Knecht

* Biography
* Threat Assessment
* Trivia and Notes
* Gallery

### Background

The elves of Nóatún have a turbulent religious history. Having come from a long and proud history as worshippers of the Jotunn, they clung to the cult of Skadi for centuries after their integration into the Norse culture, slowly incorporating the worship of her husband Njord and eventually the other gods of Vanir court. They were not particularly fond of the Aesir side of the Norse pantheon and few elves ever gave those gods much of devotion.

With the fall of the Jotunn, their elven servants usually migrated to Nóatún to be close to Skadi. Over time, Nóatún became a sanctuary for the elves of Earth. As many of these elves were displaced and elves were traditionally very communal creatures, it is no surprise Nóatún elves banded together to care for each other. The Fellowship of the Good Servants of Nóatún (more commonly: "Goodfellows") are the most prominent example of the Nóatún elves' need to develop an outreach program to ease the hardships of their fellow elves. Not intended to become a religion, but as their order incorporated traditions and wisdom from many cultures and philosophies, and catered toward the elves' desire to server and their passion for professional prowess, the Good Servants evolved into a religious order.

### The Tale of the New Knecht

Aloysia was a war orphan taken in by the founding Knecht of the Goodfellowship (now called Knecht Ruprecht) who saw to it that she was cared for. This would lead to Aloysia being raised within the newly founded Fellowship of the Good Servants.

As most elves did not join the Goodfellows until finding their development stymied for whatever reason (usually after failling to develop an aptitude or being unable to undergo a pilgrimage), Aloysia was the youngest Goodfellow for many years. It was not until elves began abandoning their problem children to the Fellowship that Aloysia saw other elfling fellows.

This became one of the early struggles for the Fellowship. The Knecht had not intended to run an orphanage. The Fellowship had no distinction between its elfling members and its adult members. The same strict disciplinary measures applied to adults was also unilaterally applied to elflings. Though Aloysia had felt her share of the Knecht's birch switch growing up, she was a well-behaved and hard-working fellow and her beating were far and few between. However, that was not the case with Nika Moroz who was constantly beaten and would lead to a frustrated Knecht beating many of the younger — Aloysia included.

This culminated in the violent exile of Nika by some of her fellows. Though Aloysia did not take part in this and was not until many years afterward that she learned the full details of what had been done to Nika by an angry mob, the knowledge that it had happened would weigh on Aloysia's conscience heavily.

Aloysia left the Fellowship under the guise of undertaking her own long overdue pilgrimage. In truth, she needed space to process what happened to Nika and speak with the spirits about where to go from there. Exactly what happened during her pilgrimage is collected in her journals which have become elven scripture, but the TL;DR of it is that she gained the wisdom and inspiration she needed to return to Nóatún for the express purpose of reforming the Goodfellows.

Aloysia ended her long pilgrimage a thousand years after Nika's disappearance. Aloysia introduced new moral philosophy, rituals, and tradition which proved to be popular to many fellows and helped bring in new converts. This created a philosophical divide between Aloysian Fellows and "Old Fellows".

After two hundred years of frustration, the Knecht ordered his most zealous followers to repeat what was done to Nika Moroz long ago, this time with Aloysia as the mob's target. Luckily, Aloysia survived the ordeal, with Santa pulling her bag from the river. What followed (after Krampus went to work) was the Knecht's cruelty being exposed. Santa named the Knecht Ruprecht and promptly exiled him.

With the Good Servants in need of a leader, Aloysia cast off her own name to become the new Knecht. Not long after the unnaming, Nika Moroz returned — which the Fellowship took a sign that the new Knecht had ushered in a great new era.

## Threat Assessment

### Resources

* **Elf Physiology:** Elves are descended from prolonged interbreeding between daimons and fae in the realms of Alfheim. Myrkálfar or Wood Elves, whose name is taken from "Myrkviðr" (murky wood), an Alfheim forest considered sacred by these elves. The Myrkálfar have sap-like blood and are much closer related to daimons.
	+ ***Enhanced Agility:*** The Knecht has a level of agility, coordination, and general dexterity.
	+ ***Enhanced Balance:*** The Knecht never loses his balance. She can run across icy ledges without fear of slipping and can climb the tallest of trees without trouble.
	+ ***Enhanced Hearing:*** The Knecht has remarkable hearing.
	+ ***Enhanced Reflexes:*** The Knecht has reaction time and reflexes that are heightened to levels unattainable by mundane humans.
	+ ***Enhanced Sight:*** The Knecht has sharp eyes that can make out incredible detail.
	+ ***Longevity:*** Depending on their diet, lifestyle, and the ambient essence of their environment, elves can live as little as three centuries or live to attain ages that are easier measured in millennia than years, decades, or centuries.
	+ ***Nightvision:*** Elves have excellent low-light vision.
	+ ***Supernatural Senses:*** Elves see, hear, and interact with unmanifested ephemerals, ghosts, and astral projections.
* **Arcane Aptitudes:** Elves can perform magical tricks that enhance the skills of their chosen profession.
	+ ***Breath of Life:*** With a kiss, the Knecht can temporarily impart some of her own life-force to another to stabilize an injured or mortally wounded person, tying their health to her own. While sharing her life-force in such a way, the Knecht also has access to much of their recent memories. The Knecht can release her life-force from the other at will or will regain her life-force automatically upon the other's death (though the shock of "sharing death" will usually be quite traumatic for the Knecht,often rendering her unconscious for several hours).
	+ ***Dream Walking:*** The Knecht is a lucid dreamer and can enter a trance-like state at anytime to enter the Dreaming.
	+ ***Embrace the Cold:*** The Knecht is not affected by cold, in fact it reinvigorates her. She can heal her injuries by applying snow or ice to her open wounds, she can bathe in a icy river, and ice and snow does not impair her movement. As a constant display of this ability in effect, the Knecht usually walks the snowy paths of Nóatún barefoot.
	+ ***Friends in Wild Places:*** The Knecht can communicate with animals as easily as elves and other sapient beings. Most animals in the wild treat her as one of their own.
	+ ***Sorcery:*** The Knecht has studied magic extensively. Though she is capable of casting spells with potent proficiency, she will rarely use magic as a shortcutor convenience, especially when there is a task she can do without relying on magic. Due to her reserved use of magic, many are caught off-guard by her magical ability when there is need for her to let loose.
	+ ***Soulgazing:*** The Knecht can look into someone's eye and gain insight into their character, their thoughts, and emotional condition. If other party consents to a simple meditative ritual, the Knecht can experience some of their memories as if they had happened to her. Through sustained meditation the Knecht can alter the memory to help relieve lingering trauma.
	+ ***Token Enchantment:*** The Knecht can impart an emotional enchantment on a small token, tool, or other inanimate object so that if handled by a particular person (whether a singularly specific person, a person matching alooser description, or someone meeting a specific condition), the enchantment influences the holder to experience a specific emotional reaction.

### Weaknesses

* **Ancient Rules:** Elves are still bound by the ancient laws of the Void.
* **Devotion:** As a Goodfellow, the Knecht has a great number of restrictions placed upon her behavior. This ritualistic behavior can be exploited by others.
* **Vulnerability — Adamant:** The Knecht cannot abide the touch of pure adamant.

### Analytics

* **Physicality:** 4 — Expert / Enhanced
* **Occult:** 6 — World-Class / Superb
* **Weaponry:** 4 — Expert / Enhanced
* **Expertise:** 6 — World-Class / Superb
* **Range:** 4 — Expert / Enhanced
* **Strategy:** 6 — World-Class / Superb
	+ **TOTAL:** 105
	+ **RANKING:** Elevated Threat

## Trivia and Notes

### Trivia

* She have a friendship and rivalry to both Qemara and Geon due to their different worships.
* She considers Halida and Blay to be her projects. She's also Halida's friend and to her Blay is a pest.
* Zanoni is her philosophical adversary.
* Knecht took care of Safyrra after she failed to go on pilgrimages. Eventually Skadi asked the Knecht to have Safyrra employed in Thrymheimr.

### Notes

* Knecht Ruprecht is Santa's companion from German folklore.

## Network Files

Network Files The Knecht.jpgNetwork Files: The Knecht

## Links and References

* Appearances of Knecht

1. ↑ Network Files: The Knecht
2. ↑ Network Files: Safyrra