Spirits of the Earth

{NAME}
Valys Irethys Dei

{ALIASES}
"Val"

{AGE}
250

{GENDER, SEXUALITY}
Male, Pansexual

{SPECIES/ETHNICITY}
Starstrider Elf - House Phaeton

{HEIGHT/BUILD}
6'7", proportionately lean with some fair upper body musculature.

{OCCUPATION}
Personal guard for the Starstrider Envoy to Adela

{RESIDENCE}
That's a bit complicated.



{PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION}
Val is *long*. He stands incredibly tall and is proportionately slender all the way through, with an elegant throat and delicate seeming joints. A lean level of muscle wraps around his shoulder and chest, all covered in golden brown skin. Like most members of his House, Val's hair is a vibrant sunshine-blonde, and matched by equally glowing golden eyes with coppery sclera.

{PERSONALITY}
Sarcastic, snarky, with a terrible habit of telling you exactly what he thinks. He doesn't tend to mince words, instead seeing it more akin to lying than it is to politeness. He's not all bad mood, though, and has a special fondness for mischief, often at the expense of those who "need to starch their hose far less".

He's also... a bit of a lush, but that's largely due a cultural condition that affects most of his kind. So he drinks to keep from dwelling too much on the chronic sensation of being incomplete.

Fun Facts!:

• Is a sucker for honey, and by that logic, also mead. Doesn't care for other sweets, though.
• Likes carving, will make all manner of trinkets. Though his favorite is carving shells.
• Can juggle, and pretty good, too.
• Is the type of drunk who will drag you up onto a table to dance with him.

{SPECIAL ABILITIES}
Pyrokinesis - Val is only mildly psychic, and his particular psionic strength lies in the manipulation of fire and heat. He can't generate flame, but he can strengthen or weaken it, and tends to "get heated" in a very literal sense when he's particularly upset.

{RELATIONSHIPS}
A bibi and an opo, who he left all the way back home to go on this migration of sorts. He misses them terribly, but doesn't often get a chance to write.
Anastolyr Rael (http://www.spiritsoftheearth.net/smf/index.php?topic=25194.msg370163#msg370163) - One of the other Starstriders who journeyed south to find their Resonance. The group's de facto leader, he's often a little too high-strung for Valys' taste, and the pair often butt heads.
Rhosiris Nyth (http://www.spiritsoftheearth.net/smf/index.php?topic=25188.msg370141#msg370141) - Another of the Starstrider Envoy, and fellow bodyguard.
Zhirai Ver (http://www.spiritsoftheearth.net/smf/index.php?topic=25196.msg370178#msg370178) - Another of the Starstrider party. Probably the only one who's as much an asshole as he is.
Pallaton Valerius (http://www.spiritsoftheearth.net/smf/index.php?topic=24378.msg361977#msg361977) - The Regent of Adela, and by some strange twist of fate, Valys' soulmate. It's incredibly complicated.

{HISTORY}
Valys is from a far northern place, but he left it all behind. Now he runs around terrorizing the Regent and drinking all his whiskey.