Plume
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≻ Moderators: Xynia1998 and Plume, story and summary by Xynia1998
❝The Kingdom of Kirria is at war, yet not with another land, or another kingdom that wishes to
hold its iron grip on the fertile land. No, but with itself is where this war starts. In the Kingdom
of Kirria there are two races that once lived in peace. The Shadowmancer and Arua manipulators,
the kingdom had always been split in two, in each side the different races rest. Shadowmancers to
the west where the sun sets and the days end, with the Arua manipulators to the east where the
rises and the day begins. They balanced each other like yin and yang, swimming in a eternal circle
of light and dark.
Yet, like they say the golden ages never last. A disagreement broke out upon the Rulers of the two peoples,
The Arua manipulators yearning for more power, yet the Shadowmancers refusing it. Soon a war broke
upon them.
A war that would seem to last forever.
It is now has been 253 years since this treacherous war has started, more than three new rulers
being crowned and, yet the war is still going strong. There have been small periods of truce in
this time, yet these opposite natures always find new reason to start it, and reason of the war
starting in the first place being long forgotten. All they can feel for each other is the hate that
had been pass down from generation to generation, until now we are in the present.
The High King Milokious and his Queen Ezmeralda the rulers of the Shadowmancers have ended
the truce, yet again the battling has began. Blood shed and corpses burn. Peace is now long gone
from this land. That is until one off the Rulers sons: Axis was captured in battle, by the young
prince, son of Queen Izaia(Ruler of the Arua Manipulators) and a bargain was struck out. In order
for there oldest heir to return to them, they must surrender the daughter of the young princes
choosing to be married, no later than the eve of the spring equinox and there kingdoms joined.❞
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✖ Please keep typos and grammar mistakes to a minimum.
✖ No one liners, paragraph minimum.
✖ No excessive violence or gore
✖ No explicit sexual content.
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≻Accepted Characters:
*♛= Royalty
Shadowmancers:
♛ (Princess) Soulicy (Soul) Euryale Deynair by @Xynia1998
Name: Soulicy (Soul) Euryale Deynair
Gender: Female
Age: 16
Personality: Soul is an outspoken girl, with rebellion in her blood and can be a little selfish. She likes to do her thing and is, as stubborn as a rock and has the temper of a bull. Once she decides something it is hard to change her mind. Her family often think of her, as a black sheep. For she is always in a mess of trouble. Mostly because she is a extremely curious , yet she does try sometimes to be good it just never works out. Soul can also be a little sensitive, so if you see her just staring at you with her big green eyes. Well, you know you've hurt her feelings and might want to watch your back.
History: Soul grew up, as the ultimate middle child , with 12 other siblings 6 older and younger. She often had to fight for her parents attention and when she got it. It was, because she had done something troublesome. The king and queen were harsh with all their children teaching them, but to Soulicy it felt like it was only her getting the bad end of the deal, so she started to talk back, became rebellious. Putting all her time into her sword fight, or shadow manipulation. Even though her mother did not approve of this. She wanted her daughter to be a proper young lady. Not a wild child running around dressed like a man. So, she took drastic measures sending for the best etiquette teacher in the lander. Elenora Bloodworth. Who was ran off shortly after 2 months of lessons. Even though Soul put distance between her family and her she did always try to love them and become close to one of her brothers. Axis. Once Axis was captured her heart pounded with rage. She wanted nothing more to run to the other half of the kingdom and free him.
Skills/Specialties: Soul is skilled in the arts of the sword, along with shadow manipulation. Yet, she is not the best at shadow walking and it will take her several times to get where she wants to be in that type of travel.
Faction: ShadowMancer
Social Class: Princess. The 7th daughter of High King Milokious and his Queen Ezmeralda
Appearance:
(This is here on formal occasions, but because she hates to wear girly clothing. She will wear black trousers with an emerald green tunic when she is not needed to dress, so extravagantly )
Midnight Misuki by @Kiro Akira
Name:Midnight Misuki
Gender:Male
Age:16
Personality: Midnight is overly aggravated with things, he doesn't like people and wishes everyone would have a sour mood. It just makes him happy to see others in pain. There is very few people he will show any kindness too and that is on rare occasions.
History:
Skills/Specialties:His speciality is the Shadow walking, and manipulating blades with the shadows. Much like an assassin. When the night comes, Midnight is rarely detectable. Other then that his skills are quite dull. Very useless in a non shadowless area unless he has an actual dagger or sword.
Faction: Shadow Mancer
Social Class: Commoner, he did jobs for people who paid him money, until recruited by the militia for the war
Appearance:
♛ (Prince) Cresil Leonardo Niles Deynair by @UnholyRedemption
Name:
Cresil Leonardo Niles Deynair
Gender:
Male
Age:
21
Personality:
Cresil is a devious and dark fellow, however he has a kind heart towards his family and subjects. He is a strategist and a leader. Both cold and calculating he is often the one behind any scheme that ends up with someone's misfortune. He fears nothing, well actually he fears his siblings as they could become someone he is emotionally attached to and so would provide an obstacle if they end up involved in one of his schemes. He often plays nice though.
History:
Being the first child, Cresil had his parents hold up a high bar for him to reach. Their expectations were so high that it drove the kid mad. He eventually became a lot colder and darker towards them both unconscious, but continued to play the happy first prince.
He learnt shadow manipulation from the best night that his father could find but it was not his interest when in the realm of battle. It was strategy. He took to reading many books on the subject till he was a devious and cunning snake.
He plays the 'crown prince' perfectly, greeting his parents with manners and a smile, the same with his family. None yet had seen past this masquerade mask and broken past the shields he has created from them.
Cresil finds a haven in the walls of his home, a reason why his face is often absent from social parties or displays. He only leaves upon his father or mothers order or that there is something going on that'll spark his curiosity and lead him to something amusing.
Skills/Specialties:
He is skilled with tactics and strategies but he does have knowledge on a few weapons. For example he knows how to use the sword, knife and bow and arrow with enough skill to use it in battle.
He can use shadow manipulation as he focused on that for many years but it was never and never will be his favourite skill.
Faction:
Shadowmancer
Social Class:
Prince, first child of High King Milokious and his Queen Ezmeralda
Appearance:
Rain, The Tempest (Title given to him by King Milokious) Ellian Vanpur by @Gray
Name
Rain, The Tempest
(Title given to him by King Milokious)
Ellian Vanpur
Gender
Male
Age
24
Personality
Outside of the battlefield, Ellian comes off as a roguish and casual person. He lives life through luck and chance, he doesn't believe in destiny. Despite his rebellious personality, he is very loyal and caring for those he cares for. Ellian is known to be flirtatious with most girls he finds remotely attractive (almost anyone in royalty).
History
Ellian Vanpur's past isn't something one would like to live through twice. He lived in the kingdom of Kirria as a middle-class commoner with his beloved mother and father. During a raid of his home village, the raiders killed off his father and mother in front of his eyes, which led to Ellian's belief that there can be no God in a world where unspeakable things happen to innocent people. Ellian was one of the few survivors after the raid, and a generous solider took him under his wing teaching the arts of combat. Ellian always had a sharp mind, but his ability to learn how to wield a blade was unmatched by others of his generation. He quickly rose in the ranks of the army that served under King Milokious. During his tenure in the army, Ellian met Axis, the prince. They quickly became good friends based upon their abilities on the battlefield, and social personalities. King Milokious was in awe by Ellian's prowess, and labeled him as, Rain, The Tempest. Ellian now serves as a lone assassin on elite rouge missions for the King, but after Axis was capture, Ellian returned to the kingdom on direct orders from the King...
Skills/Specialties
On the battlefield, he is unpredictable and relentless, but calm and composed. Ellian's shadow manipulation skills are top tier. He made a pact with his “shadow”, and enemies often tell tales of Ellian's ability to make a shadow counterpart that aids him in battle. However, to gain his special ability, he had to give up half of his “potential life” to his shadow, in an essence Ellian has half the life expectancy of other people. King Milokious gave him the title: “Rain, The Tempest”, to describe his fighting prowess. He comes at his enemies like a giant storm, a great power of defense and offense. He is elusive and overwhelming at the same time. The rain describes the atmosphere of blood often left by his blade...
Faction
Elite Shadowmancer
Social Class
Assassin/High Ranking Official (No royalty blood)
Appearance
Cecily Thistle by @NotKasey
Gender: Female
Age: 19
Personality: A bit quiet and shy and talks mostly only to Gerard, her brother. She's really attached to her brother, since he's the only family she has, but sometimes he annoys her since he does treat her like a baby sometimes. Cecily also has quite a quick temper if you piss her off.
History: Cecily's parents both died in a house fire when she was 14, leaving her with her brother, Gerard, who was 19 at the time. She doesn't know who killed their parents or why. Since their home was burnt down, they lived with they're cruel uncle. Gerard was a guard, so he taught Cecily how to fight and defend herself if she ever needed to. When Cecily turned 18, she became a guard just like her brother.
Skills/Specialties: Her aim is really good, so she always uses a bow and arrow or throwing knives. But she does know how to use a sword or dagger if she ever needs to. She is also quite stealthy.
Faction: (Arua Manipulator or ShadowMancer) Shadow Mancer
Social Class: (King, queen, prince, princess, guard, commoner, ect.) Guard
Gerard Thistle by @NotKasey
Name: Gerard Thistle
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Personality: He acts like how he looks
tough, badass, and fierce. He is really overprotective with his sister, and is a bit of a hot head. Some say he may have anger issues. But he's never mean or yells at his sister. He's gentle to Cecily and softly spoken towards her. She is his only family left, so of course he'd be like this. Basically, his sister is both his weakness and strength.
History: (Same as Cecily except he knows who killed they're parents
)
Skills/Specialties: He's strong so he's good with big weapons like two handed swords or battle axes. He's good at stealth, but not as good as his nimble sister since he is obviously bigger than her.
Faction: (Arua Manipulator or ShadowMancer) Shadow Mancer
Social Class: (King, queen, prince, princess, guard, commoner, ect.) Guard
Appearance:
Arua Manipulators:
♛ (Prince) Kalin Yekatrina by @Plume
Name: Kalin Yekatrina
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Personality:
When Kalin was born, he viewed the world as his plaything. As the third, and last in line to the throne of his parents, he thought himself above commoners, and lower royalty. Despite this, he was still allowed to play with a small collection of servants and more common folk, quickly becoming detested by such people for his outlandish behavior. An alleged accident changed all that, and sharpened his views more harshly. While watching a practice skirmish, a young solider he’d previously insulted as poor snapped and supposedly slipped, injuring Kalin’s eye to such a degree it was blinded. This made his attitude take a drastic nosedive from its already shaky position; Kalin would spend the day yelling and complaining, a prime example of a spoiled, stuck up child.
He remained this way for years, building a reputation for his demonic temper. The day everything changed for him, the day his father died in battle and he met Soulicy, reciprocated his ill ways. When he returned home, his transformed behavior was at first blamed on mourning, but stuck. Soulicy’s kind words, words from what he believed was his worst enemy, caused him to start taking a second look at what people had convinced him was true. Kalin began to watch the commoners he had previously detested blazingly with interest and curiosity. He began to notice how different they acted when they didn’t know that royalty was watching them. Their smiles were intriguing, bright, something he didn’t see in the stuffy castle.
Taking walks in the city, to pick up on behaviors and inadvertently search for Soulicy, his outlook became even brighter.
Kalin is now soft-spoken, adopting a bright smile and gentle voice. While he can still be demanding when it’s necessary, Kalin often makes small talk with the servants, much to the disapproval of his parents. Such interactions have given his a clearer, and deeper understanding of the economy, along with the needs of the many. He’s incredibly curious about new people, especially ShadowMancers, as they fascinate him. ShadowMancers should be prepared for a flurry of questions from the eager prince if they were to meet.
Now an amiable soul, Kalin is usually easy to get along with, and will bond with those friendly to him at a fast rate.
History:
Originally intended to be raised as a warrior, the loss of his eye meant a fatal blind spot, and thus him being trained for battle was postponed indefinitely. This is largely to blame for his early views of commoners; he thought the soldier had stolen away his future, and that he’d be the shame of his family. This was ultimately untrue, as he was instead trained to be a political power, despite his being last in line to the throne. The fruits of these trainings didn’t become apparent until later, when he was through his rebellious stage.
Although his parents didn’t train him for battle, they wanted him to still build distrust towards the enemy, the Shadowmancers. For this reason, he would ride into battle with orders to stay back and retreat if things went South, which was such the case on that fateful day. It was one of the first snows of winter, a thick layer making visibility poor and the horses slow in fear of falling. They never saw the Shadowmancers coming, and the ambush was devastating. The King, Kalin’s father, was leading the charge. The image if his lifeblood leaking into the snow, staining in a bright and painful scarlet, still burns in his mind to this day. Fleeing from the scene while the King’s guard stayed to retaliate against enemy forces, their efforts in vain, Kalin stumbled across Soulicy in the woods. Loosing his only sword in his haste, Kalin was unarmed, defenseless, and completely at her mercy. Begging for his life, he explained what had just happened, half drowning in tears as he anticipated the end of his life. Instead, Soulicy comforted him; destroying the image he’d had in his mind that Shadowmancers were soulless monsters that ate babies for fun.
Years later, while he was hunting with a small collective guard, he happened across a Shadowmancer prince, Axis, lying injured in the undergrowth. Quickly captured, Axis was set up to be killed, but Kalin remembered the kindness of that girl many years ago and used his position to set him free. When the Shadowmancers offered a princess for the purpose of peace, he was at first strongly against in. Dragged into a small room, he eyed the portraits of his options, prepared to make an unwilling choice. He recognized Soulicy instantly, agreeing to marry her.
Skills/Specialties:
Kalin is fairly balanced when it comes to Arua Manipulator’s specialties. Able to summon, bond, and charm speak with reasonable skill, he’s neither advanced nor behind with his skills. While he’s in no way a master with his sword due to being undertrained, he can still handle one enough to defend himself against lower skilled swordsmen.
Faction: Arua Manipulator.
Social class: Prince of Arua Manipulators, youngest in line.
Appearance:
Rogue Faunt by @UnholyRedemption
Name:
Rogue Faunt
Gender:
Female
Age:
17
Personality:
Rogue is a strange girl, seeming to be a mass of opposites all in one bundled up form. She will be kind and caring on minute, taking care of someone but displaying a cold form of pure loathing the next. She will be lazy and then full off energy and serious. She is a mystery, one which no one has yet to solve.
Originally she was a quiet girl, rarely speaking and taking action upon her emotions. Her upbringings of nobility cause her to be mindful of her manners to a degree that its almost as if she is obsessed with her manners.
She is in truth a very shy girl, but anything that is considered weakness she will hide instantly by a reaction that is expected of someone of high confidence and strong personality. This is where her 'opposite' moods come from.
History:
She was born into a noble family, so she was treated well and never was denied a thing. However she was following her family traditions and so she learned extensive manners because of her female role in her family.
Around the age of six she was kidnapped, trapped and tortured by street thugs. Traumatized and fearful that it would happen again she began her training to protect herself and so learnt the skills of the sword from her older brother who died at her fifteen birthday while on a mission.
Her mother, a strong willed woman taught her a range of poisons, so she could kill in a subtle manner, making sure to leave no trace at all. Her mother did not want her to die In a battle, females of her family were supposed to be less active in the role's of politics or battle. They were just figure heads and so she was taking another route.
At fifteen she applied and became a royal guard after the death of her brother, deciding to take his place and be a royal guard from the Faunt family.
Skills/Specialties:
She is fairly good with the Arua skills, not a master but she is quite proficient in using them. She can use a rapier due to training she has received from her family. Poison is another topic she has a wide range of knowledge on.
Faction:
Arua manipulator.
Social Class:
Personal Guard/Noble.
Appearance:
♛(Queen) Izazia Lorenna Yekatrina by @paipai900
"What is this madness?" - Queen Izazia
WARNING: If you engage in battle with this woman, your character may get mortally injured or even killed if it continues.
Name: (Queen) Izazia Lorenna Yekatrina
Queen Izazia does not have the same last name as the others of the Arua Manipulator royalty because she did not marry into the royal family, she was the previous queen's younger sister who inherited the crown after Esrelda - the previous queen - died. Therefore, her last name did not change.
Gender: Female
Age: 29
You may think, "How is she only twenty-nine after giving birth to all those children who are around her age?" Well, the answer is; she didn't give birth to the princes and princesses of Arua Manipulators, the previous queen - Esrelda - had done that.
Faction: Arua Manipulator
Social Class: Queen of Arua Manipulators
This Arua Manipulator queen did not gain this title through marriage, she gained it through inheritance. Before the previous queen had died, she clearly declared that her younger sister - Izazia - would inherit the throne because Esarelda - the previous queen - did not want her children - who were still young at that time - to bear the stress of having to lead the kingdom into war, of course she had more reasons though.....
Personality: A rather calm and serious woman, Izazia has lead her kingdom through the tough battle of the two kingdoms ever since her older sister passed away. To be honest, the kingdom thrived much more under Izazia's control, she had ruled the Arua Manipulators with an iron fist and provided them with what they needed, she was and is a great queen. In high stress situations, Izazia easily takes control of the problem and can think rationally of a proper way to deal with the nuisance. She's rather hard to crack a smile, Izazia has grown quite solemn over the years she had led the kingdom through the war, the current Arua Manipulator queen is only carrying out what her older sister wished for her to do; to end the war.
A soft spot for children, Izazia envies the innocence and purity of a child and will do her best to give them all - no matter if they are an Arua Manipulator or a Shadowmancer - the proper raising to become a great adult. The thing about Izazia is that she cannot bear any children, Izazia was diagnosed as infertile and so if she ever wanted a child of her own, she would have to adopt. But, there is no need for a such a thing, the queen views many of her nieces and nephews as her own children, after having their mother die at such an early age, Izazia took it to herself to raise them all properly. She considered herself a mother at the age of twelve, as her older sister bore her last child, Prince Kalin.
A great leader, Izazia has the charisma of a true queen, the ability to motivate her subjects to do their very best and give them hope is unlike no other. Izazia is often looked up to and admired because of her strength and skill, and of course, her accomplishments. She was the one who thought to capture the Shadowmancer's eldest prince, I mean, she would be enraged if her own eldest nephew was taken by the enemy. Knowing how it would feel to lose a child, Izazia was rather kind to Axis and set strict orders for the guards to not harm the Shadowmancer prince to an extreme. Although, all these actions were subtle and hidden, Izazia was quite good with hiding her acts of kindness. After all, if - no, when - this plan worked out the way it was supposed to, Izazia needed a good connection with the Shadowmancers, she didn't want to have the bad relationship with them because their eldest prince was harmed.
Not easily angered, Izazia is quite mellow and rational when thinking, she won't allow her emotions to get in the way of her thoughts. She knows that emotions are almost never right and that you should never, "Follow your heart." For one, your heart is just an organ that pumps blood throughout your body, and two, emotions are just chemicals in your brain. Feelings will often get in the way of your thinking and can make you do things you will regret later, and Izazia is not willing to risk her kingdom and the lives of others just because she was a little pissed off and decided to kill someone, or anything like that. When you're the queen during a war you have a lot of pressure on you, everyone is watching your every movement, even your shoe choice could be the decision of life or death for someone. Izazia knew all this quite well, all of this was from experience and learning from her own mistakes.
People often see Izazia as a strong individual, and she is, she really is. But, no one can stay strong forever, Izazia does break down once in awhile, she does cry herself to sleep at night, she does do everything a normal person does, all by herself. Not wanting anyone to see her weaknesses, Izazia knows that if the public knows that their queen is unwell they will begin to panic. Often carrying her problems by herself, Izazia is rather stubborn when offered help by someone, if they even catch on that she's upset. Wearing a mask of stone, Izazia tends to cover up her hurting with a well developed facial expression that is very hard to see through, almost no one can read this queen, and those who can still have quite the difficulty in doing so.
Along with this skill of covering up her emotions, Izazia is a great actor. Some people who know about her lies would often think that she kissed the Blarney stone with the way she lies so easily, so fluently, with no mistakes as she fills in everything so that it is very believable. Although, Izazia will often use her Arua Manipulation to charm speak stubborn people who won't completely believe her lies that she set up. Of course, not all these lies are for the worse, Izazia sometimes lies to keep someone from getting hurt. The queen often lies to the public when something bad happens and that she wants to keep to herself, it's never good to have a panicky kingdom.
Skills/Specialities:
Arua Manipulation: Highly skilled, not to be taken lightly. Queen Izazia's ability to summon, bond, and charm speak exceeds all others. This dangerous woman excels the most in her charm speaking, although she barely uses it. She's not the queen for nothing.
Swordplay: Highly skilled, not to be taken lightly. Her proficiency in her swordsmanship is one that could take down a whole army if given the right circumstances. The queen uses her Arua Manipulation and swordplay together in a rather...peculiar way.
Strategic Planning: Above average skilled, still not to be taken lightly. An extreme strategist, Queen Izazia plans things way before they come to be. Thus, gaining her the title as "The Queen of War".
Childhood-
Born on the last day of the seventh month, Izazia was the second daughter of Queen Pandora and King Orum, the rulers of the Arua Manipulators. Third to the line of the throne, Izazia began training in her swordplay and Arua Manipulating the moment she could move her hand and make sounds from her mouth, they were preparing her to take over the throne in case of her older siblings absence. Princess Esrelda and Prince Howell were Izazia's two older siblings, Howell - or Howie, as she used to call him - was first to the throne and had quite the future ahead of him. He was strong, powerful, and quite the strategist. Princess Esrelda on the other hand, she was a more blunt, kind, soft-spoken, she wasn't very fit to lead thousands of people during the war between kingdoms. Along with two older siblings, Izazia also had one younger brother by six years, Prince Mathieu.
Rigorous training made Izazia the woman she is today, the princess often looked up to Prince Howell, wanting to be just like him one day. She admired how courageous he was to charge into battle against the evil Shadowmancers, Izazia loved to hear the stories Howell told her about the Shadowmancers, spewing lies like how they were the mean giants who tore out your heart. Obviously those were not true, but Izazia looked up to her brother so much, she believed all that. It was all for fun, though. When Izazia was ten, Prince Howell led the army into battle against the Shadowmancers once again, but this time...he never came back. Waiting for weeks for her brother to come back riding out of the horizon like a hero, but when the princess heard that her beloved brother was killed during the battle, her small fear for Shadowmancers grew into pure hatred.
That's when Esrelda came in. The older princess was very nervous about taking over the throne, but when she saw how her younger sister was going astray, she knew that she needed to be strong. Esrelda and Izazia weren't very close over the years, they were more on acquaintance terms than actual sisters. "You're letting your emotions get in the way of your thinking, you can't rule a kingdom like that." Esrelda repeated the same words her father had spoke to her as he lay in his deathbed, hoping it would help her Izazia. And, it did.
At first, Izazia was in complete rage, despising her older sister for even saying such a thing. But, inside, the princess knew she was right. Locking herself in her chambers for twenty days and twenty nights, Izazia had missed Esrelda's coronation and marriage ceremony, but, it took that many days for Izazia to reform herself. The only person she let into the room was Mathieu, her little brother. Mathieu was always a very sick child, he had almost died when he was born, barely making it out alive. Because of that, everyone always kept a good eye on the child, making sure he never got into any trouble. He would play with her and sing songs like nothing bad had happened, his optimism was what kept Izazia from committing suicide. She owed her life to Mathieu.
When the young princess emerged from her room, she was the hard and ice cold woman she was today, but, she was willing to think rationally and made a promise to herself that she wouldn't let her emotions get a better hold of her. Training even harder than ever, Izazia was at the skill level that she could be thought of as a prodigy. Her ability in her swordsmanship and Arua manipulating was quickly rising as Izazia continued to train for hours non-stop.
Esrelda then gave birth to her first child, _ _. As Esrelda was very busy with her duties as the queen, Izazia was often the one who had to take care of all her sister's multiple children. During Queen Esrelda's rule, the kingdom wasn't in it's best state, many crimes were being committed and the food was low, all because Esrelda was much too lenient on her kingdom. It was also around then that Mathieu passed away in his sleep, the food was so low that the only prince left had refused to eat the healthy amount and told the servants to bring the food to the commoners, they needed it much more than him.
Not really wanting to be around any children, Izazia was first quite cold to her nieces and nephews, not wanting to be around them and pushing them away. But, she saw something in each of the kids that were also in Mathieu, the innocence of a child. She was often reminded of Mathieu's cold body on his deathbed whenever she saw the children, but Izazia always managed to crack a small smile for them, working on her ability to lie and cover her emotions up, no matter how much hurt she was feeling.
Izazia was only twelve when Kalin was born and the Queen Esrelda died from childbirth. Pulling Izazia to her, Esrelda wiped away her sister's tears and whispered in a rasp voice, "You're letting your emotions get in the way of your thinking, you can't rule a kingdom like that." Signing a paper that declared that Izazia would rule the kingdom from then on, Esrelda soon passed away, still holding Izazia's hands in her own. Her last words were, "Put a stop to this war our ancestors have failed to end." And so, Izazia was the next in line to the throne.
Crowning the Queen-
After the death of Queen Esrelda, Izazia was soon crowned as the new queen of Arua Manipulators and she took everything into action right away. Remembering her sister's last words, Izazia took it to herself to fulfil what her brothers and sisters tried doing. Ending this nuisance of a war. Many people first thought that Izazia would mess the kingdom up even more than her sister did, she being only twelve years old. But, the princess was a smart child.
Immediately putting a stop to all crimes in the kingdom, Queen Izazia ruled with an iron fist, not tolerating any sign of defiance in her citizens. Feared for her power with her sword and Arua Manipulation, no one dared to question Izazia's actions, letting the girl do what she wanted. And so, the kingdom's state began to improve, the food storage began to rise up and was even overflowing with crops! The kingdom of Arua Manipulators thrived under Izazia's control, she was an extreme strategist after all.
It was around then when her mother - Dowager Queen Ivanna - began capturing Shadowmancers and imprisoning them to force the other kingdom to surrender. At first, Izazia didn't really care what her mother did, it wasn't really interfering with her plans. But, soon the prison cells were filled with Shadowmancers, and their kingdom was frequently placing attacks onto the Arua Manipulators. Finally having enough with her mother's delusional tactics, Izazia took it to herself to go into the prisons and examine the Shadowmancers. Ever since her brother's death and her sister's passing, Izazia didn't have a real opinion on Shadowmancers anymore. Howell had said that they were monsters, Esrelda spoke of their humanity and how they to were also like Arua Manipulators.
At first, the Shadowmancers would yell and insult Izazia, pissing her off just a bit. But, as Izazia left, she could hear the cries of children in the background and the tales of the Shadowmancers before they were taken captive. It made Izazia realize that the people in the prisons were just normal people, none of them really did anything terrible or horrid, they were just like her own civilians.
Ordering for the captives to be set free in the No-Man's land between the two kingdoms, Izazia found the perfect way to end this war. A way that didn't involve fighting, didn't need trickery, just...marriage.
Recent Ruling-
Under Queen Izazia's control, the kingdom thrived with life, almost returning to the state it used to be hundreds of years ago. Whenever Izazia went to go battle with the Shadowmancers, she always had a specific plan on how it was going to go. Sometimes she would purposely retreat back just for everything to fall into place, giving the Shadowmancers a sense of security. It was all like a game of chess, you have to look at all the possibilities and openings.
After taking Prince Axis capture, Izazia actually treated the Shadowmancer prince rather well, even giving the man his own room and letting him wander around the castle, with trained guards of course. The guards wouldn't be directly following Prince Axis around, just keeping an eye on him, alerting the queen when he did something out of hand. They never actually interacted with the prince, their job was to get the queen to handle it, not manhandling the Shadowmancer prince down and knocking him out wiht a club of cheese.
Now, all Izazia had to do was wait patiently and let her little game play out. Everything would go just as planned, "We're almost there, Esrelda."
♛ (Princess) Athalia Crimson by @L u n a ☁
Name: Athalia Crimson
Gender: Female
Age: 18
Personality: Athalia is a very curious and adventurous girl. She doesn't fear anything much anymore (as much as she did when she was a child) and she tends to accept challenges. Even if she is great with Arua Manipulation, she does not brag, and doesn't shove how great she is in harmless peoples' faces. She is actually a gentle and nice person when she doesn't have to fight, and she tries her best not her identity to be revealed by the ShadowMancers but only her people.
History: Ever since Athalia was a child, about six years old, actually, she had been trained and programmed to never trust the ShadowMancers. Everyday would they tell her about horrid stories about the opposite faction that would give her nightmares every night. Each story was in a worse level, and her parents would always make sure that they would do thinks so anger would build up inside her, so that she would aid them in the war which never ended. They introduced her to Arua Manipulation, and always made her practice new things. But what her parents didn't know was that she practiced such not to bear revenge on the ShadowMancers, but to only escape them.
Years passed, and not even one of her parents' schemes in building the anger in her grow worked out. You would think that she would remain in fear of them, but no, she has also changed somehow. As she grew, she realized how much ability she wielded, and how powerful she was. Commoners feared her, nobles looked up to her, the others see her as a great role model, and she knew that her fear had already vanished. She knew that she was powerful enough to forever protect their faction from the opposite.
Skills/Specialties: All her years of living, Athalia had tried to apply Arua Manipulation in her everyday life. It was pretty much her only way to escape the horrible stories she had been hearing everyday, and she kept on learning new things about Arua Manipulating until she was very experienced with it. Now, she is considered by many a professional and even a master, but she thinks otherwise. She knows that she has a lot to learn. Her physical appearance and lifetime of practice helped her become better in charm-speaking and lessening the energy wiped away from her in every spell used. She uses weapons very badly though, but a simple knife could work.
Faction: Arua Manipulator
Social Class: Princess of Arua Manipulators, one of the youngest.
Appearance:
(She wears this all the time, especially when about to fight.)
♛ (Princess) Aura Aldis by @Odayaka Inazuma
Name: Aura Aldis
Gender: Female
Age: 19
Personality:
Aura has always been a quiet person, even as a child she rarely spoke up, yet when in battle she becomes a fierce outspoken opponent. Being the oldest child of the Queen of the Arua Manipulators she feels as if she has to be perfect and sent the example of what the royalty is all about. She is over protective of her younger siblings, going to extremes to ensure their safety.
History:
Ever since childhood Aura has been trained to do and be every thing a princess can. She has spent years learning all she could, from weaponry to politics. She even spent time learning the ways of the ShadowMancer in order to better her chances in battle against them. She studied them religiously for hours on end, but the more she studied the more she became increasingly worried over why the war between the two fractions started. This worry stuck with her even into to her young adulthood.
In her teen years she began to practice in the art of assassination, viewing it as the best method to use in a fight against ShadowMancers. This method became the foundation of her fighting style a long with a few common swordsman moves. A long with her studies and training, Aura started to put good use to her political knowledge lending it and her wisdom to the political matters of her people. She found ways around issues and creative solutions to diplomatic problems.
By the time Aura was eighteen she was right on track to being great princess. She was knowledgeable skilled, and powerful. Fitting the princess picture perfectly, but yet she still felt uneasy about the lack of knowledge regarding the war. She still worried about these issue and feared that this war could turn into the complete elimination of one of the fractions unless someone acted. She swore that if the war turned in that direction, her people would not be the ones to go down.
Skills/Specialties:
Aura is quite able to charm speak, bond, and summon, yet she prefers not to use these abilities unless the need is extreme. She is exceptionally skilled in the art of assassination, using this method in battle more often than others.
Faction:
Arua Manipulator
Social Class:
Princess of Arua Manipulators
Gender: Female
Age: 16
Personality: Soul is an outspoken girl, with rebellion in her blood and can be a little selfish. She likes to do her thing and is, as stubborn as a rock and has the temper of a bull. Once she decides something it is hard to change her mind. Her family often think of her, as a black sheep. For she is always in a mess of trouble. Mostly because she is a extremely curious , yet she does try sometimes to be good it just never works out. Soul can also be a little sensitive, so if you see her just staring at you with her big green eyes. Well, you know you've hurt her feelings and might want to watch your back.
History: Soul grew up, as the ultimate middle child , with 12 other siblings 6 older and younger. She often had to fight for her parents attention and when she got it. It was, because she had done something troublesome. The king and queen were harsh with all their children teaching them, but to Soulicy it felt like it was only her getting the bad end of the deal, so she started to talk back, became rebellious. Putting all her time into her sword fight, or shadow manipulation. Even though her mother did not approve of this. She wanted her daughter to be a proper young lady. Not a wild child running around dressed like a man. So, she took drastic measures sending for the best etiquette teacher in the lander. Elenora Bloodworth. Who was ran off shortly after 2 months of lessons. Even though Soul put distance between her family and her she did always try to love them and become close to one of her brothers. Axis. Once Axis was captured her heart pounded with rage. She wanted nothing more to run to the other half of the kingdom and free him.
Skills/Specialties: Soul is skilled in the arts of the sword, along with shadow manipulation. Yet, she is not the best at shadow walking and it will take her several times to get where she wants to be in that type of travel.
Faction: ShadowMancer
Social Class: Princess. The 7th daughter of High King Milokious and his Queen Ezmeralda
Appearance:
Midnight Misuki by @Kiro Akira
Name:Midnight Misuki
Gender:Male
Age:16
Personality: Midnight is overly aggravated with things, he doesn't like people and wishes everyone would have a sour mood. It just makes him happy to see others in pain. There is very few people he will show any kindness too and that is on rare occasions.
History:
Skills/Specialties:His speciality is the Shadow walking, and manipulating blades with the shadows. Much like an assassin. When the night comes, Midnight is rarely detectable. Other then that his skills are quite dull. Very useless in a non shadowless area unless he has an actual dagger or sword.
Faction: Shadow Mancer
Social Class: Commoner, he did jobs for people who paid him money, until recruited by the militia for the war
Appearance:
♛ (Prince) Cresil Leonardo Niles Deynair by @UnholyRedemption
Name:
Cresil Leonardo Niles Deynair
Gender:
Male
Age:
21
Personality:
Cresil is a devious and dark fellow, however he has a kind heart towards his family and subjects. He is a strategist and a leader. Both cold and calculating he is often the one behind any scheme that ends up with someone's misfortune. He fears nothing, well actually he fears his siblings as they could become someone he is emotionally attached to and so would provide an obstacle if they end up involved in one of his schemes. He often plays nice though.
History:
Being the first child, Cresil had his parents hold up a high bar for him to reach. Their expectations were so high that it drove the kid mad. He eventually became a lot colder and darker towards them both unconscious, but continued to play the happy first prince.
He learnt shadow manipulation from the best night that his father could find but it was not his interest when in the realm of battle. It was strategy. He took to reading many books on the subject till he was a devious and cunning snake.
He plays the 'crown prince' perfectly, greeting his parents with manners and a smile, the same with his family. None yet had seen past this masquerade mask and broken past the shields he has created from them.
Cresil finds a haven in the walls of his home, a reason why his face is often absent from social parties or displays. He only leaves upon his father or mothers order or that there is something going on that'll spark his curiosity and lead him to something amusing.
Skills/Specialties:
He is skilled with tactics and strategies but he does have knowledge on a few weapons. For example he knows how to use the sword, knife and bow and arrow with enough skill to use it in battle.
He can use shadow manipulation as he focused on that for many years but it was never and never will be his favourite skill.
Faction:
Shadowmancer
Social Class:
Prince, first child of High King Milokious and his Queen Ezmeralda
Appearance:
Rain, The Tempest (Title given to him by King Milokious) Ellian Vanpur by @Gray
Name
Rain, The Tempest
(Title given to him by King Milokious)
Ellian Vanpur
Gender
Male
Age
24
Personality
Outside of the battlefield, Ellian comes off as a roguish and casual person. He lives life through luck and chance, he doesn't believe in destiny. Despite his rebellious personality, he is very loyal and caring for those he cares for. Ellian is known to be flirtatious with most girls he finds remotely attractive (almost anyone in royalty).
History
Ellian Vanpur's past isn't something one would like to live through twice. He lived in the kingdom of Kirria as a middle-class commoner with his beloved mother and father. During a raid of his home village, the raiders killed off his father and mother in front of his eyes, which led to Ellian's belief that there can be no God in a world where unspeakable things happen to innocent people. Ellian was one of the few survivors after the raid, and a generous solider took him under his wing teaching the arts of combat. Ellian always had a sharp mind, but his ability to learn how to wield a blade was unmatched by others of his generation. He quickly rose in the ranks of the army that served under King Milokious. During his tenure in the army, Ellian met Axis, the prince. They quickly became good friends based upon their abilities on the battlefield, and social personalities. King Milokious was in awe by Ellian's prowess, and labeled him as, Rain, The Tempest. Ellian now serves as a lone assassin on elite rouge missions for the King, but after Axis was capture, Ellian returned to the kingdom on direct orders from the King...
Skills/Specialties
On the battlefield, he is unpredictable and relentless, but calm and composed. Ellian's shadow manipulation skills are top tier. He made a pact with his “shadow”, and enemies often tell tales of Ellian's ability to make a shadow counterpart that aids him in battle. However, to gain his special ability, he had to give up half of his “potential life” to his shadow, in an essence Ellian has half the life expectancy of other people. King Milokious gave him the title: “Rain, The Tempest”, to describe his fighting prowess. He comes at his enemies like a giant storm, a great power of defense and offense. He is elusive and overwhelming at the same time. The rain describes the atmosphere of blood often left by his blade...
Faction
Elite Shadowmancer
Social Class
Assassin/High Ranking Official (No royalty blood)
Appearance
Cecily Thistle by @NotKasey
Gender: Female
Age: 19
Personality: A bit quiet and shy and talks mostly only to Gerard, her brother. She's really attached to her brother, since he's the only family she has, but sometimes he annoys her since he does treat her like a baby sometimes. Cecily also has quite a quick temper if you piss her off.
History: Cecily's parents both died in a house fire when she was 14, leaving her with her brother, Gerard, who was 19 at the time. She doesn't know who killed their parents or why. Since their home was burnt down, they lived with they're cruel uncle. Gerard was a guard, so he taught Cecily how to fight and defend herself if she ever needed to. When Cecily turned 18, she became a guard just like her brother.
Skills/Specialties: Her aim is really good, so she always uses a bow and arrow or throwing knives. But she does know how to use a sword or dagger if she ever needs to. She is also quite stealthy.
Faction: (Arua Manipulator or ShadowMancer) Shadow Mancer
Social Class: (King, queen, prince, princess, guard, commoner, ect.) Guard
Gerard Thistle by @NotKasey
Name: Gerard Thistle
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Personality: He acts like how he looks
tough, badass, and fierce. He is really overprotective with his sister, and is a bit of a hot head. Some say he may have anger issues. But he's never mean or yells at his sister. He's gentle to Cecily and softly spoken towards her. She is his only family left, so of course he'd be like this. Basically, his sister is both his weakness and strength.History: (Same as Cecily except he knows who killed they're parents
)Skills/Specialties: He's strong so he's good with big weapons like two handed swords or battle axes. He's good at stealth, but not as good as his nimble sister since he is obviously bigger than her.
Faction: (Arua Manipulator or ShadowMancer) Shadow Mancer
Social Class: (King, queen, prince, princess, guard, commoner, ect.) Guard
Appearance:
Arua Manipulators:
♛ (Prince) Kalin Yekatrina by @Plume
Name: Kalin Yekatrina
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Personality:
When Kalin was born, he viewed the world as his plaything. As the third, and last in line to the throne of his parents, he thought himself above commoners, and lower royalty. Despite this, he was still allowed to play with a small collection of servants and more common folk, quickly becoming detested by such people for his outlandish behavior. An alleged accident changed all that, and sharpened his views more harshly. While watching a practice skirmish, a young solider he’d previously insulted as poor snapped and supposedly slipped, injuring Kalin’s eye to such a degree it was blinded. This made his attitude take a drastic nosedive from its already shaky position; Kalin would spend the day yelling and complaining, a prime example of a spoiled, stuck up child.
He remained this way for years, building a reputation for his demonic temper. The day everything changed for him, the day his father died in battle and he met Soulicy, reciprocated his ill ways. When he returned home, his transformed behavior was at first blamed on mourning, but stuck. Soulicy’s kind words, words from what he believed was his worst enemy, caused him to start taking a second look at what people had convinced him was true. Kalin began to watch the commoners he had previously detested blazingly with interest and curiosity. He began to notice how different they acted when they didn’t know that royalty was watching them. Their smiles were intriguing, bright, something he didn’t see in the stuffy castle.
Taking walks in the city, to pick up on behaviors and inadvertently search for Soulicy, his outlook became even brighter.
Kalin is now soft-spoken, adopting a bright smile and gentle voice. While he can still be demanding when it’s necessary, Kalin often makes small talk with the servants, much to the disapproval of his parents. Such interactions have given his a clearer, and deeper understanding of the economy, along with the needs of the many. He’s incredibly curious about new people, especially ShadowMancers, as they fascinate him. ShadowMancers should be prepared for a flurry of questions from the eager prince if they were to meet.
Now an amiable soul, Kalin is usually easy to get along with, and will bond with those friendly to him at a fast rate.
History:
Originally intended to be raised as a warrior, the loss of his eye meant a fatal blind spot, and thus him being trained for battle was postponed indefinitely. This is largely to blame for his early views of commoners; he thought the soldier had stolen away his future, and that he’d be the shame of his family. This was ultimately untrue, as he was instead trained to be a political power, despite his being last in line to the throne. The fruits of these trainings didn’t become apparent until later, when he was through his rebellious stage.
Although his parents didn’t train him for battle, they wanted him to still build distrust towards the enemy, the Shadowmancers. For this reason, he would ride into battle with orders to stay back and retreat if things went South, which was such the case on that fateful day. It was one of the first snows of winter, a thick layer making visibility poor and the horses slow in fear of falling. They never saw the Shadowmancers coming, and the ambush was devastating. The King, Kalin’s father, was leading the charge. The image if his lifeblood leaking into the snow, staining in a bright and painful scarlet, still burns in his mind to this day. Fleeing from the scene while the King’s guard stayed to retaliate against enemy forces, their efforts in vain, Kalin stumbled across Soulicy in the woods. Loosing his only sword in his haste, Kalin was unarmed, defenseless, and completely at her mercy. Begging for his life, he explained what had just happened, half drowning in tears as he anticipated the end of his life. Instead, Soulicy comforted him; destroying the image he’d had in his mind that Shadowmancers were soulless monsters that ate babies for fun.
Years later, while he was hunting with a small collective guard, he happened across a Shadowmancer prince, Axis, lying injured in the undergrowth. Quickly captured, Axis was set up to be killed, but Kalin remembered the kindness of that girl many years ago and used his position to set him free. When the Shadowmancers offered a princess for the purpose of peace, he was at first strongly against in. Dragged into a small room, he eyed the portraits of his options, prepared to make an unwilling choice. He recognized Soulicy instantly, agreeing to marry her.
Skills/Specialties:
Kalin is fairly balanced when it comes to Arua Manipulator’s specialties. Able to summon, bond, and charm speak with reasonable skill, he’s neither advanced nor behind with his skills. While he’s in no way a master with his sword due to being undertrained, he can still handle one enough to defend himself against lower skilled swordsmen.
Faction: Arua Manipulator.
Social class: Prince of Arua Manipulators, youngest in line.
Appearance:
Rogue Faunt by @UnholyRedemption
Name:
Rogue Faunt
Gender:
Female
Age:
17
Personality:
Rogue is a strange girl, seeming to be a mass of opposites all in one bundled up form. She will be kind and caring on minute, taking care of someone but displaying a cold form of pure loathing the next. She will be lazy and then full off energy and serious. She is a mystery, one which no one has yet to solve.
Originally she was a quiet girl, rarely speaking and taking action upon her emotions. Her upbringings of nobility cause her to be mindful of her manners to a degree that its almost as if she is obsessed with her manners.
She is in truth a very shy girl, but anything that is considered weakness she will hide instantly by a reaction that is expected of someone of high confidence and strong personality. This is where her 'opposite' moods come from.
History:
She was born into a noble family, so she was treated well and never was denied a thing. However she was following her family traditions and so she learned extensive manners because of her female role in her family.
Around the age of six she was kidnapped, trapped and tortured by street thugs. Traumatized and fearful that it would happen again she began her training to protect herself and so learnt the skills of the sword from her older brother who died at her fifteen birthday while on a mission.
Her mother, a strong willed woman taught her a range of poisons, so she could kill in a subtle manner, making sure to leave no trace at all. Her mother did not want her to die In a battle, females of her family were supposed to be less active in the role's of politics or battle. They were just figure heads and so she was taking another route.
At fifteen she applied and became a royal guard after the death of her brother, deciding to take his place and be a royal guard from the Faunt family.
Skills/Specialties:
She is fairly good with the Arua skills, not a master but she is quite proficient in using them. She can use a rapier due to training she has received from her family. Poison is another topic she has a wide range of knowledge on.
Faction:
Arua manipulator.
Social Class:
Personal Guard/Noble.
Appearance:
♛(Queen) Izazia Lorenna Yekatrina by @paipai900
"What is this madness?" - Queen Izazia
WARNING: If you engage in battle with this woman, your character may get mortally injured or even killed if it continues.
Name: (Queen) Izazia Lorenna Yekatrina
Queen Izazia does not have the same last name as the others of the Arua Manipulator royalty because she did not marry into the royal family, she was the previous queen's younger sister who inherited the crown after Esrelda - the previous queen - died. Therefore, her last name did not change.
Gender: Female
Age: 29
You may think, "How is she only twenty-nine after giving birth to all those children who are around her age?" Well, the answer is; she didn't give birth to the princes and princesses of Arua Manipulators, the previous queen - Esrelda - had done that.
Faction: Arua Manipulator
Social Class: Queen of Arua Manipulators
This Arua Manipulator queen did not gain this title through marriage, she gained it through inheritance. Before the previous queen had died, she clearly declared that her younger sister - Izazia - would inherit the throne because Esarelda - the previous queen - did not want her children - who were still young at that time - to bear the stress of having to lead the kingdom into war, of course she had more reasons though.....
Personality: A rather calm and serious woman, Izazia has lead her kingdom through the tough battle of the two kingdoms ever since her older sister passed away. To be honest, the kingdom thrived much more under Izazia's control, she had ruled the Arua Manipulators with an iron fist and provided them with what they needed, she was and is a great queen. In high stress situations, Izazia easily takes control of the problem and can think rationally of a proper way to deal with the nuisance. She's rather hard to crack a smile, Izazia has grown quite solemn over the years she had led the kingdom through the war, the current Arua Manipulator queen is only carrying out what her older sister wished for her to do; to end the war.
A soft spot for children, Izazia envies the innocence and purity of a child and will do her best to give them all - no matter if they are an Arua Manipulator or a Shadowmancer - the proper raising to become a great adult. The thing about Izazia is that she cannot bear any children, Izazia was diagnosed as infertile and so if she ever wanted a child of her own, she would have to adopt. But, there is no need for a such a thing, the queen views many of her nieces and nephews as her own children, after having their mother die at such an early age, Izazia took it to herself to raise them all properly. She considered herself a mother at the age of twelve, as her older sister bore her last child, Prince Kalin.
A great leader, Izazia has the charisma of a true queen, the ability to motivate her subjects to do their very best and give them hope is unlike no other. Izazia is often looked up to and admired because of her strength and skill, and of course, her accomplishments. She was the one who thought to capture the Shadowmancer's eldest prince, I mean, she would be enraged if her own eldest nephew was taken by the enemy. Knowing how it would feel to lose a child, Izazia was rather kind to Axis and set strict orders for the guards to not harm the Shadowmancer prince to an extreme. Although, all these actions were subtle and hidden, Izazia was quite good with hiding her acts of kindness. After all, if - no, when - this plan worked out the way it was supposed to, Izazia needed a good connection with the Shadowmancers, she didn't want to have the bad relationship with them because their eldest prince was harmed.
Not easily angered, Izazia is quite mellow and rational when thinking, she won't allow her emotions to get in the way of her thoughts. She knows that emotions are almost never right and that you should never, "Follow your heart." For one, your heart is just an organ that pumps blood throughout your body, and two, emotions are just chemicals in your brain. Feelings will often get in the way of your thinking and can make you do things you will regret later, and Izazia is not willing to risk her kingdom and the lives of others just because she was a little pissed off and decided to kill someone, or anything like that. When you're the queen during a war you have a lot of pressure on you, everyone is watching your every movement, even your shoe choice could be the decision of life or death for someone. Izazia knew all this quite well, all of this was from experience and learning from her own mistakes.
People often see Izazia as a strong individual, and she is, she really is. But, no one can stay strong forever, Izazia does break down once in awhile, she does cry herself to sleep at night, she does do everything a normal person does, all by herself. Not wanting anyone to see her weaknesses, Izazia knows that if the public knows that their queen is unwell they will begin to panic. Often carrying her problems by herself, Izazia is rather stubborn when offered help by someone, if they even catch on that she's upset. Wearing a mask of stone, Izazia tends to cover up her hurting with a well developed facial expression that is very hard to see through, almost no one can read this queen, and those who can still have quite the difficulty in doing so.
Along with this skill of covering up her emotions, Izazia is a great actor. Some people who know about her lies would often think that she kissed the Blarney stone with the way she lies so easily, so fluently, with no mistakes as she fills in everything so that it is very believable. Although, Izazia will often use her Arua Manipulation to charm speak stubborn people who won't completely believe her lies that she set up. Of course, not all these lies are for the worse, Izazia sometimes lies to keep someone from getting hurt. The queen often lies to the public when something bad happens and that she wants to keep to herself, it's never good to have a panicky kingdom.
Skills/Specialities:
Arua Manipulation: Highly skilled, not to be taken lightly. Queen Izazia's ability to summon, bond, and charm speak exceeds all others. This dangerous woman excels the most in her charm speaking, although she barely uses it. She's not the queen for nothing.
Swordplay: Highly skilled, not to be taken lightly. Her proficiency in her swordsmanship is one that could take down a whole army if given the right circumstances. The queen uses her Arua Manipulation and swordplay together in a rather...peculiar way.
Strategic Planning: Above average skilled, still not to be taken lightly. An extreme strategist, Queen Izazia plans things way before they come to be. Thus, gaining her the title as "The Queen of War".
Childhood-
Born on the last day of the seventh month, Izazia was the second daughter of Queen Pandora and King Orum, the rulers of the Arua Manipulators. Third to the line of the throne, Izazia began training in her swordplay and Arua Manipulating the moment she could move her hand and make sounds from her mouth, they were preparing her to take over the throne in case of her older siblings absence. Princess Esrelda and Prince Howell were Izazia's two older siblings, Howell - or Howie, as she used to call him - was first to the throne and had quite the future ahead of him. He was strong, powerful, and quite the strategist. Princess Esrelda on the other hand, she was a more blunt, kind, soft-spoken, she wasn't very fit to lead thousands of people during the war between kingdoms. Along with two older siblings, Izazia also had one younger brother by six years, Prince Mathieu.
Rigorous training made Izazia the woman she is today, the princess often looked up to Prince Howell, wanting to be just like him one day. She admired how courageous he was to charge into battle against the evil Shadowmancers, Izazia loved to hear the stories Howell told her about the Shadowmancers, spewing lies like how they were the mean giants who tore out your heart. Obviously those were not true, but Izazia looked up to her brother so much, she believed all that. It was all for fun, though. When Izazia was ten, Prince Howell led the army into battle against the Shadowmancers once again, but this time...he never came back. Waiting for weeks for her brother to come back riding out of the horizon like a hero, but when the princess heard that her beloved brother was killed during the battle, her small fear for Shadowmancers grew into pure hatred.
That's when Esrelda came in. The older princess was very nervous about taking over the throne, but when she saw how her younger sister was going astray, she knew that she needed to be strong. Esrelda and Izazia weren't very close over the years, they were more on acquaintance terms than actual sisters. "You're letting your emotions get in the way of your thinking, you can't rule a kingdom like that." Esrelda repeated the same words her father had spoke to her as he lay in his deathbed, hoping it would help her Izazia. And, it did.
At first, Izazia was in complete rage, despising her older sister for even saying such a thing. But, inside, the princess knew she was right. Locking herself in her chambers for twenty days and twenty nights, Izazia had missed Esrelda's coronation and marriage ceremony, but, it took that many days for Izazia to reform herself. The only person she let into the room was Mathieu, her little brother. Mathieu was always a very sick child, he had almost died when he was born, barely making it out alive. Because of that, everyone always kept a good eye on the child, making sure he never got into any trouble. He would play with her and sing songs like nothing bad had happened, his optimism was what kept Izazia from committing suicide. She owed her life to Mathieu.
When the young princess emerged from her room, she was the hard and ice cold woman she was today, but, she was willing to think rationally and made a promise to herself that she wouldn't let her emotions get a better hold of her. Training even harder than ever, Izazia was at the skill level that she could be thought of as a prodigy. Her ability in her swordsmanship and Arua manipulating was quickly rising as Izazia continued to train for hours non-stop.
Esrelda then gave birth to her first child, _ _. As Esrelda was very busy with her duties as the queen, Izazia was often the one who had to take care of all her sister's multiple children. During Queen Esrelda's rule, the kingdom wasn't in it's best state, many crimes were being committed and the food was low, all because Esrelda was much too lenient on her kingdom. It was also around then that Mathieu passed away in his sleep, the food was so low that the only prince left had refused to eat the healthy amount and told the servants to bring the food to the commoners, they needed it much more than him.
Not really wanting to be around any children, Izazia was first quite cold to her nieces and nephews, not wanting to be around them and pushing them away. But, she saw something in each of the kids that were also in Mathieu, the innocence of a child. She was often reminded of Mathieu's cold body on his deathbed whenever she saw the children, but Izazia always managed to crack a small smile for them, working on her ability to lie and cover her emotions up, no matter how much hurt she was feeling.
Izazia was only twelve when Kalin was born and the Queen Esrelda died from childbirth. Pulling Izazia to her, Esrelda wiped away her sister's tears and whispered in a rasp voice, "You're letting your emotions get in the way of your thinking, you can't rule a kingdom like that." Signing a paper that declared that Izazia would rule the kingdom from then on, Esrelda soon passed away, still holding Izazia's hands in her own. Her last words were, "Put a stop to this war our ancestors have failed to end." And so, Izazia was the next in line to the throne.
Crowning the Queen-
After the death of Queen Esrelda, Izazia was soon crowned as the new queen of Arua Manipulators and she took everything into action right away. Remembering her sister's last words, Izazia took it to herself to fulfil what her brothers and sisters tried doing. Ending this nuisance of a war. Many people first thought that Izazia would mess the kingdom up even more than her sister did, she being only twelve years old. But, the princess was a smart child.
Immediately putting a stop to all crimes in the kingdom, Queen Izazia ruled with an iron fist, not tolerating any sign of defiance in her citizens. Feared for her power with her sword and Arua Manipulation, no one dared to question Izazia's actions, letting the girl do what she wanted. And so, the kingdom's state began to improve, the food storage began to rise up and was even overflowing with crops! The kingdom of Arua Manipulators thrived under Izazia's control, she was an extreme strategist after all.
It was around then when her mother - Dowager Queen Ivanna - began capturing Shadowmancers and imprisoning them to force the other kingdom to surrender. At first, Izazia didn't really care what her mother did, it wasn't really interfering with her plans. But, soon the prison cells were filled with Shadowmancers, and their kingdom was frequently placing attacks onto the Arua Manipulators. Finally having enough with her mother's delusional tactics, Izazia took it to herself to go into the prisons and examine the Shadowmancers. Ever since her brother's death and her sister's passing, Izazia didn't have a real opinion on Shadowmancers anymore. Howell had said that they were monsters, Esrelda spoke of their humanity and how they to were also like Arua Manipulators.
At first, the Shadowmancers would yell and insult Izazia, pissing her off just a bit. But, as Izazia left, she could hear the cries of children in the background and the tales of the Shadowmancers before they were taken captive. It made Izazia realize that the people in the prisons were just normal people, none of them really did anything terrible or horrid, they were just like her own civilians.
Ordering for the captives to be set free in the No-Man's land between the two kingdoms, Izazia found the perfect way to end this war. A way that didn't involve fighting, didn't need trickery, just...marriage.
Recent Ruling-
Under Queen Izazia's control, the kingdom thrived with life, almost returning to the state it used to be hundreds of years ago. Whenever Izazia went to go battle with the Shadowmancers, she always had a specific plan on how it was going to go. Sometimes she would purposely retreat back just for everything to fall into place, giving the Shadowmancers a sense of security. It was all like a game of chess, you have to look at all the possibilities and openings.
After taking Prince Axis capture, Izazia actually treated the Shadowmancer prince rather well, even giving the man his own room and letting him wander around the castle, with trained guards of course. The guards wouldn't be directly following Prince Axis around, just keeping an eye on him, alerting the queen when he did something out of hand. They never actually interacted with the prince, their job was to get the queen to handle it, not manhandling the Shadowmancer prince down and knocking him out wiht a club of cheese.
Now, all Izazia had to do was wait patiently and let her little game play out. Everything would go just as planned, "We're almost there, Esrelda."
♛ (Princess) Athalia Crimson by @L u n a ☁
Name: Athalia Crimson
Gender: Female
Age: 18
Personality: Athalia is a very curious and adventurous girl. She doesn't fear anything much anymore (as much as she did when she was a child) and she tends to accept challenges. Even if she is great with Arua Manipulation, she does not brag, and doesn't shove how great she is in harmless peoples' faces. She is actually a gentle and nice person when she doesn't have to fight, and she tries her best not her identity to be revealed by the ShadowMancers but only her people.
History: Ever since Athalia was a child, about six years old, actually, she had been trained and programmed to never trust the ShadowMancers. Everyday would they tell her about horrid stories about the opposite faction that would give her nightmares every night. Each story was in a worse level, and her parents would always make sure that they would do thinks so anger would build up inside her, so that she would aid them in the war which never ended. They introduced her to Arua Manipulation, and always made her practice new things. But what her parents didn't know was that she practiced such not to bear revenge on the ShadowMancers, but to only escape them.
Years passed, and not even one of her parents' schemes in building the anger in her grow worked out. You would think that she would remain in fear of them, but no, she has also changed somehow. As she grew, she realized how much ability she wielded, and how powerful she was. Commoners feared her, nobles looked up to her, the others see her as a great role model, and she knew that her fear had already vanished. She knew that she was powerful enough to forever protect their faction from the opposite.
Skills/Specialties: All her years of living, Athalia had tried to apply Arua Manipulation in her everyday life. It was pretty much her only way to escape the horrible stories she had been hearing everyday, and she kept on learning new things about Arua Manipulating until she was very experienced with it. Now, she is considered by many a professional and even a master, but she thinks otherwise. She knows that she has a lot to learn. Her physical appearance and lifetime of practice helped her become better in charm-speaking and lessening the energy wiped away from her in every spell used. She uses weapons very badly though, but a simple knife could work.
Faction: Arua Manipulator
Social Class: Princess of Arua Manipulators, one of the youngest.
Appearance:
♛ (Princess) Aura Aldis by @Odayaka Inazuma
Name: Aura Aldis
Gender: Female
Age: 19
Personality:
Aura has always been a quiet person, even as a child she rarely spoke up, yet when in battle she becomes a fierce outspoken opponent. Being the oldest child of the Queen of the Arua Manipulators she feels as if she has to be perfect and sent the example of what the royalty is all about. She is over protective of her younger siblings, going to extremes to ensure their safety.
History:
Ever since childhood Aura has been trained to do and be every thing a princess can. She has spent years learning all she could, from weaponry to politics. She even spent time learning the ways of the ShadowMancer in order to better her chances in battle against them. She studied them religiously for hours on end, but the more she studied the more she became increasingly worried over why the war between the two fractions started. This worry stuck with her even into to her young adulthood.
In her teen years she began to practice in the art of assassination, viewing it as the best method to use in a fight against ShadowMancers. This method became the foundation of her fighting style a long with a few common swordsman moves. A long with her studies and training, Aura started to put good use to her political knowledge lending it and her wisdom to the political matters of her people. She found ways around issues and creative solutions to diplomatic problems.
By the time Aura was eighteen she was right on track to being great princess. She was knowledgeable skilled, and powerful. Fitting the princess picture perfectly, but yet she still felt uneasy about the lack of knowledge regarding the war. She still worried about these issue and feared that this war could turn into the complete elimination of one of the fractions unless someone acted. She swore that if the war turned in that direction, her people would not be the ones to go down.
Skills/Specialties:
Aura is quite able to charm speak, bond, and summon, yet she prefers not to use these abilities unless the need is extreme. She is exceptionally skilled in the art of assassination, using this method in battle more often than others.
Faction:
Arua Manipulator
Social Class:
Princess of Arua Manipulators
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