endlessly for 4000 years, and a second time during a temporal displacement that granted him freedom from his prison. Upon his defeat the second time, the great wyrm's soul, fragmented across many planes, was ripped apart and became a prisoner of The Void Between Worlds. Binding Ashardalon gives Delilah a layer of thick, iron-hard red scales to protect her body, and gives her the ability to exhale a 60 foot blast of scalding hot fire. Only magical wards can resist this jet of draconic flame; natural resistance is ignored, and immunity to flames only lessens the intense heat.

Marmot - A member of the Pale who was once good friends with Lark. The two formed a bond that possibly went beyond a simple professional relationship and served their king loyally. When she revealed her true, misanthropic colors to her old friend, she was cut down in order to defend a helpless peasant. When she binds Marmot, Delilah takes on a more humanoid appearance, with pale skin, red hair, and blue eyes. Marmot was but human, but a human trained in the ways of the Pale. This means she grants Delilah increased ability in horse riding, marksmanship, and swordplay, but also improves her ability to hide and avoid detection. Marmot also grants her increased skills with knives, allowing her to disarm and outmaneuver otherwise physically superior foes.

Nemo Feinier- A mysterious druid who seems to be in the Void through overextending his dimensional magic, not death. Little is known about him, even his appearance. When bound to Delilah, her appearance becomes ever-shifting, a humanoid shape of swirling colors and features. This ability allows Delilah to take on aspects of objects - both organic and inorganic - that she has touched, most often allowing her to manifest physical attributes of animals, though also is able to transmute her form into plants and stone. Given this ability's versatility, she rarely sees a need to use Nemo's secondary ability to grant her control over plant and animal life.

Zuldes: The Progenitor of the Abyss. Zuldes created from his blood many strange creatures and lorded over the Abyss, until three archangels, desperate to create territory for themselves and those downcast with them, sealed away the ancient dragon into the Void. When bound of Zuldes, Delilah's head forms a diadem of horns. The ancient dragon is a vast reservoir of knowledge, and many of the secrets of Nether, of dark things and evil, are shared with the woman. She can also create shadowy beings called Feliras from her blood, which last only a few hours and are averse to sunlight, yet are under her complete control.

Miyoshi - Also known as the "Sleeping Terror", Miyoshi was a horrid plant-like monster who, after her first defeat, bound herself to a young girl. However, with the help of her friends, the girl freed herself from the fiend's influence, before Miyoshi became trapped in the Void Between Worlds. Binding Miyoshi causes Delilah's body to become more plant-like in texture and scent. Binding Miyoshi grants her the ability to project her mind into individual's dreams, allowing her to see what thoughts they are having and possibly giving her useful information. She also gains the power to induce nightmares in those she visits, which in turn quicken Delilah's physical healing and rejuvenate her mentally.

Belphor - A tyrannical being who lorded over Hell for centuries before being usurped by unwitting pawns to Persephone, Belphor's attachment to the physical world caused him to become trapped in the hellish prison of The Void Between Worlds. The spirit of Belphor causes Dlilah's tongue to split into several smaller, fire-tipped tongues that constantly lash about when her mouth is open. Binding Belphor grants Delilah the ability to generate bursts of swirling dark magic that explode upon contact with opponents, making it useful against heavily armored opponents. She also can extend her flaming tongues to a length of two feet, which she can use to impale and burn opponents.

Salavance- a monster born from the darkness of Nether. The Star of Calamity brought twilight upon the gods, before a final strike from the God of Death mortally wounded it and sent its soul into the Void. When bound with Salavance, Delilah manifests a pair of large golden wings from her back, and her eyes turn a deep royal purple. She can fly at speeds of 30 miles per hour, and spread dark energy particles from her wings, which then erupt with destructive energy. Salavance's hateful rage of all things aetheral can override Delilah's mind if not careful, so she takes preparations before being bound to the Twilight of the Gods.

Tyralus- The hulking ruler of Sheol across the ages. This fiend devoured all who dared oppose him, and made grab after grab for the throne, until two gods struck him down, and his soul faded into the Void. When bound with Tyralus, Delilah's hands twist into six inch long serrated talons which drip of a clear fluid. These claws only function to rip and tear into metal and hide alike, and the fluid is a venom which corrodes the flesh. Delilah's blood becomes highly explosive, making this a double edged choice.

Crydmarr - A horrid nightmare monster from beyond the veil of reality, it is unknown how the embodiment of fear itself entered in the Void. In fact, it is unknown if Crydmarr is even trapped in the Void, or if it merely decided to stop here for an unspecified amount of time. When bound of Crydmarr, Delilah's form becomes a monstrous swirl of darkness. People who peer into the darkness will receive visions of their worst fears made manifest. Crydmarr is among Delilah's most dangerous spirits to bind, and thus she does not take binding the creature lightly. Crydmarr grants Delilah the ability to send horrid visions of an individual's worst fears made reality; these visions often fully paralyze a person with fear, making them easy targets for slaying. Crydmarr also grants Delilah the ability to fire out fleshy strands of darkness to impale foes, before implanting a nightmarish clone of herself into them. The clone erupts from the victim's body in roughly two hours, and appears a naked, hideously deformed version of Delilah's normal form. These creatures fight akin to a rabid chimp, and die after only three hours. Binding Crydmarr is taxing to Delilah's mind; after binding him, she cannot bind him again for one full week.


Burning lash - This item - a gift form her father - appears as a simple stick to most people, but, upon flicking her wrist, it reveals its true nature. A 20 foot long lash of hellfire emerges from the tip of this stick. Delilah is intensely skilled using this weapon, often using it to destroy an opponent's weapon or to sever an opponent's limb using its extreme heat. If the whip should ever fall out of her control, she can withdraw the whip into its handle with a thought, and can make it teleport back into her hand just as quickly.

Weaknesses: Despite all her abilities, Delilah is crippled with self-doubt and distrust. She maintains a distance from people in order to keep herself safe (or so she thinks), and has great apprehension about her own magical abilities, hammered in to her from both her father and her siblings. Her apprehension leads her to often avoid conflict if possible and to almost never take risks that can be avoided, even if avoiding the risk is not the best course of action. In addition, her binding takes a long time, and thus cannot be used in battle. Interrupting the binding either shuts off that spirit entirely for the day or causes it to override her personality, possibly causing her to act irrationally until day's end.