Spirit Alkemos (spear-it æl-kah-mos)
Spirit Alkemos
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
Spirit had a leaner body type, made more for agility than strength. She had some semblance of ab definition.
Facial Features
Most notable of a Crusader is they develop facial markings tied to their bloodline once they don a circlet, and for Spirit, it meant two dots forming beneath her eyes, a patch of gray on her nose, and three dots on her chin. She had a wide nose with thin eyebrows. Her eyes were a striking violet with longer lashes, Freya especially drawn to staring into them. Her face was round.
Identifying Characteristics
The facial markings of her face help others recognize her status as a crusader. No matter what form she shifts into, somehow, the markings remain.
Special abilities
She can perform magic, being especially skilled with transformation magic as a figurin. As for the elemental affinities, she took a liking to wind magic in particular, helping steer her arrows into hitting bullseyes.
Apparel & Accessories
When going out onto the battlefield, Spirit wore a purple sweater with some archer's armor over it. She wore a skirt with shorts underneath to maximize her movement alongside knee-high boots. Finger-less gloves helped her have more control over her arrows whilst also letting her perform magic in a pinch.
Mental characteristics
Gender Identity
Since figurins are shapeshifters, the concept of gender roles does not exactly exist for them. Any gender is expected to do anything without anything explicitly attached to them. Spirit identifies as female, but she often can be wearing clothing more expected for masculine people to wear in our world.
Sexuality
Homosexual
Education
Spirit never attained a formal education in her youth due to the war-torn nature of the world at that point. However, later on in life, while living under the reign of the First Mortal, she studied a lot about physics. Although the knowledge back then was not as advanced as it is now in modern Koyo, most say her education proved crucial to her impeccable archery ability.
Employment
Never formally employed, Spirits performed a few odd jobs here and there. Her most notable task was the invention of ballistae, spread across the continent like water upon a flat surface. It was so wide-spread, Vedrfol caught note of her deeds and visited her soon after with the Nio Charm.
Accomplishments & Achievements
Spirit, of course, accomplished the creation of ballistae as everyone knows them. She became renowned for this all across the world, gaining the admiration of peers and even enemies alike. Her family, proud of her efforts, were ready to gift her with as many things as they could, despite their lack of money. Still, she sent all the gold gained from her efforts back to them, so they could flourish. Her kindhearted nature is still sung across all the bards to this day. Her creativity is praised endlessly by all the Monadists and Triadists alike.
She spent a long time pining for her fellow crusader, Freya, unsure of what could come of their union. Even in warfare, she could not help but follow her around and try her best to protect her. In turn, Freya reciprocated her motions, but the two of them failed to recognize their mutual affections for one another. It came to the point where their fellow Crusaders teased them in private for it. Eventually, the urgings of their allies brought them to confess to each other, and they formed a bond made legendary in both the Scriptures.
Mental Trauma
Her wife died before she did, having been brought to her knees by the remnants of the Fell God. This, in turn, sent Spirit into a great depression as she took refuge with the Nibelungs of ancient times. They offered her comfort and their kindest words, but it could not rid her of the sorrow taking clawing at her soul. When Spirit soon died due to what some called "heartbreak," she bestowed her circlet unto the Nibelungs for them to watch. Her children with Freya lived with them for a long time until the house's eventual fall.
Intellectual Characteristics
Something Spirit developed along the way of traveling the world was her high intellectual empathy. She considered the viewpoints of members of each species, discussing how they wished the world to be ran after the Age of Darkness' end. Some claimed they would like the world to be ruled by themselves while others wished for figures like Azur or Iferclu to take the reigns. Already having shown great leadership prowess, despite their origin as the children of the Fell God, most put their trust into these entities. Spirit herself, was not too sure, having seen the enviable way Vedrfol ran their nation. However, once she noticed their mental health take a decline and their lack of care taken to cope with it, she started echoing the sentiments of the majority. However, she still understood the other side!
Spirit showcased intellectual humility, too, as she often claimed she never knew everything. People followed in her footsteps due to her vast knowledge and creativity, but she tried to calm the crowd by reiterating the former sentiment. However, in the modern era, many laud her for having wisdom beyond that of most mortals. In reality, Spirit knew herself to have biases and innate egoism like anyone else. Though she worked as altruistically as possible, she knew she derived a sort of joy from the deed, benefiting herself in the process. However, helping others selfishly still helped others, so she took no issue with herself.
Morality & Philosophy
Spirit thought it wrong to kill other mortals in battle, therefore sparing their lives and trying to redirect them to places where they could recuperate from their wounds. A few times, this backfired on her, but she stayed steadfast in her beliefs.
Taboos
The very idea of murder sickened her especially. When someone brought the topic up, she needed to go somewhere else as it pained her to hear about her fellow mortals killing each other for no reason or for selfish ones. No matter the context, whether it be brought up casually in conversation or be a discussion regarding the crimes of an individual, she wanted to be as far away from it as possible.
Personality Characteristics
Motivation
Driven by the need to protect her family, she set out to rid nearby places of the Fell God's beasts. Soon enough, she became curious of what lay beyond the reaches of her home. Then, bidding farewell to those closest to her, she traveled the world freeing places of the Fell God's influence. Spirit strived to learn more about Neegavia and its various places of interest, swimming through what would be known as the Serpere Reefs to even venturing into the canyons of what would later be known as Riavelon.
Likes & Dislikes
If possible, Spirit always preferred loungewear over any other apparel. Due to her constant travels, however, they were a luxury to wear most of the time. After the Age of Darkness, she reveled in them!
Hygiene
Spirit preferred to shave her body hair off, not feeling inclined to by anyone but herself.
Social
Family Ties
Unfortunately, the names of her family members were lost to time, but it is stated she had a father and little brother to look after.
Religious Views
Spirit put a lot of stock into the Creator and the First Mortal, becoming even more of a believer once she met the latter in person. When she met the Creator for the first and last time, she felt her heart about to leap from her body as she wanted to run away, but at the same time, a feeling of pride overwhelmed her. All-in-all, she was what most would call a Monadist in her youth and a Triadist later on. Believing in the message Azur, Iferclu, and Ignis all paraded, she thought they could lead what remained of mortalkind to peace.
Social Aptitude
Most would call her highly charismatic when in reality, Spirit was constantly nervous about slipping up on her words. She would take long times to think about what she would say next to ensure she never messed up her message. Her responses, always well thought out, had underlying feelings of anxiety lying behind each of them. Still, the fact she masked it excellently in front of others lends to her ability of speaking to the public.
Growing up in a humble family led to Spirit developing a healthy ego, perhaps with a bit too much humility as she could sometimes be walked on. She did stand her ground on several topics she felt most strongly about, but on others where her feelings proved more complex, she would take long times to truly develop any opinions regarding them. Often, she preferred to keep to herself, embodying an introvert. Always wishing to accommodate for others, Spirit seldom made requests which would override the wishes of her fellow crusaders. Not the one to mind too much, seeing others happy made her take part in their joy, too.
Hobbies & Pets
Spirit always brought a notebook with her wherever she went so she had the ability to draw and write about her experiences. Many schematics for her inventions exist in these notebooks as well, and they have been displayed in a museum in Koyo for all to view. She specifically liked to draw landscapes, wanting to jot down everything she saw for future viewing pleasure. From vast meadows to treacherous caverns, one will see a variety of different places. Her crusader allies, in particular, fawned over these drawings and begged her to make portraits of them, to her dismay. However, she does have several portraits done of her wife, Freya. These were in the possession of the Nibelungs until their untimely fall.
As for the stories she wrote, they most often logged her battles against the Fell God's demons and her interactions with the people. Some passages have been adapted into the Scriptures, made as dramatic as possible with the most flowery wording one can expect. Some events were exaggerated and fabricated by Vedrfol themself, but no one is the wiser.
Speech
Spirit spoke in a neutral context, never too light-hearted or serious, and this middle-of-the-road attitude carried itself to whether she spoke formally versus casually or enthusiastically or matter-of-factly. However, no matter the person, Spirit wanted to respect them. Even if she disliked someone, she thought it pointless to disrespect them and sinking down to their level to disregard them.
She had the tendency to preface many of her statements with, "Ah..."
Species
Honorary & Occupational Titles
The Crusader of Creativity
Age
705
Circumstances of Death
She died around 900 years ago, having lived a happy life with her wife
Children
Pronouns
she/her or they/them
Sex
Fluid
Gender
Female
Presentation
Feminine
Eyes
Bright purple
Hair
Black, curly hair reaching her chin
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
Extremely dark-skinned with cool undertones, 3 gray markings on her face
Height
5'4"
Weight
120 lbs
Belief/Deity
The Creator
Character Prototype
I saw this GORGEOUS woman on the internet and I was like, "I want to base a character off her!" so I did. Here is the Instagram of the woman in question, Spirit having similar facial characteristics to her: https://www.instagram.com/melaniin.goddess/
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