Calianna Manon

**Caliannna** is a Half-Dryad, borne from the forests outside Caylak. At a very young age she moved from the forests into Caylak itself, which had been struggling, with the goal of aiding in their agricultural development. Being a kind woman with a solid knowledge of the land surrounding Caylak, she swiftly rose in popularity within the city. Unfortunately, tragedy would strike, and afterwards, she was adopted and raised as a daughter by the Archduke of Frosmyre, Kaleb Helnok. Kaleb would train her as his apprentice, and readied her to replace him. However, she would quickly come to learn that leadership was far less fun than the life of Free Soul, and so Cali stepped away from Frosterium as it slowly crumbled into various states, warlords, and kingdoms. Next, realizing how much money was to be made, Calianna quickly created many new methods of farming and generating resources, and quickly became the leader of one of the most popular centers of Commerce in Sparwood, Frosmart. This building, however, would house more than meets the eye...

## The Family of Silver

Crimelords from the former land of Frosmyre united, forming the syndicate known as the Family of Silver. Zimmer would be the brains, Molotov would serve as the voice, and Calianna would be the public Figure and Hitwomen. Using their many connections and ties, the Family of Silver is involved in many of the conflicts that happen in Sparwood, often giving weapons and armor to both sides of a conflict. Whenever someone begins to move against the Family, Calianna Takes up her daggers and removes the threat. Rumors have circulated that the figure known as *The Terror from Frosmyre* might be Calianna, but as of now, no one has managed to prove this.

## The Blood Rain

When Bloody Red Rain began to fall from the sky, Calianna saw the chance to make a profit quickly. She began claiming that times of trouble were coming, calling out to the fellow people of Sparwood to prepare and load their stores and have weapons prepared. This resulted in bolstered sales that increased profits tenfold. Noting that well stocked, well defended towns would be bad for business, she orchestrated small raids, thefts, and other unfortunate events to happen to these towns, resulting in a constant stream of customers, and as a result, a good stream of income.

## Frosmart Halloween Party

Frosmart hosted its first holiday party and Calianna went all out doing her best to leave people with nightmares of her for many years to come.

## The 48-0 War of the Red Desert

    Calianna held a hand of cards. A slight sneer was present on her face. Across the table was a girl sweating with a clear stressed look upon her. Within the girls hands was a slightly shorter hand of cards.

"What's the matter Lily?" Calianna mocked towards the girl. The two engaged in a game of cards, of which Calianna clearly had the advantage. Chips lay upon the table. All of which were present on Calianna's side.

"It's a little hard to play when I'm stressed out!" Lily exclaimed as she folded her cards onto the table. Calianna returned with a curious and interested gaze.

"Well, what's got you so down?" The half-dryad leaned forward, resting her chin upon her palm.

"Back home, there's this, I don't know how to describe it. Caliphate? Rebels? Terrorizing my southern borders. Normally this would be an easy battle. However their numbers quadrupled and they're being aided by Kingdom of Councils." Lily sighed and planted her face onto the table.

"So...? You need support then yes?" Calianna smirked. "It just so happens I've lost my schedule and I'm suddenly free for the next few weeks."

The two later set out towards the desert wastelands of Southern Huitca. Meeting up with the small forced gathered last minute by the Crown Princess. They were outnumbered 6:1. The battle started with a skirmish on the outskirts of the borders. Arrow fires and magic flared across the sky. Once the fighting drew more towards the inner keep the warzone became more heated.

In the midst of battle. Calianna noticed her friend, Lily was disarmed by an enemy soldier. A prized relic and artifact of the sword was almost lost upon the battlefield. However Calianna leapt into combat, dispatching and eliminating enemies until she retrieved the artifact for her friend. On the battlefield. As Calianna gave Lily back her sword. The two locked eyes.

Once the fighting drew near. The Huitcan Forces emerged victorious. One of the greatest military campaigns within the Huitca Federation's history. Calianna played a vital role within the battle. Once the dust settled and the forces routed. Calianna expressed her affections and feelings towards Lily. A love blossoming upon the battlefield. The two held a small wedding on the ruins of the Caliphate fort. And the two became lovers.

## Meeting Hub

Trigger Warning, mild body horror

Hub sat at the edge of his floating islands, staring down at the void below from which he drew his power from. His unaging body, both a blessing and a curse, was given to him by the void and what was left of Entropys corruption she had given him so long ago. As he thought about this, his mind began to wander to his various experiences using these energies he was given, the most prominent of which was with Callianna.

As war between The Magisterium and The UBSR was on the horizon, and the leader of Frosmyre, Callianna Manon, had integrated The UBSR into her own nation after they had requested to join to escape The Magisteriums war effort. Because of this, Hub was forced to sit through meeting after meeting to figure out what to do next, once he was given the chance to sit down and discuss this situation with Callianna, he noticed something strange about her.

Occasionally, Callianna's neck and hair would burst into flames, a purple tinted blue flame burned bright as she spoke to him, a color he was very familiar with. He didn't know how or why, but Entropy had managed to influence the woman sitting across from him, perhaps her dryadic powers were directly influenced by the forests around her? There were still flames left over from Entropys wrath scattered across Sparwood, with many of the flames burning in the forests of Frosmyre. But speculating wasn't going to get him any answers, Hub had to ask her what had happened.

"Why is it that you burst into flames the way you do? It doesn't seem to be something you've been doing deliberately."

Callianna would explain to him how Entropys flames had corrupted her, and how they were eating away at her life as she couldn't control them. Raw energy like this, no matter what kind of deity it is from, was rarely ever healthy when left in the body of a mortal, something Hub had experienced before.

The nature of Hubs own corruption was a little unorthodox, the corruption that rotted away at his left arm was created through a mix of exposure to the void pit below his home, and Entropys direct influence in a successful attempt to control him. After the death of Entropy, his left arm was left with the corruption rotting away, before healing back to its previous state, only to rot away again. Flesh sloughed off of his arms only to fall and disappear into nothing, but with this corruption came the ability to transform his rotting arm when needed, most of the time he only used this ability for blood transfers.

After hours of negotiating, the two of them came to an agreement, Frosmyre and The Magisterium would merge to create The Frosterium, and in return, Hub would stabilize the energy inside of Callianna, stopping it from rotting her life away. The ritual itself was simple, all he needed to do was give her ichor, the magic blood that ran through Hubs own body, and the basis behind his cult, The Order of Ichor. As Callianna sat down and showed Hub the back of her neck, the fingers on his left arm would transform into small needles, each of which would be pressed into her nape to begin injecting his own blood into her. The ritual was painful, as a normal body wasn't meant to hold magic directly inside of it, and the aftermath of the ritual would leave her permanently scarred, the same corruption that covered his left arm would affect Callianna as well.

But at the end of it all, The Frosterium was born.