Fei

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STATS
Name: Fei
Age: 36
Gender: Female
Race: Elf
Class: Archer/Rogue

Description: Fei is sturdily built for an elf with muscled arms and legs from running around in the forest, hunting and training. She has long black hair she usually keeps tied up, pointed ears, brown eyes and a wide nose that is uncommon among elves. Some say there are some other races mixed in her line and it appears that is true, however it's unclear what these lines are. Should she hide her ears she can pass as human. 
Personality: Fei has an outspoken temperament. She blurts out whatever she is feeling. She likes to be among people but doesn't mind the solitude of hunting in the forest, as long as she can return home regularly. Since she is different from the more traditional-minded purebred elves, she also enjoys going out and meeting people from other species. 
Skills: Hunting, running, forest survival.
Enjoys: Being among people, laughing and playing games.
Dislikes: Protocol and hierarchy. 
Pet: Sunset Faerie Dragon Linli (m) from Treval Dragonry (info:
Anarendor)

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STORY
Fei looked carefully at the sky. She'd been told to go hunt the sunset but something strange was happening. The sunset was travelling south for one thing. Fei knew she was in some sort of spell or mind warp but did not know who or what was bespelling her. And then came her dilemma. Should she hunt the sunset where it was supposed to be? Or where it appeared to be? Or where it shouldn't be? Maybe that was an option too. 
"Sunset, won't you come stay with me?" she chanted.
Fei had never been one to quietly wait for things to go her way. And no-one had said she couldn't try a bit of spellcasting of her own. However, whatever was playing with her mind and senses didn't react to the spell she'd cast. It had been a flimsy thing at best. No matter, she had time. After all the sunset returned at the end of each day so she felt confident that she would get to the end of this riddle eventually.
Getting an eight-sided die out of her pocket, Fei rolled for a clue. The die bounced a few times and then showed her a three. East it was for today. It felt a bit silly to go hunt for the sunset in the east but when you thought about it, the east was the origin of the sun's path so it wasn't so foolish. Maybe she would meet the dreaded thing if she went back far enough.
"Sunset, won't you come and join me?" she continued her little chant.
Maybe it was her imagination but some of the air seemed to shimmer. But when she looked at the place she'd seen the movement, nothing was there. Shrugging, Fei turned due east and started walking away from the beautiful reds, oranges and yellows that coloured the sky to the west and the south. 
Immediately the air in the direction she was headed started to shimmer with various colours in the warm spectrum. Pinks and purples seemed to be more dominant here. In the distance she spied glowing lights that looked like a dozen suns were all headed in different directions. Fei waited, mesmerised by the beauty of the sight.
"Sunset, pretty sunset, won't you come and play with me?" she whispered awestruck.
Three times a charm they say and maybe the three chants had strengthened the effect of her spell. Or maybe she'd just found the right words. Suddenlt a beautiful butterfly-winged, feather-adorned dragon the size of a cat materialised in the air in front of her.
"Well hello sunset, what is your name?" Fei asked.
The creature chirped and grabbed hold of her hair, tugging her so that she followed him to where the lights were still playing in the sky. And there the faerie dragon danced and chased and generally showed off. Though he'd had fun pranking all kinds of creatures with his magic over the years, he'd grown weary of remaining alone. 
Finally the faerie dragon revealed his name.
"Nice to meet you, Linli." Fei said, "You want to take me somewhere?"
Before she could guess further she was bombarded with a series of images. Some places she knew, others were foreign but they were all coloured in the sunset hues that Linli could so strikingly display.
"You want to chase sunsets?" Fei asked.
A happy chirp seemed to approved of the plan.


Abilities: Superior Invisibility, Limited Telepathy, Magic resistance
Innate Spellcasting: dancing lights, minor illusion, color spray, mirror image (each 1/day)
Age at impression: approximately 15 years old

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BOND
Following the sunsets, Fei and Linli had ventured into a colder climate. The sunsets turned softer in hue, whites, blues and greys tinging them to look more fragile than bright. But the colours remained beautiful. And whenever it suited him, Linli tweaked the colours to be brighter anyway.
But a couple of days later, the colours behaved differently. Stars were out well before they should have been visible and no matter what Linli did, the sunset remained it's cool pastel wintry painting of the horizon.
"I think someone is countering your magic." Fei said.
A frustrated Linli let out an angry squeak and flew off, in search of the offender.
Fei was only barely able to keep up. Luckily the cold air prevented the faerie dragon's maximum speed. As the advanced, more lights appeared around them. They glowed a warm golden yellow, then intensified to an almost fluorescent green before fading back to the warmer ambiance. The lights also moved, or appeared to move anyway. Fei couldn't say how she knew but she intuitively felt that the lights pulsed on and off.
A brighter light appeared at the edge of the trees and Fei curiously went to explore.
She was greeted by two bright golden eyes, a long snout and gnarled horns that looked as if they had been wrought from ancient wood. Fur and feathers, crystals and translucent sails adorned the dragon as it waited stately in the clearing.
Linli chriped angrily.
The dragon turned her head toward the much smaller faerie dragon and responded:
"I did not mess up your magic. I only used my own as I've been doing here for many days."
"Are you the one who made the lights glow?" Fei asked, "They're very pretty."
"I am and thank you." the dragon responded, seemingly pleased.
Linli seemed a bit sulky but soon found a cosy spot on the dragon's mane in which to nest.
"It seems he has forgiven you." Fei smiled, "It's best to be grateful."
"My kind is all about hope and forgiveness. And Light." Hjaltine responded.
She had introduced herself and had shown the fae and her pet to her home, a secluded hollow carved in a hill that was lodged between trees on one side and rock on the other. The resulting cavern-like dwelling was sturdy and spacious and adorned with Hjaltine's magic lights.
"You're welcome to stay for as long as you want."
Fei looked at Linli and warned: "That might be forever, be careful what you offer."
"The offer was given with that possibility in mind, fear not."
"Then we'll gladly comply." Fei nodded.
The elf could see herself living here, surrounded by woods and earth, watching beautiful sunsets and twinkling lights for many years to come.

BOND
Name: Hjaltine
Gender: Female
Species: Reindeer Court Mutt
Parents: Tusarakana (reindeer mutt) x Fjernsyn (imperial court mutt)
Origin: Alternate Benden Weyr (Discord Giveaway)
Personality: Cheerful, kind and giving, Hjaltine is all about the big winter festive spirit
Abilities:
     *Telepathy
     *Verbal Speech
     *Teleportation
     *Winter Magic (Glow Twinkle Lights)

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