Wander

Treasure those eyes while you have them, Wander

The Horned Menace (Ben Dalemark called her this once)

Dumbass (By Rena Lucaryn)

Dragon's Killer (Captain)

Vincent Greyshine

Samuel

**Wander** is a tiefling swashbuckler who is captain of The Dragon's Killer and former First Mate of The Dirty Dragon. She is a main member of The Orphans of Fate and is fiancée to Rena Lucaryn.

## History

Calni Rillas was born as the second child to mother Katya Rillas and an unknown father in a port town that she has forgotten the name of.

The infernal bloodline of her father manifested very clearly in her, unlike her brother, which caused her to earn great disdain from her mother.

Eventually Calni ran away in the night and fled to the docks where she took hold in a pirate ship, The Dirty Dragon. From there she ended up joining the crew where she mainly worked in the crows nest, earning her the name of Crow for many years of her life. Aboard the ship she became best friends with an older boy, Vincent Greyshine.

She would decide to change her name to Wander after being beaten nearly to death and thrown overboard by Vincent and the crew after an incident.

Wander spent two years on her own, doing any small job to make money to save up for a ship and crew of her own. She soon found out about a potentially highly profitable job in Xelophos which is where she would later encounter the other members of The Orphans of Fate.

## Current History

### Xelophos

When Wander arrived in Xelophos she was very wary of the expedition she had joined, as had become the norm when she met new people. She instantly recognised Caleb Stormward as some sort of sailor or pirate and due to her terrible reputation among them, did her best to be careful of him. However her constant watch over him wasn't as subtle as she liked and led Caleb to notice, at first it seemed that he believed she was romantically interested in him.

During the first outing into the inner walls of the city, Wander was in a group with Nigel, Rudolph and T. During this outing Wander botched an attack that ended up stabbing Nigel and caused him to fall unconscious

At the top there was a glowing sword in a stone that the group found and were debating on whether to touch or not. Annoyed and frustrated by everyone's hesitance, she rushed ahead to claim the sword for herself. The sword was a legendary weapon named Dusk which Wander continues to wield.

On the return from one excursion the towns folk began shouting racist comments and threw some stones at Wander. In an attempt to scare them off she used her Thaumaturgy to make her spit appear as if it was a flame when she spat on the floor. This failed and made the situation worse but Rena stepped in to help.

Meet Kystallans and get some sick armour

Stole the Khans curtains

At some point Rena gets attacked and Wander freaks out

Vincent there, Get boat

## Appearance

Wander has always had long, black hair that has probably never been cut. She typically wears it in a braid to stop the sea wind from getting it all in her face. Her red skin is slightly leathery in texture, if it’s because of the harsh salty wind battering her skin or from her infernal heritage is debatable. Her skin is decorated with a myriad of tattoos, the one symbolising The Dirty Dragon on her wrist is defaced with countless scars.

From just behind her hairline two red horns that stick out and curve backwards before flicking up at the ends. The left horn had a significant part of it missing for some time but has slowly grown back, though it now seemed permanently shorter by a few centimeters.

Wander had once possessed two golden eyes but now her left has been damaged beyond all repair and is covered with a black eyepatch. A large scar sticks out from under the eyepatch.

Her clothes consist of a dirt stained, white, slightly baggy linen shirt with her armour hidden underneath and she wears a pair of brown trousers with dark, worn, leather boots. If the weather is cold, she will wear a long black coat that flaps in the sea air. There is always a significant amount of gold jewellery on Wander such as multiple golden earrings, a ring or two and in the right side of her mouth some of her teeth are completely gold, including one of her sharp canines.

Wander smells heavily of sea salt and rum, the proportion changes considerably but a remnant of one of the smells always remains.

## Personality

Paranoia/Nervousness

Wander wasn’t always so terrified of things. As a young teenager she was constantly bold and never seemed to fear anything, even if it meant she could be in danger. In fact, she reveled in danger and delighted in adrenaline, something that she now only enjoys in brief flashes. Her fear and distrust of others, along with her near crippling decision paralysis was instilled in her after she made a choice that caused Vincent and her fellow crew mates to beat and throw her overboard the Dirty Dragon. The family she adored and had found showed her that, just like her blood family, she didn’t belong with them. Consequently, Wander does her best to be as self-reliant as possible and feels unease at best when she needs to rely on others.

Hate of Authority

Being a criminal from a young age, obviously makes Wander weary of law enforcement but her feelings towards the law, those who enforce it and those who govern it runs so much deeper. Every single authority figure in her life has posed a threat to her. Her mother abused her, guards hated her for her crimes and just her race, bounty hunters forced her into making the most damaging decision of her life, and there are more and more. Wander absolutely hates feeling weak and defenseless, she never, ever wants to be in that position and so it is automatic that anyone who has even a fraction more power than her is instantly distrusted and disliked.

Aggressiveness and Impulsivity

In order to protect herself Wander can become highly aggressive instead of showing any other emotion she perceives as weak. Her anger is often also directed towards herself and whatever she has to do. Thinking about problems for too long causes Wander to panic and feel helpless. In order to avoid this she forces herself into making choices as quickly as possible as with more thought means more panic and a lower chance of a choice being made. Throughout her life she has found inaction is usually worse than the wrong choice. Whatever consequences come from her impulsive actions, she can solve with more impulsive actions.

### Passions, Ideals and Interests

There is nothing Wander enjoys more than the open ocean with a clear sky, an empty horizon and relaxing with a bottle of rum while listening to the sea birds and the sails flap in the wind. Freedom is what Wander values the most and her most peaceful moments are when she is surrounded by the signs of her freedom. Though this freedom is Wanders own, personal freedom. Sure, if she could free people without much detriment to herself then she will but if it is her freedom or someone else's? Like always, Wander picks herself.

### Fears and dislikes

What Wander fears the most is the unknown; the unknown motives of those around her, threats she doesn’t perceive, potential traps. The unknown is the source of many of her troubles and it doesn’t seem like anything can soothe her. At least the Primordial Crown no longer has her convinced everyone will kill her. She only slightly suspects it.

## Relationships

### The Orphans of Fate

#### Nigel DeRosa

"*Yeah, he's a cunt sometimes but he's funny. Honestly, as long as I don't come in the way of his family then I think I can count on him to have my back. I'll have his.*"
―Wander, about Nigel DeRosa Nigel and Wander's relationship began in a rocky place. He made it obvious he had distaste for anyone who wasn't a human, attempted to poison her multiple times which succeeded at least once and a whole boatload of small trip-up and 'accidental' drink spills. Though Nigel wasn't the only one to blame for this relationship. Wander responded to his provoking comments with equally racist retorts and she accidentally stabbed him during their first time working together. Despite all of this. the two began to bond over their mutual love for drink, gambling and cheating in said gambling. The racist comments slowly became (somewhat) friendly jabs at each other. Their friendship was also aided by the healing given by Nigel and his use as a shield for her in combat.

After his actions in causing the Primordial Crisis, Wander was the least offended by his actions out of the group. In her mind it makes perfect sense as to why Nigel did what he did, though sometimes she believes he should just own up and say he did it just for his family and not for all of the group like he so often claims when pressed about his actions. Either way he didn't cause any harm to her so she holds no hard feelings over it. Out of the incident she feels she has learnt exactly where his priorities lie and that makes her feel far more comfortable working with him. If it was her or his family, she wouldn't be picked. That's fine, at least she knows exactly what would make him attempt to kill her, unlike some others.

Wander does occasionally use his responsibility for the Primordial Crisis to annoy him. Though at times she regrets ganging up on him with the others. Not that she would tell him that.

Since the cluster fuck that was Irandé, Wander has gained a newfound respect and more importantly a strong trust for Nigel. Well, blowing their cover annoyed her and she knows now that the man is absolutely hopelesss at leading and maintaining disguises and false personas. But once they started working together to rescue the others she actually found herself in the company of someone she felt like she could fight until the end with. When it came down to it, when it was just them against the entire city they gave it everything they had and did a damn good job getting so far without the others. She was proud of their work together and that's a feeling that will stick with her for a long, long time.

#### Grum

"*Betray me once, shame on me. Betray me twice? Fuck you.*"
―Wander, about Grum Grum was always someone Wander has been cautious of. Not only was he capable of magic, something she has very little defense against but even worse he's a bounty hunter. Every moment he left the group she was terrified he would come back with other bounty hunters or guards and try to kill her or, worse, lock her up in some prison. Her trust constantly wavered around Grum.

Then her trust was absolutely shattered once he launched her into the Sea of Ghosts, after she had just tried to help him. As time progressed she did her best to try and get over her fear of Grum but every time he tried to calm an argument by casting a spell that made it a thousand times worse, she found herself keeping an eye on his hands a lot more than whatever was going on around them. But slowly, things were getting more positive. After he revealed that he wouldn't turn her in to claim the bounty on her head, she only ever feared the magic he had. With one fear quelled perhaps the other could be too?

No. He was going to leave everyone in Irandé. Wander understands running away, she wanted to do it. She understands leaving her behind. But leaving his so called friend in an alley to die all of a sudden? That's not right. If Grum is willing to leave Nigel to die alone, someone who appeared to be a life-long friend, then what else will he do? It's not likely Wander will ever have any trust for Grum ever again. He is too unpredictable.

#### Mickey Kriemhild

"*A man that always has drink is a man that is always in my good books. Seriously though, he's a good guy and we've had some good chats. I'm glad he came back from the dead. I need to learn how to do that. Just in case.*"
―Wander, about Mickey Kriemhild Wander never felt particularly close with Mickey before his death. She respected the dwarf, thought he was strong, believed he was a good smith and a nice source of alcohol. She always viewed him as friends with the others, not herself. She was grateful for his sacrifice in Pandemonium, even if in the end they had to kill his demonic form which was a real pain in the arse.

After he had died, Wander didn't mourn or show sadness in the same way as the others did. There was a slight respect and remembrance when she saw things that reminded herself of him, a nod at the statue in the Kriemguild and a nostalgic smile when she decided to have a pint of Carling instead of her usual rum.

Their strongest bond by far has been formed since his resurrection. After the initial confusion had died down and Wander was done wondering if she could ever come back from the dead, Wander and Mickey strengthened their bond though chats about love. It was mostly Wander trying to convince Mickey not to bother random women by asking if they were single as soon as he met them and just to let things happen naturally but she also gave him some tips and genuinely hopes he finds someone for him. So far, she feels that he is a good match for Arva. Wander looks forwards to many more chats with cans of Carling together.

#### Psi

Currently Wander hasn't spent any meaningful amount of time with Psi to form a good opinion on him.

### The Lucaryn Family

#### Kalruhan Lucaryn

Wander views her relationship with Kalruhan as delicate, like she's stepping around blindly on a floor covered in needles and hoping she doesn't step on one. She believes that any wrong move on her part could cause him to turn the little spoken, yet obvious dislike into something much more intense and scarier. To prevent herself from doing something awful she actually takes the time to consider what she is saying and doing when around Kalruhan, which seldom occurs with anyone else. This can often lead to long pauses between her words or just generally seeming awkward when around him.

Despite this, Wander really respects Kalruhan. He’s strong. Even though she has only seen him fight a handful of times she knows he’s capable, more than her. Plus, he’s Rena’s father. Rena is strong and she probably got that strength from her parents.

Wander cautiously hopes for the day where Kalruhan will tell her she’s not *that* bad. Though she doesn't blame him if he never does.

#### Aerie Goldleaf

Unlike her time with Kalruhan, Aerie makes Wander feel quite relaxed. She genuinely makes Wander feel at ease and is one of the few people she doesn’t feel like will betray her in some way. Why would Aerie betray her? Not only did Wander help save her in pandemonium (and therefore sort of owes her one), Aerie has expressed her approval of her and is really nice to her.

It probably helps that Wander hasn’t really seen Aerie fully in combat so hasn’t come to
know how scary her magic can be.

#### Rena Lucaryn

"*What do you want me to say? I love her and...I dunno, she's just great okay?!*"
―An embarrassed Wander trying to describe her feelings about Rena Lucaryn Wander isn't good with expressing her feelings. Especially her positive emotions. Therefore don't expect much when you ask Wander to describe her relationship with Rena. Rena makes Wander feel like she could face anything with her but also is able to make her feel her absolute weakest. She is the most important and influential person in Wander's life. Wander would give her life for her, without much of a second thought. She owes a great deal to Rena, not just because of how much Rena has done for her but also because of how much has happened to Rena because of Wander. Getting her hand chopped off, losing her memory, even getting her soul removed was probably Wander's fault.

Wander just wants her to be safe and happy. And Wander will sacrifice whatever she has to ensure that.

### Family

#### Katya Rillas

"*Nothing much to say other than fuck that bitch.*"
―Wander, when telling Rena about her mother Wander feels absolutely no positive emotions towards her mother and it is unlikely that anything she could ever do would redeem her. There is a whole list of people Wander would rather face than the woman who heavily abused her for most of her childhood.

#### Known Father

Until recently Wander had never met her father and never really heard anything about him from anyone. Even now she isn't entirely sure who he is or what he is doing. Previously she supposed that her father left her mother after realising how much of a horrible person she was and didn't blame him for leaving either. Her mother is a bitch. Wander did exactly that as soon as she was able. Her other theory was that maybe her mother just killed him. She didn't put all that much thought into it because he wasn't important to her.

But now she has someone claiming to be related to her wandering around and causing a whole host of problems for her. If she chooses to believe that he is her father she would prefer him just to leave and never interact with her ever again. If he isn't, she still feels the same. Her blood related family matters very little to her.

#### Ayden Rillas

Ayden is the only member of Wander's family that she has any semblance of care for.

Before her abandonment of her home Ayden was her only true friend and ally, the only one who wouldn’t turn against her. In fact, most of the time Ayden sacrificed something of his own to help Wander. The greatest sacrifice was when he helped her escape. He traded having his best friend and sister by his side for her freedom from the abuse their mother gave her. Wander doesn’t know if he was ever punished by their mother for letting her escape or not. She is certain he was, but Katya was always soft on Ayden, it probably wasn’t much of a punishment. She hopes he never had to endure the things she had to.

As the years went on Wander thought less and less about Ayden, to the point where she only thought about him when someone asked about her childhood. That was until the Primordials kidnapped him. Then, obligated by owing a favour to her brother, Wander began to try and save him. Only to have him not to actually be within Pandemonium.

Now her goal is to find him after all these years and figure out just what has happened. There is no great longing to find her brother, other than thinking it might be nice to see him, probably. With the torrent of chaos that follows her, she actually sometimes feels it would be best not to find him and get him involved with her mess. However, she wants answers to questions. Hopefully those answers will make her feel like getting involved with the Primordials wasn’t just a big waste of her time, health and effort.

### The B Team

#### Elliot

When they first met Wander was both disappointed and drunkenly surprised that Elliot was, in fact, not Vincent. Her drunken haze and less than average grip on sanity made her utterly convinced he was. To surprise her even more he seemed curious and interested in the drunk captain and the two chatted over several more drinks. Their friendship formed rather quickly from there. Wander isn't sure what they exactly talked about, her memory cuts out, but it left a big impression on her.

Elliot is a massive asset on her ship. He can rally the entire crew out of their most deepest depressions and calm them down from their greatest anger. He also has the guts to tell her when her plan is stupid and even supply an altered plan that usually works better. The confines of months at sea means that the two have spent a great deal of time talking to each other and she feels as if they have a stronger friendship than she does with the Orphans. She has certainly spilled more of her inner thoughts and details of her past to Elliot more than anyone else, perhaps even more than Rena.

#### Chad Thunderclap

A weird buff guy that seems to be hanging around Elliot. She doesn't really understand him but as long as he stays away from her then that's fine.

#### Ignis Brimstone

A strange old man. She appreciates the whole fire thing he's got going on though, she can respect that.

#### Kazimir Den'gi

Wow the B-team really is made up of a bunch of weirdo's. Elliot seems happy to hang around them though so maybe they are decent. Is this what the Orphans look like from the outside?

#### Sebby

A healer? Finally. If he lets Elliot die on his watch, Wander will come for him first.

### Vincent Greyshine

This is complicated.

Vincent was possibly the most influential person in Wander's life and continues to influence her. The two started off as the best of friends though, it is entirely possible that the friendship may have been entirely one sided.

### Others

#### Lily DeRosa

Wander has always liked pretty girls, and when the kidnapped noble girl ended up on the Dirty Dragon she couldn’t help but become interested. As the only two girls of similar age on the ship they quickly formed a bond. Wander also felt a little sorry for how she was being treated and managed to get Lily extra food, water and the ability to roam around the ship. The two teenagers quickly developed a spark that probably would not have formed in any other situation. However, like most teenage romance, it was brief. The captain got what ransom he wanted and the two believed they would never see each other again.

That was until, surprise, the daughter Nigel was trying to save was Wander’s ex-‘princess’. Every time Wander looks at Lily she can’t help but cringe and remember all the times in her teenage years when she tried to impress Lily and the stupid ‘princess’ pet name she had given to her. Things are awkward in her eyes between the two, partly because Wander never knows what to say to Lily but mostly because Nigel looms over her shoulder whenever she goes near Lily and Rena raises an eyebrow every time Wander looks over in Lily’s general direction. It’s unlikely that things will get any better.

#### Belgik Hammerbrand

Wander feels a little bad about all the times she's laughed along with the jokes Nigel torments Belgik with. Not entirely bad, but a little. It seems a little unfair to a guy who's managed to move from a slave to the leader of a grand guild. She feels like he doesn't get enough credit for all that he's done. She knows he's a really good guy at heart, probably too good to be around the Orphans and he's extremely reliable.

#### Sern Silversun

Wander barely knows Sern and doesn’t plan to get to know her any more. Not just because she’s not interested in her, she doesn’t want to put herself in more danger by getting involved with Grum’s daughter and another potentially powerful magic user. Sadly, Elliot seems to like her.