Mirkyne Saliz

> Mirkyne Saliz was a male northern sergal, born in a village next to the northern edge of the Zyngoe forest. He was one of the last leaders of the Salazine Clan, a warrior fanatic clan who trained deadly warriors and assassins and formerly served General Rain Silves during the Great War. Mirkyne served as one of the clans' greatest leaders that ever lived before it's downfall in 47 RC.
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## Backstory

### Early Life

When Mirkyne was born, the Salazine clan has already been in the complete rule and control of the Shigu nation, and fully repurposed as the Shigu's elite military force. He was raised without a father, and only raised by his mother. Like most other Salazine, he started his training at age 5, taking a series of brutal beatings and tests to strengthen his tolerance to pain and endurance at seemingly impossible levels. But he wasn't trained like the other children... he had to be the next strong leader of the clan so his training was more painful and brutal. He has faced Talyxian beasts in the wild as part of his training, and has suffered many injuries during his training years. He showed to be stronger than most of the other children, but this brutal training took a toll on his mental health. Through long exposure to violence, immense levels of physical and psychological pain as well as exposure to miasma in the Zyngoe Forest, he has became a borderline psychopath. This made him better at killing people, being unable to feel compassionate and empathetic towards the people he hurt. But these emotions were not nonexistent.. In fact, they would build up inside him until they eventually lead to critical point, making him completely unstable. These would lead to manic episodes of extreme incontrollable rage, remorse, and violence. On one occasion, he stabbed one of his men to death. Gaining back awareness and control, he realized what he had done, and that someone else has witnessed what had happen, at which he told them not to "speak of it to anyone."

Mirkyne visited the infirmary many times, which is where they often treated wounded soldiers and children. He regularly met one caretaker in particular, a gal named Kyuno Hiyaji. Kyuno had a nurturing and loving personality, which Mirkyne admired. They both quickly became friends and eventually fell in love with one another.

### After Training

After Mirkyne's training, he became an assassin under General Rain's command, and has killed many under her orders. He proved to be an incredible asset to her, and he was often awarded with great praise by her. He was loyal to her for some time, but has started to resent her over time. He started learning more about his people's past, which was erased from their people's minds to prevent the Salazine from learning the truth of what happened to their people. This, plus the rapidly growing death rate of the Salazine people and Shigu from war, disease, and famine, while the General showed lack of care or empathy for their reason to fight no longer, only further splintered his loyalties to her. By this point, Mirkyne has already became the next leader of the Salazine, and he staged a coup with one of Rain's children, in which they captured and imprisoned her in Gold Ring in 40 RC. After that, he closed the Salazine off from the Shigu and focused on rebuilding their nearly collapsed clan which only worked for a few years. Without neighboring villages to aid them and lack of resources they could no longer sustain themselves for much longer. Mirkyne's solution as a leader, was to accept hospitality in the Shigu dukedom. Many accepted these new terms, but some refused, and or stayed, clinging onto the hope that they can still rebuild their clan.

#### Later Life

    In 66 RC, Mirkyne and Kyuno have a child named Reija. He trained her the arts of combat and use of weapons, teaching her everything he learned. He later dies in the year 85 RC, and now his daughter carries on his legacy and potentially the power to unite and rebuild the Salazine people.

## Personality

Mirkyne was cunning, charming, stern, sly, relentless, and sharp tongued. His general demeanor was calm and collected, which was also used as a way of letting down other peoples guard. Making himself look vulnerable at times was his fun way of tricking people. He was a borderline psychopath, and felt little remorse, empathy, or compassion for killing people, but still had the ability to love and care for others, which still preserved most of his humanity. His main connection to humanity and reality was Kyuno and his daughter Reija. He often showed little interest in most people in general, and was often more intrigued by people's unique characteristics and capabilities (as long as they weren't seen as "weaknesses" to him.) Mirkyne is a perfectionist when it comes to being a warrior, and shows very little tolerance to weakness and vulnerability, which he despises both of.