Shutheirrahl

Face Claim: N/A; original

Appearance

Humanesque form: Golden filigree scales spread across her figure from her horns all the way down to her feet. The web-like markings on her horns are at the base and tips. Her forehead is covered by the scales and forms into several lines that run down her eyes and cheeks. The filigree covers the crook of her neck on both sides and branches out further up and over the top of her shoulders, curving downward by her collarbones. A golden line starts on her sternum and travels down to merge into the lace-like marking slightly above her abdomen. On her upper arms are two parallel markings that wrap around along with on her thumbs, index finger, and ring fingers. Valiska’s wings take on a membrane-like base and the inside of her wings are coated with a golden feathered lining that helps keep her body heat somewhat regulated. Her wings have six talons that are placed on the end points of her wings, three on each wing. Her ears are heavily pointed at the tips, with two piercings on each ear. Dual-colored eyes framed by long, thick lashes. Her irises carry two hues, a lavender along the outer ring and upon closer inspection a golden ring encircles the pupil. She has a serpentine tongue in this form, often drawing out her words more than necessary unconsciously. Hip-length hair that brushes against her rear with the tresses having dark, wavy, plum-colored roots that slowly fade into a lilac hue at the ends. The woman stands tall at 6'2" with a lithe physique and toned muscle to give her bodice definition. Her attire is more than often just a showcase of her body. Sheer fabric over her abdomen, with high slits up to her waist on the sides to allow her legs free movement. The clothing covers her ample figure in just the right places. She feels no need for anything more as her Draconic defense is more than enough to deter against most attacks. Ref

Dragon form: A dark, plum colored body with the length of twelve feet long and her height teetering at thirteen feet and six inches tall. In her true form, her horns total to a six. Two protrude from her forehead as the remaining four, two on each side of her face, curve inward to frame a narrow snout. Plum scales ease into a golden hue as it runs down the length of her underbelly, and over her four limbs.


Personality

Valiska is very aware and alert to her surroundings that she is careful of each step she makes. She takes into account any small action of others that reach her eyesight. She is naturally curious as she tries to widen her sources of knowledge. The Dragon finds Death peculiar, calming, and exciting all at once. She experiments with the living and dead to see the difference in functions depending on the type of animal or humanoid species. Once she grows bored of her current task she quickly disposes of it without thought and moves on to another. She has a good memory and it is easy for her to hold a grudge. She is not the one to forget and forgive as she holds it tight and close to heart. Valiska does not give threats to those who wrong her, no, she makes a promise.



Abilities

Beast Shifting—Mastered: The ability to shift into one’s beast form. The rush of power coarse through her veins along with a primal instinct. The instinct of the beast slowly invades over the rational side of her mind the longer she is in this form.

Accelerated Regeneration—Advanced:The ability to recover faster than usual. A way to recover from mere scraps and scratches in only a few minutes of rest. Any sustained heavy injury her mind shuts down to allow her body to repair itself. Over time, her mind began to shut out any signal of physical pain to become insensitive to the sensation.

Pyrokinesis—Advanced: The ability to control fire. An entity that she beckons to the strength of her will. Concentration is needed to bend it to her desires or else it would go astray. An element that is derived from her emotion also requires her to be in control of her own.

Wing manifestation—Intermediate: The ability to summon one’s wings at will. Two appendages that adjust its size according to her human and her beast form. She has to dedicate a part of her concentration to keeping the ability active at all times. Due to the talons that adorn the edge of her wings cause pain, or rather discomfort, to constantly reveal and then discard.

History

Shutheirrahl was a child that was not born from love, well, reciprocated love. Surya, her father, waited many years that went by and there was no sign of his mate, he figured he should continue on his legacy without his true mate. It took some time to find a woman that appealed to his tastes, her also mateless, and to have the consent of the forced mating. As she was caring for his child in her womb, he cared for her tenderly during that time. Over that time, Surya grew fond of her company.

Soon the time passed quickly by, and the child was due. As soon as Shutheirrahl was into the father's arms, his whole attention was now on the development of the child. The fond looks he once gave the woman was now all on the child. The woman paid it no heed at the beginning. Early on in her childhood Shutheirrahl was taught on how to survive; what and what not to eat, how to track animals and how to tell the difference between predators and prey, etc. As she reached adolescence, that’s when her real training began. During the day she was taught by Surya, and at night by her mother. The difference in techniques were wide as she had to memorize the two, she found a way to merge the way of brutal and aggressive with subtle and sly.

Oh, the time had come! At the ripe age of thirteen, the formation of her human skin developed. At her dismay, it only increased the pressure of training her human form just as hard as when she is a beast. Under the tutelage of her father she gained insight of using weapons, mainly the sword and bow, in her human body. The years passed without any true remembrance of her life. A constant routine of train, train, train and for what? With the upcoming of her first century, her parents had her leave the Tundra with an excuse of ‘self-discovery’ to explore the world with her own eyes.