Artoria

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  "Arcadia, my far-away homeland,
  I shall jump stone by stone across the steep mountain range that lead to you...
  Now see this glittered world…"

  
  
  
  
  

  ♛ Name: Artoria Full Name: Artoria Riven-Goch Nicknames: Dressed Blood, Soaked Blood, Cloaked Blood, Gochhilde, halfbreed, Great & Soaring Mongrel Red Wave, Zephyr, Artor. Age: Unknown. Appears to be eighteen to nineteen summers. Approxamitely One Hundred Years old, having stayed in the hills of Galilee in Arcadia. Race: Halfbreed Specie: Dracat (old world known Kasurian Purrwing) Subspecies: Human

  Sex: Female Weight: 120lbs Height: 5'5 Eye Color: Peacock green; Padparadscha bleed, her eyes gleam with a tapetum glow accompanied to most mammals, the eye color changes like the sheen of ammolite stone or crystalline opal. Hair Color: A silver's sheen, the top head of hair has a pearlesque glow - almost glitzkrieg like on the blanc top. The underhand side of cut and cropped ends bleed from a soft cloud pink to a blood orange, even to a shade of mauve red. Skin Color: Agoti black; rich brown.

  Bloodtype: AB+ Bodytype: Lean, wired muscle; slender.

  
  
  
  

  Distinguishing Features: A lean and thin scar over the bridge of her nose. Cat ears on top of her hair rather than lower humanoid ones. A multitude of scars all over her body, the lean and dullened scratches earned from her many days of childhood being raised in the wilderness of Arcadia. Many came from sharp burrs, pines, and porcupine needle. Her left arm is slightly scaled and deformed to the look of a scaled limb with slightly sharpened human nail. The left leg has not quite properly formed, instead a casted iron false-leg is used as a replacement. Used to restrain her draconic bloodlust in battle; because it is a conceptual weapon not man-made and of this world, it is able to function freely as a full body extension. If cut or damaged she can and will feel pain as well as bleed. A tattoo aligned on the back of her neck, sprawled along the shoulders.

  
  

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  Place of Birth: Arcadia*. (* - A paradise, though only in the sense of being the abode of supernatural entities, not an afterlife for deceased mortals. An unnamed idyllic location or paradise. Unlike the word "utopia", "Arcadia" does not carry the connotation of a human civilization; Arcadia is the spontaneous result of life lived naturally, uncorrupted by civilization. The Doors to Arcadia are made of solid oak, and upon them read: "Et in Arcadia ego" ("Even here, I [Death] exist.") it is interpreted as an anagram of I! Tego Arcana Dei ("Begone! I know the secrets of God"). Arcadia can be accessed at anyplace and any time, the doors can only be opened by those enlightened, believers, stumbled upon, the blessed, or half breeds. Usually humans mortally wounded, lost, in peril are granted sanctuary and allowed to cross.)
  
  
  Place of Residence: None. Nomadic.
  Nationality: Unknown. Identifies Kasurian and or Arcadian?
  Languages: Dragul, Common, Putwoise, and Native-isle Creole.
  Heritage: Half Moor-Hittite, Pict-Dragonland Borne / Kasurian.
  Titles: Half-child or Half breed. New Kind. In addition to being: "Beloved Daughter. The Hititte's Daughter. The Noble Pirate Thief. Child of Blood Whom Sits Upon The Green Hill. Princess of Galilee. The One Who Fills the Forecourt with the Scent of Her Fragrance; The Red Fiery Cat's terrible and lovely child with the Splendid Face; Magnificent in the Palace; the Beloved of the Lord of the Two lands; She Who Stands by Her Father-Master like Sothis is Beside Orion; The Nomad.
  
  

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  Mother: [85 / Alive] Annitis Krast
  Once a beautiful princess, now a very old and haggard woman. She was a lesser half Moorish princess born of one of many harem princeses to the Hittite ruler, Hattusilis III. And youngest half sister to both Maathomeferure and Bentresh. She is regarded as the Hittite.
  
  Quotes:
  "Sadness. Pure and melancholy. Everywhere." -- On the small fisherman village
  "Such corruption. Make me look on it no longer..." -- On the district
  "There is not a day that goes by she does not consider taking her own life." -- On Sethis
  
  
  Father: [??? / Alive] Y Ddraig Goch of Ye Green Hill(of many names: The Welsh Dragon's Great Cat, Serpent Tiger, Lord of The Two Lands (being Arcadia and the human realm), The Red Cat King, LIONDAE or Ddraig Goch)The red Dracat who's roar caused women to miscarry, animals to perish and plants to become barren. He served as his Master: Y Ddraig The Welshcovia Dragon's superior pet, guarding the royal Welshcovia family for centuries. He is depicted together with the red dragon as a red lion emblemed together on the coat of arms. In human form many regarded him as: The Welshman since they do not know of his name. He raised Artoria, his only daughter. By appearances he is depicted as sabertooth in likeness with a hawk like mane down the spine and tiger like striping along his broadside, his mane flows back and bushy though ears are more draconic in nature -- different from the usual cat like appearance. He is respected as one of the oldest of draconians*.
  
  Quotes:
  "This place is the end of all things. And the beginning." -- On Galilee & Arcadia
  "She holds her head high now, but once she worked the streets and wore naught but filth." -- On Annitis
  "Her smile has yet to age, but her hair has now become but Ashe." -- On Annitis
  
  Siblings: None.
  
  Relatives: Aunt* (see Sethis below)
  
  Sethis*: Artoria's aunt, and Y Ddraig Goch's half sister. Sethis abhors humans more than any other of the Goch clan. Born a pure blooded purr wing, she is older than Ddraig and refuses to lessen her hold on the southern mountains; territory she took forcefully from her great father Urd Y Ddraig by piercing his heart with his own fangs. Because of her vanity she is constantly mutilating and altering her features and body to look different every few decades, using the body parts of her defeated, and more often times female, enemies. Sethis bathes in the blood of young virgins to slain unicorns to attain eternal youth and stop herself from physically aging. She enjoys reminding Artoria how ugly she is as a halfbreed and why her mother abandoned her. The form Sethis takes is a rather overly fluffed purr wing with a great mane of fire.
  
  

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  Likes: Sun, wind, sky, sea, winter,
  and spring with spring rains. Flowers,
  spicy foods, and precious stones.
  Dislikes: Not too much.
  
  

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  Abilities:
  Red Wings: A manifesting phenomenon, bloodied feathers stretch from the ankles to give momentary lift, flight, and or distance. This is not something she can control, and is occasionally triggered by any means. Such as fear, arousal, or rash action. The disperse as a sudden wilting of blood red feathers.
  
  Hunger; Blood atonement - the bloodlust of my great and terrible father: Being half bred comes with a price. The use of her powers pours on an absolute bloodcraving that Artoria cannot ignore. As such she must feed from a WILLING and LIVING host.
  
  Blood Magic:"Blood is sound, sound is words, and words are power!" Spilling of blood is a potent force in the working of magic. It may be a token sacrifice, but it may also be the loss of life that fuels the spell. Expect mages who practice Blood Magic to be portrayed as evil, or at least dark grey. As a master of Sangromancy, Artoria uses her "Bloodrite, Secret of Pedigree" to exact said spells. Such skills include: Bloodwhip, Blood hounds, Bloodsword, and other such themed devices.
  
  

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  Occupation: Pirate; Captain.
  Occupates: Transporter/Smuggler/Seeker/Giver of Sanctuary/etc.
  Martial Status: Single
  Social Standing: Nomad.
  Sun Sign: Pisces Ascendent.
  Moon: Capricorn; node in Venus
  Eastern Zodiac: Snake
  Color: Grey and Teal
  Flower: Lycoris radiata (red spider lily, red magic lily)
  Stone: Amber or Citron.
  Number: 4
  Day: Sunday
  
  

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  Possessions:
  Twisted Spine of Galilee - A simple twisted branch carved into the make of a thin spear with a sword-edge. It is rumored to be a broken off shard of the famed wand Lævateinn. On the hilt's edges are branded by a lovely wreath of flowers made of what looks to be white bone that grow from the end. What a strange and formidable instrument. Sometimes used as a directional pointer, one such ability is that it acts on its own as a compass, finding north, reading stars, and levitating towards objects and or points of interest.
  
  Unnamed - A clear crystal carved blade with a blood dipped edge no bigger than a dagger. The silver hilt is adorned with splendid decorations. Said to be enveloped by the radiance of blood. Since it has no name, she cannot utilize its intended design.
  
  
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  SHIP:
  XANANDU - A long warship, it is on a bit of a huge scale placing thirteen guns both sides. It's Artoria's main way of transport; it supports fifty man of her crew and a any stolen or transported goods.
  
  Notes:
  Draconian: Any of the dragon-blooded creatures recognized globally and universally for being decedents of dragon kind or dragon blood. Subsets include dracodiles (flightless reptilians), kites, dragon-kin (any of the sub specie cross dragon-kind such as purr wings, dragon dogs, scale worms, scale pigs, skelks etc), draconians (any of the humanoid subsets who retain a human form), nagas, etc.
  
  

  "tropes"

  Tropes and Idioms:
  
  
  Alas, Poor Villain: Annitis has some redeeming qualities and a really sad backstory that will make you genuinely sympathize with her if and when she dies…
  
  Anti-Hero: Artoria is a slightly ego tripping and self demoralizing and super hyped-self esteemed individual who takes a magnificently enthusiastic approach to violence who just so happens to be fighting people and/or things which are even worse than herself.
  
  Badass Grandpa: Grandma in this case, Annitis is a decrepit and malicious old lady who casts spells and eats people. She's stark raving mad.
  
  Beauty Is Never Tarnished: Averted with extreme prejudice. Artoria gets completely demolished by her own father, reduced into a bloodied, battered husk of her former pride and glory.
  
  Annitis is an old woman and she still gets laid!
  
  Sethis when Annitis kills and eats her.
  
  And Y Ddraig Goch, being pure ancient Draconian, he still takes the appearance of a handsome eighteen year old young man…DESPITE the blood on his hands.
  
  Beware the Nice Ones:
  
  Blood is Power: This trope is so overdone its not even funny…
  
  Break The Cutie: Artoria, Sethis, and Annitis (who was broken even more and subverted when she willingly went along with it!)
  
  Break The Fourth Wall*: See* Rage Against The Author.
  
  Butthurt: Sethis.
  
  Crapsack World: Much of the world has been reduced to a wasteland cluttered by ghetto allies and slums, technological advancements, and one of the few cities left standing is ruled through constant fear of Dragons. Not to mention Galilee isn't so much a nice place when Sethis gets done with it…everyone who's anyone who can afford it live on airship colonies away from dynastopian rule.
  
  Dark Is Not Evil: Artoria's blood magic is not inherently evil, though it does require proper discipline to prevent it from corrupting her. She also has her redeeming moments, saving humans when she feels like it and even accepting her cruel nature which is common to the feral purr wing.
  
  Disproportionate Retribution: In Sethis' domain, she is very fond of using execution as the solution for every crime. It's implied to happen on regular basis…
  
  Downstep to badass: Artoria is cursed to be hated and neither accepted by both humans and purr wings; but that doesn't stop her from kicking ass.
  
  Everything Red: Artoria's clothing is made of blood, her ship's sails, and sometimes her weapons, and pretty much anything that's bloodmagic. Overused trope if anything, played to the bone.
  
  Heel Face Turn:
  
  Humans Are Bastards: Subverted to Dragons are bastards; Sethis sees humans are mere livestock. Her system prevents people from becoming rebellious by offering to the greedy, and then killing them for their gall and vanity. She even goes as far as electing a judge (an innocent 8 year old) taking them to a dark room and not telling them the true purpose, then sending in people who have troubles and need some police work done. The child gives their ideas on judgement of each crime to even the deed done, not knowing they were responsible for furthering the depravity and darkness of the system they live in - that poor eight year old boy.
  
  Humans Are Flawed: On the other hand, Y Ddraig Goch believes that humans are not animals. But merely he holds some in contempt, such as his now deranged and crazed lover Annitis. That's why he keeps her alive. For his own amusement.
  
  Lovely and Psycho: Annitis was so beautiful she got banged by a purr wing, gave birth to a half breed and while doing so kills fellow humans over an entire country side. Was imprisoned and broke out, all at the age of forty-three.
  
  Then she goes on a trip to Sethis' homelands, leaving a bloody trail behind her.
  
  Mind Screw: All of this.
  
  Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Artoria when she breaks down the doors to Arcadia, letting Sethis in. Subverted when Sethis gets destroyed by a crazed Annitis soon after.
  
  Not Your Age: Artoria has a very deep and much older voice than people perceive of her age and appearance. Also counts for Y Ddraig Goch who appears to be the same age as his daughter, despite being centuries old…
  
  Our Dragons Are Different: All draconians and dragon kin, though referred to as different names by respective players, they still amount to the same class beyond their subsets.
  
  Penny Dreadful: Artoria's life is full of backwards headed dogs, old witches, talking blood oozing walls and moving statues; and that's just the little things.
  
  Raised by Wolves:
  
  Rage Against the Author*: The backstory opens with Artoria killing the narrator..also [Break the Fourth Wall*]. Also counts as Bathos.
  
  Social Darwinist: Sethis.
  
  Tough Love:
  
  Xtreme Kool Letterz: Y Ddraig Goch's name is written in numbers, backwards lettering, and latin text.
  
  You Can't Fight Fate
  
  You Have Failed Me:
  Anyone in Sethis' domain gets killed so much as just blinking the wrong way at her.
  
  You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Sethis gets owned by Annitis, and again when she is resurrected and killed by Y Ddraig Goch.