Blood
Name : Blood
Age : 57
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Profession: Witch, advisor, herbalist
Age: 57
Race: unicorn/centaur wyrd
Appearance: Blood is almost a normal centaur with dark red (think dried blood) hair, but her head is that of a unicorn. Her horn is white except for a single spiral of ruby red going up to the tip. She has a necklace of teeth that she supposedly took from her tribe before killing them, and collection of pouches along a wide belt.
Originates from: The Shatel Plains
History: Blood was considered cursed from birth, since her mother died
during the process. Her appearance seemed to lend weight to that belief, so she
was blamed for everything that went wrong with her tribe. At 18 she disappeared.
She spent that time wandering around ("adventuring") and picking up
useful life skills such as various poisons, intrigue, and magic.
At age 27, she returned to a very cold welcome. That night,
the Plains were lit by a gigantic fire. Local centaur tribes reported finding a
few pieces of evidence that a tribe was destroyed in the (magical) inferno.
Since then, she's wandered, learned, and improved her skills.
Her age is proof of her abilities to stay alive. Eventually, she ran into
Vixette and learned about the search for Uth Teleros. She immediately offered
her skills.
Vixette interests her, particularly her search. What she will
do when (if) they reach Uth Teleros is questionable, but it's not likely to be
good for anyone but Blood.
Personality: Evil, vindictive, ruthless, sneaky, cowardly, haughty. She is always plotting some sort of scheme or another, and tends to belive others are doing the same. She always looks for an edge and isn't above using her powers to get her way. She is above nothing in getting her way, so she can brown nose with the best.
Weaknesses: Blood has very little in the way of combat abilities. She'll use a dagger if she has to, but tries to stay on the sidelines of any fight. She's highly paranoid, and everyone is trying to get ahead of her. Protests are only signs of guilt.
Skills: Magical abilites, can create many painful and "interesting" poisons, spying.
Special Abilities: Blood is adept at High magic, particularly the spells enhanced by blood and/or sacrifices. Her horn might give her the ability to purify/heal (or considering her warped nature, something much nastier), but nothing has been proven.
Weapons: Magic, poison, and a dagger for last measures. If really cornered, she might charge and try to gore with her horn, but this is unlikely.
Relations with others: Vixette: Blood is quite happy letting
someone else take chage; it leaves them dealing with the details and makes sure
it isn't her back they go after. She enjoys that Vixette fears her, but keeps
her magic at a low key. Until the time comes when Vixette is no longer useful,
she will be tolerated.
Hunter: She doesn't like or
trust him. He hasn't shown what he's really after yet, and she can't belive he
doesn't have another goal. She considers him a goody-two shoes that is too good
to be true, so she's out to find out the truth.
Tanix: After trying to use her
magic on Hunter and Tanix managed to dispell it, she's kept a close eye on him.
He's too young to reek of magic the way he does, and she can almost hear
the voices when they talk to him. She doesn't like mysteries, which he most
definetly is.
the Seekers: Blood has particular fear and loathing of Paladin,
since he is also a centaur wyrd but led a much better life (in her mind), and
his ideals go against everything she is/believes in.
She'd love a chance to 'examine'*
Hybrid, Kyei, Eliza, and Medusa to find out about the magics that transformed
them.
Blood can sense Camille isn't human, and
partially fears her because she can't understand her but is highly interested in
controlling - or stealing - the girl's power.
Ax and Exile are annoying fighters unworthy
of her attentions unless it would include sacrifices.
Seer really interests her. She feels the
girl could have considerable power, and is interested in corrupting and/or
controlling her. Barring that, her death would be a powerful part of a magical
ritual. **
Quotes: "I love innocence. Especially destroying it."
"What are you really
after?"
"This could prove...
interesting."
"Leave me alone or die."
*Of course, they probably wouldn't last the process
**Should anyone feel the urge to write a fic about Seer meeting Blood, go ahead.