The most obvious feature of Corvus would be his pale skin and bright blue eyes that the albinism provide (or curse) him with. It’s the reason he stands out in crowds and mostly covers his entire skin aside from his face when he is outside. He has his long blonde hair tied to a pony tail, which, adding to his short stature and his slim figure often leads to him being mistaken for a woman. While his language isn’t exactly formal, he mostly speaks without accent or dialect.
Would one be lucky enough to spy Corvus without his cloths on (and survive to tell the tale), they’d notice a long, horizontal scar over his stomach, and several smaller ones over his arms and torso. The Raven carries battle scars, it seems…
Personality
A young and curious man, Corvus will often come off as openminded and sympathetic, someone you can chat up in a bar and have a beer (or, in his case: water) with, tell him about your day, your family, your joys and your fears. And he would patiently listen, agree completely or polietly disagree, keep the conversation going until the middle of the night. A man has to earn his money after all, and a skin like ivory and a bright smile help to hide the darkness within. People know what they know, and rumors only grow…
As the saying goes, „loyal to one’s friend, merciless to one’s foe“. Corvus holds the people he trusts close to his heart, willing to walk over corpses to ensure they are alright and out of harm’s way. At the same time, this means he will be ruthless to whoever decides to become his enemy, wether for personal or moral issues. Because despite Corvus’ shady attitude, he is not without a sense of justice. Quite frankly, it is said ‘vigilantism’ that drives him forward.
Most of the time, straight into trouble.
Despite his noble blood, Corvus has a strong dislike for everything that is even associated with his social status. He sees the festivals and balls as competitions to who can deceive the crowd the best and throw as much money out as possible at the same time. He despises their inactivity, their lack of guts, the way duty and tradition chains them and finally, the fact that they have so much power and let it waste away instead of using it. He knows better than them. Corvus decides to put more distance between himself and nobility in general, to the point where the only connection to them is his name and his brother. He decides to learn the ways of the street, to deal with it’s dangers as well as to trust it’s people. Meanwhile, he would have contacts in the nobility, and be aware of their little game of intrigue.
The raven’s eyes see everything.
Philosophy
„May Lyssa cover you.“
Corvus, being a twin, was blessed by Lyssa and worships her to gain her blessing of deception, but respects the other gods equally. He thinks of the Spirits of the Norn as something similiar to the Gods, even though weaker and closer to this realm than that of the mists, so they gain his respect, too.
„Justice, no matter the cost.“
The motto of his House, fitting his idea of vigilantism and that no one is safe from their just punishment. If the law and it’s officers won’t do it, then he will, even if it means to walk over corpses.
„Second chances, not third.“
He will not be easy on people that betray or anger him, but give them a second chance at redemption if the matter between them can be settled. Equally, he’ll make sure that there will be no option for a third chance, if they should disappoint him for the second time.
„Blood is thicker than water.“
Corvus will always choose his family over any other relationship, be it friend or lover. Too often has he seen people misjudge situations based on short-timed loves and friendships, and he will not allow himself to do the same.
„Loyalty will be his duty.”
Background
43th Zephyr 1309 – Birth, Death of his mother, Elena Aches, Seraph Soldier
Colossus 1327 – Death of his Father, Falco Aches, Seraph Soldier
Phoenix 1328 – Leaving Divinity
Scion 1328 – Return to Divinity, rejoining the criminal underground
Scion 1330 – Councillor of the Refuge
Zephyr 1331 – Start of Spellbreaker training
Scion 1331 – becoming official Great General of House Aches
Collossus 1331 – failed attempt on his life
Combat
Equipment
Corvus owns two different Leather armors, a more casual, defensive one with lots of pockets, and a black, tighter one for night missions. He has quite the arsenal of weapons: Two daggers named “Cantet and Kopaki”, his own dagger, a spear, a one-hand-sword, a shortbow with a quiver of 30 arrows, throwing daggers, a bag with caltrops and finally, multiple vials with poison.
Magic
Being a thief, Corvus only really uses Shadow Arts as a type of magic, allowing him to stealth himself or others, as well as teleport. Aside from that, he has the ability to copy the venoms on his blade to the weapons of his surrounding allies, even though that is a process that takes time and cannot repeated easily.
Outside of his natural profession, the only magic Corvus can untilize is summoning the spirits within his weapons, which is more akin to pushing a button than channeling magic. The trait is however rarely used, seeing as Corvus doesn’t pick fights with groups or would rarely need additional manpower in the first place.
Recently, Corvus took up training with Ora to become a Spellbreaker, something he seems to both have an affinity for and talent with.
Combatstyle
Using his small stature and light weightnes to his advantage, Corvus’ style of combat is mostly quick and precise, striking the enemy at vital points, exposed limbs or anywhere where it will hurt. He will not try to drag the fight out for long, though, since he has no stamina and knows that his defense is weak enough to get him killed with 2 or 3 easily placed hits.
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