bliss sy'lik stories written about this character: prologue
full name : Sy'lik, Bliss age : Unknown alignment : Good gender and race : Female, High Elf Royalty height and weight : 153cm and 42kg class : Fighter level 2, Mage level 2
appearance : Bliss is not one to blend into the crowd, unless she uses her magic. Without spells or wards, she is a sight to behold. Although small in size for the people of her race, famous for their tall and imposing statures, she makes up for the difference in sizes by her huge white feathered wings on her back. The wings are large enough to enable her to fly, each spanning a width equal to her height. These wings are a characteristic unique to herself and her twin sister, and has earned her the nickname of the Angel Elf of the Slor'fin forests. With wards and spells though, she can retract the wings to a minimal footprint and make them invisible.
Being of high elven royal lineage, she possesses the clear, pale, almost translucent skin quality that so characterises those of her race, as well as the slightly pointed ears, and the small dainty build. Her eyes are a clear distinct purple colour, and they glow brilliantly when she is emotional. Her hair is long, very long, and it curls slightly at the end, tickling the back of her knees. The light brown colour of her hair is often seen from one long braid, which she lets hang from her head.
Bliss wears a tiny golden circlet on her head as a signifier of her station, and this circlet is held a few centimetres above her head with ancient traditional wards. Around her neck she wears an antique necklace, the pendant a large amethyst stone, the same shade of purple as her eyes. It is the source of her elemental magic, and it is intrinsically linked to her. Her attire before and after her rebirth are vastly different. On Shy'ield, her normal attire in court consists of gowns and dresses which are specially tailored to accommodate her wings. Her travelling outfits would consist of wide-necked blouses and pants. On Earth, after her rebirth, Bliss has to make do with whatever clothes she can find, often ending up with comfortable jeans, a pair of rugged boots, and a long piece of cloth which she would use to wrap her upper torso in a way which would accommodate her large cumbersome wings. Silver jewellery is also another mainstay: a charm bracelet, a small pendent necklace, and her anklet.
history : Born Bl'yss El'forfin Tra'ise to a long line of royalty in the Slor'fin forests, Bliss grew up with her twin sister Fa'eyff in an environment full of old and new magic. The royalty of the High Elves were direct descendents of the very first beings who lived on Shy'ield, borne from pure magic itself, and so birth anomalies caused by oversurges of magic such as her wings were not surprising. Being the older twin, and since their mother died giving birth to them, Bliss was inculcated from young the responsibility needed to rule over the High Elves, as her father was the ruling monarch at that time. Their land, Shy'ield, had been torn apart by a great number of wars before she was born, and the land she saw now was but a wasteland, rendered uninhabitable except for small pockets of life, where different races lived in seclusion and in peace.
The Slor'fin forests was the kingdom for the High Elves, a graceful race who tried to protect the world with their ancient magic. Though her childhood was spent peacefully, by the time Bliss came of age new conflict had arisen: a previously dormant Sorcerer by the name of Morgan and his lackey the human mage Sy'lik have decided to bend the last few pockets of life to their will. An attempt to steal the ancient magic hidden deep in the Slor'fin forests set off a chain of events that would cause her sister's death and the start of a bitter war, with the allied forces of all the remaining lesser races on one side, and Morgan and his lackey on the other. Although she wished it not, Bliss found herself slowly attracted to her sister's murderer, Morgan's lackey Rhaen Sy'lik. He had feelings for her too, and although he had used her to his advantage before, they resolved their differences privately and were bound by marriage vows, hiding their true relationship from the outside world. Dictated by events out of their control, the two fought a fatal fight against each other, and died together, leaving their names in the legends of Shy'ield.
Reborn into Earth as a human, with no memories whatsoever of her past, Bliss' simplistic life was shattered when a traumatic set of events triggered her dormant powers when she was ten, and her body reverted back to her elven form, wings and all. Treated almost like a freak, she ran away from society and lived the next few years hiding in the forests, the memories of her past slowly and disjointedly streaming back into her mind. Without remembering the circumstances surrounding it, she recalled her twin sister's death, and then set out to hunt down the murderer, whom she instinctively felt was in this world, and all the hate and anguish she felt towards the people who shunned her was transferred to this unknown killer.
Her failed attempt on Rhaen's life triggered both their memories to return to a large extent. Finding herself amongst others who have been shunned because of their powers, she settled down with Rhaen, living a more low profile life, using magic to hide her true form in the day. But even this life was interrupted by a mysterious messenger, who claimed to be a descendent of her nephew, and bringing tidings of evil that would soon destroy Shy'ield. Almost unwillingly, Bliss gave up her current way of life to try and save her planet once more, and together with her new husband, was warded to Shy'ield.
But something went wrong with the warding, and Bliss landed in an unknown land, alone, and with no way of getting back. She must now travel this foreign land, make new alliances, and find a way to save her planet before it is too late...
personality : Diplomatic, polite, tactful and understanding, Bliss is the Princess through and through. She is reserved and quiet, especially towards strangers, but she has no qualms about airing her opinions, albeit softly. Always ready to help in any way, Bliss dislikes conflict of all kinds, and tries her best to mediate during situations. Often, her desire to appease everyone ends up harming her own situation. She trusts people easily, and gives people the benefit of the doubt whenever possible. But Bliss is not foolish: she knows evil intentions when she sees it, and she will never forgive someone who has hurt her friends or family before. Although seen as aloof by some people, Bliss really opens up in front of her good friends and family, becoming a fun-loving, caring personality which is not often seen by those who are far from close to her. Though uncommon, there are moments when she would lose all self-confidence in herself.
weapons/techniques : Bliss is both a fighter and a mage. Like most elves, she likes using arrows and bows, and is extremely deft, almost dangerous, with a bow in her hands, and would conjure one up when needed. But she prefers using magic to subdue, rather than to kill. Her necklace is an ancient charm, passed down through the generations, and with it she can summon the element water and manipulate it in any way she likes. That skill was taught to her by the Elders of her race, and she is unable to exercise it if by chance her pendant is out of her reach. Bliss also has a non-combative talent of Sight: she gets visions in the presence of great power and she is able to see other people's magical auras and powers. This talent is innate, and like her wings, a result of a surge of magical powers in her lineage.
chiiyo's comments :
If you read carefully you might be able to see three distinct stories in Bliss' life: the life she had as the Princess of the High Elves, the life she had on Earth living a low profile life, and then the life she will lead on the foreign land she has found herself in. The reason why her life reads more like an epic than I wanted it to be, is because that is precisely it. There are three stories with her inside. The first story derived from a round-robin email story-writing community I had with a few friends, and many of the characters in that storyline were actually of their creation. The story was never finished, because of other commitments, the community split up. I made up the rest of that storyline, though it was already clear to me that Rhaen would kill Faith and Bliss would hate him for it. In the years after that community broke up I became almost obsessed about writing a sequel to it, where Bliss, Rhaen and other characters from the initial round-robin are reborn into Earth, and how they regrouped and found each other. That storyline has been changed, twisted, combined with other stories and other characters, scrapped, and finally resurrected again. The characters themselves never changed, the story did. And finally, the last story of sorts is currently being played out in one of my friend's message board RPGs. I started just by using Bliss as my character who landed on this land the RPG was set, and then slowly I realised how I could twist the plotline a bit and incorporate the entire Bliss storyline into it. I haven't been on the message board for some time though, things move slowly there, and sometimes I just plain forget to check it for a few months. *guilty*