Vaenyx Vakerian III

### Aliases

The Master of ShadowsThe Ancient One The Shadow The Rightful King The Jeweled Cunt

### Affiliation

House VakerianHouse Mullyn House Osdial House Kankor Golden Bank (mainly)

### Occupation

Rightful King of SaerialAdvisor to Maenyx

## Physical description

### Eye color

One Piercing Red, One Missing

Vaenyx III, called "The Albino Prince" in his youth, was the son of King Aerydar Vakerian by his Queen, Lady Claire Rowan. He had two younger siblings, Rhaelarys II and Gael III. As his mother was born from a minor house and gave birth to an albino child, Vaenyx III was counted among the blessed children. Vaenyx was named heir by King Aerydar in 1,260 AC. Vaenynx's personal arms were a white dragon with one eye breathing black flame on a black field, which would later be adapted to be the Vakerian Mullyn banner taking the front half of the red dragon and the back half of the Ice Dragon of the Mullyn.

Vaenyx III was a Vakerian loyalist through and through during his early years. He served as the Master of Coin and then the Master of Whispers for a time. He eventually wished to go out to fight for House Vakerian quelling the rising pirate forces in the Jeweled Sea raping and pillaging islands and was granted leave by his father. He left with a large send off wearing his leather armor and holding his blade and being handed a newly made beautiful bow. From this venture Vaenyx III would never return leading to the royalty thinking that their blessed child had died brutally in the face of combat and named Rhaelarys II as heir to the Throne.

## Appearance and Character

Vaenyx was an albino and thus had milk-white skin, long white hair lacking the silver sheen, and the red eyes of House Vakerian however they look to be slightly more piercing. On the right side of his face he had a red birthmark that extended from the center of the throat up to his right cheek which after time slowly lost it's color itself. Vaenyx was not as muscular as his brother nor as beautiful as his sister, Rhaelarys and Gael, but he was considered more cunning. Over six feet tall, Vaenyx III was thin and gaunt with a grim forbidding aspect with sharp, vaguely sinister features. He typically wore the colors of scarlet and smoke, a dark grey mottled and streaked with black. For instance, one of his outfits included a scarlet tunic with black boots and a smoke-colored cloak. Because his skin was sensitive to light, he usually went about cloaked and hooded. Vaenyx lost an eye during a blood sacrifice to aid his supposed sorcerym and rarely covered the empty socket with a patch, preferring to display his scar and empty socket to the world. He wore his white hair straight and to his shoulders. Although Vaenyx carried the ossen steel longsword Darkfire he gave it up before leaving for the Jeweled Sea as to not lose the final blade, and was a good swordsman, he was an expert bowman who preferred to use his tall longbow.

Vaenyx was rumored to be a sinister blood and shadow sorcerer and spymaster who effectively ruled the kingdom "with spies and spells". A popular riddle asked was, "*How does Vaenyx see? Through a million eyes, and one*". This seems to be all but confirmed at this point. He is frequently seen altering shadows or doing large magical rituals. How he got this ability none may ever know... Alas he is sometimes referred to now as the Master of Shadows