Post by vainadaite on Jan 13, 2014 11:54:36 GMT 8
Nuri Hala "Vex" Ar'Raqis
Vex was born Nuri Hala Ar'Raqis or the "Firey halo that surrounds the moon". Born to a family of traders in Qadira, it wasn't long out of the womb before the rumours began to spread - Celestial blood seemed to lie within the Ar'Raqis bloodline, as Nuri sported a full head of flaming red hair, that seemed to glow unnaturally under the moonlight. Growing up, Nuri's skin began to tan to a dark olive, due to the harsh desert sun, and with her bright gold eyes, many likened her to the goddess Saranrae, and some even spoke of her as if she were an incarnation of the goddess itself. It wasn't long before the Padishah Emperor heard of this lass, and bethroval gifts started pouring into the Ar'Raqis family.
Unfortunately, the wives and concubines of the Emperor weren't too happy with this arrangement, as it was known that the celestial-touched lived longer lives that humans did, and her existence posed a threat to not only their position, but those of future generations to come. Assassins were sent to kill the child, before she hit her seventh birthday.
Nuri was a capricious child, and her family doted on her tremendously, out of his 8 children, she was her father's favourite. Spoilt to the core, she had no qualms in using whatever means possible to get jut what she wanted, and her glib tongue got her into as much trouble as it did in avoiding punishments for bad behaviour. On her 6th birthday, she was gifted a horse and took it out for a ride, unfortunately the beast was too wild and threw her off his back and into a river. Her family searched for her with no avail, but the next morning, she appeared at their doorstep a bit scratched up but none worst for the wear. She retold her stories and they realised her summoner's power, immediately they sought a wizard to teach her the ways of the magical.
Come her seventh birthday, assassins attacked her home, and although it was a failed attempt, many of the Ar'Raqis servants and guards and even injuring her father and slaying her eldest brother. To protect her, her family sent her off with her wizard teacher and pretended that the assassination attempt was a success.
To prevent Nuri from trying to contact her family she was told that they were attacked and killed by an evil wizard, and that the Keleshites refused to help as they were afraid. This began her disdain for the Keleshites and she vowed to join the Silver Crusade to route out evil. After the demise of her teacher, she took on the moniker "Vex" and began her adventures.
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Eventually, Vex joined the pathfinder society and under the orders of her new "teacher" was sent to retrieve an Amulet from Kessen's tomb. There she met briefly with a wonderful bard named Kleptus Somnus, who unfortunately expired after trying (rather futilely) to impress her. She continued her adventuring with The Wayward Wanderers, until their decision to take a holiday after reuniting the 3 parts of the amulets, and visiting the City of Golden Death, where she filled up 2 bags of holding with numerous gems and shinies only to have them all magically disappear due to the powers of a powerful wizard called "VC Richard Loh, the Game Master"
She then reunited with the Wanderers briefly to defend the city against the Worldwound threat in Siege of the Diamond City. Following which, she continued her adventures with the Mitigator in Echoes of the Everwatch, where a past secret was revealed to all - a very unorthodox tryst with Richard Dragonsbane in an invisible hut during their participation in the Ruby Phoenix Tournament.
Her faithful companion, Xiaobai, also reached Superwhite and eventually super smelly cheese status as ordained by Stephen "All hail Caiden Caileen" Logan, in the abovementioned Caideen Caileen Special of Blood over Absalom. Superwhite's indiscriminate nomming of bar brawlers after Vex's failed seduction of 2 gay rogues also led another to his path of adventuring, but that's another tale for another time.