Harlot of Mardiakhor
Appearance
The Harlot of Mardiakhor first appears as a regular Elvish woman of moderate lengthy age. Pale skin, high cheekbones with hollow cheeks, a pointed jaw and pointed dears. But, come closer – and if you are lucky, when she is more revealed, you will see an elf covered from head to toe in arcane tattoos. Beautiful, bewitching and sinister in her physical charms.
All over her muscular and slender form are tattoos – some glyphs, some pentagrams, some unintelligible art and others chaotic mixtures of them all. Interlacing and slithering they run up Harlot’s arms, legs, chest, neck and even her face. Her arms are impressively encased in sleeves of winding and entangled cryptic script, symbols, and visages of mysterious figures. Her forearms are bound in tattooed linked chains and each of her fingers bare a glyph encased in a circlet. It all runs up her arms and crawls across her collarbones. Even her face is decorated with tattooed accessories. Below edge of her right eye is a small dagger weeping tiny tears of blood. While the left is flanked by a large collection of crescent and curved characters that assemble together to create the shape of a triangle, with an all-seeing eye in the middle. And at the center of her forehead was a small black dot with serpentine sun rays.
Besides her decorated body, her clothes are well decorated as well. Black kaftan with black brocade patterns, held at the waist by a black leather bodice with a worn belt running through its loops. Black trousers, black boots and black cloak cover the rest of her form, while her weapons hang from her bodice and belt.
All over her muscular and slender form are tattoos – some glyphs, some pentagrams, some unintelligible art and others chaotic mixtures of them all. Interlacing and slithering they run up Harlot’s arms, legs, chest, neck and even her face. Her arms are impressively encased in sleeves of winding and entangled cryptic script, symbols, and visages of mysterious figures. Her forearms are bound in tattooed linked chains and each of her fingers bare a glyph encased in a circlet. It all runs up her arms and crawls across her collarbones. Even her face is decorated with tattooed accessories. Below edge of her right eye is a small dagger weeping tiny tears of blood. While the left is flanked by a large collection of crescent and curved characters that assemble together to create the shape of a triangle, with an all-seeing eye in the middle. And at the center of her forehead was a small black dot with serpentine sun rays.
Besides her decorated body, her clothes are well decorated as well. Black kaftan with black brocade patterns, held at the waist by a black leather bodice with a worn belt running through its loops. Black trousers, black boots and black cloak cover the rest of her form, while her weapons hang from her bodice and belt.
Skills and Abilities
Magical Skills
Harlot is called so due to her powerful connections with magical beings, gods/goddesses and other ethereal spirits from which she derives her magic. It is an ancient, and very dangerous, form of sorcery that is known in Common as PACT MAGIC. Pact Magic involves the user entering into Pacts (soul binding spells) that chain the user's very soul, very existence to a Patron Idol from which magical powers are derived. This Pact can be codified by many means - Harlot chooses to ink a new ensorcelled tattoo to mark the pact's completion. When finished, the user is in effect bound to the Patron Idol and the relationship could sometimes not be mutual.
Notable Pact Spells:
Spell: Soul Chains
Tattoo: Chain Links (Wrapped around Forearms)
Magic Involved: Blood Magic (Dark Magic), Lithomancy
Patron Idol: Naspar, God of Scholarship and Magic (Annunakian Six)
Description: When summoned Harlot can unleash a whipping, lashing and binding lengthy strand of chains made of pure chaotic energy. They appear like chain links but a bubbling and burning green fire. They can restrain physical and incorporeal objects and persons. The chains literally come from her tattoos, as the tattoos turn into Soul Chains, as such they spring forth from her forearms.
Spell: Draconis Pyromancia
Tattoo: Wyvern Eating its Tale (Throat)
Magic Involved: Pyromancy, Lithomancy
Patron Idol: Simurgyan (Elvish Serpent Diety)
Description: A fairly simple spell which involves breathing fire like a dragon from the deep beneath the throat. The flames can be unleashed as one massive belching torrent or Harlot can spit bolts of molten fire that stick and burn.
Spell: Shadow Conjurlings
Tattoo: Black Sun (forehead)
Magic Involved: Shadowmancy, Lithomancy
Patron Idol: Eleth the Unknowable.
Description: Harlot can someone small and numerous sprites of shadow that can sneak into spots, attack targets in the dark or rapidly assemble together to form a hulking shadow beast to do her bidding. However, these sprites can only operate in shadow and darkness, and are weak to light (magical or natural).
Other Skills
Saber Dancer
Description: Harlot can use a saber rather well. Too well for some. She is well versed in the Art of the Saber Dancer, a school of sword fighting native to Amol-Kalit (first formed by the Saber Dancers of Mardiakorr). The sword school emphasizes overwhelming an opponent with sweeping, crescent, spinning and slashing choreography that confuses and consumes.
Part-Time Bard
Description: Harlot knows how to play the lute and can sing a few tunes.
Harlot is called so due to her powerful connections with magical beings, gods/goddesses and other ethereal spirits from which she derives her magic. It is an ancient, and very dangerous, form of sorcery that is known in Common as PACT MAGIC. Pact Magic involves the user entering into Pacts (soul binding spells) that chain the user's very soul, very existence to a Patron Idol from which magical powers are derived. This Pact can be codified by many means - Harlot chooses to ink a new ensorcelled tattoo to mark the pact's completion. When finished, the user is in effect bound to the Patron Idol and the relationship could sometimes not be mutual.
Notable Pact Spells:
Spell: Soul Chains
Tattoo: Chain Links (Wrapped around Forearms)
Magic Involved: Blood Magic (Dark Magic), Lithomancy
Patron Idol: Naspar, God of Scholarship and Magic (Annunakian Six)
Description: When summoned Harlot can unleash a whipping, lashing and binding lengthy strand of chains made of pure chaotic energy. They appear like chain links but a bubbling and burning green fire. They can restrain physical and incorporeal objects and persons. The chains literally come from her tattoos, as the tattoos turn into Soul Chains, as such they spring forth from her forearms.
Spell: Draconis Pyromancia
Tattoo: Wyvern Eating its Tale (Throat)
Magic Involved: Pyromancy, Lithomancy
Patron Idol: Simurgyan (Elvish Serpent Diety)
Description: A fairly simple spell which involves breathing fire like a dragon from the deep beneath the throat. The flames can be unleashed as one massive belching torrent or Harlot can spit bolts of molten fire that stick and burn.
Spell: Shadow Conjurlings
Tattoo: Black Sun (forehead)
Magic Involved: Shadowmancy, Lithomancy
Patron Idol: Eleth the Unknowable.
Description: Harlot can someone small and numerous sprites of shadow that can sneak into spots, attack targets in the dark or rapidly assemble together to form a hulking shadow beast to do her bidding. However, these sprites can only operate in shadow and darkness, and are weak to light (magical or natural).
Other Skills
Saber Dancer
Description: Harlot can use a saber rather well. Too well for some. She is well versed in the Art of the Saber Dancer, a school of sword fighting native to Amol-Kalit (first formed by the Saber Dancers of Mardiakorr). The sword school emphasizes overwhelming an opponent with sweeping, crescent, spinning and slashing choreography that confuses and consumes.
Part-Time Bard
Description: Harlot knows how to play the lute and can sing a few tunes.
