Dawnsinger Family

The Dawnsinger Family, otherwise known as the Dusksingers, or Morelinde family, is another large family tree of characters I created and is perhaps the first instance where I have connected two large groups of characters together. Aside from simply linking characters together in a single family, here I have created a link where two families connect together. This predates my expansion of the two families of Dorian Blackwood's parentage, but eventually leads to that process. With the connection of two Arauka Silverleaf and Dinaer Dawnsinger, this two families connect. I have only played a pair of characters in this family tree, as opposed to my more in depth connection with other families of characters. Because of such, this page is the extent of my explanation on the family, where the focus is on those two characters; Dinaer and Ruscion Dawnsinger.

## Personal Backstory

The Dawnsinger family is an aristocratic family in Elven society. They are the leaders of the Dark Elf race in the United Elven political scene in the world of Verdania. They rule in the Ebon Hills, south-east of Evergrove. No one in this family has any ties or connections to the efforts of Aleksander Zachary, and in fact, they are tied up in the machinations of the demonic influence that brings the whole of the Elven nations into the issues that Aleksander deals with.

Dinaer was exceptional in his understanding and knowledge of how magic worked and was intended to be used. All the hows, whys, and whats of the use of magic; magical theory in essence, was his expertise. For whatever reason, however, his magic, when performed, was no where near the caliber of anyone else. Nobodies in school would perform better, knowing 10% of the knowledge he claimed to have. It infuriated him, and over time, this caused a divide between him and many others, as a sense of entitlement began to surface. (Yes, think Vegeta, but without the hostility ramped up.) He went through many ordeals to try and augment his ability. In some RP, it came about because of bad decisions, in others, it came about because of bad circumstances. In either case, he winds up in a deal with some darker entity, and having his power augmented by their own.

### How the Story Continues...

Dinaer Dawnsinger is the main character from this family that I have played. He is Prince of his portion of the Elven society, and has a son through his marriage with Arauka Silverleaf, but their marriage was a thing of arrangement. Their child is an element of their continued relationship, as otherwise, they would have nothing to do with each other. His RP follows a pattern of dealing with this darker entities desires, and his efforts to try and maintain the power he has acquired without the influence of this dark entity in his life.

## Continuity

Dinaer is a character I use to really live in my love for magical society in RPG worlds and explore just how magic works. As Thor says, "Where I come from, magic and science are one and the same." I love to explore how magic adapts and perhaps challenges the laws of physics. I also love to explore the idea that just because one can completely repair physical damage through healing, the body still goes through trauma, and while a wound may disappear, that does not mean the body is fully repaired, and that time for recovery is still necessary. He, like the majority of my characters, are played in a medieval world, but I have dabbled a little in modern settings.

#### Modern/Paranormal

In the only modern setting I have ever played, Dinaer was a bookstore owner, using his shop as a hideaway, a place to store all his tomes of arcana, and sell to others of arcana. He enjoys the idea of teaching and imparting upon a new generation the idea of magic and the practice of it. He wants people to be more intelligent than those he had to deal with in his school years, but he still has that someone crass demeanor. If someone shows any sign of being incapable of learning, he begins to lose all interest in teaching.

#### Video Game Renditions

The main image of Dinaer from video games comes from World of Warcraft, where he was a Blood Elf Warlock. He was, of course, a Demon Summoner, and had a number of Demon servants, and this was where I mainly came up with the idea of the "army" of Imps that served him willingly entirely seperate from his ties to higher demonic forces. It was also in WoW where I began to toy with the idea of him having a fake identity. Harkening back to Elder Scrolls story, I played with the idea of Jagar Tharn's spell to impersonate Uriel VII, to create multiple identities for him to employ.

This also brought me to playing him in other games with different names and identities when those games did not really have Elves in them. Such as Maeric Horndale in FFXIV.

Ruscion was thought of, originally, as a Hunter in WoW, but eventually made into a Demon Hunter due to the fact that Dinaer was always giving his son these tasks to accomplish to further Dinaer's own desires to seperate himself from demonic influence.

#### New/Recent D&D

Across the cosmos of games I used as inspiration for his backstory, and means to facilitate his identities, he has taken many roles in the story of my personal run campaign and other D&D I have played in with him. In D&D, he is a High Elf named Dinaer Dawnsinger. His identities include, however, a Breton named Maeric Horndale, a Dunmer named Rulian Sen'rah, and the guise of a Nord, long thought to be dead, Zurin Arctus. In any case, he is still the author of a large series of books that discuss magic from many points of view and varying focuses. While these books are stated as written by Rulian Sen'rah, Dinaer still has eyes to see where their influence reaches, because he still loves the concept of teaching; so long as those that wish to learn possess the mental capacity to do so.

Ruscion, or Elisir, in D&D has been represented not as a Demon Hunter, but someone inspired by the Demon Hunter class in Diablo 3, as a hand crossbow wielding ranger. He was treated firstly as a Rogue, but I have over time given him some Ranger-esque qualities now and again.

## Appearance

Originally, I posed Dinaer's appearance as a pale skinned, black haired elf. He was a Dark Elf in my personal writing, but he was not, by any means, supposed to be Drow-like. In fact, I do not even use the term Dark Elf, and instead, label him a Marsh Elf, as I tended to name the species of Elf after the biome/climate of the regions they originate from. As such, aside from the High Elves, there are Forest Elves, Jungle Elves, Sand/Desert Elves, Marsh Elves, Ice/Snow Elves, and Wild Elves.

As Rulian Sen'rah, however, he had red, like blood, hair, and had a complexion and skin-tone more alike a mediterranean tan. When Rulian was placed within the Elder Scrolls world, I gave him a more Dunmer appearance, changing his skin tone of the blue-gray to purple skin tone, but kept the dark red hair.

His son, had his own disguises always maintaining a father-son relationship with each masquerade.

Ruscion has always been depicted as a taller and stronger looking individual. Nevertheless, he is still also a paler skinned individual, though not as pale as his father, and with long black hair.

## Family

Dinaer and Ruscion, or Rulian and Elisir, etc., were the only characters I ever played in this family. I developed more of their family to flesh out backstory mainly for Dinaer. The family has changed over some time, and has been changed a bit from original concepts.