21 year old son of the Dragon Alconaksidriniakt and the Demoness Trianna the Dark Seraph, currently earning the right to the power of his heritage.
Though capable of being serious, Archais is generally in a cheerful mood. He often makes off the wall acrobatic maneuvers at odd times, not so much to be the center of attention, but to put a smile on peoples faces, and to keep in shape.
He loves a good joke, but is given to a bit of a morbid sense of humor. Well, it seems morbid to others, but death is a light subject for him. He knows that death is just one more part of life.
His oftentimes childish remarks belie an impeccable wit, and an intelligence beyond his years. His keen intelligence is due mostly to his heritage and partially to his own effort. Archais benefits from both his father's draconic racial memory, which comes to him as unbidden pieces of insight and vivid dreams, and his mother's demonic visions, which allow him to perfectly visualize any memory as if he were living it again.
A firm believer in the greater good, Archais often puts himself in harms way for the benefit of others. But he does have a dark streak, he'll kill you if you've violated his code of honor and he'll do so without regret.
"Only a life lived with honor is a life worth living. Those without honor are not alive to begin with. I hold no more remorse for their deaths than you hold for the insects you trample underfoot." ~Archais
Archais carries only two items of note. They are the keys to unlocking his power, which is sealed by powerful Demonic and Draconic magic, as well as sub-dimensional nanotech. One from his mother the other from his father.
His mother left with him a locket of intricate design. The locket appears to be made of a red striated black marble, and is held shut by a series of interlocking slide joints. Inside the locket is a picture of his parents holding him as a baby. While also being part of the release mechanism of Archais' seal, the locket provides a shield sized barrier of force that moves with Archais' will. The pendant also goes cold when Archais touches a magical item that is harmful in ways other than physical.
His father's gift was a weapon, delivered on Archais' 19th birthday. They normally appear as a pair of fingerless black gloves with a smooth metallic ring around the wrists and a plate on the backs of the hands. Each plate is etched with one of his parents personal sigils. But as I said they are a weapon. With a thought the metallic parts of the gloves flow out like water across his hands and fore arms, solidifying into a pair of clawed gauntlets with a pair of short spike like blades emerging from the back of each fore arm. As Archais' anger grows the gauntlets grow more vicious. The material of the gauntlets themselves is virtually indestructible. Unknown to Archais they are made of a material called Tarrathanishk. Tarrathanishk is an ultra rare mineral only found at the heart of some black holes. The only person to ever find a way to alter this material is Archais' father. In addition to being made of a material that can withstand sitting in a black hole for an eternity, the gauntlets are also a powerful magical conduit, capable of absorbing even the most powerful destructive energies and storing them in a non-dimensional space, that Archais can access in times of extreme desperation.
I suppose one more thing of note is Archais' ability to partially break his seal in times of truly dire need. In an event of true desperation Archais changes. His skin changes to a deep midnight blue and the magical seal upon him becomes visible to even those without a magical sight, burning bright like a full body tribal tattoo of molten steel. He grows to nearly 8 feet tall, his canines grow long, four horns grow out of his head, two curve forward and two sweep back. His hair grows and be comes wild, his eyes change, the right becoming solid black with a silver starburst for a pupil and flakes of silver flowing across it, the left turns black as well with fire like cracks radiating out from a glowing blood red cat-like pupil. A long serpentine tail stretches out from behind him as long as he is tall, his feet turn to dragon like talons. While his gauntlets, for lack of a better word, go ballistic, with black flames radiating from them, and a pair of large dragon-like wings covered in pitch black feathers emerge from his back.
This state is an amalgam of his true form and the human body he is sealed into. Archais loses control in this state, destroying anything that gets in the way of him and his prey. Unfortunately for Archais the Seal doesn't deem the protection of his own life as legitimate reason to enter this state. Only in the protection of others is this allowed. Archais often falls unconscious afterward and can sleep for days.
Archais was left on Earth by his parents, in order to protect him from their enemies. He was left in the care of one of the last remaining elves on that Earth, she ran an orphanage in a large city. Archais grew up fairly normal the Matron always kept a close eye on him and made sure no one adopted him.
She taught Archais many things about the natural order of things, and absentmindedly divulged much of the dead elven culture, which shaped his mind like no human ever was. Of course, Archais isn't human. She also taught him an ancient form of elven martial arts, it's functionality resembles something akin to a combination of Capoeira, Tae Kwon Do, Akkido, and Black Tiger Kung Fu. However, Archais was an avid fan of professional wrestling as a child and has incorporated the submissions and "off the top rope" maneuvers into his own personal style.
Archais maintained an outsider status while going through school, he caused a lot of trouble, but still graduated at the age of 14. He went to college at the age of 15 and graduated with a Masters degree in engineering by the time he was 18. Archais fell into a bit of a slump when a long time friend of his stole his designs to get into a corporation which he later took over, and converted into a private military research company. Following the loss of his designs his then girlfriend died in a freak accident caused by a flawed implementation of one of his stolen designs. He took to working at an auto shop and basically gave up on any greater aspirations. Then the day of his 19th birthday arrived, and with it an old man who said he represented Archais' father's estate. The old man brought a large crate and left. In the crate was an ancient looking chest with a note and the gauntlets. The note contained an apology and an explanation. Archais, a friend of his, and an old acquaintance of his father embarked on a journey that culminated in the destruction of the most powerful magical arifact on Earth. The resulting energy flung Archais and his group across dimensional barriers. Archais has spent the last 2 years trying to find a way home.
Archais' life is a series of tests, with each one passed he gains one more piece of his inherent power. He doesn't know what the tests are, nor does he know how to pass them. The only indication that a test is in progress is a slight queasy feeling in his gut. The tests were designed by his father to teach him that power should be earned not given, and that power should never be allowed to corrupt those who possess it.
{That's it for now, more will be added later, I just want to get started.}