Lysia
20
Female
Dusk
Protagonist turned villain
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Length- Mid-thigh, she doesn’t like to cut it but it’s always braided
Texture- Curly, thick
Dark red
5'5
135 lbs
Dark freckles across her nose and cheeks
Muscular and slim
Tan skin tone
Dyszui- closest comparison is a nymph
Light green
A strong dislike for Night Children (the name will probably change) even though she is one-- since they're more prone to 'evil', she knows how easy it would be for her to be one of them
Very cautious around veterans because of their hardened, tainted power
Easily annoyed by drama and overly bubbly/happy people
Not really a condition but I'll put it here anyway-- even though affectionate touching is a bit of a far venture for her, she's touchstarved. Kind of the nervous-breakdown-when-touched type
Sexuality- bi ace
-She's got very good posture, she walks looking proud (though slightly stiffly)
-She speaks at a level volume, in a usually clipped and direct manner
-She often has her arms crossed or hands together in front of her
-A fast walker, agile and can easily weave through a crowd, nods greetings
-She bites her bottom lip and rubs her thumb across the palm of her hand for comfort, both unconscious things that she can't help
-Always makes unwavering eye contact when talking to someone
-When she's angry, she gets very stiff and aggressive at one person specifically
-When she's hurt or sad, she gets very pale and speaks quietly but decisively
-When she's excited, she walks faster and with a slight spring in her step, has her arms at her sides and swinging when she walks, talks less than usual but at a higher pitch, eyebrows raised
-She's got very expressive eyes and eyebrows, that really reflect what she's feeling and her eyebrows move around a lot when she's speaking
-When she gets very emotional, she doesn't meet people's eyes
Protecting her friends: there are 5 people in her life that she would do anything to protect, she is completely ruthless when it comes to protecting them.
running away from 'home': She's very close to her (adoptive) family, but she's distanced herself from them so that if she dies, they wouldn't be hurt. Wouldn't be hurt by what she's become either. Also she travels a lot which makes contact with them hard.
Cynical, brusque, lies a lot, major trust issues, suffers in silence, emotionally unstable, endangers herself and would, in a heartbeat, give her life for a friend/child/innocent
Needs control: She runs away. If someone needs protecting, she'll run with them. Rare are the times she stands her ground and faces things that could break her (main arc).
She absolutely loathes herself; pretends to be happy and untouchable and to only care about herself when in fact she cares about everyone but herself.
She's terrified of being hated and scared that the coldness she can't help will drive her friends away completely (her sharp humour makes her seem crueller than she means); hurting someone she loves or disappointing them-- that would completely shatter her; she's scared of how emotionally vulnerable she can be, absolutely terrified of honesty and public displays of emotion and telling people what they mean to her, thinks that her emotional weakness would be used against her, especially if someone wanted to hurt or betray her
Has got an incredible memory
A great listener, though she finds it hard to be empathetic
An excellent hand-to-hand fighter, precise and reflexive
She's actually passionate about fighting: every single dark emotion she has fuels her; she tries to think about the fact she's channelling the darkness she knows she has into protecting those who need it (Dorota has noticed that her fierceness in battle reveals how much people mean to her)
She used to love dancing
She sometimes reads
But mainly her life is to never stop fighting until she dies, devote every ounce of her energy into protecting others so as to never be left alone with herself and never fulfil the dark potential she may have
ISTP-T
As I said, she loathes herself more than anyone else in the world. She's very reckless because of it, quick to put herself in danger for either no reason or protecting someone she loves. She's built tall, thick walls around herself and deflects emotions with bitter humour, rarely shows strong emotions or affection. Her entire life revolves around taking care of Dorota and her friends and not hurting or disappointing them, even though she acts borderline cruel to them to keep them at arm's length from her own hurricane of emotions.
December 22
She was born on the edge of a village, which doesn't happen a lot. A family of three took her in, hid her and raised her as normal. When she was 13, they told her what she was: a Dyszui, a creature birthed directly from a part of nature (kind of like nymphs). Within a few days of the revelation, her powers grew instantly; one specific day when she was playing with her sister Thala, her powers (light) burned a hole through the grass. Thala insisted it was okay, that control would come, but Lysia knew that she'd only get more powerful and put herself and, worse, her family at risk of both being discovered and becoming a victim of her magic. She told her family that she needed to leave for everyone's good, so Thala gave her a carved steel cuff to remember them by.
Lysia left with nothing. For about a year (as she turned 14), she roamed alone and developed her powers and trained herself. One night, she was found asleep by a man who tried to carry her off somewhere-- she easily killed him (gave her nightmares).
She then realized how dangerous she could be, and that's when she started fearing and hating herself. She nearly went mad with guilt, lost control of her magic easily and multiple times over. Eventually a militia found her in that state and took her in. It was only Yanni back then. She trained her impossibly hard, focusing her powers and teaching her how to control them. She gave her a complete military education that she embraced and excelled at, but she never told them what she had done.
Yanni was 28. She could easily see through her façade, and though she didn't know what was wrong she took care of Lysia, and it wasn't long before Yanni became Lysia's rock. They trained together for about a year (now 15 and 29) and then a toddler Dyszui was found named Kohmir that Yanni became the carer for. Since he was the Dyszui of a living thing though, a raven, he grew incredibly fast and one year later he was the equivalent of 13 (with Lysia 16 and Yanni 30). Two years later, with Lysia being 18, Dorota and Diego found the militia and joined. Immediately, Lysia was drawn to Dorota's joy and brightness and they became inseparable. Dorota managed to melt a little bit of Lysia's wall and very quickly became the best thing in Lysia's life.
The romantic relationship with Diego really developed after Dorota went missing, because losing his sister damaged him badly. He became angrier and darker as a whole, therefore closer to what Lysia knew how to handle.
A purely military background that she received after being taken in by the militia when she left home
Nature vs Nurture: She was raised to be noble and good, but has grown into a slightly darker part of herself and hates
herself with a passion because of it.
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What seemingly insignificant memories stuck with your character? The wreath of flowers Yanni made her when she arrived. The first time Kohmir hugged her as an adult. The first time Dorota made her really, honestly smile.
Dusk is the middle point between Night and Day/Light and Dark~ she has equal potential for good and evil, and she knows it
Dusk (balance between day/night)
Short range teleportation
Light/illusion manipulation
After leaving the militia- ability to temporarily freeze a moment
A scar on the left side of her face, running from her eyebrow to just below her jaw (without crossing her eye). Dark coloured, it looks like a crack.
After leaving the militia- her scar grows to half of her face and down to her stomach, her eyes become black
Doesn't usually eat a lot
But she's got a major sweet tooth from her adoptive mother's pastries (so, pastries)
Deer
The Xiphos sword https://deadliestwarrior.fandom.com/wiki/Xiphos
She makes her kills quick on the battlefield
Her steel cuff, from the adoptive sister she left behind
A dark pink-purple colour, like bruise
Soldier
The good of the many comes before the good of the one.
Left-libertarian (I think)
Would punch anybody who was any kind of -phobe
Firmly believes people are inherently bad and that more than one opportunity for mercy is foolish
Hates the idea of one single person being in charge
No god would allow this world to exist
Raised to believe in gods, but that belief fizzled out when she realized how cruel people actually were
Soldier