Kael
First and foremost, Kael is a fraud, alive only by divine luck. A goblin whose tribe and family were nearly wipes out, Kael not masquerades as a human in a decidely hostile land. He spends his days wearing a foreign skin while training as an infiltrator to fight for someone else’s king.
Appearance
Kael’s appearance changes dramatically and frequently. His “Home” skin is green and leathery, but he hasn’t worn it it nearly five years. His most frequent appearance is that of a teenage boy with short brown hair, brown eyes, and musculature that indicates fitness but not a talent for strength. Kael’s eyes carry a hardy look that could be described as glum, fearful, or deed.
Skills and Abilities
- Shapeshifting Magic: Kael can alter his shape to be any number of disguises. He can notably grow larger or smaller than his normal form, but is limited in this. He can be as small as an adult raven, but not a mouse. Similarly he can be as large as a short orc, but not an ogre.
- Dreadlord Initiate Training: Kael has training with a wide suite of weapons and armor, including swordsmanship, archery, knife throwing, etc
- Infiltrator Training: Kael’s magic lends to infiltration rather than front lines combat, so he’s received training in stealth, poison making, lock picking, anatomy, etc.
- Dreadlord Initiate Training: Kael has training with a wide suite of weapons and armor, including swordsmanship, archery, knife throwing, etc
- Infiltrator Training: Kael’s magic lends to infiltration rather than front lines combat, so he’s received training in stealth, poison making, lock picking, anatomy, etc.
Personality
Kael is generally reserved and untrusting. Those with extreme emotional understanding, such as through magic, will also detect that Kael is generally in a state of fear. Like most teenagers, he has no idea what he wants to do with his life, but he does know he wants out.
Biography & Lore
The son of a Goblin Shamaness, Kael was considered a strong mage by his tribe, and a generational talent as a shapeshifter. Easily able to diagnose and mimic other forms, he quickly grew into an important role as a sentry and scout for his tribe. In this role Kael helped prevent, instigate, and settle conflicts with other tribes and organizations to more favorable ends for his people. Until about three years ago, when Kael's tribe attacked an outlying village of humans on the borders of what might be considered Anirian Territory. On another day they might have gotten away with it, but at that momenta Dreadlord Initiate was stationed with the guard. While Kael's tribe managed to defeat the initiate, and the stationed guardsman, it was at the cost of over seventy percent of their numbers. Kael's mother, through loose divination and fortune telling, knew that this act against Vel Anir would not go unpunished. The tribe would be hunted down until the end of it's days.
It was then Kael proposed to take the Initiate's identity, and indeed the name 'Kael' he uses today. His mother peeked at the possible futures ahead, and found it would give the boy a life of hardship ending in pain, but would allow the tribe to move on freely. Kael took this trade, and began a new life at the Academy. Now Kael learns to fight for a homeland not his own, where the risk of anyone discovering his true nature is death.
It was then Kael proposed to take the Initiate's identity, and indeed the name 'Kael' he uses today. His mother peeked at the possible futures ahead, and found it would give the boy a life of hardship ending in pain, but would allow the tribe to move on freely. Kael took this trade, and began a new life at the Academy. Now Kael learns to fight for a homeland not his own, where the risk of anyone discovering his true nature is death.
References
The Academy Years
A Dead Man's Lies - A thread in which Kael meets some members of the Anirian Guard and wrestles Edric
Overachievers - A thread in which Kael fights a lizard and meets Naser, Avery, and Marcia
Attack on Fort Sade - A thread in which Kael underestimates Saderzaine Vult
Stealing Extra Credit - A thread in which Kael and Nas break into a Proctor's office on a dare
Cordial Affairs - A thread in which Kael meets Kilien Basmarc and gives Marcia her first(?) kiss
The Goblin, the Horse, and the Hair - A thread in which Kael is nearly stabbed by Avery
Echoes of the Animus - A thread in which Kael meets Blake and Takoda and takes a walk in the woods
The Disappearance of Ghislaine - A thread in which Kael meets the Princess of Aniria Kassandra and reunites with Felix Nevarre
Overachievers - A thread in which Kael fights a lizard and meets Naser, Avery, and Marcia
Attack on Fort Sade - A thread in which Kael underestimates Saderzaine Vult
Stealing Extra Credit - A thread in which Kael and Nas break into a Proctor's office on a dare
Cordial Affairs - A thread in which Kael meets Kilien Basmarc and gives Marcia her first(?) kiss
The Goblin, the Horse, and the Hair - A thread in which Kael is nearly stabbed by Avery
Echoes of the Animus - A thread in which Kael meets Blake and Takoda and takes a walk in the woods
The Disappearance of Ghislaine - A thread in which Kael meets the Princess of Aniria Kassandra and reunites with Felix Nevarre
