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[Insouciance]

Name: Aaryia Longshadow
Age: 534
Role: Queen of Zerya
Family: Declant Longshadow (Father, deceased) Arimai Longshadow (Mother, deceased)

Height: 6'2
Weight: 185lbs
Markings: A blue butterfly on her left wrist, green vines wrapped across her torso, those seen in image

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Magic: Nature/Earth based, Healing
Powers: Shapeshifting (She shifts into a white fox) Telekinesis, Telepathy (Only with her own people)

Weapons: Staff, three small daggers that she hides on her person.

History: The fall of Zerya began before Aaryia was born. No one knows how the plague began, only that in the early years, while it was still containable, King Declant sent every scholar, teacher, and healer to study the slow decay of the land and the extinction of the animals surrounding the area. At Aaryia's birth, the plague had finally began to spread through the magical wards placed around it.

At the age of three hundred, withered with age and ill from his growing failure to heal the land, Declant passed the crown to his daughter, hoping that she would succeed where he failed. He lingered a few years, offering what little advice he could to Aaryia before his passing. Devastated and broken hearted, her mother followed shortly after, leaving Aaryia alone to deal with the mess that Zerya was turning into.

She sent scholars to all corners of the world, hoping to find a solution to the plague. Aaryia herself used her magic time and time again, hoping to stave off the inevitable, but knowing that it was only a matter of time before she needed to find another solution.

It came to her as one of her scholars returned, not with a cure for the plague, but with news of a kingdom that was ripe for the taking. With a new idea forming, Aaryia worked with her generals to device a plan that would not only give her people a new home, but one that was already well established. The plan was simple. With her forces, she would conquer the land, turning it into a sanctuary for her people. She had no intentions of eliminating the natives, but intended to join her people with them to create one kingdom.

 

[Insouciance]

Name: Alexis Kendell
Age: 23
Profession: Nurse
Family: Thomas Kendell (Father) Avery Kendell (Mother) Gavin Kendell (Older Brother)
Partner: Timothy Michaels

Appearance:
Height: 5'4
Weight: 112lbs
Hair Color: Red
Eye Color: Blue
Tattoos: Tulips arm, Sword down her spine

History: Alexis' life was nothing glamorous. She grew up in a typical, middle class family in the suburbs, went to school and lived her life like everyone else. She got decent grades and never got into any major trouble as a child, which was probably why her life took a turn once she reached adulthood.

It started in college with her first serious boyfriend. Alexis didn't think much of it when she met Dallas at a sorority party. He was friendly, attractive, and she thought he was a decent guy. What she didn't realize was that Dallas was a predator and it would take the next two years to purge him from her life completely, only after he destroyed several of her friendships by sleeping with the women she was close to, and spreading rumors about her 'psychotic' behavior. She ended up transferring to a new school and starting over at the age of 21, desperate to pick up the pieces of her life that Dallas left in his wake.

For a time things were peaceful. She managed to graduate from college and landed a job at her local hospital. Her life was a routine of work, eat, and sleep as she fought to maintain her peace, fearing that allowing anyone in would create drama in her relatively stress free life. All of that changed when she met Tim. For the most part, Tim seemed like a decent guy. He was quiet and introverted where Dallas had been charming and social. She thought she might have actually found a good one, until he wasn't.

The first assault happened on her 23rd birthday when Tim demanded she change out of the outfit she'd chosen to go out with her friends in. The slap came out of nowhere, with no warning. One second she'd laughed at his suggestion and playfully told him he couldn't tell her how to dress, the next she was staring up at him from the ground, her cheek stinging from the impact of his slap and her mind unable to process what happened. From that moment on, her life became a game of walking on eggshells. She became a shell, going through her life cautiously, waiting for the next time her boyfriend decided to strike.

When Tim suggested a trip to Europe, Alexis was suspicious at first, until she realized it had nothing at all to do with sharing a once in a lifetime opportunity with her and was all about keeping her close and maintaining his control. Alexis didn't care, not entirely. In Europe, she finally managed to get a few moments of peace, escaping her boyfriend with tours of places he had no interest in. So when a self proclaimed witch approached her with an offer to allow her the opportunity to witness one of their rituals, Alexis didn't hesitate to take her up on it. What she couldn't have known was that the ritual would soon change everything and that the life that she had would soon be out of her reach.