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05-17-2012, 01:54 AM
Cairos
Cairos was born in the the small nation of Dou'Aruba located deep in the forest that gave the country it's name. His father, Zain Warblade was the Knight Commander of Dou'Aruba and had been so for close to 200 years before Cairos was brought into existence. His mother, Zain's wife, and his father's only childhood friend was a bowmaker by the name of Pelia. Pelia was insignificant by elven standards. She possessed all of the beauty and grace that elves are known for by humankind, but the qualities everyone loved her for were her gentleness and love for all creatures: large or small, human or animal, good or evil.
Many years passed and Cairos reached the peak of his childhood and passed into his teen years according to elven customs. The same year he would have been knighted, his father was called off to war in the south to fight for a human king called Inor Whitebeard. Inor was a known lout and the elves distrusted him, but they honored their alliance with him, sending their most able-bodied warriors to fight for him. Unknown to them he had forged a secret alliance with the demon emperor Salturaz. Salturaz had been in power in the demonic kingdom Halftural for over a millenia. Whilst the warriors called south by Whitebeard fought against his enemies in the south, the demons laid siege to the elven kingdom and it fell after only a few weeks. Cairos' father was the first in the elven army to hear of this defeat and also the first to deduce how it had happened. He led his greatly reduced troops to an assault on Whitebeard's castle. They found the old man already dead in his throne room, slain by his own people, along every warrior in the castle. Then, without wasting time, Zain led his troops back to his homeland to rid the elves of the demon. Alas, the emperor's reach was far and Zain was killed in an ambush orchestrated by some of his own men. Salturaz had waited in a gully behind a large hill. Zain's own bodyguard rode out from their commander and as planned an arrow found the elf's throat, shot by the demon king.
Cairos and his mother spent the next thirty years imprisoned by Salturaz. Never did Cairos cry out when he was tortured and never did his mother weep when told of Zain's death at the hand of Salturaz. Eventually the demons whose job it was to keep Cairos and his mother locked away left the cell's door unlatched when they took his mother away for her own daily torture. Cairos slipped out and with a hateful vengeance not known to elven kind, murdered every guard he encountered on the way to Salturaz's living quarters. He finally found what he was searching for and with a great cry struck the demon with a dagger he had pilfered from one of the guards. As Salturaz slumped to the floor dying, Cairos finally felt pain he couldn't ignore. He sunk to his knees, dribbling his pure, elven blood over his chin. Elven blood that would no longer be pure when he awoke. He did not wake for many days but when he did, he found himself held captive by some sort of force, some sort of horrible, agonizing longing to kill. This same "spirit" had held sway over a man called Pelinor Whitebeard, who was a very distant ancestor of Inor himself. Pelinor had once been a great and noble hero but had become something disgusting and malign after fighting and killing a demon that terrorized his land. Thus the same curse that had caused Pelinor to murder and pillage, the same curse that had persuaded Inor toward evil, had fallen to an elven host. Cairos was lost to this entity and became Gorlash, destroyer of man. The murderous horde that had followed Salturaz now followed Gorlash and never before had there been a worse fiend. Years past, cities fell, and all around were beginning to give up hope. Then one fateful, starlit night Gorlash was brought to the torture chamber to witness an escaped prisoner's fracture from reality. They were to break her mind and he wanted to watch. The first thing anyone would notice about the prisoner is the beauty of an elf, not exactly in physical appearance as she was not above average according to elven standards, but in her grace and her demeanor. Gorlash watched as they did terrible things to the elven woman, things that only demons could stomach. Then, barely a split second before her eyes lost the beauty she had been known for, she gazed into Gorlash, at Cairos. The look was not full of anger or hate, nor even betrayal or disappointment. The look conveyed more sorrow than most have ever seen in a lifetime, all in a second. Cairos was invigorated, he was free, yet at the same time the realization of what he had become crashed down on him in a monstrous wave of torment as he looked at his mother's wild, listless eyes. With a cry that many claim to have heard from miles away, Cairos shouted a word kept from all but the highest of demons, a word not to be used by anyone but the demon overlord. With a final glance at his mother he collapsed. On awakening, several hours later, he found his mother already dead and no trace of the horde. They had simply vanished. He bent down and lifted the emaciated form into his arms to begin the long, painstaking walk back to his homeland.
It took weeks to reach Dou'Aruba but once he did, he was relieved to see that elves had once more adopted the forest. There had been survivors and newcomers alike come back to rebuild. They had lived in fear of Gorlash yet the demon emperor had never once attacked. No one knew why, not even him at the time. The elves pointed the way to an ancient burial ground and Cairos was seen burying his mother in the old way and invoking the old rights that none but the elders knew. After the ceremony was finished and Cairos came back from his trance-like meditation, these elders showed him to an old armory that had made it through the short war. It was here that the elf found his father's sword and his mother's bow and was made the new Knight Commander of Dou'Aruba. All knew what had happened so it was never brought up in conversation with the commander but there are still hushed whispers of Gorlash, destroyer of man.
Weapons
Cairos' main weapon is his father's double-edged broadsword Kalestrom which is the very blade that the elf had fought and bested Kale, a giant, with in single combat. The sword has a straight blade that is etched with the story of its destruction of Kale, and with Cairos' own promise to his dead father to never again be swayed by evil. The sword is 4 1/2 feet long, 4 feet of which is the actual blade. The width of the sword is about 8 inches and unlike most broadswords, it has a cross hilt instead of a basket hilt, with a straight bar across to protect the hand from harm. The handle is made of ebony adorned with Cairos' mother's name.
His secondary weapon is a Yew bow fashioned by his mother as his Knighting day approached. Unfortunately she had never gotten to give it to him and had used it herself when the demons attacked Dou'Aruba those many years ago. The bow is adorned with light from the moon captured by his mother's great- grandmother, the sorceress Neatidi. The bowstring is made from the roots of the great Heart Tree that was the center of all things in Dou'Aruba.
Armor / Apparel
Winged Helm
Cuirass
Gauntlets
Boots
Cairos' armor is made from steel yet instead of the normal silverish gray color it seems to be enveloped by shadows that dance around his armor enabling him to sometimes blend in with the night thanks to his time spent as Gorlash.
Woodland cloak: Shimmers green, gray, and brown always seeming to blend in with his surroundings unless covered by snow.
Cotton breeches/shirt/undergarments
The only type of clothing that the elf kept from his homeland was his cloak. He disdains silken linens and is very rarely caught wearing them. Cairos normally will wear his nondescrepit brown cotton unless needing to blend in.
Steeds
Cairos recieved his first warhorse when he became Knight Commander, a grey thoroubred called Varn, which strangely enough is the descendant of Narviel, Cairos' father's first warhorse. Varn has carried Cairos into many battles and always back out again. The horse also has a full tainted black suit of armor on.
After becoming Knight Commander of Dou'Aruba, Cairos was charged with the slaying of a dragon. Cairos fought the dragon Cruike but neither could prevail and both had been on the wrong end of borderline mortal injuries. Elves found them after the great battle and at the behest of their commander nursed them both back to health. The elves kept the dragon muzzled and chained but Cairos came to visit her day after day. Eventually they came to love and respect one another. After a year had elapsed, the elf touched down in the courtyard of Dou'Aruba on the back of Cruike. The dragon itself is black but its armor is blood red with golden lining.
General Information
Name: Cairos
Age: 94
Age(Appearance): 26
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 170 lbs
Build: Slender, Athletic
Eyes: Crimson
Hair: White, shoulder-length
Race: Tainted elf
Class: Knight
Home: Dou'Aruba
Personality: Calm, Thoughtful, Confident, Dominating
Element: Dark
2nd Element: Fire/Earth
Enemy Race: Demon
Cairos was born in the the small nation of Dou'Aruba located deep in the forest that gave the country it's name. His father, Zain Warblade was the Knight Commander of Dou'Aruba and had been so for close to 200 years before Cairos was brought into existence. His mother, Zain's wife, and his father's only childhood friend was a bowmaker by the name of Pelia. Pelia was insignificant by elven standards. She possessed all of the beauty and grace that elves are known for by humankind, but the qualities everyone loved her for were her gentleness and love for all creatures: large or small, human or animal, good or evil.
Many years passed and Cairos reached the peak of his childhood and passed into his teen years according to elven customs. The same year he would have been knighted, his father was called off to war in the south to fight for a human king called Inor Whitebeard. Inor was a known lout and the elves distrusted him, but they honored their alliance with him, sending their most able-bodied warriors to fight for him. Unknown to them he had forged a secret alliance with the demon emperor Salturaz. Salturaz had been in power in the demonic kingdom Halftural for over a millenia. Whilst the warriors called south by Whitebeard fought against his enemies in the south, the demons laid siege to the elven kingdom and it fell after only a few weeks. Cairos' father was the first in the elven army to hear of this defeat and also the first to deduce how it had happened. He led his greatly reduced troops to an assault on Whitebeard's castle. They found the old man already dead in his throne room, slain by his own people, along every warrior in the castle. Then, without wasting time, Zain led his troops back to his homeland to rid the elves of the demon. Alas, the emperor's reach was far and Zain was killed in an ambush orchestrated by some of his own men. Salturaz had waited in a gully behind a large hill. Zain's own bodyguard rode out from their commander and as planned an arrow found the elf's throat, shot by the demon king.
Cairos and his mother spent the next thirty years imprisoned by Salturaz. Never did Cairos cry out when he was tortured and never did his mother weep when told of Zain's death at the hand of Salturaz. Eventually the demons whose job it was to keep Cairos and his mother locked away left the cell's door unlatched when they took his mother away for her own daily torture. Cairos slipped out and with a hateful vengeance not known to elven kind, murdered every guard he encountered on the way to Salturaz's living quarters. He finally found what he was searching for and with a great cry struck the demon with a dagger he had pilfered from one of the guards. As Salturaz slumped to the floor dying, Cairos finally felt pain he couldn't ignore. He sunk to his knees, dribbling his pure, elven blood over his chin. Elven blood that would no longer be pure when he awoke. He did not wake for many days but when he did, he found himself held captive by some sort of force, some sort of horrible, agonizing longing to kill. This same "spirit" had held sway over a man called Pelinor Whitebeard, who was a very distant ancestor of Inor himself. Pelinor had once been a great and noble hero but had become something disgusting and malign after fighting and killing a demon that terrorized his land. Thus the same curse that had caused Pelinor to murder and pillage, the same curse that had persuaded Inor toward evil, had fallen to an elven host. Cairos was lost to this entity and became Gorlash, destroyer of man. The murderous horde that had followed Salturaz now followed Gorlash and never before had there been a worse fiend. Years past, cities fell, and all around were beginning to give up hope. Then one fateful, starlit night Gorlash was brought to the torture chamber to witness an escaped prisoner's fracture from reality. They were to break her mind and he wanted to watch. The first thing anyone would notice about the prisoner is the beauty of an elf, not exactly in physical appearance as she was not above average according to elven standards, but in her grace and her demeanor. Gorlash watched as they did terrible things to the elven woman, things that only demons could stomach. Then, barely a split second before her eyes lost the beauty she had been known for, she gazed into Gorlash, at Cairos. The look was not full of anger or hate, nor even betrayal or disappointment. The look conveyed more sorrow than most have ever seen in a lifetime, all in a second. Cairos was invigorated, he was free, yet at the same time the realization of what he had become crashed down on him in a monstrous wave of torment as he looked at his mother's wild, listless eyes. With a cry that many claim to have heard from miles away, Cairos shouted a word kept from all but the highest of demons, a word not to be used by anyone but the demon overlord. With a final glance at his mother he collapsed. On awakening, several hours later, he found his mother already dead and no trace of the horde. They had simply vanished. He bent down and lifted the emaciated form into his arms to begin the long, painstaking walk back to his homeland.
It took weeks to reach Dou'Aruba but once he did, he was relieved to see that elves had once more adopted the forest. There had been survivors and newcomers alike come back to rebuild. They had lived in fear of Gorlash yet the demon emperor had never once attacked. No one knew why, not even him at the time. The elves pointed the way to an ancient burial ground and Cairos was seen burying his mother in the old way and invoking the old rights that none but the elders knew. After the ceremony was finished and Cairos came back from his trance-like meditation, these elders showed him to an old armory that had made it through the short war. It was here that the elf found his father's sword and his mother's bow and was made the new Knight Commander of Dou'Aruba. All knew what had happened so it was never brought up in conversation with the commander but there are still hushed whispers of Gorlash, destroyer of man.
Weapons
Cairos' main weapon is his father's double-edged broadsword Kalestrom which is the very blade that the elf had fought and bested Kale, a giant, with in single combat. The sword has a straight blade that is etched with the story of its destruction of Kale, and with Cairos' own promise to his dead father to never again be swayed by evil. The sword is 4 1/2 feet long, 4 feet of which is the actual blade. The width of the sword is about 8 inches and unlike most broadswords, it has a cross hilt instead of a basket hilt, with a straight bar across to protect the hand from harm. The handle is made of ebony adorned with Cairos' mother's name.
His secondary weapon is a Yew bow fashioned by his mother as his Knighting day approached. Unfortunately she had never gotten to give it to him and had used it herself when the demons attacked Dou'Aruba those many years ago. The bow is adorned with light from the moon captured by his mother's great- grandmother, the sorceress Neatidi. The bowstring is made from the roots of the great Heart Tree that was the center of all things in Dou'Aruba.
Armor / Apparel
Winged Helm
Cuirass
Gauntlets
Boots
Cairos' armor is made from steel yet instead of the normal silverish gray color it seems to be enveloped by shadows that dance around his armor enabling him to sometimes blend in with the night thanks to his time spent as Gorlash.
Woodland cloak: Shimmers green, gray, and brown always seeming to blend in with his surroundings unless covered by snow.
Cotton breeches/shirt/undergarments
The only type of clothing that the elf kept from his homeland was his cloak. He disdains silken linens and is very rarely caught wearing them. Cairos normally will wear his nondescrepit brown cotton unless needing to blend in.
Steeds
Cairos recieved his first warhorse when he became Knight Commander, a grey thoroubred called Varn, which strangely enough is the descendant of Narviel, Cairos' father's first warhorse. Varn has carried Cairos into many battles and always back out again. The horse also has a full tainted black suit of armor on.
After becoming Knight Commander of Dou'Aruba, Cairos was charged with the slaying of a dragon. Cairos fought the dragon Cruike but neither could prevail and both had been on the wrong end of borderline mortal injuries. Elves found them after the great battle and at the behest of their commander nursed them both back to health. The elves kept the dragon muzzled and chained but Cairos came to visit her day after day. Eventually they came to love and respect one another. After a year had elapsed, the elf touched down in the courtyard of Dou'Aruba on the back of Cruike. The dragon itself is black but its armor is blood red with golden lining.
General Information
Name: Cairos
Age: 94
Age(Appearance): 26
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 170 lbs
Build: Slender, Athletic
Eyes: Crimson
Hair: White, shoulder-length
Race: Tainted elf
Class: Knight
Home: Dou'Aruba
Personality: Calm, Thoughtful, Confident, Dominating
Element: Dark
2nd Element: Fire/Earth
Enemy Race: Demon