Selaena Laenris

Overview
Full biography found here.

Appearance
Hair: Brown

Skin: Pale

Eyes: Dark brown

Height: 5’2

Weight: 110lbs

Body Type: Slender

Noticeable features: She looks sickly and unwell quite often, and scars knick and lick at her hands up to her elbows, primarily burns.

Personality
Selaena is a quiet woman, observant and intelligent. She has a quite gentle demeanor in public, though sarcastic and with a dry sense of humor. She isn’t particularly social, preferring her own company and books over others. Behind her unassuming, perhaps even weak-appearing exterior, she is a magical protege and intensely intelligent. Possessing intelligence, near infallible memory, natural talent, and an incredible willpower, Selaena is one of the foremost mages of her age. Further hidden, however, is a set of morals that are entirely lacking; Selaena will not return to the muck she grew up in, and she will do anything to maintain her status, no matter how cruel.

Abilities & Proficiencies
Fighting Style: Magic

Weapon Proficiencies: None

Magic:


 * Mastered: Pyrokinesis
 * Mid-Level: Aerokinesis, Telekinesis
 * Basic: Pyromancy, Restoration

Other Skills: Scholarly pursuits, writing, music (lute and singing)

History
Selaena was born to a prostitute mother in the slums of Norve. Her father was a wealthy nobleman and, reluctantly, he took Selaena into his household when he learned of her parentage. While despised by the lady of the house, she was clothed, fed and properly educated. Her life was painful and somewhat fraught, but better than the alternative. Tragedy soon struck the household; her father died, and Selaena was thrown out. She spent two years wandering the streets before a courtly mage recognized her. He saw her intelligence and he took her in. Aged 12, he began to teach her magic. Her skill grew quickly, and when she was 17, he sponsored her to enter a mage’s academy.

Age 20, Selaena was walking to the apothecary when she came upon the scene that would change her life forever; the king, and a man creeping upon him. Selaena knew she would be held responsible if the king were to die, or that it was enough of a risk not to chance… And so she summoned her magic, and burned the would-be assassin alive. King Vauhn, missing an Archmage on his council, named Selaena in his gratitude- and as a convenience. She was quickly named his new Archmage, and installed in court, as well as given a surname and a House, amongst many other things.

She despised her time in court. A cruel king, simpering nobles, constant infighting like cats in heat- Selaena looked down on it, and spent much of it to herself, tucked away studying her magic and anything else she could get her hands on. However, as she settled, she defended her position ruthlessly; blood stained her soul now, and she did her best to ignore it. When Vauhn had died, her walls had only heightened, and her paranoia only grows as she tentatively explores the new court of Pveth.