Zenithe Kodalis - Human

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Name: Zenithe

Gender:  Male

Race:  Human

Sub-Race:  Shape Shifter

Appearance:  Almost all of Zenithe's body is covered in clothing. The only area that is visible is around his eyes. His skin is a pale white and his eyes are blood red and dilate like a cat's from wide circles to small slits. He wears a black masked hood that has dark blue trimming around the edges that hangs low over his face completely hiding his forehead and keeping his eyes mostly in shadows. He also wears a heavy, thick black silk cape that folds around and covers his mouth and nose completely. He always has the same black and red leather chest piece with a silver chain necklace containing a perfectly spherical and polished sapphire that lays over it which is never removed. His pants are black and made from tough nylon so keep from tearing during his exercises. There's a ragged sash he keeps tied around his waist that's light gray with dark violet edges and he wears black shoes with sapphire blue streaks down the side that are light, yet sturdy. He has a long black scaled tail that's long enough to drag on the ground if he let's it remain limp. ((Biography will explain the tail in human form.))

Zenithe stands at 5'11" carrying a very large two handed sword forged in his home town by the master sword smith that lived there... himself. The metal making up the composition of the sword is very unique. It's black around the edges but is also very translucent to the point it almost looks like stained glass. The inner part of the blade is opaque with an emerald green tinge. The blade is 6'8" in length and starts off wide at the bottom, close to around 2½ inches, and at 4 feet up the blade it slowly narrows down ½ an inch on both sides to 1½ inches in total width. It has a silver guard on the hilt and the hilt itself is a foot in length as well. It's sharp enough to cleanly cut down small to medium sized trees in a single swing and make minor chips and cuts on other metals.

Dragon Form:  His dragon form is solid jet black with the same blood red crimson eyes. His total size is around 25' in length and 20' in height with a wing span equal to his length. He has smooth scaled skin, almost like a snakes and sharp serrated teeth. He has no spikes or horns of any kind on his body.

Anthro-Dragon Form:  This form was recently awakened with the death of his beloved and the combination of an ancient spirit that dwelled within his sword and the sorrow he felt over her death.  The spirit feeling the compassion and love he had for her imbued its remaining life and power within Zenithe.  In this form he retains the long silver hair from his human form as well as increasing in size (To a build very similar to that of a strong muscular type).  His skin turns to scales and his form in and of itself is the appearance of his dragon form only standing on two legs, smaller in size and capable of highly increased magical ability and strength.

** While in Dragon form, he is still able to speak without moving his mouth.  Recently it was discovered with the help of his wife, Jolene, he acquires the ability of limited telepathy allowing him to speak directly to a single persons mind at a time and them to him as well. **

Personality: Zenithe has always been sarcastic and had no respect for his elders when he was little. He changed slightly over the course of time and now shows deep respect to others, but the catch is, the person has to earn that respect and be deemed worthy enough of it. He keeps to himself and rarely, if at all, shows any emotion. Not only through his face being covered almost completely but his tone of voice as well remains emotionless. All in all most would consider him a dull person void of a conscious. Which is why he exceeds at his job.

Biography:

Age: 29

Father: Zelator Kodalis (Deceased)
Mother: Alistrixia Kodalis (Deceased)
Siblings: Seionax Kodalis (living)
Friends/Allies: None
Wife/Girlfriend: Jolene Alexandria Kodalis (Wife)
Offspring: None
Birth Place:  A small secluded village nestled deep in the mountains of Ebernum.

Ever since Zenithe was 5 years old, he wanted to become an apprentice to the sword smith that lived in his town. But his parents tried to talk him out of it every time they got a chance wanting him to do something they would prefer. When he turned 7 and was able to chose what his profession would be, he went and trained as the sword smiths student. On the first day of his apprenticeship he crafted a sword under the supervision of his teacher that rivaled his teachers own work. With astonishment he began to tell Zenithe everything he knew about the art of making swords and in only 3 years time, he began crafting weapons that surpassed his teachers and eventually took over the shop. But making swords wasn't enough to Zenithe.... He wanted to USE them. He found the best swordsman trainer he could in his town and began studying under him. Maneuvers, counter attacks, thrusts, strikes... he took everything in that was taught to him and modified it to make his own style of sword fighting. Not to long after, his skills once again, began to surpass his trainers. At the age of 15 he started to travel around finding better and stronger swordsmanship trainers and blacksmiths. Learning what they had to teach him and moving on to the next.

5 Years later, he returned to his home town to find that his mother and father had both passed away mere days before his arrival. All the dead who came from his town were taken to be buried at a mountain top that was said to be holy ground and a passage for spirits to move on to the next world. On the trip up there, the carriage that he was in fell off a cliff while he was sleeping inside it. By the time he woke up he barely had any time to try and shift into his dragon form and fly to safety. All he managed was to climb on top of the carriage and form his tail before it crashed. He was badly wounded and in a coma for a few months. When he woke up finally he found himself unable to fully revert back to his human form, forever stuck with the tail. When he remembered what had happened, he packed his things and left again without saying word to anyone. For 3 more years he traveled and eventually stumbled upon rumors from blacksmiths about an extremely rare ore deposit that was said, in the hands of only the bests blacksmiths, could create a metal that was near indestructible and looked like glass. Interested to see if this rumor was correct he traveled into the deepest and darkest caves of the mountains it was told to be resting in. After two weeks of searching and eating fish in water pools inside the caves, he finally found what he was looking for. Taking a massive chunk of the ore with him, he began to return to his home town. That is before his travels were interrupted by another rumor he overheard. About another type of ore that was actually found underground in a forest that had a green color to it and had a magical property that could make any other metal it was forged with twice as strong in addition to reducing the weight of the sword to a mere third for whoever wielded the completed sword first.

Another year of searching and he found the second ore and took a bit of it with him in addition to the first. He went back to his home town and began to smelt and refine to the ore. The greatest challenge he had faced in his profession and his first two attempts at successfully using the ore to forge a sword, failed. With the last of his remaining materials he decided to go all out and use what remained rather than save any of it. Luck was on his side as he successfully created the large two-handed sword he carries to this day. During his travels he ran low on money and needed some way to make it but nobody would take him for his lack of personality. That was when he decided to start working as a freelance mercenary and bounty hunter. His reputation began to grow as he killed mercilessly and without hesitation and soon became known as "The Devil's Swordsman". His new nickname landed him some very "generous" paying clients to take out those they hated most. It's been 5 years since then and he is now 29 years of age and still in his mercenary business. While on the side, deep within the recesses of his heart, he yearns and hopes for someone who can get close enough to him to finally understand him and why he is the way he is.  Perhaps even one day, marry and have a child or two.

A recent client request to slay a local drunk with an outstanding debt to the wrong people led Zenithe on the adventure he never could have forseen. Meeting his now current beloved wife, Jolene, who witnessed the slaying and decided to follow him.  Quite the oddball pair at first, events soon led to trust and even respect and love for one another.  Through the marital rituals of his dragonkin, the two were united on both a mental and physical level.  His last remaining relative was slain by another dragon and now he alone is the sole heir to his line.  With the recent marriage however, hope arises that his line may flourish once more through the ages and the new order of the Twilight Guardians may begin.  Who knows what enemies and adventures await them now?

Magic:  Shadow

Spells:

Shadow Jump- Zenithe is able to dissipate and jump through the shadows from one location to another. This skill is one of his most commonly used to make escapes and disorient opponents. It can only be used during night time however.

Shadow Rift- Zenithe is able to create a 'portal' of darkness that he can use to teleport himself far away from his current location. This skill is only used in dire situations as it has no predictable outcome to where it will send him.

Shadow Swarm- Shadows engulf the surrounding area creating a dome of pure darkness. Zenithe uses this to save himself when outnumbered in combat and needs to escape, but it's not night time for him to be able to use Shadow Jump and he cannot use Shadow Rift due to a tight time table.


**Anthro-Dragon Form Spells**
In his Anthro-Dragon Form, Zenithe gains only a single new spell. It is a three-stage attack that obliterates his opponent at the cost of complete and utter physical exhaustion with prolonged recovery times of several days to over a week. It is worth noting this spell WILL NOT be used in any RP due to its nature without prior consent of any and all participants in the role-play.  This spell was first used with the consent of Relairah in our roleplay with Zenithe and Jolene.

Stage 1: Twilight Shadow Web- Zenithe releases and condenses the majority of his magical energy around him, forming small smokey shadow orbs that orbit around him and multiply rapidly before being released in all directions in an sphere of significant size.  The orbs then inter-connect with one another creating a complex web of shadow tendrils that run between and intersect with one another.

Stage 2: Twilight Rift Step- Zenithe uses the majority of his physical strength to use his Shadow Jump spell at breakneck speeds, using the web to maneuver through, physically assaulting his opponent faster than they can keep up with from any and all possible directions and angles.

Stage 3: Twilight's End- Using every ounce of his remaining physical and magical strength, Zenithe raises his hand and snaps his fingers but one time.  This orders all the orbs used in the web to sever their ties and merge into a singular expansive orb of shadow magic that condenses into a minuscule fraction of its original size where it remains in place for a few moments.  After the few moments, the energy within the condensed orb bursts under the pressure in a violent explosion much like a supernova.  Shockwaves strong enough to cause large trees to shatter into splinters, split the ground outward from the center and cause the ground to crater directly beneath the point of explosion are sent outward.


Skills:

Close Combat Fighting- Zenithe is a master at close range and hand to hand combat. His sword is very large weighing in well over 30 pounds but due to the magical ore used to create it, for him it only feels like it weighs 10. He can use his sword easily with one hand just as he can two and this helps him in fighting in close range. Even with the swords size, his ability to wield it with ease allows him a distance advantage over other opponents and can move without the weight slowing him down. He's also able to use his tail to hang upside, grab things, or throw his opponents off guard hitting them in their side with it. It packs quite a sting.

Hunting- Spending most of his time traveling and outdoors taking hit requests from clients, he has become a skilled hunter in the wild. Whether it be fishing, killing deer or even taking down bears for a few days worth of food, he can do it.