Race: Ascended hairworm, satellite being.
Age: Physiologically her human parts remain at 22 indefinitely as long as she periodically returns to the Altar of Myrkul
Gender: Female, equipped to carry mankind. Produces only more Mada.
Eye color: Black
Overbeing/Faction: Myrkul's Vein
Birthplace: Outer storm within Darkavien's construct.
Religion: Apatheist
Physical Condition: Excellent, the helm insulates her from hostile native influences.
Languages: Common, English, Draconic
Current residence: Itinerant
Occupation: Diviner
Identifying characteristics: Their ferroplasm helm and shadow lantern are their most obvious feature if not for that their shroud is a physical construct of ferroplasm weave and serves as armor. Only the diaphanous base of the creature is unarmored. When the ferroplasm armor is removed and their lower half reconstituted Mada is shown to have an extremely human morphology underneath.
Personality: Mada have the most human-like intelligence as they're the only part of Myrkul with the remnants of Netherese lineage. Their body is part human and part mote in organization the sheer suffusing of psionic energies in their bodies are balanced by the very human interaction with normal minds. They can be placid if playful but Mada don't feel any duty to share custody of future Mada with the humans that sire them. They like to eat but their bodies do not age like conventional humans do. Their souls simply burn out if they are too long away from the Altar of Myrkul so they develop a profound homesickness after years away serving Myrkul's aims.
Background:These creatures are born with the intent to locate new points to the Way that will last instead of the impromptu way gates of the Jinhai. As such they must be more suited to traverse the domain of Mankind. This end was the object of the Fallen emperor that created the first Psi-seed that could withstand a human soul and be able to procreate itself to preserve concordancy of soul unique to bred creatures and largely denied most Ascended hairworm. Myrkul found it in the holy city upon destroying the traitor caring for it dutifully until it was cable of mobilizing the creature. Options for making more Mada were few and far between and Myrkul destroyed the unworthy. Few Mada exist and only several generations have occurred since that first psi-seed was created. This Mada is incredibly excited to interact with the human world again.
Equipment:
- Ferroplasm Shroud - This shroud is made of careful threads of shadowstuff and ferroplasm. It is extremely resilient to corruption or negative energy that would diminish her human half. The helmet causes extreme feedback to hostile psionic minds attempting to penetrate it. Her gauntlets have a similar resonant effect to wield her lantern to shred the stuff of umbralkind and etherealkind. She's capable of interacting with ethereal beings as if they were solid so they cannot pass through the armor without first penetrating it. Under the effect of her lantern that will prove to be difficult for them. While she can dismiss it into the haversack she cannot be totally separated from it as it remains an extension of her body.
- Lantern of Mankind's Light - This ferroplasm and silver Censer is equipped to burn away the mental poisons of mankind. Pisons nearby can use it to sear some of the taint away the warp brings by coming in from the cold as it were. It very much feels like a warm campfire well hidden in the dark. As it works that scent of ash, blood, and fire is the purifying incense that maintains a bane to shadowkind and other ethereal beings. In Mada's presence she can open the censer upon them to make them touchable by Mankind and notably their weapons. In close proximity to the lantern that same light that burns taint away can be used as a flail to sear the soul of the ethereal.
- Haversack - The haversack at her hip outside the armor is a extradimensional supply largely containing human things such as her clothes, posessions, and other medical supplies for mankind. Most are considerably dated and mundane though as a human hybrid she is capable of using magical items so Myrkul creates them for her. It is nevertheless taxing for Jinhai to produce these things so her supplies are not inexhaustible. As long as mada's armored shroud persists the haversack can eventually reconstitute damage to regain access.
Limitations: Unlike Jinhai she has to eat and breathe though the nature of her body means she won't ever bleed out from her wounds. She can drink but doesn't stay drunk for very long. She can still die however which would disperse the Psi-seed so Jinhai are extremely protective of Mada. She likens them more to big brothers. If Psionics are suppressed in some way she will be profoundly unhealthy as some of her biological processes are impaired. Spent long enough in such a place and she may begin to risk organ failure and death. This same nature of her body also means she cannot fly but only hover over the ground from the motes in her lower half supporting her weight.
Powers:
- Siren - Mada can howl for the attention of mankind as a sort of psionic scream alerting humans or the otherwise psionic-sensitive within 50 meters of her position the number and nature of her enemies. She can also channel and sing over her lantern to cause human suffering such as disease or injury to dissipate through pain. If the targets can take the pain her melodic tongue can bind the wounds or purge their ills. Otherwise they may die. Those humans not otherwise tainted that hear her voice are very likely to find it fetching but to Xeno or those tained by demonkind the psionic force behind it is very much a painful driving force.
- Levitator - The microscopic creatures composing Mada's lower half are largely bound to gravity. She can levitate easily a few feet above the ground through mid-air without apparent lift.
- All-consuming - While Mada are part human their digestive process is still very much like Jinhai. As Mada is generally always solid underneath she can eat pretty much anything she can fit in her mouth. As such when riled she bites. Her teeth are strong enough to crush stone and tear off soft metals.