Name: Einar Falls
Title/Rank: Warden/Inner Circle Speaker
Age: 7,871
Race: Ardenian
Significant Relations: None Currently.
Faction/Division: CONCORD/Inner Circle
Position: Speaker of the Council
Department/Specialty: Command/Military Clergy-Mancer, General Staff-Public Civil/Affairs, Fortress Corps-Infantry

Physical Description: A man known for his kind eyes and gentle smile, Warden Falls would fit in well as a teacher of children if he had not been elected as a council member. He has been a member of the council for four years and the speaker for one. He has a kind voice that is often described as grandfatherly. Despite his gray hair and wrinkles he is like any Ardenian male that has not given into the long death, in top physical condition. Warden Falls often wears simple clothing consisting of blue cotton or wool. Often times he will wear a leather mantle. Many Ardenians of this age prefer simple, functional clothing with a renaissance look.

Personality: Kind and wise, Warden Falls is well liked by the CONCORD and most leaders of the contributing empires. The only exception to this is the Sekhmet Empress, Amunet Astarte who despises him and blames him for the death of her father, the late Emperor, Amun Astarte. He has started to think of retiring from his post. It is common place for many long lived council members to retire before their term of ten years is up. He enjoys music and is a gifted composer.

"Under the witness of the stars, forward I stand on the brink of anew and as knowing this, grasp do I the sword Valor. Take it do I, knowing in full well, that all things end and that I take this to slow the unyielding force of ending. I take this sword knowing the blood of my sisters and my brothers lies of its blade. I take this to bring them victory where they hath had defeat and hope where they had none. I take this and I swear never do I kill without cause. My blade defends only the innocent and weak. My blade rises only against those whom seek to bring harm to that of which I am sworn to protect. Knowing all this and being of sound heart and mind do I take this sword, Valor and swear my honor. This I swear."
- Warden's Pledge



Skills and Talents:

- Trained and practiced in the use of most CONCORD firearms.
- Exceptionally fit and strong, with high endurance and extreme fortitude.
- Exceptionally trained and practiced in hand-to-hand combat, both unarmed and with bladed and blunt weapons.
- Exceptional reflexes bordering on precognition.

Abilities:

-- Ond/Ond Stal: Ond is in essence the culmination of the potential physical, mental, and spiritual essence of a conscious entity in excess to what that entity needs to survive. Ond Stal is the physical transplanar manifestation of said essence in the form a semi-transparent plasma or solid surface. It can be used for physical defense and as a weapon to cut the physical, mental, and spiritual essence of another entity. It can be held in transitive stasis and it is commonly represented as a brilliant white plasmatic fluid that emits dim light and little to no heat.

-- Legacy: If measured by the standards of a human a descendant of Arden and Eluv that has reached adulthood would not fall on that mortal scale of measure. The race measures far beyond human capability for both physical and mental condition/aptitude. Ardenians recover extraordinarily quickly from injury and negative status effects. They are a hardy people; physically, mentally, and spiritually resilient. Ardenians are immortal unless cut down by the swords of war, famine, or pestilence.

Descendants of Arden and Eluv are considered outsiders. Their spirit, body, and will are merged into one coherent instance. In this respect they are much like other celestial or demonic entities. Ardenians can not be resurrected, trapped in containers meant for the spirit, or animated after death. Ardenians are extremely resistant to effects that try to drain or manipulate their spirit. The only exception to this rule is the Varshar pact when and if performed shortly after death.

Ardenians are naturally psionic and have the ability to manipulate the environment with the fortitude of their mind and the force of their will. The truly exceptional are capable of matching wits, brawn, and speed with outsiders.

-- Universal Echos: The descendants of Arden and Eluv recall the journey of their lives in past universal occurrences. An Ardenian can anticipate the immediate future but because of the branching nature of time this can not be done with any great amount of accuracy.

The nature of this innate ability allows even a very young child of this race to accrue a vast store of knowledge while providing a backdrop of wisdom to utilize such. This innate ability also allows an Ardenian to recall the immediate past in perfect detail. Due to this ability an Ardenian’s mental statistics are not based on their age or apparent level of experience.

-- Lightning Coil: The ability to move a limb or on rare occasions a very short distance at speeds that rival lightning(literally). Moving at such speeds is dangerous and often causes injury to the body. To help prevent injury a technique harness and armor is often worn. It will come at no surprise then that flash stepping and swift dexterous movement of the body is within the bounds of this race's abilities.

Weapons & Equipment:

-- Nova VP8: Close range combat knife that uses hyper-vibrations and heat to easily cut through solid steel and many much harder substances. The VP8 uses capacitor cells loaded at the bottom of the grip but these seldom need to be changed out unless the knife is used excessively. The blade itself is constructed of an adamant core surrounded by vibranium, with a diamondine edge.

-- Valorium Longsword: One of the fabled valorium blades made in the likeness of Arden's blade, Godr. The weapon is passed to the next Ardenian council member after the wielder retires. The blade is extremely deadly and nearly indestructible.