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Player
Name: Kuma
E-mail: carls.francisco@gmail.com
Preferred Contact: PLURK: hopegoats
Timezone: EST
Current Characters in Victory Road: N/A

Character
Name: Kiah Argall
Series: Original Character
Timeline: Before her Coronation

Original Character Background:

Brief World History

Metaferia is a world where magic and industry meld into one. The way it started was with two races, the Gethin and Lleucu. The Gethin were a race that were said to control the earth. They lived off the land and assisted the humans in the world with their magic, but as the world continue to advance, so did their powers. They eventually became able to control metals, helping with building large buildings. However, the Lleucu, a race that spoke and controlled plants and crystal, became upset with the disturbance in the life energy of their charges. They wanted someone to stop the growth of the Gethin and Human race, to go back to a simple time where they lived off the land and strives for a simple life.

Metaferia was plunged into war shortly after, the Humans that lived there becoming a causality of the war. The High King, who was human, looked after his people as best he could, eventually leading to joining the Gethin in their fight against the Lleucu. They have been at war for hundreds of years at the start of the story.

Character History

No one was sure how it started, but the stories humans tell detail a Lleucu was killed and hung from a metal spike. It was the start of the war. It was in the middle of it, when the Gethin were losing their numbers, which two princesses were born to each race. Dwyn, the King of the Gethin, was so happy and overjoyed, despite the loss of his wife during the pregnancy.

That was when he decided to attempt conversation with the King of the Human Race to end the war, but the Lleucu’s loss ended up harming them more than anything. Kaera, the royal advisor/priestess to the Lleucu, attempted to help with the negotiation, attempted to get her people to see with her sister (Ida), but she was banished from the forests they lived in. Taking her magic to the Gethin, she assisted them in the final battle, meeting the one year old princess of the Gethin. Dwyn loved his daughter, who, while shy, loved everyone she met. She was a very powerful story teller, an act of fortune telling used in her race. However, Kaera saw her potential and convinced Dwyn to name the High King her god father.

Shortly after, Dwyn died and the Gethin race was declared extinct. The High King established a treaty between the humans and the Lleucu, allowing them to continue to build their world up and allowing the Lleucu to maintain the forests. Kaera moved in and became the advisor to the high king and the teacher to Kiah. Once she was safely in the castle, Kiah had a spell placed on her that made her appear human. Her skin remained dark, but, her long dark hair in perfect, short curls.

The only thing that anyone could ever determine about her was that she was a beautiful young princess. However, Kaera’s lessons proved that Kiah wasn’t as fair and beautiful as she appeared to be. Bitter with the Lleucu for banishing her from her sister, Kaera was planning on using Kiah for her plans, given her powers. It was surprising to her when she discovered that the child had the ability to manipulate and create metal, like her father did. She seemed to lean more towards iron, for some reason. However, it was very clear that she could not control her powers. On her lesson days, Kaera would place her into her room, but the King became worried when the servants who checked on her would end up severely wounded or dead.

What could they do? If she couldn’t control her powers, then they would have to keep her inside all the time. While she learned from Kaera, they kept her under close watch in the castle. The staff was reduced to only a few servants and many soldiers who doubled up on jobs. But it still wasn’t enough. Kaera was noticing a dark energy inside of Kiah, one that was having trouble staying down. Instead of trying to get rid of it, the teacher decided to encase it into a crystal inside Kiah’s body. It would be controlled when the time was right. She was about four when the crystals were placed, causing her to become very ill. She was unable to control herself again and the king locked her in her room with constant watch from the best magicians.

Unfortunately, he was afraid that Kiah, even though she was a child, would harm herself. He wanted to find someone for her, someone who could ease her loneliness and pain. Kaera suggested a girl from a village she knew of, a girl who was rumored to have the ability to calm magical powers. The king sent Kaera to bring her to the castle. Little did the king realize, but Kaera, along with a few loyal soldiers, ended up kidnapping the princess of the Lleucu who was said to possess very unique abilities. Her name was Aine. Using the crystal magic that she had been taught in the temples, Kaera erased Aine’s memories and told the king was abandoned when the village was attacked by some “strange magic”.

When Aine awoke, Kiah was sneaking into her room to see the rumored person who had shown up. Kiah was still very weak, as was Aine, given Kaera’s magic was effecting them both. They became friends, the princess telling Aine that they would create new memories for her, together. After that, Kiah seemed to be doing better. She played with Aine a lot, having tea parties and telling her stories with all the little gold creatures she could make. However, Aine began to wonder why every other day Kiah would be locked in her room. She knew that Kiah had magic lessons and would become very tired afterwards, but that was it. Why lock her in a room?

Kiah discovered that one day, the door had been left unlocked. Aine came in and found her on her bed, shaking and trying to create her little creatures, but they would dissolve. When Kiah found out someone was in there, she immediately started to create frightening statues of iron soldiers, stick like and half melting. Aine finally reached her after sustaining some minor burns and injuries, calming her down. It was then that Kiah realized that Aine had some kind of magic relating to the crystals that Kaera used. Once she and her magic was calmed, Kiah stated she wanted Aine there every day after her magic lessons. Aine promised she would never leave Kiah's side.

After that, Kiah was still locked into the castle, still continued her classes and received combat training. It was obvious that Kiah was skilled with a glaive, often opting out of using her powers during combat. She seemed happy, however, her classes seemed to become more in depth. Kaera began to work on controlling her mind, making her into a emotionless weapon. Using Aine and Kiah’s connection, Kaera also started to control Aine, which made it easier to alter Kiah who she saw fit.

Outside of her classes, Kiah seemed to enjoy being inside the castle. She like to spend time in the garden and generally stay inside. It was slightly because she knew it was protecting everyone, but also she didn’t particularly know how to act around others. As she grew older, though, she became more and more attached to Aine, which eventually led to her developing feelings for her. Kaera noticed and used it to her advantage. Now, as Kaera grew up, it was obvious the king and queen were needing to step down, but Kiah often said she didn’t feel very sure about that.

When speaking to her father one day, she became very nervous and the magic keeping her human ended up loosening. She discovered her true form and her father immediately took her to Kaera who placed another spell on her in hopes that it was stay. Her magic was too strong, unfortunately, so it would not stay forever. Adding to her stress, the 16 year old never wanted anyone to find out how she really looked, especially Aine. It wasn’t long before she told the other how she felt and her feelings were reciprocated. However, the magic continued to dissolve and Kiah was growing. Finally her magic undid the spell and she ended up in her full form, a tall, dark skinned Gethin, something she was surprised to find out about. The King said that they adopted her and never told her for her safety, wanting her to live peacefully, like Dwyn wanted.

But Kiah became angry. She wanted to know why she was left, why she wasn’t told about what she was. Why she continually had to hide. Kaera, again, used this in her lessons and as it neared her 18th birthday, Kiah was ready to help Kaera with her plan. Currently, Kiah is getting ready for her coronation to become the next queen of the people, unaware of what Kaera’s true plan is.


Personality: Kiah tends to be a very socially awkward person, given her time locked away in the castle with only a few people. Normally, this comes off as standoffish and uncertain, but, she’s very kind to everyone around her, even if it’s hard for her to show it completely. When she’s around anyone in the castle, she tends to react very loudly and with an over dramatic air, but when she doesn’t know someone, she tends to close off. Given that she was raised in a castle and not allowed to the outside very often, it’s hard for her to not react shyly towards others that she hasn't gotten to know well. She speaks softly with those people, but when she gets close to them, she’s able to open up a little bit more.

Despite her stature, Kiah is very gentle. She always tries to help others and please them, despite being a princess. She wants to make sure everyone she cares for is protected before considering herself. It’s the main reason why Kiah ends up controlled by Kaera, her teacher. It’s very easy to sway her in any direction, unfortunately. She’s gullible to a fault because she’s wanting to please everyone and believe everyone (which is due to her being closed off from most of society until she turned 18). If she had a quote, she would say “I don’t have a reason not to believe someone”. Thankfully, Aine tends to reign that in and keep her safe, even if sometimes she has to forcefully guide her away.

Surprisingly, Kiah is very brave. She will jump in and save anyone/thing, wanting to establish peace very quickly. However, she can be very brash and ends up hurt. She tends not to take herself into consideration, which is also due to her training with Kaera. Kiah will continue to push and push until she’s hurt, but not see a problem if everyone is safe. It takes a lot to convince her to not jump into a dangerous situation. However, she has a little bit of a temper because of her lack of social experience. She tends to jumps into the wrong reaction and acts before any thought passes through her head. It’s hard for her to keep her anger in check, especially around Aine. However, when she does explode, it tends to lead to her wanting to hurt someone. She struggles with it afterwards though, because she feels terrible for hurting people. It’s a conflict Kiah has a lot of trouble with, because of her gentle personality. She doesn’t want to hurt, but her temper gets her in a lot of trouble, eventually allowing her powers to lose control.

The problem with Kiah is that she has another part of her personality that’s like a very loose trigger. It’s partially her anger that tends to let loose, however, the part that is considered a weapon is very careless and snarky, often baiting her opponent before finishing the job. However, it’s a part of Kiah that she tries to keep hidden. When she is experiencing high levels of stress or anxiety (or Kaera activates the crystal embedded in her heart), this trigger is pulled and she almost uses it as a defense mechanism to save herself from being hurt or upset by things she does.

However, she laughs and enjoys life fully, or tries to. Despite the controlling situation she’s in, Kiah keeps a positive heart and enjoys to be with the people she’s close to. She laughs and tells stories as often as she can with servants and her adoptive parents (despite the anger she feels about them keeping her true form from her). Even though she is shy around people she isn’t familiar with and rather awkward, Kiah tries her best to please everyone and keep those she loves safe. Kiah’s best when she’s happy, given that her destructive power can cause her a lot of trouble.


Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Breeder; Kiah may be able to fight, but she wants to avoid it for the fear of hurting people.
Starter: Goomy; Goomy is said to be one of the weakest dragon type Pokemon, but it can grow to be pretty strong. Kiah may be strong, but she has a weaker will due to her anxiety and shyness. I thought they would be a good team so they can help build each other up, in some ways.
Password: Peppermint Bark

Samples
RP Sample:

Kiah couldn’t believe it. She pulled at her hair trying to get it to come out. She didn’t want this, she wanted to be normal. Why did she keep changing back? Kiah looked over to the sleeping form on her bed, feeling a panic rush to her chest. What if she woke up and saw her like this? With red markings, dark skin…Her hair so long now that it touched the floor. She couldn’t understand why she couldn’t keep her regular form. Her typical, normal, human form. It wasn’t fair.

How could anyone like something like this? With long nails, bright red eyes. Something so savage didn’t deserve to be a princess…it deserved to be taken and placed into the wild. Kiah looked in the mirror again, feeling anger now, judgment to her own self. Why couldn’t you just stay human? Why did you have to be something different?

Her father had given her a gift and was taken away from her. Given her the gift of life, to live normally and happily, to love and appreciate the things around her. But how could she? She was told by Kaera that she was nothing more than a monster, something that people were scared of. This magic her father placed on her to maintain a normal human form was nothing more than a cover to keep her out of trouble.

“I hate you!” She suddenly screamed, punching the mirror so hard that it broke, along with the casing and stand. It clattered loudly to the floor, causing the person on the bed to bolt up, looking.

“Kiah? Kiah!” She said quickly as she got out of bed. Kiah immediately tried to back away, her hand bleeding on the floor.

“Aine, stay back, please…” She said, quietly, holding her hand closer to her chest, as if to lick her own wound. Aine watched her for a moment, watching as her hair pulled around her like a curtain, her body almost completely hidden. The markings were glowing faintly as Kiah started to cry, red blood staining her white night gown. Aine moved slowly forward, bringing her hand into hers. Slowly, stars started to form around the wound, healing it.

“Don’t be so frightened, Kiah, You are beautiful no matter how you look. Someday, I will help you understand that.”

Victory Road Sample: [ Kiah held Goomy close to her chest. She wasn’t sure where to go or what to do, which made it hard for her to really start her journey. Aine wasn’t here and for the first time, she was outside. Part of her wanted to believe that she’d be all right, but this was not her home.

Blushing, she noticed some trainers staring at her. She was in her coronation dress; a long white dress with golden trim, her hair half up in a bun with her rest of her curls falling down her back. Kiah kind of wanted to hide now, as her Goomy warbled in her arms to keep her attention. ]

I am sorry, little one. I am not sure I’m the right person for you to be with…

[ Her voice is quiet. The Pokemon just warbles and tries to seem excited and happy, to relieve Kiah. She actually returned the smile, but it was awkward. Looking around and finding a building with an orange roof, she began to walk. ]

Maybe someone can find me some better clothes…