Lazuli Windfell

A sketch of Lazuli

Son (By Andakas)

Brother (By Araw)

Zuli (By Araw and Aoth)

Laz (By Araw, Aoth, and Kinnell)

Little Wonder (By Kinnell)

Curious Little Thing (By Kinnell)

Young Lazuli (By Tarran)

Andakas Windfell (Adopted Father)

Keine Windfell (Adopted Aunt)

Araw (Adopted Brother)

*"My, my, what do we have here? It seems you've done a number on a couple of my pets."* -Lazuli to the Double D's upon meeting them in the forest.

Lazuli Windfell (born Lazuli Cuerna) is a young half-elven man who seems to irk the people around him. A talented young magic user, Lazuli has used his talents to tame two Nightwalkers and bind them to himself for his use and research. He notes one of the Nightwalkers to be his own, and he has two tame Hell Hounds, Hellfire and Brimstone, that he travels with as well.

## Appearance

Lazuli appears as a 5'5" male half-elf with silver-white bobbed hair cut in an asymmetrical style, light grey-blue eyes, and fair white skin. He wears heavy coats and flowing robes of white and light baby blue and typically dresses in layers. He is hardly seen without a signature conical wizard's hat and bright red gemstone earrings with dangling tassels. His typical expression is a cocky smirk, chin upturned so he can look down on others despite his shorter size.

Though Lazuli appears potentially half-human, when pushing Sora, Pip, and Anadra down a portal to the Shadowfell, he displayed a hint of a different side of himself. When Sora held strong through his force attacks, his frustration let his disguise slip and she witnessed his eyes glaze over mercury silver, his nails grow suddenly into long claws, his teeth just beginning to elongate into points, and the skin of his face breaking apart to reveal silver-white scales, revealing his true nature as a Half-Dragon to her.

## Personality

Lazuli does not value many things around him, thus making him apathetic to their fate. He treats others with disrespect and tends to view other people as beneath him. He doesn't trust easily and is quick to cut ties or even take the lives of those he deems not worth his time or energy. He makes acquaintances when it benefits him, good at leveraging and bargaining what he has to get what he needs from others. He finds no qualm in manipulating others to get what he needs, and he isn't above putting another at risk to benefit his own agenda (as evidenced by his current ownership of an unknown person's Nightwalker).

As a child, Lazuli was bright and cheerful. He trusted those who treated him kindly and he adored his then-master, Andakas, with a passion. He defended those he loved and spoke kindly about those he was around. A shift in personality occurred after the young boy witnessed the death of his adopted brother and was separated from his party suddenly, falling into the Shadowfell all on his own as a 12-year-old boy.

## History

Lazuli grew up with his unnamed mother in a small cabin in the woods and never knew his father. After his mother passed away when he was a young boy, Lazuli survived by himself in the cabin for a winter before being found by Andakas, and was subsequently adopted by the man. They began to travel with each other after that point and eventually came across Araw, another young orphaned boy whom Andakas adopted and brought along on their travels.

While traveling with Andakas, the man began to teach him magic and spells, and employed him to tend to his shop, The Raven's Clutch, while he worked on his own projects and studies. Lazuli spent many days tending the store and customers, helping gather raw materials and running errands, and learning new tips and tricks in magic from his master.

Things changed when the trio travelled to Windrise. One day while returning from running some errands, Lazuli looked into the window of the shop and witnessed a hooded figure use a large weapon to murder Araw, cutting the young boy in half. The perpetrator got away before their identity could be found out and Lazuli cried over the body of his adopted brother until Andakas arrived back at the shop. He assured Lazuli that they would bring the boy back and urged Lazuli to help him get the body into a protective chest that would retain the body until they could revive him.

Packing up the shop, the duo left Windrise as soon as Andakas had gathered about all the materials he would need for their further travels. They had travelled a ways into the Galesong Mountains before Aoth, a mercenary from the Sunvale Guild that had been investigating the murders in Windrise, caught up to them and requested to travel with them a while. Lazuli and Aoth became quick friends and spent much of the time they travelled together playing pranks and other games while Andakas watched on.

Eventually the trio found themselves in an unknown Domain within the Mists, wherein they were able to successfully revive Araw but were unfortunately all separated upon leaving the Domain. Lazuli was wrenched from the hands of his party members at just twelve years old, thrust into the cold and unforgiving environment of the Shadowfell alone.

While traveling through the Shadowfell alone, cold, and hungry, Lazuli came across two Hell Hound pups which he bonded with and named Hellfire and Brimstone. The pups were able to sniff out food, however meager, and Lazuli survived until the day Richard found him. Richard brought the boy back to the refugee camp ran by Tarran where they fed and housed the boy while hearing his story. Lazuli has not spoken much else about his time in the Shadowfell as of yet.

Lazuli escaped the Shadowfell after many years, returning to Abra as a 23-year-old young man on a mission to find the ones he was horrifically separated from. In his years away, Lazuli has refined his talent for magic and now uses it to gain new knowledge and aid in his search for his loved ones. He has tethered his own Nightwalker to himself, walking the same plane as his negative counterpart, as well as another he came across while travelling. Though he cannot fully control these chaotic creatures, he has been able to harness his magic and make use of the tether so that the creatures will not attack him or those with the condensed magic gems he can create.

## Relationships

### Andakas Windfell

Lazuli views Andakas with wonder and respect. Though he does not see the man as a father-figure, he has always held Andakas in great regard for saving his life as a child and teaching him how to defend himself. Lazuli calls Andakas his "master" with fondness and proudly boasts that he learned most of his magic from the man. Lazuli views Andakas as one of the people most dear to him, and feels a desperation to find him once more.

Andakas found Lazuli when he was just 6 years-old and the years they spent together with Araw are Lazuli's happiest memories.

### Araw

Araw is Lazuli's adopted brother. Though neither of the boys view Andakas as a father, the two created a deep bond as children and have deemed the other someone they are connected to on a deeper level than friend. Lazuli was the first to call Araw his brother, and found comfort in the other boy as they were children. Lazuli has not spoken much about his relationship with Araw beyond this much. Lazuli has been clear that Araw is one of the people he is currently searching for.

Aoth

Lazuli and Aoth met in Windrise after the death of Araw. Aoth was with a small party of mercenaries hired from the Sunvale Guild to look into the series of murders happening within the small town. Lazuli found comfort in Aoth as the man was obviously concerned and determined to solve the case of who had killed his brother. Aoth also gave Lazuli his first ever gift, a gold coin, telling him to "get some candy" as a treat to the boy. Lazuli has held onto the gold coin as a keepsake and reminder of those he loves. The gold coin has become the first of a small hoard of treasures that Lazuli holds dear.

Following the departure from Windrise, Aoth caught up with the duo in the Galesong Mountains and began to travel with them up until the moment they were separated. While travelling, Aoth and Lazuli became quite close, with Lazuli beginning to view Aoth almost as another brother. They got along well and had become quite close, adding to Lazuli's despair at being separated from those he loves. He has not spoken much else about their relationship otherwise.

Upon hearing that Dakar, Aoth's brother, had gone missing from the Double D party, Lazuli flew into a panic at potentially losing his one connection to one of the few people he cares for and wishes to find. He urged the party to obey his demands, insulting the gods in the process with no regard, and was quick to complete a ritual that allowed him to locate Dakar's whereabouts. Further panicked by his discovery that he had fallen into the Shadowfell, Lazuli was quick to lead the party to one of the few entrances he now knew about to the other plane. Lazuli had no qualms about pushing the other party members in, intent on not letting Dakar be alone in the other plane for any longer.

### Keine Windfell

Lazuli had not met Keine in person as a child, and had only heard about her through Andakas. Because of this, Lazuli grew up cultivating a rather negative image of the women, and as such, upon meeting her for the first time, views her with a deep contempt and distain. Having such a relation and loyalty to Andakas, he does not trust the woman and did not know how to handle meeting her unexpectedly.

Upon meeting Keine for the first time, not knowing he would be meeting her, Lazuli was unsure how to react or handle the reality of seeing someone that brought back memories of his childhood. The woman looked remarkably similar to Andakas, a man Lazuli hasn't seen in many years, and brought him back to his happy childhood years that he misses so much. In response, he reacted quite childishly in Keine's presence, mocking her and repeating what she said in a childlike manner, as well as stealing from her shop and destroying what property of hers he could before storming out.

### Sora

Lazuli remembers Sora from her time with Aoth in Windrise investigating the murders of the town. He views her with respect as an associate of Aoth's and deems her worth protecting. Lazuli enjoys Sora's company but is also well aware that he's changed since he was a child and is awaiting the moment she, too, looks at him with distain.

### Dakar

As Aoth's biological brother, Lazuli views the man as an asset, a connection to someone he wants to see again. Though Lazuli has not bonded with Dakar in the same way that he had with Aoth, he does respect the man and wishes to keep him safe. Lazuli has wondered himself if he only sees Dakar as an asset or if he feels a deeper connection to him because of Aoth.

### Pip

Lazuli has not interacted with Pip directly very much. Lazuli has ascertained that Pip has some interesting aspects about himself that he would love to investigate further, but is also well aware of the other man's hesitance towards him. Though Lazuli is curious about Pip's situation, it does not come high on his list of priorities to investigate, so he typically leaves the other alone.

## Trivia

* Lazuli claims to not know who his biological father is but does remember his mother.
* He is a magic user but has not revealed his class.