Selene of Dusk

Selene of Dusk

Biographical information
Prathil, a small village in the Valen Wilds 43 Astenvale Monastery
Physical description
Human female 5'9 bald black black
Political information
Knight Captain
Out-of-character information
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If one goes looking for Selene in her study, private quarters or personal garden, they are not likely to find her. An illusive wanderer, she spends more time in the wilds than in her monastery home.

Appearance

Much of Selene's form is hidden under ornamented layers of robes. She seems well built, slender but strong, her broad shoulders wearing the star-sewn cloak that cascades down her back well. High arched brows and shapely cheeks give her a regal look even when her expression is more relaxed.

She reeks of powerful magic, some untouchable presence guiding her movements. The whites of her eyes have grown to be as dark as her irises, a strange cold glow there, pinpricks of moonlight shining through a dark cloth. A latticed rune-like tattoo marks the center of her forehead and stretches in a line down her neck and spine.

Skills and Abilities

Selene has been trained to wield the ways of Loch and Life, of Death and resurrection. She is, in short, a necromancer of the highest degree. In the long of it, no one is sure where the extent of Selene's knowledge lies, or every spell that she is capable of. She still adheres to the limits of any other human being. Power is not what defines Selene's magic - rather she uses the unknown to her advantage, keeping her cards close and her motives obscured until the time to strike is right.

Personality

Reserved and faraway in her thoughts, but not unkind. Selene does not seem to care much for her position of authority. She does things in much the same way she did before becoming Knight Captain, asking favors instead of giving orders, organizing her Sanctum only when there is a need. She leaves most decisions to the masters of Dusk, and instead spends her time wandering the wilds, investigating twisting leads and guarding against distant threats to the monastery.

Biography & Lore

Born the second child of a noble family, Selene grew up with all the trappings of ruling life. Her family fought in the war against the gods of the forest in those ancient days, many generations past. After the forests were cleared and the gods took to slumber, they founded the quarry town of Prathil and settled into a comfortable rhythm of lordship. That is, until a great spirit-beast fell upon their land. Though they tried to fight it off, the spirit proved too illusive, haunting the outskirts of Prathil and disappearing townsfolk when they strayed too far.

On behalf of her family and people, Selene went to the great spirit to bargain. The spirit heard her plea, and offered peace. It's price was the foundation stones of Prathil - the spirit would leave the townsfolk be if only her family would flee the Vale in turn and give their estate back to the forest.

Burdened by this terrible choice, Selene returned. She walked through the streets of her village, up the winding path to her childhood home. Gazing upon the clean plaster walls of the estate, the manicured gardens and trophies hung, all the gild and glory of days past, she came to her decision.

Prathil estate crumbled that night. No ones knows the fate of her family, but a handful might dare to guess.

After this event, a curse befell Selene, and a fatal corruption was seeded in her heart. Without home or title, and her future bleak, Selene wandered a while until she found herself at the doorstep of the Astenvale Monastery. There she discovered the teachings of the Knights of Anathaeum, and swore herself to them. Much happened between then and the present, but it was an ordinary enough path to mastery. She was no prodigy, older than most of the other squires in the order, but she threw herself into her studies. Some years passed and she was knighted, then some years more and she became a Pursuant of Death and of Life magic, not satisfied with just one answer. When it came time to select a new Knight Captain of Dusk, everyone agreed Selene was the obvious choice.

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