Appearance

Physical Description

Leander is thin, nearly sickly, with a shorter frame. Altogether unimposing

Body Features

Leander's skin is pale and sallow, as their body has experienced some early signs of decay.

Facial Features

With red eyes marking the only hint of colour on their face, Leander is a relatively unsettling sight to see.

Physical quirks

The skin and muscle on Leander's hands and forearms is missing, leaving only bone, animated by whatever force keeps them in their state of unlife.

Apparel & Accessories

Leander wears a simple scarlet doublet under a sleeveless black coat with wool inside and along the edges. Their trousers and shoes are unremarkable and well worn, and they are rarely seen without thick hide gloves obscuring their skeletal hands.

Special abilities

Leander has what they would describe as a keen awareness of the animating force of life, what scholars call the spirit. Their propensity for manipulating this energy is what drives their power over life and death.

Mentality

Personal history

Unbeknownst to themselves, Leander was once an ambitious and potent warlord within the military hierarchy of Fosternost. They once led a faction tied to the Graveless, who sought to increase the extent to which undead were used in Antusa's eternal war as both a method to keep rebelling smallfolk in line, and to streamline the logistics and command chains of the nation. To this end, purges would be carried out, and entire villages would be slain and raised into the perfection of unlife and undeath. Leander's former self had a fatal flaw however, they trusted too easily and failed to see the ambition in their lieutenants before betrayal came. Struck while on a patrol near the coast, their guards were slain and they fled through snow-crested forests until they reached the cragged cliffs of Fosternost's southeastern shores. There they made a stand, sundered by opposing arcana and launched into the sea, a last ditch lattice of energy erupted in an attempt at resurrection. Impact interrupted the incantation and, with failsafe foiled, a warlord washed away. But the shell had been reshaped, though shredded, a sliver of soul slipped through the shattered symbols and so a new body, born of betrayal and bereft of being came to be.
 
It would wash up after weeks, on a small islet in the archipelago of Elloryd. There it would learn of self, shame, gratitude and purpose. Finding a elderly man by the name of Samuel, a local florist and apothecary, who would help Leander find their name, and their self. Soon Leander would depart, hungry to see the world, unburdened by memories of a life lived in shadow and cruelty. But cruelty is not easily forgot, especially not by its victims. Leander may be a new being, but the face they wear is one of fear, hatred and violence to many, and it is only a matter of time before their eyes lock with those by whom they are known

Mental Trauma

Leander is sometimes plagued by auditory flashes of the life they led before their reawakening. These can sometimes be mild, simple scraps of conversation or an invasive thought train from long ago, but while resting in the past, they have grown to be all consuming, like a nightmare while in a daydream.

Intellectual Characteristics

Possessed of a deep curiosity, Leander looks to experience for the truest access to information, limiting the extent to which they absorb written information to a rather surface level understanding.

Morality & Philosophy

Leander likes to avoid confrontation and will usually attempt to end any altercation as quickly and easily as possible, this means they tend to hold nothing back if a situation becomes violent, but before that they will often try to disengage with words or by fleeing.

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Leander is biromantic asexual.

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Leander identifies with a mix of both traditionally masculine and feminine traits. They have very much latched on to whatever has appealed to them in the moment

Personality

Motivation

Leander is still searching in many ways for a true purpose, but for now, what they want is an environment where they don't have to constantly think about the impracticalities of their appearance and abilities. Somewhere they can take their gloves off and simply talk honestly.

Savvies & Ineptitudes

Leander's abilities make them excellent at perceiving others, as well as gauging their mood or intentions, however, they are extremely ill suited to making conversation, so they use this perception mostly to avoid trouble.

Likes & Dislikes

Despite their shortcomings, Leander very much likes company, they are able to relax around people they trust and it helps with their flashes of memory to have others to ground them. Being so new to the world, Leander has a fondness for maps, and enjoys imagining what distant places might be like almost as much as actually visiting them.
Leander hates conflict generally, and is appalled to find themselves looking for a fight. They are incredibly uncomfortable when spending time alone, as that is when their old memories are loudest.

Social

Birthplace

Fosternost

Religious Views

Leander dosen't place much emphasis on Gods, as their ability to see spirit and soul in people has done much to turn the machinations of the Gods into mundanities of life. To them, divinity is simply an extension of what is natural, no more special than a forest or a sea.

Social Aptitude

Leander's off-putting appearance and perception of spirit has caused a few roadblocks in their development of social skills, as such, they are not particularly well-versed in conversation.

Mannerisms

Leander can sometimes get distracted, much like a child does, mid though or conversation. They often fiddle with and adjust their gloves while idle and often speak very quietly