Rafael Ylisa Reyes y Teruel

* Black Robes
* White Robes

> "My heart is yours."
> "You offer it willingly?"
> "Offer? No. It simply is, for who else can I love more than you?"
>
> Rafael and Kalakatri, Murderglave Final Initiation

Rafael Ylisa Reyes y Teruel is a Kadungganan of the *Summons To The Forsaken Deity* campaign.

She is the youngest in the warband and is the sole bearer of the Mantle ***Mountain***.

Rafael fights with a Kampilan that she wields with one hand, with a chain of symbolic anting-anting tied to its hilt and connecting to a censer that she uses as a Flail. Its Incense burns both her own blood and the blood of her foes, producing a sweet and floral aroma that permeates the battlefield after particularly lengthy combat encounters.

## Appearance

Rafael has long dark hair that is often braided and tied in a bun, hazel eyes, and golden teeth with crimson fangs. She bears no tattoos save for the back of her hands, which are tattooed in intricate patterns.

She usually wears the raiment of a priest of Saint Qali, though she does not see Kalakatri as such. She wears robes with a purple sash, boots armored in ceremonial gold, chest and shoulder armor of iron make, with virbanwan heraldry draping her sides.

When she calls on Kalakatri's power, she is wreathe in armor made of shadow and dons a helmet bearing the visage of a skull, its jaw plated in gold and its canines a vivid crimson.

## Interesting Events

*You were trained in one of the various martial arts schools that pock the great metropoles of The Sword Isles. What did you train in? What was the worst lesson you learned?*

Rafael was the child of Virbanwan nobles, and was sent to a prestigious martial school in Ba-e, training to be a Senapati warlord. In her studies she learned more of the Annuvaran faith and aspects of Yutadagat's cosmology, perhaps the most influential being the knowledge of tawo's death in combat sending their souls to their preferred afterlife.

*You were taught weapon art by a master who taught you about the oppressed cycle of this world. Do you believe in their teachings? Do you think they are just?*

In secret, she was taught by someone that was supposedly a fellow student. They were intrigued by her personality and enticed her into learning strange weapon arts, teaching that violence is something that will never cease in this realm. This forlorn view of theirs Rafael tried to change, trying to instill optimism. However, in time she began to understand, and agree.

*You fell in love with a diwata. Who was the diwata? What did you do to earn their trust? Did they love you back? What has happened now?*

The student turned out to be an aspect of Mahadiwa Kalakatri Duumanun, who took an interest in Rafael, and in whom she found interest in as well. Now Rafael's heart is hers, and she is with her as she brings peace to those she can. By blessing or blade.

## Relationships

### Mahadiwa Kalakatri Duumanun

Rafael's partner who she loves very much. And the feeling is mutual.

## Trivia

* Unlike the perceived norm for Murderglaves, Rafael's heart remains in her chest. While this may seem like preferential treatment at first glance, it is actually simply because Kalakatri has no need to take it physically, it is already hers and always will be.
* Perhaps due to being rather young and meek, she is often misunderstood by those in her warband.
* Though she wears attire of those that follow Saint Qali, she follows the path of the Karimlan before Sampalataya's time.