Vicsiara Tios'n

Matriarch (formerly)

Alarin Goldleaf (Nephew, deceased)

Rena Lucaryn (Niece)

Torre Sorcae

House Tios'n (formerly)

Maeloth Decaar

**Vicsiara Tios'n** is an ally and friend of House Lucaryn. She is a dark elf and, like all dark elves who live on the surface, she is heavily discriminated against. While she hates this fact, she does enjoy playing into the stereotype at times, being cold and ruthless, laughing at others misfortune, and she certainly won't take abuse, not being afraid to resort to physical violence.

## History

Vicsiara guards her history closely, only revealing snippets on a need-to-know basis.

She grew up in the dark elf city of Irandé, being born to the matron of House Tios'n, Asai Tios'n. Being a Deathborn, her mother greatly feared her child, though she feared the wrath of the god of death more, and thus chose not to sacrifice her to Juir. However, she refused to raise the girl, instead handing the task to her younger sister, Vena. Vena taught Visciara what all noble drow needed to know before they were sent to the Torre Acadae, even going as far as to teach some of the basics taught at the Torre Divinae. As the matron of the Torre Divinae, she wanted an heir of her house, and Vicsiara's heritage made her a perfect candidate.

As she grew older, Vicsiara wondered about her mother, and why she had only seen her a handful of times. It was then that her uncle, Dierlon, grew tired of protecting his sister, and so told her. That morning, Vena found her sister dead, with Vicsiara holding the blooded knife over the body. As she was just seven years old, she could not take her mother's place as matron as is normal for the eldest daughter, and while Vena was the only other female that could rule, her position as matron of the Torre Divinae prevented her from becoming head of House Tios'n, and so Dierlon took over, much to the outrage of the other noble houses.

Having grown closer to her uncle, when she was to choose her schools, she ended up choosing the Torre Guer'ae to hone her natural fighting instinct, but also chose the Torre Sorcae, without even applying to the Torre Divinae just to spite her aunt. She was offered a place with the Torre Stygae, but declined it due to their lack of communication about what training there would mean for her. After killing her combat instructor during the first week of her training there, she was deemed a star pupil of the Torre Guer'ae, eventually being put into a raiding team with Tago Dar'en, the eldest son of Xala Dar'en, the current matriarch of the city and, due to the lack of female heirs, Tago was currently the chosen heir to House Dar'en, as his brother Nydal Dar'en, had fallen out of favour, though Nydal had a daughter, Zara, who could be considered heir. On this raiding team was also Jhini Syr'i, the heir to the Torre Sorcae, and Dunlun Cel'aenor, the heir to the Torre Acadae. Lastly was Sammar Dar'en, Tago's younger brother who the team almost seemed to bully, and Daniis Majh'ol, a surprisingly well-trained fighter, given his house's low station.

Over the years, the members of this team grew close, and even advised Vicsiara on a few matters when she took up the mantle of matron of House Tios'n when she turned fourteen. However, after their first few raids to the surface, Daniis began to question Tago's leadership of the team and his brutality, particularly towards the children they came across, saying that killing them was of no reward as they were hardly a challenging foe. As the raids continued, tensions grew, and Vicsiara began to find herself silently agreeing with Daniis.

Inevitably, the tension snapped. But it was not Daniis or Tago that snapped, but Sammar. Normally quiet and taking orders, Sammar refused to kill a human baby in Juir's name. When Tago moved to strike him, Daniis blocked his path, and both he and Sammar fled into the underdark, declared as exiles by Tago.

Wanting to get her revenge on Tago who had exiled the male she had taken interest in, she decided to scheme against House Dar'en, planning to kill the matriarch and take the wyrmskull throne for herself. However, to do that, she needed the matriarch's rod of rulership, which would be very difficult to find, especially without outside help. Usually, a matron could appeal to the Torre Stygae, but she was not on good terms with the school over the rejection of their offer to study there, so she would find no allies with them. Almost giving up on her plans, she was surprised when a hooded male approached her, quietly telling her that he was part of a rebel group working for Daniis, and that Daniis and Sammar wanted to talk to her. Seeing opportunity, she agreed to a meeting.

When she met her old allies, after quickly catching up she proposed her plan, promising to end their exile, as well as the exile of the small army of rebels they had amassed. She also promised to lessen the gender roles of the society and reduce the brutality of the surface raiding tactics, though whether she would stick to these last two promises, she didn't even know. But the rebels agreed to help her, and after a few months of working, the matriarch was dead and everything was in place for the takeover.

Leading House Tios'n forces into battle against House Dar'en, Vicsiara launched an assault on the Dar'en stronghold, with Daniis and Sammar at her side. Defending the rod of rulership was Tago, Jhini and Dunlun: the other half of their team, while young Zara fled with Dar'en forces to regroup. They fought, both sides taking vicious wounds, but Tago ordered a retreat after Vicsiara heavily scarred Dunlun's face with a magical fireball. Taking up the rod of rulership, she declared herself the matriarch of Irandé at just seventeen.

Vicsiara realised after just a few hours that she would not be able to keep all her promises to the rebels. She managed to integrate many of them back into the city, but the gender norms would stay as they were, and the raiding tactics were out of her jurisdiction. On top of that, she had the leaders of the five schools to deal with, each now vying for her favour, as well as the other houses attempting to usurp her young rule. After a week, Vicsiara and Daniis had begun arguing about his position within this new rule, and he declared that if she did not stick to her promises, he would not stay around. As such, Vicsiara began trying to reform the society, but was met with much backlash, though she was supported by her uncle, Dierlon. Quickly, the houses turned against her and when Zara Dar'en made a return, many houses sided with her and Tago, and they quickly retook the throne, exiling many of the rebels, though Vicsiara, Daniis and Sammar were to be sacrificed to Juir for their treason, though Vicsiara escaped with Dierlon's help, releasing Daniis and Sammar as she fled, though they were separated in the chaos.

Vicsiara made it to the surface without her friends. She was tired, and thoroughly surprised when the sun came up just how much it burned. Some guards patrolling the area came across her and, while she killed several of them, the sun's light blinded her. She was only saved when a small bandit group lead by Kyrana Alamar happened upon her and took her in, introducing them to their captain, Maeloth Decaar, and she was given a place within the camp. She actually enjoyed her time there. The humans were frightened of her and she could boss them around easily. She worked her way up through a few of their ranks, though she learned that these people were more than just bandits. They had leaders higher up, and there was more than just simple robbery in mind here. Something that would change the country, if not the Empire for good.

She began digging around, discovering the name of the leader to be Sarlock Kaltan, though who that was, she had no idea. When the bandits discovered her investigation, they tried to kill her, though she escaped and eventually joined up with Kalruhan Lucaryn to eventually solve the investigation, and discovering that Kalruhan was her brother by divine heritage.

Some time later, she found herself making her way back to Irandé with her newfound friends and family, where she found that her aunt's daughter, Syala, was now the matron of House Tios'n, and she heard that Jhini had killed her mother and taken her place as the matron of the Torre Sorcae. After continuing the investigation, they were discovered, and while Vicsiara escaped, her allies were taken as slaves into the arena by Darius La'ral. She managed to slip into the slums of the city where she began to ask around for assistance to break her friends out, which is when she ran into Daniis, who was still the leader of the rebel group and was planning to spring some of his men out of the arena.

While she was overjoyed to be reunited with him, he did not share that feeling. He was bitter that she had abandoned him and Sammar, and was now expecting his help. He reluctantly agreed to help, but only because in this one instance their goals aligned. When they were executing their plan, Tago confronted them, and Daniis assumed that she had betrayed him. They fought Tago, but Daniis' anger made him unwilling to fight next to Vicsiara, which eventually ended with Tago shooting Daniis through the chest with his hand crossbow. Tago laughed as Vicsiara mourned, but was chased off as Aerie found them, using her spells to blast the wounded Tago back. As of this day, Aerie is the only one that has seen Vicsiara truly mourn, and she hasn't told a soul. In some ways, Vicsiara is glad that Aerie saw that side of her, because it lead to the high elf gaining respect for the drow, though the two have never spoken about it.

Shortly after Kalruhan obtained Barvielle Keep, Vicsiara was presumably killed while they were investigating some odd disappearances, though none of the party would talk about it. A few years later, however, Aerie found Vicsiara's daughter, Kahiier, only a few months old and abandoned on the side of a road with the charred corpse of the child's father, Kalruhan immediately began looking for her again, taking Kahiier as his ward.

## Current History

Vicsiara turned up over a decade later, being one of the victims of a large project by one of Jaelle's teachers, Professor Nosidde, that found a way to convert human bodies to raw magical energy. Nosidde told Jaelle that he had failed with all bodies, save for one specimen, that had given more than thrice the normal power outputs than normal, and showed no signs of stopping. Jaelle, horrified at the project, burnt it to the ground as well as getting Nosidde arrested and imprisoned. Though Jaelle never actually found out, it was Vicsiara that had been hooked up to Nosidde's machines, and her divine heritage was what caused her near limitless power compared to the other mortal bodies.

When the project was burnt down, she found herself freed, but not the same. Her magic had been caught in a loop of draining itself to sustain her body, and as such, she found herself at the mercy of her deathborn heritage, going on a killing spree of a unique kind as she went feral. Her victims were often found with handprints scorched into their flesh, their bodies empty of the little magic that may have been found there.

Eventually, some instinct must have caused her to find her way to Barvielle, where she was found by Kalruhan and Aerie, though she tried to kill them both. However, Aerie was now far more powerful than Vicsiara would have remembered, and, while being drained by Vicsiara, managed to break the loop Vicsiara's magic was in, restoring her to her former self.

She rested at Barvielle Keep, sleeping for several days. She slowly began to talk about what had happened to her, talking of finding a husband, Garan Highwater, a High Elf bard they'd met years earlier. They had a child together, Kahiier, though when assassins linked to the Lion and the Azure twins showed up, trying to kill those with divine heritage, they ran. After a few rounds of Vicsiara fending off these attacks, Garan eventually left in the middle of the night, taking their child with them, though he was discovered on the road and attacked, being tortured and set ablaze, though he had managed to hide his daughter. It was revealed that he, too, shared Dhaas' heritage, thus setting him as a target for these assassins as well. Despite explaining this to her daughter, Kahiier still holds disdain for her mother, not forgiving her for not being present for her life, and doesn't think Vicsiara deserves a place in hers.

Currently, Vicsiara lives at Barvielle Keep, though she finds she does not have much purpose; she cannot be a mother to her daughter, Aerie has far surpassed whatever Vicsiara was as a mage, and Vicsiara had already taught everything to Kalruhan that she could about his heritage.

## Appearance

Vicsiara is quite typical for a dark elf, having the white hair and brown eyes that most have. She often leaves her hair down, though sometimes when doing intensive training she might tie it up, though no one will ever see this. She rarely smiles, though if she does it is either a sneer, or because she is in the presence of her close friends or her daughter.

Her clothing is practical, being a long leather coat, a light shirt and thick boots. She keeps her finely-crafted green glass-steel sword on her left hip and her bloodbone mace, Kysil, on her right hip. If Vicsiara goes out into the sunlight, she will often don a deep purple hooded cloak, and while she will often try to wear it with the hood down, she normally ends up failing and wearing the hood regardless.

While at rest, however, she will often don less practical clothing, usually being dresses of darker hues. She knows exactly how she looks, and she knows how to dress to make the most of it.

## Personality

Vicsiara is a very closed off person to those outside the ones she considers family. She will not hesitate to berate or sneer at people should they annoy her or do something wrong. To those who still put up with her despite this, she will often try to push away, though recently she has done less of this. Even if she deeply cares for someone, these traits do sometimes slip through, though if anyone tries to harm those she cares for, they had better watch their backs, because Vicsiara will hunt them down, and she still remembers her the training of the Torre Guer'ae. And the fighting style of the Torre Guer'ae is to not only kill, but to kill as painfully as possible.

## Relationships

### House Lucaryn

#### Kalruhan Lucaryn

"*He is my brother, and the only true family I've known, more so than you. There is nothing I wouldn't do for him, and I would expect the same from him. I hope that answers your question adequately.*"
―Vicsiara to her aunt, Vena, when she offered Vicsiara protection in exchange for her friends. Vicsiara and Kalruhan started off on rocky terms, though the same could be said for anyone outside of Irandé. They met just outside of Maeloth's bandit camp after she had been exiled, and met again in the town of Whilpon, deciding to team up against Maeloth there. After killing the Lion and finding out Kalruhan's heritage, she grew cautious, though she had started to warm to him, which might have been the only reason she didn't kill him on the spot.

After their initial fight with the Azure Twins and the defeat they suffered, Kalruhan decided to meet the mysterious mentor figure that had approached him, offering to teach him about his power. As he travelled to Xelaphos, she followed him, despite demanding he went alone. While in Xelaphos, they began investigating a few murders that were taking place by a killer known as the Grin Reaper while they awaited contact with the mentor. However, Vicsiara soon realised that investigating the murders was a cover so that Vicsiara would be distracted while he trained, and though she caught on, she didn't stop him until she discovered that this mentor was Prince Arianna, the Fae Prince of the White Elves. Though a rift was driven between them briefly because of this, when they had their next confrontation with the Azure Twins and emerged victorious, they mostly forgot about their arguments.

When she returned to Barvielle Keep, Kalruhan was sympathetic towards her, though she preferred it if he wasn't. He desperately tried to help her connect with her daughter, though as he soon realised that it would take much more time for Kahiier to even consider it, he stopped, though only at Vicsiara's request.

#### Aerie Goldleaf

"*You... you're so powerful. Aerie, you've far surpassed anything I could ever teach you.*"
―Vicsiara to Aerie when the latter asked Vicsiara to continue their training. Vicsiara and Aerie hated each other from the moment they met, being the stereotypical hatred that often takes place between high elves and drow. However, when Vicsiara began to train Aerie's magic, she realised that Aerie was far more talented than anyone seemed to realise. Vicsiara quietly gained respect for the young girl as she really seemed to mature over the course of their time together, much more so than anyone would have expected.

After Tago shot both Aerie and Daniis, Vicsiara and Aerie bonded, earning mutual respect for each other. While they still argued from time to time, they would always look out for each other and stick up for one another.

When Vicsiara returned to Barvielle, Aerie helped her the most, and has been there for her the most, being the only person other than perhaps Jaelle that Vicsiara would open up fully to.

#### Jaelle Collans

"*You're all friends, but Jaelle... I don't know; there's something different.*"
―Vicsiara to Aerie about Jaelle. Vicsiara liked Jaelle more than most when they first met. Jaelle struck her as a woman who could take care of herself and, were she born a drow, she likely would have done well for herself. Due to this initial respect, the two formed a fast friendship.

Since being inadvertently saved by Jaelle from being experimented on, and after returning to Barvielle Keep, their friendship has grown further. While she cannot teach Kalruhan or Aerie, she is smart enough to follow some of Jaelle's projects, albeit on a basic level, and so tries her best to help out.

#### Kahiier Tios'n

"*She's my daughter. My instinct is to go and hug her, but... she wants space, so I guess I'll have to make do.*"
―Vicsiara to Jaelle after she and Kahiier had yet another fight. When Vicsiara found out her daughter was alive, and had grown up alongside family, Vicsiara was overjoyed. It was short lived, however, when they actually met and Kahiier spurned her. All Vicsiara wants is to have a healthy relationship with Kahiier once again, but whenever she is around, Kahiier tends to ignore her or hang back, and every time she does so, it breaks Vicsiara's heart.

#### Rena Lucaryn

"*If you cannot control yourself - cannot act rationally - you are bound to repeat your past mistakes.*"
―Vicsiara giving advice to Rena. While Kalruhan is proud of Rena, Vicsiara is a little more hesitant. Kalruhan tells her that the both of them were cocky and selfish in their youth, and that Rena is more mature now then they were back then, but Vicsiara disagrees. She knows that Rena almost always acts on what her emotions tell her, rather than thinking carefully about her decisions, which she knows both she and Kalruhan used to at least.

### Orphans of Fate

#### Grum

"*Hmph. Good wizard, though a bit... Unorthodox. Would probably crumble after a couple of well placed blows. For someone who hunts criminals, his repertoire of spells seems to be filled with stuff that'll get him out of there. While it's a good thing to have a survival plan, there's a difference between that and cowardice.*"
―Vicsiara to Aerie after training Grum at Barvielle Keep.
#### Mickey Kriemhild

"*He was spurned by his people for something he did not do. In my eyes, it's Khârond's fault that he made the mistakes he did*"
―Vicsiara after being told by Kalruhan about Mickey. Vicsiara holds respect for Mickey, even despite his dwarven heritage. He was exiled from his home just as she was from hers, and for what Vicsiara sees as an injustice. She is still cautious of the dwarf, having heard of his prowess and rage, knowing he does not particularly like elves, and specifically hating drow.

#### Nigel DeRosa

"*Risking the entire world for family? No. I will not trust you unless you prove yourself otherwise.*"
―Vicsiara to Nigel DeRosa.
Vicsiara believes that blood means very little unless that blood holds power, and even still saving a bloodline is pointless. She believes that Nigel's contribution to the start of the Primordial Crisis to be inexcusable, and makes it clear that she does not trust him.

#### Wander

"*Don't know if I can trust this one, though I know she can take care of herself. Always looking over her shoulder, like she's looking for a potential threat. It's a good trait to have, but not one you pick up from a safe childhood, like Rena's had. I can respect her for that.*"
―Vicsiara to Jaelle about Wander.
While Vicsiara is unsure where Wander's loyalties lie, she holds respect for the tiefling because of her rough edges and survival instinct. To her, it shows that Wander has strength.