Petyr Lansyer

Prince Peyterel L’ansaeye (a.k.a. Petyr Lansyer)

Only living descendant of King Hendred and Queen Isala, called the L’ansaeye (le-an-sae-yeh). They were a bridge between the human and fey worlds and were particularly gifted in balancing the magic of this land. They saved towns from floods, fields from famine, and the such. Little more than living gods.
Throughout the ages, their offspring have had similar powers, attuned to certain planes and magical talents. But many grew jealous and even fearful of them and so they were hunted down one by one. The humans were particularly adamant to kill the last hope the elves had of holding onto some glorious past, as well as their legitimate claim to the throne of Avernay. The Great Wars were the culmination of these. However, one survived.

Currently in the Campaign...

Petyr has been on the run for a number of years from the Vernay Royal Legion, headed by Captain Rylance Iffsen, because of his unauthorized research (& theft) into the Paragons. Having finally tracked down a rune, he hires a bunch of misfits to use as cannon fodder to get him inside the Vernay castle ruins. It works, but what he doesn't expect are those same misfits tracking him down. He really doesn't expect that they're all the other Paragon reincarnations. Funny how the world works.
So now they're working together and trying to figure out what to do. Once they find one another again.

Physical Description

General Physical Condition

Lanky, but with a hell of an ass. Petyr does not particularly take care of himself well. Due to recent events, he has a series of lightning scars across his body, focused on his chest and back. They branch out onto his neck and along his jaw line. He has yet to find a way to remove them, but will often use illusion magic to make them disappear when in public. He now also bears burn scars on his chest, collar bones, and neck from the explosion of the Greenhouse. 

Body Features

Petyr is covered in freckles across his cheeks and nose, as well as on his shoulders, arms, and back. There's even a few stray ones on his neck and feet.

Physical quirks

When he's nervous, Petyr will run his fingers through his hair almost constantly. His ears will also often twitch when he's dreaming. 

Apparel & Accessories

Petyr always has his braids in out of both devotion and nostalgia. They are always tied with the same soft grey blue ribbon from Dana Athi that Aeliell gave him as a child. He takes exceptional care of them. His crystal that he wears about his neck is the most precious item he has.

Mental characteristics

Personal history

Petyr’s (Mostly elven) Great-grandmother, Petrellei (peh-trell-ay), survived the culling of L’ansaeye at the end of the last age (Earth Age), roughly 2000 years ago.
Died giving birth to twins, a son, Tysaris (tie-sair-riss), and a daughter, Raedellae (ray-dell-lay). The daughter became a priestess in Dana Athi, sequestered away. She died at the age of 713 with no children. Tysaris left Dana Athi, against the wishes of the temple, and married a noble elf from Prys Wood named Le’aendwyn (lain-dwyn). Tysaris died in a skirmish with bandits on the way back west at the age of 650. Le’aendwyn fled to Dana Athi, pregnant.
She died giving birth to a daughter, Tyrenae (teer-reh-nay), at the age of 678. Tyrenae was kept secret for a long time, but she eventually fell in love with a half-elven hunter in her later years named Endoren (ehn-door-rin). Both died shortly after their son Peyterel’s birth in the lightning storm and subsequent destruction of much of Dana Athi caused by it at the respective ages of 579 and 43. Because of the storm, he became a sorcerer, imbued with more elemental power than any of the recent L’ansaeye had, causing word to spread.
When Peyterel was twelve, another storm made his power grow further and Dana Athi worried for his safety. He fled in the night, alone and terrified. For years he laid low, eventually finding companionship and relative safety in The City of Lake Vernay at the Vernay Royal Legion. It was there he befriended Rylance Iffsen and Lira Vernay.
What happened in the interim is unknown, but for years Peyterel has been on the run, working to find the runes of the Paragons.
Peyterel is currently 28. He goes by Petyr Lansyer now.

Sexuality

Pansexual

Education

Petyr was privately tutored by the priestesses of Dana Athi, most commonly by Head Priestess Aeliell, whom he considered like a mother. He was given a noble's education with also a strong focus on history and magical aptitude, given his heritage and powers. Since then he has taught himself everything he knows, from history to potion making and even spell development. Petyr greatly enjoys learning. Reading is his favorite things, and it's often why the homes he finds or creates tend to be or have massive libraries.

Employment

Petyr was, for a handful of years, a private at the Vernay Royal Legion. He didn't have to do guard duty or patrols out of Rylance's protection of his identity, but he didn't really enjoy the work. It was just a means of survival.

Accomplishments & Achievements

• Successfully decoded an ancient poem detailing The Paragons
• Hasn't actually been arrested yet
• Created a homestead on an entire other plane of existence
• Made friends?
• Brewed the perfect cup of oolong
  
  

Failures & Embarrassments

• Wasn't able to save Aeliell
• Tripped over his own feet and knocked over seven bookshelves which he had to clean up himself
• Got distracted by elven fruit in Beastchurch which resulted in getting captured. My bad.
• Got caught crying by a student. Awks.
• Slept with Roger's daughter.
  
  

Mental Trauma

Well, for starters, his birth killed both of his parents. So that started off strong. He found a friend group, only to severely maim one and betray the others out of fear of betrayal, he had to let his lone parental figure die, and he is continously terrified he will lose what growing friend group and family he is building.
Petyr is a very adept sorcerer with a strong power in lightning and thunder. However, sometimes his lightning will backfire because of the torture he suffered at the hands of Sherriff Caster and the wizard Neville in Beastchurch. His fear over using his strongest abilities isn't something that is going to easily go away.
What has been happening to him in the Feywild has been particularly harrowing. He's not having a great time.

Morality & Philosophy

Petyr is caught in-between extreme selfishness and a desperate desire to do right by everyone else. He wants to collect the runes for the power they might unlock out of a natural arcane curiosity and desire, but he is also very worried of them falling into the wrong hands. Ie literally anyone else.
He is not ignorant of his heritage and what that means or what it may mean to many other people. He has, however, refused to act on it out of a selfish desire simply to not want to be royalty. His entire life he was told he was special, but the only thing he seemed especially capable of what causing distress if not outright death. As such he isn't keen on political power.
Alternatively, the current situation in Avernay is elitism at its finest, and he doesn't like that. He is worried that if news of the Paragons and runes becomes too prevalent and those in power in Aleynath learn of it (& him), that he may be forced to choose. And if he is forced, will he sacrifice his own selfishness to do right by the voiceless in Avernay or will he turn tail and run, as he is wont to do? He doesn't know the answer to that question.

Personality Characteristics

Motivation

The best way to get me to do something is to tell me I can’t do it. I am incredibly slow to trust. Those who seem the fairest often have the most to hide.

Ideals: Freedom. Chains are meant to be broken, as are those who would forge them. 
Bonds: Something important was taken from me, and I aim to steal it back. Someone I loved died because of a mistake I made. That will never happen again.
Flaws: An innocent person is in prison for a crime that I committed. I’m okay with that. I turn tail and run when things look bad.

Likes & Dislikes

Likes

• Old books
• Tea of all kinds, but especially herbal
• Pressed flowers
• Watering his plants
• Snowberry wine
• Companionship
  
  

Dislikes

• The idea of destiny
• The heat
• Bugs. Fuck bugs.
• Coffee
• Scratchy blankets
  
  

Vices & Personality flaws

Petyr has a particularly bad habit of drinking his worries away. Too much time alone has given him poor coping mechanisms. If he isn't doing that, he will work himself to exhaustion to avoid certain scenarios or truths. He is also very reluctant to trust people.

Social

Religious Views

Petyr was raised in Dana Athi by the high priestesses and is a practicing Athinnian. He knows no other way, and takes great solace in the idea of the familial nature of the religion. He doesn't talk much about it, but he is quite devout.

Speech

As a child Petyr had the northern flat accent of Dana Athi, but when he left at the age of 12 it became muddled with the variety of accents in Lake Vernay, giving him a unique cadence as an adult.

Wealth & Financial state

Despite his royal heritage, Petyr does not have any inheritence to speak of. What he has squandered away is minimal. His true wealth are in some items he has in his possession, gifts and personal effects that he keeps close at hand.

Testimonials

"Killed my Mother" ★☆☆☆☆
The title says it all. One star for a good ass. - R.A. Edit: It has been brought to my attention that he did not, in fact, kill my mother. Upgrading to two stars.

Storm Sorcerer & The Earth Paragon

Alignment

Chaotic Neutral

Species

Half-Elf

Honorary & Occupational Titles

His Royal Highness Peyterel L’ansaeye of Avernay

Age

28

Date of Birth

12th day of Risiel , Year 1970 of the 5th Wind Age

Circumstances of Birth

Lightning storm at Dana Athi made him a Storm Sorcerer upon his birth

Birthplace

Dana Athi

Parents

Tyrenae L’ansaeye

Endoren Tellview

Parents (Adopting)

Aeliell Undelywn

Pronouns

He/Him

Gender

Male

Eyes

Teal

Hair

A soft mousey brown. He always wears braids on either side of his face in devotion to Athinnia.

Skin Tone/Pigmentation

Sunkissed tan and littered with freckles

Height

5'11"

Weight

134lbs

Known Languages

• Common
• Sylvan
• Elvish
• Dwarvish
• Primordial
• Celestial
• Abyssal