Shaenyn va'Serah

Shaenyn va'Serah

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Full Name and Titles

Lady Shaenyn Serah
Justicar of Toran
Holy Knight of the Church, Captain of Hundreds
Tribune of the Sword
Acting Prefect of the Sword
Knight-Commander of Drakehall
Guardian of the Spiritland
Master of the Heartsong
Wielder of the Ent Blade
Dragon Rider
Viscountess, House Serah of the Soreign Republic

Personal Details

• Nickname: Shae or Shaenyn
• Age: Early 30's
• Race & Ethnicity: Human Female, Kurathene Region - identifiable in her accent
• Classes: Fighter / Weapon Master (Longsword) / Justicar
• Vocations: Militant Leader, Holy Warrior, Sanctioned Bounty Hunter, Judge/Executioner, Adventurer

Affiliations and Frequent Locales:

• Sword of Toran - Academy of the Sword, Mikona
• Drakehall - Drakehall Keep, M'Chek
• The Spiritland - Zvidureth and River House Manor, T'Nanshi

Appearance

Trained posture and a light athletic build afford Shaenyn every bit of her 5'9" height. Her shoulders are average breadth, and the tone of her back and core sculpt her waist on the way to her hips, themselves broader than her bust. Her legs are long and strong, and her skin is youthful and healthy, but is typically tanned from being in the sun and toughened where her blade-, armor-, and horse-work demand. Shae's face is broad at the cheeks, with a tapering jaw and narrow chin. Her eyes are smoky hazel and downward cast. She has blonde hair that is wavy and layered and falls past her collarbone, with sideswept bangs accenting the frame. She also almost always wears makeup. That changes depending on what she is doing, wearing, and so forth. She typically appears around 30 human years old. A longer look would reveal minor details - her eyebrows are high slender and groomed, her nose is small, yet slightly long down her face. Her lips are more delicate than the rest of her features. Shae's unguarded countenance has a natural lightness to it that some may find beautiful, but is certainly approachable. The lightness vanishes quickly in favor of whatever intensity she may need for a given moment.

The first of two large tattoos starts low beneath her beltline inside her left hip, traces up the left side of her stomach, around her waist, and settles over her shoulderblade. It features delicate and beautiful black linework depicting a slender link chain, entwined with vibrant, colorful watercolor paintings of dozens of distinct wildflowers Shae encountered in her travels. The second tattoo is clearly by the same hand, with familiar linework giving shape to a long, elegant dragon sleeving her left arm and the explosions of watercolor blues that bring the sleeve to life. Both pieces share in common a tiny serpentine maker's mark identifying their artist as Elainee Aelerin

She always speaks with an accent - those who are familiar with the lands in the north may recognize it.

Combat

Shae's combat prowess is focused in five areas:

• Leadership - troops and adventurers by building loyalty and trust, inspiring performance (Justicar), cooperation, resolve and courage.
• Shock Troop / Heavy Calvary - Shae leverages her Justicar longsword (right hand), large shield, full plate and heavy helm, and includes powerful divine, offensive and defensive tools, tactics, and the ability to smite chaos.
• Heartsong Blade Mastery - Heartsong blademastery is a single and dual longsword style, including precision and powerful offensive, mobility and defensive training, plus draw training, circular attacks and fighting blind.
• Tracking and Apprehension - Shae uses significant training in overland tracking, unarmed fighting, grappling, disarming, called strikes, blackjacks, wooden bladework, and ropes and chains to apprehend quarry and return them alive.
• Warrior Instincts - Shaped by her advanced training as a Justicar and Weapon_Master, Shae is fearless, attuned to chaos, keenly aware of danger, and exceptionally steady of mind.

Additional Skills

• Persuasion
• Etiquette
• Bounty Hunting, including overland tracking

Code

Shae follows a code ((add footnote about [[1]] ))) that

• Believes words are her first and most important weapon

The unspoken hallmark of her code is that it requires an immense amount of internal control, yet allows her to be flexible and open minded about the people and world around her.

Instincts

Notable Equipment

• Thousand Swords - Shae's favorite longsword, gifted to her by x y z. She favors the weapon because it comes with a legend that reminds her of Justicar Sydney va'Cairns, her mentor and idol.
• Ent Blade - an immaculate wooden longsword crafted by Se'eris from the bough of an Ent. The bough was gifted to Shae for defending the sacred Earth Sea Star Ent Grove in T'Nanshi. Shae uses it to defeat foes of the forest and elsewhere without killing them.
• Links of Justice - an uncreatively named but exceptionally crafted Dubunat Steel chain (by Nawen of Drakehall) and heavily enchanted to apprehend Shaes quarry. Has been seen to stop demons from teleporting, prevent shifters from shifting, and resist . This is most often seen wrapped around Shae's left forearm or coiled at her hip like a whip.
• Symbol of Toran - was a gift from Sydney va'Cairns. The amulet is unique and powerful, and includes an warding beacon added after the fact to protect Shaenyn from demons.
• Demonslayer (of justice) - a functionally named powerful longsword loaned to Shae from Sword of Toran to fight the demons attacking the Spiritland
• Holy Armor - Traditional plate armor, shield and longsword (which glow white) of the Justicars of Toran, enhanced with craftwork from her teammates at Drakehall Keep.
• Hunting Coat - Lightweight and versatile leather armor for tracking and defeating foes in the forest and abroad. Shae is seen most often in this armor, with Links of Justice wrapped around her left forearm and multiple (2 or 3) longswords crossed over her shoulders.
• T'Nanshi Justice (alternately Forest Justice) - Shae's shovel, used in the T'Nanshi practice of making perpetrators dig their own grave before execution.
• Rope - Rope. For hangings.