Nihilla Eleanora

Nihilla Eleanora, last of the Kikimores of the Witche's Valley
Nihilla Eleanora is a Kikimora, one of the last known in all of Kylorne. She lived alone on top of a mountain for many years, until she began to meet many travellers and explorers, notable ones being Vampire Lord Sanguis and The Archive, the former of which recruited Nihilla into a mighty journey.

Witch Made of Stone
Unlike her kin, who were born with bark skin and wooden bones, Nihilla was born with stone skin and bones made of granite. As a result, she was banned from her caravan of nomads. Heavy and almost unable to move, Nihilla developped an undying love for all things unchanging and unmoving. The very ground, the mountains, and the stones speak to her, just as the trees did with her kin.

In between maddened whispers, a conversation that only she could hear, she cast a spell on herself that made her able to move, a knowledge bestowed upon her by the land of Kylorne itself. Nihilla built her stone hut, a tiny wheat farm, and from her mountain top she saw the world grow older.

Time of Towers
The Archive had arrived in her hut, seeking food. A strange being with nigh infinite knowledge, he sought the stone crafting skills of Nihilla to build a great tower moulded from the mountains themselves. She, enboldened by the sweet words of the Archive, accepted the challenge, and near to her home found the perfect place to settle, but it was a bit too good. Indeed, near to a river there was a fertile plain with a plethora of farm animals, and great dragon trees to the north that could give endless amounts of fuel and building materials. For those qualities what would be called the Kunami River region was settled by many tribes. The overcrowding made it so that The Archive sought to move to a less populated place, but Nihilla would stay behind and create the tower city of Mora, a place that welcomes all. Mora itself, and thus Nihilla's home tower, is so close to the River Reach Tivrdom that the tower can be seen from the nearby Silverwater fiefdom, and vice-versa.

Undead Skirmishes
While Nihilla was building the Tower City of Mora, Vampire Lord Sanguis was busy building Carpe Noctem and its Capital of Evil, Sergorost. Mora and Sergorost were so near to each other that one could see the mighty and hideous walls of Sergorost from the balconies of Mora and, as such, border disputes were almost inevitable.

One day, Lord Sanguis came to visit Nihilla at her tower. After a few hours of chatting and walking, Nihilla asked Sanguis why he was truly here, upon which he looked at the newly arrived moon and answered "I am here for your blood!" and was promptly decapitaded by the kikimora. His head was put on a spike right in front of the walls of Sergorost. The provocation only led to the burning of Mora crops by the vampire, and an all out cold war, which is not settled yet.

A Truce
The day began with a red sun, 't was a day for vampires. Nihilla met, alongside Argon Archian of the Reach, with the Marquis of Carpe Noctem. Under threat of the emerald rapier of the marquis, the meeting stretched on for an entre day and night. At the end, Sanguis and Argon had only deepened their resolve to murder each other, but Nihilla had managed to scramble a truce with Carpe Noctem. Later that night, some gifts were given by the witch to the vampire lord, to commemorate the amicable relations.