Mellrina Esrollai

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  1. _Electra_

    _Electra_ Imagination is magic, so all dreamers are wizards

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    Basic Information

    * Full Name: Mellrina Esrollai
    * Age: 103
    * Gender: Female
    * Race: El-Maraya (Anterrin Vampire)

    *Preferred Weapon: Dagger


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    Skill Information

    Total Points: 70 (60 from age, plus 20 total racial points, minus 10 for Vampire mutations)
    * +10 Underworld Knowledge (Racial)
    * +10 Literary Arts (Racial)
    * +30 Alchemy Sciences (Points)
    * +10 Throwing Combat Skill (Points)

    * +10 Magical Knowledge (Sangiunology and Racialism) (Points)
    * +20 Historical Knowledge (Books of the Dead)



    Body Shape- Athletic (25)
    * Low Body Fat


    Languages
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    Shalota (10/10)
    * Common (10/10)
    * Modern Altar (3/10)


    Vampire Mutations (Anterrin Bloodline)
    * Spirit Shift
    * Books of the Dead
    *Stonework Sapping
    * Emptiness Mark
    * Auld Grip

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    Visual Information


    * Eye Color: Ruby-red
    * Hair Color: Pastel Pink
    * Hair Style: Very long, unstyled or in braids
    * Skin Color: Powdery Pastel Blue
    * Clothing: Varied. Often altered for agility, never subtle
    * Height: 5’5

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    Personality and Abilities

    Alignment~Lawful Evil

    Nobody is the villain of their own story and Mellrina is no exception. Unfortunately, Mellrina sees the outside world as her enemy and each person she encounters as someone she has to hurt before they can hurt her. This combined with her unquestioning belief in maraya supremacy means she rarely acts "good" despite following a strict code.

    Personality Type~INTJ - The Mastermind

    INTJ's are ambitious, self-confident, deliberate, long-range thinkers. They live in a world of ideas, analysis, and strategy. They tend to be highly intelligent, and that combined with their natural intuition makes them great thinkers. INTJs value knowledge, competence, and love new ideas and possibilities. They continually seek to improve the world around them.

    Religion~Tohn Sona

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    How would your character respond to experiencing Fear?

    As a frail maraya, Mellrina is well aware of just how much she has to fear in a world full of danger. Best case: she eliminates the source before it can eliminate her by striking as quickly and with as much force as she can muster. If that’s not an option, however, she’ll use the many tricks at her disposal to run far away from whatever danger she’s encountered and never look back.


    How would your character respond to experiencing Stress?


    Mellrina has never lead what could be considered a “safe” life and is, at any given point, at least a little stressed out by it. She’s made a practice of never showing this, however, and often takes it out on those around her in the form of perpetual grouchiness.

    How would your character express feeling Happy?

    Quite often, she doesn’t. Even if Mellrina is feeling particularly joyful, she won’t often reveal this unless she’s surrounded by people she can trust, or there’s an ulterior motive involved. A wide grin to intimidate an adversary, for instance, or a laugh in the face of danger. When she lets down her guard, however, a happy Mellrina is usually one with her eyes closed and a faint smile upon her face, just appreciating the world around her.

    How does your character view Law and Authorities?

    A necessary burden and a tool to be used. Mellrina understands why such things are needed, despite her dislike for what they do. However, she also recognizes their power over the people and, if she isn’t avoiding them at all costs, will try to manipulate them to her advantage whenever possible.

    How does your character feel about Races other than their own?

    Lesser, pathetic, pitiable really. The combination of a maraya’s superiority and a vampire’s disregard for anyone else results, in the case of Mellrina, in a view of other non-vampire races as little more than animals. Just another tool for people like her to use and discard, regardless of whatever they might think.

    How does your character feel about Religion for themselves, and other faiths?

    The Tohn Sona is truly the path to salvation for the maraya. Other faiths are overrated. Mellrina tends to view religion almost like she views magic; a curiosity with the potential to be very, very useful. Unfortunately for her, most religions require devotion which Mellrina refuses to give on principal. The Tohn Sona is the only thing worth believing in.

    How does your character feel about the Arcane and Magical in the world?

    Mellrina is fascinated by the Arcane as what seems to be the single most useful tool yet. Few things can make the impossible possible but magic seems to do just that, a power which Mellrina would love to get her hands on and dissect.

    How does your character feel towards their family?

    Family and power are two of the only things Mellrina really respects. Her parents are loved and the communal nature of Tohn Elaya gave her a sense of kinship extending far beyond her blood relatives. Aside from a select group of friends, her family are some of the only people that Mellrina really looks up to.

    What is your character's biggest insecurity?

    Mellrina’s biggest insecurity by far is her perceived superiority. If everyone else is so much farther down the totem pole of life than she is, how could any of them possibly be better than her? To Mellrina, this question is less of a given and more of a plea. She absolutely needs to feel like she’s the best around and will desperately try to prove herself if this conviction is threatened.

    What is your character the most proud of about themselves?

    Her vast knowledge. You don’t get to be this old without picking up a thing or two, but Mellrina has picked up quite a bit more than that. She’s always proud to consider herself the wisest in the room, whether or not this is actually true.

    What motivates your character to move forward and better their life?

    Her pride and dedication to the Tohn Sona. Mellrina simply can’t accept that someone else might be better than her, especially some pathetic non-vampire or non-maraya, so she’s determined to continue bettering herself primarily out of spite. Mellrina also believes that the Tohn Sona is the path the maraya race must tread, so she has to continue moving forward to ensure that happens.

    What is your character's biggest fear?

    Becoming obsolete. The world constantly grows and changes around her, but Mellrina is never quite sure if she can keep up. Even worse than death to her is the thought that one day she’ll just be old and useless while everyone else surpasses her completely. Worse yet, she can’t even hit this fear with her cane to make it go away like she does for most things, she’s just stuck with her insecurity.

    * From the Outside In: To others, Mellrina first appears a cold, cynical person who always thinks the worst of those around her. The combination of a maraya’s racial pride and a vampire’s disdain for others results in a most condescending front that Mellrina presents to the world. She almost always keeps a clear, level head however, and her actions are not hateful or anger-driven; simply curt and dismissive, as if the rest of the world exists only to serve.


    * Within Her Mind: Behind Mellrina’s pessimistic facade lies a profound disappointment with the world. She's very self-assured both in her own actions as they serve to further the Tohn Sona, and her unflattering assumptions about others. The other maraya have all but given up on their Great Purpose, she believes, and nobody else even matters. Within her heart of hearts, Mellrina is a just very bitter, driven woman who has nowhere to truly call her own and nobody to share her cause.

    * Friends and Family (Or the lack thereof): Most people that Mellrina describes as friends are people she really thinks of as being more akin to servants. To a true friend, however, she would act very kind and generous; perhaps more so than necessary, for behind this sharing countenance lies a desperate, and perhaps not unfounded, fear that this friend might abandon her. Someone precious enough to her that Mellrina would call them family is someone to be treasured, to be protected as a dragon might protect a gemstone.


    * Morality: Nobody is the villain of their own story and Mellrina is no exception. Still, her perspective on others is not exactly “good,” more like lawful evil. Mellrina sees the outside world as her enemy, and each person she encounters as someone she has to hurt before they can hurt her. Only for those who’ve earned her respect does she apply any sort of real moral code, and even then they may be at risk of betrayal if Mellrina believes they’ve wronged her first.

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    Life Story
    From a little caterpillar, she sprouts her wings and flies away


    Mellrina was born high in the sky to loving parents, atop the maraya home swarm's deck and surrounded by hordes of other hatchlings popping their way out of eggs to meet the world. She was raised with the others and taught the ways of the Tohn Sona, which she took to with gusto. Throughout her youth, Mellrina could often be found poring over copies of the many documents making up all that could be salvaged of the Great Purpose from ancient times. Unlike so many wayward adolescents Mellrina was never without purpose, for the ancients so conveniently provided one that she followed wholeheartedly.

    In fact, Mellrina was so convinced of the maraya's manifest destiny that she became obsessed with making this dream a reality. She wasn't blind to her race's plight, however, the lack of force and numbers that made conquest all but impossible for the maraya. The secret, she believed, lay in magic; the power to make the impossible ascension possible. Thus Mellrina dedicated much of her time to the research of magical abilities, going as far as experimenting on live specimens of vampires and other beings with magical racial abilities that were stolen from the surface.

    Throughout all of this however, Mellrina's real passion was alchemy; a type of scientific magic that could she herself could produce. More than that though was an unspoken hope that she could become more like the ancients she idolized and unlock the secrets that imbued the home swarm's technology. More than anything Mellrina wanted to understand the ancients whose wisdom still guided the Tohn Sona today and she hoped beyond hope to gain this understanding through her alchemy.

    The Skyfallen changed things for maraya everywhere, forcing action where passive observation had held sway for years. Secretly, Mellrina was overjoyed at this turn of events, having been disappointed by the home swarm's cowardly choice to remain hidden for so long. She believed that, though the maraya weren't strong enough to fulfill the Great Purpose yet there was still far more progress to be made on the ground than hiding in clouds twiddling their thumbs.

    The Chrysant Wars served as a time of inspiration for Mellrina. While she couldn't directly participate in the battles, she did everything she could from behind the scenes to aid her fellow maraya in battle as the Tohn Sona directed. It was here that Mellrina perfected her skills with the alchemic sciences as she, feeling helpless without a way to influence the war, began brewing potions and draughts to heal the maraya warriors and serve as weapons against their enemies.


    Until the Bone Horror disaster in 304 AC, Mellrina was living the good life. Finally, finally the maraya were marching along the Tohn Sona's path and she had the privilege of being part of the ancient's vision as it was being made a reality. The Bone Horrors ruined everything, scaring her people back to the clouds and away from their true calling of conquest. As the home swarm began to falter, some maraya even giving up on the Great Purpose altogether, Mellrina didn't need any sort of ancient scripture to tell her it was time to go. Leaving in a huff, out of disgust at her people's weakness more than anything, she descended into the world with a vengeance.

    During the Chrysant War, Mellrina has heard great stories about Regalia; an ailor empire whose expansionist ideals mirrored the Tohn Sona's mission surprisingly well. It was to this grand nation that she traveled, hoping to learn the secrets of its success and use it to further maraya supremacy. Embracing the dark powers she learned of in her youth, Mellrina now strives to unlock Regalia's might from the inside out, bringing her own brand of bitter zealotry to the holy city...
     
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    Sorry it took so long to get around to this, but it's all updated now!

    ~Updated Life Story to match the new maraya lore
    ~Updated proficiencies to match the new backstory
    ~Updated her body shape to match the new proficiencies (But 35 seems a bit much for an old blue hag. Did I do my math wrong?)
    ~Added a section for the new personality questions! I kept the old personality section too though, 'cause you can never have too much character definition (✿◠‿◠)
    ~Aged her up a bit because new maraya aging
    And I think that's it? All edits (except the backstory, 'cause I redid that one completely) are done in this color (not this color), so let me know what I should fix! @Jonificus
     
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    _Electra_ Imagination is magic, so all dreamers are wizards

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    Hiya @Jonificus! ☆ミ(o*・ω・)ノ It's tiny update time!

    ~Updated to the new personality section type

    ~(All the old ones are still there too, just in spoilers in case anyone wants them) v( ‘.’ )v
    ~I also shuffled around some of the vampire mutations and updated the proficiencies accordingly to make more sense

    I'm not entirely sure if any of that requires a re-review but better safe than sorry, right? Either way, hope you're having a good day
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