Solle Ravi Necrophidius

**Solle Ravi Necrophidius** is both a hero of legends and a sinister necromancer from the world of Milenia.

## Story

Ravi, a young man of the Solle tribe, was chosen by the Auralian Spirits to be the bond between humans and spirits, and to discern the secrets of mystical Runes. By successfully making a pact with the Spirits, he achieved his aim and became immortalized as the archmage Solle, but in the process, he lost his fiancee Solle Isis Naddaha, something he could not accept, and betrayed his oath to the spirits by seizing half of Ankh, a forbidden resurrection spell in the holy city of Shangri-la.

For his crime, Solle was branded a traitor, and cursed with eternal life, as well as the inevitable decay of all he ever loved; desperate, he fled, taking the name **Necrophidius**, branding himself a cruel necromancer and plotting to seize the remains of Ankh, while manipulating the world into forming new heroes that would challenge Necrophidius - hoping that one of them would either open a path to Shangri-la and grant him access to Ankh once more, or kill him by destroying Ankh.

When Ephyra Solle Mattina showed herself to be a promising challenger, Solle approached her as wanderer 'Ravi' - and fell in love with her, thus cursing her. Forced into fleeing her, Solle watched as Ephyra learned the truth about him. When Ephyra reached Shangri-La, Solle attempted to steal Ankh for himself but Ephyra stopped him and managed to reconstitute Ankh, using a Philosopher's Stone to prevent Solle's death, thus saving him and his companions.

## Appearance

Solle appears as a young woman possesses long, fluffy silver hair, bright red eyes, and usually dresses in mystical white and blue robes. As Ravi, he traded these clothes for a simple brown, wanderer's coat, while as Necrophidius, he is clad in dark, menacing garb reminiscing of a dark mage.

## Personality

Solle was at first idealistic, strong-willed and driven by love and hope - a kind-hearted prodigy seeking to improve the world for his clan and his companions. However, Solle's inability to accept loss, his arrogance and the subtle influence of traitor spirit **Apsu** caused him to act with pride and reject the spirits' teachings, refusing to submit to their rules if it would mean forsaking those he held dear.

Solle's endless punishment of living with the shells of those he loved have ravaged him, leaving him a suicidal, hopeless and cold-hearted shell of his former self, seeking only for this torment to end, no matter the price. While traces of his past kindness still remains in his 'Ravi' persona, they only accentuate his despair and need to feel love without loss once more. As such, he came to view Ephyra first as a pawn, then as a potential savior, and finally as the single person he could depend on in his hopeless state, correctly betting his life on her endeavors.

## Powers

* **Enhanced Physical Abilities:** Solle is a talented fighter, using a staff to enhance his battle prowess.
* **Rune Use:** Solle is an extremely talented Rune user, considered an unparalleled genius due to having created the first runes as the result of his pact with the Spirits.
* **Runic Tradition:** Solle's runic tradition is Arcanism: he can quickly improvise formulae without the help of a grimoire, and increase his previous formulae's potency with ease. He is also adept in a variety of other magical domains, including Necromancy.
* **Curse of Ankh:** As the result of only absorbing half of Ankh, Solle cannot die and is conceptually immortal. Any person who loves Solle or whom Solle loves will soon decay, die and be turned into an Uraeus, subserviant to Solle but without a real personality, and unable to die as well.

## Trivia

* Both 'Solle' and 'Ravi' mean 'Sun' (Sole in Italian, Ravi in Sanskrit) while 'Necrophidius' is derived from 'Necron' (greek for death) and Greek sculptor Phidias.