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DetailsName: Kala Mizal Leukos
Player: Antinoös/Hekatos
Race: Firstborn Avialae (Human)/Arisen Moritasi
Sex: Female
Age: 21
Height: 5'3" (1.6 m)
Weight: 108 lb (49 kg)
Birthdate: 15 Searing 102
Birthplace: Starfall, Karnor
Profession: Noble; Politician
Housing: Suite of Rooms, Cintamani Pavilion
Partners: Corebonded to her twin; common bonds with the Silver Wings; light bond with Marda Ahtivin
Titles: Lady; Vice-Minister of Finance
Factions: House Leukos; Great House Briathos
Fluencies: Synnekar; Common
Conversationals: Kathalan
Ineptitudes: Draconic; Mythrasi; Vallenor; Vastian
Appearance
Perhaps due to being a multiple birth, Kala is the smallest member of her immediate family. Short, slender, and fair, with blue eyes and platinum blonde hair, she can transform from one moment to the next depending on her moods, which are changeable. She frequently paints herself and adorns herself with whatever catches her fancy, from the old, tribal styles of the Mountain to the just-breaking trends of Kalzasi fashion to whatever she decides she likes at any given moment. For as long as she can remember, she has collected feathers fallen from her father, her brother, and her twin, frequently working them into her hair, her jewelry, and her clothes as though to remind people that she is Avialae whether she has wings or not.
As of Searing 122, Garel of Atoria "completed" her and the phantom limbs she felt became true wings. The feathers are white with a pale gold patina, but defy categorization or comparison to one bird. She has become rather adept at pulling them in and hiding them until she was ready to acknowledge them publicly and share her tale of the hidden island.
Rune of Elementalism: Right arm, near wrist.
Rune of Negation: Left arm, near elbow.
Rune of Semblance: Left arm, near wrist.
Personality
Kala feels things deeply and among her family, at least, she expresses things immediately—rages, glee, sorrow, etc. She has never hidden her adamantine will from them. Perhaps that is due to the corebond she was born with, having a natural follower following her into the world. Perhaps because she is much better behaved in public, her family—except for her twin—have little patience for the negative aspects of her mercurial nature. Kaus' patience for her is endless. With her mother's variable health and her father's untimely death, the larger household in Starfall and the people in the realm have always given her great leeway. And yet she resents pity.
Among her people, she has gone to great lengths to shine as brightly as any Skyborn man. Her people find her inquisitiveness charming, her sincere curiosity as to the lives of those her mother rules a good sign of proper education. Their Little Star or Little Sister is welcome anywhere.
In Kalzasi, people find her strange. Many attribute it to her remote upbringing. Her wit is not loud but her intelligence and perspective are offered to those who take the time to get to know her.
Since her ascension, she has become more introverted and thoughtful as she tries to understand what she is and how she fits into the world, not wanting to make great mistakes with the great power that has been given to her. Though she be but small, she walks on eggshells like a giant around fragile things.
History
The twins were a miracle although their live birth almost killed their mother. All the same, it left her with chronic health issues, but not enough to slow her down. The heir, Aquilios, was seven at this time, old enough to remember and old enough to resent how his mother had nearly been taken from him by the squalling girl child and the calmer boy who followed her into the world. Their father was relieved, to say the least.
When mother and children were well enough to travel, the children were blessed at the Starfall and then taken to Kalzasi to be blessed properly in the temple. This visit was brief, though Lady Akshara spent some time with the healers of Great House Ahtivan, where a priestess affirmed what Akshara already suspected: the twins were core-bonded. Lord Vatar, whose house of origin owed loyalty to House Senue, paid his respects where appropriate to maintain good relations inasmuch as any relations were maintained. He had "gone native" on the Mountain, but he had been the youngest son of his line, not destined to inherit and always a bit of an odd duck. Strangely, he made a good impression on the Shokaze before the family went home.
Aquilios' resentment was a slow-burning thing. Initially, he shook it off, reassured that he would not be left motherless as a fledgling lad. But whenever their mother's health took a turn for the worse, it would flare up again. He didn't hate his siblings. Kaus was too good-natured to hate and Kala too envious to do aught but pity. She grew up with a chip on her shoulder. The men in her family had wings. The women—well, her mother ruled, but she was always delicate. Kala did not know her before the miracle of her birth had taken its toll. She resisted being treated as lesser than her brothers. In truth, her sight was rarely clear when it came to such things. She was cherished by her family and her people; there was simply an affront that had seemed inborn. She should have had wings.
Likely due to the twin birth, it became apparent that Kaus was going to be small for an Avialae man. This didn't seem to bother him, perhaps because he was smaller than his father and his brother anyway. He seemed to be good at everything he put his hand to, though Kala was the driven one. She learned to fight, to dance, to figure, to read, and all just the same as he did, albeit with her usual fervor.
When they were ten, their father was called to fight for the Shokaze. He did not return. Akshara became more reserved, Aquilios more aloof. Their house was not without love and warmth, but things had changed forever. The twins, as always, had each other.
They learned, they trained, they made magic, and they grew to be better able to help their brother when his time came to shepherd the people of the Mountain. Kaus seemed to top out at a mere six feet, though his sister was much smaller. Aquilios called Kaus the Dwarf Star when playful, the Dog Star when mean. If he followed his sister and bondmate around like a dog, well, it was proof he was loyal.
When they turned eighteen, plans were set into motion to travel to Kalzasi. Kaus would have to perform his Warren March. What was as yet unknown: Kala planned to perform her own, wings or no.
