NAME: Lysandra Teraviel
AGE: 163 (still relatively young for elves)
GENDER: Female
RACE: Elf
Elves are a wood-dwelling race, much like the Xiphreim. They are a long-lived people; most members live to see 800-1000 years. Members of their species are rather slim and frail-looking, almost as if they seem too fragile to be alive. For this reason, many young elves take up professions that prevent them from dealing with the frontlines, such as learning archery or medicine; a rare few end up learning about the wonders of alchemy and artificing, having seen such devices for themselves and finding a strange beauty in the wonders of these technologies. Elves feel a calling to nature and work to help promote a sustainable relationship with the earth; however, some find a calling in wandering the lands and spend a portion of their lives travelling across the continent. As rare as they are, Elixer-born elves find themselves gravitating toward studying Alumun and Cuprum-based magics.
APPEARANCE: Like most elves, Lysandra is lithe and frail, almost too fragile to touch for fear of her shattering to pieces. She is fair-skinned, slightly paler in comparison to her elven brethren. She has long blond hair that falls to her waist and bright green eyes that seem to glow whenever she uses her magic. She has a slender frame, which is normal for elves. Perhaps her most startling feature is her right arm, which is now encrusted with what appear to be Lumen crystals. She is extremely self-conscious about this and attempts to do what she can to cover them from prying eyes—mostly by wearing long, billowy sleeves that cover her arms completely.
PERSONALITY: Lysandra is very reserved, partly due to her elven nature and partly due to her… condition, for lack of a better word. She would much rather spend her time with her head buried in a tome about caith studies than attempting to socialize with people. She feels that she is not worthy of being called an equal due to her deformity, and she is also slightly afraid that what may be happening to her could spread to others. If there is some sort of advantage to working in a group for a temporary amount of time, Lysandra will grudgingly put up with others as long as they do not attempt to get close to her. Some would call her cold and aloof; Lysandra would say that she’s looking out for everyone’s best interests.
OCCUPATION: Vagabond
PAST: Lysandra was born into a tribe of elves deep in the forests over a century ago and grew up in relatively normal conditions for any elf. Slightly unusual was her predisposition to the bow (males were often recruited to join the defense), but the tribes were always looking for any skilled individual to assist with hunting and defending the forest from those that would do it harm. It was during one of these hunts that her latent Elixer abilities manifested—as a pack of wolves descended on a fellow elf after a botched hunt, Lysandra miraculously released a blinding flash of light from nothing and scared the creatures away. She was hailed as a hero until that fateful day…
After a few months of experimenting with these newfound powers, Lysandra began experiencing sharp pains in her right arm. To her surprise, she noticed pale yellow crystals beginning to grow from her skin. While they looked just like caith crystals and responded to her abilities, they seemed to neither store energy nor enhance her abilities. Lysandra left her clan in order to find the cause of this strange phenomenon and to hopefully return one day when she has been cured of it.
PRESENT: Currently with nothing better to do and no place to call a home, Lysandra wanders the lands of Allevent, looking for somewhere, anywhere that could use her skills despite her condition. She has found temporary refuge in a human city but is still searching for answers to her condition.
FUTURE: Lysandra wishes to return to her home, cured of whatever this disease or curse this may be. If this is impossible for whatever reason, she hopes to find out the cause of these growths and prevent them from spreading out of control.
SKILLS
ELIXER (LUMEN): Lysandra is able to manipulate light and electricity, even create it from free caith in nature. She can also use these abilities to imbue weapons with either of these elements. Despite her skill with it and the amount of time she has spent learning about caith manipulation, she is self-conscious about these abilities because of the growths manifesting across her arm.
ARCHERY: Having been brought up in an elven homestead, Lysandra is adept at the bow. She brings with her an ivorybark bow that she calls her most prized possession at this point in time. Due to her abilities with caith, she is able to imbue arrows with light or electricity. On rare occasions, Lysandra is able to create arrows made of pure light or electricity, but this drains her energy quickly and she is afraid that more crystals may grow across her body with extended use.
STRENGTHS
DEXTERITY: Elves are naturally gifted with a graceful agility that Lysandra is able to use with her archery skills. She is also above-average when it comes to speed and has experience with remaining hidden from enemies, especially in a forest setting.
INTELLIGENCE: Being off on her own has given Lysandra time to study esoteric topics. She is particularly interested in researching Elixer and caith, especially if it will bring her closer to finding answers with her own deformity and the mystery behind its emergence.
PERCEPTION: Trained in the art of the hunt, Lysandra’s perception is very keen. She is able to pick out details that many may gloss over, especially out in the wilds and during the hunt. Being a sort of wallflower has its perks, she feels.
WEAKNESSES
ATTACK: Without a bow or her caith abilities, Lysandra is weak physically. She does not know how to wield melee weaponry and struggles to even hold up heavy weapons such as maces or greatswords.
DEFENSE: Elves are naturally frail creatures that do not often train in melee combat or find heavy armor easy to wear. Lysandra is no exception; coupled with the fact that she prefers to stay to the backlines whenever possible, she is extremely easy to overpower physically.
CHARISMA: Lysandra is extremely self-conscious about her deformity and shies away from people and interacting with them for fear of being shunned or ridiculed. If necessary, she will interact with people for mundane things but will attempt to minimize interaction whenever possible.
EQUIPMENT
At this point in time, Lysandra has nothing to her name except her ivorybark bow and a set of robes that helps to conceal her arm. There are times when she is forced to interact in a settlement, so she also carries a coinpurse which, at the moment, is empty.
WHAT THE PARTY DOES NOT KNOW
Lysandra did not leave her tribe on her own accord; rather, the elder members of her home believed that she had been cursed or diseased. The others were extremely fearful of her and were afraid that they might befall the same fate as she, so they socially shunned her. Afraid that Lysandra would contaminate her village, the elder members exiled her until she could prove that this disease could be cured.