Deyanis, an orphan of the war, was left in the Under Legion with no family or home. Her sharp intelligence and savage wit kept her alive, but she longed for more than survival. When the storm arrived in Tistrofel, she was one of the first to follow Kao and take shelter in his tower. As King Opismire’s herald, she offered guidance and street-wrought wisdom and grew to respect him—but she still felt something vital was missing.
Seeking answers, Deyanis stepped beyond the tower’s stone walls and into a life of danger. She fell in with a band of adventurers who would one day call themselves The Chosen. Though she never fully surrendered her independence, she found herself drawn to their cause and their stubborn refusal to look away from the land’s wounds. Now, like the others, she must step into the arena—this time against her friends—to represent the King of Diamonds in the Battle Kings Tournament.
Deyanis stands 5'5" and weighs 135 pounds. A permanent scowl and cool demeanor keep most people at arm’s length. When unwanted conversation persists, she casually calls small spheres of blue fire into existence, juggling them between her fingers or letting thin snakes of flame twine over her knuckles as a wordless warning. During her tutelage under Kao, she claimed one of the enchanted torches that lined his tower halls. It has since become her preferred focus, magnifying her power into searing blasts of azure flame. She can raise a mystic barrier when necessary, but in the arena her magic is almost entirely offensive fury.
When she is not overseeing security for Opismire’s galas or stalking the castle’s shadowed corridors, Deyanis is a devoted student of Tistrofel’s histories and one of The Chosen. She secretly loves the name of the little adventuring party but rolls her eyes and scoffs at it whenever anyone says it aloud. With the land cracked open by the Bone King’s awakening, she and her companions often descend into the newly exposed depths—where wild magic churns and strange creatures hunt in the dark. Each expedition teaches her more about the forces that broke the continent, and every return to the surface reminds her how thin the line is between the world as it is and the ruin it could become.
