Siren Nightsong

Tavira Nightsong (Older Sister)

Tryndor Nightsong (Older Brother)

Varian Nightsong (Older Brother)

Titan Summons

Lunar Magic

Transformation Magic

   Not much is known about the travelling mage as she prefers to keep her background to herself. Often not talking about it and when asked just saying she's always traveled and always been on the Road. If one where to get behind the scenes though and discover her past, they'd find her status as one of the Children of Sirus Nightsong and Zariah Nightsong, current heads of one of the most influential noble families within the country of Minstrel and one of the four ruling families. Often going by the name of "Shadowvale" when introducing herself to avoid her background being discovered for unknown reasons.

## **Appearance**

If one where to see under the cloak she usually wears, the first thing

   they'd notice is long silken black hair. Topped with feline like black cat ears matching the hair perfectly, said hair often left to hang loosely down her back sitting at shoulder length. Leading into a set of thin feline eyes shimmering brightly with an Emerald Green color to them. Leading into a shapely face, down and to her body.

Being physically fit and having a body that, while not strong, is clearly well toned and well trained to keep it in shape. Bearing soft looking skin, a curved shape and wide hips with, if one could get under the cloak and see it, a long feline tail coming from her tailbone. Again colored with silken black fur matching her hair. Her form moving down into a set of well trained and again, toned legs. Not trained for combat, but clearly she keeps herself in shape. Under the cloak usually wearing fairly light cloth clothing. Tight pants, boots, a cloth shirt and a strap to hold potions or other items. A decent sized leather pouch strapped to her belt and a black leather collar around her neck for some unknown reason.

## **Personality**

Generally calm, collected and relaxed. She's a level headed person who doesn't often get angry or upset at people she'd call friends. She enjoys drinking, reading, writing and just generally studying. Behind the book worm though, lies a person who loves going on adventures and discovering new things and new people. She'll be the first person to extend the hand of friendship to a stranger on the road, but usually the first to fight back if

said stranger reacts with hostility. She shows a great love for those she considers friends, often being the first to answer if they need help, and the same can be said for those who aren't. She's generous and kind to the poor and those who don't have it easy. Often times giving away her own money to them. Usually resulting in she herself being the poor one rather then others. When she's not causing trouble by cheating thugs out of their blood money in back alley gambling she can usually be found either enjoying a good drink, sleeping lazily, or reading a good book no matter it's nature and contents.

## **History**

### **Birth and Early Years**

Born into Wealth and power, Siren was the 2nd Daughter and 4th child of the Nightsong family in Minstrel. The 2nd most powerful noble family within the country and one of the four ruling families. As such from day one she wanted for nothing and had command over a vast wealth, knowledge, and power that many in the country did not have. Always dressed in the best, always eating the best. In her early years Siren embraced this power and fully used it to her advantage and to it's fullest extent. Enjoying the luxuries that came with such a life and often sending servants off into the towns to buy her clothes, jewelry and other expensive items. Despite this however, Siren, unlike the rest of her family, she always treated the staff well, spending time with the gardeners and the maids. Talking with them and getting to know them, treating them as people rather then just staff. This confused her parents and siblings, all of which told her multiple times such interactions where below her status, which, all failed to deter her from continuing to get to know them on a very individual basis.

During this period she was locked within the estate, unable to leave due to risk of assassination from rival families and dark organisations. So she spent her time exploring the estate and adhering to her studies and her education. Gaining a love for exploration, reading, and discovering new information as time went on. Slowly beginning to want to explore the outside world and see the lands she'd read about in her books first hand. Yet her family would not allow for it, and she understood the reasons she was kept behind locked doors fairly well all things considered. One can not explore and learn if one isn't able to defend themselves after all. So for those younger years she settled for her books and her stories. Deciding to focus on her education instead of pointless day dreaming.

As Siren grew in age, she began taking on a formal education. Studying Lunar magic, the signature duality magic of the Nightsong family, taking inspiration from the night sky and utilising both light and dark in it's form. Studying and learning about magic and it's various forms and uses in general alongside this, studying noble ethics and etiquette and studying the history of her country and of the world as well as her countries politics and the political systems of other countries, still hoping to one day travel and wanting the knowledge necessary to do so once she was able to. As well as studying it for the purpose of travelling, the knowledge fascinated Siren, the one thing she loved just as much as the rest of her family. Showing herself to be a diligent student and a fairly fast learner in the arts of Magic, mastering most of the low level spells of her families arts by the age of 16, and a few of the more advanced spells in the next two years. Becoming the youngest Nightsong to be qualified to learn Titan Summoning, a magic that in Minstrel was thought to solely belong to the Nightsong's. Though this is only because they had created a monopoly on information regarding the ability within the borders of Minstrel, simple enough with how rare the power is throughout the world and with how powerful the family was overall. Managing to summon a Panther formed from an aspect of her spirit, the Titan has been a companion ever since. Even after that though she'd not been allowed to leave the estates Ground and wouldn't be allowed to leave for another 2 years. When she does though, she'd find that things in her country where not exactly the adventure she'd been studying for and expecting, and she'd find things vastly different to what the knowledge of her family had taught her.

### **Breaking the Illusion**

On the day of her 20th Birthday, on the 17th day of the second month, she made her first two public appearances. Her family now confident that she was capable of defending herself should an assassination attempt come around. Her first appearance was during a Noble Ball thrown for the higher up's of the society, hours of dancing, introductions in which she met with the other 3 ruling families and the lower ranked nobles. Though she'd met most of them previously during business meetings, the in depth conversations where far more enlightening for her as she spoke and began to realise what was expected of her as a Daughter of the Nightsong's. Realising that adventure and traveling was likely beyond her grasp with the expectations of marrying into one of the other 3 houses and the expectations of being a part of Minstrels ruling class. Did heartened, she'd end up excusing herself from the Ball early. Retreating to the library to bury herself in her books. Until the time of her second appearance, an appearance out in the main city itself to the general public of Minstrels capital.

As the time grew near, she left her refuge and went to join her family at the cart that'd take them through the city with her on display. So, dressed in her finest, she climbed aboard and let the driver whisk her away to the gates with an armed guard. Heart beating as the gates opened and they left the estate, for the first time. High up in the noble district, nothing to be seen but already familiar faces. Boring and dull to her who wanted to see the city itself. The parade going on and, finally hitting the streets of Minstrels capital. Where, her eyes where opened and everything she'd known shattered. She didn't see a prosperous city, she saw citizens watching with starved angry eyes and frail bodies. She saw people watching her with contentment and hatred, and she saw children skinny and weak from lack of food. She saw the buildings packed so tightly together it was hard to live comfortably. Dirt covered the streets and the roads and the alleys where darkened and dangerous. The complete opposite of what she'd expected, of what she'd been taught. Her eyes widened in horror at the condition of the people and of the way they lived compared to the massive estate she'd lived in for 20 years and how poor they where compared to her masses of wealth.

Moving through the city she took all of this in and, as they returned to the Nightsong estate the realisation struck her. That everything she'd been taught about her countries wealth had been knowledge applied only to those who benefitted... the rich and Noble, higher ranked and lower ranked. She realised the average citizen had not benefitted at all from the countries wealth, that her family had lied to her. That almost everything she knew had been a lie. Once the carriage came to a stop in front of the Mansion, she disappeared immediately to her room and remained there for the evening, excusing herself as tired.

Over the course of the next year, she made several trips out into the main city itself, visiting the poor and trying to help as much as she could without angering her family. Indeed even small acts of kindness such as donating 10 or so Jewels to a beggar angered them to the point of constant arguments between her and her parents. They telling her that she was above the filth out there, and she arguing that they where just as human as their citizens. Eventually her families arrogance and ignorance become far too much for the woman after two months of the constant arguing. So it was she began sticking to the library constantly, studying transformation magic in preparation to leave her corrupted country and explore the world, the way she'd wanted to ever since she began her education.

Feeling ready to do so in the 9th Month of that year, she stole a cloak and paid one of the maids to take their clothes, as well as taking her Journal and a pouch of money. Using her mastery over the Nightsong's Lunar magic to fade into the shadows and disappear from the estate and the country for good, ever since that night the families not managed to find a single trace of her, despite putting out constant search parties in and outside of the country. Always getting reports of a character looking similar to her, but always arriving just a little bit too late to catch them making it impossible to confirm the identity.

### **Travelling**

After leaving she went on to spend the next 6 years travelling all over Earthland as far as she could. Over this period honing her ability with transformation magic and adapting her Lunar magic to be able to use plain old shadow and light magic to make it harder to find her, knowing that her family would be hounding her down wherever she went. in the first 3 years going northeast to visit Joya first, through the land and over to Bosco where she ended up fighting and freeing a few slaves there, spending what money she'd stolen and earned on her way to get them out of the country before running from angry slavers herself. Ending up on a boat to Seven, the Alchemists state, where she remained for 2 year of the 6 years of travel, studying and learning about Alchemy and the theories behind it. Though never really learning how to actually use it herself. Finally, deciding she'd spent enough time there, boarding a boat to Fiore and spending the last of her 6 years of travel exploring the land, eventually, falling asleep on a cart meant to drop her off halfway to it's destination, ending up in the city of Rosewall and encountering the Sylph Rosary guild. Perhaps that's where her journey ends... for now.

## **Magic and Abilities**

### **Shadow Magic (Advanced)**

Simply the ability to manipulate and control shadows into offensive and defensive spells, and even meld with them for travel if a user wants to.

#### **Lunar Magic (Advanced)**

A magic that was developed and created by the Paragon of the Nightsong family. Designed to create a duality between light and shadow. Using the night as a guiding principle as the Moon and stars show the aspects of light among the darkness. As such it's spells often take on a dark blue colour or the form of a silver light. Often mixing the two to keep the philosophy in line with the duality of light and dark.

### **Light Magic (Advanced)**

The ability to control and manipulate light energy into offensive and defensive spells as one wishes

### **Transformation Magic (Known)**

A powerful magic that when mastered can change any aspect of the user, whether it be clothes appearance and even Gender. A user of this magic, when mastered, may appear as anyone else or even someone entirely different to who they are. Perfect for remaining incognito.

### **Titan Summons (Known)**

A magic that allows a user to summon an aspect of themselves in the form of an animal. Mythical or real, the animal is forged from a part of the users soul and as such is linked to them and may return to them and be recalled as the user wishes. Sirens titan taking the form of a dark night sky blue panther with silver eyes.

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