Name: Qarisi (formerly Kherehet)
Pronouns: She/her
Species: Naga
Plane of Origin: Amonkhet
First Planeswalk: Tarkir
Colors: Green/Black/Blue
Appearance:
(Art by @land-ofthebooty)
At over 50 years old and 36 feet (11m) long from nose to tail, Qarisi is an extremely muscular naga with olive green scales, thick blue stripes, and a sandy gold underbelly. Her broad hood is patterned with blue stripes reminiscent of the Dissenter’s Sarcophagi, and a long gash bisects her right hood from edge to right up against her neck (her only major scar from the Trials).
Backstory: Possibly the strongest naga ever born on Amonkhet, Qarisi was a prodigy who fought and killed her way to victory as part of one of the very first crops of Initiates after Bolas became God-Pharaoh. Before Hazoret’s spear could land its fatal blow, the sheer joy of completing her life goal ignited her spark, launching her to the plane of Tarkir.
On Tarkir, Qarisi pursued more cerebral pursuits, including mind magic and minor necromancy, and had a whirlwind romance with a local naga named Sidisi. When an interrogation of a monk’s memories showed her Nicol Bolas’ place in Tarkir’s history, Qarisi realized the awful truth of her situation. Forsaking her Amonkhetu name, Kherehet, for a Tarkiran approximation, she swore vengeance on the false God-Pharaoh and set out to spend the rest of her life researching his actions and weaknesses, intent on finding a way to beat him, kill him, or watch him suffer for what he did to her world.
Now based on Ravnica, Qarisi maintains a small private investigative business and keeps in contact with scholars on most planes Nicol Bolas has visited to keep tabs on his history. She also moonlights as a fighter at Valor’s Reach on Kylem, under the ring name “Queen Cobra.”
Personality: Qarisi’s ego is as big as she is: very, by several metrics. She is hyper-competitive, always eager to prove her superiority against anyone who says they could best her in her fields of expertise. She offers motherly guidance based on her own experiences to anyone who she thinks needs it… Unfortunately for them, her life on Amonkhet has completely inured her to death, giving her a black sense of humor and strange sense of ethics that others may find off-putting.
Magic, Gear, Abilities: For most of her life on Amonkhet, Qarisi only practiced the bare minimum magic required to pass the Trials. On Tarkir, she learned the magics of psychic assault and mind reading. Her abilities lie mostly in the physical realm. Whip-fast, deadly accurate, and strong enough to deadlift a sandstone obelisk, Qarisi doesn’t need a weapon to kill or maim most opponents in a matter of seconds. If she does have a weapon, she prefers her old Trials-tested glaive, made from a long staff and a two-handed sword styled like the Usurper’s horns, which she wields like a massive spear. Her most prized possessions are her complete set of Trials cartouches, documenting her complete mastery of the Trials.
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(You can find her rp blog at @qarisi !)
