User:Rubikon/Ria Twilight

The Death of Rasia Dirayne
In 1407CC (25 years after the Jade Wind) Rasia Dirayne was born in House Zu Heltzer in the Echovald Forest. By the time she was eighteen she was moderately attractive. She had dark red hair with green eyes, was tall and thin. She was bubbly and only interested in trading gossip with her friends. She couldn’t care less about the world beyond the walls of House Zu Heltzer. Though she dated a couple of boys she wasn’t really interested in them and preferred hanging around with her friends. She worked on her fathers merchant stall, in theory she was buying and selling items to travellers coming through the town but in practice she’d just hang around with her friends. One day she was just gone. Her friends or family just couldn’t find her or anyone who had any idea where she could be. The next day an adventurer came into town from Arborstone Cathedral with the body of a young girl. It was Rasia. There was no visible signs of injury, but she was already gone. The adventurer said he’d found her body surrounded by a group of onis, which had vanished as he’d approached. The next day a funeral was held. Her family and a large group of friends attended. During the ceremony a scrabbling was heard from within the coffin. It was opened and Rasia was inside, out of breath and panicked but alive. After that day she was a changed woman. She wouldn’t speak unless spoke to, she stopped talking entirely to her friends and she spent all her time sat in her room staring out of the window. She refused to even go and work on her father’s stall. Some months later she snuck away in the night. The next day her father was determined to go and search the surrounding area for her but Rasia’s mother stopped him. So strained had their relationship become that she said that Rasia clearly wasn’t their daughter any more.

The Birth and Death of Lady Glaive
Rasia had gone to the Brauer Academy and began her training to be a Ritualist. She was a very dedicated pupil, determined and talented at whatever she put her mind to. She was very intense and none of the teachers enjoyed teaching her as she creeped them out. She completed the training faster than anyone to date but remained at the academy determined to practice and practice. Eventually she was asked if she wanted to be a tutor at the academy. She gave no response but promptly vanished a couple of days later. She left the Echovald Forest determined to never return and started to journey around Cantha. She refused to get involved in events and just observed them from a distance. Rasia’s parents sometimes heard stories of her travelling throughout Cantha, throughout their lifetimes. In the stories they were told Rasia always looked exactly the same as she did when she died. They did not encourage these stories and often treated the bearers of this information icily. In 1447CC she travelled to Elona. When the Canthan embassies closed in 1450CC she stayed in Istan. She started wearing only black and joined the Corsairs under the assumed name; Lady Glaive. She rose through the ranks and became known for her extreme cruelty. Eventually she became the leader of the Corsairs and led the armada through the Second Great Corsair War. At the very height of the war she fled from her flagship. To prevent the corsair army from becoming demoralised Rasia's first mate found someone who resembled Rasia and had her pose as Lady Glaive. Shortly afterwards the armada was defeated.

The Birth of Ria Twilight
Rasia was next seen at the Shing Jea Monastery in 1570CC. Here she applied for a job as a cleaner under the assumed name of Ria Twilight. Throughout her time in the Monastery she observed the students looking for anyone of special talent. For a long time she was unable to see anyone powerful enough to help her. However in 1580CC two foreign students, Slite Breehz and Elise Xone, attempted to join the Monastery. They were at first turned down but Raisa saw great potential in them and petitioned to Master Togo that they be allowed special permission to train at the Monastery. Slite soon had to return to Tyria after the news of The Cataclysm. Elise stayed behind and Rasia soon had an opportunity to talk to her. She asked that Elise and Slite one day do her a favour, in return she'd give them three pieces of valuable advice. Elise agreed, somewhat reluctantly. Rasia told her to go to Ascalon and look for Slite. She said trouble was on the horizon. And finally she told her to watch out for Onis.

Factions
In 1582CC Rasia noticed two new students in the Monastery who had extraordinary potential, Nikole Tesla and Ilvanya Tempest. Master Togo was planning on taking them with him to Minister Cho's Estate, Rasia persuaded him that she should come along. Upon reaching Minister Cho's Estate they found all the guards to have gone insane and Minister Cho to have succumbed to a mysterious disease. Rasia started to panic. She told Ilvy and Nikole that she thought she'd have more warning than this. There's no chance to get to Elise or Slite. She gives them the ominous piece of advice to watch out for Onis and tells them that she'll be back with them as soon as possible. For a day or so she travels between the towns on Shing Jea Island searching for someone able to help them out, before rushing to Zen Daijun to catch up with Ilvy and Nikole. They find the guild symbol of Shiro Tagachi amongst the Miasma. Master Togo, Ilvy and Nikole are shocked, but Rasia is palpably relieved. Even though the crisis isn't what she was expecting Rasia agrees to travel with Ilvy and Nikole to stop Shiro, if they agree to help her with something afterwards.

They travel to Kaineng City and head to Vizunah Square where the Afflicted have recently been seen. They battle throughout the square with the aid of Mhenlo and eventually defeat one of shiro's constructs. Suddenly all of the group, with the exception of Rasia are killed. Before she had any real chance to react to this they are brought back to life by the Envoys, who ask them to bring Shiro to justice. Rasia is silent throughout the encounter. They travel to Nahpui Quarter to become Weh no Su and are met by a Monk called Maze Lightstorm. She is the adopted daughter of Suun, the Oracle of the Mists. She guides them through the process of becoming Weh No Su, then finding out that they are after Shiro elects to join them on their journey. They pursue Shiro throughout Kaineng City, eventually to the Sunjiang District, where they appear to have destroyed him. However the Envoys reappear and inform the group that he will return and they need to ally the Kurzicks and the Luxons against him in order to succeed fully. Mhenlo, Maze and Nikole travel to House Zu Heltzer, while Ilvy, Togo and Rasia travel down to Cavalon.

Onis in The Jade Flats
While they worked to gain the trust of the Luxons they ended up at the Jade Flats to spend the night. Rasia woke up during the night and went and looked out over the Jade Quarry. Suddenly Outcasts and Onis were appearing from nowhere charging straight for the Flats. Rasia started waking everyone up but soon the noise of the outcasts and onis hammering on the gates made that redundant. Togo, Ilvy and Rasia stood overlooking the crowds of outcasts and onis that surrounded the Flats on both sides. The guards inform them that the gates won't hold for long, so to prepare for a fight, although it was obvious that they wouldn't stand a chance. The gates started to buckle and then collapsed. The crowd of outcasts and onis pressed in on the group. almost silently, their hands on their weapons, or ready to pounce, but oddly unwilling to do so. Rasia shouted "Wait!". Neither side moved. Rasia turned and explained: "they can't attack us unless we attack them."

"Thats never stopped them before." One guard pointed out.

"You've never had me with you before." Rasia replied. Carefully they left the Flats, the onis and outcasts parting for them to leave. Ilvy and Master Togo attempted to ask Rasia what was happening, but Rasia dismissed it, saying it wasn't relevant at the moment.

They pushed on and gained the trust of the Luxons eventually reaching the Harvest Temple where Shiro killed Emperor Angsiyan causing the Jade Wind. With the aid of the Kurzicks, Mhenlo, Maze and Nikole they defeat Kuunavang the corrupted guardian of the Temple. After he had been defeated Shiro's hold over him was broken and he told the group that Shiro was going to attempt to kill Emperor Kisu in order to return to his body. The Envoys confirm this and the group rush up to the Raisu Palace. Which is already under siege by Shiro's constructs. They battle through the Palace in time to save the Emperor, but giving Shiro the opportunity to kill Master Togo, the emperor's half-brother. Rasia, Ilvy, Nikole and Mhenlo battle Shiro and manage to kill him, whereupon the Envoys encase him in Jade.

The Deep
Before the Envoys leave again Rasia asks why when Shiro killed everyone in Vizunah Square she hadn't been killed. The Envoys reply simply that death doesn't apply to her anymore. She's already dead. Ilvy, Maze and Nikole finally demand to know what's going on. Rasia reminds them that they agreed to do her a favour when all this was over. They remember. She tells them it no longer matters. She says that they probably have their own problems to sort out. That this is her problem. Rasia then leaves with the advice: "Beware of the Onis."

Rasia wasn't seen again until a year later where, it was later reported, she walked through the gates of Cavalon followed by 11 onis. They marched straight through Cavalon and into The Deep. Sometime later they returned with the head of Kanaxai.

Rasia then went to live on a small island near Shing Jea Island. She wrote a letter to Maze, Ilvy and Nikole telling them that the danger was presumably over, and where she could be found if needed, but that she'd isolated herself like this for a reason and they shouldn't come looking for her unless they had to. Beware of the Oni and all that.

In 1585CC Maze went to the island after meeting Kormir of the Sunspears. She told Rasia that demons had appeared throughout Kaineng Center killing everyone in there, and that she was definately needed. She agreed and they headed off to Elona.