Revadis

'Mae govannen melon-nin!'

## Overview

Revadis is now a Merling, hailing from the distant lands of the elves. She was transformed from the Silvan elf she used to be to a Mer by the goddess Umberlee, who had answered her prayers as Revadis was drowning in a sinking ship.

### Relatives

Tamaraith Aurala - deceasedEvalis Aurala - deceased

## Physical description

### Eye color

Light blue

'Revadis' literally means 'sailor girl' in Sindarin, the language of the elves. She spent much of her time at sea and in the navy before joining the Mers.

## Appearance

Revadis is still an elf in appearance: she has silver hair, and pointy ears, light blue eyes, and she always donning the green garb of the Wood Elves from where she came.

## Occupations

Revadis is the leader of the Merling Army, or MNA (Merling National Army). She wields the standard weapon of all Mers, the trident, while also keeping her old Elvish blade at her side.

She lives in Atlantis, where the capital of the Merlings, and holds the defences there.

## Backstory

A man screamed, yelling as an arrow took him in the stomach.

Crossbows, bows, ballistae, and catapults fired. Men and elves died. Ships sank, the weight of water dragging them down.

Revadis felt the ship shake. She was on the lower deck, grabbing more arrows for the bows above. The water gushed into the hull from the breach the catapult had just made. Shouts resounded on the deck above, and then Revadis felt the ship shake again, and this time the movement was accompanied by a crashing thunder from above.

She ran to the hatches, dropping her handfuls of arrows in panic. Revadis climbed the stairs, pushing up on the hatch.

It wouldn’t open.

The elf tried again, putting all her force into it.

It would not move.

Panic sweeping through her, Revadis looked around. The hatch was the only way out, and she was alone down there. Revadis suddenly looked down, and she saw black, swirling water nibble at her shoes.

‘Help! I’m stuck down here!’ she cried.

No replies except for screams of agony and shouts of panic.

‘Help!’ she screamed again, despair flooding her, just like the water flooding the ship.

‘Help…’ she mouthed, tears coming to her eyes.

Revadis sat down against the main mast, her face pressed against her knees; she waited for the water to swallow her, the water now up to her ankles.

The ship sank deeper, and Revadis gasped as the cold water came up to her chest.

She sat still, aside from the occasional shiver. She did not hear the screams above, or the cries of ‘Abandon ship!’

Revadis just felt despair, her tears soaking into the cloth of her breeches. She was disappointed, at herself, and at life. Why was life so unfair? Why was she, a Silvan elf aged just fifty, barely reaching adulthood, now sitting here waiting to drown? Revadis trembled with fright and cold; by now the water had reached her breast, but she still sat there, face in knees.

She mouthed a prayer to the sea goddess, Umberlee, to save her, and when no reply came, she waited.

After a while, Revadis lifted her heavy head and leant it too against the mast, as her knees were now completely submerged.

She sat in the cold darkness. The lanterns that normally lit the lower decks had been extinguished by the water.

Revadis shivered more violently now, the water at her neck.

The intake of water sped up, and soon Revadis was floating with her head pressed against the ceiling.

The water rose further, cutting off the last air pockets.

Revadis took one last breath.

She tried to stay calm as she became completely submerged.

She knew her breath was failing; Revadis pushed at the hatch again, and again for no avail. Panic took her then, and she screamed, flailing about, the air escaping her parched lungs.

And Revadis knew no more as she inhaled water, her lungs filling like a tankard.

Revadis stirred.

She was no longer cold, and sighed in relief as she realised it had been a dream.

But it wasn’t.

Revadis was still in the sunken ship, all of a sudden light in colour, and no longer freezing.

She examined her wooden prison, realising the ship had hit the sea floor and was now capsized. Revadis then became very confused, for she knew that the deeper someone swam, the more the water squished you, but she felt nothing.

The hatch opened easily, and upon exiting the ship Revadis realised heavy crates of catapult ammunition had pressed it down, trapping her in earlier.

And then Revadis became the most surprised she had been yet.

She was alive, breathing, alive. But somehow still deep under the surface of the water.

She swam towards the surface, many leagues above her. Revadis realised she could swim much faster than usual.

But there was a problem.

When she surfaced, Revadis started suffocate. She could not breathe in the cool air. The battle had also disappeared; neither ships nor bodies could be seen. When Revadis put her head underwater again, she breathed deeply, drawing water into her lungs.

She grinned at her predicament, thanking Umberlee who had saved her, and Revadis started to laugh when her voice sounded loud and clear underwater, forgetting the horrors of the battle beforehand.

Revadis drew her blade, and examined the fine elven steel, mouthing the runes embedded into the sword. She sheathed it once more, and went to find some food to feed her famished stomach.

## Personality and Alignment

Revadis is considered in the Lawful Good alignment, often giving resources and weapons for free if she has any.

She can lose her temper quite easily though, especially if insulted or provoked.

Revadis strives to destroy evil, and does this with help from the army, which she commands.

Spiritwood and its inhabitants arn't considered in this category to her, and she often visits friends there, and is a frequenter to the Rogue Raccoon.

ps. She also doesn't like dolphins very much, and may occasionally be seen killing them. Her reasoning is that they are squeaky and annoying

## Friends

TricksterOfChaos

darkclone36

chazzard999

RobustoRex789 (bit at odds with though since he joined the empire)

## Music

Battle theme:

Magika by Two Steps From Hell

Peaceful theme:

Friendship is Magic by Marcus Warner