Cyndra Emberheart

A fiery ranger with sticky fingers and a fierce sense of loyalty."These are the first people to show me any kindness in this world. If you want me to save it, know that I'm not doing it for the greater good... I'm doing it for them."

About:

Cyndra was born from the fire of the Cinder Forest the year that Cyndros the Phoenix was reborn. She spent the first 4 – 5 years of her life rarely leaving the forest, being too afraid to speak to anyone besides Cyndros and Siryna. Her interactions with the citizens of the nearby villages were not very pleasant, and heavily shaped her opinion of man as well as herself. As she grew, her features grew more and more “human” due to her subconscious desire to fit in and be able to travel freely without fear of discrimination. Once she had reached the age of about 8, she finally felt comfortable enough to begin travelling around Kazoran to explore the world herself, hoping to find out more about the Conceived since she had never met another like herself.⤜⋆✧✩✧⋆⤛ ⤜⋆✧✵✧⋆⤛ ⤜⋆✧✩✧⋆⤛Physical Description:
- Hair: Her hair is a very bright, unnatural red with streaks of warm golds and oranges intermittently throughout it.
- Eyes: Her eyes are a bright gold, and if one concentrates closely on her eyes, they may notice that they appear to be ever moving and flickering like embers or coals. They also seem to have a slight glow to them.
- Skin & Markings: Her skin is a healthy tan, about how someone of fair skin who works outdoors for a living would look. She has freckles on her face and body. She also has marking across her whole body (but only to the base of her neck, not on her face) that look like the cracks that form in lava or dry earth and glow a dim orange/red color.⤜⋆✧✩✧⋆⤛ ⤜⋆✧✵✧⋆⤛ ⤜⋆✧✩✧⋆⤛

• Conflagration, Cyndra's Origin Story
• About the Conceived, my homebrew race

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Conflagration

The Story of Cyndra Emberheart

(please be kind I'm not a writer)
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The faint light of dawn collided with thick clouds of smoke ashes. The only sound the faint crackling of flames that had yet to die out.
No birds sang. No insects chirped. The only thing that dared make a sound was the crisp morning air of the Northwestern Continent.
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While most of the flames had slowly died out and been reduced to embers, content with their work, one flame still found reason to burn in the lowest valley of the Cinder Forest. All appeared to be still, until a slight flicker came from this flame in the valley. It began to lap and flicker more violently, as if being blown by a strong wind, until finally it became still again. From the base of the flame emerged a shape, still completely cloaked, resembling the arm of a humanoid being.
Soon, the fire rose up higher as more extremities emerged, and the being appeared to be sitting up. No traces of features aside from its shape, the being turned ever so slowly as it took in its surroundings. It came to its feet, still soaking in as much of the sights as possible. It stepped one flaming leg forward, then the other, taking slow, deliberate steps through the carnage leaving small tufts of flame where its feet had been.
The being walked for quite some time, head swiveling from side to side as it beheld this world it had suddenly been born into. As it traveled farther out from the center of the Cinder Forest, the fire damage subsided and the trees and foliage were still somewhat whole, but the damage was still great. The being stopped and looked down at its hands, transparent and flickering, then turned back towards its steps, looking at the flames left behind. There it stood for quite some time, trying to understand what had happened, why it was here, when suddenly a deep voice rang out.
“Hello, child.” the voice said.
The fiery being turned towards the sound to discover a newly reborn Phoenix, feathers shimmering in bright shades of red, gold, and orange. It stopped and stared at the Phoenix, seeming unable to comprehend what had been said, but curious.
The Phoenix chuckled. “I must say, I didn’t expect to find anything resembling life so soon after the fire, even less someone like you.” The flame cocked its head slightly in confusion.“I am Cyndros, the Phoenix who lives in these woods. I am reborn once every 100 years, and I believe I may be responsible for your appearance here.”

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The Conceived

This information is rather limited, and may or may not be updated in the future.

Description

Born of natural disasters, the Conceived are a people of great mystery. Their numbers are few in the world, and many people are wholly unaware of their existence entirely. These people are highly intelligent and have an insatiable curiosity, and are intrigued by other humanoid races. Most cases of Conceived will learn of the communities that are nearest to where they were born, and begin to take the physical form of those people over time. For this reason, they are commonly mistaken for Genasi, because they tend to develop skin, hair, and eye colors based off of their elemental heritage, while still keeping the appearance of the race they modeled themselves after. The main factor that separates the Conceived from the Genasi, however, is their ability to transform into an elemental of the disaster they were born from.Excerpt from a book on the Conceived:
“Many things in this world are without explanation. 'Tis little surprise when the world is so rich with magical energies. It is an extreme concentration of said energies that gives birth to the Conceived, a race of people formed by catastrophic events of the elements.
A being of flame could emerge from a recent forest fire. A lightning storm could give life to a being of electrical energy. A great tsunami could produce a being of living water. The possibilities seem nigh endless. There has even been rumor of some rare Conceived being born of light and darkness itself, though there has been no proof.
The Conceived experience no childhood like we know, and instead spend the first few years of their lives developing a body to contain the magical energy at the core. This appearance seems to be influenced by life around them, and they will often take the appearance of any societies nearby where they were conceived. We have seen Conceived with Orcish appearances, Elvish appearances, Human, and in some rare cases a truly isolated Conceived can take the form of nearby wildlife like bears or foxes.
You may be thinking, "How am I to know if I have met a Conceived if they are able to take the appearance of other races?" Take comfort in knowing that it is generally easy to recognize a Conceived by their abnormal skin tones, hair, and eye colors. While they are very skilled at integrating into society, it is very near impossible for them to truly mask their nature. The colors in their appearance will reflect the element they were born from, resulting in red, blue, purple, and many other colors being a viable option for their appearance. For these reasons, however, they can sometimes be mistaken for Genasi instead of Conceived.
This race of extraordinary people are very curious and inquisitive by nature. They are very intelligent from the beginning, and seek to further their knowledge of the world around them in almost any way possible. There have been reports of exclusively Conceived communities being formed for precisely this purpose. Many Conceived flock to one another to better understand not only the world, but each other, and to consolidate their findings in one place. However, there are always those who find more comfort in solitude, and will instead keep to themselves.”

Conceived Traits

Conceived Names

Since Conceived are born highly adaptable and intelligent, they learn language very quickly from those around them. For this reason, they tend to name themselves based off of the language and culture they grew up in, or even give themselves a name based off of their element (Example: Cyndra Emberheart for a fire Conceived).

Talayne "Ghuan" Kilmtor

A slightly unhinged fortune teller with a chilling aura and cosmic secrets."I can reveal to you the secrets of the cosmos... For a price, of course."

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Coming Soon

• Birds of a Feather (Talayne's Origin Story)

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- Talayne's name is of drow origin. Talayne is a combination of the words "tal", meaning "love, pain, wound, wounded," and "ayne" meaning "lunatic, maniac, manic, rage." Kilmtor is a combination of the words "kil" meaning "people of," and "mtor" meaning "the abyss."
Ghuan is a moniker meaning "accursed, curse, unlucky."
- Her familiar, having been named by her, also has a name of drow origin. His name is Naldyn, comprised of the words "nal" meaning "fear, horrible, horror, outraged", and "dyn" meaning "flight, flyer, wing, wings."
- In the areas surrounding her home village, she is infamously known as "The Witch of Werlyt".

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Lohvehna the Torrential

An amnesiac enshrouded in the mysteries of the deep."I mean... I'm not exactly ashamed, I guess. More just... scared. Scared of not knowing. Scared of not understanding."

About:

Lohvehna is an amnesiac with no memory of who she was or where she came from, save only what she learned from a locket that was found on her person. She awoke on a beach far to the south of the continent, and wandered around the surrounding area until eventually coming into contact with two mages, Tormin Hinterclaw and his mentor Runemaster Hurndig. They invited her to travel with them until they could drop her off someplace safe, but along their journey discovered she had awakened to a divine magic, and could breathe under water. They insisted she accompany them back the the mage's college, known as The Nexus, so that she could learn more about these anomalies.Once at the college, a number of mages tried working with her to help her control her divine abilities, trying anything from incantations, to focuses, to scrolls. Nothing seemed to help, as every time she used her abilities they manifested into curses of fierce winds and storms. This earned her the moniker "The Torrential" among the other students at the college, and while at first she hated the name, she eventually accepted it as a part of who she was now.Currently, she has joined Tormin on his quest, having been assigned to him by The Nexus so he could monitor her. While at first he seemed to show resentment toward her for being forced to "babysit" her, they have since become rather good friends in their travels.
(work in progress)⤜⋆✧✩✧⋆⤛ ⤜⋆✧✵✧⋆⤛ ⤜⋆✧✩✧⋆⤛Notes:- The only reason she knows her name is because of an inscription found within the locket she's had since awakening in Eos. "To my dearest Lohvehna. I'll love you always, happy birthday." with a date inscribed next to it.
- She was given a staff by The Nexus to help her channel her magic, but she thinks it useless considering it's never helped her, and so it remains more of an ornament on her back. Once she realized she was rather skilled with one-handed weapons, she prefers to use them or one of the spells or cantrips taught to her by the mages, since these do not exacerbate her curse.⤜⋆✧✩✧⋆⤛ ⤜⋆✧✵✧⋆⤛ ⤜⋆✧✩✧⋆⤛Physical Description:If it weren't for the unnatural blue colorations, Lohvehna would be an otherwise average looking Fetchling. Her skin is a pale grey, and her hair is an ashy white with blue coloration at the ends. Her eyes glow a vibrant blue instead of the gold or orange that is typical for a Fetchling. She knows the blues have not always been present due to a picture inside of the locket she owns, which shows her with solid white hair and bright gold eyes alongside a woman of similar features, presumably her mother.⤜⋆✧✩✧⋆⤛ ⤜⋆✧✵✧⋆⤛ ⤜⋆✧✩✧⋆⤛Fun Facts:- coming soon

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