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Skyedoom-Felspar, Ziedra | 
Name:
Skyedoom-Felspar, Ziedra
Aliases:
Zee, Magestrix Prodigal, Istar'Nola
Inspired by:
Will Greenway
Appears in:
Savant's Blood: Shadow of the Avatar, Savant's Blood: Hecate's Bounty, Aesir's Blood, Gaea's Blood, Shaladen Chronicles: Who Mourns the Creator, Gaea's Legacy: Eternal's Agenda, Gaea's Legacy: Savants Ascendant, Gaea's Legacy: The Infinity Annihilator
Occupation:
Professional Adventurer, Dancer, Magick Consultant
Birthplace:
Drakmourn City, Silissia
Unusual Features:
By the end of events in the Gaea's Legacy arc, Ziedra opts to keep her body as an Ascendant. As such she has all the features typical of a pantheon lord. Her body is three times as dense as mortal flesh with commensurately enhanced strength and resistance to injury. As an aspect of her ability as the ishtar nola, her extreme resistance to magic is increased to the point that she is for all practical purposes-- impervious to magic she does not wish to affect her. As a lasting effect of a flight amulet she absorbed during events in Hecate's bounty, Ziedra has an innate ability to fly. The powers of Eternity affect Ziedra's eyes so that they glow with a violet light.
Martial Status:
Married (Radian Felspar)
Known Relatives:
Radian Felspar (Husband), Zhentar Skyedoom (Father) [deceased], Beldwin Skyedoom (Mother) [deceased], Caladar Skyedoom (Uncle) [deceased], Tarl Skyedoom (Brother) [deceased]
Group Affiliations:
Clan Kergatha, Clan Felspar, Clan Frielos, Mage's guild of Cosmodarus, All-World's Tournament
Magical Skills:
As a mortal savant, Ziedra's abilities with magic were staggering in their scope. Next to the Garmtur, the ishtar nola savants are among the most potentially deadly. With an innate talent for magic and able to learn virtually any kind of spell, these mega-mages are capable of frighting magical feats. ((After only a couple score-days of training Ziedra could cast sixth order magics that many mages study for lifetimes and STILL cannot master.)) By events in Gaea's Legacy, Ziedra has trained to be the equivalent of fifth circle sorceress. However, she can memorize and utilize spells in ways that most magicians of lore-mage and higher class cannot. After becoming an ascendant, she transcends the definition of what it is to be a mage. Magic is an expression of will, and she can essentially cast any spell she desires at any time as long as she is familiar with the effect. As noted elsewhere she is extremely resilient to magic and as an ascendant, even eternals would have difficulty injuring her with magic.
Another aspect of being an ascendant is the ability to assume "battle-form" (this is a power common to the pantheon lords). In battle-form the tissue of the body takes on a "metalized" state. In this form, an ascendant is resistant to nearly all forms of conventional injury. The organs of the body go into a form of stasis and even deep penetrations into the metal shell have limited effect (a stab through the heart for instance will not kill an ascendant in battle-form-- though when they change back to flesh and blood the injury might do so.) Ascendants cannot naturally heal or by healed by either magical or technical means while in battle-form. The battle-form is extremely inconvenient. While the user is incredibly strong (usually able to lift ten tons or more), it takes a great deal of energy, the body is inflexible, has no feeling and is very slow. Because of the great mass (the user typically weighs a few tons or more), most floors and furniture will not support a person in battle-form. Battle-form cannot be retained while asleep (or at least nobody in the stories has figured out how to do it yet).
Abilities specific to the ishtar nola:
As an Ishtar Nola, Ziedra can learn spells simply by touching the caster during the incantation. She has an eidetic memory that allows her to memorize movements and vocal sounds with the briefest exposure. Her ability to couple memorization and the coordination of her body makes Ziedra an incredible student of any coordination reliant skill. This ability is sophisticated enough that she can build skills virtually as fast as she is exposed to the nuances. The ishtar nola also allows the reading of magical auras. Ziedra can read not only the properties of magic, but can discern details about the caster who created the enchantments. As a living avatar of magic Ziedra is extremely resistant to harmful magicks, and totally impervious to all forms of magical charms, paralyzation, control and domination. She can manipulate magical energies much the same way the Kel'Varan Nola manipulates forces. This control combined with her personification of magic allows Ziedra to use a magic item that would otherwise work only for a specific person. The exact limits of this last skill are unknown, but it is believed that her nature as 'magick's mistress' causes all magical items to see her as their 'true creator'. The pantheon lord Isis possesses a similar capability and some surmise she is the tao-beta to the Ishtar Nola.
Tournament Rank:
Ziedra does not regularly participate in tournament play. However, on a lark, Ziedra entered the All-worlds as a novice initiate and challenged the 8th circle as a qualifier in the round of 256. In the 32 bouts (the all worlds is double elimination), she did not give up a single point. Her eidetic memory for defensive moves makes her nearly impossible to score on. Her magical resistance is such that magic weapons refused to mark her. Ziedra's 32 and 0 perfect record (with perfect 3-0 [best of 5] scores in each match) has never been accomplished before or since at any circle rank. After Ziedra was awarded, several fighters guilds filed a grievance against Ziedra for sand-bagging (sand-bagging is someone of higher skill participating in a lower rank for purposes looking good). Attempts to strip Ziedra's title were unsuccessful as she had never participated in any previous tournaments and there was no record of any masters having taught or seen her on the field of battle. The award went down as a fluke with gentle chiding that she would never be allowed to participate below 12th rank in any future appearances all the All-worlds.
As a mortal savant Ziedra's defensive combat skills are easily 10th rank or higher. To be truthful even elders have difficulty with her. The main thing is the ishtar nola's power makes her fighting skills fairly unbalanced. She has tremendous defensive and countering ability, however her offense is relatively weak through lack of training. So, while she can hold off much more skilled opponents she can never defeat them through force of arms. However, for a savant of magic, that really isn't a problem... a few spells can generally make up for lack of armed offense.
Information:
Ziedra Skyedoom is a ex-patriot noblewoman of the eastern Silissian kingdom of Drakmourn. Daughter of General Zhentar Skyedoom, and Beldwin Skyedoom. At a young age, Ziedra was sent away from her home to seek refuge in the Sharikaarian city of Corwin. There Ziedra joined up with a band of gypsies for shelter and refuge.
It is while Ziedra is doing turns for silvers as a street dancer that she meets up with Wren Kergatha. Throughout their teen years the two young women grow up together amongst Corwin's lower caste. During this course of events Wren pays for Ziedra to learn dance, and the young woman proves a natural. By the time the young Silissian was 19, her reputation had spread to the royal family and she was soon dancing for the nobles of Corwin's court.
Ziedra's fraternization with nobility slowly drove a wedge between her and Wren, and a fateful decision to dally with a baron finally broke up their relationship. Unfortunately, the princess ALSO had eyes set on the Baron and Ziedra wound up on the wrong end of an execution edict. Forced to run for her life, Ziedra did not again meet up with Wren until five summers later when a chance encounter had their paths cross in Ivaneth.
Because of events at that time, Wren takes Ziedra under her wing again and they renew their friendship. It is shortly after that it is discovered that Ziedra is a savant of magic, and slightly after than that it is learned that she is the niece of Aarlen Frielos, one of the most powerful grand-elders in the Realms.
Ziedra has a deep and abiding affection for Wren, one that goes beyond platonic interest. It is source of tension between the two women at times. After failing to get what she wanted Ziedra later marries Radian Felspar.
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Skyweir | 
Aliases:
Master of the East Wind
Inspired by:
Tony Langley
Appears in:
Shaladen Chronicles: A Knot in Time
Occupation:
Temple Guardian
Birthplace:
Eastern Dykreen
Unusual Features:
Due to strength enhancing objects kept on his person through decades of adventuring, Skyweir's body mass is slightly increased. His natural strength is approximately three times that of a trained athlete of his size and build.
Martial Status:
Unmarried
Group Affiliations:
Band of the Crescent Moon, Monestary of the West Wind, Monestary of the East Wind, Kingdom of Ivaneth
Magical Skills:
Skyweir possesses no magical skills per se. He is extremely battle-hardened in the area of combatting magical attack. He recognizes most battle magic and can easily evade most spells unless they are cast by extremely powerful and skilled casters.
Tournament Rank:
Skyweir participates ocassionally in the Ivaneth tournies, where it is more a demonstration/recruitment on behalf of the Monestary of the East wind. He has never been defeated in these "limited class" "local talent" exhibitions. He has ventured to the All-worlds tourney on a few ocassions where warriors closer to his stature battle. There he has placed in the top 10 of 12th rank in weapon-to-weapon challenges. In unarmed martial combat he has never failed to place in the top ten of the unlimited competition. Only his friend, and fellow "crescent mooner" Giquokor (the Master of the West Wind) rivals his skill in unarmed combat.
Information:
Skyweir was an early member of the "Band of the Crescent Moon" and accompanied them on their 2nd and 3rd expeditions to Silissia (the first expedition met with ruin which ended in Skyweir's being recruited).
Skyweir hired on with the Band in order to provide finances for his monestary in Eastern Ivaneth. Later, another monk, Giquokor, a member of the Monestary of the West Wind, also joined for similar reasons. Being of like mind, it was no surprise the two became friends and grew strong along with their allies in the band.
Numerous adventures and the acquisition of magic items (a Varillium blade, and later one of Loric Felspar's krill daggers) made Skyweir into a truly potent force for good.
The Band of the Crescent Moon eventually went on hiatus on Skyweir retired to his monestary to train others and find
peace. Several years later, the enigmatic Skyweir returned to adventuring to help in another set of quests where he battled with all his former powers.
After the venture was done, Skyweir returned immediately to his monestary. He remains in periodic contact with the Crescent Mooners, Algernon D'Tarin in particular who owns land near Monestary of the East Wind.
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Solaris, Marna Dualani Jalath | 
Name:
Solaris, Marna Dualani Jalath
Aliases:
Vaetrana Solaris, First Counsel Solaris, Mother Prime
Inspired by:
Will Greenway
Appears in:
Shaladen Chronicles: A Knot In Time, Shaladen Chronicles: Anvil of Sorrow, Shaladen Chronicles: Who Mourns The Creator, Gaea's Blood, Gaea's Legacy
Occupation:
Political leader (Supreme Kriar Counsel), Quantum Physicist/Researcher, Behavioral Scientist
Birthplace:
Stellar Prime, Homeworld concordant before exodus
Eyes:
Green (Luminescent)
Unusual Features:
Marna has the same non-human characteristics of all the Kriar race. (See the write-up on the Kriar, and Ivral Techstar for more info). Her eyes are unusual in that they are not black (which is typical for Kriar) instead they glow with a green radiance.
Age:
(Unknown) 10,000,000+
Martial Status:
Married. (Dominique Ariok) (4th marriage)
Known Relatives:
Dominique (Mate), Dulcere Val'Sidra Starbinder (daughter by third husband), Elandro (son by A.Frielos), Celaesh (daughter by D.Ariok), Jhazarhine (daughter by Isis)
Group Affiliations:
Supreme Kriar counsel, Universal Protectorate, Counsel of Isis, House Felspar, House Ishtarvariku, the 27th Magocracy of the Ring Realms.
Magical Skills:
Marna is currently married to Dominique Ariok, the daughter of Gabriella Sarn Ariok, one of the great elder mages. Dominique's skills are not those of her mother's, but they are quite formidable (exceeding those of a lore-mage). She agreed to teach Marna after some persuasion. Even after several years Marna's skills are rather limited. The Kriar has to "unlearn" many technical ideas in order to adopt the science of magic.
Tournament Rank:
The Kriar are a predominantly a pacifistic culture-- less than 2% of all Kriar have the psychology necessary to be effective combatants. Kriar warriors are considered in many ways to be aberrant to the norm for their culture. For most of her eons long life Marna was a pacifist, however wars, the death of her mate, and the loss of children drove her to the edge. She has since adopted the more violent ways of warriors. She is however quite new to the idea of combat and still has great deal of difficulty with intentionally harming intelligent creatures.
Information:
Marna Solaris is the spiritual mother of the Kriar race, and the oldest living Kriar in existence. While the persona of the Vaetrana dates back to before the launching of homeworld, she is only in spirit that same person. Untold millions of cycles old, the Prime Mother of the Kriar has been through renewal thousands of times. While she is (in spirit) the eldest Kriar, she is, in many ways, the youngest because she has forgotten so much of her past in antiquity.
Marna is the undisputed mistress of the Kriar warp science, and the most skilled time diver on Fabrista homeworld. She is rivaled only by military commander Tarkath Quazar Diliaysus, who uses extensive matrix enhancements to increase her powers. In addition to her time diving capabilities, Marna is able to perform n-space folding by pure force of will. This talent is the ability to cause the atomic and sub-atomic structure of matter to twist upon itself and occupy higher order dimensions. This process can be likened to taking a two dimensional object and folding it so it occupies three dimensions. Marna can take three dimensional matter and "fold" it so that it occupies four and even higher order spaces.
After the adoption of Cassandra Kel'Ishtauri by house Techstar, it became a fashion among the Kriar nobility to start interacting with the humanity and skilled mages in particular. The ability of magic to overcome something Kriar science could not opened many eyes, and sparked intense interest in learning the secrets of magic. Also, humans being young and impressionable, made them excellent proteges. The Kriar being empaths, derive a great deal of satisfaction being around creatures who still experience excitement and passion. They can feel "vicariously" through their empathy, emotions and sensations that they themselves have become numb to due to hundreds of millennia of life.
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Starbinder, Dulcere Val'Saedra | 
Name:
Starbinder, Dulcere Val'Saedra
Aliases:
Belkirin (Military Rank), Forward Belkirin, 3rd Mitaka Legion, Dulcere Solaris, 'Cere
Inspired by:
Will Greenway
Appears in:
Shaladen Chronicles: A Knot in Time, Shaladen Chronicles: Anvil of Sorrow, Shaladen Chronicles: Who Mourns The Creator, Reality's Plaything: Eternal's Agenda, Ethermancer: Conscript of the Eternals, Ethermancer: Consort of the War Goddess, War of the Genemar: Child of Ascendants
Occupation:
Military Belkirin, Dasta Daergon, Pilot certified for transport, combat, and passenger hauling.
Birthplace:
Solaris Demense
Unusual Features:
Kriar being a vegetative (rather than mammalian) humanoid race possess several plant-like attributes. Their skin is photosynthetic, and they derive nourishment from light. Their tissue is dense (like wood) and thus they are heavier and more resistant to injury. Kriar scientists have heavily modified the heriditary physiology of the species and many of the evolutionary drawbacks of their origins have been engineered away. Most Kriar rely on a life-support mechanism called a matrix stone that is embedded in their bodies at a young age. These jewels provide supplemental photosynthetic nourishment so the Kriar can function for extended periods in environments where there is little to no natural sun-light. These jewels are normally installed in sets. A focus stone in the forehead, a distribution matrix enfleshed in the collarbone, and brain-stone or central control enfleshed beneath the lower abdominal muscles. These matrixes often have cybernetic enhancements and convenience mechanisms built into them depending on the kind of work the Kriar does. Warriors typically have additional implants in the palms of both hands. These are high-energy foci. The hand focus allows the warrior to create force weapons and shielding, along with usually having various sensor and cybernetic apparatus built into them
Known Relatives:
Marna Solaris (mother), Louvros Starbinder (father deceased), Dominique Ariok (step-mother), Gabriella Sarn Ariok (grandmother in law), Eladrazelle Delarn (aunt), Araceli Delarn (cousin), Monique Delarn (cousin), Porsche Delarn (cousin), and Octavia Delarn (cousin)
Group Affiliations:
Kriar Council, Kriar Military (detached status), Kriar Flight and Training Academy, Dasta Solaris, Dasta Daergon (renouced), Protectorate, Clan Solaris, Clan Delarn, Clan Techstar
Magical Skills:
None. Kriar possess many technologies of such sophistication that they might be indistinguishable from magic. Through her Shaladen Lignum, Dulcere has a magic "enemy detection and tracking", a way to trace and detect magic, and the ability to crack and destroy spells and their bindings.
Tournament Rank:
Dulcere is a 12th rank unlimited competitor in the tier 3 unlimited "weight class". There are few creatures in the realms other than eternals that pose any challenge to her. Even among Kriar she is among the top ranked and only top ranked individuals like Eclipse and Quasar are tougher opponents.
Information:
Dulcere Val'Saedra Starbinder, who later adopts the surname Solaris, is a Kriar female and a significant figure among the allies of Corim Erik Vale and the Protectorate. Known for her military background, resilience, and developing emotional depth, Dulcere plays a key role in several major
conflicts and alliances within the Ring Realms saga.
Initially introduced as a well-regarded Belkirin in the 3rd Mitaka Legion of the Kriar military commanding the star vessel Tiraka. Her father was Louvros Starbinder, the second husband of Marna Solaris. Louvros was tragically slain by agents of Daergon Surr, and Dulcere was implicated in the plot,
intended to create strife within Marna's family.
During a confrontation, Dulcere fights the eternal named Garn aboard the Tiraka, sustaining injuries that forced her star vessel to make planetfall. A mishap with her damaged
power matrixes caused a cliff collapse, burying her and forcing her into stasis, which allowed her to heal over millennia.
Many cycles later, she was uncovered by Meridian Arcturan and Rakaar Steelsheen. Meridian used magic to control her and exploited her inherent time-diving powers to cause a massive time quake, an isolinear diffraction. Dulcere eventually escapes Meridian's control and joins forces with Corim Erik Vale, Beia Targallae, Cassin Kel'Ishtauri Felspar, and Annawen Kel'Ishtauri Felspar.
Together, this group manages to undo the damage caused by Meridian and restore the timeline. As a reward for assisting the humans, a Jyril Vasar Sa'Gairin removes a curse from Dulcere's body. After reuniting with her mother, she adopts the surname Solaris.
She becomes a crucial ally to the Protectorate. Particularly, when she Senalloy, Corim, and Koass' daughter Ralani form a team.
She currently has "detached" Kriar military status and serves the Protectorate as a subject matter expert, senior advisory position with Protectorate gamma
authority. Her mother, Marna Solaris, is also aligning with the Protectorate. Later, Dulcere sponsors Dae Silvarron's conscription into the Protectorate. Dulcere wields the honorary shaladen Lignum. Lignum grants her an enemy "seek" function as well as abilities to detect and disrupt magic constructs. 
In the latter part of Anvil of Sorrow, she and Senalloy Corresont begin an intimate relationship with Corim
Vale.
Dulcere's exploits include her initial battle and stasis, her role in undoing the time-quake caused by Meridian, confronting and dealing with Daergon loyalists within the Kriar military. She demonstrates a strong sense of justice, even if it leads to controversial actions like the summary execution of Varlonn Kresh.
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