Obsidian
''I am your rose.''
Obsidian is an incredibly tall woman with a massive sword. Her figure makes it easy to underestimate her strength, but she's much stronger than she looks.
She is stoic, cold, and a woman of few words. But she has a good heart and values respect, trust and friendship. If you gain her trust, you'll have a friend for life.
Origins
Obsidian doesn't remember much of her childhood, where or who her family members are, or where she comes from. All she knows are the streets of Ankh-Morport, where she spent most of her childhood years. Refugee, outcast, exile, orphan... Her role, and appearance, was unclear.
Living on the streets was hard on her, and due to her intimidating appearance, the people even more so. Obsidian would end up hiding her appearance to avoid conflict. That was until she witnessed a street scuffle between two boys dressed in red, and a girl, who turned out to be Lady Medani herself. Obsidian decided to interrupt, which resulted in saving Medani's life. She was then taken in, and has been serving the Medani family ever since. Joining the academy, she quickly rose through the ranks, and gained high respect from House Medani. She would eventually become a house agent for them, and carry out important task throughout the desert. She made a vow to keep her identity hidden, and to never risk revealing who or what she is, which was also some sense of security for Obsidian. People seemed to respect her more, her authority, and her talents this way. She truly devoted her life to serving them, and she was happy staying, and dying, this way. However, after being charmed by an aboleth to follow her deepest desires, she took her helmet off from that point on, breaking several oaths, stepping over many boundaries as well as declaring her love for Lady Medani herself... Obsidian was eventually released from duty for being ''a danger to the house''. Now, cured from the charm, Obsidian regrets everything, and fears she will never set foot near House Medani ever again. She's aimlessly following the group to find a new purpose in life. Perhaps meet someone like her, or even find out where she truly comes from? Appearance Her skin is a glassy, almost translucent black with cracks of glowing reds and yellows spreading across her body, strongly resembling obsidian with streaks of magma going through it, which is how she got her name. Her insides look like molten lava, so her mouth, nostrils, ears etc glows. Her hair resembles cooled lava in the shape of dreads, and her eyes are a piercing warm glow. When angered or feeling strong emotions, she often starts smoking and glowing brighter. Her armor is a shiny black with golden details and decorated with filigree. Her boots have very high heels, and her gauntlets have claw-like fingers. She lost a hand during a trip to the feywilds, which has been replaced with an armlet that gives her a magical one. Made of lava, she can reshape this hand into any kind of melee weapon. The Black Rose
Her previous sword was a huge, heavy two handed cleaver-like sword, adorned with rose and filigree details in silver and brushed metal. It was called ''The Black Rose''.
It had a flat, heavy tip, and a razor sharp edge along its inner curve. It had the ability to absorb some life energy from enemies when hitting them just right, healing her wounds in the process.
Obsidian truly loved this sword, even if its true origins weren't really what she thought it was.
She now displays its design, rather, whenever using her replacement hand to summon a weapon. Two handed is definitely her style.
The Aboleth Incident
Obsidian has always been weak to charms and mind tricks, even though she has a strong, determined heart. This was unfortunately a weakness that turned her life upside down after battling an aboleth that had set up a home in the desert. The choice was to face the greater of two evils to solve communication difficulties between the towns and cities spread across the desert during the siege.
After winning the fight, one victory had been achieved, but not without consequence. Obsidian was now charmed to follow her deepest desires, and the first thing on her mind was... Freedom. And thus, broke a vow and removed her helmet, revealing her true identity and what she is.
This was well received from the party, and while other higher ups were surprised and raised a few eyebrows... She quickly realized that people just don't really care anymore. They've all got bigger things to worry about.
Confidence followed, perhaps a toxic one. She would get cocky, bold, irrational, follow her own rules, and therefore disrespecting (and maybe even insult) House Medani on multiple occasions.
Obsidian would obsessively try to get Jamila Medani's praise and love by all means necessary. So much so she would cross boundaries and general protocol to get her attention.
Things got ugly when Obsidian revealed Medani's hidden troops, exposing the house of their secrets.
After winning the war, Jamila was nowhere to be found. Obsidian got more and more unhinged until Aszral Medani released her from duty himself.
Her home, her job, the comfort, and her usual day-to-day life was no more.
Obsidian would be extremely temperamental, moody and harsh until eventually getting cured in the feywilds. She doesn't remember how it happened, just that her head was much quieter and clearer when returning.
Ashamed, Obsidian dared not set foot out of their airship after it all. But she swears she saw a familiar face in the crowd before they set sail.
Living on the streets was hard on her, and due to her intimidating appearance, the people even more so. Obsidian would end up hiding her appearance to avoid conflict. That was until she witnessed a street scuffle between two boys dressed in red, and a girl, who turned out to be Lady Medani herself. Obsidian decided to interrupt, which resulted in saving Medani's life. She was then taken in, and has been serving the Medani family ever since. Joining the academy, she quickly rose through the ranks, and gained high respect from House Medani. She would eventually become a house agent for them, and carry out important task throughout the desert. She made a vow to keep her identity hidden, and to never risk revealing who or what she is, which was also some sense of security for Obsidian. People seemed to respect her more, her authority, and her talents this way. She truly devoted her life to serving them, and she was happy staying, and dying, this way. However, after being charmed by an aboleth to follow her deepest desires, she took her helmet off from that point on, breaking several oaths, stepping over many boundaries as well as declaring her love for Lady Medani herself... Obsidian was eventually released from duty for being ''a danger to the house''. Now, cured from the charm, Obsidian regrets everything, and fears she will never set foot near House Medani ever again. She's aimlessly following the group to find a new purpose in life. Perhaps meet someone like her, or even find out where she truly comes from? Appearance Her skin is a glassy, almost translucent black with cracks of glowing reds and yellows spreading across her body, strongly resembling obsidian with streaks of magma going through it, which is how she got her name. Her insides look like molten lava, so her mouth, nostrils, ears etc glows. Her hair resembles cooled lava in the shape of dreads, and her eyes are a piercing warm glow. When angered or feeling strong emotions, she often starts smoking and glowing brighter. Her armor is a shiny black with golden details and decorated with filigree. Her boots have very high heels, and her gauntlets have claw-like fingers. She lost a hand during a trip to the feywilds, which has been replaced with an armlet that gives her a magical one. Made of lava, she can reshape this hand into any kind of melee weapon. The Black Rose
Race: Lava Genasi
Class: Fighter/Barbarian
Alignment: Lawful Neutral
Pronouns: She/Her
Sexuality: Lesbian
Loyalty: Jamila Medani, the Party
Themesong: Where It All Ended
Class: Fighter/Barbarian
Alignment: Lawful Neutral
Pronouns: She/Her
Sexuality: Lesbian
Loyalty: Jamila Medani, the Party
Themesong: Where It All Ended
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