Shae

Shae Occidotheon-Morningstar is a Dhampir Piratess and Nomad from Alfheim. She was born and raised in Alfheim and currently resides in the Lunar City-State of Lirgal. She actively travels the lands of the Old World, Rathnir, in order to get in touch with new cultures as well as to discover the remains of ancient, forsaken ones.

She currently serves as the main architect for the port city of Axel, to which she contributed a lot in terms of its development. She is the successor to the title of Builder God, a honorary title which has previously only been awarded to her father, Shadeaux Grayshade.

Childhood
Daughter to a human alfheimi gemcutter, soldier and politician, and to Yakira Occidotheon, a vampire originating from the lands around Lirgal, Shae was raised in a rather traditional and conservative household, together with her older brother, Ash. She was thaught manners and etiquettes by her father, who, in addition, introduced her to the art of combat, as well as to the world of gemstones. She never met her mother, who seemingly disappeared after the birth for unknown reasons to date.

At the age of only 6 years, she already showed great promise in the art of sword fighting, adapting a defensive style, but still prefering to dual wield a set of emerald scimitars instead of the usual One-Sword One-Shield form.

Uldarashi Civil War
When she turned 8, the outbreak of the Uldarashi Civil War made both her father and her brother enlist in the loyalist army, despite her pleas to not get involved in the increasingly more and more violent conflict. They reasoned that they wanted to secure the future of the next generation of Havenites, and that it was the moral obligation of her father as a politician, to fullfill his duty for the homeland. From this time on she was sporadically raised by a family friend who took care of her.

Several years into the dreadful war, without the ability to see either family members, she was informed by a survivor of the Battle of Terroja that her brother didn't make it out of the slaughter alive, his death marking her for the rest of her life. Her father should follow his sacrifice some time after during the Hapatmitas-Chevkri Campaign, succumbing to the blade of Stanford, after a final, heroic last stand as the only remaining survivor of his platoon, which got decimated by Auroran and Dread Fleet forces.

Adolescence
As a 16-year-old, she was elected Grand Representative of Midgard, the province in which Axel was located, and stayed in this position for several years, continuing to develop the rough, mountaineous terrain and planned new, large-scale projects.

Post-Civil War
With the longest ever conflict to date coming to an end and the different uldarashi states slowly opening up to each other again, she received a small book which her father always used to keep with him. The item was retrieved by an unnamed lirgalyn marauder who combed through the dunes of Hapatmitas after the battle and contained the last will of her deceased father. The marauder gave the will to a member of the former Loyalist War Council named Ren Miazol, who handed it over to her.

Discovering the truth
The testament of her father contained various informations, but a riddle citing her mother in particular caught her interest. After deciphering the riddle, which was in form of a poem, it led her to a secret door in the middle of Axel, which subsequently led her straight to the tomb of her lost mother. After learning more about the past through scrolls found in a barrel next to the grave, she came to know that she was actually a dhampir and not a human, as previously anticipated. Her mother used a shapeshifting spell to make her look like a normal human girl. She also discovered that a group of citizens were the cause for her sudden disappearance, as they planned on hunting her down for being a vampire. In order to not make her daughter meet the same fate, her father was forced to kill his own wife, and kept the secret for himself.

Realizing that she was special, she started to embrace her true self, and managed to perform a ritual which turned her back into her real appearance.

Adulthood
Although having embraced a nomad way of life, she still owns properties in both Alfheim and Lirgal, which mostly serve as storages for her most valuable relics. Her exact net worth is unknown, but it is estimated to be around 4.5-5.000.000.

Life in Alfheim
During her life in Axel, she met Ren again, the person who gave her the will of her father a few months prior. They both fell in love with each other and married some time later. Their daughter, Irabella Morningstar, is a native alfheimi. As an architect in Axel, she is still planning and developing the region to this day, albeit in a much less active way.

Life in Lirgal
During one of her expeditions through the continent of Alteniquia with the purpose of trying to find the birth place of her mother, she stumbled upon the Lunar City-State of Lirgal and made acquaintance with Lunar Councillor Aldara Ellan. Astonished by the beauty of the city, she was eager to become a dual citizen and made Lirgal her primary place of residence.

Nomadism
As her journeys across continents became bigger and bigger, she decided to become a nomad, living a self-sustainable lifestyle.

Human
She is often described as an athletic, elegant, slender, healthy and pretty looking girl with deep black eyes and long, matte black hair. In addition to that, she wears several different flower crowns, depending on the overall dress that she is wearing. Furthermore, long shrubs made out of the same flowers as the crown are aligned on her arms. Despite not being very interested in jewellery, she wears an emerald-green wedding ring and sometimes a wristband made out of amethysts. A single flower is stitched on the upper right side of her chest, and generally follows the same color theme as the dress.

Dhampir
While in her dhampir form, her appearance changes drastically, although she keeps a gray-red-black color scheme. Her eye color changes from the generic deep black to an intimidating looking dark-ish red.

Personality
She is generally a very nice and welcoming person and treats others the way they treat her. Often described as an angel, she loves to help others in need, but keeps to herself sometimes. While in her dhampir form, she acts slightly more hostile and aggressive.

Abilities
Shapeshifting

She has the ability to switch between her human and her dhampir form whenever she feels like doing so.

Enhanced Sight

While in very dark areas, she is still able to see clearly.

Trivia

 * She is highly allergic to bone meal, which acts in the same way as drugs
 * She owns Mount Ashes, the place on which her castle is built on
 * She owns several pets, most noteably a rare parrot which she refers to as Financial Regrets
 * Her favourite food is cooked salmon