Melchoir

**Melchior** was a member of the Three Wise Ones, a group designed to influence humanity during the reign of the gods. Her role was to lead at the front lines for whichever god was the most virtuous. This lead to her fighting for DIV in opposition of her counterpart, Ghaspar. Her last recorded sighting was of her successfully slaying a simulacrum of Ghaspar over 500 years before Phase 2.

## Description

### Appearance

Melchoir appears to be a human woman with long braided brown hair. She is dressed in leather armour and wields a katana.

### Personality

There is nothing yet known of Melchoir's personality.

## History

### Creation

As one of the Three Wise Ones, Melchoir was created as part of the Auroran Repopulation Project by Dr Dyvania Voired. The Wise Ones Project, as it was called, created three individuals that would ensure balance between the two gods, DIV and VOID. Melchoir's objective was to support whichever god was deemed the most virtuous.

### Agent of DIV

Melchoir appears to have been more discreet in serving her mission, as little is known of her actions as a Wise One. According to the logs in the Mainframe of Atlas, Melchoir decided to side with DIV and assisted the God of Radiance in her rise to power over Io.

### Slaying Ghaspar

At some point after the Voidstar Incident, Melchoir learned that her counterpart Ghaspar had been reborn after his failure to pave the way for VOID's comeback. Melchoir, for whatever reason, hunted down the reborn Ghaspar. It is unknown what happened when the two reunited, but according to the logs in Atlas, Melchoir killed Ghaspar. She then left for parts unknown and there has been no further sightings of her since.

## Story

### Dr Voired's Test

In the year 735, a group of warriors from Qethos broke in to the Mainframe of Atlas and began to make their way deeper into the facility despite its security systems. Dr Voired observed the group as they went, and was curious as to the extent of their strength and conviction of the warriors. To this end, she created simulacra of the Three Wise Ones to act as an obstacle against them. Melchoir was recreated through this process, though it is uncertain if her personality or memories were also recreated. The warriors managed to locate computer terminals which informed them on Melchoir's history and purpose and also gave them options to modify the simulacrum. The warriors disabled some of Melchoir's functions and then went to face her in combat. Melchoir was the last to fall during the combat. With the Melchoir simulacrum destroyed, the group proved their worth to Dr Voired, who then allowed them to meet her face to face.

## Powers and Abilities

* **Master Swordswoman**: Melchoir was extremely skilled with a katana, using it to gracefully hack her opponents to pieces.
* **Teleportation**: Melchoir was able to teleport over short distances. She could even teleport during her swordplay to confuse and undermine her targets.

## Etymology

Melchoir is a bastardization of Melchior, one of the traditional names given to the biblical three Magi in Western Christian tradition. Melchior is said to have been a Persian King or scholar who brought the gift of gold to the newborn Jesus.

## Trivia

* Though Melchoir existed during Phase 1 of the world of Io, she was never encountered by the players.