Lhaeo


Name: Lhaeo; "Element"; "The Elemental Master"

Age: Unknown

Race: The God of Elements, otherwise known as The Balancing Hand or The Weaver.

Eyes: Normally blue, although when he is feeling particularly close to his immortal heritage, they turn completely black with bright silver spots, like a field of stars.

Hair: Long blonde, pulled back in a long braid, except for his bangs, which hang down on either side of his face.

Height: 6 ft, 3 inches

Weight: 173 lbs.

Weapons: Lhaeo wields two different types of Japanese weapons: a Zanbattou and two Kodachi's. A zanbattou literally means "horse-slaying sword" or "horse-chopping saber", and is an especially large type of Japanese sword. The weapon consists of a large, wide blade attached to a pole that the wielder holds. This weapon was originally designed to be used by a warrior on foot against mounted enemies, killing both man and horse in one hit. (Zanbattou's have been seen in several animes and video games, most notibly wielded by Sagara Sanosuke in Rurouni Kenshin and Momochi Zabuza in Naruto. In Final Fantasy 7, Cloud Strife's Buster Sword also largely resembles a zanbattou.)

Lhaeo's zanbattou is named Amatsu Tsurugi, or Heavenly Sword, and belonged to his father. The handle is wrapped in blue leather, and ends in a golden cap featuring his holy symbol. Etchings of flames, snowflakes, water droplets, air currents, rock shards, lightnings, and a leafy vine run up and down the length of the blade. Lhaeo does not carry it on him. Rather, he can summon it to his hand at will, and dismiss it as well. He isn't sure where the blade goes when he dismisses it, but he suspects that it is somewhere in the realm of the God of Elements. While a normal zanbattou would be very heavy and difficult to wield, Amatsu Tsurugi weighs no more to Lhaeo than a normal long sword, due to his celestial blood. Lhaeo can also extend his mastery of the elements to Amatsu Tsurugi, causing the blade to burst into the choosen element.

A kodachi literally translates into "small or short tachi". These Japanese swords are too short to be considered a long sword, but too long to be a dagger. Because of their size, they could be drawn and swung extremely fast. Thus they could be used as something of a shield, while using a form of hand to hand combat to attack. The kodachi's size ranges between 2 feet and 2 3/4 feet long, hence the kodachi's size brought on a lighter weight which cut some of its attack ability, but instead raised its defense capibility. It is known as "A sword that can be used as a shield", hence the name shield sword. Two Kodachi are usually worn in a single wooden scabbard, one with the handle fittings, the second hidden as the bottom of the scabbard. This style was normally carried on the back with the handles pointing to the sides. The Kodachi is carried this way to increase the drawing speed for either hand and is used the same way ninjas use kunai, albeit without throwing them.

Lhaeo's right kodachi, the main one with the cross guard, is named Yaiba Kouyou, or Blade of Elements, while the left one is named Ken Tentou, or Blade of Heaven. His kodachi's match his zanbattou; with a blue leather handle and golden cap on the right one(The left one, being hidden as part of the sheath, has a matching wooden handle and no cross guard.) and etchings of the elements along the blades. Like Amatsu Tsurugi, Yaiba Kouyou and Ken Tentou will burst into any element Lhaeo has mastery over.

Armor: None

Strengths: Lhaeo possesses god-like speed and agility, and at times can move faster then the eye can follow. Being holy himself, he is immune to holy attacks and can somewhat harm demonic creatures with a mere touch. As a god, he cannot be permanently killed by anything other than godly or demonic means, and his wounds heal themselves after a few minutes. While he is not completely immune to elemental attacks, Lhaeo does enjoy a resistance to the elements he has mastery over.

Weaknesses: Since he wears no armor, he is easily injured. Lhaeo is surprisingly weak, being no stronger than an average human. Since he has no idea that he's a god, most of his godly abilities are undeveloped or weak. Lhaeo's zanbattou is very difficult to maneuver due to it's size, and puts him at a large disadvantage in hand-to-hand combat. Lhaeo's kodachi's, while extremely fast, have less power than a normal sword.

Skills/Magic: Lhaeo has perfect mastery over the elements. He can both summon and control them as he wishes. The elements Lhaeo has power over so far are Air, Earth, and Fire. He can also sense the energy that flows through all of the elements, or The Weave. Some of his elemental powers also let him enjoy added abilities, such as:

Flight: Obvious, isn't it?

Earth Reading: Lhaeo can read the ground by placing both hands on it. This allows him to sense anything touching the ground within a 10-mile radius, such as buildings, people, trees, ect. This only works on stone and the natural earth.

Heat Shield: Lhaeo's body becomes covered with a thin, transparent force field. While it provides no protection to magic or weapons, this field does protect Lhaeo from extreme environments. It keeps his body and the thin layer of air around it a constant temperature, making it so that he can withstand both extreme heats and colds. While it does protect him from the heat, it will not protect his body from the acual flames, which will burn him (although he won't feel the heat, only the pain).

Lhaeo has two animal companions; a flying squirrel named Percival, or Percy for short, and a raccoon named Ankio. Percy and Ankio are highly intelligent--more so than most humans, as they often say--and can mindspeak to anyone they wish, although they rarely talk to anyone other than Lhaeo. Obviously, they aren't much help in a fight, although they do make good spies and thieves. Lhaeo is also quite skilled at playing the lyre and singing, for he has a very rich, musical voice. Aside from his elemental abilities, Lhaeo also has a few holy powers.

Holy Touch: Silver flames surround Lhaeo's hand, which he then lays on a person. Depending on the alignment of the person, these flames can either heal or cause great pain.

Bless: Lhaeo says a short prayer, which heightens the speed and strength of those he chooses.

Personality: Lhaeo is a very good natured and humble person. He is often caring and thoughtful of others, and rarely becomes angry. Most of the time, a cheerful, playful grin is stretched across his face. He enjoys playing pranks, especially on rude or disrespectful people. Although cheerful and playful in everyday life, Lhaeo almost always becomes serious in a battle, carefully evaluating and calculating. Lhaeo is also surprisingly naive about his own past, totally unaware that he is an acual god.

Lhaeo believes, in his carefree innocence, that he is a high priest for The God of Elements, for whom he mistakes his father. As a High Priest of The Balancing Hand, Lhaeo has the responsibility of maintaining the balance between the elements in all the worlds. He would do anything to maintain that balance, and hates to see it upset. Also, while Lhaeo knows that Rhayin is his brother, he has no idea that he is the God of Rogues.

For some unknown reason, Lhaeo seems to have Japanese mannerisms; which include speaking Japanese and attaching Japanese honorifics to names. Here is a list of common honorifics and their meanings.

Kun: A sort of a friendly term that is comparable to "Homeboy" or another term like that.
Chan: A cutesy term that is basically like calling your lover Hun, or calling a friend cute; often used on younger children to say how cute they are.
Chin: A more cutesy form of Chan, although it can be used more mockingly.
San: Kind of like saying Mr., Mrs., Sir, ma'am.
Sama: What you call someone who is higher up in your hierarchy of sorts, it expresses more respect than san, but less than Dono.
Dono: Expressing huge respect, as if you aren't good enough for that person.
Kouhai: A person’s “junior”. It can refer to work, school, life experiences, ect.
Senpai: A person’s “senior”. It can refer to work, school, life experiences, ect.
Sensei: What you call your teacher or master.
If you just say their name, it can either mean that you have no respect for the person, or that you are very, very good friends with the person and you respect them enough so that you both know without the honorific that you respect them.

Appearance: Lhaeo, although ageless, appears as a young man in his twenties. His face is somewhat narrow, and his ears come to two long points. He wears soft, black leather boots, black pants, and a forest green t-shirt. Over his shirt, he wears a short, black leather jacket with silver edgings and buttons, which is left open. Over his jacket, he wears a long, hooded trench coat, in the hood of which Percy and Ankio usually ride. The trench coat is a deep blue in color, with his holy symbol emblazoned on the back. Lhaeo's holy symbol is really just a likeness of his open left hand, although he believes the markings on his hand to be a symbol of his worship as a high priest in his naivety. Lhaeo's left hand is covered in colorful tattoos of the different elements. The likeness of a rocky mountain is tattooed on the palm in brown, flames on the index finger in red, water droplets and snowflakes on the middle in blue, lightnings on the ring in yellow, a leafy vine on the pinky in green, and air currents on the thumb in light blue.

Lhaeo also wears a floppy, wide-brimmed, leather hat. A large blue feather sticks out of a wide red band around the middle of the hat. He wears black fingerless gloves on both hands, and his double kodachi sheath hangs across the back of his trench coat. A small traveling lyre is strapped under the back of his jacket. The lyre is made from a rich golden oak, and looks something like this:


V Done by I)ragon11. Kiss his feet and swear your never-dying fealty to him.


History: Even gods do not live forever. Close to it, but not quite. To lesser beings, the gods may seem to be the ultimate pinnacle of power and immortality. But immortality is a lie. A life can last for a millennia and more, but not forever. When a god's time nears its end, he must sire a child to replace him. Lhaeo is one such. His father was the God of Elements, The Balancing Hand, The Weaver. He maintained the balance of energy that flowed through the different elements, making sure that one did not overpower the other. But his existence is coming to an end. And so, Lhaeo was born. He was made in a celestial explosion of stars, fire, water, earth, air, and more besides.

He lived in the heavens with his father and older brother, Rhayin, the God of Rogues and Intrigue. He lived with them for an age and more, learning from his father how to balance the energy flowing through the worlds and maintain the Weave, and playing and training with his brother. And while Lhaeo was trained in how to be a god, elsewhere, there were others who schemed of becoming gods. Tsuconis, a human archmage, and Satsuki, a separate, yet equally powerful and ambitious sorceress. Both of the humans learned of Lhaeo's upbringing and sought to take his place as a god.

For years, they separately horded power and magic, until finally, on the eve of the ritual in which Lhaeo was to replace his father as a fully fledged god, they ascended to the heavens, and the home of the gods. Separately, they fought through the armies and protections of the gods, all the way the inner chamber where Lhaeo, Rhayin, and their father were finishing the ceremony in which Lhaeo was to fulfill his full potential. In the confusion of magic, celestial powers, and combat that followed, several things of immense importance occurred. First, Lhaeo completed the ceremony, and became the new God of Elements. Second, the combined and opposing powers of Tsuconis, Satsuki, Rhayin, and Lhaeo's father tore open a rift between the heavens and the earth.

Rhayin sent Tsuconis and Satsuki flying back down to earth, but not before they managed to drag Lhaeo--still dazed from the burden of his new powers--down with them. Sastuki and Tsuconis returned to their lairs exhausted and weak, but relatively unharmed. Lhaeo, however, had crossed a boundary he was not yet ready to cross. The agony and conflicting powers left the new god alone in the wilderness, somewhat broken in mind, body, and powers.

He was the God of Elements, and yet, most of his newly gained powers were gone, along with his memories. He knew only that he was Lhaeo, and that he served the God of Elements. But he wasn't left to wander for long. Rhayin soon found him, and took him under his wing. Upon learning of his son's condition, their shared father--now weak, near death, and with little powers--had forbade Rhayin of informing Lhaeo of his true heritage, for fear that it might further break his mind, perhaps even beyond repair.

So, Rhayin looked after Lhaeo, incouraging his belief that he was a high priest of The Balancing Hand. He trained his younger brother as best he could; helping him to regain what powers he could. However, as a god of completely unrelated powers, there was little that he could do. Soon, he sent Lhaeo out to journey on his own, to try and regain his powers through the natural trials of life on the road. Rhayin also sent Percival and Ankio, creatures of his own creation, along with Lhaeo, to watch over him and assist him where they could.

Even now, Rhayin still watches Lhaeo from above almost constantly, protecting him when it is necessary, and guiding him when it is needful. After all, he was the God of Rogues and Intrigue, and he had to know everything that happened, on all sides.

Theme Song: Heart of Sword

Battle Rank
Player: Hyrulian Hero
Character: Lhaeo
Innate Element: All
Overall Rank: VII
Strength: III
Defense: IV
Elemental: X
Speed: X
Skill: IX