One Last Knight. A Series of Short Stories.

"Super Short Stories. Part 9. Rogues and Riches."

Character: Skylar Vess.

Species: Dragonoid. Human/Dragon Divergent. 

Class: Rogue/Blink Blade.

Nation: Ashana, Crater Coast Collective. 

Age: ???

Weapon: Dark Steel folding sickles x2.

-Throwing knives x8

-Bone-breaker whip chain. 

Origin: 

Skylar Vess was a normal enough kid before his life was forced into a wild spiral by the outbreak of an all-encompassing war, one that would ultimately only be brought to an end via the Great Blast Event. Nearly 75% of his hometown -which was located in Northern Grootawe- was erased from the map of Enverdolmal, leaving himself and the very few survivors of the massive explosion to fend for themselves once the dust had settled. Having no family or friends alive to take to, he relocated with the few who would live longer than a tenday to the newly constructed dorpie known as Ashana long before it grew to the level of prominence that it now holds. 

Growing up on the streets of the budding town meant that Skylar would run with a group of less savory types in order to survive. This would lead him down a long and twisted path full of treachery, sabotage, and betrayal. The life of a Guildless Thief was not an easy one, nor one for just any man. After his crew turned on him and left him for dead his body was possessed by the will and essence of a Dragon by the name of Kikugora. One who had taken a fancy to the boy and had watched over and protected him in his youth. This would cause eternal and internal strife within the newly arisen Skylar. His soul, and Aether battling with that of a greatly diminished yet still quite powerful Dragon for control of his body and abilities.

The Dragon had chosen the dying man as his vessel, vowing to lend his power should it be required in exchange for nothing but the chance to experience life through Skyler's eyes and actions. With much time and many tribulations, the two would come to accept each other as a whole and work in unison. 

Skylar's body, a vessel for the Dragon's life force.

The Dragon, a source of Aetheral power and boosted physical survivability. 

The Dragon's Aether could boost Skylar's to supernatural levels in times of need, but only for short periods, after which he would often be left extremely weakened and thus vulnerable. 

After a particularly risky string of missions that would get him closer and closer to exacting his revenge upon those who had left him for dead, Skylar had chosen to take a bit of a break. He would lay low and let the heat die down before his next big job.

Little did he know, his next big job could simply not wait. 

This is where we find him, at a point in his life where his next choice could very well be his last move...

One must know when to hold back, and when to push forward. 

Orchestrating a massive prison break would most definitely push him forward and that much closer to the one who ordered his death. One step at a time.

One head at a time.

His sickles were sharp and thirsty. 

Abilities:

-Skylar is a Blink Blade. This ability allows him to teleport to anywhere within his physical ability to jump just as long as he isn't touching the ground (3-4 meters). This ability physically displaces him in time, making it so that he technically doesn't exist while he is teleporting, similar to how Bretani's Aetheral Displacement ability pulls her into the Aetheral Plane temporarily. 

-Excellent hand-to-hand combatant.

-Acrobatic expert.

-P.D.A. Pure Dragon Aether: This reserve of Aether is supplied by Kikugora and it both burns and heals Skylar's body. While he has access to this Aether, his physical form is subject to change/morph due to the inhuman nature of the energy. He had been known to temporarily grow anything and everything that a Dragon might have, from a tail and horns to claws and wings.

He has no control over what the P.D.A will manifest, but he tends to be pretty good at putting whatever he is given to good use. 

Stats:

Strength: 6.5/10.

Stamina: 7/10.

Agility: 7.5/10.

Dexterity: 7.5/10.

Intellect: 6/10.

Aether: 6.5/10.

Resilience: 5.5/10.

Resistance: High Magic: 6/10. Low Magic: 7/10.

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"Super Short Stories. Part 9. Rogues and Riches."

Character: Jekt Lueo.

Species: Dwarfym.

Class: Ashana Borough Guardsmen.

Nation: Ashana, Crater Coast Collective. 

Age: 44 HLS.

Weapon: Short sword and Aetheral buckler combination.

-6x Shot Aether Revolver. 

Origin: 

Born on a Friday -a sign of the Sera's blessing- Jekt is an only child and the inheritor to his father's mercenary group-turned Guardsmen Corp known as Ashana's Shield. 

Unfortunately for him. he also inherited the groups massive kill list and subsequent financial responsibilities...

There was nothing that his divine blessing could do to mediate that ill luck. 

What did mediate that ill luck was the suspiciously convenient intervention of the Thieves Guild. Their leader came forth and offered to foot the bill for the entire garrisons rations and housing without their Borough Lead ever being the wiser, in exchange for a blind eye to many of the Guilds activities.

Jekt obliged, and the Thieves Guild set to work, running drugs and weapons and many other forms of contraband in and about Ashana and its neighboring Boroughs and other smaller dorpies with many of the Guardsmen being paid off. 

This deal would not last as time went on and Ashana began to grow and gain greater political power among the top dorpies that made up the Crater Coast Collective. As more and more tourism and migrating folk began to return to the C.C.C. The pressure was placed on Jekt to clean up the streets, this would bring him into direct conflict with those who paid the majority of his Guardsmen's wages...he would need time. A diversion.

He would make few more desperate deals and make his way to the rendezvous point to meet one infamous and feared Rogue by the name of Skylar Vess. 

Abilities:

-Expert Swordsmen.

-Expert Marksman.

-Aetheral buckler: Can push his Aether into a specially designed Greave that amplifies it while compressing it into a disk-like shape. This can be used both defensively and as an offensive device. 

-Aether Tether: Jekt can shift his Aetheral signature to that of his opponents which allows him to "tether" himself to them. This make it so that they cannot move more than 20 meters from one him in any direction without being forced to stop or rapidly be drained of their Aether reserves. 

Stats:

Strength: 7/10.

Stamina: 5.5/10.

Agility: 7/10.

Dexterity: 8/10.

Intellect: 7.5/10.

Aether: 6.5/10.

Resilience: 8/10.

Resistance: High Magic: 6.5/10. Low Magic: 8/10.

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-Redd.