"Lazule"
Appearance and Equipment
* Lazule himself/herself is a "Life Fire," an artificially created life form. He/she is a small ball of blue-green fire that must be implanted into a body that is missing a heart. This allows Lazule to "pilot" said body.
(The very air of Arethil is deadly to the Life Fire of Lazule if exposed to it.)
* Encased in an armored suit made from carefully crafted living stone, meticulously forged metal, and spectacular golden crystals charged with luminescent power. Long, flowing beige cloths drape from his shoulders and his anterior and posterior waist.
* Unarmed.
(The very air of Arethil is deadly to the Life Fire of Lazule if exposed to it.)
* Encased in an armored suit made from carefully crafted living stone, meticulously forged metal, and spectacular golden crystals charged with luminescent power. Long, flowing beige cloths drape from his shoulders and his anterior and posterior waist.
* Unarmed.
Skills and Abilities
Luminomancy: Magic concerned with the manipulation of light. Lazule is skilled with various cantrips and minor utility spells of Luminomancy. Flashbang spells to disorient, Focusing to redirect light and spotlight certain areas, Magnification to generate heat and sound, and even to forge a small Shiv made of light in his hand suitable for cutting. All Luminomancy requires ambient light to function. Daylight is the strongest, firelight or magical light less so, and pitch darkness leaves Lazule completely vulnerable. Overuse of Luminomancy doesn't cause arcane fatigue but instead starts to burn and boil the user, such is the strain of channeling the manipulation of light through one's body.
* Extensive use of Luminomancy overheats the Life Fire burning in Lazule's chest, causing symptoms of heat stroke and eventually death if pushed too far.
Javelin of Light: A devastating spell. Lazule forges a Javelin of bright yellow light and hurls it at his foe. Slow, unwieldy, and dangerous at close ranges, it is pinpoint accurate (though dependable upon Lazule's aim) and has a massive effective range. The Javelin flies at a velocity of 1000 meters per second and exists for three seconds before dissipating. Upon impact the Javelin pierces incredibly briefly and then explodes, likely blasting apart scales and thick hide or even whole limbs of smaller beasts. Ineffective against metal, water, glass or other surfaces that heavily reflect or distort light.
* The Javelin emits a sharp whistling noise as it flies.
Needles of Light: A spell intended for close range. Lazule may use one or both hands to fire a rapid barrage of small, dagger-sized darts of light at his foe. The darts fly fast but become inaccurate past a certain point and dissipate. The darts have good piercing capability but do not explode like his Javelin, and dissipate quickly upon impact. The wounds inflicted are small and not incredibly deep, but enough of them landed will likely bring about a 'death by a thousand cuts' victory. Sustained barrages of Needles becomes very taxing.
* The Needles make a crisp snapping noise, particularly if they fly close to one's ear.
Lance of Light: An eight-foot long flat magical Lance, summonable like the Shield of Light. It is not heavy, and its edges are incredibly sharp, slicing with magic rather than the mechanics of a normal metal sword.
Shield of Light: A shimmering magical tower shield, wide and oval and the height of Lazule's armored suit itself, translucent near its top and bottom and bright white near its center. It is not heavy, this manifested Shield, but it retains a certain adamant solidity. Provides moderate protection against directed magic attacks.
Wings of Retribution: Ready to be discovered.
The Armored Suit: Requires sunlight to keep its essential functions charged.
The familiar body of a human man inside the armor. His legs terminated above where his knees had once been. The body did not breathe. It had no heart. Its normal vital functions were ceased. A quasi-state of undeath.
There were connections into the body from the suit. Inseparable connections of metal and crystal. The body was not merely placed inside the suit; the suit had been built around the body. These connections tethered the human body to the suit, allowing the suit to move like a natural extension of it.
The suit itself. Constructed of metal, crystal, organic matter, and stone. The metal akin to chainmail or plate, or simply frameworks for other pieces. The crystals, meant to absorb the light of the sun and charge the suit and nourish the body within. The stone--living stone--from stone golems and lithic titans of the Spine; regenerative, with energy provided by the solar crystals to power this.
And in the very center, where the human body's heart had once been. A glass chamber. Inside a foreign heart, from another man. Around this foreign heart, the blue-green licking flame: the Life Fire of Lazule.
There were connections into the body from the suit. Inseparable connections of metal and crystal. The body was not merely placed inside the suit; the suit had been built around the body. These connections tethered the human body to the suit, allowing the suit to move like a natural extension of it.
The suit itself. Constructed of metal, crystal, organic matter, and stone. The metal akin to chainmail or plate, or simply frameworks for other pieces. The crystals, meant to absorb the light of the sun and charge the suit and nourish the body within. The stone--living stone--from stone golems and lithic titans of the Spine; regenerative, with energy provided by the solar crystals to power this.
And in the very center, where the human body's heart had once been. A glass chamber. Inside a foreign heart, from another man. Around this foreign heart, the blue-green licking flame: the Life Fire of Lazule.
Personality and Characteristics
Major
* Shy. Aloof at times. Of few words. Tends to use clinical and detached language.
* Curious and inquisitive. Constantly seeks insight about himself and the greater world about him.
* Calm in the face of monsters, exhibiting a quiet ferocity and dauntless determination fighting them. No longer nervous around people.
* Purpose-driven. Will slay monsters where he discerns there to be monsters. Complications, naturally, arrive in the process of this discerning.
* Not unnerved by the sight of blood or excessive viscera. Takes trophies of monsters. Scalps particularly, but fingers, claws, tongues, some little part of them.
* Compulsive. Repeats certain mantras often. Performs little rituals obsessively. Yet also, he strives to break from his old Way of Being and discern the essential truths from the blind fanaticism of these mantras and rituals.
* Adores fire. Loves pyromancers/fire mages.
Minor
+ Lies as necessary in the service of righteousness.
+ Does not need to breathe.
+ Has the severed heart of his father, Benjamin Murtry, encased inside the chamber of the Life Fire with him.