Valeerys

**Visual:**

 * Human features but inhuman presence - Valeerys from a distance appears to be an average sized human male. Standing near him you can tell that is not the case. He is something beyond the constraints of form as you know it. Some shy away from his odd nature and some are drawn to it. You have witnessed people in bars visibly slide away from Valeerys or waitresses refuse to serve the table. Sometimes people he walks past have a chill run down their spine. Scholars often seek him out to discuss theories or get his perspective on experiments they are working on. Bright-eyed and confident barmaids seem unnaturally attracted to him and spend their off hours in his room. In one instance he spoke to a barmaid all night and the next morning she quit and left town - seeking a master to instruct her in the arcane.
 * Young and rugged - Valeerys looks young, a deep brown tan covers his body. He is ruggedly handsome.
 * Eyes - One of the most off-putting features about Valeerys are his eyes. His eyes glow many different shades of blue. When relaxed they are bright and almost aqua, when sneaking about they dim and become a deep, dark blue.
 * Arcane Marks - Valeerys has thick-banded arcane markings that look like clawed slash marks across his forehead and down along his cheek. He has a cut of the mark across his chin and then, when visible, he has the marks across his chest, shoulder and down one arm. The marks glow the same color as his eyes. When Valeerys is in battle and calling upon the energies that only he could describe, the markings flare and dance causing the area around him to light up. Some who have watched him at work claim to see visions of the heavens or deep oceans of energy appear in the corona of his castings.
 * Clothing - Valeerys always wears the same clothes whether it is hot or cold. A thick leather vest that extends further down his body and into an almost tabard look connected to a hooded cloak. Matching gloves, pants and thick soled boots that make no sound as he walks. The clothes are obviously custom made to his body because of how well they fit and also because they bear markings that resemble his arcane scars.
 * Tattoo - Valeerys has the head and thick mane of a black lion tattooed across his chest. The detail of the tattoo could be from no one but a master of the craft.

**Personality**:

 * Intelligent - Booksmart and traveled. Valeerys looks young but many people do a double-take when speaking to him because he sometimes sounds like a veteran or travel worn drifter.
 * Mystical - A conversation with Valeerys can traverse many different paths. Sometimes he is lucid and engaged in whatever you want to talk about. Sometimes he appears to be with you for awhile but then his answers wander into "possibility or probability"
 * Detached - Not always, but in downtime or in times of extreme emotion or what would otherwise be a very trying situation, Valeerys can seem detached from the weight of emotional grounding.
 * Confident - Doubt is not something that works its way onto his face. Even when his decision seems the anathema of survival he seems to be very confident in its making.
 * Vengeful - During your time knowing Valeerys you have seen him revel in the death of some of his victims. When he calls Time to whither their mortal shell you can sometimes see a grin crawl across his face. Not always.

**Indirithki Connections**

 * **Gloomskin** - Valeerys melds into the spaces in the world untouched by light. He concentrates on the energies that drive his targets and snuffs that energy out.


 * **Zara Ghosteyes** - "My past is one long string of wrongs. I will be the instrument that rekindles the extinguished flame in those who are forsaken." Valeerys whispers curses upon his foes that weaken their resolve and bring them closer to oblivion.


 * **Tok** - Valeerys' powers comes from his strength of mind. He alters the reality of those around him and of those who oppose him. He manipulates the perception of time so that he appears to be moving at extreme speeds or seemingly disappears completely. Many of his offensive abilities seem to age his opponent, some to the point of withered husks or dust itself. He is most closely tied to Tok.

**Mechanics**
Valeerys is a Sorcerer who uses the mental powers he has been gifted with to craft reality into what he needs it to be. He also has been granted the power to curse his enemies and move about the combat at great speeds. Unlike many sorcerers he is a close combat fighter who dodges and weaves with the most agile of combatants. He has abilities that let him close the distance between himself and his target and he can disappear from sight and strike from in between realities.

To tap into this I will be dual classing as an Assassin/Ranger. The Hunter's marks and the shroud will be my curses.







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 * Persona:**

Valeerys has seen things in the nether that scare him and intrigue him. When he meditates his mind explores the powers that drive the universe and delve into the universes in-between. In his many spiritual journeys he has been followed by a lion made of shadow. He believes that the creature is a guardian spirit that is looking over him. On one such journey a monstrous spirit creature attacked Valeerys, slashing him across the face and chest. He blindly fought back but was overcome by the far more powerful creature. The last thing he remembers from the fight before losing consciousness is the sight of the shadow lion leaping to his aid and running the creature off before licking his wounds. When he returned to his body he found that the scars he sustained in the spiritual combat had healed into glowing tattoos. That morning, inspired to pay homage to the beast, he had a tattoo of the lion's head and main put on his chest. WIP.