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Jaerith

Jaerith, about 16, had brown hair and wass somewhat lanky. She was born and raised in the Silver Kingdom, and spent most of her life there.

Jaerith was a young psychic from Bellum. About 16, she had brown hair and was somewhat lanky. She was born and raised in the Silver Kingdom, and spent most of her life there. However, she escaped the island when the Sign of Diamonds attacked it. While her family was killed in the assault, she reached safety with the help of Marakatam, a master psychic who was imprisoned on the island.

With Marakatam, Jaerith traveled throughout the Silver Kingdom, honing her skills and working with the Sign of Rubies to overthrow the Sign of Diamonds, whose rule was illegitimate and who terrorized his people. Marakatam revealed that he was the Sign of Emeralds, another very powerful mystic and psychic. In the Silver Kingdom, there are seven people called the Signs. How they became the Signs is unknown. Their powers reflect aspects and light and dark energies.

Eventually, when the Sign of Diamonds was in fact defeated, Jaerith ventured off on her own to learn more about psychic abilities. In the Southern Silver Kingdom, she found a mask within a temple called the Kubla Khan. This device, one of the Jewels of Pelabuhan, was possessed by a spirit that could let the user leave from the continuum of time, and travel about it as they wished. Jaerith used this mask to literally time travel, visiting past eras and gathering a vast amount of knowledge about magic and mental abilities. She does, in fact, appear in several significant canons and influence them in a similar way to Ryusen, the Dragon of Time.

I personally like Jaerith because she was created by Annie, and also because I really love the way psychics work, even though they're really almost unfair in terms of power. It's also really fun to work with characters who transcend time, such as Edge when he uses the Kubla Khan or the aforementioned Ryusen.

Relative to other characters, Jaerith sort of transcends the idea of powe rin that she controls and travels through time. Characters like this don't really ever truly have a power level, since they can't really die. However, in terms of psychic ability, she is incredibly gifted- Marakatam himself saluted her power and recognizes her as an equal, a high compliment coming from the Sign of Emeralds.

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Rukozal

Rukozal is blond, but has shaved-short hair. He wears appropriate robes for his position as the head of the Temple of Toec- they are black and royal blue, with beautiful weavings that are reminiscent of rivers. He is about 5'11", and weighs about 190lbs. He has blue eyes.

Rukozal has spent most of his life studying the Rotunda, a place that exists between dimensions, as well as the beings who live their and the magic that they use. He has learned to harness this magic, and remains the only mortal capable of truly wielding its power. Moon Magic, as it is called, calls upon the power of Casman, an overbeing who lives in the Rotunda, and with whom Rukozal has earned favor.

Rukozal has not had an easy life. Throughout the last few decades, the Ethites, followers of Toec, have been persecuted by fierce sword-magic-using warriors called the Auxni, who live in a city in the east River Kingdom. The Ethites have therefore lived in refuge for quite some time, many taking shelter behind the walls of the Czolites on the western banks of the sea. Rukozal, however, traveled south to the tribe of Xziuq, where the Absces lived in their canyon homes. There, he studied with their chief, Maniowek, a man who also spent quite a bit of time investigating the beings of the Rotunda. 

Rukozal loves only himself, his god, Toec, his master, Casman, and his disciple, Maniowek. He identifies as asexual, and while he has not taken a vow of chastity, he remains abstinent simply as a side effect of his complete devotion to his studies under Casman.

Rukozal played a large part in the Next Level Canon by helping Raeguno, who hunted the overbeings of the Rotunda, to visit the Rotunda through meditation. The Rotunda cannot physically support human beings, as it doesn't really operate with the same rules as our reality- however, through mental travel, it is possible to experience traveling there and learn about it without ever physically manifesting within its boundaries.

I personally feel connected to Rukozal because he is very lost in his work. However, his work ethic is far stronger than mine, and so I can't say that I'm as dedicated to my projects as he is to his- however, at least physically, I imagine Rukozal and I to be almost identical, except for the fact that he is almost two decades older (Rukozal is about 40 I imagine, and I'm 19 currently). 

Relative to other characters, Rukozal is one of the most powerful mystics in the realm at the time of his life. The ability to use Moon Magic is completely unique to him, and it is probably the strongest and most absolute form of magic in the universe. He is also very wise from his studies of the Rotunda, and has a lot to say about life and teaching.

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