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Name: Alexi Strukoff

Age: 27

Race: Human

Class: Abhorsen (unaffiliated with the Sabriel storyline)

Physical appearance: Standing at a height of five foot nine, Alexi fits in as 'average'. He has a very lithe build, intended for speed and dexterity more than strength. His complexion is pale, but not too pale to look odd. Shaggy black hair adorns his head and it always seems to fall right where it should. On his forehead burns a charter mark, a triangle embedded in a circle, usually it is not visible, but burns brightly when he reaches into the charter. His eyes are a dark green color that hold a bored expression, those eyes mixed with Alexi’s usual demeanor give him a permanently bored expression, making friends hard to come by from time to time. He wears a white tunic under which is a light weight chain mail shirt, over all of this is a black surcoat with a white trim, on the front of this surcoat is a motif of a single large silver key. He also wears a pair of matching black pants with white seams, his boots are black leather with steel plates on the toes, heels, and soles charter marks engraved on them ensure sure footing on any terrain. Over his chest is slung a bandolier, on which are seven leather pouches of different sizes; the smallest the size of a pill bottle, thae largest as big as a mason jar. Inside of the pouches are bells of matching size(the bells go in size ascending order with the smallest bell pouch at the right shoulder and the rest going diagonally downwards and left towards the hip.). At his hip is a sheathed long sword, it has a simple metal hilt with a wrapped leather handle and silver pommel, the blade, however, is obsidian, the black blade is engraved with many charter marks that shine brilliant silver when activated. The marks on the blade read as follow: “I am the sealer, the bringer of peace to those whom still walk, even though they’re journey has long ended.”

The swords name: Solace.

Skills & abilities:

The bells:


Ranna, the first, the smallest bell. Ranna the sleepbringer, the sweet, low sound that brings silence in its wake.

Mosrael, the second, a harsh, rowdy bell, the waker. The bell whose sound is a seesaw, throwing the ringer further into Death, as it brings the listener into Life.

Kibeth, the walker, a bell of several sounds, a difficult and contrary bell. It can give freedom of movement to one of the Dead, or walk them through the next gate.

Dyrim, a musical bell, of clear and pretty tone. Dyrim can return the voice that the Dead have so often lost, but Dyrim can also still a tongue that moves too freely.

Belgaer, another tricksome bell that seeks to ring of its own accord. The thinking bell, the bell most necromancers scorn to use. It can restore independent thought, memory and all the patterns of a living person, or slipping in a careless hand, erase them.

Saraneth, the deepest, lowest bell. The sound of strength, the binder, the bell that shackles the Dead to the wielder's will.

Astarael, the Sorrowful. The banisher, the final bell. Properly rung, it casts everyone who hears it far into Death. Everyone, including the ringer.
Charter magic:

Charter Magick:

Charter marks are used by Alexi to weave spells to his will. By pulling marks from the charter, he mixes them together to make spells, it is sometimes time consuming.



Solace:

Alexi’s sword ‘Solace’ is a charter blessed blade able to send the undead packing, and send any foolish mortal into death as well, if provoked.

Additional Gear:

The book of the dead: A tome containg the instructions for raising the dead, putting them to rest, navigating death, and the creation of bells.

Back pack: Standard.


((For an explanation of the realm of death, according to abhorsens/bell necromancers, simply ask.))