Post by renate on May 30, 2013 18:52:34 GMT -5
Name ►: Renate Valisilwen
Age ►: 362 (looks late teens, early twenties)
Gender ►: Female
Canon or OC ►: Original
Sexual Orientation ►: Unknown
Race ►: Elf
Group ►: Godless
Face Claim ►: Eclair - Kiddy Grade
Appearance ►:
Armor/outfit: Her standard wardrobe (in her case her armor) is usually medium to dark grays and black for the pants and shirt. The armor itself is a slightly faded black with no markings. The Vembraces are normal in shape and appearance, though have a thin metal plate between the two layers of leather. The chest piece she usually wears covers her whole torso (because its actually a males chest piece), though shes been known to wear a shorter version that leaves more of her stomach exposed so she has more maneuverability. She also generally forgoes the upper arm protection, with the exception of the shoulder pieces she keeps. She seldom wears the armor pieces for her waist line down and upper legs as it often in her experience limits the leg movement she needs, but wears armor on her shins. She also wears a dark gray cloak as well, and a medium black cloth around her neck should she choose to hide her face. She really only changes colors if she feels the need.
General Personality ►: Renate Tends to be a rather serious person when it comes to things. You don't usually see her smile a lot, and while shes not beyond doing so, shes usually all business. Even if she goes out "partying" she doesn't drink to excess (least by elvish standards), nor does she carry on or get loud unless shes in a very good mood. She can have a bit of fun and all, but it's really just not her thing at the moment. She mainly focuses on her job and whatever tasks or goals she has. To that end, her experience with relationships is essentially zero.
Because she generally wears male armor (and it isn't uncommon for guys in her unit to have long hair or be on the small and scrawny side) most people think shes a guy at first glance where shes from and as much as when they learn she is actually a girl guys try their luck she simply shoots them down with not interested as plain as saying "hello". Though she also disproved the notion she only like girls because she was the exact same with them. At this point she hasn't bothered at all with a relationship nor even taken the time to think or acknowledge who or what she likes beyond friends. She's also not that easily rattled, given she is a soldier of experience and knows its better to keep her cool. Not to say she wont make obvious signs of anger or annoyance, but she generally keeps it controlled when she does. To sum her line of thinking up easily, shes a soldier first, a person second, and a woman last.
Likes ►: The woods
simplicity
Archery
Guys armor
knives >>
Drinking
Relaxing
reading
practicing her archery
Riding a horse
The new long rifles
Her "Fragment" Revanent
Dislikes ►: Having been forced out of the actual military
Those who show no respect for the dead
Being interrupted in the middle of any sort of prayer
People over complicating things
Dragging drunk friends or soldiers back home
The former "devil queen"
Close quarters fighting
Hand to hand fighting
The designs for women's armor -_-
People making too much noise
pointless fighting
Her ears and them being touched or messed with.
Weaknesses ►:
Physical strength - Renate is not all that strong physically. (bg -10% on melee attacks)
Physical defense - Shes also with her frame not good at taking blows from weapons and punches (bg +10% damage taken from melee attacks)
Blind
Decreases a targets accuracy by a quarter for three turns/posts.
- Weakness - The user cannot use this again for a full four posts/turns.
(Must have the rpers permission) *-50% accuracy instead of 25%*
Gravitas
Normal/Minor Space damage to a target, bounces the target off the ground a couple of times.
(+10% damage taken)
Jūryoku
Moderate/Medium Space damage to all targets, bounces all targets off the ground a couple of times then off each other.
(+10% damage taken)
Graviga
High/Heavy Space damage to all targets, blasts the enemies with a series of compressed gravity balls.
(+10% damage taken)
Cosmoslam
Very High space damage to a single enemy, a giant whip of energy smacks the enemy around.
(+10% damage taken)
Galactic Bomb
Very High space damage to all targets/enemies, starts as a small compressed ball of space and then rapidly expands outwards blasting all enemies it touches.
(+10% damage taken)
Shooting Star
Very Very High space damage to all enemies/targets, a rapid succession of small meteores fall across the area smashing against all enemies. This has a 1 post charge up and can be interrupted.
(+10% damage taken)
Aero
Normal/Minor wind damage to a target sends bladed gusts of wind at a target. (+25% damage)
Aerora
Moderate/Medium wind damage to all targets/enemies torrents of wind converges on the targets.(+25% damage)
Aeroga
High/Heavy wind damage to all targets/enemies huge tornado of wind around the targets converging on them. (+25% damage)
Gale
Very High wind damage to a single target. Wind envelopes the target and is so violent that it tears up chunks of whatever the target is stood upon bashing them with the things torn from beneath.
(+25% damage)
Cyclone
Very High wind damage to all enemies/targets, wind envelopes the targets and is so violent that it tears up chunks of whatever the targets are stood upon bashing them with the things torn from beneath..
(+25% damage)
Chinook
Very Very High wind damage to all enemies/targets, wind tears through the battle field and flicks all enemies in to the air, they fall only to be knocked up a second time and then hit the ground with tremendous force. This has a 1 post charge up and can be interrupted.
(+25% damage)
Quake
Normal/Minor Earth damage to a target a small blast of rocks and dirt hit the target. (+25% damage)
Seism
Moderate/Medium Earth damage to all targets a small blast of rocks and dirt hit the targets. (+25% damage)
Tremor
High/Heavy Earth damage to all targets a Rocks jut out of the ground beneath the targets causing damage. (+25% damage)
Terrene
Very High earth damage to a single target. Drops rocks and clay on the enemy.
(+25% damage)
Kaolin
Very High earth damage to all enemies/targets. Drops rocks and clay on the enemies
(+25% damage)
Avalanche/Landslide
Very Very High earth damage to all enemies/targets, causes an avalanche or landslide depending on the terrain which hits all enemies from behind. This has a 1 post charge up and can be interrupted.
(+25% damage)
Abilities ►: Camouflage - Adjusts the color scheme and pattern of her outfit to blend into surroundings and certain situations (i.e. normal clothes)(passive -10% chance to hit for non seeking/guided ranged attacks[such attacks still hit as do AoE attacks], Does not stack or add to cloaking)
Cloaking - Activates an enchantment that bends light around Renate, making her seem to be invisible. However, the more light there is, the easier it is to notice the distortion of where she is and obviously attacking can give her location away. (bg -25% chance to hit for any attacks that aren't AoE or magically track a target, cannot use any sort of offensive spells while cloaked, or skills other then "Light bolt", otherwise she becomes visible again. Lasts three turns, 2 turn cool down "after she reappears", 3 uses per bg thread)
Light bolt - Basically an arrow made of energy rather then standard arrow materials, also a preferred alternative as it means less to carry. However, its more susceptible to reflecting off magic based shielding (bg 10% chance of reflecting and hitting Renate if it impacts a magic barrier)
Cure
Heals minor/normal wounds/damage but can only target one person.
Cura
Heals moderate/medium wounds/damage but can only target one person.
Curaga
Heals major/heavy wounds/damage and can target a group of people.
Oil
Covers a single target in oil so that they take more damage from fire spells.
Fire
Normal/Minor fire damage to a target sends fire balls at the target.
Fira
Moderate/Medium fire damage to all targets/enemies sends fire balls at the targets.
Blizzard
Normal/Minor ice damage to a target sends shards of ice at a target.
Blizzara
Moderate/Medium ice damage to all targets/enemies sends shards of ice at the targets
Water
Normal/Minor water damage to a target a single jet of water hits the target.
Fast and agile - Renate is very quick on her feet and adept at moving as fast as possible even in forested areas. (acts as auto haste in bg)
Weapons ►: Composite re-curve short bow
Short sword
Daggers
History ►: Renate was born in a small elvish village over three hundred years ago. The village itself was on land that belonged to no kingdom, and had self governing groups on it. They lived rather simple lives really, and weren't bothered much. There was contact with other races and the outside world, but not much when she was really young. When she was old enough though to hold such things, her parents as was common taught her how to use a bow and a sword. Though, she took far more to the bow and would constantly practice if she wasn't playing with other kids. Granted, the other kids often poked fun at the fact despite being a full blooded elf, her ears from birth looked more human. Which made people touch them more because it was so odd.
Though when she was twenty, still a fairly young kid for an elf, not quite a teenager, the calm was interrupted. a country to their lands north started a war with the country to the west. And decided that they would claim lord ship over the lands. Stories of what happened to other villages reached their ears. Those that didn't cooperate being killed, villages being razed to the ground, utter horror stories. Then the troops came to her town. They were told they were going to join their side and aid their troops, and pay to live on their new kings lands. Naturally no one wished to agree and resisted, and so they grabbed the natural targets to convince them, women and children, including Renate, and threatened to execute them. However, that wouldn't be the case.
As much as some men had started grabbing arms to fight in the back, the country to the west, Aerilon had been trying to track this advanced groups movements. As their leader became irritated at the resistance and ordered the town burned and to start executing the people they grabbed, arrows appeared from nowhere expertly aimed. That was the first time she saw them, The so called "ghosts" that fought for this country, which all thought a rumor, which was half true. The fighting lasted a couple hours, and left half the village in ruins or ablaze.
In the chaos she had been separated from her family and was wandering around rather teary eyed when she noticed something blurry in front of her. She began to get scared thinking it was in fact a ghost however, it seemed to turn toward her and suddenly wasn't a hard to see figure but a hooded woman. She was more surprised when she heard her own dialect of elvish telling her not to be scared, and then saw as she pulled her hood down she was an elf as well. She was exceptionally kind to her and attempted to help locate her family, which was initially a failure because many had fled in random directions, and others had been taken to Aerilon for their own safety, but there was no way of tracking who was where.
The woman attempted to have her sent to Aerilon to see if her parents were among them, however, Renate clung to the woman and it became obvious she was terrified as it was and that sending her where her family might not be was a poor idea. She reluctantly told her she could come along, but "had to watch her and keep up", because while she was going to go try and locate some of those that had seemed to go hide in the woods, they had little time and not the forces to take on the full army.
It was difficult, and she had to be carried a couple times, but Renate managed to keep close enough as they ran through the woods, even trying to duplicate some of what they did as they ran. They found her older sister and brother with a group hiding in the ruins of an old temple, and while the trip back to the city was a couple days, found her next oldest sister wandering on the road to it lost, and her parents were indeed in the city, though it took a couple days to find them, as their had been a good many refugees fleeing there.
That being said, she became rather attached to the woman that found her, who had actually been from her village but left years ago, and the other woman relented to letting her visit. She spent hours asking her questions, like was she a ghost, how did she become invisible, anything she could think of. There was much she couldn't tell her at the time, after all, some things were best not known to others but she got a fair few answers. Naturally the woman brushed it off at first when Renate said she wanted to be just like her, simply just childish admiration because of all that went on, but as Renate got older it was obvious she was serious. So when she was old enough, the woman asked if it was okay if she took on a fresh protege and apprentice, despite the fact Renate had none of the military training that her group required. So he offered a challenge that if she could hit all six targets, she could join.
The woman had seen that Renate was rather skilled with a bow, but was initially infuriated when she saw 5 targets, thinking she'd been lied to. Renate questioned it, and the king assured her that there were in deed 6 targets, the 6th was just not as easy to see. Renate made the 5 shots, though two were just barely where they needed to be, still impressive to those there considering elf or not she was basically a teenager. She looked around for the target, but couldn't find it. But when she looked at the king to protest, she noticed something, and with no hesitation raised her bow and fired an arrow that hit dead center of the crown, but having done so resulting in the woman getting between her and 6 angry as all hells guards. However they all relaxed as they realized the king was laughing hysterically.
He congratulated her as he told his men to stand down, and asked why she shot his crown. she then pointed to the red jewel she had hit with the tip of her bow and drew how the jewel, and surrounding ones and markings made a bullseye. He commented that wasn't quite the thinking he was looking for, but that he liked her abstract reasoning, and commended her that she fully passed the part of not flinching to shoot at him. With that, he gave his blessings that she could learn directly under her. From that point on, The woman took her everywhere. It was this point in time she was taken into the loosely called temple of spirits.
At first, Renate was curious as she had seen things at the other woman's house that showed she worshiped the same gods she did. However at this point was when a ghostly figure appeared on a small pillar next to her saying "This isn't so much a religion as it is a way of thinking." It initially scared her to have it suddenly appear and all, but she was quickly assured that there was nothing to be afraid of. The figure explained she could view her as a guiding spirit of the precursors, as that was simple for her to understand. At first, she questioned why she was there, the reply being she had indeed said she wanted to be like her.
It was here she understood why the woman had been standing there in the first place when they met. She had been praying for a soldier she had killed in the fighting and all. She heard and took in ideas that all living sentient beings were in essence, brothers and sisters, and even the animals were more then mindless creations. She would take it all to heart, along with her faith and all her teachings. One thing that would remain constant over the long years of fighting that followed as she trained and was folded into the military. Her group was also given armor and gear that could change to blend into the environment, take on the appearance of normal clothes if need be, or what helped earn the name ghosts, seemingly vanish entirely.
She served faithfully for over 200 years, in this time frame also being given a "fragment" from the temple that went by the name "revenant", as she was told to aid her. When she asked why, she was told "because you do take things as seriously as your master, and have shown yourself worthy." She was at first uncertain how this spirits "fragment" could help, however she learned quickly how useful it was. It understood languages she didn't and could translate, could memorize and recall things that were said, even show maps or images if she knew what something was, which while unsettling to those that worked with her not accustomed to it proved most useful. And was handy when she felt like talking and no one was around or no one she trusted was. Though as the years went on, even Revenant felt maybe she should focus less on being a solder, which she still ignores. Though her dedication, and Revenants abilities helped her be one of the first to learn the use of long rifles, something new at the time.
However, when the current kings brother took the throne, it soon became problematic. He had always shown disdain for non humans, despite he himself being far from one. So after the young prince vanished and only his sister was found, she was not as surprised as others when she like many other non humans were stripped of their ranks and told to leave the military, or demoted to minor roles. However, as he launched his war, she like many others felt he had betrayed his countries ideals and didn't deserve the throne, and would rather see it gone then tarnished.
While they followed rumors of the prince's location, they mainly fought against the army where they could. There group became known as OKoA, the old knights of Aerilon as that was what they were considered, however, the name hid the disorder. Each group knew its tactics that worked best, but they all had trouble seeing viewpoints the others had. So her group was the only one really functioning, as they carried out hit and run attacks, raided supply lines, and took down high level targets. However, on one of these outings a tree branch unexpectedly snapped and she fell through a portal, finding herself in a world that had things she heard stories about, but thought were just stories or lost forever.
Relatives ►: Mother
father
oldest sibling - sister
next oldest - brother
least oldest - sister
Alias ►: Rune
Roleplay experience ►: lost track
Password ►: abysswalker
Other Characters ►: Rune, Amaya, Galatea, misao
How did you find us ►: oblivion >>
Age ►: 362 (looks late teens, early twenties)
Gender ►: Female
Canon or OC ►: Original
Sexual Orientation ►: Unknown
Race ►: Elf
Group ►: Godless
Face Claim ►: Eclair - Kiddy Grade
Appearance ►:
Armor/outfit: Her standard wardrobe (in her case her armor) is usually medium to dark grays and black for the pants and shirt. The armor itself is a slightly faded black with no markings. The Vembraces are normal in shape and appearance, though have a thin metal plate between the two layers of leather. The chest piece she usually wears covers her whole torso (because its actually a males chest piece), though shes been known to wear a shorter version that leaves more of her stomach exposed so she has more maneuverability. She also generally forgoes the upper arm protection, with the exception of the shoulder pieces she keeps. She seldom wears the armor pieces for her waist line down and upper legs as it often in her experience limits the leg movement she needs, but wears armor on her shins. She also wears a dark gray cloak as well, and a medium black cloth around her neck should she choose to hide her face. She really only changes colors if she feels the need.
General Personality ►: Renate Tends to be a rather serious person when it comes to things. You don't usually see her smile a lot, and while shes not beyond doing so, shes usually all business. Even if she goes out "partying" she doesn't drink to excess (least by elvish standards), nor does she carry on or get loud unless shes in a very good mood. She can have a bit of fun and all, but it's really just not her thing at the moment. She mainly focuses on her job and whatever tasks or goals she has. To that end, her experience with relationships is essentially zero.
Because she generally wears male armor (and it isn't uncommon for guys in her unit to have long hair or be on the small and scrawny side) most people think shes a guy at first glance where shes from and as much as when they learn she is actually a girl guys try their luck she simply shoots them down with not interested as plain as saying "hello". Though she also disproved the notion she only like girls because she was the exact same with them. At this point she hasn't bothered at all with a relationship nor even taken the time to think or acknowledge who or what she likes beyond friends. She's also not that easily rattled, given she is a soldier of experience and knows its better to keep her cool. Not to say she wont make obvious signs of anger or annoyance, but she generally keeps it controlled when she does. To sum her line of thinking up easily, shes a soldier first, a person second, and a woman last.
Likes ►: The woods
simplicity
Archery
Guys armor
knives >>
Drinking
Relaxing
reading
practicing her archery
Riding a horse
The new long rifles
Her "Fragment" Revanent
Dislikes ►: Having been forced out of the actual military
Those who show no respect for the dead
Being interrupted in the middle of any sort of prayer
People over complicating things
Dragging drunk friends or soldiers back home
The former "devil queen"
Close quarters fighting
Hand to hand fighting
The designs for women's armor -_-
People making too much noise
pointless fighting
Her ears and them being touched or messed with.
Weaknesses ►:
Physical strength - Renate is not all that strong physically. (bg -10% on melee attacks)
Physical defense - Shes also with her frame not good at taking blows from weapons and punches (bg +10% damage taken from melee attacks)
Blind
Decreases a targets accuracy by a quarter for three turns/posts.
- Weakness - The user cannot use this again for a full four posts/turns.
(Must have the rpers permission) *-50% accuracy instead of 25%*
Gravitas
Normal/Minor Space damage to a target, bounces the target off the ground a couple of times.
(+10% damage taken)
Jūryoku
Moderate/Medium Space damage to all targets, bounces all targets off the ground a couple of times then off each other.
(+10% damage taken)
Graviga
High/Heavy Space damage to all targets, blasts the enemies with a series of compressed gravity balls.
(+10% damage taken)
Cosmoslam
Very High space damage to a single enemy, a giant whip of energy smacks the enemy around.
(+10% damage taken)
Galactic Bomb
Very High space damage to all targets/enemies, starts as a small compressed ball of space and then rapidly expands outwards blasting all enemies it touches.
(+10% damage taken)
Shooting Star
Very Very High space damage to all enemies/targets, a rapid succession of small meteores fall across the area smashing against all enemies. This has a 1 post charge up and can be interrupted.
(+10% damage taken)
Aero
Normal/Minor wind damage to a target sends bladed gusts of wind at a target. (+25% damage)
Aerora
Moderate/Medium wind damage to all targets/enemies torrents of wind converges on the targets.(+25% damage)
Aeroga
High/Heavy wind damage to all targets/enemies huge tornado of wind around the targets converging on them. (+25% damage)
Gale
Very High wind damage to a single target. Wind envelopes the target and is so violent that it tears up chunks of whatever the target is stood upon bashing them with the things torn from beneath.
(+25% damage)
Cyclone
Very High wind damage to all enemies/targets, wind envelopes the targets and is so violent that it tears up chunks of whatever the targets are stood upon bashing them with the things torn from beneath..
(+25% damage)
Chinook
Very Very High wind damage to all enemies/targets, wind tears through the battle field and flicks all enemies in to the air, they fall only to be knocked up a second time and then hit the ground with tremendous force. This has a 1 post charge up and can be interrupted.
(+25% damage)
Quake
Normal/Minor Earth damage to a target a small blast of rocks and dirt hit the target. (+25% damage)
Seism
Moderate/Medium Earth damage to all targets a small blast of rocks and dirt hit the targets. (+25% damage)
Tremor
High/Heavy Earth damage to all targets a Rocks jut out of the ground beneath the targets causing damage. (+25% damage)
Terrene
Very High earth damage to a single target. Drops rocks and clay on the enemy.
(+25% damage)
Kaolin
Very High earth damage to all enemies/targets. Drops rocks and clay on the enemies
(+25% damage)
Avalanche/Landslide
Very Very High earth damage to all enemies/targets, causes an avalanche or landslide depending on the terrain which hits all enemies from behind. This has a 1 post charge up and can be interrupted.
(+25% damage)
Abilities ►: Camouflage - Adjusts the color scheme and pattern of her outfit to blend into surroundings and certain situations (i.e. normal clothes)(passive -10% chance to hit for non seeking/guided ranged attacks[such attacks still hit as do AoE attacks], Does not stack or add to cloaking)
Cloaking - Activates an enchantment that bends light around Renate, making her seem to be invisible. However, the more light there is, the easier it is to notice the distortion of where she is and obviously attacking can give her location away. (bg -25% chance to hit for any attacks that aren't AoE or magically track a target, cannot use any sort of offensive spells while cloaked, or skills other then "Light bolt", otherwise she becomes visible again. Lasts three turns, 2 turn cool down "after she reappears", 3 uses per bg thread)
Light bolt - Basically an arrow made of energy rather then standard arrow materials, also a preferred alternative as it means less to carry. However, its more susceptible to reflecting off magic based shielding (bg 10% chance of reflecting and hitting Renate if it impacts a magic barrier)
Cure
Heals minor/normal wounds/damage but can only target one person.
Cura
Heals moderate/medium wounds/damage but can only target one person.
Curaga
Heals major/heavy wounds/damage and can target a group of people.
Oil
Covers a single target in oil so that they take more damage from fire spells.
Fire
Normal/Minor fire damage to a target sends fire balls at the target.
Fira
Moderate/Medium fire damage to all targets/enemies sends fire balls at the targets.
Blizzard
Normal/Minor ice damage to a target sends shards of ice at a target.
Blizzara
Moderate/Medium ice damage to all targets/enemies sends shards of ice at the targets
Water
Normal/Minor water damage to a target a single jet of water hits the target.
Fast and agile - Renate is very quick on her feet and adept at moving as fast as possible even in forested areas. (acts as auto haste in bg)
Weapons ►: Composite re-curve short bow
Short sword
Daggers
History ►: Renate was born in a small elvish village over three hundred years ago. The village itself was on land that belonged to no kingdom, and had self governing groups on it. They lived rather simple lives really, and weren't bothered much. There was contact with other races and the outside world, but not much when she was really young. When she was old enough though to hold such things, her parents as was common taught her how to use a bow and a sword. Though, she took far more to the bow and would constantly practice if she wasn't playing with other kids. Granted, the other kids often poked fun at the fact despite being a full blooded elf, her ears from birth looked more human. Which made people touch them more because it was so odd.
Though when she was twenty, still a fairly young kid for an elf, not quite a teenager, the calm was interrupted. a country to their lands north started a war with the country to the west. And decided that they would claim lord ship over the lands. Stories of what happened to other villages reached their ears. Those that didn't cooperate being killed, villages being razed to the ground, utter horror stories. Then the troops came to her town. They were told they were going to join their side and aid their troops, and pay to live on their new kings lands. Naturally no one wished to agree and resisted, and so they grabbed the natural targets to convince them, women and children, including Renate, and threatened to execute them. However, that wouldn't be the case.
As much as some men had started grabbing arms to fight in the back, the country to the west, Aerilon had been trying to track this advanced groups movements. As their leader became irritated at the resistance and ordered the town burned and to start executing the people they grabbed, arrows appeared from nowhere expertly aimed. That was the first time she saw them, The so called "ghosts" that fought for this country, which all thought a rumor, which was half true. The fighting lasted a couple hours, and left half the village in ruins or ablaze.
In the chaos she had been separated from her family and was wandering around rather teary eyed when she noticed something blurry in front of her. She began to get scared thinking it was in fact a ghost however, it seemed to turn toward her and suddenly wasn't a hard to see figure but a hooded woman. She was more surprised when she heard her own dialect of elvish telling her not to be scared, and then saw as she pulled her hood down she was an elf as well. She was exceptionally kind to her and attempted to help locate her family, which was initially a failure because many had fled in random directions, and others had been taken to Aerilon for their own safety, but there was no way of tracking who was where.
The woman attempted to have her sent to Aerilon to see if her parents were among them, however, Renate clung to the woman and it became obvious she was terrified as it was and that sending her where her family might not be was a poor idea. She reluctantly told her she could come along, but "had to watch her and keep up", because while she was going to go try and locate some of those that had seemed to go hide in the woods, they had little time and not the forces to take on the full army.
It was difficult, and she had to be carried a couple times, but Renate managed to keep close enough as they ran through the woods, even trying to duplicate some of what they did as they ran. They found her older sister and brother with a group hiding in the ruins of an old temple, and while the trip back to the city was a couple days, found her next oldest sister wandering on the road to it lost, and her parents were indeed in the city, though it took a couple days to find them, as their had been a good many refugees fleeing there.
That being said, she became rather attached to the woman that found her, who had actually been from her village but left years ago, and the other woman relented to letting her visit. She spent hours asking her questions, like was she a ghost, how did she become invisible, anything she could think of. There was much she couldn't tell her at the time, after all, some things were best not known to others but she got a fair few answers. Naturally the woman brushed it off at first when Renate said she wanted to be just like her, simply just childish admiration because of all that went on, but as Renate got older it was obvious she was serious. So when she was old enough, the woman asked if it was okay if she took on a fresh protege and apprentice, despite the fact Renate had none of the military training that her group required. So he offered a challenge that if she could hit all six targets, she could join.
The woman had seen that Renate was rather skilled with a bow, but was initially infuriated when she saw 5 targets, thinking she'd been lied to. Renate questioned it, and the king assured her that there were in deed 6 targets, the 6th was just not as easy to see. Renate made the 5 shots, though two were just barely where they needed to be, still impressive to those there considering elf or not she was basically a teenager. She looked around for the target, but couldn't find it. But when she looked at the king to protest, she noticed something, and with no hesitation raised her bow and fired an arrow that hit dead center of the crown, but having done so resulting in the woman getting between her and 6 angry as all hells guards. However they all relaxed as they realized the king was laughing hysterically.
He congratulated her as he told his men to stand down, and asked why she shot his crown. she then pointed to the red jewel she had hit with the tip of her bow and drew how the jewel, and surrounding ones and markings made a bullseye. He commented that wasn't quite the thinking he was looking for, but that he liked her abstract reasoning, and commended her that she fully passed the part of not flinching to shoot at him. With that, he gave his blessings that she could learn directly under her. From that point on, The woman took her everywhere. It was this point in time she was taken into the loosely called temple of spirits.
At first, Renate was curious as she had seen things at the other woman's house that showed she worshiped the same gods she did. However at this point was when a ghostly figure appeared on a small pillar next to her saying "This isn't so much a religion as it is a way of thinking." It initially scared her to have it suddenly appear and all, but she was quickly assured that there was nothing to be afraid of. The figure explained she could view her as a guiding spirit of the precursors, as that was simple for her to understand. At first, she questioned why she was there, the reply being she had indeed said she wanted to be like her.
It was here she understood why the woman had been standing there in the first place when they met. She had been praying for a soldier she had killed in the fighting and all. She heard and took in ideas that all living sentient beings were in essence, brothers and sisters, and even the animals were more then mindless creations. She would take it all to heart, along with her faith and all her teachings. One thing that would remain constant over the long years of fighting that followed as she trained and was folded into the military. Her group was also given armor and gear that could change to blend into the environment, take on the appearance of normal clothes if need be, or what helped earn the name ghosts, seemingly vanish entirely.
She served faithfully for over 200 years, in this time frame also being given a "fragment" from the temple that went by the name "revenant", as she was told to aid her. When she asked why, she was told "because you do take things as seriously as your master, and have shown yourself worthy." She was at first uncertain how this spirits "fragment" could help, however she learned quickly how useful it was. It understood languages she didn't and could translate, could memorize and recall things that were said, even show maps or images if she knew what something was, which while unsettling to those that worked with her not accustomed to it proved most useful. And was handy when she felt like talking and no one was around or no one she trusted was. Though as the years went on, even Revenant felt maybe she should focus less on being a solder, which she still ignores. Though her dedication, and Revenants abilities helped her be one of the first to learn the use of long rifles, something new at the time.
However, when the current kings brother took the throne, it soon became problematic. He had always shown disdain for non humans, despite he himself being far from one. So after the young prince vanished and only his sister was found, she was not as surprised as others when she like many other non humans were stripped of their ranks and told to leave the military, or demoted to minor roles. However, as he launched his war, she like many others felt he had betrayed his countries ideals and didn't deserve the throne, and would rather see it gone then tarnished.
While they followed rumors of the prince's location, they mainly fought against the army where they could. There group became known as OKoA, the old knights of Aerilon as that was what they were considered, however, the name hid the disorder. Each group knew its tactics that worked best, but they all had trouble seeing viewpoints the others had. So her group was the only one really functioning, as they carried out hit and run attacks, raided supply lines, and took down high level targets. However, on one of these outings a tree branch unexpectedly snapped and she fell through a portal, finding herself in a world that had things she heard stories about, but thought were just stories or lost forever.
Relatives ►: Mother
father
oldest sibling - sister
next oldest - brother
least oldest - sister
Alias ►: Rune
Roleplay experience ►: lost track
Password ►: abysswalker
Other Characters ►: Rune, Amaya, Galatea, misao
How did you find us ►: oblivion >>
Easy come, easy go. That's just how you live, oh. Take, take, take it all. But you never give.