[Prydden] Nisha Lucia
Empress Nisha Darcy Lucia Taika I, the Sovereign Queen of Lilithia.
Alias - For short, she goes by either Nisha or Lucia (loo-see-ah, not loo-sha); but never call her Darcy. She hates that name.
Occupation - Nisha is the self-proclaimed ruler of a small village called Lilithia. Her official duty is ruling over the natives who live there with an iron fist, but for the most part she just does her own thing and leaves the people alone. It is Nisha's eventual goal to take over the entire world but she just hasn't gotten around to it yet. Until then, she spends most of her time reading, studying, and writing all sorts of literature, from lengthy books to succinct essays on virtually every sort of topic (nonfiction, of course).
Age - Unlucky number thirteen.
Apparent Age - Nisha has been said to look and act somewhat old for her age. People have mistaken her for being at most sixteen years old, mostly due to her sophisticated behavior and speech. She is notably more intelligent and mature than the average thirteen year old; her intellect has been used more than once to outsmart reasonably knowledgeable adults and one could safely call her a genius.
Gender - Female, if that hasn't been made clear yet.
Race - Homo sapiens sapiens.
Height - 62 inches.
Weight - 100 pounds.
Eyes - Nisha's eyes are the same shade of light emerald green that many glass cola bottles are.
Hair - Nisha is a redhead with hair of a light carrot orange color. Her hair is naturally curly and reaches down to her shoulders.
Appearance - Nisha has fair colored skin and her face and arms are lightly freckled. On top of her head she wears a shiny silver and gold diadem, as a symbol of her sovereignty. The diadem is a circlet made from a band of silver and a band of gold wrapped around each other, with a small clear diamond set in the middle where it sits above her forehead. This is the only piece of jewelry that she wears, as she tends to find jewelry bothersome and annoying.
Nisha is around five feet two inches tall and isn't an imposing figure by any meaning of the word. She has the small frame and lightweight physique of the average thirteen year old girl. She wears a silk velvet scarlet red gown over a black silk kirtle and a chemise of black linen. The bodice of the gown has a deep and narrow v-shaped slit at the neck, through which the top of the black kirtle can be seen.
The skirt of the gown, which reaches Nisha's ankles, is narrow and straight. It has a long slit up both the back and the front, reaching just above the knees, to make it easier for her to move around in. The skirt of her black kirtle reaches to just below her knees and can be seen through the opening in the outer skirt. The sleeves of the gown flare out and widen at the wrist and are almost long enough to cover her closed fist. The hems of the gown at the neck, the base, and the ends of the long sleeves, as well as the slits in the bodice and skirt, are decorated with intricate trimming embroidered in golden thread.
Nisha wears simple gloves, which almost reach her elbows, and boots, which reach up just below her knees, both made of tight black leather. Around her waist she wears a wide black leather belt, with a round silver buckle in the shape of an ouroboros (a snake eating its own tail). Usually, when Nisha goes out, she puts on a simple black silk cape, with silver embroidery around the edges. The cape can be wrapped over her front if she needs it too, and has a hood in case the weather gets bad or she wants to hide her face. When she is cold or the weather is really bad, she'll throw on a thick fur-lined hooded black cloak. When she is hot, she'll take off her outer gown and just wear her black kirtle, which has sleeves that only go to the elbow. The kirtle has its hems decorated with silver embroidery.
Weapon - Nisha wields a partizan as her primary weapon. A partizan is a polearm weapon, a blade mounted on the end of a long shaft. In her case the shaft is about five feet long and the head of the weapon is about a foot long, so the entire weapon is about ten inches taller than she is. The partizan is a polearm with a long and flat double-edged spearhead, which has two crescent shaped sharpened protrusions at its base. The shaft of Nisha's partizan is made from wood and is painted black. The head of her weapon is made from steel, polished silver and shiny and sharpened to a razor edge. A red silk ribbon is tied around the base of the head, and hangs almost to the end of the shaft. The weapon acts also like a royal scepter, a symbol of her position as queen.
Armor - Nisha has a knee-length shirt of shiny steel maille that she puts on under her gown when she plans on going into battle, but she doesn't wear it unless she thinks she needs it because it is heavy and cumbersome. Other than that, she doesn't wear any armor; she finds it too much of a chore to put on and take off and carry around everywhere. She prefers to battle from a distance with mind and wit rather than up close with strength and steel.
Possessions - Nisha stores all sorts of oddities in her stone tower, but she doesn't have much room to carry things around with her. She has a small black leather purse of coins hanging from her belt on her left hip and a small shiny steel knife tucked into her belt on her right hip. When she plans on traveling for a while, she'll make sure to pack a bag of her more important possessions. This usually includes extra clothing and her maille armor, along with plenty of paper and ink and anything she has been reading or writing lately.
Powers/Magic/Skills - Nisha is one of the few rare individual human beings born without any magical ability whatsoever. She cannot control fire, water, earth, or wind; nor can she focus her chi, concentrate her ki, or unlock her aura. However, she would never let anyone know about this major deficiency of hers. In fact, she has quite a few tricks up her sleeve to fool people into believing that not only does she possess some skill in magic, but she is quite proficient at it. Actually, it's really only one trick; she controls magic by proxy.
Everywhere she goes, she is closely followed by her bodyguard, who happens to be an extraordinarily skilled wizard. Nisha was assigned this bodyguard (known as Tyr) by her parents, who knew that Nisha's lack of magical ability would be seriously detrimental to her growth into a proper member of society if the rest of the world were to know of her condition. Tyr is commanded to protect Nisha, keep her out of trouble, give her aid when she is in need, and provide her with magic to use. He is an adept fire wizard, but exactly how powerful he is Nisha doesn't know; he only provides her with just enough magic to get by. Along with fire magic, Tyr has some complex spells he can cast to aid Nisha's physical abilities. Some of these spells are permanently woven into her clothing so that they can work passively and activate even if Tyr doesn't do anything.
Calling Down Fire: Tyr will provide Nisha with fireballs or walls of fire if she calls for it, usually indicated by signaling with her hand, throwing it up in the air as a fist and then quickly opening it and spreading her fingers. He is skilled enough in his magic to create the fire from Nisha's hands, to give the illusion that she is the one controlling it. The motion of her hand dictates the direction Tyr moves the fire. If she throws her hand forward, Tyr throws the fireball in that direction. If she swipes her hand from side to side, Tyr puts up a wall of flames in front of her. She has designated a whole series of specific hand motions for various other attack methods as well, making her a sort of fire puppet master.
Dancing Around Death: Tyr provides Nisha with a large amount of magical energy in the form of a passive spell woven into her clothes. It gives her increased agility, speed, and strength. She usually uses this spell when she is fighting with her partizan. It allows her to make very quick and skilled attacks, with more power behind them than a thirteen year old girl should be able to provide. It also enables her to run very fast and jump quite high and far when she needs to. Although the spell works passively, Tyr must be nearby in order to provide magical energy. He does not give her an unlimited amount, either; only enough to get by. Depending on how strong and skilled the person she is fighting is, then, this spell becomes powerful enough to match.
Holding Up Fate: In the case that Nisha gets attacked, Tyr has a passive spell constantly running around Nisha which will absorb great amounts of force or energy. It can hold back several weaker attacks, lighting up with each one, or one especially strong attack, before breaking in a flash of falling sparks. The spell will effectively hold back any sort of attack, physical or magical, but once it breaks it takes a great amount of time to set up again; it can't be used more than once in any given battle. It basically gives Nisha a second chance if an attack would otherwise hit her—this is especially useful for surprise attacks, as it works even when neither Tyr or Nisha are aware of the attack.
Washing Away Wounds: Tyr will heal any injury that Nisha sustains, usually immediately, unless it requires more dedicated treatment. When it comes to healing major injuries, this is the only magic with which Tyr will openly use for Nisha if he has to, instead of making it appear as if she is the one pulling the strings. This is because it is his sworn duty to protect Nisha from harm; and it doesn't completely ruin the illusion anyway, as one could think that the man who always follows her around might be there just for healing her when she needs it.
Flying Back Home: Mass teleportation of physical matter is an extremely draining technique, but as a last resort Tyr can relocate both himself and Nisha (or if absolutely necessary, only Nisha) back to the stone tower at Lilithia, or some other designated location if Tyr has time to set up the appropriate spells and mechanisms. He only activates this spell if Nisha is close to being killed by someone or something. If he has used large amounts of magic before activating the spell, he might only be able to teleport Nisha and leave himself behind, but he always saves enough energy to do at least that.
Unrighteous Sacrifice: In the instance that Nisha sustains an attack that would kill her before Tyr is able to fly them back home, a particularly nasty passive spell will be activated. The spell is so important that it has been woven right into Nisha's flesh, to make sure that it will always be ready to use. The spell detects when Nisha takes a lethal hit before activating. When it activates, the first thing it does is heal Nisha back to full capacity. Normally this would take a great deal of time, but as a desperate remedy this spell bypasses some of the usual safeties. The next thing the spell does is cause a great explosion of fire, hopefully vaporizing and eliminating whatever threat nearly killed Nisha. The energy cost of this spell is so great that, should it activate, it would practically turn Tyr into dust. Obviously, it can only be used once, ever.
Unholy Retribution: On the other hand, in the instance that Tyr sustains lethal damage and would thus be completely unable to protect Nisha, Tyr has another spell woven into his own robes. This spell, should it be activated, would also destroy Tyr as the cost for saving Nisha. Instead of wasting energy on healing, this spell puts all of its energy into smiting whoever has activated it. It creates a sudden shock of pure energy, which appears basically like an explosion of lightning, which should completely annihilate anyone targeted by it. Again, this spell can clearly only be used once in Tyr's lifetime.
Limits: Although Tyr obviously has more skill then he usually lets on, he only allows Nisha to use basic fire attacks for the most part. He could probably call down lightning bolts if he wanted to, but there is no way he would let Nisha do that. As far as the fire spells go, because they are relatively moderate in power, she can use them consistently throughout a fight. After the fight Tyr would have to take some time to recharge, possibly not allowing Nisha to call down any more fire until the next day in order to reserve magic for the more important spells. More than anything, Tyr saves up his stores of energy for healing Nisha.
Side-Effects: Because Nisha doesn't actually use the magic herself, it doesn't really have much physical effect on her body. However, guiding the fire attacks involves broad and obvious gestures with her hands and arms. This might give away her attacks, if her opponent begins to decipher them. The protection spell around her body is invisible when it is latent, but lights up when absorbing an attack. The enhancement spell in her clothes often causes an increased build up of static electricity when she is actively using the spell, causing her to accidentally shock herself or others when she touches things with her hands.
Strengths - Physically, Nisha isn't all that strong of course. Although she has a spell to make up for that, she only uses it when she needs it because Tyr likes to save his energy for healing spells. Because of his conservative nature, Tyr will only give her just as much strength as he thinks she needs. So, her strength might range from just above average to that of a professional weightlifter depending on who she is combating, but it doesn't usually reach superhuman levels unless Tyr thinks it absolutely necessary (and he isn't a generous fellow). She also has increased agility, which doesn't really range as much as her strength does. For the most part it just adds to her skill when using her weapon, augmenting her training. As far as speed goes, for short distance movements she can be pretty quick, but long distance running receives little aid from Tyr. He does allow her to jump pretty far when she uses it to retreat from an attack, but he doesn't let her waste his energy on trivial displays.
Nisha has taken a lot of training with her partizan and often practices against Tyr, to keep her skills up. Even without any magical aid, she could certainly hold up against an adult fighting without magic, at least for a while. The long shaft allows her to attack from a distance, ideally before her opponent is close enough to use their own weapon. The knife at her belt is mostly just a tool, but she does practice target throwing with it in case she really needs to use it. The primary purpose of the knife, according to Nisha herself, is in case she has to stab someone in the back (although clearly she doesn't let anyone know this). It is important to have an effective means of betrayal.
She believes her greatest strength, however, is her mind. Nisha has done a lot of reading and studying and could be considered a veritable genius. She understands and remembers virtually everything she reads and a lot of it has practical uses in battle. She knows all sorts of things about fighting strategies and military tactics, along with anything that has been written about the usage of weapons, the functions of magic, and the human mind and mentality. Nisha can plan things out several steps ahead and can outsmart nearly anyone she is pitted against. Her knowledge covers a broad and wide range of topics; so much so that she has something to say about nearly anything you could possibly ask her about.
Weaknesses - It shouldn't have to be said, but clearly Nisha is not as physically capable as most. Although Tyr's magic mostly covers any strength issues she might have, her biggest problem is endurance. She is only a child and, although she is a pretty active child, she just can't fight for as long as any healthy adult can. Tactics that involve wearing an opponent out are especially effective against Nisha, while her tactics always involve taking out the enemy as quickly as possible. She is also dangerously prone to injury, unfortunately. Her body can't sustain as much force as an adult's could; it breaks easier and just doesn't hold up as long. This is why Tyr has so many failsafe spells in place and reserves a majority of his magical energy for healing.
Although Nisha is more intelligent than even the above average adult (and knows it too) knowledge does not replace experience. She is still a child at heart and hasn't gone through all the things an experienced adult has. The practical skills that experienced fighters learn can be used to overpower her and the life skills that enable an experienced adult to survive alone in the world can be used to outsmart her. She relies greatly on her bodyguard wizard and without him, Nisha is practically useless in a fight.
Other - Nisha Lucia was born into the wealthy and prestigious House of Taika. Her parents are rich aristocrats with a very large and exquisite manor built on the shores of Blue Lake.
Personality - Nisha Lucia is somewhat of a child prodigy. In fact, she is a genius. She is more intelligent than most adults in many areas, but one area she is especially interested in is philosophy. Nisha has read every book, essay, and treatise about philosophical topics and theories she could get her hands on. Most people who meet Nisha are surprised by how maturely she acts and speaks, despite how young she looks. Nisha is a quiet and introverted person, usually absorbed in her own thoughts, but she isn't shy or antisocial. Indeed, she is a sociable person and acts kind and friendly when meeting new people, even if she doesn't particularly want to talk to them. Sometimes she will like to show off her knowledge and say something surprisingly smart, or ask a question she knows will baffle or confuse someone of lesser intellect.
One philosophy that Nisha took a particular liking in was nihilism, both of the existential and moral subtypes. She believes that life and existence have no objective meaning, purpose, or value; and that there is no objective morality—nothing is inherently right or wrong, good or evil. She also believes in determinism and fatalism; that all things are predetermined and subject to fate and everything that happens is an inevitable result of cause-and-effect. Consequently, she does not believe that free will exists, but that instead every human action including her own is a result of causality, determined by the physical state of the Universe and the chemical reactions in the brain. She also does not believe in any higher powers or deities, making her an atheist, although she would never use the term as she doesn't think about the topic much.
Because of her nihilistic view of existence, she believes that the most important thing in the entire Universe to her is herself. Since there is no objective right or wrong and since everything is determined by fate, she might as well do what she wants to maximize her own enjoyment and pleasure and not worry about anyone or anything else. So, while Nisha does not particularly dislike anyone, she does not find anyone else to be more important than herself. Her own needs always come first, but she understands that having a good reputation and being able to function in society are important to her needs.
There is no intrinsic purpose to life, so Nisha decided she would make her own purpose. When thinking about what her ultimate goal in life should be, only one thing came to mind. Take over the world. What one thing could possibly make her more important than being the ruler of the entire world? If she was, to herself at least, the most important thing in the Universe, she deserved to be put in the highest possible position on the planet. Nisha made this her goal in life. Take over the world.
She also decided that the only proper way to take over the world was as an evil villain, because since when did good people take over the world? While she does not believe she is evil since there is no such morality, she understands that most people follow an artificially constructed moral system where the division between good and evil is somewhat clearly cut, and she tries as much as possible to stay "in character" on the evil side of this system. So, she'll burn down a village or two just to get her point across, but she isn't completely cruel and would at least make sure everyone got out safely first.
Likes: Nisha likes herself and her own pleasure more than anything else, selfishly or even perhaps narcissistically. She enjoys reading, writing, practicing with her partizan, razing villages, and taking over territory.
Dislikes: Nisha dislikes anything which gets in the way of her own pleasure and enjoyment and will dispose of it as soon as possible. She hates black-and-white morality, blind faith and religion, anything she deems as ignorant or unintelligent, several philosophical standpoints which stand in contradiction to her own (such as compatabalism and indeterminism), and most vegetables. Seriously, who would pull some random plant out of the ground and want to eat it? Disgusting.
Fears: Nisha likes to think that her supposed nihilistic enlightenment absolves any fears she might have, but this isn't quite true. Regrettably, even she suffers from fears and phobias which she just cannot control. For instance, she finds herself more than just a little bit uneasy around people she doesn't know with powerful magic under their control. She also suffers from a minor form of acrophobia and does not like to be up on very high ledges. She deems these both reasonable fears that are there only for her own safety and protection from dangerous situations. However, she has one fear she finds particularly embarrassing as it has no logical basis and does her best to hide, even from her parents; Tyr is the only one who knows about it. Astraphobia, the fear of thunder and lightning. She just can't handle thunderstorms, they make her unreasonably anxious and she doesn't honestly know why.
Virtues: Despite the fact that Nisha tries to be the best villain around, she isn't particularly evil. She would never kill anyone unless it was in self-defense, she doesn't subject anyone to cruelty or torture, and she has a soft spot for children.
Vices: However, there are some bad things that Nisha just has no problem with. She sees nothing wrong with lying and breaking her word and does so almost regularly, she doesn't really think about the consequences her actions might have on other people and thus doesn't deem burning down someone's house as being particularly cruel even if it could later lead to their death, and she doesn't care about the well being of animals. In fact, if she had to torture or kill someone to get a point across, it would be an animal. She lit a cat on fire once, and then laughed about it. The smell was terrible, though; she would never do that again.
History - Nisha Darcy Lucia was born into a rich and noble family. Her family isn't quite royalty, but they are aristocrats who hold a great amount of wealth. Nisha grew up with her mother and her father, Lilian and Royce Taika, in their large and beautiful lakeside manor on the pristine shores of Blue Lake. For the beginning of her life she never left the boundaries of the estate and the only people she had contact with were her parents and their countless servants. Eventually they let her go into the nearby town, Lerwick, on occasion, but never without her personal bodyguard, Tyr, one of their most trusted servants.
Nisha's mind developed quickly early on in her childhood. She was reading by age two, writing by age three, solving complex algebraic problems by age four, and just kept on advancing from there. In fact, by the time she was thirteen Nisha was more intelligent than the average adult in most areas of study. One specific area of study she was particularly interested in was philosophy. Nisha went through the many libraries in the mansion and read every book on philosophy she could find. When she had read all of those, she had her parents buy more, or she would go into the city and get some herself. Nisha's parents knew their child was special and they always kept an eye on her.
Nisha began to hold some philosophical and religious beliefs that were different from that of her parents. They were both monotheists, believing in the one true Creator goddess, but she soon became atheistic. Although they did not exactly approve of this, they let her believe whatever she wanted to, and it never became a huge issue.
Soon, they discovered that Nisha was not developing any apparent magical ability. Considering that both of Nisha's parents were very skilled and well known magicians, Nisha's lack of magic skills could be a detriment to the reputations of both herself and her family lineage. They assigned their best wizard, Tyr, to make sure this secret never got out to the public. For her own protection, they said, they would never let her go anywhere outside of the manor or the nearby city; and when she did go into the city, she always had her wizard with her.
By the age of ten, Nisha was tired of being kept within such small boundaries. She wanted to go beyond the manor and beyond Lerwick. She wanted to see the world, she wanted to learn what books couldn't teach her. Whenever she told her parents this, however, they just insisted that there wasn't anything out in the world that she couldn't get where she was. Indeed whenever she asked for something, no matter how exotic, her parents were able to purchase it and have it delivered by the end of the week. Alchemical equipment, rare plants and animals, master crafted weapons and armor, an expensive diadem, even a meteorite.
Finally, when she reached twelve, Nisha decided she didn't need her parents to tell her what she could do and what she shouldn't do. She packed up all her belongings, kindly informed her parents that she was running away, and walked out the door. Her parents, after making sure Tyr was following close behind her, told her to have fun, stay safe, and be back soon. Knowing their daughter was quite intelligent, independent, and able to hold her own (but mostly trusting that Tyr would keep her safe and out of trouble) they were able to rest easy.
Nisha decided that her first course of action in her mission to take over the world would be to start by taking over a small town. While Tyr did not try to prevent her from doing so he told her that attacking any settlements within the boundaries of Selton would probably be a bad idea and could get her in serious trouble with the authorities, so she left for the wilderness. Eventually she came across a small self-sufficient village of natives. The village was built near an old ruined stone tower and Nisha decided to make the tower her home. After talking to the elders of the village and showing off her magical prowess by having Tyr create a few fireballs, she told the natives she was commandeering their village and would be their new queen.
The village didn't really have any defense against a rogue sorceress and decided not to interfere. She took up residence in the old stone tower, after having Tyr patch it up a bit, and renamed the village Lilithia. The villagers were happy to provide her with supplies and food as long as she left them alone and she was happy to oblige. Every once in a while she goes out into the village and makes sure her new subjects aren't planning her demise, burning down a few trees to keep them on their toes and remind them that she is indeed still a villain, but for the most part she just leaves them alone.
Nisha Lucia spends most of her time in her tower practicing her combat skills, reading and writing books, and making plans to take over the world and become the supreme overlady of the planet. One part of these plans involves joining with someone more powerful than herself, someone who is more capable at taking over the world. The best way to get to the top is to follow someone else there, she figures. In order to be capable of taking over the world, and to prove her usefulness and worthiness to whomever she finds to help her, Nisha frequently studies any information she thinks will be of importance. She doesn't have any particular problems with sharing the top of the world with other people if she must, but she keeps her backstabbing knife close at hand in case she changes her mind.
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Tyr
Nicknames - Nisha calls him "wizard" usually, or just "old man" when in public so as not to give away their secret.
Occupation - Tyr is a powerful wizard and a hired servant of the House of Taika. He acts as Nisha's guardian, bodyguard, trainer, teacher, and mentor.
Age - Tyr is a really old man, at the very least eighty years old. Nisha doesn't know for sure, but she has speculated that he might even be over a hundred years old.
Gender - Tyr is a man.
Race - Homo sapiens sapiens, probably.
Magic - Tyr is a powerful wizard and has mastered many of the different disciplines of magic. Tyr specializes mainly in spellbinding, being nearly unmatched in his skills in this area. Every physical item that Tyr possesses has some magical spell sewn into it, from the most simple to the most arcane. He has even been able to knit spells right into his own living flesh. The spells bound into his clothing give him the speed, strength, and agility of a healthy young man less than half his age. His robes are spellbound to help him stand up straight, his boots are spellbound to help him move swiftly, and his cloak is spellbound to protect him better than a suit of maille armor would. His sword has been spellbound with so many different spells, even he has trouble keeping track of them all, and the clasp of his cloak has the most powerful spell he has ever cast—that of mass teleportation.
Tyr also specializes in fire magic, which he augments with an advanced knowledge of air magic. These two disciplines together allow him to cast great bursts of intensely heated fire far and wide through the air. His advanced skill in air magic allows him to guide his fire magic with greater skill than he could with simple fire magic alone. Although his skill in both fire and air magic prove he could use air magic alone with destructive force, he tends to favor fire magic over air magic and almost never uses air magic alone.
Lastly, Tyr has some skill in the magic of the void. This is a discipline he is still working on, training himself to master it like the others. Although he does not often show his skill in this area, it is known that he is able to use this magic to call down lightning from the heavens, so certainly he could manage quite the display of devastation if he needed.
The source of Tyr's magic is not a detail he has ever divulged to Nisha before, but despite her own lack of ability in the disciplines of magic, she has done much study on the topic. Nisha speculates that Tyr might be a powerful chi master, as he has shown his abilities in the arts of healing and physical augmentation, which from what she has read are usually skills granted by having control over chi. However, Nisha admits that she is not quite an expert when it comes to the arcane arts. Most of her knowledge of magic comes from Tyr and this is one thing he has not ever felt the need to discuss.
Personality - Tyr is a mysterious and quiet fellow. He usually only speaks when spoken to, otherwise preferring to stand and watch in silence. He is a simple person and a man of few possessions. All he has are the clothes on his back and the sword at his side, both of which are very simple in design and left unadorned and undecorated. He is a loyal person, following the commands of his masters, but also a reasonable person who would not follow an order he deemed particularly unwise. He is very protective of Nisha and does everything he can to keep her safe and out of trouble—he would even go as far as sacrificing his own life for hers. Other than that, he tries to leave her alone and let her do her own thing, even if that involves taking over the world. Whether what she does is right or wrong is none of Tyr's concern.
Appearance - Tyr is fairly tall, almost six feet when he stands up straight, but his age has left him with a perpetual slouch making him appear smaller than he really is. Despite his poor posture, he has no trouble standing and does not use a cane or staff to aid in his walking. He wears simple unadorned robes of dark gray wool, dyed with a hint of deep navy blue, held together by a brown leather belt with a simple gray buckle. A plain longsword hangs from the belt, bare without a scabbard and simple yet effective in design. Even in his old age, Tyr has proven himself quite skilled in the use of his sword—in their practices, not even a magically enhanced Nisha has been able to best him in combat.
Tyr's face is covered in a short gray beard but the hair on top of his head his thinning and almost bald at the very crest. He hides his head and face under the hood of his dark brown woolen cloak, which is closed together in the front with a simple iron clasp. When his face is shrouded by his hood his dark bluish gray eyes can barely be seen spying out from under. On his feet are brown leather boots and his hands are bare and wrinkled.
History - Tyr has been with the House of Taika for multiple generations, acting as the chief wizard in charge of magical teaching and training for the Taika family. Where he came from before being hired by Lord Taika is a great mystery indeed and several rumors have been created among the other servants concerning the matter. Tyr himself does not talk much about himself or his past, preferring to remain in the present time, but he has revealed a few things. He has said before that he has traveled all over the world, visiting every kingdom at least once before, but that he has no plans on doing so again any time soon.
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