Atlantic:Merci d'Rue
| Merci d'Rue | |
| Player: | |
| Place of Birth: | Small Village in the heart of Spirituality Ilshenar |
|---|---|
| Class: | Warrior/Matriarch/Oracle |
| Guild: | Guardians of Stonegate |
| Personal Data | |
| Real Name: | Merci Jeanine Anastasia d'Rue |
| Aliases: | Oracle, Lady of Snow, Mother of Wolves, Stubborn Blue |
| Race: | Human transformed by Lycanism |
| Age: | 28 |
| Height: | 6'2 |
| Weight: | 150 |
| Eye Color: | Bright Blue |
| Hair Color: | Originally Blonde transformed to Dark Blue with White Stripes |
| Biographical Data | |
| Residence: | The Mountains of the Forsaken North, Malas, Main Stonegate City |
| Former Guilds: | The Zog Cabal, The Ministry of Shadows, The Realm of Umbra, The Guardians of Stonegate |
| Marital Status: | Engaged |
| Relatives: | Fiona d'Rue (Cousin) Known living children: Korin d'Rue, Kelei Kil'ana, Kuruth d'Rue, Alexis Da'Mon, Reine Da'Mon, there are others that may be dead. Neices of her dead sister, Mira and Lira De'Channon |
| Accolades | |
| Achieved high honors in the Military of Umbra, became Warlord then a Co-Matriarch, freed and expanded the rights of Lycans, Oracle of Stonegate | |
| Abilities | |
| High tactical assualt abilities, Lycan strength, hearing and sight, an accomplished Cryomancer though young still, Light Oracle abilities. | |
| Unique Equipment | |
| The Creator, a Kryss often imbued with her cold powers that freezes enemies upon insertion. | |
| Merci is also able to command the wolves of Stonegate, and understand their speech powers granted to her by the Lycan stone. She has trained all her life to become a superb warrior, trained by the Wolf King himself. | |
History
Merci d'Rue was born in a small village, her family part of a small band of unknown humans trying to make thier way in Ilshenar. They settled in Spirituality, Merci's grandmother was an odd sort, some rumors said she was connected to the fey and she tended to spend hours in the company of wisps. Most thought her crazy. On Merci's 10th Birthday she bestowed a gift a gold necklace which held a strange blackrock, cautioning Merci to guard it with her life. Word of the unusual dark stone reached the ears of the current leader of an underground organization and the leader, and his faithful Acolytes, snuck into the village and killed all that were there, but the one that carried the Stone.
Merci's family was brutally slaughtered and she fled afeared for her life, finding her way to Malas. There she ran into a gentle woman named Alonwynn, Merci scarred by the horror of her life, fast became friends confiding her dark secret with Alonwynn. Unfortunately Alonwynns sister was connected with the same group that had slaughtered Merci's family, and they used her friend against her, demanding she give herself to them. IN her first act of loyalty to a friend, she gave up her life in order to free her friend. The necklace around Merci's neck did in fact prove to be one of the rare unknown peices of blackrock. The leader (soon to be known as *The Creator*), a corrupted sort, maimed Merci into a walking blackrock slave, infusing ice and snow into her body. She had no free will and served only his group.
In time, the group dissappeared and The Creator himself came up missing, Merci was left forgotten in his tower sleeping. As an act of love Alonwynn guided Merci's mysteriously freed soul one day back to her friend so that she might live and be free again. Unfortunately Merci's memories were locked away she could remember nothing of her past. She wandered for years, in the cold snow, becoming one with it and honing her skills as a fighter. Eventually, she ran into the Ministry of Shadows and served them for a time.
At last she came to know the Realm of Umbra, at this time her past reemerged The Creator brough back to life by mysterious forces, and appeared once more demanding her subservience to him again. She turned to her close friend Myrddin ab'Arawn, son of the Matriarch for help. Her only choice was to embrace that which Myrddin was and become a Lycan herself. He granted her his own torture and gift, Siring her as a Lycan of his own creation. This broke the hold The Creator had on her and she soon rose to power within the ranks of Umbra eventually becoming the Matriarch in Ceinwyn's absence. She bore children for Umbra, fostered the Warriors In Training program, and fought for the rights of Outcast races and people everywhere alongside her now close friends of Myrddin ab'Arawn, Willow Smythe, and Malikhia Wrenk.
Eventually the four set off in search of creating a Sister Empire to the realm of Umbra and landed after much strife in the Forsaken North. Myrddin ascended by the powers of a rare artifact they had been searching years for, The Lycan Stone (aka The Ether Stone)he was crowned the Wolf King of Stonegate. Sadly the Realm of Umbra fell in thier absence and was begotten by traitorous means into the hands of Oblivion. That is where the real story begins....
Appearance
Merci d'Rue is well built woman of 28, she has dark blue hair with a few white streaks in it. Her eyes one of her most striking features shine bright blue at night taking on an odd glow. She can transform into a partial wolf or a complete wolf and typically will look like a large white wolf when transformed. Around her neck hangs a dark stone, one might notice deep scars around her neck if she is ever without her gorget around it. At her hip hangs a small ank by chain with a small red stone in the center. She has long legs, slender hands and a reasonably sized chest which she keeps bound in corsets for fighting purposes. She wears dark leather armour and a coarse blue robe over it, tied neatly around her waist by a small apron. Her hair is long and blue and usually free and wild. She is quite tall measuring 6'2 and weighs an appropriate amount for her slight muscular build. She is young ,agile, and well trained. Most of her power in battle stems from her cryomantic abilities and her keen Lycan senses to move fast and agile.
Other Information
Merci d'Rue recieved the name Oracle due to her very perceptive and highly sensitive other worldy contacts. She has been possessed as a conduit by the dead elders of the clan and has been known thru out time to give out eerily accurate fortunes by palm reading or just touching another being. She has many children though not all were naturally created and is at the moment unmarried but currently engaged.
She wears corsets at almost all times, feeling that they are a form of control for her as is so necessary in the hotblooded minds of Lycans.
She must drink potions to help control her transformations and tries very hard to stay away from high emotion as this often awakens the animal within her.
Merci has a habit of collecting the hearts of worthy foe and keeps them frozen in a locked chest deriving some of her strength from the fallen objects.
On a lighter Note: Merci loves pizza, she trains so hard she has been known to gobble several in one round. A very driven woman she often forgets to eat.
Suspected Weaknesses: Anger, rage, high amounts of heat, Wolfsbane sickens her. Silver weapon damage takes a long time to heal. Certain Poisons have been known to slow down her regenerative rate.