Name: Algernon Malfirn
Sex: Male
Age: 41 (That's barely an adult)
Race: Maenad
Class: Kineticist (Psion) / Pyrokineticist
Alignment: Neutral Good
Description:
As much as any Maenad appears elfin, their unique crystaline body structure gives a particular glitter about their skin, in Algernon's case it gives off a greenish hue to complement his rather dark hair. Crystals also are a major aspect of the entire dermis, full glittering crystals bulge from Algernon's skin, a flurry of greens and blues, scattered about his body giving his skin a tough rough consistency. His dark hair is tinted slightly blueish green, a possible after-effect of the glittery sheen his skin gives off, or more likely an inherent attribute of the hair itself, but either is impossible to prove - hair held in a braid that falls down to his waist.
His body is muscular and bulky, as many of his race, dense because of his somewhat crystaline consistency, and yet he seems able to carry himself as though it wasn't of great strain on him, which it probably wasn't considering that he was built somewhat differently than the average human. Algernon's eyes are a deep hue of red, a strange color albeit, but not too strange when paralleled to the fact that he has crystals embedded in his skin. His typical outfit is composed of heavy pants and tunics, and a heavy dark brownish cloak - all of which are partially intended to mask his obviously alien nature from the average human being.
Personality:
Silent. Introverted. These words alone could speak mountains of the lone Maenad, whose nature toward self-betterment and a journey toward self-discovery in the fullest sense, for a Psion's entire purpose is to learn more about oneself and to perfect that portion of him. However, in this journey toward finding oneself, Algernon determined that power was an important factor - fire incarnate, attracted him. Fire is power, fire is strength, fire is a part of him, and from that Algernon has taught himself the lesson of flame - to be like it is to enjoy the purging of pain and sorrow through the unification of flesh and fire.
As such, he may be considered a pyromaniac, someone who sees fire as more than simply a mindless being but more as a creature, whose purpose is to devour, to consume, to become more than itself - something which is very akin to what Algernon is doing as a Psion, as a Maenad whose inner flame yearns to be freed to destroy, to devour, to tear itself away from humanity and grasp the very beastial nature which is so different than the calm demeanor a Maenad learns to maintain. As such, the fire appeals to that base nature, and as such the fire is controlled by him physically, so is it controlled mentally within his mind.
In any case, silence perpetuates the very state that Maenads strive to hold to, the balanced nature within to offset the bottled rage contained in every Maenad, a state that continues from birth till death, the cause unknown by all but the Maenads themselves. Still, his own state is rather laid back compared to most people, able to easily accept things that would upset most, coming from strong mental defenses and stability of thought through his training as a Psion.
History:
Algernon was born in a small town in the cliffs a little ways outside of a human village. His people, the Maenads, always believed in a level of seperation from the human villagers, and yet consistently went to the human towns to trade and learn, to further their own journey of knowledge and discovery. As such, Algernon was able to interact with humans and elves and dwarves all at an early age, as the coastal village of humans was very active most of the time. From an early age his nature of a Psion distinguished him, and as his family began to prepare his future in their own ways, they knew that he would be one who journeyed for greater control over the powers contained within his people's mind - the latent Psionic ability.
It wasn't easy, and it took a great deal of time for Algernon to even lift the meanest object, and the amount of effort it took was unfathomable in real energy standards. The power of the mind is incredible, and while Algernon learned the powers he could unlock from his many teachers, the fellow villagers, he discovered that the power inside of him, the beastial rage contained within a Maenad, was akin to that of the supernatural control that he watched masters exercise of flame. Wizards, he noted, merely played with the forces of magic through the power of the Weave, their own art being to nimbly manipulate another's power; the true power was contained with the force of the Psion, of the Kineticist and Pyrokineticist, those who could manipulate the world with their own mind, to warp reality from mental power rather than the power of the Weave or Shadow Weave.
All children eventually want to find something for themself in the world, and after years of training and interacting with people, quiet as ever, Algernon left his home to journey after his own enlightenment. Most Psions consider the journey to be important, as it belies the truer path inward, toward the greatest accomplishment of any psionic journeyer - the enlightened state of both power and knowledge, and since Algernon has recently become and adult, he feels it is necessary to find himself and help others.
Psicrystal
Name: Esk
Personality:
Esk follows the pattern of an energetic little creature, a hero who approaches problems with a deep fervor, similar to his friend and companion Algernon, but different in his more vocal way of describing what is happening around him. Esk actually enjoys describing the world about him, telling people what he feels, and not only that, but also saying his thoughts before he's even sure of them himself. His main personal choice, howerver, is the fact that Algernon requires more connection to other people, through helping them or otherwise, and as such has been acting as his conscience in such things, trying to bring out the more social nature within the somewhat cold Psion.
Special:
Because of the connection between a Psicrystal and the Psion who formed it, Algernon gains the benefit of being slightly hardier as the energetic personality exudes the power of health and abundant life. As such it gives him slightly better fortitude in such matters as sickness and illness.
"... if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for Destruction Ice is also great
And would suffice."
- Robert Frost