Appearance

Mentality

Personal history

Annika was born in Omberstad  not long after the founding. Her parents were merchant traders who followed the initial invasion of Uferbrech  to help supply the burgeoning town.
 

Early education

When she came of age, like many of the town's children, she was taken into the Tutelage as part of the Choosing. Her potential in engineering and the blending of machinery with magical forces was plain to see even then. Her time at the Tutelage was hard though, and she constantly fought against the stifling and overbearing methods that were employed, and she was in constant conflict with the teachers, and the other more dutiful students as a result.
 
Her greatest influence at this time was the influence of Usohati, one of the Motu  slaves who worked at the Tutelage . He became a close friend and mentor of Annika during this time, and encouraged her support of the oppressed.
 
Her rebellion intensified over the years she was there, and culminated in a particularly dangerous incident where Annika tried to steal back a Motu artafact on behalf of Usohati. The heist went terribly wrong, and Annika accidentally destroyed part of the dormitories with uncontrolled magic. Usohati died in the incident, and another of her fellow students, Gorias De Soto was permanently disfigured. Annika was immediately expelled in shame.
 

Travels

After this incident, Annika left Uferbrech, and travelled extensively around the Lands of Twilight becoming enamoured of the diversity and variety of peoples she met, and the many ways of living beyond the borders of the Protectorates. She found a number of tutors and mentors in her travels, including her time in Glimmertown, where she learnt much about the brewing of strange and mind-bending potions from the SporeMinds, and with the Stoneforged Assembly where she further developed her skills engineering and stone magic.
 
She travelled with caravans across the Shimmerlands, discovering the vast vineyards and the wonders of Sunwine, and spent time far to the north with the chaos and freedom loving peoples of the Circle of Malama. She spent a few months with the Icerunners on the Sea of Black Ice as they collected huge bergs to sail west to the parched markets of Kukutana. This is when she met Utzo, the imposing Iceward goblinkin who has been her constant companion for nearly 30 years.
 

The Lost Journals

 
Annika's travels in her 23 year exile were documented by her in The Lost Journals of Annika Lux, two of which have recently been recovered by the academics in New Lafaelle.
 

Return to Omberstad

Upon her return to Uferbrech, she was determined to bring a change to the autocratic control exercised by Lord Protector Ackron Der Kustos.
 
Her first project was the development of the Lux Steam House , inspired by the contructions left behind by the Motu at Windwheel Pass. She saw the potential to channel the wind energy gathered at the pass into extensive underground pumping systems to draw steam and hot water from beneath the island to heat the town of Omberstad.
 
Now, many years later, she still maintains the pipe and pumping network beneath the town and the entire town benefits from her invention. Her popularity is enduring, and has protected her from any reprisal as she exercises her biting criticism of Lord Akron, and actively tries to undermine his authority.
 
Annika makes no secret of her feelings towards Ackron , and his crony Gorias De Soto. Her history with Gorias in particular colours her dealings with the authorities, even now so many years after the incident, but he still wears the scars, and she still carries the guilt.

Accomplishments & Achievements

• Development of the Lux Steam House


• Invention of Sporespray


• Author of The Lost Journals of Annika Lux 

Failures & Embarrassments

Serious accidental injury of Gorias De Soto when they were young

Mental Trauma

She harbours a deep shame stilla t the injries she meted out on her old friend Gorias.  She hates what he has become, and in part blames herself and the headstrong days of her youth. It means that while she is content to agitate for change, she will only do so peacefully, and will not risk open confrontation or escalation with Gorias or Lord Akron.

Intellectual Characteristics

Annika has a keen and inquiring mind, and is easily excited and distracted when presented with new knowledge.  Her specialities lie in the blending of the magical with the mechanical.  Through this she has developed contraptions large and small, that channel, store and focus magical energies through engineering and alchemy.

Morality & Philosophy

She detests control and subservience of any kind, and also is disgusted by the hoarding of resources.  She sees the existence of the Icepen and the Ladders as a complete failure of Lord Akron's rule, and an inequality that needs changing.  Deeper still, she see the dispossession of the Motu as the greatest of crime of the Protectorates  that needs atonement and retribution.
 
She has been known to host meetings of political agitators and subversives in the Steam House, and to harbour and protect people from all walks of life if they need it.  She draws the line at having anything to do with the smugglers and criminal syndicates at Camp Thrifty, as she sees them as just another example of exploitation.

person.sexuality

There have been many whispered rumours over the years to do with Annika's long companionship with Utzo.  And while Annika is warm and affectionate with just about anyone she meets, there have been no reliable tales told of anything beyond the plutonic.  Many think she is asexual and more interested in good company and vibrant discussions than anything else.
 
Annika would be the first to smile warmly, and kindly suggest its none of your business.

Known Languages

Annika has taught herself many languages over the years.  She is able to converse in the tongues of the Shimmerlands, the Motu,Torik and has even invented a rudimentary device with which she can talk in simple terms using smells with the fungal peoples of Glimmertown.

Personality

Motivation

Annika seeks to:

• peacefully end Lord Akron's rule


• establish a more positive relationship with the Motu and other peoples of Uferbrech and the sorrounding regions. 


• ensure the Lux Steam House retains its reputation as a safe and welcoming place for people of all stripes to connect, unwind and enjoy life.


• keep Utzo safe from his people in Torik 

Her greatest fear is being unable to help those she has promised to keep safe. The Steam House is the symbol of this protection, and she fears that if Akron and Gorias are pushed too far, they will push back with force. She treads a fine line, to ensure that her peaceful opposition to them does not trigger more violent retribution.

Quotes & Catchphrases

"Gods and Akron be damned, more Sunwine!"

Vices & Personality flaws

She loves her sunwine, and is infamous for her long parties at the Steam House where much fun is had by many.  She has been known from time to time to drunkenly boast  about her or others actions against Lord Akron.  Utzo tries as best he can to keep an eye on her to make sure she does not say too much to the wrong people.

Social

Current Residence

Lux Steam House