Full Name:
Elliana Wynlar
Nicknames:
The Light, Glower
Species:
Elf, though unlike any of her kind
Occupation:
To light the tunnels that Dwarven miners create. She stands in the tunnels and glows all day every day. She has no other duty or job. She is not permitted to sit though because it decreases the amount of light that she emits.
Age:
Appears to be of maiden age but is actually nearing her five hundredth year
Sexuality:
Female that has been magically enchanted to have no desires sexually of any kind.
Eyes:
Wide set large gray eyes that are slightly angled that take on a shimmer of silver when she is working and allowing her light to shine fully.
Hair:
Silver white hair that is stick straight and which hangs to the floor in a smooth sheet behind her back. it is never cut, and has been looped under the fall and attached to her gown as necessary. It has been suggested that she could braid it, but attempts to do so caused it to break and fall dull, so attaching it with a belt in long layers has become the method of choice.
Features:
Heart shaped face with a slightly pointed chin where her large gray eyes are the focal feature. her complexion is pale but with rosy pink highlights on her temples, cheeks and thin lips. Her expression is generally one of calm steady watchfulness. No one has ever seen her smile or laugh.
Height:
Nearly six and a half feet tall
Build:
She is overly tall for an elf, but has the same lithe and agile body of her shorter counterparts. She is graceful and strong though she appears almost breakable in build.
Outfit:
She is always seen in a white flowing robe which ties at the waist with a single crimson cord. However, while she is working she wears nothing, so as not to impede the light which her body emits from every pore. She is careful to adorn the robe before she allows the light to fully burn and also before she drops the robe to preserve modesty and to avoid offense.
Body Mods:
(Scars, tattoos, piercings, prosthetics, and more.)
Impression:
Elliana is both loved and hated. Those who work in the mines revere her, because her presence there prevents accidents, and enable their work to be done more efficiently and with fewer injuries. Those who encounter her outside of the mines believe her to be aloof and snobbish because of her lack of emotion and conversation.
Voice:
She does not speak often but when she does it is generally to sound a warning or to rely to a direct question. Her voice is light and elegant, like a drop of water falling into a still pond. When sounding a warning however, it carries weight and power as of the voice of a goddess from on high. Many upon hearing that voice are afraid and keep distance afterward. Thus were the tales born that Elliana was no elf ut a drop of water fallen from Zeus' cup.
Fears:
Darkness and enclosed spaces which makes her current job extremely difficult for her.
Motivation:
Elliana was sent to the Dwarven King to work in their mines as a peace offering between the Elves and Dwarves. They war between the two races had lasted for nearly one hundred years and was threatening to cause the numbers of both races to plummet to lows that could spell the end for both races.
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Virtues: (Definitions below, pick however many fit and describe how, if you are so inclined.)
Chastity (
Castitas)
An easy task for one who has been magicked as she has.
Temperence (
Temperantia)
She requires little to meet the needs of her body to continue to live and be healthy.
Charity (
Caritas)
Elliana has been giving of herself for the benefit of all her people for over fifty years. Had they not magicked her, this might have been a chore, but she feels a great sense of peace and purpose because of the spell.
Diligence (
Industria)
She never fails to be at her appointed post every day, nor does she ever leave it. She knows that her presence guarantees the safety of them people who are working, and because she has come to care about their welfare she remains steadfast.
Humility (
Humilitas)
She does not feel any need to glorify herself or advance herself in any way. Also a result of the magicking performed before she arrived.
Vices: (Definitions below, pick however many fit and describe how, if you are so inclined.)
Envy (
Invidia)
She has had two times she felt envy, upon seeing a woman with a child and feeling a strong breeze which brought the scent of a spring day down the tunnel to where she was standing.
Strengths:
Elliana is steady, selfless, careful and under control.
Weaknesses:
Personal interaction, casual conversation, friendliness
Quirks:
She never wears shoes even when walking on the rubble in the deepest caves. No one knows why and no one is brave enough to ask.
Racial Details:
As most of her kind, she has the pointed ears that mark the Elf race. hers however are longer and narrower than those of her peers and have a spiraled curl at the very tips.
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History:
Elliana was born to a mage and a spirit guide in a small rural village in the eastern isles of the Elf Kingdom. She had a very happy childhood, until it was evident that she was unlike any others of her race. Their skin was a beautiful copper color and their hair golden like the sun. But hers was almost clear, and pale and her hair stark white with a shimmer of silver shot through it. If that hadn't been enough, she began to tower over every child, then woman, and finally over all them men as well. There was no accounting for the oddity of her appearance, as she was completely healthy in every way. However, upon her first ascent (Which occurred on the first full moon after an elf turned one hundred) her true difference emerged. Light shone from her like a ball of fire, and nearly blinded all who attended the rite. A heavy black cloak was brought and thrown over her and she worked with her father to learn to control the intensity of the light. This process took almost one hundred years, so the cloak became her constant burden during this time.
There were times she was able to free herself of her burdens, but she was always alone and far away from everyone and everything when she did so. Thus began her extremely solitary life, where books and music were her only companions. She spent almost two hundred years thus, until she met Xan. He heard her singing and followed the sound to find a woman bathing in a crystal pool of water whose has floated on the water like a shimmering rainbow in the sunlight. He was enchanted and amazed. She was startled and forgot herself as the light glowing from her turned to blinding white. He shielded his eyes, but did not flee. The two began a tenuous friendship that in time led to more.
The High Counsel of Elves approached her with her duty and the peaceful ramifications and the possible extermination of her race if she refused on the very day Xan had proposed marriage. While they appeared to offer her the option, in truth they did not. The magicker approached her and before she could think of react, the spell which removed all emotion and desire from her was cast. She was then sent to the Dwarven King. Upon seeing the light shining from her, he was impressed but when in the blackness of the caves it was even more pronounced. At first she struggled against the small spaces recoiling in fear and terror, but she overcame that reaction and managed to do as required. With the magic in place taking her to the Dwarven Kingdom was accomplished without difficulty.
Hook/Summary:
Xan was never told of this treachery. He had assumed his lady had changed her mind. He was after all not am elf, or even anything close. perhaps she had come to dislike his hooves? Or his tail? However, three days ago other elves entered his part of the forest and began speaking of the light that was sent to the dwarves to bring peace to their lands. Xan followed and listened as anger welled up within him...so his lady did not change her mind. She had been sacrificed. Suddenly appearing from behind a tree the huge bow trained on the unsuspecting elves, "Where did they send her?" Asked the towering centaur with flaring nostrils and ebony flowing locks.
