Syretia Akilah

Biographical information

Birthplace Elbion Born Died Age 31 Home Elbion Sexuality Pronouns

Physical description

Race Half-Drow Sub-Race Gender Female Height 5’5” Mass Regular Hair color White Eye color Pale Skin color

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Affiliation(s) Occupation Gendarme Clan(s) Caste Domain Masters Apprentices Alias(es)

Out-of-character information

Writer Myrra Created on 2/14/2022 Avatar Liana Shadyan

Crime is a fact of life and there isn’t a more factual part of Elbion than the Quarterfell District.

Nestled in between the Port and Residential Districts the Quarterfell houses some of the poorest residents of Elbion and it is through the Quarterfell that all of the Lyrum, hashish, venenum, whilly-whiskers, moonshine, corpaprevilium, and all manner of other illicit substances flow into Elbion.

The high crime rates make it so that it’s rare for the Elbion Gendarmerie (the police force of the city) to send too large of a presence into its streets so as not to risk an all-out war with the Marte Cartel. Instead, small teams of detectives investigate crimes and build cases throughout Elbion but especially in the Quarterfell District.

Recent calamities in Elbion have only served to embolden the Marte Cartel, making the job of the Gardes and Gendarmes much more difficult.

Syretia is half-human and bears some resemblance to humans in her facial features that are obvious to dark elves but typically missed by races outside of the deep elves.

Instead, most non-Drow notice her exceedingly dark skin, tipped ears, and dull white hair. They also, typically, notice the array of scars on her face present from an incident she prefers not to speak about.

What any who encounter can agree on though are her pale eyes which tend to be unsettling for humans and dark elves alike. Not quite blue but not entirely gray, they are a useful shade for prying information out of her marks.

Fast thinking, fast talking, fast stabbing.

Syretia typically is armed with a steel kris and has been around enough of the scum of Elbion to know her way around a blade or a bar brawl. She, typically, prefers to avoid fights.

She never had much of a talent with magic but understands enough to grasp some basics and carries a null magic charm, as do most detectives. The charm is capable of nullifying magic in an area around the investigators which is particularly helpful in a city like Elbion.

In addition, a hand crossbow is typically carried while on duty. Just in case the situation calls for a de-escalating presence.

Syretia’s father was a talented mage who taught at the College of Elbion after leaving the Underrealm for unknown reasons. During his time at the city he fell in love with a human woman and quickly discovered that humans were significantly more fertile than elves.

At the age of ten Syretia saw her father butchered by a burglar who had invaded their home and gotten the jump on him.

As a result of her father’s death they moved around the city often, typically on the fringes of the Quarterfell District or when times got bad in the district itself. Her mother worked odd jobs as they struggled to keep a roof over their heads.

The murder of her father had one redeeming factor though. It had instilled in her a strong sense of justice so that when Syretia turned eighteen she volunteered for the Elbion Gendarmerie instead of applying for the College of Magic (as her father had wanted).

After years on the force, and an impeccable record, she eventually was promoted from a Garde to a Gendarme and began earning enough to get her mother a nicer apartment within the Residential District.