Name: Shahlyla (Shahla) Lalita

Title: Metallurgic Khanum

Nicknames- Shy, Shan Shahla

Ages: 16 to 22

Gender: Female

Species: Silk Elf

Occupation: metallurgic student, artistic fencer

PERSONALITY:
Shahla is described as having a very energetic personality, and a very loud and expressive person. Someone who effortlessly captures the crowd's attention and can keep it. She's hyperenergetic and generally cannot stay still to her disadvantage. That makes her a thrill seeker who could end up engaging in more risky behaviours if others don't keep track of her. Shahlyla can often be easily annoyed by people who take themselves too seriously. She's often sarcastic and tends to speak her mind in honest but generally rude snarks. She usually doesn't care what people think of her, especially the people she doesn't respect. When she's overly stimulated, she tends to appear weirdly sadistic.

TALENTS AND ABILITIES
Shooty-Fencing hybrid- Shahlyla is described as the master at fencing having invented her fighting style that incorporates an enchanted pistol. The technique is considered type 3b; the primary hand uses a stabbing blade while the secondary hand remains behind while holding a gun. The technique requires enhanced agility to make quick strikes before retreating.

Metallurgic magic- Her blade is uniquely enchanted with metallurgic magic, described as being extremely hot and able to melt through thick shieldings. The pistol's bullets are enchanted to spit almost molten bullets that burn through most protections. The blades are abnormally indestructible and unnaturally sharp.

Elvish shadows- The elvish magic for spies and assassins. Shahlyla can harden her magic to the point it becomes reflective and keeps her very well camouflaged. When she strikes, the magic breaks, adding so much energy that it can melt through iron and stone.

BACKGROUND
Silk Elves, the close cousins to High Elves with a gentle love-hate relationship. The Silk Elves were famous for one thing, pure unadulterated beauty. Their tailors were masters in producing the perfect clothing, and high-quality fabrics especially silk. So it was their perfect silk that gave the elves their name. But it was the women that truly made them stand out. Legends have it that Silk elfish women were the most beautiful of all elvish species. Yet, by culture, no male is allowed to see them without being completely covered. Every female keeps their body concealed, especially their face.

Shahlyla is one such Silk elf. A mysterious female has immigrated to a high elvish city as part of a diplomatic arrangement. She became closely associated with the High Elves. Even becoming a close student to learn from one of the most exquisite masters. When news of the dark elves finally making contact with the humans Shahlyla knew that she had to go see for herself.

Introduction: Jaineba's arrival correlated with Yoruban Empire. A sudden appearance out of nowhere that many people struggled to get used to. Jaineba seemed to have appeared in Oya's court upon a random meeting, a rare sight at first but then she got more and more prominent over the months. Then she started giving direct orders to high-ups, claiming to simply relay the Queen's words. Theories arose that she was a cousin or sister to the Queen, maybe a daughter. Though her official title of 'apprentice' solidified her role. Jaineba the inheritor to the throne. Though she may not act like it.

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Name: Jaineba Adin

Nickname: Jaine, Jainy, Jane

Ages: 16 to 23

Gender: Female

Species: Dark elf

Occupation: Royal Apprentice

PERSONALITY:
Jaineba is easy going, known to be relaxed in extremely high-pressure situations. And can appear to be very lazy, though she normally completes the tasks at scheduled times. She's an extremely extroverted person and can seem very energetic though she'll prefer to associate with more introverted characters. Jaineba generally doesn't take situations very seriously, and she's often confident in her talents or the talents of other people. With all that, she rarely pushes herself beyond just average. She's often just enough to meet expectations and never more. That often makes him both reliable in success but never great. Jaineba generally likes to associate with much more experienced people.

TALENTS AND ABILITIES

Slashy-shield hybrid- Her default state. Jaineba normally carries a basic circular shield and a curved cutlass. Generally heavy weaponry. She practices type 2 in swordsmanship, a defensive technique mainly specialized by security guards. It focuses on powerful but calculated swings designed to meet multiple enemies. Though bad at offence, Jaineba's main weapon system deals with strong counterattacks. The cutlass is normally enchanted to have enhanced sharpness and the shield is often hard enough to shatter blades. She is often just good enough yet suspiciously survives dangerous situations.

Slashy-staff hybrid- A hyper-aggressive state that is extremely rare. The shield is replaced with a small wand with strong magical properties The wand is used as an enchanted melee weapon. She is surprisingly strong, showing overwhelming upper body strength while remaining swift. She only fights with the wand during matters of extreme importance, and normally where there are no witnesses to see. Such as when dealing with people the Queen told her to.

Tribal magic- Often used in conjunction with her slashy-staff hybrid, Jaineba is a natural master of tribal magic. However, she doesn't use tribal magic through her wand as most users do. She casts the tribal magic directly without the use of any magical aids. Her offensive use of magic is notably violent and aggressive, with high bursts of energy designed to kill. Her main use of magic is in buffering and enhancements. Jaineba specializes in using spells to improve her and other people's physical abilities such as strength.

BACKGROUND
Only a few weeks after Oya's power has become set, Jaineba appeared, seemingly out of nowhere. She was very much marked as the second highest officer, answering Oya directly. Though Jaineba's unofficial rank in the military and political hierarchy along with an almost ghostly appearance has confused people. Jaineba's main job seemed to be observing the work of other officials to report back to the Queen. Acting as a sort of extension of Oya's direct command.

The first few weeks were marked with a lot of uncertainty and a lot of attempted assassinations. Many seasoned officers were uncomfortable with someone so young and mysterious. A lot of poisoning or violent attacks happened to attempt to get rid of Jaineba. The issue grew severe very quickly with Jaineba breaking the record for surviving the most assassinations in recorded history. The assassinations eventually stopped after Oya personally took matters into her own hands by introducing Jaineba to her officers at a hosted party.

Eventually, the nobility's response to Jaineba switched. Over the coming months, she was treated as a pseudo-princess of sorts with many suitors attempting to win her affection. Higher-ups currently attempt to marry off their sons in hopes of getting closer to the Queen.

Introduction: There's only one dark elf known within the north, Zauditu. A very skilled bounty hunter who specialized in hunting down those who practice the dark arts. Her reputation for being cold has made her feared. Zauditu reputation for being a knowledge mage is perhaps even greater. The magic she's invented has been revolutionary.
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Name: Zauditu (Sauda) Yeshi Tseday

Title: Master of Three Storms

Nicknames: Sauda, Zau-Zau,

Age: 16 to 30

Gender: Female

Species: Dark Elf

Occupation: Bounty Hunter, thunder mage


PERSONALITY:
Sauda has two main personalities, and they're often opposite to each other. One is drugged and the other one is sober. Sauda is normally an extremely introverted and quiet person, though she could sometimes be loud and energetic when there are extremely specific triggers. In general, Sauda is extremely loyal and extremely selective. She enjoys low stimuli activities and would generally like to solve people's problems.

Anaesthetized- This is her most commonly seen personality since she required medicine to operate in public. Her drugged state is a very quiet, unemotional condition. Usually slow to recognize social cues and not responsive to social stimuli. In this condition, she seems scary, and often sociopathic especially when she's doing her job. Her eyes are normally blank, generally lacking personality given she doesn't share any intermit details. The intensity depends on her dosage.

Sober- Her 'true' personality. This version is generally much more reserved and extremely sensitive. She likes silence and extremely cold conditions. Normally she would be extremely sensitive and extremely artistic. But her medical condition means no one could see this side. Sometimes she could take just enough medicine to have her more emotional side in public, but heavy stimuli are often overwhelming.

MEDICAL CONDITION

Elvish Oversentitivy- A kind condition that Sauda only has. In this condition, she is sensitive to every physical stimulus. Sight, sound, touch, smell etc. This means her senses are much more powerful allowing her to have heightened awarenesses and every fast reflex. However, they're too powerful and everything is painful. She's unable to function due to everything including her clothes feeling painful. So she takes medicine to weaken her senses. The side effect is that the medicine reduces her emotional sensitivity, making it difficult to feel anything.

TALENTS AND ABILITIES:

Shooty- Perfect aim and control of her weapons. Sauda's heightened senses make her perfectly able to hit every target no matter how far or how quickly. She's extremely skilled at quick draws and sniping. Guns are her obsession and she's mastered just about every kind of firearm, including crossbows and bows and arrows. Her main weapon of choice is the thunder rifle. An enchanted gun that fires bolts of thunder for medium distances. It has a shell mode that switches to metallic bullets which can be used for many further distances.


Thunder Magic-Thunder Enchanting used to be extremely difficult and the thunder powder the guns needed was often unstable and dangerous to handle. Sauda managed to develop several new recipes to make a more stable version of thunder powder. And she innovated in thunder magic in general. That has made her classified as a mage and recognized as a top researcher by the High Elves. Several textbooks credit her for new techniques in enchantments.

Combustion/Explosive magic- Combustion magic involved creating explosives out of pure energy. Sauda learnt a technique that involve making bombs out of pure magic, and she innovated into created more complex explosives based on thunder magic. These are magical spells that she invented, and she's able to launch them at extremely far distances, at varying explosive powers. The magical spell ranges from just generating one explosive, to generating a dozen. Textbooks also credit her for this.


Backstory:
Zauditu came from the Dark South but her real parents are a complete mystery. An old human sailor found her holding on to a floating chest in the middle of the sea when she was just 7 years old. The chest contained a lot of documents about the Dark South, something that caught the attention of the high elves and other scholars. Studying the papers determined her age and her name, 'Zauditu' however the elves preferred to name her Sauda(which translates to dark-skinned). Most of the chest papers stayed under the control of wealthy elves, remaining a complete mystery.

Elves don't like dark elves. So Zauditu ended up in an orphanage because no elf adopted her. So she grew up in poverty, learning how to survive through thievery and other difficult actions. She especially liked robbing elves given that she learned to hate them for sending her off to an orphanage. When she was 9, Zauditu was adopted by human bounty hunters and became an adventurer. She was able to get better nutrition and better education after the adoption, and travelling allowed her to get some practical education.

However, when she turned 10, her hypersensitivity began to take effect. Zauditu suddenly began to feel agonizing pain everywhere and had to be taken to the nearest healer. The next several months were very difficult but eventually, some basic drugs were made specifically to help with the symptoms. The medicine allows her to function but the consequence is killing off all emotions.

When she was 15, Zauditu managed to get accepted at an elven college to learn elvish magic. And once finishing the 4-year course, she decided to follow in her adoptive parent's footsteps to become a bounty hunter. She became very famous for bounty hunting , evil mages and cult leaders. But she's best known for publishing. She invented the new enchanting techniques during her trips and returned to her former school to properly publish.

Her published works got her very popular across several kingdoms, and she's very respected by dwarves who found the combustion magic to be useful for their mining. The humans liked her thunder magic too, and so did many elves. But she's not quite accepted within high elven society. The research did make her earn quite a lot of money, especially when she patented her research. Dwarves gifted her a house in the mountains and she's used it as her main home since they seemed to welcome her more than the elves.

Her main source of income is still bounty hunting which requires travelling for several months at a time. If she ends up in a big city, a school may pay her to do a guest lecture and sometimes she'll return to the elves to publish new research. She publishes in the same elvish school she graduated from, her bank account is linked to her job there so she always returned to the elves to get her payments from them.

Introduction: The Dark South is a mysterious area where many secrets are hidden. One of the greatest mysteries is Oya, the Queen of the newly formed Yoruban Empire. No one knows for sure where she came from, only that before her the land was poor and divided by corrupt kings and warlords that hoard the wealth. She acts strangely chaotic, or at least she pretends to treat things like a casual game. It frightens everyone because she's good at it.
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Name: Oya Abara Tafari

Nicknames: Abby, Lady of Storms.

Age 19 to 35

Gender: Female

Species: Dark Elf

Occupation: Empress of the Yoruban Empire


PERSONALITY:
Like any character, she would have several masks depending on who you ask. The most common view is that of a Machiavellian scheme or a vicious ruler. And given her very secluded environment, that is the only side that's seen. Oya is an extremely observant person, normally keen on picking up the tiniest details especially when it comes to human behaviour. That's how she's survived this long. She's largely an investigative person.

She's a very distrustful yet extremely honest person. She follows through on promises even when it's inconvenient. But she would not trust people to do the same. Her current passion had made her very guarded regards to her relationships. Sleeping out is common and happens anytime. But she has very few close relationships.

TALENTS AND ABILITIES:

Fencing- Her favourite style of execution is using an energy sword she designed. The weapon has a rough mixture of science and technology, poured by a battery that's normally part of her dress, it can cut through anything like butter, clean. However, the wire connected to the blade is a critical weak spot. So she never chooses to fight with it, mainly using it as an executing weapon. If she fights with it, it's normally strictly defensive. At this point, her fencing talents are on point enough to hold her own.

Shooty- She's a much better shot than a fencer. Her weapon normally includes a cleanly polished thunder pistol. A weapon enchanted and uses thunder powder to create powerful blasts of plasma. And to her side, she has a floating skull, Orb of Harvest. The Orb can allow her to perform tribal magic, though its main purpose is to stabilize the thunder pistol. She knows how to personally make thunder powder to power the gun. Normally both the gun holster is underneath the scabbard, her staff is usually hidden.


Tribal magic- The Orb of Harvest is her magnum opus, her invention that floats beside her like a pet. She's a master of enchantments based on that achievement and the ability to make thunder powder. The Orb's primary purpose is to stabilize the gun. But it also absorbs energy, normally from fresh carcasses. The skull can absorb the life essence of three corpses, and then release it in an extremely destructive blast when she shoots her gun.


BACKSTORY:
The Dark South is a mysterious place, dry and hostile. There's grassland near the coast which gets progressively harsher until it's pure savannah. Many nomadic tribes exist here, going to the rivers and doing some basic agriculture. Even deeper South is the kingdoms, the developed civilizations. The land was divided into serval scrawling kingdoms. A collapse that happened 200 years ago had left the land in disarray. The kings and warlords hoarded the wealthy and fought constant wars. Many people moved to a nomadic lifestyle to escape. And those who remained in the towns and cities suffered from frequent droughts and famines.

The period that lead Oya to create a new Empire has been shrouded in mystery. But what people knew for sure was that mass protests across all the kingdoms started when information on water mismanagement was leaked. The mass protests began and eventually got more organized with funding, and soon almost every kingdom had suffered a coup within the same time frame of a few months. Many generals, politicians and businessmen were executed, vanished or murdered by mysterious means.

When Oya came into power, she had a collection of 500 skulls on display all categorized and named. Every skull of the former monarch, and immediate family members, plus high-ranking generals, politicians and others who were a hindrance. She seemed to have murdered her way to certain positions but ran things efficiently to make sure nothing collapsed.

Those by her side had been selected after a pro-democracy movement asked to speak to her. She recently appointed a Prime Minister and arranged for some political restructuring.

ENVIRONMENT

The Great River is the largest river that empties up into the northern sea. The river supports a lot of plant life and there are even a few forests that may occasionally form lower south. The water comes from a large mountain range in the western region.

The more east, the drier with plenty of savannahs and grasslands, these lands are dotted with smaller rivers. All the cities are within the savannahs, next to the smaller rivers. The Western regions flood every rainy season, bringing a lot of soil and water to the savannahs.

Plenty of canals collect the river waters bringing them to each city. Between the cities are normally nomadic or semi-nomadic groups. They normally move to the west during the dry season, then they go back east before the heavy rains flood everything. There's a rough border that cities don't cross because it's too close to the danger zones, where yearly floods happen.

Name: Violet Odion Sultan.

Age: 22

Gender: female

Appearance
Violet Odion Sultan is relatively tall for a girl, about 5'7 in height. She has dark, chocolate skin and thick, black puffy hair. Usually, her hair can be done in various different kinds of styles. Often wavy. She has a pretty round face that tends to have at least one or two cuts from accidents. She's fairly curvy.

Personality
Violet is normally a quick thinker and a fast learner. She's a hyper-energetic, very extroverted person who is often easily influenced. She is generally a talented person but has extremely internalized low self-esteem issues. So she normally gravitates towards boys, and sometimes girls for attention and validation. Her ability to learn fasts allows her to find patterns and memorize data faster than most. She's a brought type of girl who likes to get her hands dirty, with a strong masculine singe. Though she often dresses and acts feminine to impress any man.

Talent:
Engineering and maths. Violet has heightened intelligence with a natural ability to understand logic and pattern recognization. That makes her very good at solving math problems. And great at engineering. She's also quite studious which has allowed her to maintain decent grades through high school. So she graduated but never bothered applying for college.No one recommended that she could. She didn't bother opening her grades or attend graduation, but the envelope containing her grades is somewhere in a dusty cupboard.

Role in Gang:
Sex- Violet was the slut of the gang not really monogamous with any one guy and generally flirting with both the guys and girls. She often had sex with the gang leader and other members

Handyman- VIolet can fix stuff and a lot of stuff. She mainly helps with painting the gang member's cars saving costs on going to mechanics. She also fixes whatever the men generally needed. Violet is also the go-to person for making bullets and homemade guns.

Gang departure- Violet was forced to stay with her grandparents for the summer when she became pregnant at 18 for the baby's protection. She returned around a year later with the newborn but by then the gang had mostly died, been arrested or absorbed into other gangs. So, she went into becoming a mechanic. And she became really good at it, and also a nice doll for the customers to look at.