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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
Prefect of the Sword
Knight-Commander of Drakehall Keep
Guardian of the Spiritland
Master of the Heartsong
Wielder of the Ent Blade
Dragon Rider
Viscountess, House Serah of the Soreign Republic [1][2]

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, Diplomat, 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

Shae's face is broad at the cheeks, with a small nose, tapering jaw, narrow chin, delicate lips and smokey hazel downward cast eyes. Her wavy blond hair falls in layers past her collarbone, with sideswept bangs finishing their frame. She judiciously selects and applies makeup to accentuate her features for the task at hand, which frequently spans crisp professionalism, hunter intensity, or court decorum. Her countenance, when unguarded, is light and approachable, however, her work often requires intense focus and confidence.

Trained posture and a light athletic build (similar to an MMA fighter) afford Shaenyn every bit of her 5'9" height. Her toned shoulders and core sculpt her waist to her hips, where long, strong legs form the base of Shae's warrior physique. Sun, armor and bladework have tanned and toughened her light skin, and bleached her blonde hair. She displays two large tattoos when out of armor: the first starts low beneath her beltline inside her left hip, traces up the left side of her stomach, around her waist, and settles curled over her shoulder blade. It features delicate and beautiful black linework depicting a slender link chain, entwined with vibrant, colorful watercolor paintings of dozens of distinct wildflowers. The second sleeves her left arm full sleeve in a similar style, with fine linework capturing details of an elegant dragon filled with soft explosions of blues, greys, violets and greens. Both pieces include the same maker's mark.

Shae most commonly travels in studded leathers fit for overland tracking, with 2 longswords across her back, a chain coiled at her hip, and a symbol of Toran around her neck or hanging from her belt. When she fights, she dons the distinct heavy armor and shield of the Justicars of Toran, again favoring her longsword and keeping that chain within reach. Outside of her armor, Shae dresses fit to purpose: uniforms for the Sword, imperial fashion when casual, and formalwear in court.

She speaks with an accent native to Soreign recognizable to those familiar with the area.

Combat

Shae's combat prowess is focused in five areas:

Leadership - A natural leader of troops and adventurers that builds loyalty and trust, inspires peak performance (See Inspiration), group cooperation, and individual 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. Fights on or off horseback, but typically works on foot.
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, sensitive to potential dangers, and unflinching in her will.

Additional Skills

Diplomacy
Etiquette
Tracking
Bounty Hunting
Fluent in Elven and Draconic

Code

Shaenyn exhibits considerable flexibility and open-mindedness for a Justicar of Toran. She moves fluidly between roles adapts easily to the rules of different environments. Her principles, which loosely reflect real-world Tenets of Bushido as an interpretation of the Tenets of Toran, afford her exceptional internal discipline even as she adapts to the changes and demands of the world around her:

Honor
Duty
Righteousness
Courage
Respect
Honesty
Self-Control
Humility
Wisdom

Notable Equipment

Thousand Swords - Shae's favorite longsword, gifted to her by Tegris. 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.

What People Say

"Shae is everything a Toranite should be"
"Shae : Confusing adventurers with her morals since 2017 !"
"Shae is reality's noble but futile attempt to offset Nawen's madness"

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 ==Shaenyn va'Serah==
-'''WIP'''
+'''This Wiki Page is always a WIP!'''
-{| align=right |
-| https://i.imgur.com/x
-|}
 <p>
 ====Full Name and Titles====
 <blockquote>
 Lady Shaenyn Serah<br />
-[[Justicar of Toran]]<br />
+[[Justicar|Justicar of Toran]]<br />
-Holy Knight of the Church, Captain of Hundreds<br />
+[[Toran|Holy Knight of the Church, Captain of Hundreds]]<br />
-[[Tribune of the Sword]]<br />
+[[Guild:_Sword_of_Toran#The_Tenets_of_Toran|Tribune of the Sword]]<br />
-[[Acting Prefect of the Sword]]<br />
+[[Guild:_Sword_of_Toran#The_Tenets_of_Toran|Prefect of the Sword]]<br />
-Knight-Commander of [[Drakehall]]<br />
+Knight-Commander of [[Drakehall_Keep|Drakehall Keep]]<br />
 Guardian of the [[Spiritland]]<br />
 Master of the Heartsong<br />
 Wielder of the Ent Blade<br />
 Dragon Rider<br />
-Viscountess, House Serah of the [[Soreign Republic]]<br />
+Viscountess, House Serah of the Soreign Republic [https://wiki.avlis.org/Julaspium][https://wiki.avlis.org/History_of_the_Kurathene_Empire#Fourth_Imperium_Age]<br />
 </blockquote>
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 *'''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
+*'''Vocations:''' Militant Leader, Holy Warrior, Sanctioned Bounty Hunter, Diplomat, Judge, Executioner, Adventurer
-===='''Affiliations and Frequent Locales:'''====
+====Affiliations and Frequent Locales====
 * '''Sword of Toran''' - Academy of the Sword, Mikona
 * '''Drakehall''' - Drakehall Keep, M'Chek
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 ====Appearance====
+[[Image:Shae_Painted.jpeg|thumb|200px|Shae Serah in Imperial Fashion]]
+Shae's face is broad at the cheeks, with a small nose, tapering jaw, narrow chin, delicate lips and smokey hazel downward cast eyes. Her wavy blond hair falls in layers past her collarbone, with sideswept bangs finishing their frame. She judiciously selects and applies makeup to accentuate her features for the task at hand, which frequently spans crisp professionalism, hunter intensity, or court decorum. Her countenance, when unguarded, is light and approachable, however, her work often requires intense focus and confidence.
-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.
+Trained posture and a light athletic build (similar to an MMA fighter) afford Shaenyn every bit of her 5'9" height. Her toned shoulders and core sculpt her waist to her hips, where long, strong legs form the base of Shae's warrior physique. Sun, armor and bladework have tanned and toughened her light skin, and bleached her blonde hair. She displays two large tattoos when out of armor: the first starts low beneath her beltline inside her left hip, traces up the left side of her stomach, around her waist, and settles curled over her shoulder blade.  It features delicate and beautiful black linework depicting a slender link chain, entwined with vibrant, colorful watercolor paintings of dozens of distinct wildflowers. The second sleeves her left arm full sleeve in a similar style, with fine linework capturing details of an elegant dragon filled with soft explosions of blues, greys, violets and greens. Both pieces include the same [[PCs:Elainee_Aerlin|maker's mark]].
-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
+Shae most commonly travels in studded leathers fit for overland tracking, with 2 longswords across her back, a chain coiled at her hip, and a symbol of Toran around her neck or hanging from her belt. When she fights, she dons the distinct heavy armor and shield of the Justicars of Toran, again favoring her longsword and keeping that chain within reach. Outside of her armor, Shae dresses fit to purpose: uniforms for the Sword, imperial fashion when casual, and formalwear in court.
-She always speaks with an accent - those who are familiar with the lands in the north may recognize it.
+She speaks with an accent native to Soreign recognizable to those familiar with the area.
 ====Combat====
 Shae's combat prowess is focused in five areas:
-*'''Leadership''' troops and adventurers by building loyalty and trust, inspiring performance ([[Justicar]]), cooperation, [[Telepathy#Intellect_Fortress|resolve]] and [[Telepathy#Suppress_Fear|courage]].
+*'''Leadership''' - A natural leader of troops and adventurers that builds loyalty and trust, inspires peak performance ([[Justicar|See Inspiration]]), group cooperation, and individual [[Telepathy#Intellect_Fortress|resolve]] and [[Telepathy#Suppress_Fear|courage]].
-*'''Shock Troop''' with [[Justicar]] longsword (right hand), large shield, full plate and heavy helm. Includes powerful divine and offenseive and defensive tools, including the ability to smite chaos.
+*'''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. Fights on or off horseback, but typically works on foot.
-*'''Blade Mastery''' - Heartsong [[Weapon_Master|blademastery]]''', Single and Dual Longsword style, including precision and powerful bladework, mobility and defensive training, draw training, circular attacks and fighting blind.
+*'''Heartsong Blade Mastery''' - Heartsong [[Weapon_Master|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.
-*'''Apprehension''' through significant unarmed fighting, grappling, disarming, called strikes and opponent restraint, as well as Heartsong bladework through the wooden Ent Blade.
+*'''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.
-*'''Instinct''' shaped by her advanced training as a [[Justicar]] and [[Weapon_Master]], rendering her immune to fear, attuned to chaos, [[Clairsentience#Danger_Sense| aware of danger]], and [[Telepathy#Tower_of_Iron_Will|unshakeable of mind]].
+*'''Warrior Instincts''' - Shaped by her advanced training as a [[Justicar]] and [[Weapon_Master| Weapon Master]], Shae is fearless, attuned to chaos, [[Clairsentience#Danger_Sense|sensitive to potential dangers]], and [[Telepathy#Tower_of_Iron_Will| unflinching in her will]].
 ====Additional Skills====
-*Persuasion
+*Diplomacy
 *Etiquette
-*Bounty Hunting, including overland tracking
+*Tracking
+*Bounty Hunting
+*Fluent in Elven and Draconic
 ====Code====
-Shae follows a code ((add footnote about [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushido#Eight_virtues_of_bushido_(as_defined_by_Nitobe_Inaz%C5%8D|Bushido]] ))) that
+Shaenyn exhibits considerable flexibility and open-mindedness for a Justicar of Toran. She moves fluidly between roles adapts easily to the rules of different environments. Her principles, which loosely reflect real-world [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushido#Eight_virtues_of_bushido_(as_defined_by_Nitobe_Inaz%C5%8D| Tenets of Bushido] as an interpretation of the [https://wiki.avlis.org/Guild:_Sword_of_Toran#The_Tenets_of_Toran| Tenets of Toran], afford her exceptional internal discipline even as she adapts to the changes and demands of the world around her:
+*Honor
-*Believes words are her first and most important weapon
+*Duty
-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.
+*Righteousness
+*Courage
-Instincts
+*Respect
+*Honesty
+*Self-Control
+*Humility
+*Wisdom
 ====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.
+* '''Thousand Swords''' - Shae's favorite longsword, gifted to her by Tegris. 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.
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 * '''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.
+====What People Say====
+* "Shae is everything a Toranite should be"
+* "Shae : Confusing adventurers with her morals since 2017 !"
+* "Shae is reality's noble but futile attempt to offset [[PCs:Nawen_Amakiir|Nawen's]] madness"
+[[Category:PCs|va'Serah, Shaenyn]]