Post by Xedanis Sykonra on Feb 23, 2010 22:00:16 GMT -7
Name: Xedanis Sykonra
Approximate Age: Approaching 282 years
Age When Turned: Around 160 Years old
In-Game Powers: Second-sight, Suction, Surprise, Perception, Celerity(3), Stamina(3), Shadows(3), Thievery(3), Locate(3), Telepathy(3), Charisma(3)
Time in the City: Approximately 3 years
Role-Playing Powers: Empathy (Recovering), Unparalelled mastery of Shadows (documented uses to date include telekinesis, teleportation, shielding and even clothing), gift of the Silver Tongue, Guile Of The Wraith Angel.
Guile Of The Wraith Angel: Xedanis committed many acts of distinguished and infamous nature during his years as a pirate. For all of the hundred years he was "active" he was never once seen. Instead the tales of missing cargo and mysterious disappearances gave birth to the legend of the Wraith Angel, a title which Xedanis bears proudly to this day. Indeed, his victims rarely see more than a fleeting glint of silver - the blade of his sword - before their life is snuffed out.
Biographer's Summary: Where once this biographer would have spoken of a charismatic and charming rogueish being, I am now forced to reconsider. The change in Xedanis since his last appointment almost two years ago has been radical, if not polar. Although he has rediscovered some part of his powers of empathy, I have witnessed him in the throes of hunting where, to my shock, he was a coldblooded, methodical killer of such sterile mechanical precision as to make even my blood curdle.
His clothing uniformly consists of some variant of a long, leather black trenchcoat, along with well proportioned, fitted black boots, adorned only with a simple motif of wings on their toe and heavy rubber soles - despite which Xedanis's movement is silent to human ears. As always, he still carries the Demon-infused sword Silvernus, an ancient relic of a legendary Blood Deity, the vampire Silvas. The true powers of the spirit, and indeed the sword, are unknown...
Family:
Siress: Jada
Binding: Bound Eternally To Moon Girl
Current Clan Affiliation: Republic of Ravenblack.
Heritage / Notable History: Whilst many stories and myths harken to the captain of the legendary pirate vessel, the "Dawn Rose", not a single one of them guessed that Xedanis Sykonra was the real and genuine article.
Merely by studying his mortal family tree it is clear that he hails from a long line of swashbuckling silvertongues. His father, Keriyus, was the original owner of the Dawn Rose. His great-great grandfather Andersen sailed on the first voyages to cross the gulf of the Atlantic Ocean. However, Xedanis cares little for his mortal years beyond the last century. The reason for his longevity prior to his turning was the discovery of the mythical Fountain Of Youth, upon which he had been living for almost one hundred years. It is now known that occasionally he would sail with his father on the Dawn Rose, and Moon Girl - one of the Republic's own members now- sometimes stowed away. The two lost contact following a mutiny that Xedanis single-handedly carried out, where he fooled the entire crew, including his father, into disembarking on a search for water.
This left him with sole command of the Dawn Rose, which he upgrades and maintains, even though Xedanis himself has changed immensely since those privateering days.
From his own accounts, Xedanis led a mostly uneventful life as a child until he was found by his illegitimate father at age 13. The young Kalanas Sykonra - as Xedanis was then known - quickly took to the life of a pirate.
Following the trickery of his father and crew - and the unwitting abandonment of a later-very-angry Moon Girl - Xedanis sailed the world disguised as a merchant sailor. Remarkably, the historic records show that no one, apparently, ever seemed to notice that his merchendise always seemed to be exactly what rumour said had recently been lost or stolen by pirates... and this luck made Xedanis a very rich man.
His life was good, until he stopped in Raven Black City... where he met Jada as a victim of one of the many mortals taken by her lust for blood. Having already met Silvas and acquired Silvernus, not to mention a heady lust for Rum, Xedanis was wandering the streets drunkenly and when Jada accosted him. The mixture of Elixir of Youth and alcohol in his veins, I assume, led to him believing himself already to be a vampire.
She turned him on a whim, a whim that was, my best guess, her proudest moment since, as Kalanas Sykonra the rich pirate captain ceased to exist and was replaced by the Vampire Xedanis, who has since been known as "the Wraith Angel".
Height: Approximately 6ft 4 inches
Appearance: Anyone who meets him for the first time experiences extreme difficulty difficulty focusing on any area beyond Xedanis's eyes. The Crystalline and shimmering blue-grey eyes Xedanis possesses glow with an unearthly cobalt aura when he is in a particularly intense state of mind. His movements are measured and certain. He rarely bothers with the illusion of breathing. He is well built and strong, and normally clean-shaven, save for a small, triangular patch at the base of his chin.
Xedanis dresses uniformly in the finest tailored black clothing... shirt, waistcoat, and greatcoat. His face is almost perpetually hidden beneath a finely made Stetson... a far cry from the rambling, scruffy pirate that entered Ravenblack City - drunk - almost 3 years ago.
Temperament: Heavily dependent on who greets him. Xedanis can seem, at first glance,bBipolar. Whilst he is friendly to those he knows and has kinship with, he is the utter opposite to strangers and humans. The line is very clear between acquaintance, friend and foe for Xedanis. It takes a very long time to earn his respect and trust, and longer still for him to call you "friend".
Approximate Age: Approaching 282 years
Age When Turned: Around 160 Years old
In-Game Powers: Second-sight, Suction, Surprise, Perception, Celerity(3), Stamina(3), Shadows(3), Thievery(3), Locate(3), Telepathy(3), Charisma(3)
Time in the City: Approximately 3 years
Role-Playing Powers: Empathy (Recovering), Unparalelled mastery of Shadows (documented uses to date include telekinesis, teleportation, shielding and even clothing), gift of the Silver Tongue, Guile Of The Wraith Angel.
Guile Of The Wraith Angel: Xedanis committed many acts of distinguished and infamous nature during his years as a pirate. For all of the hundred years he was "active" he was never once seen. Instead the tales of missing cargo and mysterious disappearances gave birth to the legend of the Wraith Angel, a title which Xedanis bears proudly to this day. Indeed, his victims rarely see more than a fleeting glint of silver - the blade of his sword - before their life is snuffed out.
Biographer's Summary: Where once this biographer would have spoken of a charismatic and charming rogueish being, I am now forced to reconsider. The change in Xedanis since his last appointment almost two years ago has been radical, if not polar. Although he has rediscovered some part of his powers of empathy, I have witnessed him in the throes of hunting where, to my shock, he was a coldblooded, methodical killer of such sterile mechanical precision as to make even my blood curdle.
His clothing uniformly consists of some variant of a long, leather black trenchcoat, along with well proportioned, fitted black boots, adorned only with a simple motif of wings on their toe and heavy rubber soles - despite which Xedanis's movement is silent to human ears. As always, he still carries the Demon-infused sword Silvernus, an ancient relic of a legendary Blood Deity, the vampire Silvas. The true powers of the spirit, and indeed the sword, are unknown...
Family:
Siress: Jada
Binding: Bound Eternally To Moon Girl
Current Clan Affiliation: Republic of Ravenblack.
Heritage / Notable History: Whilst many stories and myths harken to the captain of the legendary pirate vessel, the "Dawn Rose", not a single one of them guessed that Xedanis Sykonra was the real and genuine article.
Merely by studying his mortal family tree it is clear that he hails from a long line of swashbuckling silvertongues. His father, Keriyus, was the original owner of the Dawn Rose. His great-great grandfather Andersen sailed on the first voyages to cross the gulf of the Atlantic Ocean. However, Xedanis cares little for his mortal years beyond the last century. The reason for his longevity prior to his turning was the discovery of the mythical Fountain Of Youth, upon which he had been living for almost one hundred years. It is now known that occasionally he would sail with his father on the Dawn Rose, and Moon Girl - one of the Republic's own members now- sometimes stowed away. The two lost contact following a mutiny that Xedanis single-handedly carried out, where he fooled the entire crew, including his father, into disembarking on a search for water.
This left him with sole command of the Dawn Rose, which he upgrades and maintains, even though Xedanis himself has changed immensely since those privateering days.
From his own accounts, Xedanis led a mostly uneventful life as a child until he was found by his illegitimate father at age 13. The young Kalanas Sykonra - as Xedanis was then known - quickly took to the life of a pirate.
Following the trickery of his father and crew - and the unwitting abandonment of a later-very-angry Moon Girl - Xedanis sailed the world disguised as a merchant sailor. Remarkably, the historic records show that no one, apparently, ever seemed to notice that his merchendise always seemed to be exactly what rumour said had recently been lost or stolen by pirates... and this luck made Xedanis a very rich man.
His life was good, until he stopped in Raven Black City... where he met Jada as a victim of one of the many mortals taken by her lust for blood. Having already met Silvas and acquired Silvernus, not to mention a heady lust for Rum, Xedanis was wandering the streets drunkenly and when Jada accosted him. The mixture of Elixir of Youth and alcohol in his veins, I assume, led to him believing himself already to be a vampire.
She turned him on a whim, a whim that was, my best guess, her proudest moment since, as Kalanas Sykonra the rich pirate captain ceased to exist and was replaced by the Vampire Xedanis, who has since been known as "the Wraith Angel".
Height: Approximately 6ft 4 inches
Appearance: Anyone who meets him for the first time experiences extreme difficulty difficulty focusing on any area beyond Xedanis's eyes. The Crystalline and shimmering blue-grey eyes Xedanis possesses glow with an unearthly cobalt aura when he is in a particularly intense state of mind. His movements are measured and certain. He rarely bothers with the illusion of breathing. He is well built and strong, and normally clean-shaven, save for a small, triangular patch at the base of his chin.
Xedanis dresses uniformly in the finest tailored black clothing... shirt, waistcoat, and greatcoat. His face is almost perpetually hidden beneath a finely made Stetson... a far cry from the rambling, scruffy pirate that entered Ravenblack City - drunk - almost 3 years ago.
Temperament: Heavily dependent on who greets him. Xedanis can seem, at first glance,bBipolar. Whilst he is friendly to those he knows and has kinship with, he is the utter opposite to strangers and humans. The line is very clear between acquaintance, friend and foe for Xedanis. It takes a very long time to earn his respect and trust, and longer still for him to call you "friend".
