Turais

[Turais]

Turais the Ethaefal Right Back Where He Started From Appearance Race: Ethaefal Gender: Male Age: 114 (appears 20-25) Birthday: 1, Spring, 400 AV Birthplace: Mathews Bay in Zeltiva Physical Description   Day Time With the light of Syna shining down Turais stands at a tall, 7' even and his skin glows with the warmth of the sun, taking on a coppery-tan hue. His eyes are a dark and dusky blue and slightly almond shaped. His hair and horn color changes from season to season. In the Winter his hair is a pale brown color with his horns shifting into a deep forest green. In the Fall his pale hair becomes a dark auburn that shines red in the sun as his horns shift into a golden-red color the gold shimmering in the sun. In the spring his hair becomes a soft yellow blond and his horns fade from a pale green at the base to a lilac color at the tips. In the summer his hair is a golden red and his horns become an opalescent white. His hair is almost always kept short and tidy, and he almost never has facial hair. His horns come out from two inches behind his temples and curl around his ears before going straight down along his neck where after a few inches they taper off. Like most Ethaefal he often has a deeply sad expression in his eyes, which no matter what he does is almost impossible to hide. Even while basking in the beauty of his Goddess, Syna, he cannot help but feel overcome with grief at having been leaked from Syna and Leth's domain, forced to live out another mortal life. Even with the melancholy shining in his eyes he normally looks fairly at peace, having accepted his fate-- no matter how much he hates it-- and trying to do good while he is here.   Night Time As Syna retreats and Leth comes out Turais' form changes, his ethereal features fade into those of his previous life's form. First is that he shrinks from being a tall 7' to an unimpressive 5'9". Dark, brown, skin takes the place of the bronzed copper it was in the sun and his vibrant eyes become a dark, almost black, brown. His hair also darkens into a pitch color and falls to his collar bone. He appears to be in his late teens, maybe early twenties. He looks like he could pass as Benshira, save for the eyes. If people are rude enough to ask he tells them he is simple a Human, his mother was a Human and his father was a Benshira, so he's more or less a mixed human. His features are less flawless than in his Ethaefal form, he often forgoes shaving, letting a bit of scruff coat his chin and rarely cuts his hair, usually only tying it back and out of his face when he needs to.

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Character Concept Turais is a quiet sort of man. While he enjoys the company of others, he often is more likely to listen than to speak. Often the only times he is likel to open up and be boisterous is when he is debating or talking magic. He seems quite passionate of this pursuit of knowledge surrounding Djed, especially Auristics and Shielding, though he does seem interested in Reimancy. Sometimes he can be very boring to be around, especially if you do not know him very well and do not know what he enjoys discussing, but he often proves to be quiet contemplative and understanding and is a great shoulder for any who need one. Once you do get to know him he proves to be a secret extrovert and in the company of familiar faces he is very warm and affectionate, sometimes to the point of making people uncomfortable. Other times he will make himself uncomfortable when someone takes his friendliness in the wrong way and assumes he is flirting. History Turais was a simple mix blooded human before he was an Ethaefal. Born to a human mother and a charismatic Benshira father had had an interesting childhood. He was born with the name Saiph and because of his fathers disconnect with the Benshira they had no surname. Saiph's father, Jayebah had left his family relatively early to pursue an interest in Djed and magic and migrated to Zeltiva, where he met Saiph's mother, Sari. She was the daughter of a Professor at the University who taught medicine but understood the basics of magic, though no practical application. Not to say that Jayebah did not love Sari, but it was not a marriage that did not come without benefit for him. Sari always joked around that her fathers lessons were her dowry to Jayebah. Saiph was born within the first year of their marriage and was beloved by both, though Sari seemed to dote on him more, coddling him as it seemed many new mothers would to their firstborns. Jayebah was kind to his son, but quite stern, trying to impart on him the lessons of the Benshira and spent much time trying to teach the boy Shiber. Needless to say Saiph was a willful child and slightly spoiled by his mother. He did what he wanted and when the consequences were bad he would run to his mother for protection and comfort, which she always gave him. When he turned 16 his maternal grandfather had passed away and his mother came down with an illness. Jayebah did everything he could to try to help her, but his medical knowledge was barely competent compared to Sari's father and they knew of no other healers. Jayebah ended up coming into contact with a traveling doctor who claimed they could cure Sari for a hefty price tag. Despite the treatment working for a short time, the doctor left once it seemed Sari was fine and she ended up dying a few days later. Saiph was heartbroken. His mother had been everything to him and had been the parent he most trusted and looked to for help. He ended up enrolling in the University and taking general classes about wilderness survival, basic weapon skills with swords and the like. He left once his courses were finished, but he did not make it very far. He ended up dying just a few days outside of Mirahil Pass after leaving Zeltiva, having been mugged and stabbed. The wound would have healed if not for the infection that followed. After he died he ended up being taken in by Syna and Leth, having been a devout follower of both in the life before this last one. For a time it seemed as if things would be perfect for eternity. But one day, he leaked out of their domain and fell to Mizahar, back to Zeltiva, right into the cold water of Mathew's Bay. The feeling of actually feeling was shocking. It felt like he had been set on fire when the water engulfed his form. A burning came from his chest as he remembered he required breath and frantically tried to reach the surface. After floundering he managed to reach the surface and took a deep breath of air, the action, while satisfying of that need, was awkward and unusual. He had spent what felt like an eternity as an ethereal being basking in the eternal presence of Syna and Leth. The realization of what had happened begun to set in as he floated along the surface of the water on his back, staring up at Syna as she shone brightly in the sky. As he watched her above him so far out of reach, he began to cry, a silent, mournful cry. He tried to speak, but the words came out so odd, the language he had grown accustomed to before was impossible to replicate with sounds no matter how hard he tried and then he realized his name was nothing but a feeling to him now. After nearly a few bells he was found by some merchants in a boat and thinking they'd hit him, they pulled him up into their boat only to realize what he was, an Ethaefal. They offered him some clothing that was a bit small and shuttled him into Zeltiva. After a decade of moping around the city and doing odd jobs here and there, Turais, as he called himself now, decided to explore and managed to aquire passage via boat to Sunberth, then eventually visited Mura and even Nyka. While he did not stay anywhere very long he did stay long enough to learn a little bit about everything and recover a few memories of the life he lived when he was Saiph. Eventually he returned to Zeltiva, around 500 AV and has been trying to trace Jayebah's history after he, Saiph that is, left Zeltiva and died. Secretly he hopes he has some relatives around somewhere, or at the very least that his father did not meet the same kind of fate he and his mother did.

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Skills Skill EXP Total Proficiency Shielding 25 SP 25 Novice Auristics 15 SP 15 Novice Glyphing 10 SP 10 Novice Leadership 10 RB 10 Novice Lores   Places Lore of Zeltivan Culture Lore of History of the University Languages Fluent: Common Basic: Shiber Poor: Nader-Canoch

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Posessions   Clothing Image Item Obtained Condition Simple Black Shirt Starting Package Average Black Linen Pants Starting Package Average Simple Undergarments Starting Package Average Faded Woolen Cape Starting Package Average Leather Boots Starting Package Average   Equiptment 1 Waterskin 1 Backpack which contains: -Comb (Wood) -Brush (Wood) -Soap -Razor -Balanced Rations (1 Week's worth) -1 eating knife -Flint & Steel   Apartment Simple Bed Desk Small Chair Small Chest Heirloom: A leather bound journal, only the first few pages have writing, (by Turais.) Housing Location: Student Dorms, Zeltiva University Description: Small single Dorm at the university furnished with a small, single, bed, a desk and chair, and a small chest to store his clothes and possessions. dorm image Ledger Purchase Cost Total Starting +100 gm 100 gm Housing, Cashed In +500 gm 600 gm 3 Classes -90 gm 510 gm Dried Elderberries, 2oz -2 sm 509 gm 8 sm Auristics Lesson -10 gm 499 gm 8 sm Supplies -7 gm 2 sm 5 cm 492 gm 5 sm 5 cm

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Threads   Flashback Thread Date Location Cast Progress Apples for Oranges, trade isn't easy 60th of Summer, 452 AV North Kabrin Road, Sylira Turais & NPCs On Going   Spring 514 AV Thread Date Location Cast Progress Children of the Dream 12th of Spring, 514 AV Quills' Rest, Zeltiva Gwin & Turais (day) On Going An Unintended Audience 14th of Spring, 514 AV Zeltiva, the University Lani Stranger & Turais (day) On Going Small Talk, Smaller Rocks 48th of Spring, 514 AV Zeltiva, the University Felakel & Turais (day) On Going NPCs Name: Geremyah Holdens NPC Type: Stationary Race & Gender: Human, Male Relation to PC: Former Traveling Companion (on the North Kabrin Road) Location: Syliras Skills: Auristics (30 EXP) Writing (15 EXP) Teaching (5 EXP) Other: No Gnosis Mark. This NPC will be used in no more than one Flashback and will be used for the sole purpose of introducing Auristics to my Ethaefal back in 452 AV (or so.)