SoC: Arwyn Stalis

Edit 20 June 2013: Since dA was a twerp yesterday and ate all my editing without saving, I'm trying again. I've added some restrictions on her weapon usage, adding a time limit which she needs to shift to a different style pending on the armament in her hand. Added at least to her note of design, moving her high end of regular. I've also decided to make the sounds of bone creaking also physical, like the character has arthritis in multiple joints from the years of training. So the time she can fight before that bites her is also limited.

Name: Arwyn Stalis

Age: 185 years

Height: 5’ 4”

Faction: None

Race: Phoenix

Wing Type: Falconiformes- Osprey

Occupation: Priestess/Weapons Master

Residence: She lived in one of the Priesthood’s temples, which were constructed after the race left Helvas Keep in Graston Mountains. Now, she has left the temple to the priests guarding it and wonders the land of Zion.

Weapons:
Arwyn is a master of all weapons used by the Phoenix. Her preferred weapons are a kusari-gama for land combat and a glaive for aerial.

Arwyn tends to fumble a bit with other weapons since she worked more with the glaive and the kusari-gama. It takes about 6 minutes in session time (or 8-9 battle rounds if combat) to mentally switch fighting styles, leaving her 'open'. She refuses to turn mundane objects like tables, chairs, utesils, and even gardening tools into weapons of combat when her fists will work.

Personality:
Arwyn is rather serious for her age. She carries the determination and the drive to do what she feels is right, abandoning her temple in Aiolis to explore Zion for more Phoenix and those called the ‘Touched’. But, being raised in a temple setting, she has no experience with other races and tend to treat them like she does the other priests, which would be snapping and considered rude. Even jokes are foreign to her…


History:
Initially, Arwyn was “born” into the Priesthood, which had abandoned it’s mating laws and adopted the marking as a purpose to distinguish level. Her parents met in a town in Si’Orphin Valley, where the town became home for a time. Both parents instinctively felt she was special when the down feathers came in. At the age of six, her father takes her to the hidden temple in Aiolos. There he taught her about the race and its history up to the Caelius’ imprisonment. While in the temple, she also trained with multiple weapons the wing types use, excelling quicker than her older comrades.

When she turned 13, Arwyn was startled by creaking sounds that her body made. She approached her father and the other priests(esses) about it. They immediately realized that she is the reincarnation of the Weapons Master and potentially an important pawn for Zion’s history. Arwyn begins training excessively in physical endurance exercises and combat styles. During her downtime, she read the book on the Phoenix to put the information to use. She was assigned to guard the temple’s sacred chamber, the Room of Tests, at the age of 75.

She remains at the temple through the sealing breaking (105 years later). With the seal broken, Arwyn found herself wondering if there were other Phoenix in Zion outside of the temple walls. However, she stayed at her post during the five years of Caelius return. Feeling the aftershocks of the Rift of Samahira opening, Arwyn felt it was best to left the temple and search for other Touched of her race. She left the temple under the protection under the aging priests and the children being raised there.

Arwyn roams the land of Zion, hunting down any lead to Phoenix marked with tricolor wings. Her primary targets are finding the reincarnations of the Hellsbane brothers if they live in this chaotic time.

She is currently at the estate of Alexandros Lystriate, training Beros in the art of swordsmanship. Her weapons are in possession of the master of the house.

Random Facts:
Even though she is considered very young, sounds of aching bones and creaking can be heard around her. This is due the age of the soul her soul merged with. It is also characteristic of all Weapons Masters.
She was ‘Touched’ upon birth, without following a single gender. At times, traits commonly seen from Phoenix males (parental traits) will be demostrated by her.
She won't say it, but Arwyn developed over her years of training a case of arthritis in most of her joints: shoulders, knees, and wrists. A lot of the times she uses the excuse of her souls age to cover it up. To keep it from restricting her too much, Arwyn aims to finish a fight quickly (or restricts the time a training session is) since the longer something drags on makes her joints flare up worse.

Abilities:
-Tears of Healing: This is a racial ability of the Phoenix. Their tears can heal severe wounds to poisonings. Healers of the other races will do anything to have a vial or two of Phoenix tears on hand, but they don’t realize that theses tears come with a price. Over time, shedding these tears strip the Phoenix of emotion and eventually, one’s life span.

Note:Arwyn has sacrificed all capabilities of learning spells to focus more on her physical poweress. With that said, she can at least physically keep up with a commander in a combat situation. She is designed with this in mind and balanced out by making it where she knows no magic or spells since I have a tendency to think of spells that help in combat situations. Thus, no magic endurance what so ever!

- Plus, her fighting style is dominantly power base for both attacks and counter. The defense below is her raw stat without consideration for her armor.

Stats: (On a rating of five dots)
Endurance
Physical
Mental
Magic
Dexterity
Vitality
Attack
Defense
Wisdom
Wits
Charisma
Luck

References:
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Muse's Stat Card:
TBA

Arwyn Stalis (c) *DragonKnight007
Sheet Background (c) *Deamond89
Souls of Chaos (c) *Deamond89 and *Tajaky94

Pose Reference: [link] (c) ~LinzStock