Vadaliya Bodelson

An illustrator's depiction of the Half-Elf, Vadaliya Bodelson.

**Vadaliya Bodelson** (pronounced Vah-Dah-Lee-Ah), is a half Night Elf/Human, is a standoffish young mage currently serving the Stray Embers. From time to time, she also lends her magical abilities to other groups, such as her father's Blackshields, and The Surwich Agency.

## Physical Description

Vadaliya is a half Human/Night Elf, aged 21. She is around 6'1" (185.50cm) tall and slim of build. Her hair is dark blue, curly, and falls past the shoulders when worn loose. There are streaks of white throughout her hair, and the front of her hair is completely white. Her skin is a very pale, icy blue in colour, and her ears are faintly pointed, though not nearly to the extent of a full Night Elf. Her eyes are a very pale grey/blue in colour, lacking a defined limbal ring. There is a very faint, barely noticeable glow to the eyes. Her face is slim in shape, with thick, low set brows of a dark blue colour, a slightly upturned nose and dark blue lips. She has small fangs. The left side of her face is marred by a large burn scar, limiting movement. Her left eye is notably weaker than her right.

Her voice is generally light and slightly high in pitch. When speaking in Common or Dwarven, she has a faint dwarven accent. When speaking Darnassian, her accent is indistinguishable from that of a full blooded Night Elf native to Winterspring.

While ordinarily clean, she suffers from dry skin and spots/acne in places.

She typically smells of citrus soaps. Her breath smells of moonberry juice, tea and red wine.

For those able to sense magical talents within individuals, she shows an aura of arcane in line with someone who is recent in graduating as a mage, though her mana pool is smaller than average.

## Personality

Vadaliya is typically a quiet and somewhat introverted individual who prefers to observe others and their actions rather than directly partake. She is suspicious of others and their intentions to the point of near paranoia, and suffers from extreme trust issues, though she recognises both as flaws about her person to work upon. She is not particularly forgiving, and can often be cruel in her interactions, often having a tendancy towards cruelty in words and deeds. Most notably she lashes out when angry, an emotion she feels often.

Typically, Vadaliya spends her time working. When she is not actively trying to better herself in the arcane, she is working on other ways she can become a better fighter, such as studying longsword fighting with her father. When she is not trying to better herself, she persues other work, studying new artefacts recovered by the Embers and learning what she can about other magics.

In her free time, Vadaliya appears to enjoy reading and writing, with a tendancy towards the former. She also enjoys spending time with her partner, Cassyla.

Vadaliya is deathly afraid of most bodies of water. She will not typically enter water that is deeper than waist height.

She has a sweet tooth. Her go to drink is moonberry juice, though she will have a glass or two of arcwine from time to time.

## Biography

### Life before the Stray Embers

Vadaliya was born in a small town named Annaar, in the north of Winterspring. Her mother passed when Vadaliya was still a baby, and her biological father was not present in her life. As such, the raising of Vadaliya was given to the village of Annaar, whom mistreated Vadaliya for the crime of her mixed parentage.

Aged twelve, Vadaliya left Annaar and began a slow treck towards the city of Stormwind. Once at the city she studied to become a mage. Some time later, in her later teens, she joined a mercenary group known as the Fairwind Trail. After that organisation collapsed, she joined another mercenary group named the Contingency, led by a man named Otharon Bodelson.

Vadaliya would go on to forge close ties with this organisation and it's members, particularly Otharon, who looked out for Vadaliya like a daughter and would later come to adopt her formally. When the mercenary group was eventually closed, Vadaliya remained with her father for a time before setting out to find yet another group to join.

### The Stray Embers

Vadaliya was present for the Stray Ember's founding, boarding a vessel bound for the Dragon Isles from Freeport to look for a woman named Vera Yellen. Initially she was standoffish and hostile towards the other people on board the ship, though this opinion softened in time as they ventured towards Valdrakken upon landing. By the time they reached Valdrakken and Cassyla put together the group, Vadaliya was willing to lend her abilities to the order.

A short time after the group was founded, and after the initial missions, Vadaliya and Cassyla began a relationship with one another which persists to this day.

Vadaliya has served on most missions for the Stray Embers, though during their campaign in the Emerald Dream against the forces of Fyrakk she left early due to stress. During this time she has obtained some smaller magical trinkets, such as the Bracer of Parrying and the Sand Repellant Ring, as well as furthered her repetoire of arcane spells. She has assisted Axuldor in the translation of the shadowblades spell tome recovered from the ruins of Eldre'thalas. She also requested to learn the way of the monk from Toraana, though she has not yet followed through with the initial request.

## Equipment

### Masks

#### Older mask

Vadaliya owns a half-face mask made from a dark, iron-like metal that covers the left side of her face. Its edges and points are rounded so as not to cut into Vadaliya’s skin when wearing. There are silver patterns on the mask in the shape of a crescent moon around the cheek, a floral pattern around the eye and small stars across the leftmost edge of the mask. The eye socket of the mask has a hardened, violet gem covering the eye. It is enchanted so that anyone who looks through it can visually see arcane around them up to a range of twenty metres, so long as said arcane magic is visibly within sight and is not illusion based. Stronger auras and spells have a more prominent “glow” to them and can be detected slightly further, while weaker auras and spells struggle to be picked up at all.

#### Mask from Cassyla

For 2023 Winter's Veil, Cassyla gifted Vadaliya an elaborate, operatic half-mask made of silver, darkened steel and lines of filigree rose gold that adorn up the mask in various ornate patterns. It appears bereft of any religious, political or millitary allegiances in its iconography, only carrying streaks of plain metals faithful to their smithed colours. However, what remarks this mask is the magic enchanted into it - Not only does the mask seem to comfortably rest against Vadaliya's face without need of strap or support, it seems to attune to her directly to a number of purposes. Firstly, it can alter its colouring and most of its appearance (beyond its shape which appears almost identical to her previous mask) to Vadaliya's whims and specifications with naught but a mental command, allowing her to adapt it to suit her wardrobe in the moment. Additionally, whilst also able to be toggled with a mental command, the mask will by default become - whilst still visible and concealing of her features - incorporeal against contact, allowing food or drink to pass through without a clink or bother.

### Field clothes

Vadaliya’s outfit consists of an ornate turquoise and blue padded tunic that falls down to just above the knee. This is worn over a pair of black trousers and a black shirt. A pair of gloves and boots in turquoise with silver linings are also worn along with a blue belt lined with silver and a golden buckle. A half length cloak in dark blue with a silver lining and a large hood is worn over the entire ensemble, fastened with a crescent moon clasp around the neck.

The Field Regalia wear contains general protective enchantments, as well as moderate temperature regulation for the wearer. The intended use of this outfit is for field work, however Vadaliya will sometimes wear it as casual wear due to how much it covers and hides.

### Weapons

#### Spellblades Longsword

Vadaliya owns a spellblade’s longsword. It is made from steel, and has a blue arcane focus in place of the usual pommel, while smaller gems are embedded into the length of the blade as well as the crossguard. This allows for the casting of spells through the weapon. In addition, when raw magic of any kind is channelled into the arcane focus of the sword, it spreads throughout the blade, allowing for additional damage of that magic’s type when striking with the sword. This weapon was a gift from Otharon.

#### Night Elven Dagger

A night elven dagger, with a single edge and painted in green and purple colours is among one of Vadaliya’s most prized possessions. It has a simple sheath of brown leather with silver linings.

#### Spell tome

Vadaliya owns a light blue spell tome, the spine for which holds a decorative pattern to look like a tree in bloom. The roots for the tree spread out onto the bottom corner of the cover and back of the book, while the branches and leaves reach into the top corner of the cover and back. While designed for use with the arcane to hold Vadaliya’s spells, druidic magic has been used to make the tome more resilient to the natural elements.

#### Enchanted spell components pouch

Many of Vadaliya’s spells require physical components such as feathers for Slow Fall, candles for ritual spells and a metallic cube for her evocation spell. She keeps these components within an enchanted, elven pouch made of brown leather with silver lining. It contains extra-dimensional space within, appearing larger on the inside than the outside.

### Rings

Vadaliya wears a number of enchanted rings, each of which bears a different magical effect.

#### Ring of Liquid Storage

Vadaliya owns a hollow ring of glass with a simple cork stopper in place of a gem. When the cork is twisted, the ring turns into a large vial which can store up to 10cl of a given liquid. When turned back to a ring, the liquid remains in the hollow portion of the ring. Removing the stopper on the ring forces the liquid out of the ring.

Typically, Vadaliya fills this with water, and wears upon her right index finger when dressed in her field clothes.

#### Ring of Spell Storing

Vadaliya has a silver signet ring with a sapphire gem. The silver bears a pattern to make it look like dragon scales. The ring contains a mana pool that can be drawn upon to fuel spells, but does not automatically recharge.

Ordinarily Vadaliya wears this on the middle finger of her right hand when dressed in her field clothes.

#### Ring of Mind Shielding

Vadaliya has a golden ring inlaid with runes and arcane markings. This protects her from spells that target the mind. It works via arcane magic, and while it does not provide complete protection it enhances her resistance to such spells.

When dressed in her field gear, Vadaliya usually wears this on the middle finger of her left hand.

#### Unstable Ring of Mana

Vadaliya owns a ring with an elegant silver band and a striking blue gemstone that evokes a sense of beauty and timelessness. The ring is enchanted to act as mana storage, however the enchantment is unstable. It is able to hold more mana than most rings of a similar type, however it has the risk of going haywire, and the Kirin Tor would not be pleased to have this ring exist due to the instability of the enchantment and the methods used to create it.

Usually the ring is worn upon the index finger of her left hand.

#### Sand Repelling Ring

This plain and unremarkable ring repels sand off the wearer. When appropriate, Vadaliya wears this on the pinky finger of her left hand.

### Miscellanous belongings

#### Bag of Holding

Vadaliya keeps most of her belongings in a messenger bag in blue, with a turquoise strap. Both the bag and the strap have silver linings to them. The bag is enchanted to contain some extra-dimensional space within - it is larger on the inside than out. In this bag, Vadaliya keeps most of her important belongings.

#### Eagle Knight Pendant

Nearly always worn around her neck, Vadaliya wears a necklace made from a bright, polished silver-like material with a simple, thick chain of a similar material. The decorative pendant is in the shape of a flattened eagle with spread wings. It wears a full plate helmet, and a breastplate displaying a sword. The pendant is approximately the size of Vadaliya’s palm.

#### Hair ornaments

Vadaliya wears a number of ornaments in her hair when it is worn up in her ornate bun. A hair pin of Pandaren design is stuck through the braid/band for her bun. It features a large cherry blossom design at the top of the pin, from which small gems dangle from golden chains. Besides it sits a white pandaren crane feather with a red ribbon tied to the stem. A smaller pin is clipped over the braid on the left of her hair. It features a golden pin with pink flower petal designs on. Behind this pin sits a second, featuring a silver snowflake with a shining blue gem in the middle.

## Artwork

Art by ShadocaArt by Karrah EArt by Vii Morte