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Name Derry Evans
Age 26
Gender Male
Species Human
Ethnicity Essyrni
Height 5'11"
Occupation Translator-for-hire
Residence Niafi River Delta
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Physical Description Derry is a young man, relatively normal human appearance, with a light brown skin tone. He stands about 5 foot and 11 inches or so, and pretty he has a lanky, muscles build. He has the look of a 20-ish-year old (puberty is mostly done, pretty clear complexion). He has a pretty sharp face, kind of on the thin/handsome side, and gray eyes. Despite what should be quite the piercing visage, Derry gives off fairly friendly, if somewhat pensive vibes in public— never one to glare or 'mean mug' others, even unintentionally.
His hair is a traditional black, with a lot of sheen to it (Takes pretty good care of it), and he wears it in a contrastingly long and somewhat unkempt fringe haircut, which kinda covers one of his eyes a bit but not so much that he can't see out of it.
As far as clothes, his outfit kinda varies a bit day by day due to him being a traveller, and having to visit different places around the world as part of his job, but he does have a strong passion for the "chic"-style, and he's huge into black and blue for colors. A common outfit for him would be something along the lines of a fitted white long-sleeve shirt, a black vest (depending on how cold it may be), a matching pair of black pants, and leather shoes— a go-to look for him. No matter what else he wears though, he's always wearing his trench coat. It's a mostly modern, black, two-layered coat, and the sleeves and bottom of the coat are embroidered with a pretty blue color. That coat was his dad's, and he's worn it so much that the coattail is starting to fray at the bottom, which kinda shows off how much wear it gets.
He's also always wearing his father's necklace, which is.. kind of an unassuming thing but it lights up if there's something or someone 'magical' nearby, which helps with his job (surprisingly).
Personality "Positive and pragmatic" is a great way to describe Derry, who's fairly 'normal' (for Le'Raana, anyway) life this far has mostly leveled him out as a person. He has a cheery outlook on life for the most part without coming off as delusional or self-absorbed. He believes that one good turn deserves another, and makes a habit of squaring away his debts— not because he's obsessed with not owing favors, but because he believes kindness is something that people should always pay forward, not back.
He has a good head of common sense on his shoulders, and doesn't typically seek out trouble unless it's unavoidable, or the path of least resistance. That said, he does have a set of morals, so he's equally likely to get involved in a problem if it's for the right reason— but give his lack of... well, any real "firepower" compared to some of the monsters of the world as he calls them (heroes, demons, elven sages and dwarven battle lords or whatever), he has to pick and choose his fights more carefully than others.
All in all, Derry is the type of person who tends to get dragged into things more so than cause things that people get dragged into— which he views as equal parts exasperating and fun. After all, what's life without a little bit of adventure sprinkled in?
Magic/Abilities Derry possesses the spectacular and seemingly innate ability to translate any text, any spoken language, and any interpretive symbolism into another locale. He claims this is probably due to the pendant that he wears on his chest— a leather necklace with a lapis lazuli jewel hanging from it— and the truth isn't extremely far from that. The necklace is a necromancer's foci— His father, and his predecessors before him, were all fairly learned masters of life and death, and the necklace holds within it the secrets and mysteries of their accumulated knowledge and power. This knowledge only reveals itself to the owner if two requirements are met— the owner is of the family bloodline and they truly require the power or knowledge within. In Derry's case, because his job requires him to understand and relay information of all sorts of origins, what's actually happening when he's translating is that he's unknowingly tapping into the echoes of memories of the deceased to comprehend the intent or messages left behind in words or writing.
In theory, the necromancers of his family line we're all adept mages— so it stands to reason that if he really needed the knowledge of magic that was left behind by his bloodline, the necklace would grant it... but that's just a theory.
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History They say that necromancy was originally created out of love, and that the pursuit of necromancy in its purest form is an act of love. At least, Derry was raised to believe so. His mother and father had always told him stories of their ancestors, and how they courted with spirits of the dead for power and knowledge beyond their kin— and with every story, they emphasised that those pursuits were always for the sake of others. Be it to gather the strength to cast magics that would save those they cared about or to find knowledge to resolve dreadful situations, the power of the dead was a means to protect those you loved. Derry grew up on such stories...
...Which is probably why he didn't get into magic, growing up. Although it frustrated his father and confused his mother, Derry— despite having an aptitude for magic, as his bloodline often did— never showed an interest in learning any sort of it. He had a dream of his own— to buy a house in Essyrn, own a cat (he loved cats), and be able to afford a day-to-day lifestyle on his own. Was he raised in poverty? No, not really; his parents owned a home, after all. No, Derry just wanted to be self-sufficient, like his parents were. So, he studied and became a linguistic translator— a fairly unpopular job given how boring it was, but a lucrative one as guilds were always up to their necks in requests for translations on artefacts or monuments around the world.
His parents... ultimately just let him be, but made him promise to always keep their family heirloom with him— a lapis lazuli jewel, which had always been passed down from generation to generation. Derry had no idea why, but did it all the same. And thus does our story begin...
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