Description
Before you stands a tall, willowy man clad in the expensive robes of a
sorcerer. There is an odd sense of cold about him, though why you cannot say.
In part, because he looks cold. Not that he is chilled, rather that cold
clings to his person the way sweat might cling to another man. It is also
because he is pale, almost to the point of death. Indeed his lips appear a
dark purple and his pallor has a tinge of blue. His breath escapes his mouth
with just a hint of frost. Most would not dare to touch Yuno, but those brave
few would discover his skin cold to the touch.
Burning within that cold countenance are a pair of ice-blue eyes. Inside them
is a mania that cuts through everything he sees. Those eyes do not look at
things. They look through. And look they do, rolling inside his head in a
near panic trying to take in everything at once. Periodically the astute
observer may catch him looking into space with cold hatred, though there is
nothing there to be looked upon. His mouth works just a little, as though
speaking just beneath his breath. He looks to be listening as intently as he
is looking, the occasional twitch overtaking his face at whatever it is he
hears.
Beyond the clinging cold and maniacal eyes Yuno has long, curly, pitch-black
hair contrasting sharply against his pale face. He has features that, while
not totally repugnant, are too bold to be considered attractive by most.
Despite being bent into a permanent stoop, he manages to carry himself with
the arrogance of a large, predatory animal.
Role
The Struggle Begins I
Added Mon Aug 31 06:29:35 2015 at level 8:
Yuno's legs pumped, hungrily trying to devour every foot between he and
safety.
"They gain!" A voice somewhere in the recesses of his mind shouted
insistently, "RUN!"
Yuno ran with everything he had, slipping in and"out of Arkham's alleys,
ducking under carts, fear propelling him onward and killing his fatigue with
the strength of mad panic. He risked a look over his shoulder. There! Just on
the edge of sight, shadowy figures raised bony fingers to point right at him.
Rasping for every breath, mouth dry with exhaustion he knew They would get
him.
Then, another voice in his head, "KILL THEM."
Yuno shook his head furiously, sweat matting his long hair to his forehead.
No, They are too strong. Flight was his only chance, and flee he did. Did
They know where he lived? He had to chance it, for if he did not run to his
hovel he would surely collapse in the street - and gods only knew what would
happen then. He ran down an alley only to double back and take another,
laying false trails, trying to shake Them off. At last he ducked in his
doorway.
The hovel was simple. A single room lit by a single candle, a cot for mother
and father, a pallet for his sister, Yuna. A pallet for him too, but none for
the others inside of him, no, not for them. He pressed his back against the
dirty slat wall, heart pounding in effort and fear, waiting to see if They
followed him.
They did.
The cloaked figure poured into the room an ethereal shadow. It radiated
menace. It passed Yuno, who was crouching low in the shadows, showing only
the back of its long cloak to him. He could not make out the Device, but he
knew the figure must have it in his hands.
"It's there. Oooooh it's there, yes," a voice within whispered frantically.
At all costs, Yuno could not let them use the Device on him. He could not
lose control, he would not let them have his thoughts and desires. He would
not give them his Will. He gathered his courage. The corner of his eye
twitched involuntarily. He thought to control it, but it just made his cheek
tick under it. He pulled the knife.
"Get cloooser. Cloooooser," another voice breathed in his head.
Just as he reached the figure it turned. It smiled a dreadful smile. "Hello,
Yuno, you sneaky boy. You don't scare me," it said in a hollow, other-worldly
snarl. Then, horrible recognition lighted in him. It was Yuna. His sister.
She was one of Them.
The Struggle Begins II
Added Mon Aug 31 06:31:28 2015 at level 8:
"Of course. Yes. Yes. It all makes sense now," a voice trembled in his head.
Gripping the knife, he lunged.
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Yuna was returning from the market, a few roots and a little goat milk all
she was able to haggle with the family's meager budget. It would be enough
though. They could make it another few days. She entered their hovel, which
seemed a little darker than usual. Instead of removing her cloak she went for
the candle.
A sound behind her, and she started and whirled. Arkham was not the sort of
place you let your guard down, not with shadowborn creatures running about
the streets at night, and thieves or worse lurking during the day. She hoped
desperately her father would return right at that moment, then with relief,
recognized Yuno crouching low. "Silly child!" she thought, and smiled
brightly.
"Hello, Yuno, you sneaky boy! You don't scare me!" a giggle started in her,
but then she noticed a knife in Yuno's hand. That was - odd. The boy's eyes
had an almost demonic intensity to them. His face was washed of any color.
His lips peeled back in a snarl and he lunged. He must have stabbed four or
five times before she could even think to try to stop him. He was still
stabbing long moments later when the last of life finally left her.
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"KILL THEM!" a voice inside Yuno demanded.
"They are one of Them. Must be. Have to be. It makes sense if she was one
they are Them too," another voice added its frantic reasoning.
"KILL THEM!" the first voice demanded again.
"They will use the Device. Oh no, no, no! Not the Device. Don't let them use
the Device," a panic-stricken voice warned.
His eye trembled again. He tried to stop it and his cheek responded with two
sharp, upward ticks. He tried to still those and heard himself grunt deep in
his throat. His parents looked away from their heated discussion to glance at
him worriedly.
The Struggle Begins III
Added Mon Aug 31 06:34:38 2015 at level 8:
His mother's eyes were swollen and red from the wailing and weeping that
followed the discovery of her bloody children. Father's face was dark, on it
worry mixed with grief. Worry and grief mixed with resolve.
"We must take him to the Sanatorium, Chele. They will know what to do."
"No Arin," his mother responded, "they will give him to the guard to be hanged!"
She began to weep again.
Yuno's face ticked involuntarily. He tried to ignore the voice in his head
demanding their death.
"She was one of Them," he explained again, "She was going to use the Device
on me."
"Shhhh, child. Shhhh," His mother clutched him to her, her trembling voice trying
to sooth.
Yuno tried to explain about Them. The secret society who wanted to control
all the world. They wanted everyone to behave. To conform. They had secret
agents everywhere. They had devices that could control your thoughts. Change
you. Take your Will. Who knew what other resources They could employ? They
were everywhere. Everywhere. All the time. "Watching right now!" a voice in
his head added.
"You see Chele," his father said, "we must take him to the Sanatorium."
"Or the guard," his mother said with steely resignation. She withdrew from him
coldly, "He is demonspawned, he is. Not my son."
As father reached to mother to offer comfort, Yuno broke for the door. For
sixteen years he ran from Them. They who were the most oppressive spies,
trackers and chasers, yet he always managed escape from Them. Father and
mother had no chance.
Finding Purpose I
Added Mon Aug 31 06:42:22 2015 at level 9:
The cities were no refuge from Them any longer. He had to move on, to run, to
hide, to learn to fight back against Them. Yuno headed for the docks as the
sun sank low in the sky. He found cargo being loaded onto a ship and slipped
into one of the boxes. The box was loaded into a vessel making its way across
the sea to Hamsah Mu'tazz. Days had come and gone when a sickly, starving
Yuno climbed from the box and slipped past the gate of the desert city.
"They are here. The operatives. They know where you are," a voice cautioned.
"KILL THEM!" came another, familiar voice.
"Run, run! Get out of here! Hide.They will find you. Sly, They are," another voice
offered panicked advice.
Yuno's eye twitched and his cheek ticked. He saw a cart with some desert
dates and stole a handful. Shoving the nourishment into his mouth he tried to
think. To come up with a plan They would not expect. Yuno knew the voices he
heard were right. They were out there. They did know where he was, and he
would have to learn to fight or run if he was to keep from falling victim to
one of their Devices.
As fate would have it, the docks of Hamsah dump you right at the street of
guilds. For a few coin, he could learn any number of useful skills. Magic,
stealth, martial arts, weapons - what would They least expect? Just then a
man in sorcerous robes began to contort. The man's face stretched into a
beak, his arms morphed into wings, his legs shrank into claws that tucked up
into a feathery body and, with a leap and a few beats of magical wings, the
creature disappeared into the sky. "They will never track me like that!" Yuno
thought, and so found himself writing his name on the registry at the
shapeshifter guild.
Choosing to join the shapeshifter guild would have a profound impact on his
life, but not nearly so profound as what was to happen next. The voices
suggested several courses of action:
"Make for Galadon, lose them in the bustle," one whispered.
"KILL THEM ALL. KILL THEM!"
"Seek the Fortress of the Light. Get help to save you from Them."
Another voice balked at this suggestion angrily, "No, no, not the Fortress.
They are the Them. They want to make you like them. Take away your Will. Use
the Device on you. Seek the Scarab temple!"
Still another panicked, "Run! Hide! Escape where they will not expect."
"KILL THEM! USE THE MAGIC!" It seemed that particular voice was always
elbowing its way to the front of his mind.
Finding Purpose II
Added Mon Aug 31 06:44:43 2015 at level 9:
His face contorted in a forceful tick. He considered. Each voice always had
merit. Well, almost always. He was no fool to lose his desires for the Light.
In fact, knowing They wanted to use the Device on him to steal his Will, made
him value his Will above almost anything else. Perhaps he would join the
Scarabs one day, but now, weak as he was, was not that day. Flight seemed
prudent. Flight gave him a chance to make some kind of life, to grow in
strength, to learn to fight back against Them.
Yuno donned a tan-colored robe and wrapped a towel around his head and face
in the style of Hamsah Mu'tazz and slipped in among a caravan heading south.
He could see Their agents scanning the crowds, intent on finding him. But,
the disguise worked. He slipped passed them, and when night fell on the
desert he made his way toward red cliffs in the distance. When he reached
them, he turned south toward a dried river bed. That he followed until it
found the foot of a mountain, and there he stood considering. He was sure
They were on his trail, but he had no sight of them.
"Over the mountain! Hide!"
"Turn north, you'll die in that frigid place!"
"KILL THEM!"
His face ticked, but just a mild one. Something called to him over that
mountain, though he could not say what. He followed a narrow path and pulled
his tan coat in on him, trying to keep some heat. The temperature continued
to drop with each passing mile, and soon he found himself overlooking a vast,
frozen wasteland.
That cold devastation was the most beautiful thing he'd ever seen. Frozen
crystals floated through the air reflecting bits of colorful light all around
them. The snow burned white hot with light that stung his eyes. As his
canteen froze and exploded into fragments he realized a destructive power
that far out shown the petty workings of shape-shifting magic. He discovered
the para-element of Ice.
Though he would come to know Smoke, Magma and Ooze as well as Ice, Ice would
forever hold a special place in his soul. He wandered in the brightness of
that wasteland finally finding a measure of contentment. They would never
find him here. Not in the blizzards. Not in the Ice. Then, he found something
very special - a place where the para-elements were all on display. A weaving
so complicated and magnificent that Yuno's voices muted in wonderment. He
could feel para-elemental power coursing through him. He knew without being
told this was the place of Jormyr, and he fell on his face and worshipped.
PK Wins
Sep 2, 2015 |Lv 34|The Keep of Barovia|Kheithahn vs 1: [34] Yuno (100%, chop)
Sep 2, 2015 |Lv 34|The Keep of Barovia|Viester vs 1: [34] Yuno (100%, claw)
Sep 2, 2015 |Lv 34|Galadon|Zequam vs 1: [34] Yuno (100%, claw)
Sep 3, 2015 |Lv 34|Seantryn Modan|Pherest vs 1: [34] Yuno (100%, claw)
Sep 5, 2015 |Lv 48|Hamsah Mu'tazz|Varaez vs 2: [48] Yuno (21%, peck), [51] Kowelu (78%)
Sep 6, 2015 |Lv 49|Moudrilar's Monastery|Vokrem vs 1: [49] Yuno (100%, KB)
Sep 8, 2015 |Lv 51|The Oryx Steppes|Jessa vs 2: [51] Yuno (60%), [51] Varaez (39%, venomous slash)
Sep 8, 2015 |Lv 51|Grinning Skull Village|Vokrem vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, bite)
Sep 9, 2015 |Lv 51|Galadon|Teeberri vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, peck)
Sep 9, 2015 |Lv 51|Copeham Inn|Kanos vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, peck)
Sep 9, 2015 |Lv 51|Galadon|Teeberri vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, KB)
Sep 11, 2015|Lv 51|Eaststride Road|Vokrem vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, KB)
Sep 11, 2015|Lv 51|Galadon|Kanos vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, bite)
Sep 12, 2015|Lv 51|The Imperial Palace|Srokmat vs 2: [51] Yuno (25%), [51] Valdifer (74%, bite)
Sep 12, 2015|Lv 51|The Imperial Palace|Valdifer vs 2: [51] Yuno (19%), [51] Srokmat (80%, hit)
Sep 12, 2015|Lv 51|The Eastern Road|Ghramr vs 2: [51] Yuno (14%, peck), [51] Worthag (85%)
Sep 13, 2015|Lv 51|Seantryn Modan|Acenith vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, peck)
Sep 14, 2015|Lv 51|Ayr'Trinil, the Arial City|Viester vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, claw)
Sep 15, 2015|Lv 51|Temple of the Scarab|Camdon vs 3: [42] Jovon (29%, shocking bite), [51] Jessa (59%), [51] Yuno (11%)
Sep 17, 2015|Lv 51|The Frigid Wasteland|Bicthel vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, claw)
Sep 17, 2015|Lv 51|Galadon|Eirlac vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, KB)
Sep 17, 2015|Lv 51|The Sea of Despair|Viester vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, KB)
Sep 17, 2015|Lv 51|The Talshidar Caves|Eirlac vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, claw)
Sep 18, 2015|Lv 51|The Dranettie Wood|Nisura vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, KB)
Sep 18, 2015|Lv 51|The Imperial Palace|Nalana vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, claw)
Sep 18, 2015|Lv 51|Underdark|Nalana vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, KB)
Sep 18, 2015|Lv 51|The High Pass|Thundroz vs 4: [51] Kukuo (44%, slash), [51] Yuno (0%), [51] Adira (3%), [51] Nydfeldt (50%)
Sep 18, 2015|Lv 51|Galadon|Viester vs 2: [51] Yuno (13%), [46] Caecilius (86%, bleeding)
Sep 19, 2015|Lv 51|Galadon|Selionar vs 3: [51] Worthag (43%), [51] Valdifer (0%), [51] Yuno (55%, claw)
Sep 19, 2015|Lv 51|Galadon|Selionar vs 1: [51] Yuno (0%, hellfire)
Sep 19, 2015|Lv 51|The Violet Woodland|Nisura vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, claw)
Sep 19, 2015|Lv 51|Forgotten Crypts|Srokmat vs 2: [51] Yuno (73%, claw), [51] Valdifer (26%)
Sep 19, 2015|Lv 51|East Sumner's Road|Daphedee vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, claw)
Sep 20, 2015|Lv 51|Northern Foothills|Trefor vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, claw)
Sep 20, 2015|Lv 51|Pine Forest|Pherest vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, claw)
Sep 20, 2015|Lv 51|Ruins of Maethien|Viester vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, claw)
Sep 20, 2015|Lv 51|Voralian City|Eirlac vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, claw)
Sep 20, 2015|Lv 51|Grinning Skull Village|Vokrem vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, KB)
Sep 20, 2015|Lv 51|The Ruins of Ostalagiah|Dundlin vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, blast of lightning)
Sep 20, 2015|Lv 51|BattleRager Village|Eirlac vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, claw)
Sep 23, 2015|Lv 51|Felar Encampment|Nisura vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, KB)
Sep 24, 2015|Lv 51|Galadon|Sapher vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, claw)
Sep 29, 2015|Lv 51|A Dry Riverbed|Khazhrim vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, bite)
Oct 1, 2015 |Lv 51|Galadon|Zetazenth vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, peck)
Oct 1, 2015 |Lv 51|Galadon|Kolo vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, claw)
Oct 1, 2015 |Lv 51|The Ruins of Ostalagiah|Melnoch vs 3: [51] Valdifer (17%, bite), [51] Yuno (70%), [51] Sodsob (11%)
Oct 1, 2015 |Lv 51|Temple of the Scarab|Valdifer vs 2: [51] Bicthel (95%, disembowelment), [51] Yuno (4%) *Disemboweled*
Oct 1, 2015 |Lv 51|Galadon|Kolo vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, peck)
Oct 3, 2015 |Lv 51|Hamsah Mu'tazz|Dobareju vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, claw)
Oct 3, 2015 |Lv 51|Abandoned Siege Encampment|Nisura vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, KB)
Oct 3, 2015 |Lv 51|The Skies above Thera|Dobareju vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, peck)
Oct 3, 2015 |Lv 51|Galadon|Horkampshtak vs 2: [51] Yuno (27%, KB), [48] Grentizak (72%)
Oct 3, 2015 |Lv 51|Galadon|Bicthel vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, KB)
Oct 3, 2015 |Lv 51|Galadon|Golthazar vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, KB)
Oct 4, 2015 |Lv 51|The Halfling Lands|Birzou vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, claw)
Oct 4, 2015 |Lv 51|The Keep of Barovia|Vallanar vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, claw)
Oct 4, 2015 |Lv 51|The Imperial Palace|Horkampshtak vs 2: [51] Yuno (61%, claw), [40] Veszyn (38%)
Oct 4, 2015 |Lv 51|Arkham|Zszaun vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, claw)
Oct 4, 2015 |Lv 51|Arkham|Vallanar vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, claw)
Oct 5, 2015 |Lv 51|Arkham|Elisse vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, KB)
Oct 5, 2015 |Lv 51|The High Pass|Dobareju vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, KB)
Oct 5, 2015 |Lv 51|Galadon|Kolo vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, claw)
Oct 7, 2015 |Lv 51|Galadon|Birzou vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, KB)
Oct 7, 2015 |Lv 51|Galadon|Zetazenth vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, claw)
Oct 11, 2015|Lv 51|Galadon|Krodni vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, claw)
Oct 11, 2015|Lv 51|The Frigid Wasteland|Horkampshtak vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, claw)
Oct 11, 2015|Lv 51|Arkham|Blemmin vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, peck)
Oct 12, 2015|Lv 51|The Basilica|Saxy vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, claw)
Oct 12, 2015|Lv 51|Thar-Acacia|Lalchy vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, KB)
Oct 13, 2015|Lv 51|Lost in the Mists|Delric vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, claw)
Oct 13, 2015|Lv 51|The Eastern Road|Valarys vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, peck)
Oct 13, 2015|Lv 51|Voralian City|Hanth vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, claw)
Oct 13, 2015|Lv 51|The Ruins of Ostalagiah|Hanth vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, claw)
Oct 13, 2015|Lv 51|The Skies above Thera|Arven vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, poison)
Oct 14, 2015|Lv 51|Hamsah Mu'tazz|Zaza vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, claw)
Oct 15, 2015|Lv 51|The Skies above Thera|Dobareju vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, peck)
Oct 15, 2015|Lv 51|Hamsah Mu'tazz|Zaza vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, claw)
Oct 15, 2015|Lv 51|The Keep of Barovia|Hraltolath vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, claw)
Oct 15, 2015|Lv 51|Evermoon Hollow|Mahiva vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, KB)
Oct 15, 2015|Lv 51|Mount Calandaryl|Elothoril vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, KB)
Oct 15, 2015|Lv 51|Village of Mal'trakis|Elothoril vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, KB)
Oct 18, 2015|Lv 51|Forest of Prosimy|Elothoril vs 2: [51] Yuno (2%), [51] Gaspare (97%, poison)
Oct 18, 2015|Lv 51|Temple of the Scarab|Jeede vs 5: [51] Elothoril (0%), [51] Bethanny (58%, KB), [51] Adira (17%), [51] Mahiva (21%), [51] Yuno (2%)
Oct 18, 2015|Lv 51|The Dragon Sea|Gyrdiandaan vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, claw)
Oct 19, 2015|Lv 51|Ancient Emerald Forest|Alderia vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, claw)
Oct 19, 2015|Lv 51|The Basilica|Nalana vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, peck)
Oct 19, 2015|Lv 51|Galadon|Horkampshtak vs 2: [51] Yuno (81%, claw), [45] Veszyn (18%)
Oct 19, 2015|Lv 51|Silverpine Road|Rakai vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, claw)
Oct 19, 2015|Lv 51|The Skies above Thera|Ecirpac vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, claw)
Oct 27, 2015|Lv 51|The Kobold Warrens|Terxaxous vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, KB)
Oct 28, 2015|Lv 51|Lost in the Mists|Dedeyare vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, bite)
Oct 28, 2015|Lv 51|High Lord's Keep|Felicina vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, claw)
Oct 29, 2015|Lv 51|Galadon|Continthious vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, claw)
Oct 29, 2015|Lv 51|The Grove|Makitok vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, pound)
Oct 29, 2015|Lv 51|The Frigid Wasteland|Scrange vs 1: [51] Yuno (100%, claw)