Nightlark Argyris
"Made from the hatred and grievances of her bloodline, Nightlark is driven with ambition to show how capable witches are in the darkest depths. Bad business, but she gets the job done..."
--- Ivaylo to a customer looking for a blood curse.
Appearance
Like all Svargan witches, they share physical attributes of too pale skin, light coloured eyes, and hair of dark shades. Their faces are all sharp in feature, lethal and not at all soft like the human ancestors. They have natural snarls, sharpened teeth --- some being able to elongate their canines --- and all Svargan witches are considered tall.
Nightlark possesses large, bright and pale blue eyes that can unsettle just about anyone residing in Svarga. A natural scowling lip often painted in a deep burgundy shade to clash against her pale complexion. She has a captivating beauty, at least to the standards of the Svargan witches, and is often dressed in protective gear when on the job.
Nightlark possesses large, bright and pale blue eyes that can unsettle just about anyone residing in Svarga. A natural scowling lip often painted in a deep burgundy shade to clash against her pale complexion. She has a captivating beauty, at least to the standards of the Svargan witches, and is often dressed in protective gear when on the job.
Skills and Abilities
As witches, they draw power from demonic ancestry and bloodline that helped create the Svargan witches closer to the times of the Darkening of Svarga. They excel in blood magic, curses, hexes, and necromancy. Magic can differ between a witch, and throughout history there has been total mastery of umbrakinesis, algiakinesis, and evocation.
Nightlark learned to strengthen both her connections in umbrakinesis and algiakinesis, both wielded by her mother and father respectively. This mastery has made her one of the most sought after smugglers in Svarga, able to see through the Darkstrait and protect and ferry goods to the Aboveworld, and does so without seeing the light of the sun, the true death to any Svargan Witch.
Nightlark learned to strengthen both her connections in umbrakinesis and algiakinesis, both wielded by her mother and father respectively. This mastery has made her one of the most sought after smugglers in Svarga, able to see through the Darkstrait and protect and ferry goods to the Aboveworld, and does so without seeing the light of the sun, the true death to any Svargan Witch.
Personality
Growing up a cutthroat, Nightlark is no stranger to standing for her right and is often seen as stubborn. She does not bend easily to the wills of the other Sector Bloodlines, but is an ally they need the most. This allows her to manipulate favour amongst their society, but day to day, she is known to be unforgiving.
Payment is a serious currency in Svarga, as greed can haunt someone. Deals and favours must always be paid, if not in coin, then in identity.
Nightlark has been known to throw customers off her boat in the narrow Darkstrait if they do not pay her in sufficient time, often feeding the beasts that dwell in the deep dark of Svarga.
Payment is a serious currency in Svarga, as greed can haunt someone. Deals and favours must always be paid, if not in coin, then in identity.
Nightlark has been known to throw customers off her boat in the narrow Darkstrait if they do not pay her in sufficient time, often feeding the beasts that dwell in the deep dark of Svarga.
Biography & Lore
Having lived in Svarga her whole existence, Nightlark always had a penchant for seeing through the dark. Fortunately for her, she is derived from magic in both shadows and pain, and manipulating them from a young age has made her journeys through the Darkstrait a higher success rate.
Light cannot live in such a space, but Nightlark embraces it and can see through the everlasting night plaguing Svarga. This allows her to see the creatures living in these cavernous routes of water, better prepared than any other smuggler. The only setback in her profession is that she cannot glimpsed the natural light of the sun, or have it touch her skin. She keeps a locket on her person, enchanted to tell her the time of day in the Aboveworld, and schedules all her work in the time night reigns the sky.
Light cannot live in such a space, but Nightlark embraces it and can see through the everlasting night plaguing Svarga. This allows her to see the creatures living in these cavernous routes of water, better prepared than any other smuggler. The only setback in her profession is that she cannot glimpsed the natural light of the sun, or have it touch her skin. She keeps a locket on her person, enchanted to tell her the time of day in the Aboveworld, and schedules all her work in the time night reigns the sky.