Alyssia Kanath

[Alyssia Kanath]

Name: Alyssia Kanath (She has a middle name, good luck gettin' it out of her)

Race: Human / Thunderlord
Noble House: House Kanath
Height: 5'6"
Eyes: Vibrant Emerald Green
Hair: Light Auburn with vibrant strands of red.
Build: Athletic - Strong
Complexion: Slightly pale skin, clear of blemishes or freckles of any sort



Detailed Description:

Alyssia Kanath is not overly tall, nor overly slender. Her build is strong and athletic with a somewhat small chest and gentle swell to her hips. Her body is adorned with numerous small battle scars, a few of which are more easily identifiable. She is a beautiful woman, though typically due to her dress it's a "boyish" sort of beauty. When she decides to let out her feminine side, be wary...she can be a real vixen. However, most times, she is a real tom-boy...enjoying fun, alcohol, the ways of the blade and bawdy tavern ballads. She also has a somewhat addictive personality and moves easily in and out of the seedier shadows with little notice. Her eyes often twinkle with mischief and a lopsided and roguish grin comes easily to her lips.

She loves easily, the passion of her people flowing unchecked through her veins. Thunderlords are, by all accounts tempests in near every aspect of life. They are quick to love, quick to anger and rage, and just as quick to forgive. Within her heart there is a constant struggle between the good of her being and the fiery shadows that have forged her soul. "My people," as she says with a slight grin, "fight hard, live hard and love hard...we feel emotions to their extremes...the only thing I do slow isnae fit for public conversation..."

Alyssia's hair is usually just past her shoulders and somewhat neatly kept. The strands are straight yet full bodied and she often tucks it behind her ears to keep it out of her face. She has a habit of blowing wayward strands from her face with an annoyed huff, this is often why she wears a cap of some sort. Bangs are cut shorter than the rest and tend to poke out haphazzardly from under the front of whatever she's wearing upon her head. Her right ear is pierced, nearly always holding a silver wolf's head stud. There is also a cuff attached to the rim of that ear. She wears around her neck a small round medallion made of bronze depicting a wolf's head upon one side and the knot-work of her people upon the back. Her right middle finger holds her signet ring, signifying her as not only an elder of House Kanath but a former Arbiter...it's seal a stylized form of the Kanath House and tailored to her specifically. It is set in a silvery metal with bright platinum hued strands marbled within and the seal is actually cut into the face of a large flat surfaced sapphire of vibrant hue. The ring radiates powerful elemental magics native to her homeland and people:


Her stance is typically relaxed, most comfortable being arms folded with her lift hip cocked upward a bit (Always in case she need draw the blade upon that side). She always wears her sword slung low upon that hip as well as a couple other smaller blades tucking out from her weapon belt. When she's bored, it's obvious as she tends to rock on her heels or fidget with objects. When performing any official duties or acting as a figure of authority she tends to stand erect yet relaxed with hands clasped gently behind her back and chin tilted upward slightly (Probably in effort to look taller!). Her clothing is nearly always dark, favoring the colors of her family house (Black and Blue with occasional white or silver) and is nearly always seen wearing loose fitting men's clothes that covers up the majority of her assets.

Scars: Upon her left shoulder blade is a large circular branding scar depicting the symbol of House Kanath within the coils of a wild dragon in flight and arcane runes. Over her heart is a diamond shaped scar from a cursed arrow-head. She can often be seen, during a bad day, walking with a slight limp, favoring her right leg. Her left leg was terribly crushed during a riding accident while holding Arbitership of her clan. On the right side of her lower abdomen is what looks to be a large gash like wound from some kind of blade, now healed fully except a slightly raised scar. Across the right side of her throat are two jagged milky-white scars where it looks as if a great animal tried to tear out her throat (and almost succeeded).

Tattoos:Upon her left forearm is a tattoo of a wolf's head surrounded in lightning. Upon each upper arm is a stylized patterned band depicting the knotwork of her Clan. The base of her neck and a small portion of her upper back is covered with a phoenix, it's beak pointing upward and wings spreading over her upper shoulders to symbolize her re-awakening by the Katara. Upon her left hip is a Fae created tattoo. A swirling dark tempest that cradles within it's depths a flying dove that seems to float and drift along the currents as silver lightning dances within the storm magically. To anyone not able to see Fae magics, it does not move or look supernatural in any way, though it's detail and beauty is astounding.

[Alyssia Kanath]

Companions:
Alyssia usually has a small host of creatures that few ever really notice or see hanging about her. Most notably is Topaz, her small light blue dragonling with eyes of amber topaz hue. He is highly intelligent and acts as her long time messenger and errand runner. His kind and her Clan have worked together for many generations, finding companionship and assistance for the other. He communicates in a series of clicks, whirrs, squeaks and purring sounds...of which Alyssia seems to understand quite fluently yet does not seem to be capable of replicating (Not surprising...it is unknown if anyone outside his race is). He has the ability to teleport to any location he has been before or...by magical ability to track the auras of those he meets...capable of finding near anyone for purposes of messages sent by his mistress. There is always heat radiating from his little body and thin whisps of steam rise from his serpentine nostrils. Also accompanying her on nearly any outing is Thundermane, her beloved war-horse. He is not the origional Thundermane of course, that steed having long since passed from the world. But Alyssia, with the help of her sister in law Raina and her brother Ranger Ruden Solic, has carefully kept his genetics by selectively breeding each generation until a suitable replacement is found. Then that mount is raised and trained by Alyssia and her sister in law. Occasionally, Alyssia's pet ferret Mallan sneaks his way into her backpack and hitches a ride. He followed her home one day, much to her annoyance and has made her cottage his home ever since. She has grown very fond of the ferret and often brings him to Que's to play with Ruden's pet ferret "Thief". He is a connsumate trouble maker and will take off with nearly anything...especially if it's edible. Many times Alyssia has found that her pantry has been raided by this little bandit and often he is too fast for her to catch..hence his name in her people's tongue of "Mallan" or "Lightning".

She is currently married to another woman, Katryn McDaniels. They live together and in her household also resides Aiden MacKenzie, her grandson. Alyssia's youngest daughter, Fiona Kanath, has a home very near Stormguard.

[Alyssia Kanath]

Racial Traits / Abilities
The Thunderlord trait manifests in only 10% of the Clan's population. It gives whoever holds it the ability to harness, control and unleash the fury of the storm and pure elemental electricity. Thunderlords act as a battery for electrical energy, their reserves can be depleted and can only be recharged by use of a ritual that they must undergo on a monthly basis. Sometimes they can go a few months depending on how much energy they expend...but if they ever become completely drained it could be fatal. Their immune system is very strong and rarely do they ever fall ill, however they do hold a strange weakness to poisons of any kind and even toxins that are considered to some near harmless can cause the Thunderlord to go into a state of violent delusion, working it's way into their system and the more powerful the poison...quickly pushes them into a state of madness and self destructive, not to mention homicidal tendancies. Eventually it will eat away at their mind to the point where they will fall into a coma like state and expire quickly if not purged from their system.

Thunderlords are taught new abilities as their power grows, usually taught to them by an elder of their house. Abilities depend on what house they are from and what titles they hold. Such as...there are abilities that all Thunderlords gain, powers selective to which noble house the person is from, Abilities that only members of the High Council gain access too...and abilities that only the Arbiter can attain...

Thunderlords are naturally a bit mentally "off" ...and prone to bouts of mental instability. Depending on the House...there are levels of severity. House Argorn rarely if ever suffers from such an effect...whereas House Kanath and Morden, being the more battle geared of the houses have been known to fly into berzerker rages, especially during heated combat where they have a personal stake in the combat itself, such as if a loved one is involved.

There is always an aura of static electricity around a Thunderlord. They can dampen it to be nothing more than a slight tingling of the skin if you get too close. At full power it radiates outward up to five feet and can allow them to "sense" anything within that airspace. Any vibrations or disturbances in that airspace can be sensed and reacted to (Such as an intruder raising a weapon to attack or moving quickly, allowing the Thunderlord to react to it as it happens and before an attack is made). At full power also, it can be very uncomfortable for someone to stand in, causing electric shocks over their skin, a painful tingling and buzzing in the ears. To it's fullest extent the Thunderlord can expel a burst of pure electricity radiating outward from their body, a single sudden jolt that can deliver a powerful and highly damaging effect to anyone touching or within five feet of them. This however is a rather large expenditure of energy and used mostly for last resort cases.

There are many different uses for their magic and levels of power in regards to each ability. Powers range from offensive to defensive. Anything from the ability to infuse objects with energy to higher tier powers such as turning one's self into pure energy for means of quick transportation. Many powerful Thunderlord sorcerers have the ability to communicate with beings hailing from the elemental plane of air and any sub-planes as well as summon lightning elementals to defend them from attack. Warriors often times have the ability to infuse their bodies with short bursts of energy, increasing their speed and movement during battles but such a thing takes a great toll not only upon their power reserves but also their bodies...resulting in, if used too often, great physical pain and even death. All Thunderlords have the ability to varying degrees to harness and expell electrical current...from thin tendrils to large powerful bolts. This of course depends on the power and ability of the person in question.

Each house, uses a different "color" of energy. The color of the electricity is tailored to the house, as a means of identifying which house that person is a member of. Kanath is azure blue, Morden green, Argorn crimson, Martik violet and Rhiven orange.

All high council members wear a special sash around the waist signifying their stature as elder and council member within the Clan. The sash is the hue of the House Color and adorned upon the tassle with the House symbol. These are not ordinary sashes and are often magical in nature. All nobles of each house also wear a signet ring identifying them as a member of that house. The Elder's Signet ring holds the seal of the house upon it. The Arbiter's signet ring holds the combined Symbol of their personal standard, House standard and Clan standard. As an example...Alyssia's Signet ring bears the symbol of two wolves (her personal standard) on either side of the Kanath shield bearing the image of a dragon (Stormwind). this symbol is masterfully carved in the face of a large flawless square cut blue sapphire in a setting of pure elemental air ore. She wears it upon her right middle finger at all times and it radiates powerful magics.

[Alyssia Kanath]

Titles: Titles, offices, and organizations Alyssia has held / belonged to during her life
Ranger - Stormwolf, Diplomatic Liason - Rangers of the Heart
Dark Wind - Commander General - Guardian's Armies
Knight - Knight General - Knights of the Exodus
Sister of Storms - Sisterhood of Shadows
Diplomatic Liason - Kat'raden - Order of the Argent Cross
House Kanath - Elder - Toirneach-Tiarna
High Council - Arbiter - Toirneach-Tiarna
Quickstrikers - High Captain - Flagship Tempest
Silver Company - Scout Lieutenant - Riders of Talenmor'
Queen's Guard - Guardian / Lieutenant / Captain - Bedlam (House Takissis)

Names: (These are names given to her through her life by various races / cultures)

Common:
(The) Stormwolf
Captain (Those who remember her time with the fae still tend to call her this)

Thunderlord:
Breitheamh Cara Dúinn An'Daoine - Judge of the People (Arbiter)
Draigan Inín -Dragon's Daughter
Páitrún Súil - Patron's Eye
Stoirm-Tabhair Leat - Stormbringer

Elven:
Kolindo En'arrno - Bearer of Storms
Sgiathatch Elee Re'Draug -Dragon eyed she-wolf


Drow Titles:
Lsyt T'puuli-ooble' -Sly Silver-tongue

Orcish Titles:
Grush-Bumbullaum -Thunder Striker
Thrul-Uruk - Orc Cooker

Nintikki:
T'kak Rshurrk Tik': Hope Bearer

[Alyssia Kanath]

[Alyssia Kanath]

[Alyssia Kanath]

Circling your, circling your, circling your head
Contemplating everything you ever said
Now I see the truth I got a doubt
A different motive in your eyes
And now I'm out, see you later

I see your fantasy
You want to make it a reality paved in gold
See inside, inside of our heads, yeah
Well, now that's over

I see your motives inside
Decisions to hide

Back off, I'll take you on
Headstrong to take on anyone
I know that you are wrong
Headstrong, we're headstrong

Back off, I'll take you on
Headstrong to take on anyone
I know that you are wrong
And this is not where you belong

I can't give everything away
I won't give everything away

Conclusions manifest, your first impression's
Got to be your very best
I see you're full of shit and that's alright
That's how you play, I guess you get through
Every night, well, now that's over

I see your fantasy
You want to make it a reality paved in gold
See inside, inside of our heads, yeah
Well, now that's over

I see your motives inside
Decisions to hide

Back off, I'll take you on
Headstrong to take on anyone
I know that you are wrong
Headstrong, we're headstrong

Back off, I'll take you on
Headstrong to take on anyone
I know that you are wrong
And this is not where you belong

Where you belong?
(I can't give everything away)
This is not where you belong
(I won't give everything away)

I know, I know all about, I know, I know all about
I know, I know all about, I know, I know all about
Your motives inside and your decision to hide

Back off, I'll take you on
Headstrong to take on anyone
I know that you are wrong
Headstrong, we're headstrong

Back off, I'll take you on
Headstrong to take on anyone
I know that you are wrong
And this is not where you belong

Where you belong?
This is not were you belong
(I can't give everything away)
This is not were you belong
(I won't give everything away)
This is not were you belong

[Alyssia Kanath]

[Alyssia Kanath]

Clutch - "Electric Worry"

Well you made me weep
And you made me moan
When you caused me to leave, child
My happy home
But someday baby
You ain't gonna worry my life

Anymore

I get satisfaction
Everywhere I go
Where I lay my head
That's where I call home
Whether barren pines,
Or the mission stare,
Take tomorrow's collar
And give em back the glare

Bang Bang Bang Bang
Vamanos, Vamanos
Bang Bang Bang
Vamanos Vamanos

You told everybody
In the neighborhood
What a dirty mistreater
That I was no good
But Someday Baby
You aint gonna worry my life

Anymore

Doctor or Lawyer
I'll never be
Life of a drifter
The only life for me
You can have your riches,
All the gold you saved
Aint room for one thing
In everybody's grave

Bang Bang Bang Bang
Vamanos, Vamanos
Bang Bang Bang
Vamanos Vamanos

If I had money
Like Henry Ford
Lord, I'd have me a woman
Yeah, on every road
But someday baby
You aint gonna worry my life

Anymore

Invocation of the dummy's
Requiem for a head
Cash in at the corner,
Piles of street cred
I get satisfaction
Everywhere I go
One day baby
You'll worry me no more!

Bang Bang Bang Bang
Vamanos, Vamanos
Bang Bang Bang
Vamanos Vamanos

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[Alyssia Kanath]

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