User:Dace

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The Vagrant Dragon

Basic info on Dace

Name: Dace Istar'aia
Official Status: Originally leader of the Istari Weyr clan, now a vagrant.
Age: Fairly young for a dragon. Human equivalent of early twenties, maybe.
Birth Date: Unknown. Was born outside of Hollow.
Gender: Male.
Race: Runed Dragon, favors a human half-dragon guise when traveling.
Height: 5'10" in his human guise.
Weight: 135 lbs. (again, for the human. Dragon dimensions to be added later.)
Hair Color & Style: Silvery white, seeming almost luminescent. Unbound, it falls to the small of his back, though he
                    generally wears it tied back in a pony-tail, bound with a simple length of black cloth. 
Eye Color: Soft, deep red flecked with silver, the tone changing with his mood.
Skin Color: Fairly pale, marked with black diagrams of runes. 
Class: Symbological Magus (A mage who calls forth effects from symbols such as tarot or runes.) Has some small knowledge of 
       martial combat with a staff, gleaned from his travels.
Occupations: Vagrant, street performer, fortune teller, sometimes bard, minor healer, or mercenary. A general Jack-of-
             all-trades.  
Clan: Originally Istari Weyr
Guild(s): Looking to join the Mages and Healers. Not quite there yet, though.
Alignment: Middling Good. Somewhere between neutral and chaotic.
Home: Originally, somewhere far off and many worlds away. Grew up in Cenril under the care of Sabine. Now a drifter.
Relationship Status: Looking for the right guy.

In the Mirror

Dace's Physical description

Dace, The Dragon

Dace, most commonly, will be spotted in his humanoid, half-dragon form. On the off chance that he is seen in his natural form, he's a fairly small black dragon, quite lithe, with a very long tail and a very wide wingspan. One might guess, quite correctly, that his particular subspecies of dragon is quite at home in the air.
The one noticeably unique feature the dragon possesses are a series of runic diagrams branded on his sleek black scales in a softly glowing white. On close inspection, there happens to be no marring of the scales, no physical differentiation between between the black and white, almost as if the markings were natural.
A note, randomly, about Dace's race, though not quite a descriptor, is that rather than an elemental breath, runic dragons such as he breathe a white/silver cone of destructive theurgies. These essentially look like white-and-silver hued flames. Being as they are, shielding against magic will negate them, and sometimes, instead of harm, they merely cause strange and random effects, usually if Dace isn't particularly focusing. Also, his emotions and mental state seem to have an effect on the outcome.

Dace, the Human

In his human-half-dragon frame, Dace is somewhat pale and rather lean, with a bookish face that belies a deeply amiable attitude. What marks him as not being quite human in company is the fact that he retains his unusually long dragon tail, though, in this form, it is both strong and flexible enough to grasp, hold, and manipulate various things.
His hair, as stated above, is silvery-white, and seems to glow slightly, and his eyes change color with his mood, the color darkening with negative emotions and growing lighter with the positive.
Very rarely, Dace will materialize black dragon wings in his human form.
Clothing-wise, in a casual situation, Dace wears a slightly formal black button-up shirt made of silk, the sleeves rolled up past his elbows, and a black leather wristband set with a faceted hematite stone on his right arm. He often wears a few rings made of hematite, bone or wood, and always an ivory pendant on a tight leather necklace strung with beads of the same materials as his rings. He tends to wear black or blue pants of a material that is almost like denim but a good deal softer which he picked up on his travels and a black leather belt with several pouches and pockets attached adorns his waist. His feet are generally covered in a clearly travel-worn pair of black boots made for long treks on foot. Sometimes he also wears a black leather duster and a wide-brimmed hat, usually during disagreeable weather.
Dace does have a set of armor for battle, but the description is a work in progress.

My Many Shadows

Dace's Allies and Companions

Ralus: A no-nonsense rogue who Dace met during his most recent travels. Somehow, despite the very sharp contrast in 
       personalities, and Dace's constant attempts to invade his personal space, they've become fast friends and often partners in 
       business.
Bob: Dace can often be seen with this little black kitten. Needless to say, he's not quite what he seems.
Trinsa: (oocly) Dace is utterly and completely under the control of the evil Trinsa, who works him bloody as her healer 
        slave, and rewards him only with the sharp edge of her tongue and unspeakably horrible doses of physical and mental abuse. 
        A list of the ungodly terrible things she does will be posted later, but take this as a warning! There is evil under her 
        utterly adorable exterior! (Much <3, m'dear! :p)

The Well-Tread Path

Dace's Bio and Personality

There really isn't much to put here in terms of history. Dace was born elsewhere, was brought here, and left in Sabine's care. He had a brother named Ishba, with whom he traversed the realms outside of Hollow for a goodly length of time, bringing him back much older. He doesn't really have any major tragedies in his past, nor has he really made any enemies. He's not really that special. He did cross swords with Khasad once, and lived to tell the tale. He also busted Lyra out of prison. At one point, he founded a clan for dragons called Istari Weyr. It was short lived. He eventually left the area about several years ago and became a vagrant, not really doing anything noble or important and wandering from place to place. He's returned to Hollow seeking a place to be useful.

Personality wise, Dace is calm, collected and logical. He generally appears distracted, and can often be found in Kelay Tavern with a book in hand and a rolled smoke hanging out of his mouth. Getting his attention can be a little hard, but he's usually fairly amiable once its captured, and those he calls friends he fights for with utmost ferocity.

Odds & Ends & Where I put the skillpoints

Dace's Equipment and heirlooms

A deck of rune scripts: One thing Dace is never without is his deck of scripts. It is an essential tool for the use of his magic in combat, allowing him to produce runic circles without having to waste time scribing them during encounters. They're expensive to create, using specialized inks and durable parchment, and his supply is usually limited.
Rune-Scribed Staff: Dace trained for a time in his human guise at a monastery run by monks who worshiped the logic of the universe and employed thaumaturgy in their fighting style rather than celestial energies. They taught the dragon this style and helped him build this staff, which is designed specifically to be employed with this style.
Belt o' many pouches: They're bigger on the inside.

Dace's Skills

Exotic Staff Form: Is adept with a form of staff combat that channels his symbological abilities.
Symbological Magic: A form of conjuration and evocation using symbols. Here's a more in depth explanation of a symbological magus:

Essentially, a symboligical magus is a mage who uses symbology and runic structures
to achieve various effects by redirecting base vectors. The more complicated the effect required, 
the more understanding and complexity to the symbols required to create it. Dace uses rune script 
cards for his basic cantrips, simple redirection and ignition. Complicated acts such as healing 
severe wounds or opening portals, runic circles and other symbols are required and
the ones chosen must be related in formula to the particular work and require time to set up, 
no instant infernos or meteors falling from the sky. A more common use is to redirect energy
being directed at him and transforming it.

Minor Tracking: With enough runes related to a situation, Dace can track related flows of energy.
Barriers: Dace's symbology is particularly adept at creating barriers.
Weapon & Armor Enchanting: He can inscribe runes in armor and weapons to achieve specific effect.

Likes

Traveling
Interesting Stories
Integrity
Cats
Writing
Debate

Dislikes

Work
Serious Business
Lectures
A lack of humor
Things that don't like cats

Stuff you could know IC

Dace's history whilst in Hollow. He didn't do anything important, doesn't have any dark secrets, and ensures that the various libraries have his autobiography, which is a work in progress. This isn't for posterity, he just gets bored easily.
He also openly advertises his enchanting service, leaving notices just about everywhere but the public board, where they'd do him the most good.

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