Thick snow blankets the Hollowed Ground and areas with frequent footfall have become a treacherous mix of slush and ice. Only the Glade and the Woodlands are exempt, but the forest floors are eerie and subdued - beware travelling alone, for the risk of getting lost is higher now than ever. The days are hard, bleak and rarely above freezing, and the nights are bitter. And long. As Deepfrost settles in the days grow shorter and shorter still, in anticipation for the arrival of the LongNight at the end of the season. This is a time of darkness, of preparation, of survival...
Character of the Season
Remi Abruzzo is an outlander from a place called Northaven. Having arrived in Caido only recently, already Remi has encountered more than his fair share of gods: Ludo tried to trick him into death while Frey took away his feelings of love. Wrestling with new magic and new animal shifts, Remi has not had the easiest time of things in Caido. Still this kindly alchemist has kept his chin up, starting his own alchemy shop and has even learned that he now has the ability to create magical items! We're excited to see where this ingenious mind will go next!
Congratulations Remi!
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CREDITS
Court of the Fallen was created in October of 2018 by Odd, Honey, and Crooked.
Skinning and hosting by the epically talented Kaons, and functionality fanciness by the coding magic of Neowulf. If you ever see either of them around, make sure to show them some love!
During the opening of CotF in November 2018 a number of characters were transitioned from an amazing site called The Wall, run by Lyla and Eloell. Without TW many of our beloved characters would have never existed and we are so thankful to Lyla and El for giving them their start and giving us a great place to write!
{AT A GLANCE}
untouchable | intimidating | leggy | graceful
Edrei's is a hard untouchable sort of beauty. Not one to spend an undue amount of time lingering on her physical appearance, she nonetheless ensures that she is presentable at all times for whatever situation she might find herself in. She isn't overly tall, but the length of her legs gives her the appearance of being much taller than she actually is, as does her near perfect posture. Not thin necessarily, Edrei's body is covered with lean quick-twitch muscle honed through years of training and a regimented eating routine.
Though her face is covered by steep angles and dark eyes, she can warp these features to look passably soft if the need arises. Generally though her expressions pass between unreadable and quietly judgmental. Edrei doesn't shy away from the wild untamed air that her abundance of hair gives her (other than in training or combat, when it is smoothly and tightly knotted against her neck), but instead leans into the aspects of her appearance that suggest to others that she isn't an open book to be thumbed through. Not ignorant of her unusual beauty, Edrei isn't opposed to using her non-standard looks to twist the hearts of men and women alike should that serve her purposes.
Personality
Edy will do whatever it takes to achieve her goals. Is mostly a shit.
History
Life in Northaven, a summary
Northaven was not as advertised. Her family had all but crumbled and were apparently dying out. Having only been in Northaven a few weeks, Edy remained as she always was. However without Colbrandt’s oversight and with Zariah not being quite herself (with Cyton dying, Bea, and a new relationship with Neron), Edy perhaps let herself be a bit more of a destructive force than she normally would have.
Notable happenings
Tries to hug Loren Launceleyn and starts WW3 in his townhome, but then becomes besties with him (jokes on you Loren, besties are foreeverrr)
Tries to violently force the family back together, sasses Zariah Launceleyn and is put into a mini-coma
Notable relationships
Beatrix Launceleyn - family
Charles Hawthorne - bad influence & unlikely friend
Elyna ____ - patrol partner/not not a friend
Loren Launceleyn - family/bff
Neron Launceleyn - family
Sulis Launceleyn - family
Zariah Launceleyn - family
Born to Baron Tarik Launceleyn (a grey magician), a respected member of the Launceleyn clan and his wife Baroness Oona (a powerful destruction magic wielder), Edrei's younger years were relatively uninteresting. Like all Launceleyn children, Edrei began her training in the family compound around the age of 6. Despite her impressive lineage and entitlement to all that the family had to offer, from a young age the girl showed little signs of true Launceleyn capabilities. As a child she demonstrated almost no aptitude for basic reasoning or a strong grasp of language when she was allowed to play with others. She would endlessly try to stick square blocks into round openings, ignoring any outside instruction on how she might re-think these decisions. While her kin were demonstrating an early aptitude for the magic in their veins, Edrei could be found doing such unseemly activities such as eating flowers, drawing pictures of rainbows, or simply staring at the sky. She appeared to have a soft heart and an even softer mind, and were it not for the budding indications of destruction magic and the Launceleyn name, there was almost nothing to tie her to the mighty family from which she hailed.
Until her training began.
Shockingly the doe-eyed child took to the rigors of the secretive family training methods like a fly to honey. Whatever vapidness had been billowing inside of her seemed only to have been looking for something upon which to affix itself, and once it had, the girl excelled at almost every task given to her. She became competitive with her kin but not cruel. Where she might have goaded outsiders, Edrei tried to encourage those she trained with to excel just as she was doing. They were only as strong as their weakest link, and Edrei wouldn't stand for failures to bear her last name. A near-perfect example of just how thorough and complete the compound's training could be when applied properly, Edrei is first and foremost a dedicated attendant to all of her family's needs.
Edrei first demonstrated an aptitude towards destruction magic at the age of 13 during one of her training exercises. The young girl quite literally lit a fire beneath one of her cousins to try and get them to take the exercise more seriously (to the surprise of no one).
Once her training was complete, Edrei increased the structure in her life that the training complex had provided. She woke the same time every morning for a run and light strength workout, implemented a diet that would serve her well in years to come both as a warrior and one day as a mother, and tried to increase the breadth of her knowledge when time permitted so that she might be a multi-tool for the Launceleyn's use, rather than merely a sharp blade.
When Zariah was told offered to go through to the Settlement, the trajectory of the young woman's life similarly shifted. She began to accelerate her training both in terms of her magical usage but as a warrior as well. Whatever new world was going to be built, the Launceleyn's were going to have a hand in it and there was no way Edrei was going to wait around while her kin fought that battle alone. Once she deemed herself fit enough to be an asset on the other side, Edrei submitted herself to be a member of the Storm Guard and though she had to wait a great deal longer than she would have liked to, was selected to arrive during the second mini-wave due to the extra time she spent training both her body and her arcane abilities.
- Edy loooooooooooves being touched. Unless she's fighting you. And then she mostly just likes when her fist hits your face.
- She is almost always a constant ball of sexual and explosive energy
- She will always tell you what's on her mind
- She likes being read to, especially if she can put her head against your chest to feel the vibrations of the words
Abilities
Base Disintegration : Can break apart people-created solid matter of small-to medium-sized objects within 5ft Type: Dark | Rank: Basic
Base Life Drain : Can negatively influence the life force of a living thing within 5ft Type: Dark | Rank: Basic
Fire Manipulation: Can create and control flames. Must be within a 30ft radius. Type: Dark | Rank: Mastered