Etamin

Child of the Cosmos

Etamin is among the newer warriors despite his age, but fits in easily due to prior experience with Star Warriors. He is a winged kobold that spent the majority of his incredibly long life protecting nature and raising successors from those he could rescue in the aftermath of a cataclysmic event. Now, in death, he serves the cosmos for the sake of protecting warriors and raising them to new heights.

As a Light Warrior of the Calix faction, and a Crux, it is safe to say Etamin is almost entirely based around supporting others. He uses most of his energy into healing others and keeping them in their optimal fighting condition. However, should he feel like he is backed in a corner, he can step in and use derivate of his ability on himself, one that sacrifices his health for a near infinite pool of energy that will let him fight as if he was in his prime until he emerges victorious or becomes obliterated.

He currently serves as a Crux in the Infirmary and a Trainer in the Training Hall. The former he dutifully does, working as life support to those who come in and clearing the way for others to work more efficiently. Furthermore, he does research into the nature of stardust and constellations, in hopes of managing to find the link between the anomalies in his body and true nature of Star Warriors. The latter, he does in his spare time as he feels like avoiding injuries is the best way to help the Infirmary. He uses his gathered knowledge from across the multiverse and the library on Polaris to assist everyone who he comes across, whether its trying new training methods, creating new martial arts, or even repairs and replacements, he will do his best to help.

## Abilities

### Starlight

In its most rudimentary and simplest form, this is Etamin's power, the ability to create a mix of stardust and light that he coined as "Starlight". Without any further practice the Starlight is simply just a bright dust that's somewhat similar in composition to the stardust taken from a Light warrior. However, its abilities start to shine when Starlight is energized by Etamin's recreation of magic.

It is limited in that Starlight decays when it is apart from Etamin, losing its effectiveness and becoming inert anywhere from 30 minutes to 12 hours depending on how much energy is put into it. Creating Starlight that only lasts 30 minutes is rather effortless, but creating Starlight that lasts for longer than an hour requires dedicated focus and time to create. The cosmic energy required to make Starlight last 12 hours is comparable to the energy required to make an entirely new limb. Because of this, Etamin tends to carry a lot of light EASI units in order to continuously use his abilities.

### Sanctuary of the Stars

By manipulating the dust part of Starlight, Etamin can attach it onto warriors and use it to replace broken or missing parts of their bodies or even constellations to a lesser extent. Once it becomes secured onto a body it disperses the light, leaving behind raw stardust that assimilates into the bodies of it's targets and bolsters their regeneration. This manifests itself as a subtly squishy bouncy material that becomes opaque, not with a particular color or pattern but what is the view of stars behind the object, like a window. When the entirety of the Starlight is absorbed, it leaves behind markings on the body of Star Warriors that match their Constellations, which easily disappear by washing off or simply fade away on their own close to an hour later.

Etamin's Starlight has very little limits on it's power, since it is as strong as the amount of energy Etamin puts into it and how compatible the target is with Light. A thing to note is that while it may only feel strange in its normal or weaker applications, particularly strong uses such as restoring lost limbs or when combined with Heavenly Bolt to purge corruption it is extremely painful.

He can also use this on himself, in order to do actions that would otherwise damage himself or overwork his muscles effectively granting him what looks like super strength. This however, can only make him as strong as his limit is. Furthermore, if he applies the ability to strengthen himself too many times in a short span, it will start using his health to create temporary energy. After all, something cannot come from nothing. In this case, when the ability ends (willingly or not) he will suffer the consequences of sacrificing his life force, which typically manifests itself as malaise and extreme lethargy.

### Veil of the Cosmos

A companion ability to Sanctuary of Stars, Veil of the Cosmos works by manipulating the light part of Starlight, using it to effectively manipulate constellations and overwrite their senses slightly. He can dull things such as pain, taste, hearing, or even touch but can also make them more sensitive, even acting as a medium for those that didn't have those senses in the first place. Its main use is as an anesthetic alternative, as it sedates warriors but can still keep them conscious for questions and talking. From the outside there are no visible signs other than thin glittery threads of light that enshroud a target and connect them back to Etamin. For the people who are affected by this ability, It feels like they are floating in an endless mist that slowly turns into a multitude of things, most of which are imaginary landscapes familiar to the target. If there is enough trust between the target and Etamin, the landscape might become something familiar from their memories.

This ability is a lot more restrictive than Sanctuary of the Stars, the biggest one being is that it cannot be used to harm others. Putting aside Etamin's morality and oath, he suffers a backlash if he uses it will any malicious intent. Weak intents may cause the ability to simply not work, but more intense malicious intents will cause backlashes that will harm Etamin, as proof of him breaking the oath he swore to the Cosmos. Furthermore, warriors with high mental strength, very emotionally closed warriors, or this with powerful wills are significantly harder for the ability to work on, to the point that some warriors are immune to it, for better or worse. Finally, creating and maintaining a complex illusion is very demanding, so most warriors will only experience the loss of pain, or floating around in a misty abyss for the unlucky ones. This ability is also more effective on people who are sleeping or resting.

### Sanctum

The zenith of Etamin's healing abilities; Etamin throws his crystal into the air where it splits off into many petals and creates a large dome 30 feet out centered around the kobold where Starlight continuously generates.

* It is considered nighttime inside of the Sanctum and looks like so when you are inside of it. From the outside it looks like a bubble of a murky night sky with many constellations drawn over it.
* Etamin can heal all allies within the range of his Sanctum, distributing the Starlight according to his will
* The range of Etamin's abilities gets boosted out to the entirety of the Sanctum, allowing him to use them from farther than usual.

While this ability is powerful, Etamin struggles with the restrictions that come with using it. Firstly, it requires absolute concentration and thus even walking around proves to be a struggle. In the case that his concentration breaks even from something like a simple smack on the head, he will find himself in a dazed stupor that leaves him defenseless. Secondly, creating the Sanctum uses up a large portion of his energy. Just creating it in the first place will consume about half his energy, and afterwards whether it gets destroyed or he lets it dissipate, he will be unable to conjure another one until he takes an extended rest. Within this recharge period he is unable to use his Wrath of the Void either, so he only has one shot at using either ability and will have to wait for several days of resting. Thirdly, creating the Sanctum requires a large amount of time. To operate it at its full power, it requires 30 minutes to cast and only lasts for 30 minutes. It is much more effective when it is used in a safe place in order to heal a mass amount of wounded rather than in battle. However, should he need to, he can spend 10 minutes to create a field of about the same efficiency but it only lasts for just 1 minute. Finally, the ability is too flashy. It creates a massive bubble and most Dark Matter and Star Warriors within a mile or so will be able to sense the entire process from charging it up to actually using it. Even mortals who are particularly sensitive to supernatural dealings will feel a certain wariness that something is there.

### Heart of the Void Dragon, Atria

Etamin's Cosmic Weapon, it is actually a soul bound magic item that got dragged with him when he ascended. It is a beautifully carved gemstone of a flower bud that shows broken bits of an ever changing star map. In life it served as a focus for his magic, and in the afterlife it is an extension of the kobold. It's main effect is that Etamin can use his abilities on anyone holding the gem, regardless of distance. However, it holds secrets within it. As long as Etamin is calm he can use his Sanctum ability utilizing it. On the other hand, if anything gathers his ire to the point of him becoming angry, the flower will bloom and reveal the handle of a sword inside. Etamin can then pull out the sword inside, revealing a scimitar made of magical wood that allows him to use his Wrath of the Void ability.