Javax
The Shadow
||Roxii Sicarius||
|General Information|
Full Name
Roxii Dae Sicarius
Nickname(s)
"The Shadow"
"Nightmare"
"Merciless"
Age
Twenty-Three
Birth Date
Tre, 13th of Amanu, 3477
Gender
Female
Species
Lythari
Aspect
Chaos • Aspect of Chance and Discord
Birthmark
Chaosphere ➙ Located on the top of her left hand
Element
Shadow • Darkness
Class
Assassin • Thief • Rogue
Sexuality
Demisexual
Marital Status
[SIZE= 12px]Single, Never Married[/SIZE]
|Appearance Description|
Hair Style
Long • Straight
Hair Color
Black
Eye Color
[SIZE= 12px]Blind [/SIZE]• [SIZE= 12px]No Pupil [/SIZE]•[SIZE= 12px] Milky White with Smoky Black[/SIZE]
[SIZE= 12px][Visual Aid][/SIZE]
Skin Color
[SIZE= 12px]Soft Ivory[/SIZE]
Height
5 ft. 0 in. • 1.53 m.
Weight
92.5 lbs. • 41.9 kg.
Body Type
Mesomorph • Hourglass
Tattoos
There are a line of Elvish runes running down the undersides of her arms. Each mark is earned as she lives through her life. Only six runes fit on each arm. If the elf runs out of room on their arms, they will move onto the arc just underneath their collarbones (fits nine runes) and down their spine (fits 13 runes) respectively. This tradition is used to show off to the other elves what the elf has accomplished in their life, what failures plague them, or what failures that they have overcome.
Scars
‣ Third degree burns cover the upper half of her face, including over her eyes.‣ Dozens of scars cover her back. Caused by a whip with glass and metal infused into the fall.‣ A stab wound in her left side.‣ Two wounds from arrows. One in her right shoulder and one in her right calf.‣ Various scars from scratches, cuts, burns, broken/fractured bones, etc. from over the years.
Other
‣ She has two black wolf ears atop her head.
‣ She has a black wolf tail.
‣ She has wolfish canines and sharp teeth in general.
‣ Part of her right wolf ear has been torn off rather crudely.
‣ The tip of her tail has been cut off.
‣ Her left pinky is missing.
‣ Six numbers in groups of two have been burned into the flesh of the back of her right hand. The numbers are 06-66-13.
|Personal Information|
Personality
Roxii’s not the most sociable person. She’s not shy, but she’s rather untrustworthy and paranoid when it comes to meeting new people. The assassin prefers solitude over anything, but she knows when it’s stupid to be alone when facing a certain situation. She’s rather brash and insensitive towards others people’s emotions, and she’ll tell you directly if you’re being annoying, stupid, or if you just look like a total moron. She considers fluffy emotions and feelings useless and a hindrance. The wolf-elf will lie, though, but only when she feels she has to, such as when her personal life comes up or if she doesn’t want someone to know something.
Roxii tends to keep everyone at a distance. She’s closed off and mysterious, so absolutely no one knows what she has gone through or experienced. The only things they know is that she has gone through some shit given her blindness and many scars. Most of the time, she’ll wear fingerless gloves to hide the chaosphere birthmark and the Sanguine Isle registration number on her hands. Most won’t know what the chaosphere means, but there are a few that may recognize the numbers to be from the labor camp. It’s rare, though, because no laborer has ever left Sanguine Isle alive.
The Lythari can be easily angered and irritated if bothered enough, so once she uses up her fuse she’ll explode on the nearest person or thing with ruthlessness and mercilessness. This is a difficult state to reach, however, given her strong hold on her emotions. A clear head is what she believes will get her to her destination as logic and intelligence is what should be relied on. Being a thinker and a calculating individual, Roxii evaluates every situation carefully and methodically to find the best possible route. She meticulous and careful, and never does anything without a reason.
Likes
‣ Wolves
‣ Archery
‣ Blades
‣ Killing
‣ Proving others wrong
Dislikes
‣ Dwarves
‣ Vampires
‣ Crowds
‣ Being told what to do
‣ Being proven wrong
Goals
‣ To disappear peacefully and live out her days away from others
Fears
‣ Gamophobia • Fear of Commitment
‣ Pistanthrophobia • Fear of Trust
Background
|Skills/Abilities|
Magical Abilities
★★★ Energy Pulse ➺ She can send out pulses of dark energy that can allow her to “see” her surroundings of up to about a thirty foot (9 m.) radius. These pulses allow her to see the ground, any structures touching the ground—such as buildings, nature, and creatures—and whatever is touching those structures. If something—or someone—is suspended in mid-air, she’s unable to detect them among these means.★★ Darkness Healing ➺ The darkness can be used as a source of energy for Roxii, so if she absorbs enough darkness, she can heal wounds. However, she can only heal up to moderate lacerations and, if she’s lucky, some fractured bones. Broken bones and sicknesses/ diseases are more difficult for her to tend to, and she needs plenty of time to focus on healing these issues.★★ Shadow Manipulation ➺ Roxii’s able to absorb and bend the surrounding darkness and shadows to her will. Some of the things she can do include building up shields, creating weapons, and forming figures (for distractions). However, all of these require quite a bit of concentration, energy, and willpower to form and maintain their form.★★★ Shadow Walk ➺ She’s able to cover herself in the surrounding shadows and, once she alters their density, she can slip into an alternate realm that parallels the one everyone walks called the Shadow Realm. In there, she actually has her vision and can see her surroundings as if she were in the real world, and she can travel in real time without disrupting the real world. To others, she’ll appear invisible and intangible. This, however, takes a lot of energy, and she can only remain in this state for no more than six minutes (though that’s pushing it).
Armour
[Visual Aid]
‣ Along with the armor/outfit shown above, Roxii wears a hood to hide her identity
‣ There's also the usual blindfold 'cause... ya'know... blindness... Also, her eyes are now all weird and shit, so she doesn't wanna scare people away that way lol
Weapons
‣ [SIZE= 12px]A bow made purely of shadows Only one with an affinity for darkness can touch it without being affected by the cold, icy touch of the shadows[/SIZE]
‣ [SIZE= 12px]A quiver of twenty-six barbed arrows made of shadows[/SIZE]
‣ Two daggers made of shadows
Strengths
‣ Emotionally/Mentally strong‣ Attentive/Observant‣ Intelligent‣ Quick/Agile
Weaknesses
‣ Not very physically strong‣ Irritable‣ Cynical‣ Callous
|General Information|
Full Name
Roxii Dae Sicarius
Nickname(s)
"The Shadow"
"Nightmare"
"Merciless"
Age
Twenty-Three
Birth Date
Tre, 13th of Amanu, 3477
Gender
Female
Species
Lythari
Aspect
Chaos • Aspect of Chance and Discord
Birthmark
Chaosphere ➙ Located on the top of her left hand
Element
Shadow • Darkness
Class
Assassin • Thief • Rogue
Sexuality
Demisexual
Marital Status
[SIZE= 12px]Single, Never Married[/SIZE]
|Appearance Description|
Hair Style
Long • Straight
Hair Color
Black
Eye Color
[SIZE= 12px]Blind [/SIZE]• [SIZE= 12px]No Pupil [/SIZE]•[SIZE= 12px] Milky White with Smoky Black[/SIZE]
[SIZE= 12px][Visual Aid][/SIZE]
Skin Color
[SIZE= 12px]Soft Ivory[/SIZE]
Height
5 ft. 0 in. • 1.53 m.
Weight
92.5 lbs. • 41.9 kg.
Body Type
Mesomorph • Hourglass
Tattoos
There are a line of Elvish runes running down the undersides of her arms. Each mark is earned as she lives through her life. Only six runes fit on each arm. If the elf runs out of room on their arms, they will move onto the arc just underneath their collarbones (fits nine runes) and down their spine (fits 13 runes) respectively. This tradition is used to show off to the other elves what the elf has accomplished in their life, what failures plague them, or what failures that they have overcome.
[SIZE= 12px]In order of when acquired...[/SIZE]
[SIZE= 12px]Left Arm:[/SIZE]
‣ Orio'Ur ➙ Means "Birth"
‣ Asur ➙ Means "The Eternal Flame, Lordship"
‣ Yen'Lui ➙ Means "Balance, Harmony"
‣ Ca'Daith ➙ Means "Grace, Power"
‣ La'Coi ➙ Means "Might, Glory"
‣ Ar'Hain ➙ Means "Agility"
Right Arm:
‣ Sen'Lui ➙ Means "Swiftness, Accuracy"
‣ Da'Roir ➙ Means "Strength of Stones"
‣ Cha'Roi ➙ Means "Strength, Ferocity"
‣ Ceyl ➙ Means "Order, Justice, Sword that Draws Blood"
‣ Sara'Thai ➙ Means "Rune of the World Dragon, Defiance, Unyielding"
‣ Le'Cai ➙ Means "Nobility of the Soul"
Collarbone:
‣ Caladim ➙ Means "Divinity"
‣ Uri'Thair ➙ Means "Destruction, Sacrifice of Innocence"
‣ Ayul'Isha ➙ Means "Sorrow, Mourning for Lost Children"
‣ Tha'Lui ➙ Means "Hatred, Vengeance"
‣ Yen'Lui* ➙ Means "Chaos" • She slashed a line through the original Yen'Lui rune to change the meaning from harmony to chaos
‣ Sariou ➙ Means "Evil Deeds"
‣ Arhain ➙ Means "Stealth, Secrets, Shadows, Dark of Night"
‣ Thanan ➙ Means "Hidden"
‣ Aul'El ➙ Means "That Which Cannot be Known or Comprehended"
‣ Cy'Nath ➙ Means "Silence, Loneliness"
Spine:
‣ [SIZE= 12px]Darath [/SIZE]➙[SIZE= 12px] Means "Surrender"[/SIZE]
‣ [SIZE= 12px]Men'Lui [/SIZE]➙[SIZE= 12px] Means "Weakness"[/SIZE]
‣ [SIZE= 12px]Qaba [/SIZE]➙[SIZE= 12px] Means "Hidden Knowledge, The Which is to be Revealed"[/SIZE]
[SIZE= 12px]Left Arm:[/SIZE]
‣ Orio'Ur ➙ Means "Birth"
‣ Asur ➙ Means "The Eternal Flame, Lordship"
‣ Yen'Lui ➙ Means "Balance, Harmony"
‣ Ca'Daith ➙ Means "Grace, Power"
‣ La'Coi ➙ Means "Might, Glory"
‣ Ar'Hain ➙ Means "Agility"
Right Arm:
‣ Sen'Lui ➙ Means "Swiftness, Accuracy"
‣ Da'Roir ➙ Means "Strength of Stones"
‣ Cha'Roi ➙ Means "Strength, Ferocity"
‣ Ceyl ➙ Means "Order, Justice, Sword that Draws Blood"
‣ Sara'Thai ➙ Means "Rune of the World Dragon, Defiance, Unyielding"
‣ Le'Cai ➙ Means "Nobility of the Soul"
Collarbone:
‣ Caladim ➙ Means "Divinity"
‣ Uri'Thair ➙ Means "Destruction, Sacrifice of Innocence"
‣ Ayul'Isha ➙ Means "Sorrow, Mourning for Lost Children"
‣ Tha'Lui ➙ Means "Hatred, Vengeance"
‣ Yen'Lui* ➙ Means "Chaos" • She slashed a line through the original Yen'Lui rune to change the meaning from harmony to chaos
‣ Sariou ➙ Means "Evil Deeds"
‣ Arhain ➙ Means "Stealth, Secrets, Shadows, Dark of Night"
‣ Thanan ➙ Means "Hidden"
‣ Aul'El ➙ Means "That Which Cannot be Known or Comprehended"
‣ Cy'Nath ➙ Means "Silence, Loneliness"
Spine:
‣ [SIZE= 12px]Darath [/SIZE]➙[SIZE= 12px] Means "Surrender"[/SIZE]
‣ [SIZE= 12px]Men'Lui [/SIZE]➙[SIZE= 12px] Means "Weakness"[/SIZE]
‣ [SIZE= 12px]Qaba [/SIZE]➙[SIZE= 12px] Means "Hidden Knowledge, The Which is to be Revealed"[/SIZE]
Scars
‣ Third degree burns cover the upper half of her face, including over her eyes.‣ Dozens of scars cover her back. Caused by a whip with glass and metal infused into the fall.‣ A stab wound in her left side.‣ Two wounds from arrows. One in her right shoulder and one in her right calf.‣ Various scars from scratches, cuts, burns, broken/fractured bones, etc. from over the years.
Other
‣ She has two black wolf ears atop her head.
‣ She has a black wolf tail.
‣ She has wolfish canines and sharp teeth in general.
‣ Part of her right wolf ear has been torn off rather crudely.
‣ The tip of her tail has been cut off.
‣ Her left pinky is missing.
‣ Six numbers in groups of two have been burned into the flesh of the back of her right hand. The numbers are 06-66-13.
|Personal Information|
Personality
Roxii’s not the most sociable person. She’s not shy, but she’s rather untrustworthy and paranoid when it comes to meeting new people. The assassin prefers solitude over anything, but she knows when it’s stupid to be alone when facing a certain situation. She’s rather brash and insensitive towards others people’s emotions, and she’ll tell you directly if you’re being annoying, stupid, or if you just look like a total moron. She considers fluffy emotions and feelings useless and a hindrance. The wolf-elf will lie, though, but only when she feels she has to, such as when her personal life comes up or if she doesn’t want someone to know something.
Roxii tends to keep everyone at a distance. She’s closed off and mysterious, so absolutely no one knows what she has gone through or experienced. The only things they know is that she has gone through some shit given her blindness and many scars. Most of the time, she’ll wear fingerless gloves to hide the chaosphere birthmark and the Sanguine Isle registration number on her hands. Most won’t know what the chaosphere means, but there are a few that may recognize the numbers to be from the labor camp. It’s rare, though, because no laborer has ever left Sanguine Isle alive.
The Lythari can be easily angered and irritated if bothered enough, so once she uses up her fuse she’ll explode on the nearest person or thing with ruthlessness and mercilessness. This is a difficult state to reach, however, given her strong hold on her emotions. A clear head is what she believes will get her to her destination as logic and intelligence is what should be relied on. Being a thinker and a calculating individual, Roxii evaluates every situation carefully and methodically to find the best possible route. She meticulous and careful, and never does anything without a reason.
Likes
‣ Wolves
‣ Archery
‣ Blades
‣ Killing
‣ Proving others wrong
Dislikes
‣ Dwarves
‣ Vampires
‣ Crowds
‣ Being told what to do
‣ Being proven wrong
Goals
‣ To disappear peacefully and live out her days away from others
Fears
‣ Gamophobia • Fear of Commitment
‣ Pistanthrophobia • Fear of Trust
Background
TL
R
First twelve years are a mystery. Was a part of the Crimson Shadow for four years and became the most feared assassin in Landfall. Was captured and sent to Sanguine Isle for three years. The Blackshade (Esararri) infiltrated the labor camp and broke her out, taking her for their own. Was kept as a slave for two years then became a member for the next two years. It was here that the cultists found her.
— — — — —
Not much is known of the Lythari’s early years. The first twelve years of Roxii’s life are a mystery to all but her. She was twelve when she officially began making a name for herself as one of the most deadly assassins in Landfall. Having been taught how to use her magic to her advantage and having learned from the best of the Crimson Shadow, an assassin’s guild known all across Landfall, she quickly began building up her skills and taking on assassination jobs, completing them with ease despite her blindness. Before long, many of Landfall’s inhabitants began fearing the one known as “The Shadow.”
One day, however, Roxii was set up. Sent on another usual assassination mission, the wolf-elf left to go kill a courtesan named Winston Whitley. The job was going smoothly as she spent a few days observing her target’s routine and the last day infiltrating his room in the middle of the night to finish the job. But before she could slit the sleeping man’s throat, a dozen guards burst into the room and took her into custody, and Whitley revealed that he wasn’t sleeping at all. A cloaked man entered the room after she was bound and received a reasonably-sized pouch of money from Whitley. Roxii knew that Whitley was too stupid to figure out he had an assassin after him, which meant that only someone who knew about her mission would tip him off. And the only people who knew of her mission were those in the Crimson Shadow. And whoever set her up was paid to do it.
Anger and betrayal settling on her heart, the infamous “Shadow” was sent to Sanguine Isle—a ruthless, slave-like labor camp for criminals to spend the rest of their days in misery—at the age of sixteen. Situated on a lone island with at least ten miles of water on each side, the camp was virtually impossible to escape from. The labor camp has fifty foot walls surrounding it with watch towers every fifteen feet along the entirety of it. Each watch tower always had at least two guards—at least one of them had magic—, and every guard was equipped with a crossbow and a power stone that helped them regenerate magic at a faster rate during emergencies. There were only two gates that led in and out of the camp, and they were locked by a special spell that only the camp warden knew.
Upon arrival, Roxii was immediately led to an upraised stage where a table, a branding station, and a wooden column with shackles hanging from it stood. The assassin was restrained as her right hand was held out against her will and one of the guards burned her flesh with three sets of numbers: 06-66-13. She was then shackled with her wrists above her head and whipped fourteen times.
The numbers were her identification number. The first set of numbers signified which level she would be on for which job she’d be doing—level 06 was coal mining—, the second set signified which group she was a part of—she was a part of group #66—, and the last set was her member number of that specific group—she was #13 of the group.
Roxii spent three long, terrible, nearly fatal years in Sanguine Isle. Diseases and illnesses killed laborers every day, and it was a miracle that Roxii didn’t fall prey to the death surrounding her. Every night was freezing cold and none of the laborers slept on any form of comfort; their beds were the cold, hard ground. They arose just before sunrise and worked through the day until about an hour after sundown. The laborers were fed only once every few days or so, but none of it was enough to keep them healthy. The guards frequently abused and took advantage of the laborers. The assassin was one of their favourite victims given her Lythari heritage—since almost all of the guards were human—and that was how she had part of her left ear torn off. She had also attacked one of the guards after he had tried to take advantage of another woman laborer, and, as punishment, the guards had her endure thirty seven lashes.
It seemed as though the merciless world of Aldruin was not finished with the half-elf just yet. After the fall of the Kingdom of Felnethyr, home of the royal Vaneiros family and the Lythari, the elven-werewolf race became hard to come by. The kingdom was overrun by all sorts of races and species, including those of other elven heritages, as they plundered the failing kingdom. The healthy children and female half-breeds were taken by force as slaves as the men and unhealthy were slaughtered. Many races viewed the Lythari as inferior and worthless; the other elves especially viewed them as unclean. And so the rest of the land began to make use of the animalistic elves by putting them to work in whatever line of work they saw fit. The remaining free Lythari—now few in number and fearful for their and their loved ones' lives—fled to the dark, mysterious corners of the world in order to hide from the ruthless, greedy grasps of the rest of the world.
So when the Blackshade, an extremely dangerous group of bandits, found out that there was a Lythari out of hiding and ripe for the taking—one that was as dangerous as they were, despite her malnourished state—, they became desperate to have her for themselves. After careful planning, the Blackshade—also known as the Esararri in the ancient magical language of Xeigin—set out for Sanguine Isle. They cloaked their boats in the dark of night and, with uncanny precision and ruthlessness, infiltrated the labor camp with ease by using their magical language to break the spells on the prison and practically strolled right inside.
The Lythari awoke from her light slumber to the rising tumultuous clamor of guards barking orders and releasing terrifying screams of pain. Still shackled to her spot in the mines, Roxii could do nothing but wonder what was going on outside at this time of night. Before long, the Esararri entered the coal mine and found her and her unit, restrained and afraid. When they approached the half-elf, Roxii immediately began to fight back. Unfortunately, she was too weak to do any sort of damage, and they easily subdued the assassin with a short incantation.
She was taken from Sanguine Isle to the Blackshade's hideout, whose location is still unknown. For the first two years, they kept her as a prisoner and a slave. She did as they asked, when they asked, and if they were displeased they were merciless and punishment was nonnegotiable. Her punishments included burns and branding, vicious cuts, whippings, beatings, lack of food and water, "The Pit," being taken advantage of, and the severing of parts of her body, such as the tip of her tail and the entirety of her left ring finger. The first year was her being an obedient slave, but after surviving The Pit a few times despite her blindness, the Esararri realized that Roxii could be sufficient entertainment. So the Blackshade made her become a fighter in The Pit where she would fight to live against other people and creatures of all shapes and sizes using whatever weapons the bandits gave them. She fought in The Pit for a year before they decided that they wanted her to be more than a piece of entertainment to them.
The assassin's last two years with the Blackshades were spent learning from them. They taught her different techniques to use in combat, whether she was wielding a bow, a dagger, or her magic. The Esararri even taught her how to use the magical language of Xeigin to her advantage, ultimately expanding her magical vocabulary and knowledge. In her last year with the cultists, the Esararri gave her a bow, a quiver of arrows, two daggers, and a suit of assassin's armor, all made of the highest quality. They then began taking her on missions across Landfall, ranging from assassinations, reconnaissance, pillaging, thievery, and scavenging. With time, she became better than she ever was before. Roxii even became better than her Blackshade mentors, and they figured that out very quickly. Afraid of losing their prized possession, they confiscated her new equipment and locked up the wolf-elf in the Blackshade dungeons, never to see another soul again. Until the cultists came and slaughtered nearly all of the Esararri, taking the Lythari as their prisoner.
And this is where Roxii Sicarius' story continues...
RFirst twelve years are a mystery. Was a part of the Crimson Shadow for four years and became the most feared assassin in Landfall. Was captured and sent to Sanguine Isle for three years. The Blackshade (Esararri) infiltrated the labor camp and broke her out, taking her for their own. Was kept as a slave for two years then became a member for the next two years. It was here that the cultists found her.
— — — — —
Not much is known of the Lythari’s early years. The first twelve years of Roxii’s life are a mystery to all but her. She was twelve when she officially began making a name for herself as one of the most deadly assassins in Landfall. Having been taught how to use her magic to her advantage and having learned from the best of the Crimson Shadow, an assassin’s guild known all across Landfall, she quickly began building up her skills and taking on assassination jobs, completing them with ease despite her blindness. Before long, many of Landfall’s inhabitants began fearing the one known as “The Shadow.”
One day, however, Roxii was set up. Sent on another usual assassination mission, the wolf-elf left to go kill a courtesan named Winston Whitley. The job was going smoothly as she spent a few days observing her target’s routine and the last day infiltrating his room in the middle of the night to finish the job. But before she could slit the sleeping man’s throat, a dozen guards burst into the room and took her into custody, and Whitley revealed that he wasn’t sleeping at all. A cloaked man entered the room after she was bound and received a reasonably-sized pouch of money from Whitley. Roxii knew that Whitley was too stupid to figure out he had an assassin after him, which meant that only someone who knew about her mission would tip him off. And the only people who knew of her mission were those in the Crimson Shadow. And whoever set her up was paid to do it.
Anger and betrayal settling on her heart, the infamous “Shadow” was sent to Sanguine Isle—a ruthless, slave-like labor camp for criminals to spend the rest of their days in misery—at the age of sixteen. Situated on a lone island with at least ten miles of water on each side, the camp was virtually impossible to escape from. The labor camp has fifty foot walls surrounding it with watch towers every fifteen feet along the entirety of it. Each watch tower always had at least two guards—at least one of them had magic—, and every guard was equipped with a crossbow and a power stone that helped them regenerate magic at a faster rate during emergencies. There were only two gates that led in and out of the camp, and they were locked by a special spell that only the camp warden knew.
Upon arrival, Roxii was immediately led to an upraised stage where a table, a branding station, and a wooden column with shackles hanging from it stood. The assassin was restrained as her right hand was held out against her will and one of the guards burned her flesh with three sets of numbers: 06-66-13. She was then shackled with her wrists above her head and whipped fourteen times.
The numbers were her identification number. The first set of numbers signified which level she would be on for which job she’d be doing—level 06 was coal mining—, the second set signified which group she was a part of—she was a part of group #66—, and the last set was her member number of that specific group—she was #13 of the group.
Roxii spent three long, terrible, nearly fatal years in Sanguine Isle. Diseases and illnesses killed laborers every day, and it was a miracle that Roxii didn’t fall prey to the death surrounding her. Every night was freezing cold and none of the laborers slept on any form of comfort; their beds were the cold, hard ground. They arose just before sunrise and worked through the day until about an hour after sundown. The laborers were fed only once every few days or so, but none of it was enough to keep them healthy. The guards frequently abused and took advantage of the laborers. The assassin was one of their favourite victims given her Lythari heritage—since almost all of the guards were human—and that was how she had part of her left ear torn off. She had also attacked one of the guards after he had tried to take advantage of another woman laborer, and, as punishment, the guards had her endure thirty seven lashes.
It seemed as though the merciless world of Aldruin was not finished with the half-elf just yet. After the fall of the Kingdom of Felnethyr, home of the royal Vaneiros family and the Lythari, the elven-werewolf race became hard to come by. The kingdom was overrun by all sorts of races and species, including those of other elven heritages, as they plundered the failing kingdom. The healthy children and female half-breeds were taken by force as slaves as the men and unhealthy were slaughtered. Many races viewed the Lythari as inferior and worthless; the other elves especially viewed them as unclean. And so the rest of the land began to make use of the animalistic elves by putting them to work in whatever line of work they saw fit. The remaining free Lythari—now few in number and fearful for their and their loved ones' lives—fled to the dark, mysterious corners of the world in order to hide from the ruthless, greedy grasps of the rest of the world.
So when the Blackshade, an extremely dangerous group of bandits, found out that there was a Lythari out of hiding and ripe for the taking—one that was as dangerous as they were, despite her malnourished state—, they became desperate to have her for themselves. After careful planning, the Blackshade—also known as the Esararri in the ancient magical language of Xeigin—set out for Sanguine Isle. They cloaked their boats in the dark of night and, with uncanny precision and ruthlessness, infiltrated the labor camp with ease by using their magical language to break the spells on the prison and practically strolled right inside.
The Lythari awoke from her light slumber to the rising tumultuous clamor of guards barking orders and releasing terrifying screams of pain. Still shackled to her spot in the mines, Roxii could do nothing but wonder what was going on outside at this time of night. Before long, the Esararri entered the coal mine and found her and her unit, restrained and afraid. When they approached the half-elf, Roxii immediately began to fight back. Unfortunately, she was too weak to do any sort of damage, and they easily subdued the assassin with a short incantation.
She was taken from Sanguine Isle to the Blackshade's hideout, whose location is still unknown. For the first two years, they kept her as a prisoner and a slave. She did as they asked, when they asked, and if they were displeased they were merciless and punishment was nonnegotiable. Her punishments included burns and branding, vicious cuts, whippings, beatings, lack of food and water, "The Pit," being taken advantage of, and the severing of parts of her body, such as the tip of her tail and the entirety of her left ring finger. The first year was her being an obedient slave, but after surviving The Pit a few times despite her blindness, the Esararri realized that Roxii could be sufficient entertainment. So the Blackshade made her become a fighter in The Pit where she would fight to live against other people and creatures of all shapes and sizes using whatever weapons the bandits gave them. She fought in The Pit for a year before they decided that they wanted her to be more than a piece of entertainment to them.
The assassin's last two years with the Blackshades were spent learning from them. They taught her different techniques to use in combat, whether she was wielding a bow, a dagger, or her magic. The Esararri even taught her how to use the magical language of Xeigin to her advantage, ultimately expanding her magical vocabulary and knowledge. In her last year with the cultists, the Esararri gave her a bow, a quiver of arrows, two daggers, and a suit of assassin's armor, all made of the highest quality. They then began taking her on missions across Landfall, ranging from assassinations, reconnaissance, pillaging, thievery, and scavenging. With time, she became better than she ever was before. Roxii even became better than her Blackshade mentors, and they figured that out very quickly. Afraid of losing their prized possession, they confiscated her new equipment and locked up the wolf-elf in the Blackshade dungeons, never to see another soul again. Until the cultists came and slaughtered nearly all of the Esararri, taking the Lythari as their prisoner.
And this is where Roxii Sicarius' story continues...
|Skills/Abilities|
Magical Abilities
★★★ Energy Pulse ➺ She can send out pulses of dark energy that can allow her to “see” her surroundings of up to about a thirty foot (9 m.) radius. These pulses allow her to see the ground, any structures touching the ground—such as buildings, nature, and creatures—and whatever is touching those structures. If something—or someone—is suspended in mid-air, she’s unable to detect them among these means.★★ Darkness Healing ➺ The darkness can be used as a source of energy for Roxii, so if she absorbs enough darkness, she can heal wounds. However, she can only heal up to moderate lacerations and, if she’s lucky, some fractured bones. Broken bones and sicknesses/ diseases are more difficult for her to tend to, and she needs plenty of time to focus on healing these issues.★★ Shadow Manipulation ➺ Roxii’s able to absorb and bend the surrounding darkness and shadows to her will. Some of the things she can do include building up shields, creating weapons, and forming figures (for distractions). However, all of these require quite a bit of concentration, energy, and willpower to form and maintain their form.★★★ Shadow Walk ➺ She’s able to cover herself in the surrounding shadows and, once she alters their density, she can slip into an alternate realm that parallels the one everyone walks called the Shadow Realm. In there, she actually has her vision and can see her surroundings as if she were in the real world, and she can travel in real time without disrupting the real world. To others, she’ll appear invisible and intangible. This, however, takes a lot of energy, and she can only remain in this state for no more than six minutes (though that’s pushing it).
Armour
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‣ Along with the armor/outfit shown above, Roxii wears a hood to hide her identity
‣ There's also the usual blindfold 'cause... ya'know... blindness... Also, her eyes are now all weird and shit, so she doesn't wanna scare people away that way lol
Weapons
‣ [SIZE= 12px]A bow made purely of shadows Only one with an affinity for darkness can touch it without being affected by the cold, icy touch of the shadows[/SIZE]
‣ [SIZE= 12px]A quiver of twenty-six barbed arrows made of shadows[/SIZE]
‣ Two daggers made of shadows
Strengths
‣ Emotionally/Mentally strong‣ Attentive/Observant‣ Intelligent‣ Quick/Agile
Weaknesses
‣ Not very physically strong‣ Irritable‣ Cynical‣ Callous
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She'll probably get to liking Ether at some point, just like with most of the others. Lol. Gotta have dat character development.