T A L O N
Name: Talon Alexios Novalys
Alias: Daemon Alexios
Race: Synnekar Avialae | Demigod (Empyrean)
Gender: Male
Height: 7 ft. | 214 cm
Weight: 280 lbs. | 122 kg
Birthdate: 13th Day of Frost, Year 95 of the Age of Steel
Birthplace: Palace of the First Wind, City-State of Kalzasi
Profession: Runesmith | Warrior | Deity
Housing: Suite of Rooms, Palace of Spires
Partners: Aoren (Core Bondmate | Spouse)
Titles: The Prince of Dragons, Prince of Kalzasi, The Morninglord
Factions: Order of the Dawnmartyr
Fluencies: Synskrit, Kathalan, Vastian, Common
Conversationals: Vallenor, Silandris, Mythrasi
Ineptitudes: None.
Alias: Daemon Alexios
Race: Synnekar Avialae | Demigod (Empyrean)
Gender: Male
Height: 7 ft. | 214 cm
Weight: 280 lbs. | 122 kg
Birthdate: 13th Day of Frost, Year 95 of the Age of Steel
Birthplace: Palace of the First Wind, City-State of Kalzasi
Profession: Runesmith | Warrior | Deity
Housing: Suite of Rooms, Palace of Spires
Partners: Aoren (Core Bondmate | Spouse)
Titles: The Prince of Dragons, Prince of Kalzasi, The Morninglord
Factions: Order of the Dawnmartyr
Fluencies: Synskrit, Kathalan, Vastian, Common
Conversationals: Vallenor, Silandris, Mythrasi
Ineptitudes: None.
Personality
His first and foremost obligation is to the people of Kalzasi. As the son of the Shokaze and the heir to House Novalys, Talon is expected to be a model of character his people can follow. Second to that is his loyalty and duty to his family as the First Son of the House Novalys. The Diamond House of Kalzasi are trained from birth to death to be the pinnacle of what it means to embody the ideals treasured by the Avialae and by extension, Kalzasi. Brave, bold, strong and driven, Talon is all of these things because he has been groomed to believe he cannot be anything else.
Talon is a compassionate man but he can grow to be quite intolerant of anything close to resembling acts of dishonor and cowardice. He has a very stark view of right and wrong. He can be stubborn and headstrong. He will rarely back down from a challenge which has a tendency to see him get into trouble where his temper is concerned.
In spite of these things, Talon is a friendly soul at heart. He delights in stories by a campfire or a hearth. He makes friends easily and he is loyal to a fault. His belief that he must always protect those weaker than himself moves him to place himself in reckless situations often enough. All in all, Talon likes to believe that he is a good man. Many expectations have been placed upon his shoulders as the Shokaze's firstborn son. As of the Frost 120, Talon has become a much more expressive young man. He is more assured of his beliefs and has gained the confidence born from experience facing many trials and hardships. He has ascended to the ranks of demigodhood and while the prospect of divinity unsettled him at first, he has learned to grow into it. His life as the heir presumptive and prince of Kalzasi prepared him well for the realm of learning how to navigate some divine expectations. While he is still learning his own views on the subject of his godly portfolio and what it means to those mortals he is expected to shepherd, he still does his best to live up to the ideals that have been instilled in him all his life.
Appearance
As with all Avialae, Talon possesses a pair of large wings that extend from his back. Graced with the feather of an eagle, Talon’s wings are a silver color and bear a metallic sheen in the right lighting. In spite of this, they are soft to the touch but are strong enough to knock most fully grown men off their feet if put to more combative use. Talon keeps both himself and his wings meticulously well groomed.
28 Frost 120 | Talon now bears a thin silver scar directly over his heart. It appeared following his initiation into Reaving. It brings with it many questions. He wonders if he wants to find the answers...
53 Frost 120 | Upon awakening to divinity, Talon has gained demigod attributes as described at the Ascendant Tier on the Demigod page of the wiki.
History
So began the life of the First Son of House Novalys. When the snows cleared and the spring warmth shone down on the region, Talon grew. As he came into his early childhood, he was given an apprenticeship under one of the high officers of the Sky Guard in order to prepare him for his eventual Warren March.
As Talon came into his own as an adolescent he was challenged, educated and groomed to be his father’s heir. His life was spent being tested from one thing to the next in order to continually prove himself worthy of the mantle he was to one day take up. On the day that he embarked upon his Warren March it was with a group of twelve boys.
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Of the twelve who went down into the Warrens, only seven emerged. Talon was seventeen years old. He had earned his place among his people and though he mourned the loss of friends, he was proud to have proven his strength as an Avialae. Having shown himself to be capable after passing the trial that all Synnekar Avialae must, Talon continued to grow into his own, forever changed by the experience the Warren March imbued him with.
Eventually he was taken under the wing of a human battlemage by the name of Saris Kore. The man proved to be something of a second father to Talon who, while not lacking in admiration for his own father, often felt distant from him. Saris proved to be more approachable, more willing to let Talon take risks. The two grew close and when Talon was eighteen years of age, he asked Saris to teach him magic. While immensely hesitant at first, Talon remained determined. Until finally, Saris relented and initiated him into the magic of Semblance. Talon’s threshold sickness lasted three days. It would be a year later that Talon was also initiated into the magic of Kinetics. It was following this initiation, one that nearly resulted in Talon’s death, that his father forbade him from pursuing any more runes of magic. Following an explosive argument between himself and his father, Saris made the decision to leave Kalzasi. He and Talon keep in touch to this day.
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In a move of rebelliousness, Talon continued the pursuit of magic against his father’s wishes but, having skirted death with the Cardinal Runes of Magic, opted to learn world magic instead. Though it took much convincing and a considerably amount of time proving he was not displaying just a passing interest, Talon managed to convince the Circle of Spells to allow him to study in their library. He found himself taking to the study of Runeforging and has carefully explored the art over the years.
In the present day, Talon spends a great deal of time aiding the Sky Guard in their duties around the city and the surrounding lands. As an established business owner he makes a point to forge weapons and armor for the guard, occasionally adding an enchantment to some of them provided he has the resources.