Thursday, November 27, 2014

Ailyn Warsong

Ailyn prefers to ensure that her foes know that they are coming...right before they become her victims. One of the few Daughters of Tyr still living, she has a great deal of pressure from her siblings and from the other demigods in general to prove herself worthy of being her father's daughter. While female warriors are highly respected by most of the demigods, they most first prove themselves equal to or better than their male counterparts.

When the Exile first came to the Isle of the Stars, Ailyn was one of the many that held contempt for her and her Companions, thinking them to be week for relying on their father's powers in battle. She was also one of the few to challenge them to direct combat, and found herself evenly matched in the ensuing duel. When the Exile asked what she was fighting for, Ailyn replied it was for strength and respect. The Exile explained that she had lost because her cause, her Will, was not strong enough. The greatest of strength was protecting the people and things that you cherish. Her words struck a cord in the warrior demi-goddess, and from that moment forth she was more loyal to Riven than all save the Hands and Katarina, whose loyalty borders on fanatacism.

A powerful and exceptionally skilled warrior, Ailyn is most lethal a long spear, although her archery and swordplay are nothing to scoff at.

Zia Rashid

Once a powerful student of the Chief Lector, Iskandar, Zia Rashid has only grown stronger thanks to the intensive training regimen she and the other members of The Exiles forces received on the Isle of the Stars. While she was originally the host of Nephthys, when her real body was recovered by Sadie, Callista, and Bast, the Goddess of the Nile returned to the river, and the slumbering power of the Sun God Ra embedded itself within her. While the consciousness of the deity remains imprisoned, she is able to draw on his strength to augment the power of her spells to incredible levels.

She prefers to do battle from long range, like Sadie, using spellfire on her enemies or augmenting the abilities of her allies (commonly reffered to as "buffing"). While this does not mean she is helpless in melee range by any stretch of the imagination, she is far less proficient than, for example, Callista. Despite her power, however, Sadie still can outmatch her due to the greater control over magic that being the Host of Isis gives the blond-haired Kane sibling.

Both her power and her skill, and most of all her loyalty, have earned her a well-deserved place amongst the Stormguard, the elite forces of The Exile