Axiom

*"Hi, I'm Axiom. What's your name?" - Axiom*

Axiom is a Shentin thrallherd and the first member of Nimiane's Chosen.

## Appearance

Axiom is a tall lean young man with pale blue eyes and mid-length hair tied up and shaved at the sides. He prefers to wear an improvised robe made of fish scales, but he also opts for formal wear from time to time. He also sports a necklace which is actually his friend and psicrystal Maxim.

## Biography

### Early Life

On Tudi Shen a young couple Ming and Jai gave birth to a beautiful healthy little boy and loved him very much. The little boy quickly started to show the early stages of psionic powers and they began to fear what the emperor would do to them if he discovered that they had birthed a psion.

In the dead of the night the young couple snuck off to the shore and stole a boat sailing off to the island of Liu Wang where psionic children who were born outside of the royal were shipped off to. Once they got to the island they realized the rumors were all lies, there was no paradise island were they were turned into an army it was an island were they were sent to die. The couple debated for hours before deciding that for their safety they would leave there son there to die and never speak of he events o the night ever again. They would decide what lie they would tell to explain the loss of their son on the way home. They sailed away from the island as they both looked back tears in their eyes. Behind them a storm rose up out of nowhere and within seconds their boat was capsized as both of them and their small ship were dragged to the boat of the ocean by strong under currents.

Axiom grew up alone on the island watching ships come close but never dock, often dropping what appeared to be cages overboard.

For a period of time Axiom was visited by a few naiads one of which was Namida Nimidottir the two young-lings got along quickly as Nami developed a crush on the young human. One day when they were playing Nami was running across the water laughing she was struck down by a massive bolt of lightning and sunk into the ocean. Nimiane collected her child and healed her on the shore of Liu Wang, after Nami was fine she stole the memories from Axiom so he would not miss her as the presence of the naiads was causing a great enemy to focus on the islands. With her order the naiads retreated and Axiom did not see them again for many years, returning to his life of solitude.

### Tsunami Asunder

#### Liu Wang

One day, for the first time that he could remember, something had washed ashore, a raft. Axiom tried to board it but he fell through, and as he surfaced he saw Nimi, giggling at him from the shore.

He asked her name and reason for visiting and she told him she was there to take him away, which was something he'd always hoped for. She brought him to see a society of naiads living under his small island and, after explaining what his people do to children like him, she showed him his parents' remains. She then showed him a vision of himself and a slew of shadowy figures fighting something, and then invited him onto her now canoe. They traveled to a small island with a treasure chest on it and Axiom learned to fight by fighting skeletons on it.

#### Dencheryl

After defeating the skeletons and departing, Nimi took Axiom to Dencheryl and told him that they were looking for the next member of their party. After disembarking, Axiom met Aphorism, or Pho, and his brother, both of whom snarled at him. Nimi led him to a tournament that Grim-Lar was fighting in. He disliked the gruesome combat but he cheered for Grim at Nimi's behest. He was booed by other spectators so he charmed one of them into cheering with him. After Grim won the battle, Axiom overheard a plan that Sadia, Grim's leader, had for killing Koth, Grim's previous competitor. Axiom rushed to warn Koth and then had his charmed orc help in Koth's escape. After the escape Axiom again saw the vision of the shadowy battle, but this time one of the figures was revealed to be Grim. When he returned to the boat, he noticed that it was now a small boat rather than a canoe.

Before leaving for their next destination, they stopped on another small island with a chest. Axiom didn't care much for treasure but was intrigued by the discovery of fruit. While on the island, they battled a few shades and Axiom gave Grim a tattoo before leaving for Capbreta.

#### Capbreta

When they landed, Nimi told them to search for a man and they quickly set out to find him. Grim and Axiom had formed a mindlink so when Grim found a man named Isaak who was in the process of a rescue, Axiom rushed over. As Axiom snuck around the back of the barn, it suddenly exploded, though he was unharmed. As Axiom reconvened with Grim, Grim gave Axiom a letter for Isaak. When Axiom entered the town, he met a distressed man looking for his daughter, and followed him. Eventually he was asked to leave and he overheard his first ever song. As he walked back to the town square, Grim informed him that Isaak had disappeared and Axiom spotted him on a roof. As he tried to find him, he saw his vision again, this time with Isaak in it as well. When they returned, Nimi's boat had become a small ship.

The ship stopped on another island on its way to Alighieri. Nimi refused to set foot on the island but Axiom was not deterred. He first walked to an altar with cuts in it and tried adding cuts to it, to no avail. He then walked to a house on a hill, no matter what he tried he couldn't enter it so he turned back towards the boat. Unfortunately for him, the boat was not there so he walked to a graveyard where he read the names Thomas, Whitney, Tabitha, Riccardo and Matthew. He began to sing their names to the tune of his song and then tattooed them to his body so that he'd remember. Eventually he rejoined Isaak and Grim and they were able to escape the island.

#### Alighieri

When they made it to Alighieri, Nimi again refused to disembark and instead told them to find Lilith's best succubus. Axiom traveled to a marketplace where he was offered sex in return for money, though Axiom ignored this due to not knowing what they were offering. He then was offered the death of an enemy but because Axiom had none he refused. After leaving the market, Axiom ran into V and together they searched for Grim. After V found him, Isaak was teleported to them and the four of them were attacked by assassins. They were trapped in a dome and being overpowered so Axiom risked his life to give Nimi a way of saving them, and died in the process.

#### Amphitrite

Axiom awoke on deck of the ship of the coast of a beautiful island. After Grim explained to him what had happened he took in the sights and met the Naiad Sisters and Caspian Nimison. He and Caspian immediately hit it off as Axiom was curious about his relation to Nimi and Caspian began to teach Axiom about the world. Axiom began spending all of his time meeting Naiads and trying to befriend them. He made quick headway with Kairi and Maya who showed him around and introduced him to their sisters. As he explored the ship, he caught sight of a naiad crying in the hold. When he tried to approach her, Isla, another naiad, intervened and she fled. As he spent time getting to know the naiads, one naiad, Darya, made increasingly aggressive advances on Axiom, prompting him to flee her and ask Isla and Nahla, the two oldest naiads, for help. While discussing the unwanted advances, Axiom joined them for a meal and Indra and Pasha told him stories about Darya's stranger proclivities. He also noticed the youngest looking of the naiads, Kai, seemed upset and the naiads began to joke about her interest in Grim and the departure of her sister Galit. During the conversation, Pasha let slip some information about the crying naiad, Namida Nimidottir. Though Isla told him to leave her be, Axiom set out to find and speak with her.

When he found her watching him, he confronted her and she told him that they weren't supposed to speak but he continued to ask her questions until her resolve broke. She told him that she had been crying because he had died, and that she had been kept from seeing him by Isla but wouldn't explain why. Axiom decided he would take it upon himself to make sure that Nami no longer cried. He also grew even closer to Caspian after telling Caspian about his time with the naiads.

#### Return to Capbreta

Nimi then returned the party to Capbreta where Isaak asked Caspian to help him with a task. Caspian asked that Axiom be taken as well so the three made their way to a church compound. Axiom and Caspian stayed on lookout for a time and when they eventually entered the asylum where Isaak went, they saw a woman whose neck had snapped back and was spewing spiders. They escaped the spiders and some other monsters, and made their way back to town where they found Grim being attacked by the town guard and berated by the villagers. Isaak and Caspian immediately attacked the guards, but Axiom convinced them he needed protection. Once he was among them, he began sabotaging them mentally. Once they were subdued, the crew returned to the ship.

Once back on the ship, Axiom returned to his self appointed task of learning more about Nami after she told him she "liked" him and asked if he "liked" her. She lets slip that they'd met as children and that his memory was erased but she had held on to her feelings for him from that time. Upon learning this, Axiom confronted Nimi and had his memories restored, including the knowledge of Nami's parentage. He continued to bond with Nami, taking picnics and spending time with her. He also began to bond with the other naiads, especially Kai who he saw as a younger sister and Isla who he saw as an older one, eating meals and doing chores with them. They told her about Marilla who'd been forced to leave after V hurt her.

One day, they invited the other naiads to go swimming, partially to have fun with Nami and partially to cheer up Kai who'd been upset by Grim. While they swam, they heard noises from up on deck and they looked up to see Hali and Grim having sex. Axiom immediately could tell that Kai was upset by this sight, but his worry was focused on Hali who was now being aggressively held by Grim. He quickly charmed her and made her leap into the water so Grim wouldn't hurt her and make her leave the ship.

When they all entered the ship, Grim was waiting for them. Hali explained that she had purposefully slept with Grim to hurt his and Kai's relationship. Isla slapped her and then Kai ran off crying. Grim was clearly enraged, so Axiom had Hali go after Kai to apologize. He then told Grim to go somewhere to calm down.

#### Return to Dencheryl

As the crew landed back in Dencheryl, Grim was again asked to join the tournament for Sadia, but Axiom said he didn't want to watch another gruesome tournament and left on his own. He again ran into the dogs, though this time he charmed and freed one of them. He and the dog traveled to the market, and though most stalls didn't interest him, he eventually entered a tent and met with an aged orc.

The orc showed Axiom a twisted vision of Isaak and Grim raping Nami and V killing her. He also showed him the dog dying and when Axiom came to, the orc and the dog were dead. Axiom was deeply disturbed by the vision that he had and he hurried back to the dock. He encountered Caspian and after Caspian helped calm him, he told Axiom he had a task to accomplish. He took Axiom to meet Agorath, Slayer of All, who disclosed that Isaak was trying to get him to kill someone. This did not help Axiom's perception of Isaak, who had a tendency to disappear for extended periods of time. Agorath was hostile to Caspian's offer of peace so they killed him. On the way back, Caspian helped Axiom convince Pho to come with them.

When they returned to the boat, Axiom quickly realized that Kai was gone. He was upset by this but was eventually pacified by Nami and Isla. Once calmed he introduced Pho to Nami and they began to bond more. As he grew closer to Nami, he approached Caspian for some information on what to do with a woman he cared for. Not long after that, he and Nami shared their first kiss.

#### Return to Liu Wang

After some time, Nimi called to Axiom, noticing a change in his mind and disposition due to the vision. She told him that he would grow if he gained closure by returning to his island. He and Caspian went to the hold of the ship and found the ship was on top of Liu Wang. After they descended, they traveled through a portal to a plane of undead psionic skeletons. The skeletons tried to play mind games on him, but they served as a fair way of letting off steam and channeling his anger. After killing them he learned that there were still people with him that he could trust, namely Nimi and the naiads, and he took his parents bones and made spears.

#### Return to Alighieri

When they later arrived in Alighieri, they traveled to Lilith's castle where she told the party to find her and Samael's son, Gabe. The group split up and Axiom and Caspian came across two groups, the first one Caspian eliminated and the second Axiom pacified. After that, Axiom was informed via mindlink that they'd found Gabe and they returned to the ship promptly, meeting Magda in the process. On the ship, Nami informed Axiom of her worry for his life and after he calmed her and promised his safety, they made love.

#### Second Return to Capbreta

Nimi then called on Caspian, Nami and Axiom for a mission. She explained that they were to look into the island's leaders and that Nami was there for Nimi to channel her power through. Nami convinced Axiom that she would be safe and they headed to Capbreta. Once there, Nami went to the inn while Axiom and Caspian headed to the slums. While searching, they came upon a brothel and were attacked by assassin prostitues. Axiom mind controlled them all and had them give them information. Caspian went to check the top floor and came back moments later. They then asked the prostitutes about places of interest inthe area. They were led to some sort of hideout but the door was magically sealed so they made their way to the market district.

While there, they found a mark of the Chorus and made contact with the songstress and gathered what information they could from her. They followed her lead to the court where they found that the judge was shipping people out to sea to be taken by The Mistress so they stole the evidence of his wrong doings. They then confronted the judge and knocked him and his guards out then Nimi ejected Caspian's room into the room as there were spiders in the evidence.

After sorting that out, they again contacted the Songstress and she tipped them off about a ball taking place that day. They infiltrated the ball and figured out who their target Viktor Sodaro, under the name Raphi Tonn, was as well as sizing up him and the Countess. While there, Axiom befriended the Hathshaw kids, who were the children of the judge. The next day they returned and stole letters belonging to Viktor and took him down non lethally when he tried to stop them.

After they got what they had come for, they decided to take some time for themselves and Caspian took Nami and Axiom to a beach on the southern coast of the island. Axiom and Nami spent their time relaxing and after a day they were called to return to the ship. Once they returned, Axiom and Caspian were to join the main party on Capbreta. As they both were quite aware of what was happening on the island, they took their time exploring the capital again until the found their party attacking the Countess and her dog. After Axiom killed her dog and V killed her, the group returned to the ship where Axiom continued to ignore the other chosen and spent his time happily with the naiads. Nami mentioned to him that she wanted to join the party on their outings but they ended up agreeing that it wouldn't be safe.

#### Tir Nan Og

Nimi then brought them to Tir Nan Og to find another party member. Despite being told that they were looking for a fairy, Axiom went with Caspian to visit his significant other, the dryad Shamara. Axiom got to know Lyla and learned that the fairy queen Titania, who he had already learned was racist, was also a cruel and spiteful woman, having forced Lyla's love to marry her. When they returned with Lyla and Shamara, Titania was outraged and attempted to attack the group but they quickly put her down. After her death, the king and Lyla decided to be wed and rule the island more peacefully than Titania.

At the celebration, Magda began to insult trees garnering Rosetta's ire. Axiom noticed her making threats so he warned her of Magda's strength and temper but she continued. Magda began making threats as well and as things heated up Magda swung for a tree, but was knocked unconscious by Isaak's poison. Isaak brought her back to the ship, but not long after they left, she reappeared furious. Axiom quickly calmed her psionically and went to the ship with her. As he walked back he saw the prophetic vision again, but with Rosetta and V in it. When the others returned to the boat, Axiom befriended Rosetta as she was also psionic and she also had a psicrystal.

Axiom wasted no time inviting Rosetta to join him and Caspian in their meals with the naiad sisters. During dinner one night, he and Caspian were called to check on Isaak by Nimi though as neither of them cared for him much they initially resisted the orders. Eventually however, they went to the upper deck and Isaak was being suspiciously nice to V. Axiom assumed that he was intending to sleep with her so he dismissed it and retired to his quarters with Nami.

The next morning, Nimi informed the group that Isaak was being detained as he tried to kill V. This was suspicious to Axiom so he began to keep an eye on V. At the same time, Hali approached Axiom as they had grown closer and they discussed how to get Magda away from Grim. Axiom wasn't really invested in the conversation but recalled Magda's mention of wishing to be impregnated by Grim. He suggested it and Hali set off. Caspian mentioned to Axiom while on deck, that Nami had still wanted to join the party and that she only relented because she didn't want to upset Axiom. He then confronted her and eventually convinced her to do what would make her happy.

#### Tolba

The group spotted a small island on their way to Akhila-Gama. They took the opportunity to explore the island. Axiom, Rosetta and Caspian looked around before Grim told them he found a woman down a hole. At the bottom of the hole they found strange elven women in a circle but they couldn't touch any of them.

Eventually they found a spiral staircase and made their way up it. At the top they found V being used for some sort of ritual. After freeing V they stepped into a room full of elves and the lord of the island. They ask what his purpose was in his hostile acts and he responded as if he'd been insulted, revealing in the process that the island was in fact an enslaved turtle. Discussions broke down and they were attacked. They were out-manned and Grim was wounded badly so Axiom had the group leave the room and then, while near death, set off a massive psionic explosion decimating all enemies in the room.

After the battle they released the turtle from its torture and retired to the ship. After he recounted to her what had happened in Tolba, Nami revealed to him that she is in fact prepared to come ashore with the chosen. Axiom smiled through his worry, happy that Nami was comfortable speaking her mind.

#### Akhila-Gama

When they finally arrived in Akhila-Gama, Nimi explained to them that they needed to acquire one of the two magistrate rings which were currently in the hands of the crown princes. As they disembarked, Hali and Nami explained they would take a day to prepare before coming ashore. Before they had decided what to do, Magda and Grim teleported away to the frontlines, so V decided to fly towards the so-called reasonable prince. Axiom found a note of the Chorus and learned that there were Webspinners in each force and that the so-called mad prince was also a cannibal.

Axiom decided to head towards the mad king first, with Caspian and Rosetta in tow, and the trip was a quiet one, save a short confrontation where Axiom convinced the enemy soldiers that they had no will to fight. When they arrived at the castle they had Rosetta survey the area and keep watch as she could fly.

Caspian and Axiom then infiltrated the castle and made their way to the throne room where they found the prince, Ravanna, eating his younger sister, with his younger brother nearby presumably next to be eaten. infuriated, Axiom warned Caspian that he was going to kill the king without negotiation. Channeling a deadly power he felled the king, lifting the ring with a cloth stealthily. Caspian had in the meantime made sure the young prince was alright and then the two brought the prince out to Rosetta to keep him safe.

They then proceeded to search for the Webspinner who was an advisor to the prince. Caspian made short work of the few soldiers with her while Axiom killed the advisor. Feeling accomplished, the trio returned to the port town with the young prince, whom Axiom charmed into forgetting what he saw at the palace. When they arrived, the sun had already risen and Nami and Hali were ready to disembark.

With the naiads, the group proceeded to the other prince's camp without any combat. When they arrived they found V and the prince, Vibhishana seemed very close. Disregarding that for the time being, they introduced themselves. During that conversation, the prince's advisor informed them that the king and his close retinue had been killed the previous night though none knew the location of his ring. Realizing that peace was on the horizon, they asked V to find Grim and Magda. While she was gone Axiom spoke with Vib about the advisors true nature and after all was revealed, the advisor was killed.

After the group gathered, Axiom pulled Vib aside and asked what need he had for both rings. Vib told him he needed them only for a moment to prove his place as magistrate and remove the curse of madness on them. Axiom struck a deal with the prince that he would "find" him the other ring that day if he could take both of them once the ritual was complete. Axiom used his psionics to test Vib's honesty and then Axiom gave him his brother's ring. Ashort time later Vib returned both rings to Axiom and invited the group to stay the night.

The next day Axiom revealed to the group that he'd acquired a ring and they made their way back to the ship. In the port town Axiom realised that there was a Rakshasa who he shared some strange mental connection with. After ashort conversation, they came to an understanding and Smite came aboard.

Once they were aboard the ship, Axiom gave the rings to Nimi after she telepathically explained to him that they would make poor wedding rings due to residual negative energy. As they traveled to Keahi Aina, Nimi stopped at an island Axiom immediately recognized as Procan's home island. Nimi urged the group to search the island but Axiom refused. After Nami's intervention however, he agreed to join the group ashore. The group split up to wander but Axiom decided to walk straight to where Procan stood when he took hold of his first followers. The island was full of skeletons and the skeletons eventually became spirits and began antagonizing the group. The group attacked the spirits to no avail and then they witnessed Procan and Nimi begin to fight, out at sea. The group headed that way and in the process ran into V.

When they reached the coast, Axiom created a bridge of ice and they began to run across to support Nimi. As they ran, V destroyed part of the bridge and dropped Axiom and Grim into the water. Axiom quickly resurfaced and Grim was right behind him. They watched Rosetta try to kill V, so Axiom knocked both of them out. Axiom carried Rosetta and Grim dragged V out of the island's illusion, revealing that the battle had all been a trick. The group confronted V for her traitorous acts but she showed no remorse. The mood was lightened however, by Grim and Magda's marriage. Axiom provided gems for the rings an acted as a witness to the ceremony.

#### Keahi Aina

As they arrived at Keahi Aina, they were informed that they needed the island's mountain top. Axiom wasn't worried about how they would obtain it and instead focused on spending time with Nami. Eventually they arrived at a feast that the rest of the party was attending. They ate and then Axiom and Nami went off to watch the stars. Axiom decided to bring Pho along but as they headed up the mountain Pho began acting strangely. Through Pho Axiom realised that Nami wasn't truly with him. Immediately Axiom contacted the entire party via his mental link asking if they'd seen Nami. Grim mentioned being with Magda, but V was also with Magda and as such Grim realised that the Magda he was with was also fake. As Axiom arrived in the village, Phoran and began interacting with someone who wasn't there. The island chief then told them Nami was there, but fog covered the island and when it passed she was gone again.

Nimi called them back to the boat, and V slipped a few words that indicated that she had some hand in what happened so Grim and Axiom knocked her out. When Axiom arrived aboard he asked where Nami was, but Nimi wouldn't allow him to see her. So he asked what happened and she made him experience Nami being raped by Grim. As soon as Grim arrived on board, Nimi sucked him into the boat, and saw his memory of the experience. Hali wasn't sure what had happened and began to panic. Axiom then read V's mind and realised she wasn't aware of the rape. He decided that he owed V a single favour as an apology.

Then, he and Caspian went looking for where Grim was hidden. He eventually reappeared on deck and Axiom immediately knocked him unconscious. Caspian then froze him to the deck and Axiom dismembered him including his member. They then woke Grim up and Grim, who accepted that he deserved whatever he got, calmly apologized. Axiom then regrew Grim's limbs and immediately cut off Grim's ear. Axiom then creates Grim illusions for Magda to kill and began to sit outside Nimi's cabin as Caspian told him that Nami was there. Nimi eventually told Axiom that Nami was back in their room and so he rushed there. She recoiled from him however and so he returned to the deck to finish their mission on the island.

They immediately returned to the mountain where the groups split. Axiom, Smite, Rosetta, and Caspian climbed up the mountain and encountered a Thoqqua. Axiom immediately charmed it and traveled with it to the mountain top. He asked the Thoqqua, Ebert, if he could bite off the summit. He made short work of it and it shrank to a manageable size so Rosetta retrieved it. Axiom was ready to leave the island when Ebert cried out that his family was in danger.

Axiom followed him through the mountain to help and he arrived at a scene of Grim on the floor, dead; V was flying and fighting Thoqqua's and Magda was nowhere to be found. Axiom and Ebert stopped the fighting and Axiom learned that Magda had left because of her rage. Axiom apologized to Ebert and gifted him with a few powerful psionic tattoos. He also asked that they be careful with their eating of the island.

When they returned to the village, Axiom explained that he refused to kill the Thoqqua's and that they would not destroy the island, but that if they tried to attack the Thoqqua's their chief Ebert would fight back. He then returned to the ship and tried to comfort Nami but he did so clumsily and it only served to push her away. Before he knew it, she decided to spend time away from the ship.

He returned to the deck and heard V admit to the group that she colluded with Procan's High Priestess and caused Nami's rape and Magda's disappearance. Axiom informed V that her favour was paid. Hali then tried to convince the crew that they should leave Grim dead, but Axiom refuted it stating that if that was an option, Nimi would have already killed him.

As they headed to Amphitrite, Smite scolded the party for not seeing V's treachery coming.