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Parents |
Kieran Badb Catha
Cerys Windsinger
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Cordelia ?
Merikh
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Physical Description:
Known Name: Silverthorn
Birth Name: Arianne Badb Catha
Meaning of Name: Silver Battle Raven
Nicknames: Thorn, ’nasse (Bran and Mira only), Is’iis (Daemon only)
*Race: Half Tauremornan Elf, Half Aarataurean Elf
*Age: See Timeline
Apparent Age (if different): Thirties
*Height: 6' 00"
*Build/Weight: Slim but athletic
*Hair: Long, raven black hair that is slightly wavy
*Eyes: Jade Green
Complexion: Tanned
*Identifying Marks (if present): Left hip: Gold sun which is the symbol of the Goddess Aedammair. Base of Spine: Triple moons, the waxing and waning crescents of pure silver and the full moon a black opal flecked with moss green which is the symbol of the Goddess Nuuruhuine. The opal was originally a white, opalescent moonstone, but it transformed following her bonding to Daemonorel Ashev. They feel like metal and polished gemstone to the touch although are clearly more 'alive' and flexible than would perhaps be expected.
Clothing: It is rare to see her wearing anything other than black. This will typically include black leather trousers and boots, with either a black sleeveless leather vest or a shirt with laces at the throat.
Personal Items usually carried: Pendant carved of black stone in shape of raven hanging on chain of green-black metal.
Personal Information:
Home Planet: Elemmiire
Planet of Residence: Aerdon
Birth Family: Badb Catha
Second Family: Ashev
*Personality: Her general personality is quite cynical and she does not trust easily, although once this trust has been won she can be a stalwart ally.
*Occupation: Assassin
*Skills and Abilities:
Magic: She possesses a strong ability for both light and dark magic, which show as either silver or black mist/flames/tendrils. When fully unleashed the dark magic in particular is capable of widespread devastation. However, it is exceptionally rare for that to happen and in the past had only occurred during moments of extreme insanity. Whilst her magical abilities are widespread and powerful, she has a particular affinity for fire and secondarily for earth magics.
Shape-shifting: She can shape-shift into raven form.
Fighting Skills: She rarely goes anywhere unarmed although the precise weapons carried does vary. Most commonly seen is a hunting-style knife carried at her right hip. This is marked with a symbol of a raven and can be recalled to her hand with the use of a little magic. There are also usually about four other daggers concealed on her person of various shapes, sizes and materials. Mostly Silverthorn fights florentine with a dagger in each hand, however when knowingly going into battle she has been known to carry a short sword sheathed at her left hip, and a long bow and quiver carried over her shoulder and down her back.
Languages Spoken: Black Kin'Oth, Silver Kin'Oth, Drow, Tauremornan, Aarataurean, Eheiling Narhn, Eldredae, Common
*Weapons Used: Primarily daggers, short sword and long bow, although she has skill with many others and picks up new weapons fast.
Background Information:
*Marital Status: Randii of Daemonorel Ashev
*Children:
By Doctor Robinson: Linnis D’Trel (after assault by doctor in asylum);
By Luis Aedui: Fionna Aedui;
By ?: Fechine Badb Catha and Drysi Badb Catha.
By Daemonorel Ashev: Diemos and Alantha Ashev (twins)
Grandchildren:
By Fionna Aedui and ?: ? (deceased) and Cordelia ?.
By Fechine Badb Catha and Jinx Sydelle: Merikh.
*Blood or Soul Bonds: Soul-bonded to Daemonorel Ashev
*History: Silverthorn was born in an area known as the Tauremorna, or Dark Woods, under the name of Arianne Badb Catha. Her parents, although both elves, came from two feuding clans. Her mother, Cerys Windsinger, was an Aarataurean. Her father, Kieran Badb Catha, was a Tauremornan. whilst studying away from home as a mage, a raid on her home village took place which resulted in the loss of nearly all the inhabitants, including her parents. Guilt at her absence during this time led to her renouncing her gift for many years and taking up her present occupation as a mercenary and an assassin. It was during this time that she also became known as Silverthorn, the Common version of a childhood nickname, silme-nasse bestowed on her by her brother.
Her first significant relationship was with a half-elven mercenary called Aidan O’Connell. They met only a short time after her parents death whilst employed for the same company of mercenaries. This relationship only lasted for a few months as Aidan, although willing to have a relationship with a soldier, was unable to deal with her skill as an assassin.
Many centuries later, having just entered her second millenia, Silverthorn began an on-off relationship with another mercenary captain called Richard de Warrener. He was one of her closest friends but their work meant that they were not always in the same place at the same time. His death in battle five years later grieved her.
Aged 2000 years Silverthorn met a vampire called Myklor and was Embraced (Club Carpe Noctem). She was later turned back into an elf but the experience left its mark. She awoke to find herself in an asylum for the dangerously insane. She had been kept sedated, restrained and isolated due to the severity of her attacks on nursing staff and other inmates. Eventually she did manage to escape from the asylum after setting fire to the wing in which she had been confined. It was not until over a millenia later that she discovered that whilst she was in asylum a rape by Doctor James Robinson had resulted in her giving birth to a daughter, Linnis, who was adopted by the D’Trel family.
Luis Aedui is the third of her significant relationships. The lord of the isle of Paradelos and the father of her daughter, Fionna, Silverthorn chose to walk away from him and their infant daughter only a week after the birth. She still feels that this was the only decision she could have made at the time given her dangerous and unstable lifestyle which could have endangered one or both of the others.
It was ? who first managed to capture her heart and soul, however. He was her bondmate and husband. By him she had two children: Fechine and Drysi. But then death came and their tie was severed, ? choosing to take his own life to save hers. Following his resurrection the couple chose to go their separate ways.
After her divorce Silverthorn became involved with the First Captain of the Black Guard, Daemonorel Ashev. They became lovers, only to discover that their relationship was more than mere attraction. The threads of their lives were being woven in tandem by Nuuruhuine, a goddess of Elemmire and the exact same goddess as Aerdon’s Ny-emarr. She is his Velkh’airee, the missing half to his warrior soul, the Valkyrie of her goddess. Once he fully accepts Ny-emarr’s mark as her chosen, he will become her Bel-ranih, the Chooser of Battles, the counterpoint to Elemmire’s Chooser of the Slain... the Raven.
Misc Information:
- Silverthorn will almost always introduce herself as Silverthorn or Thorn, never as Arianne. Only close friends and family will use her real name.
- Silverthorn cannot be read by empaths or psi talents under normal circumstances as her mental barriers are simply too strong. She has therefore been referred to as a ‘black hole’. However, when pushed to her emotional limits this reverses and she begins to project in a major way.
- Silverthorn’s soul is silver interwoven with threads of black and gold in colour and in its ground state will often appear to be a mist in form. At the heart of this burns a flame that is the core of the individual’s soul. The black represents the dark magic, the gold the gift of Aedammair.
- Silverthorn’s magic usually takes the form of a silver mist or tendrils.
- When Silverthorn uses her dark magic it is black in colour, generally either tendrils or flames, and her eyes turn completely black with no white or iris showing.
- Silverthorn is naturally right-handed, but millennia of fighting in a florentine style means that she is essentially ambidextrous.
- The spoken language of the Tauremornan Elves is a bastardised version of the purer Elven spoken by the Elves of the Aarataure, heavily influenced by the Dark Elven language. The musical elven tongue, similar to Terran Irish, is now ‘marred’ by the harsh clicks and sibilant whispers of the dark elven language. This accent is most evident in Thorn when she is upset or angry. Under normal circumstances, she can be virtually accent-less.
- Her favourite drink is whiskey, something her brother blames on developing a taste for Athiyk (Tauremornan potcheen) when she was younger. She also likes To’ral (a pale green drink similar to Terran absinthe) if she can get her hands on it.
- She has a particular fondness for sharp objects and has been known to drive the stall-holders of weapons stalls to distraction in her search for the perfect knife.
Avatar Credit: Claudia Black
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