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Phoenix Fuerhan

Element: Fire

Skills and abilities: Acrobatics and dancing. Much of her body is infused with fire essence, meaning she has powerful, albeit hard to control, fire manipulative abilities. She has picked up various skills and information, such as gardening and self defense, because of the time she has spent travelling. Her main weapon in combat is a shield-gauntlet.

Bio: Nix was the first child of an older couple who had been trying for years to conceive. She came out prematurely, and did not make it. Her parents lived close to a temple of the goddess Ignis, and so they prayed and gave offerings to ask for another chance.

Ignis sent the phoenix itself to instruct them to put her in a hearth so that her body could be rejuvenated. True enough, the child was blessed and given a second life. Her parents named her Phoenix after the bird that gave her the chance to be reborn.

Phoenix grew to be a hyperactive child whose laughter was contagious to the whole village. One day, a troupe came to perform at their village. The vibrant child was entranced by their extraordinary display, especially the acrobatic ember. Being an impressionable child, she was eager to be able to replicate what she had seen, so she used her powers. She did not notice the fire she started until it became severe. She desperately tried to control, but her panicked attempts to aggravate the flames. The small village burned down, with very few survivors.

Disgraced, the young ember ran away promising that she would never burn again. She then encountered the band that had inspired her, The Divine Spectacle, on her aimless wandering. She told them her story and they let her become part, installing her as the partner/’little sister’ to Khaeli, their fire act. She left the troupe years later, feeling like she should do more to redeem herself. Performing with fire was no longer a problem for her, but she is still reluctant to use fire in conflict. She now travels hoping that someday she will make things right through a great good deed, though she believes that it can never be done.

Personality: Phoenix often acts cheerful, misleading others to have the impression that she is of a carefree sort. This is far from the truth, as she is very conscious as to not hurt anyone like she had before. Guilt hangs upon her head for her mistake, and she swears to learn to control herself better so it will never happen again. She is quick to defend or call out anything that has to do with her moral sense, since she feels that the only way to make up for the accident is to uphold what she thinks is right.

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Martial Arts

Rasul has several martial art styles/fighter disciplines based on the philosophies or ideals that the Gods represents. These martial arts are often quite general and can be mixed in with each other and with other fighting styles that developed in the world (nomadic desert combat, barbarian berserker fighting, flame dancing). People that do choose to follow one path and master it are seen as purists who also follow the way of life that the martial art represents. Zur and Etra are the only gods without a fighting style attributed to them. Water, Toresu

Popular Weapons: Staffs, Quarterstaffs, Polearms, Swallows

Fighting style and Philosophy: Toresu is a defensive reactionary art. Practitioners attempt to mimic water, in the sense that water’s default state is calm and serene, and never acts unless disturbed. Fighters rarely land the first strike, as the idea is to let the opponent attack you, then deflect the blow and counter strike, with aims to fatigue the opponent as opposed to beating them down. Defensive movements depend on the momentum of the swung weapon, giving its very rare strikes potency. True purists even finish fights without landing a single strike, preferring to force the opponent to give up as combat against them is pointless. Practitioners use their weapon all around them, using cyclical motions to have the weapon flow from side to side, front to back, granting them an all around defense that deflects blows. This makes Toresu effective in a fight when you are surrounded.

Variations: A sect of practitioners of Toresu have developed a style that focuses more on agression, called Munda. Munda takes the idea of being like a raging waterfall, where you rain continuous strikes upon the opponent using the momentum of your movements. This style still has the deflection techniques of Toresu, but is more effective in one on one combat, and extremely rigid and stiff in multiple adversary engagements, making it more preferable for duels.

Fire, Khavira

Popular Weapons: Dual Blades, Dual Daggers, Punch daggers, Fist Weapons

Fighting style and Philosophy: Khavira is a proactive aggressive art. Practitioners mimic an open flame. Khavira has two states, Khaman, and Shavira. Khaman represents a calm flame, as one on a candle or a torch. Khaman, meaning “soft flame” is the art on the defensive, one that practitioners stay close to themselves, as a counter to styles with greater range than themselves. Khaman requires practitioners to dodge and parry strikes, with the intention of closing the distance to change to second form, Shavira, meaning “raging inferno”. Shavira is the unbridled instinct and passion the fighter harnesses to land an all out attack. The style has many repetitive strikes that vary all around the body, attempting to find a break in defense. Most practitioners prefer wielding two weapons to increase amount of attacks they can get in a single opening, as the sacrifice to defense will mean nothing if they win fast enough. There is very little preset moves and attacks, just base movements and attacks that allow every practitioner to create their own style according to how their instincts work.

Variations: As the style works off of a warriors passion and personal fighting style, technically every form of Khavira is a variation of itself. There is a pure form of Khavira, complete with predetermined moves that motions that can be repetitively practiced in most temples dedicated to Ignis, and they are practiced by fire dancers during rituals.

Earth, Odam

Popular Weapons: Longswords, Hammers, Halberds, Shield-gauntlets, Fist Weapons, Unarmed

Fighting style and Philosophy: Odam is an art that is both defensive and aggressive. practitioners mimic the rolling stone, heavy, difficult to move out of its path, yet meaningful in every movement it takes. Odam is the style that requires the most personal and martial discipline. Odam focuses on having a very rigid stance, one with little variation built to have you surely planted to the ground as to not lose your balance. In this stance, you slowly but purposefully shift form and position to slowly gain an upper hand on your opponent. Much like Toresu, Odam thrives on effectively blocking then counter attacking the opponent, slowly wearing them down, however, Odam has many striking movements and is rather stationary compared to Toresu.

Variations: Odam can be further focues into two more arts, Odam-Ro (meaning defensive fist) and Odam-Sha (meaning defensive palm). Odam-Sho is the focus of full defense, where you take a heavy weapon that easily deflects blows with, and essentially push back waves of enemies with your impenetrable stance. Odam-Sha is the more movement based variant, where practitioners grab and lock opponents in a hold as well as doing many strikes to incapacitate them in close combat.

Wind, Yawari Popular Weapons: Anything

Fighting style and Philosophy: Yawari is the art of not having an art. True practitioners of Yawari understand there is no real form, or style, or step, there is only Yawari and your personal interpretation of it. More of a lifestyle than a martial art, Yawari only demands that a practitioner follows what they feel to be the most effective way of attacking, giving emphasis on freedom and movement. Generally, practitioners put a priority on being able to have the most options in a fight rather than having one stable solution. Practitioners of Yawari never have the fight in mind, rather the motion. There is no plan, only what naturally comes to them as they move. As such, practitioners can generally use almost anything as a weapon to excellent effect.

Variations: N/A

Metal, Gen Huo Popular Weapons: One-handed weapon and shield, Dual shields, Greatshield, Gauntlets, Flat Greatsword

Fighting style and Philosophy: Gen Huo is the art where fighting is only used as a last resort, and peaceful negotiations come before combat. Gen Huo practitioners fight defensively, and to only disable or tire their opponents. They rarely strike, instead preferring to disarm and dissuade opponents with diplomacy. Victory by combat is always a last resort, and in combat, Gen Huo practitioners strike with the intention of not drawing blood, and only to defend themselves and others. There is a higher art of using a deadly weapon, like an axe, or a sword, and striking the opponent in a way that does not draw blood. This style is very passive and reactionary, and does not have any innate aggression of its own.

Variations: There is a variation of Gen Huo that uses the least lethal weapons possible, and attempts to train practitioners to kill with them (shields, whips, saps). This style is called Rai Cho, and focuses on the idea that if you can turn the most peaceful force into a deadly weapon, you have reached the pinnacle of strength.

Lightning, Kilikir and Zeva

Popular Weapons: Kilikir: Spears, Tridents, Pikes, Rapiers / Zeva: Hammers, Mauls, Cudgels, Battleaxes

Fighting style and Philosophy: The lightning styles are unique, in that two distinct but complementary styles developed at the same time, and each simply being a variation of the other. Kilikir is the art of using long ranged stabbing weapons to overwhelm an opponents defense, and Zeva is the art of using heavy weapons that completely bypass through an opponents defense. This is the most aggresive art of all, completely ignoring defense in favour of the idea that might makes right. Practitioners strike extremely quickly, with complete disregard for protection of self, preferring to simply beat down the opponent as past as possibly can with non-stop attacking. Unlike Khavira which moves with the flow of combat, Kilikir and Zeva never stop attacking. Variations: There is an art that combines the ability of Kiikir and Zeva, called Tibaltus, a highly difficult and rare art to master or even find practiced. However, practitioners of Tibaltus are reported to break open shields with just a sharp rock from the ground, and completely shatter swords with their spears. Tibaltus practitioners are masters of focusing all their strength into single strikes that are completely devastating.

Light, Chival Popular Weapons: Sword and Shield, Longsword, Greatsword, Dual Shortsword, Greatshield Fighting style and Philosophy: Chival is a fighting style based on an ancient code of conduct. It used to be a duelist sport, where rules for striking and parrying were a practitioners art, and has been developed to be more applicable to actual combat, but rules about honor and respectability are still at the core of this fighting style. Chival is an an ancient art of repetitive parries and strikes, that fighters are meant to memorize and pick from during respective moments during a fight. They focus on long strikes, and moves that put a lot of importance on honor and trading blows. Chival excels in multiple and single combat, but is restrictive in its purposeful and predetermined movements. Variations: A variation for Chival has been developed that allows practitioners to use two-handed / giant weapons, where you use the blade as a shield and a weapon simultaneously, trading finesse for greater defensive capabilities.

Darkness, Niur Popular Weapons: Chain weapons (daggers, sickles), Khopesh, Hookswords, Balisong, Whip Fighting style and Philosophy: Niur is a fighting style based completely on hindering your opponent. Niur is extremely flexible, and is not afraid to get dirty. Using the environment to your advantage, as well as your strange weaponry and movements are all designed to ensure your opponent is never given a fair ground with you. Niur practitioners usually carry a multitude of weapons/trinkets around with them for every situation, as well as poisons or oil to prevent the opponent from fighting at full strength. Niur practitioners believe in that how you fight dosent matter, and only that you win.

Variations: There is a variation of Niur (in fact, it was the first iteration of Niur, but not as popular) that adheres to the tenets of practice, and unlike modern Niur, believes that skill takes precedence over hindering your opponent, and has a lot of focus on weapon play rather than environmental tactics.

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Misc. Elementals

Jubero Gediff: Jubero's parents were a discreet couple who lived in the woods, as his father was a lumberjack. When Jubero was born, he was born with an extremely weak skeleton. Fearing for their child, they prayed to the Gods to give their son a chance to live normally. Their tiny prayers were heard by Markoh, and Markoh instructed the parents to have the child ingest a small metal nugget from the lumberjack's axe. Once doing so, Markoh willed the metal to fuse with the boy's skeleton, giving him extreme durability and making him able to move properly. Despite being an elemental, Jubero grew up normally, becoming a lumberjack just like his father. His unique powers made it much easier for him to fell trees. As an alloy, Jubero can use the powers of magnetism, and can coat his outer skin in a thin sheet of metal from his bones, and can turn his hands into a sharp weapon (that he just uses to cut trees down). His super tough skeleton lets him survive trees falling down on him and falling from great heights. Jubero is very humble and hardworking. He is especially curious and highly intrugied by his powers, doing experiments to see the limits of his strength and ability. Above all else, he is very religious and thankful for the second chance he has been given by Markoh.

Terra: Before being blessed by the goddess Meeara, Terra was an ordinary girl who lived in a community which happily co-existed with the forest, until an army (human or Malici) intended to use the forest for their own purposes, for it sheltered an endemic, coveted plant. However, their planned method of extraction would have drained the forest of all its life. The nearby village’s people were mostly terrified and resigned to that fate, save for one headstrong girl. She alone attempted to bar their entry to the forest, but to no avail--she was easily overpowered by the soldiers. Meeara was impressed by her will to protect the forest, and so she healed her wounds and gave her the gift of plant communication. As the village girl rose, she called the trees and plants to defend themselves against the invading forces, and effectively drove them away. To this day, she remains in her village near the forest she loves, though she is now silently revered as a hero.

Lyra Shevais: As a young girl, Lyra was part of a noble family she now remembers nothing about, save how she came to attain her powers. But for the purposes of exposition, her family was an established clan who was once disgraced in the war of the hexes. This led them to believe the gods were faulty, and this sentiment was passed down many generations. One day, this clan was attacked in the dead of night by an organized crime syndicate. The entire family was captured and help captive in one room save for one little girl, as she used her house’s hidden walkways and her small size to evade capture. As she watched the criminals beat and brutalize her family she resorted to a desperate measure. Despite her family’s ideology, she prayed to whatever gods would hear her voice to give her the power to have the criminals never return to her house and she started stabbing herself. As her life bled away, Shuari saw the opportunity to make the family change their minds (it was a bit after her mess with the Shadows, she needed to make up to the other gods somehow) so she decided to bless this youngling with the power of shadow. With her newly attained abilities, Lyra slunked around in the darkness, picking off each criminal one by one and eventually terrifying the rest of them off, making them believe the house was haunted. However, the reaction she got from her family was not as expected. She was rejected by her parents as a monster, and kept hidden away in the families attic. Eventually, growing tired of this, she fled the house and made it out on her own. Lyra started as a petty criminal, then eventually a con artist. This would continue many years until she was far too old to sustain herself this way, and now gets by begging on the streets and stealing what she can. Ironically, she now curses the gods for giving her such misfortune and terrible powers. Lyra holds extremely strong connections to her powers, allowing her to even completely blend into the dark, and even “bleed out” shadow to give her portable darkness whenever she needs.

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Creatures of Rasul (2)

Keowulves

Keowulves are small fox-like creatures that exist as part of a cooperation between Tetrus and Ingis to create the fastest creature on land. Keowulves have very fine fur that seems to wisp in the air, even with no wind, and small fangs and claws. They have orange irises and extremely long tails that seem to flow and move independently of the body. They exude an aura of warmth and hunt in small packs in the frigid tundras. When they start running, their feet seem to float off the ground, and its almost as if a lightning bolt streaks across the ground. When they leap off into the air, they leave scorch marks on the ground. People usually attempt to domesticate them (most of the time unsuccessfully) to use them as scouting animals and companions in the wild.

Vedalken Whales

Vedalken whales are gigantic whale creatures (far larger than normal whales) that exist as a collaboration between Leadri and Ulryos to help guide sailors. Vedalken Whales have tough and radiant skin that causes them to glow at night, and when herds of Vedalken Whales move around, it seems as if its a giant glowing line to safety, as these whales naturally move towards the shore to eat shrimp that live near the coastal areas. Sailors follow whale paths to help lead them back home if they are lost.

Hedim

Hedim are large ram like creatures that are created as a cooperation between Kord and Meeara to help spread nutrition in soil. Hedim travel in packs, and have large rocky horns and ligaments, that moss grows on as Hedim are sometimes sedentary and barely move from one location unless moving around. Hedim eat grass and dirt, as well as the moss that grows on each other’s bodies. As they move around, their manure acts as fertilizer due to their extremely weak digestive systems that leave all the nutrients in their manure. Since their herd patterns are erratic, they generally leave all areas well nutritious and allow many plants to grow.

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Malici Gods

The Malici worship gods out of necessity, unlike humans who believe that the gods are celestial embodiments of elements of the world around them, Malici gods represent the most important tenets of their society. Each god represents a different facet of Malici life, and they all work together (or not) to keep Malici kind going. Malici gods can only be contacted by either the current Warlord, who is bestowed upon a part of each god’s celestial power, and by Malici oracles who can contact them. Malici gods usually wont contact a Malici otherwise.

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Edelis, God of Knowledge and Fire

Description: Edelis’s domain is in the collection of knowledge and heat and fire. He is the purveyor and seeker of knowledge, and strangely enough, the controller of heat. He is portrayed with horns that are permanently on fire, and wearing clothes that help him store his scrolls, as he writes by scorching the words into the writings. He is always carrying a staff with an orb that he uses to scry and see into space. He hates Karjus the most, as he thinks his barbaric nature is simply too prehistoric and beyond him (however, he does understand his necessity). He is fickle like the rest of the gods, holding himself as a highly intellectual, perceiving the rest as fairly dumb. the only one that he considers to be his intellectual equal is Maexkhavarra, but he would never say that to his face.

Personality: Uppity, sophisticated, and overly confident in his intelligence, he tends to look down on the very savage Malici and sees those that seek knowledge as being the only ones with a shred of intelligence. He is extremely well read and calculating with his words, always thinking ahead of his opponent or ally, trying to make sure he will always have an intellectual edge.

Powers: Besides being a strategical genius and busybody, he commands incredible control over fire. He can conjure up great firestorms and even turn fire into tangible weapons. He is surprisingly fast as well for someone who spends his time observing and doing experiments out of curiosity. To the warlord, he grants him but a smidge of his great knowledge and cunning, occasionally giving him bursts of insight (especially during times of war), as well as great control over fire and extremely high resistance to burns and heat.

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Sur, God of Death

Description: Sur’s domain is in the eternal grasp of death. He governs the souls of the dead, and makes sure that the process of reincarnation is continued. Sur has magnificent horns, representing just the kind of control that he holds over death. He does not partake in the squabbles of the other gods, and cares the least about them, as he is just concerned with maintaining the cycle. Of all the gods, he likes Wisk the most, as she is the most compassionate and understanding of the task he has to continue (this isn’t by alot though). He is portrayed with tattered robes and carries along a large staff that he uses to walk around, like a walking stick.

Personality: He barely talks, ever. He just simply doesn't find any reason to. Because of his detachment from the other gods, he is simply regarded as a loner or an anomaly, and during the rare occasions he does attend meetings, its usually out of boredom, curiosity, or simply because Wisk asked him to. He is fairly neutral to all the gods, and all the gods are fairly neutral to him. Even Karjus does not pick on him simply because he knows that he far outclasses him in terms of strength, and of purpose. He is well respected, but the other gods don’t let him know that. When he does talk, its always purposeful, and every economic with the way he speaks. In times of vulnerability, he can be very poetic and thoughtful, and this reveals his true nature, one that understands but despises the necessity of this existence.

Powers: As a god of death, he has the ability to simply kill any creature that he wishes, however he has never found a good reason to, as he understands that his interference would be highly incorrect (besides, death comes to all at some point anyway). He can also speak to the death and bring forth spirits that are bound to his will for a time. To the warlord, he grants nothing, as his job is to take the essence of the warlord to choose the next in line, and to reincarnate spirits.

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Wisk, Goddess of Peace

Prenote: You’d think the Malici wouldn’t need a Goddess of Peace? It’s weird.

Description: Wisk’s domain is in peace, and unity. In a domain like Vxoru, its a wonder how it still manages to function as a society. Wisk acts as the mediator of the Malici, the one that attempts to settle arguments and disputes peacefully to come with agreements. Wisk has the smallest horns amongst the gods, but holds the most respect, as all the gods, even Karjus, understand how important she is to the continued prosperity of the Malici. She is portrayed as dressed in formal raiment, wearing a laurel of flowers. She is the smallest of the gods, but when speaking in a meeting, everyone falls silent to listen to her (for the most part). Comparatively, she is the most respected of all of them.

Personality: Soft spoken, but very adamant with her words, though she speaks with light tones, her words are of the utmost wisdom and importance. She is very kind and understanding of all the gods and Malici, even feeling pity for those that would be considered the most evil. She feels the most compassion for Karjus, as she views him as a being forever lost to the pain of conflict, and constantly attempts to cool him down. However, she is not exactly a saint, and spurns the Malici as a collective to spread and consolidate its power. She understands her role in this world is to make sure it does not destroy itself. Powers: Wisk seems to have an aura of calm. She can seemingly bring to heel even the most violent Malici, and cause them to see reason (making her a working partner of Edelis). While not physically strong, she makes up for it for being a beacon of peace and unity. To the warlord, she grants a great sense of responsibility and restraint, allowing the warlord to be less of a dick than the rest of the Malici and actually be a competent ruler.

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Maexkhavarra, God of Deception

Description: Maexkhavarra’s domain is in deceit. In a society of war, pain, and conflict, deception and subterfuge is commonplace amongst the dimwitted and the wily. He is depicted as a god with the most intricate horns, intertwining on itself and branching downward. Unlike the other gods, he is slender but fit, with a very malicious grin, befit with sharp teeth and a long forked tongue. He has a very appealing and almost hypnotic voice, and his movement is always with purpose, moving almost like water, and hypnotic to the eye. Maexkhavarra is usually dressed in long flowing robes, and wearing a cloak to cover his face.

Personality: Maexkhavarra is cunning and feels as if he is above the other gods. He prides himself being the most charismatic and intelligent, even over Edelis. He enjoys company and teamwork of Gorag Vei the most, as he understands, fear and manipulation go hand in hand. He craves for power, and uses his knowledge of secrets and manipulation to have himself always in a position of advantage over others. He will always manipulate the other gods in order to reach is own ends, and always does things just to gain him an edge. He simply sees the Malici as pawns to see to his own ends and agendas. Of all the gods, he fears Sur the most, as he sees death as the end of his machinations that he loves so much.

Powers: As a god of deception, he can shape change, and his voice and movement are extremely hypnotic. He is able to suggest ideas and orders, leaving them subliminally in your head. He is a master manipulator, thinking of all the possibilities and outs that he has, always playing his friends and enemies to reach the end goal he so desires. He also has the ability to teleport, or at least seem to as he moves so quickly from place to place, but no one knows how. To the warlord, he grants him a honeyed tongue, and great suggestive power over his people (not that the warlords use this gift effectively). Maexkhavarra however just sees the warlord as another means to an end. Another tool in his toolbox.

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Triophr, Goddess of Family and Childbirth

Description: Triophr’s domain is in the strength and unity of Family bonds, and the birth of offspring. She is depicted as a fully grown and slightly bigger Malici female, with great horns showing her high status, and extremely large wings, being the only Malici to ever have wings. These wings are impervious and can be used to protect anything she covers. Also since she has wings she can fly. Triophr is also exceptionally strong and stubborn, usually punching the shit out of things if she dosent get what she wants, and usually punching things to get what she wants.

Personality: Triophr is a very firm, loving yet fiery woman. Even if they come intro fights alot, Triophr loves everyone of the gods like a mother would, and fiercely protects them. Any threats to the Malici as a race she deems as a number one priority, and does whatever she can to propagate their race. Another well known fact about Triophr is that she is very promiscuous, sometimes possessing female Malici and engaging in many sexual acts, and children that do come out of this are usually stronger than most other Malici. However she does not have any sexual feelings for many of the other gods.

Powers: While Karjus revels in conflict, Triophr revels in teamwork, Malici working together to achieve a common goal. She grants valor and persistence to Malici working together, and gives them unparalleled teamwork. She also heavily protects children being born, and all potential mothers everywhere, making sure they are well protected (not much for the males though). Upon the warlord, Triophr sends him her best concubines to make sure his offspring are strong. She dosen’t care too much about the warlord but is pretty much obligated to do something.

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Gorag Vei, God of Suffering

Description: Gorag Vei’s doman is in suffering, he feeds off the plight and sorrow of others, be it emotional or physical pain. Because of this, he takes on a permanently shifting body, comprised of mostly small insect like organisms, and always exhumes deadly miasma of diseases and such. His touch is extremely deadly, and has many long spikes sticking out of his body with small jagged sides designed not to kill but slowly rip out flesh.

Personality: Gorag Vei is very animated. His body twists and turns in almost anyway, creating this view of an ever moving mass of insects and disease. He speaks in either a quick or fast low hushed tone, working on the fear of what people don't understand. He is prone to laughing about almost anything morbid, and finds comfort hearing the screams or soft weeping of any living being, even other Gods. He will often manipulate situations to make the other gods feel uncomfortable, or suffer to get what they want. The only god he is fearful of is Eledis, because the one fear that Gorag has is the sensation of burning (not on others, just himself), and that Eledis is far too smart for his machinations. However, he works well with other gods when the time calls for it, as his skill with making people suffer is almost unmatched, and completely horrifying.

Powers: He has the ability to spread diseases everywhere, and maintains strong control over insects, skillfully mastering a hive mind, he can individually control every single insect mind he wishes. He also has the ability to instill fear, causing people to turn and flee, or feel gravely painful emotions of sorrow, anger, and desperation. Gorag is insightful for how the mind works, and knows how to pick at it and cause you to break down, skillfully mentally assaulting you, and has very strong knowledge on diseases. To the Warlord, he gifts invulnerability to getting sick, being poisoned, and a very stable mind, being extremely hard to instill fear in.

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Karjus, God of Conflict

Description: Karjus’s domain is in conflict, wether it be the battlefield or even a simple arguement between two. He does what he can to arbiter conflicts and help the side he wishes to by bestowing upon them strength and blind rage and hatred. Anything that causes two sides to oppose each other in anyway, Karjus will approve of and forward.

Personality: Manipulative and slightly psychopathic, Karjus usually comes into conflict with alot of the other gods (suprisingly). He is always agitated and energetic, ready to fly into a raged bloodlust at any moment. Quick to anger (And he even enjoys it), but also very quick to calm down, in the right moments he can be surprisingly rational, or completely batshit crazy. He has a wierd love/hate relationship with Wisk, the Goddess of peace. He hates the fact that she completely opposes everything he stands for, he understands that without peace, great conflicts would just be meaningless. He has romantic feelings yet feelings of intense hatred towards her. Otherwise, he gets along very badly with the other Gods due to his personality, even if they would be of use to him he always finds something to be angry about to argue. He is usually considered the strongest of the Gods.

Powers: Karjus has the ability to instill anger in Malici, to the point of making them fly into a blind rage, killing absolutely anything in their path, also gifting them with an unparalleled stamina, and resilience to pain. Due to his warlike nature, he also has extremely extensive knowledge of war tactics and diplomacy (specifically how to fuck up diplomacy). To the Warlord, he gifts enhanced strength, stamina, and causes them to permanently to take an Avatar-like form, increasing their height substantially. This however does make them more prone to rage and killing.

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Kelera

Aesthetic: JRPG-ish (because that’s my outfit aesthetic for everyone LMAO) and post-apocalyptic. Kelera put herself together with the bits and scraps she could pick up herself so that put together, ragged look suits her well.

Element: Lightning

Skills and Abilities: 

Survival knife throwing, knife fighting, hand-to-hand combat, ambidextrosity, resourcefulness, and poison immunity are all skills she developed to gain an edge in life.

Elemental powers Can generate electricity from the palms of her hands, but often touching parts of her body that are infused with lightning essence gives more electricity. These parts are some of her scars, her abdomen, and her left eye.

Electric eye Left eye is mostly replaced by lighting/electricity essence. With it, Kelera is able to see things at their particle level by directing the essence to the object. However, the imbalance between the vision in her two eyes is distracting, so she tends to cover the eye that is not in use. 

Alchemy/transmutation Changes substances’ composition at an atomic level by running charges through them(i promise this is possible). Does this by looking at substances at their sub-atomic level with her electric eye to be able to approximate what changes need to be done to change the substance. She can also brew potions that can give superhuman abilities.

Bio: Little is known to Kelera about her early life; she'd been in the streets for as long as she could remember as a nameless orphan with no home and no assurance of supper each night. It was here that she learned how to thrive in a harsh world. The area she grew up in was steeped in poverty, so there were no careless rich people she could pickpocket. In order to live she had to learn to fight bandits to wrest their loot away. On the streets, she learned that there was truly no one to depend upon but one's self, and she took it to heart.

For a while, only sheer will kept her moving forward in life, and she began to wander away. Eventually she passed an open window of a mansion owned by a rich family. A child was being taught by his tutor, and this dirty little girl, who had seen words her whole life yet could not comprehend them for not being able to recognize a single letter, was mesmerized by the lessons. She stopped by everyday and eavesdropped on their lessons until she learned how to read. From there she moved to libraries, where she didn't have to be sneaky in order to learn. The librarians then noticed her frequent visitations and offered her compensation in exchange for work in the library, since she was there all the time anyway. She accepted, and finally had some stability in life--and a name for herself. She called herself Kelera after one of the heroes she had read about in an adventure book.

Alchemy, the science of manipulating substances in order to achieve desired properties was a taboo. People even classified it as a pseudo-science. The wonder surrounding it only served to interest Kelera more, so she left to pursue more knowledge about it. She traveled around and used her arsenal of skills to do odd jobs to earn money so that she could buy notes about alchemy on the black market, and in other places. Soon enough, she became skilled enough to be able to make her own advancements of alchemy, though she still aspires to find as much progress that prior alchemists have achieved as much as possible.

One stormy night, as she was aboard a merchant ship, pirates boarded to raid her of her goods. Thunder boomed, lightning lit up the sky, and the waves violently shook both the vessels. The battle ensued under the watchful eyes of the gods Tetrus and Leadri themselves. Kelera herself lost her life in the conflict, and the pirates seized the ship.

Tetrus and Leadri both took notice of her. Leadri admired her scholarship, while Tetrus was impressed by the sheer strength and will of her soul. Both decided to give her their blessing, but Tetrus got to her first.

A bolt of lightning hit the ship, startling the pirates as they were just starting to lower their guard. The woman slowly rose, eyes burning with determination. She used her newfound ability to overwhelm the pirates and reclaim the ship, and then led it back to port. Despite the drastic change in her body, she proceeded with her life as before, only living in her pursuit of knowledge.

Personality: Generally people think of Kelera as calm, witty, and cynical; which is a pretty accurate description. She thinks alliances and ties are useless, and actually harmful as they only hold people back from survival. Despite this, she actually feels a need to help those whom she gets attached to and often unwittingly gets into trouble as she gets more involved with her friends much to her dismay. Even though she professes that a life of solitude and detachment is best, she sees it as her personal responsibility to get out of any predicament she finds herself in, therefore she never abandons anything. This results in a surprisingly strong sense of loyalty. This doesn't mean that she's honorable in general standards, however. Her code of ethics is still too fluid for her to be considered a good civilian, as she has no problems with stealing, cheating, or lying for survival. With her, anything goes; consistency does not matter.

She’s not fully aware of it but she has a soft spot for children or those with traits that she associates with childishness such as naïveté, innocence, playfulness, and diminutiveness and feels the need to protect and cherish their youthful spirit.

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Callisto Kelceles

Appearance: A young man at 19, standing at 5'8", he sports short black hair. As an elemental, his replaced parts are parts of his feet that were hacked off, a part of his right arm and a hole in his stomach. He has a thin yet fit physique, perfect for quick movement around the battle field and several scars on his hands, chest and face. 

Element: Light

Skills and Ability: History, Sculpting, Combat (Med-High Skill level), proficient with swords and greatswords, Slightly Ambidextrous.

Bio: Callisto Kelceles was born into a sect that worshipped the god of light, Ulryos. From birth, he was deigned to be one of the temple's holy crusaders, and would one day carry out the will of the god himself. Trained in combat, negotiation, religious practices, and morals and virtues pounded into his head, Callisto grew up doing what was expected of him and felt tied down to this god he did not even know. Without a choice or any sense of direction, he followed unquestionably whatever he was told to do.

His father was of the Kelceles family, a long lineage of warriors that fought for the glory of the light god, tracing all the way back to the war of the hexes, a grand history that Callisto never took interest in and soon despised. He always held high expectations for him, pushing Callisto to do his best to exceed expectations to appease his father. As his training continued, the actions of their sect, rooting out evil wherever it may be, attracted the attention of a bandit king named Midas. Seeing as how these warriors were disrupting his operations, he personally held a raid upon the temple. Surrounded on all sides, the temple's defenses could not hold and eventually, most of the priests and warriors were slain. In the fight, Callisto's father bid him to escape immediately, intent on keeping him alive. Callisto at first obeyed, because it was an order, but as he ran, he turned and saw his father get stabbed in the chest, who immediately fell over dead. For the first time in his life, Callisto disobeyed an order, turned around and drew his sword. He went into a furious rage, and kept on killing every bandit that came upon him despite the multiple wounds and gashes that they gave him. Eventually, after having lost a lot of blood, he slowed down enough to get a spear impaled through his stomach which stopped him dead in his tracks. The bandit king then arrogantly went up to him and decided to laugh in his face and mock his futile attempts to kill all of them. However, Callisto lashed out at him and pulled Midas onto the spear that was sticking out of his chest, impaling both of them and instantly killing Midas. Afraid, confused and surprised that their leader was killed so easily, the bandits all fled the temple, leaving with whatever ill gotten loot they could find.

Lying on the floor slowly dying and bleeding out, Callisto was determined not to die, and to kill every single bandit that had caused this disaster. Dead set on his goal, he prayed to Ulryos for the first time to ask for a second chance, to seek redemption and avenge his father and all other patrons of the temple. Ulryos heard this prayer and imbued Callisto, as he died, with the power of an elemental. Once the process was complete, Ulryos bestowed upon Callisto his sword, Alistair. Callisto turned the entire temple into a funeral pyre, leaving behind his life of blind obedience, and set out to seek revenge upon those who had killed them.

Callisto relentlessly hunted down every single bandit and mercilessly slaughtered them across the land. During his travels, he learned much about basic survival, different cultures and tracking techniques. This turned Callisto into a cold-blooded killer. Without mercy or remorse, he did not feel sorry for any of his kills, even bandits that had turned over a new leaf and gone straight. In his eyes, they needed to pay for their sins against his father and legacy. This would continue until the day he met Nix, and stumbled upon The Divine Spectacle.

Personality: Quiet, yet rude, and easy to anger, Callisto cares little for small talk unless its necessary or important, companionship, love, charity, and is a bit of a pragmatist. He however has high respect for those who he deems deserving of it, and thanks to his upbringing has a very strong moral compass, and is not afraid to kill those who oppose it. He believes unless there is obviously better, his way is the best way. Despite all this, he is very learned and self-educated. He has a good taste in art, and thanks to meeting Nix, has learned to develop guilt (somewhat). 

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The Divine Spectacle

The Divine Spectacle is a famous troupe known throughout Rasul for having elemental-exclusive members. They're great performers, too.

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Name: Khaeli 

Appearance: Naturally brown hair that she dyes crimson, toned slender physique, average height, golden irises.

Element: Fire

Talents: Fire eating, dancing, acrobatics 

Bio: Her mother was a virgin priestess of the Temple of Ignis on the island of Igniashabalabadingdong (yes this should be renamed.). The priestesses devote their lives to serving the goddess Ignis, and they are well known for their captivating ritual dances.

The act leading to her conception was against her mother's will, and it absolutely devastated her because it broke her devotion to Ignis. She felt that the only way she could repay for her sin was for her child to be blessed by the goddess herself, and she prayed hard for it to happen. Ignis of course, was not mad at all, but she saw that the only way to ease the priestess' despair was to grant her final wish. She imbued fire essence into the child while she was in the womb, but in later stages because a human body cannot handle the heat generated by a fire elemental. Although the mother was able to safely carry her child to term, she died during childbirth due to complications unrelated to her daughter being a fire elemental.

The other priestesses took it as a blessing that a child blessed with the essence of Ignis was born to them, and they raised her as an idol. Khaeli, however, hated it. She felt like she hadn't actually done anything of actual merit, and hated that she was being revered simply for being born. She also grew restless of the isolation that she was being raised in, for those priestesses were particularly dedicated to sheltering her. Elias came to the island because he'd heard that they had a fire elemental, and he wanted to attempt to recruit her. He managed to convince her, so she went to the priestesses to inform of her intention to leave the temple and explore the world. They allowed her to go, for they believed that she was an incarnation of Ignis; and as it is their duty to do everything for their goddess, they must let her go as well.

Despite being resentful of the priestesses' attitudes towards her, she holds enough respect for them to not use the choreography the priestesses used in their routines because they are sacred steps used to honor Ignis. She spent a lot of time studying and watching other dancers before she consented to performing for the troupe.

Personality: Very impulsive, but doesn't usually get angry if there's no good reason for it. She is very protective and loyal towards those she cares about. She gets restless and bored easily, and is very snappish when she gets into this mood.

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Name: Elias Cyven

Appearance: Medium length brown hair tied into a ponytail, grey eyes, average height and physique--not muscular, not slender, not lanky. People would describe him as attractive.

Element: Wind

Talents: Ventriloquism, Illusions/Magic

Bio: He was born into a family of nobles, the heir of a high position. His mother was very sickly; his family feared that he could not be born. They prayed hard to all of the gods, begging for them to strengthen their son so that he could come out safely. Most of the gods were turned off because of the lack of commitment to a single deity. Wisperia, however, had a rare moment of connection with them, feeling that they were simply misunderstood because their fellow gods had come to hasty conclusions about them. She bestowed the gift of wind to the unborn child, giving his body the strength to live.

He was an only child, as his mother’s weak body could not recover after giving birth. He grew up with a superiority complex, since he was the sole heir to an influential family and was lavished with much attention. His power fascinated him, and he had spent a lot of time developing it since he was a child. As he grew up, however, he became disgusted at the shrewdness of politics that he had to learn as he was expected to fill those roles in the future. He decided that pure humans were disgusting, and not worth his presence. He longed to prove the superiority of elementals, and was inspired by a circus show he watched while he was having that crisis. He decided to create a troupe of solely elementals, to dazzle people and let them know of the majesty of elementals. He ran away, stealing a vast sum of money and valuables from his family in order to fund his ambitions. He managed to successfully recruit talented elementals to create that group, and now performs as its 'ringmaster' and illusionist.

Personality: Proud, shrewd, charismatic. He has the charm to sway people over, and manipulates everyone to his benefit. His fellow troupe members do not know of his past, thus they have no opinion of him for it. He'd be the type to throw tantrums when he doesn't get what he wants, but he's so good at having things his way that it's never happened.

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Name: Agram Ghend

Appearance: He’s in between short to average height, and has a very muscular physique. No hair anywhere. (im thinking Ben Grimm I can't unsee but pls no...idk maybe he's like a batak, stoic Mr. Clean) His face has deep scars that look like cracks in stone, and some parts of his limbs appear to be held together by stone.

Element: Earth

Talents: Strength exhibition

Bio: He was once a dedicated soldier/knight. Kord often watched over Agram’s order because he admired their dedication and discipline and because they often prayed to him for guidance. Agram was mortally injured in an ambush, attempting to dig a comrade out of rocks that had piled onto him from an induced avalanche. That soldier, his closest friend, knew that he had no chance at life, but he felt that Agram deserved to live more than he did. Many soldiers died in that attack, but Kord did not want to raise them because he felt that their souls were too tainted with anger. However, he felt that Agram was the most honorable and disciplined, and that he still had a lot to offer. He repaired Agram’s injuries and ruptured organs with earth essence, and so he came back to life.

It was not his first choice to be a soldier. He had wanted to be a teacher, but his naturally bulky stature scared children. The next best thing was to be a soldier, to fight with honor on the battlefield, and to hone his natural talents. After the attack that almost cost his life, he decided that the bloody life of a fighter was no longer one he could tolerate. As an earth elemental, his intimidating figure became even more disfigured. He knew that he would not be able to live amongst normal people. He roamed Rasul without a purpose, not wanting to take his life because of his respect to Kord, but he felt no role could be given to him. Elias found him moping one day, telling him that more than a strongman, they needed someone to hold the troupe together, to discipline them. He accepted, with the thought that it was not exactly the worst job in the world, and maybe the travelling could help him find the reason that Kord had given him a second chance.

Personality: On the surface, Agram appears to be intimidating and militaristic. He acts strict and stoic most of the time, like a disciplined soldier or general. At his core however, his closest friends know that his most defining trait is his selfless concern for everyone. He puts others above himself at all times, even if he does not have an intimate connection with them. He never killed as a soldier, actually focusing more on protecting his comrades. This also required great discipline as he knew exactly how much force was required to incapacitate his opponent but not kill them, and he knew when it was truly necessary to injure. Surprisingly he has a rather dry and dark sense of humor, which he only lets out at the most inopportune and disturbing moments. The troupe dreads rather than looks forward to the rare chuckles Agram has to give, but they are aware that at heart he is absolutely not a sadist.

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Name: Gaddian

Appearance: He has trunk arms that he can grow and retract to whatever shape, his 'hair' grows out in twigs, and again like a tree, he is quite tall.

Element: Nature

Talents: Instantaneous plant growing, Plant species creation, Medicinal plant species creation

Bio: On one of her rare trips to Rasul, Meeara came across a human infant, abandoned in a forest. He was thin, frail, and sickly, close to death. Here was such a kind, meek soul, that even Meeara's heart cried out for it. She cut off his arms and grew them back in with plant essence, making him strong enough to survive on his own. She instructed the plants to nourish and raise him, and returned to the gods' realm.

Gaddian grew up in the forest, never interacting with people. He knew only the voice of plants until Elias found him and told him of his plans. He was firmly rooted, but he was convinced when Elias told him that his travels would make him familiar with even more species of plants. He reluctantly left the his lifelong forest he called home just to join the first non-plant sentient beings he had ever met, but he eventually warmed up to the other members of The Divine Spectacle. Nowadays his main point of interest in the troupe is not the showcase of his talent of instantaneous plant growth, but his skill in creating remedies to most sicknesses.

Personality: He is very quiet, many times not knowing what to say. Plants understand him much better than people, but he does make an effort to relate. His friends are often touched by his thoughtful gestures towards them, often in the form of a new species of plant.

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The Kraken

A giant tentacled beast known for indiscriminately destroying ships across the ocean, the Kraken is a fabled giant beast that uses its giant tentacles to destroy and crush any ships that come in its path. Not many survive the destructive force of this terrifying creature, and survivors have reported that the Kraken completely destroys and sinks ships, even crushing individual crew with his giant tentacles. It can be wounded by cannon fire, gunfire, swords, but it seems unfazed to the pain as it continues to systematically destroy ships, indicating a high level of intelligence. The Kraken has been reported all over the ocean, seeming to move around, always giving people the sense of dread that the Kraken is still out there.

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Creatures of Rasul

On Rasul you will find the known animals also found on non-fictional earth, but some are not. (Or...are they?)

As these creatures are seen to be manifestations of the will of the Gods themselves, they generally attract a higher level of respect (for example people do not kill them for sport nor do they display their carcasses)

Phoenix

Said to be the avatar/s of Ignis. They are birds imbued with fire essence, created so that Ignis has access to the world below. As they glide through the air, it appears as if they themselves are on fire. They are associated with rebirth, as when the earthly body of the bird perishes, it is said that Ignis simply restores it so that it may continue to serve her.

Veise

These look like normal bats, except they are believed to be agents of Shuari. To identify them, look closely when they get closer to light. It is said that their bodies release black smoke when they come into contact with light. This is because they are born from darkness, and cannot thrive under light. As they are born from shadows, it rumored that they don’t truly have a physical form.

Sentinels

These horse-like creatures stand at 5-6 feet tall, and walk on eight legs. A creation of Ulryos, he made this to watch over the world for him and guide people onto the path of safety, redemption or justice. They feature pale glowing eyes, a silvery mane that glows and that can never be cut or grown. It is quite deft with its eight legs and can easily go from 0 MpH to 150 MpH in mere seconds. However, these sentinels are very vulnerable and distrustful of humans and usually only watch, only intervening if it knows it can get away safely afterwards.

Zlepheir

These strange insects travel in large groups, and light up in the day and night, looking like giant congregations of flying lights. They are herbivores and feed on many fruits around Rasul, and as a result can create random christmas trees everywhere. However, unlike other insects they are extremely intelligent. Despite having a 3 month lifespan, they can remember faces, and can defend themselves when a group is threatened. They throw themselves at predators and attach themselves to their skin using their razor limbs, then apply several volts of electricity into the offenders body. While just one is just a small jolt, an entire group of these can apply shocks that prove to be fatal. Due to their violent and uncontrollable nature, these are not the avatars of Tetrus, but are instead are a failed first attempt.

Kikhil

These small sparrows fly high in the sky, and groups of them are usually seen flying around in a lightning storm. They feed on the static electricty in the air and are nocturnal creatures. They usually make nests in high places like mountains or great hills to take advantage of its closeness to clouds. They are very curious and always scavenge small metal trinkets left behind to decorate their nests.

Geld

The geld are small mole-like creatures that feature sharp metal claws and shield-like plates on their arms. They burrow through the dirt searching for metals which they eat. They can smell metal through 10ft of dirt and have very slight magnetic properties. This makes them a prime target for poachers who need some easy metal-related money. They are timid, and because of the hunting usually stay underground. When they die, their bodies decompose and leave behind the plates, making it so that metal that they consume isn't really taken from the earth.

Khu-ghunoth

These four legged 20ft beasts travel around mountainous and rocky badlands, and have plates that look alot like natural stone. Their skin is also of similar properties to stone, being very hard and durable. When threatened, they will charge forward destroying anything in its path with its hardened skull and crush anything underneath its huge stumpy feet. They feast on the small plants they can find in these rocky terrains.

Yedly

These snails have an almost transparent body, and translucent shells tinted with beautiful cyan patterns. When submerged in clear water, they can only be distinguished by the unique, bioluminescent patterns found on their shells. They eat any moist photosynthetic organism. Their appearance generally signifies water in the area, so they are used to find spots in the ground to dig wells. People living in places plagued with drought celebrate when these snails are seen, because it means rain will fall soon. Large communities of yedly are known to generate lakes if undisturbed. 

Willowtails

Willowtails are often mistaken for kikhil; for they look just like them but they can be seen flying at much lower altitudes. Many are afflicted with narcolepsy, so they are known to randomly fall from the sky. People watching them sometimes lose sight of them, as if they've disappeared into thin air. None have ever seen their nests, so they are a mysterious species indeed. It is believed that a thriving population in an area prevents tornadoes.