Nyxilan (Nyx) Veldser
#1 of Characters
A quick character overview for my OC, Nyx, who features in many of my short stories.
Name: Nyxilan (Nyx) Veldser
Species: Shark-cat hybrid
Age: 23
Height: 5'10"
Sexuality: Lesbian
Alchemical ability: "Shading." She can dissipate into smoke for a short amount of time, making her invulnerable to attack's and allowing her to slip through small spaces. Her clothing and things she's holding dissipate with her, as long as it's not a fellow beastmen or other living creature. She can't see or hear while she "shades," but she can feel her surrounding so she knows where she is and where she'sgoing.
Weapon: Scythe. The scythe has an ethereal blade powered by a rune carved into the hilt. Tapping the base of the hilt twice against any surface will make the ethereal blade appear or vanish.
Past: "Well, it's not that exciting. Grew up in a hoity toity house with money coming out of our ears. I would spend my time looking pretty and quiet as my parents paraded me and my sister around to all sorts of business beastmen with sticks shoved so far up their rear ends, they wouldn't, or couldn't, bend down for anything or anyone.
"My parents are one of the largest exporters of Alchemical solutions in the world. All kinds of companies that create the solution go through them to get them shipped out across the country. It was mainly because they breeded the fastest horses and had the money to buy the best Alchemical mercenaries and Bounty Hunters as guards.
"Well, they wanted my younger sister, Nat, and me to take over the family business once we got older so my life was filled more with studying politics and business than playing and just being a kid.
"Naturally I shamelessly never paid attention in my class. It was boring and I hated it. Even to this day, whenever someone brings up the topic of politics or wants to strike a conversation about their business goals, I usually slap them and then walk away, leaving them wondering and in pain.
"Nat wasn't like me. She just poured herself into her studies, and the little brat was always getting on my back about not doing better.
"Anyway, when I got old enough to be granted my very own Alchemical ability, I already knew exactly what I was doing when I got it. So that night, with my newfound shading ability, I packed up the bare essentials, stole all the cash from one of my parents' hidden safes (as if I wouldn't find it), and left.
"I never felt any guilt or shame for leaving. No homesickness or anything. There's nothing but resent. Dear ma and pa never loved me. Always yelling at me to do better like my sister.
"I used the money I stole to pay a Bounty Hunter to train me how to survive in the wilderness and teach me how to fight. Stayed with him for a year before I moved on. Probably would've left sooner, since he was always trying to get in my pants, abysmal spawn, but he was very good at what he did and taught me well. And I would always give him my answer to his afronts in the form of scars.
"That's about it. The rest isn't as exciting. Got good at what I did, used my family name to get what I wanted when I needed it, and the rest is history."
Cover art by Kovaliana on DA and Twitter. Thumbnail art by Elo on Amino and Twitter