Taeiba

Name: Taeiba ‘Zauriel’s Bastard’

Race: Half-Angel/Half-Cosmic Dragon

Gender: Male

Age: Not exactly known, but young adult of 18 or 19

Description: Frail, and delicate, Taeiba is only 5’2” tall. His skin glitters, long moon white hair softly glowing. His eyes are ever closed, lined by long lashes, and accented by a pendant which lay between his eyebrows from his tiara. Dressed in detailed white robes, dripping turquoise jewelry,  and silver, his appearance isn’t subtle, but gentle, and gracefully beautiful. Despite this, it is not unusual to see Taeiba struggle to walk about, having to use his hands to feel the area around him (as he’s never been given a walking stick before). Thus, there is always a presentation about him that expresses how lost, and uncertain he is in this universe.

History:

In the peak of her realm, within its inner workings lingering in the depths of her royal pyramid, Queen Usat of the Serene Court dabbles in spell craft many in the universe would revile. As powerful her magic is, she fails to manifest the product she strongly desired. Seeking those who could twist with science what she could not with magic, Queen Usat recruits Devil researchers, and Sucephus turncoat scientists.  In this wicked synergy of man, magic, and hubris she creates a child made from the samples of a hunted Cosmic Dragon, and an Angel named Zauriel whom she got the upper hand on long ago.

The child, blind, and weak, did not inspire the royal magician to give him affection. Left to lay in an undefined world alone in a unstimulating room, with his only contact being servants who took care of him (and pitied him enough to give any interaction), the child was destined to live out the meaning of his name ‘servant’. By the age of three, malnourished from a lack of sunlight, it was easy for the Queen to turn the child into a living magical reagent supply – often draining blood from him. What she has done with this powerful blend of Angel and Dragon blood is still unknown, but has given her a great tool for her spell casting.

The older he got, the more that was taken, Taeiba’s life routines of fear, and confusion until he was six. Only then did she the royal magician take him from the room he had lived in, and her larger pyramid. Unable to see, she never helped him decipher the hallways, the shape of the building, or directions. Usat only had him follow her. She intended to keep him in a state of fear, and disorientation for secretly she was concerned by the magical properties of the child. Such a combination had never come to be before, what could be done was undefined. And so, she chose to define it, by testing his magic, encouraging the uses she wanted.

Taeiba, overhearing conversations, has been used to heal, or even bring back to life some of Usat’s most esteemed soldier’s or spies who bodies could be recovered. He was used to restore the youth of politicians she desired to keep of use. His lunarmancy used as sparkling display for her dance halls, or gatherings, he himself kept in the corner as a beautifully adorned statue, and decoration for her grip of power.

But he finally had the touch of sunlight, sometimes her parties or gatherings were outside…and to finally feel what his needed so desperately was he clung to for living. Blind, and in a state of submission, it was easy for her elite guests to torment him in their own desired ways for he could not resist…

Beneath terror, and ensnaring conditioning was still the instinct of a Dragon, the nature to fight, and struggle against bondage. Though Taeiba did not feel it on a conscious level, did not have the outward features of any of the Cosmic Dragon’s ferocity, something of the spirit existed.

During one of the Queen’s parties it finally erupted. From him came the light manifestation of his young, but defiant Dragonic ancestry. People screamed, fled from their nepotism, and debauchery as it began spewing small bursts of solar heated plasma, igniting nearly everything in the room by the heat alone. Clawing, biting, and ripping apart guards that to attempted to stop the sparkling, starry, Dragon, cooking blood, and gore sizzled on the stone floors smeared with his ancestral wrath. The structure of the building itself melting, stone giving away to the intense heat.

It took Queen Usat’s drastic intervention of magic to contain the plasma, slay the young Dragon, and knock out the pet project she had created. For a brief moment the contempt of her docile creation was tinged with worry. This was end of his life in the Serene Court. Inducing him into a comatose state, Queen Usat spent one more year draining his blood, gathering as much as she could before selling him for great price to the Devil researches who ne helped make him years ago.

Awakening in their clutches, he was kept in an enchanted room which bound him. Their experiments often seemed to have no intention other to hurt, or degrade him Taeiba felt…

After suffering at the hands of another, the Devil researches cleaned him up, dressed him back into his Serene Court fineries, and left him alone. Was this mercy?

What he did not know was that as he lingered in this spaceship laboratory they had injected him with the Necro-Virus which has begun to spread though the galaxy. They wanted to learn if it could kill such a being, and, if they sell him off themselves now that most of their experimentation was complete, could he infect others?

The space ship Taeiba is trapped in, is bound to market, wanting to push the graceful young man into a populace region, make money from the sell, and also see what unfolds in the population. Though Taeiba had no idea, he about to be used as a biological terrorist weapon…

Abilities/Traits:

1. Powerful Bloodlines That Should Not Have Bound – Taeiba is a magically and scientifically forced union of two otherwise incompatible races. While this gives him a unique fusion of power never witnessed before in the multiverse it also gives him great weaknesses. His nervous system is unstable, rendering him easily, cripplingly, lethargic at times when he either exerts much physical movement, or begins to move. Taeiba is also blind. The use of his active powers also has a chance to make him lethargic due to his unstable constitution. While the Angelic blood has helped his immunity of all mundane disease or viruses, his unstable constitution still allows him to be vulnerable to magical illnesses or curses.

Each time Taebia stands a d3 will be rolled. On a 1 he will become too dizzy, and tired to move and must rest for at least a half hour to gather strength & stop the inner spinning sensation. If he begins running or any other strenuous physical activity, a d3 will also be rolled. On a 1 Taeiba will collapse with exhaustion. If he had passed the roll, it will be rerolled each 15 minutes of doing the activity.

2. Angelic Grace, Lunar Radiance – His aura is a potent force of peace. Supernaturally the immediate area around him feels as if one is walking into a Celestial realm. An inner sense of support, and kind attention emanates from his soul. Many will find this to be peaceful, some may retreat from it if stress, or anger are the distractions one needs to avoid greater emotional or psychological pains. He is touched by the beauty of Angels, skin soft and to never be marred by scarring, or damage with features of healthy vibrancy. As light passes over, one can see his skin glitters like a starry night. There is a soft glow shining from his skin, and hair that is as gentle as moonlight.

3. Heavenly Lay On Hands – Taebia is able to heal, down to the genetic level anyone he is able to touch. He may also modify the genetic, or magical template of a being, if it’s in the direction of healing a malady, or malformation, or misexpression. His healing capacity is able to restore the targets to peak health, which in theory also means he may also return people to a state of being young adulthood. It is impossible for his powers to attempt any altering, or manipulation of bodies or magical constructs this is malefic or against the conscious/unconscious consent of the being. (Roll a 1d10, 1 results in lethargy and disable of active powers for a half hour)

4. Body and Blood of the Cosmic Dragon – Taebia may withstand extreme temperatures that are reflective of space’s vast variety. Able to exist in the voids of space, he does not require food, water, or air – but feeds off sunlight to sustain himself. He is also functionally immortal, remaining in the frail form of young adulthood forever. Despite being blind, his Draconic bloodline grants him access to magic of lunar illumination. As a spell caster of Lunarmancy Taeiba may…

Create a blinding flash of moonlight that blinds his enemies temporarily (does not exhaust him)

Create twinkling stars that may confuse or daze opponents (roll 1d10, exhaustion on a 1)

Use the Star twinkles to create images from his thoughts (does not exhaust him)

Create light based items that may have various light based, or shielding properties (such as a lunar light grenade, or a lunar light based shield) (This power is varied and will need continual conversation with DMs to hone. Exhaustion rate varies)

Create a perfect 60ft sphere of light (centered on him) where a young Cosmic Dragon is conjured. It is a representation of his Draconic self he cannot transform into, and will protect him. He may also ride it (but should he fall off and the Dragon fall out of the 60ft sphere, it vanishes). It will have all the abilities of a Cosmic Dragon, but is young, thus weaker - and only able to influence within the sphere of lunar light. It may use its Draconic senses to help investigate the area immediately around itself. This does not exhaust Taebia to create, but will if it is killed and not willfully dismissed.

Create a lunar light projection of himself. This copy of himself be exist anywhere so long as it’s near him (in the same building/vessel), or, near a Lunar light object he created (meaning he gives one to a party member, and that may be a way he travels with them while bedridden - or it’s too dangerous for him) The lunar light projection is incorporeal, and thus cannot interact with the environment. He may use his lunar light abilities while focused on his lunar projection, but not his healing powers. Should the light object that’s his anchor be destroyed, his bodily concentration interrupted, or some means of magical cancellation/technological wave length disturbance happen - his projection will vanish.

5. Resurrectionist, Soul Voyage of The Stars – The great power of Heaven & Space allow Taebia to rejuvenate the bodies of the dead, but reach through space & the Heavenly realm for the soul which the body belongs. Returning the body, they are resurrected – yet this journey for the soul is a vast, existential one. They are taking through the multifaceted, and enormous beauty of space. It is a spiritual journey, one that may induce self-reflection, and transform the being’s consciousness or their constructs of thought profoundly. (Roll a 1d10, 7 or below result in lethargy and disuse of powers for a half hour – and will need to rest)

Because of this great connection to Heaven & Space Taebia may receive telepathic messages from Celestial or Cosmic entities/forces across either plane regardless of where he is.

Note: If the soul is outside of Space, and not in Heaven – Taebia cannot retrieve their soul.

6. Transformation of the Divine & The Expanse: The Promise of Greater Power – In moments of great intent, or passion Taebia can transform into a darken silhouette of the universe. Like his Cosmic Dragon ancestors this form is one dark as space, showing across it the starry, nebular beauty of space. All his features are concealed, to look at him is to peer into the cosmos. In this form emerge a pair of Dragon wings, and Angel wings, they too extensions of the constellation appearance of his body. And from the center of his brows opens a third eye of pure golden angel light.

In this form he is able to fly, he can sense all the stars in the galaxy he inhabits and quantum leap there (or if in a vessel, create a quantum portal for it to fly through)

The angelic eye allows him to the emotions of others (their bodies now visible to him in silhouettes of color that make up their emotional profile), and emit angelic magic which may form a protective shield around individual targets (to keep them safe, or if it’s a demon/devil/dark planar force to restrain it) or around space craft he is in. It can only be sustained for a time, or depending on the force that strikes the shielding.

When he exits this form, Taebia will collapse. However this form is an ultimate representation of the union of his bloodlines, and is the promise of greater power should he have the means to mature, and grow.