Adelpha is an intelligent, compassionate woman that enjoys reading, painting and sculpting. Though she’s always lived in Colchis, she dreams of adventure and her passionate curiosity of the world makes her yearn for travel beyond the islands that she’s always called home. Adelpha is certainly unique among even Grecian women and a bit of a paradox. She’s shy and introverted, yet has a growing rebellious streak in her. Perhaps it’s from wanderlust or from the constant pushing of her parents to be something she’s not, but Adelpha is slowly blooming into her own identity. As a young woman in her twenties, she has flourishing dreams that she wishes to make reality and to express herself through her art. She deeply believes that art and music can bring people together, no matter how different they may be. Read More...

Having been born into the seedy underbelly of Colchis, Alastair spent his childhood protecting his mother from the dangers that lurked in being a single mother. Never having met his father, he had to learn from an early age how to survive in a province filled with dangers around every corner. His mother's death at the age of 13 meant he was an orphan and with no other options, he packed what little belongs he had and journeyed away from the area he was born to start a new life. It was in the 5th Phalanx that he finally grew into the man he would become. He quickly learned discipline and respect for others and himself. He was quick to prove himself as a trustworthy follower, which in turn helped him rise through the ranks to make Lieutenant. While he was in charge of a small contingent of men, he suffered a severe break in his leg. And while it healed, it was not the same as it was before the break. Read More...

Athanasia is not a perfect princess, even by Colchian standards. Growing up with four older brothers, she became an unrepentant tomboy, more interested in learning how to use a bow than an embroidery needle. She is a confident, free-spirited girl who doesn't care what anyone else thinks of her unconventional ways. Occasionally, she sneaks out of the manor in disguise and pretends to be a commoner. Known as drop-dead gorgeous and drop-dead dangerous, and fights dirtier than most of her brothers. She is a fantastic archer and adores hunting, both alone and with others. Athanasia is a fast runner and a strong swimmer, though she isn't very proficient at riding a horse due to an accident in her childhood that made her wary of equines. Read More...

What could ever be more important than happiness? Find her with eyes like the sun beating down on the earth, smiling as though she had never known the word pain. Who would dare do anything but embrace such a marvelous creature, intent on feeling joy and only joy. Somewhere deep in the ocean of her soul, there was once sorrow. Each thread of her tapestry reaches in new directions, branching like a lineage tree except she is present in every branch. It would be an insult to the universe to not live a perfect life. Avra wants to see the world through the eyes of the perfect lover who is sure to exist. She will dye each thread a new color until they are found, or the rainbow covers her eyes and is covered with dust itself. Never forget that to be remembered is a glorious thing.
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In spite of a life plagued by tragedy, Callidora is a strong, confident, and determined woman who goes through life imagining the possibilities instead of getting bogged down by a harsh reality. The prudent widow of a traveling merchant, Dora has spent a good deal of her life at sea, learning how to navigate both its waters and the arguably choppier waters of her husband’s trade. Shrewd and intelligent with a mind for business, she has even managed to maintain some of his more open-minded contacts into the present day, keeping some financial security without a husband or family to support her. Read More...

A living testament to the powers of ambition, determination and cunning, Damocles of Magnemea might not have any ancestral lands or storied lineages to count as his own, but he more than makes up for such with his mastery of all things military. With a natural affinity for administration and management, this decorated war hero has brought glory to his kingdom countless times and has risen to become a prominent military commander, famous for captaining one of the largest, but most well-organized forces in all of Colchis. Indeed, so great is his charismatic, but authoritarian grip on his numerous soldiers that few would dare to face him in open battle, with those brave or stupid enough to do so seldom returning to tell their tale. Read More...

Essa of Drakos is the sort of young woman that people instinctively want to protect.Between her petite size, her delicate beauty and her kind-hearted nature that borders on naive, it's easy to think little of her. She doesn't have the ambition or outspokenness her family is known for. As such, she commonly finds that people underestimate her. Though she is known for her bookishness, that she chooses works of romance and drama rather than academic interests makes some dismiss her as vapid. She keeps to herself, but she sees more than people realize and her mind is just as sharp as her sister's - simply focused on matters of the heart more than politics.Much as she feels like an outsider in her own family, she is fiercely loyal to both the Drakos and Kotas branches of her family. While having an incredibly forgiving and understanding nature, insulting or hurting her family is the surest way to earn her ire. She wears her heart on her sleeve, too sensitive for her own good. Read More...

Imeeya is a woman fighting to keep her place in a man's world. In a house with no male heir's Imeeya's interest and involvement in politics sets her apart from the expected role of an Colchian lady. Oldest Daughter of the head of House Drakos, her mother Lady Tythra, the only woman ever allowed in the Senate. Imeeya has taken after her mother in many ways. Headstrong, judgemental and unapologetic, Imeeya intends to follow in her mother's footsteps an inherit leadership of House Drakos and a seat in the senate on her own, without allowing a man to usurp what she sees as her rightful place. Although Imeeya has a very harsh exterior, she is fiercely loyal to her family, both House Drakos, and her mother's family. Imeeya was the first born child of Lord Thesus of Drakos and Lady Tythra of Kotas. Although the oldest of her generation in her house, she was a girl and therefore not heir to the house. As of her birth, that position still belonged to her uncle Darass. Read More...

Seven years ago, Leto's entire life shifted when her brother moved her and her parents to Midas, away from their lives as weaponsmiths in Chaossis. With this move came a significant shift in social class, one that Leto has struggled to navigate smoothly. Sharp as a tack and just about as prickly, too, Leto wields her intellect like the weapons she was raised around. Lacking the natural polish that comes with true, upper-class upbringing, she is observant enough to see when certain circumstances call for a bit more delicacy than others, and she can perform the act relatively well. While she has calmed down significantly from her turbulent adolescence, she can be stalwart when it comes to her thoughts and has yet to completely curb the bluntness of her tongue. She is unafraid to disagree with others and tends to lack a bit of tact in expressing it, but is constantly trying to improve. That is to say, at least now, she can catch herself before putting her entire foot in her mouth, particularly around the higher class. For this, she frequently visits the Temple of Athena to pray for the wisdom to keep her from screwing up too badly.
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On the seas near Colchis, there is no pirate more famous than Lukos of Magnemea. Depending on the town he either rains down destruction or brings in vast amounts of wealth to whomever will pay. Provided his more violent tendencies are kept to a minimum and well outside the richer provinces, his activities are tolerated. He can be bought to provide protection to merchant vessels or plunder them should a rival want to go that far. He is both admired by the slave populous and reviled by them. Being a former slave himself, one might expect that he would have a soft spot for them. This is not the case, however. Lukos is one of the main importers of slaves and does not treat them any differently than a citizen might and in fact has resorted to stealing people before if they look like they might fetch a high enough price. Lukos' natural personality is charismatic, intelligent, playful, and a bit arrogant. Life has been unkind and has added baser traits. He's more likely to be cunning, vengeful, brutal when crossed and other times, outright cruel just for the sake of it. Being a slave taught him to be ever on the lookout for chances to take what he was not given and it also taught him that life isn't fair; taking that a bit further, he's adopted the thought process of most people are no better than animals. Read More...

Maleos is a stoic and serious man, known for his no-nonsense leadership, he is a force to be reckoned with when a blade is in his hand. A man of common blood who fought and clawed his way to the rank of Captain with honour, he takes great pride in his accomplishments. His ambitions do not stop there, for Maleos has dreamed of greater purpose since he was a boy, sights set towards moving as high up the ranks as he possibly can. He fully expects to die a death of honour one day on the battlefield, and considers his life as belonging to the glory of Colchis. Maleos does not have an easy time making friends, his serious nature tends to paint him as a man of little humour and joy, which isn’t entirely false. There are few he ever lets past his icy exterior, but his Baron, previously his commanding officer is one of those men. After bonding during a life-threatening situation, the two have become close friends and Timaeus is one of the few who have ever seen past his serious attitude. Read More...

Family, loyalty, honor. Those were the words that Maximus lives by. He is a talented warrior, eager to prove his worth to his family and himself. However, there is a sense of adventure within him, a desire to explore and to seek out other pleasures rather than military ones. Maximus is honorable, kind, just and believes that anything can be achieved with the right mindset. However, Maximus can be judgmental to those who don’t share his view on honor. He’s also still naive to the world around all the reason for Maximus to explore. Read More...

Long-hated by his now-dead mother and youngest of the Thanasi brood, Mihail has always struggled to accept that he should receive so little and suffer so much for the unintentional misfortune of arriving unto this world last of his siblings. A stuttering child, only the support of his sisters - particularly the eldest - carried him through his early years, otherwise so full of maternal abuse, and 'twas not until her death in his sixth year that he discovered his inner pride. The boy was destined for far greater things than merely being the younger brother of the family heir: why should his misfortune in being born the last mean he can't have what he wills? Thanasis do not wait to be handed their dreams, they take as they will, and Mihail has always been raised to do the same. Now a young man, he still considers himself the driving force behind his mother's death (his darkest wishes and prayers at such a young age known only to his siblings and the gods at which they were directed), and he is not afraid to use his words to destroy others. Mihail is intelligent and knows it, teaching himself all that no one else would, and believing with all his heart that he deserves more than what he has. Gossip and rumour can only get one so far, and Mihail of Thanasi is prepared to forge his own victory, steal his glory and watch the world fall in fear before him. Read More...

Before, she was a blessed child. She was raised surrounded by affluence, love and adventure. The second child and eldest daughter of a respected merchant, she was afforded many opportunities. She grew up hearing tales of far off lands, some of which she was even able to see as a youth. At age 13, her mother died during a difficult childbirth. Just as she became a woman in her own right with the world as her oyster, suddenly she was saddled with the responsibility of raising her 4 younger siblings. It was that day that all hope of adventure died for her. Instead, she grew up to be a pragmatic young woman. Now, her time is largely spent either tending to her father’s shop or her siblings with little time for her own pleasures. Yet there is no denying that her siblings need her less and less. The youngest is now 12, and Myrrine knows soon she will be discarded. Knowing that her siblings will continue on to succeed in their own dreams is solace to her. She can’t help but believe her own time has passed. She will forever be resigned to the role of dutiful daughter, putting everyone else before herself. Read More...

Phaedra is a career military woman, who leads a unit of women archers in Molossia for the Colchis military. This is the task she has dedicated her life to. Phaedra will do anything possible to help her troops improve and become something she can be proud of. While her no-nonsense attitude makes her a good military commander, it also makes it hard to get to know her. Phaedra can be a tough person to interact with unless you're willing to recognize that her bluntness is not rudeness. Read More...

Beautiful. Electrified. Alive. Semiramis... is as majestic as her name sounds. She is strong.
Semiramis walks with purpose. The thing about Semiramis is that she is very aware of how capable she is. This flows into everything she does. Semiramis believes in honesty, commitment and selflessness. Her commitment is what drives her. She is reliable as a combatant and reliable as a comrade. She will follow orders as willingly as she will receive them. She will take things head on. She is strong, she will keep on going until her strength is almost gone and then will press on just a little more. She is like this in every way not just on the battlefield. Read More...

This irreverent youth scorns anything that might impede upon the pursuit of fun. Women, wine and worse, he will throw himself wholeheartedly into it all with seeming little regard for how his actions impact those around him. Born the third son of a noble house, Silanos was set for little responsibility, and gods has he grown to embrace it. Personal tragedy has set the young man on a course ripe for disaster, though the arrogance of youth will not allow him to see it. Shunning the family path of military vocation, Silanos had instead embodied the ‘play hard’ and ignored the work element entirely. If you want a good time then Silanos is always the first to put himself forward, and he is often surrounded by a crowd because of it. Scratch the surface though, and there is a boy who has lost too much and battles demons that he does not know how to win against. With a penchant for making bad decisions and having his head turned by pretty girls, he’s been a disaster waiting to happen. And then it happened. Read More...

Having recently become the new Assistant to Royal Physician of Egypt, the daughter of an exceedingly violent pirate Captain who held no real love for her, Skylla has since made a name and a life for herself since she left the tiny island she was born on. Having spent the first twenty or so years of her life under the thumb of Sophos of Magnemea, upon his death Skylla took her future into her own hands. And that drive to carve her own path lead her to become a skilled and practiced physician.Kind and empathetic on the outside, Skylla is the definition of two-faced. Inwardly, she couldn't care less about most of the people around her, nor their fates. In fact, she often curses herself for having feelings at all as they have lead her down a new, more dangerous path. While she is no stranger to danger, Skylla never imagined herself to become anything more than her station until the Pharaoh found the previous individual to be unsuitable and called on the homeless and struggling Skylla to take their place. With threats on the table, she took the offer she could not refuse. Cursing herself but still offering herself as a shield and a shoulder to her forbidden lover, Skylla has joined the Egyptian court and begun a game she has never played before. Read More....

The second Thanasi daughter, Thea's name is coated in rumors of witchcraft alongside her sisters, Nethis and Evras, though of the three, her quiet and secretive actions lend more fuel to the fire of suspicion. Her intentions are even less known than her sisters. In addition to her keeping further away from the limelight than her sisters, her words tend to come off more as eerie and prophetic than an actual, human conversation. No one knows what she does behind closed doors, and for peace of mind, perhaps it is for the best. Fascinated by herbalism and its effects on the human body, there is little she does not know about her craft at this point, having taken an interest in it just shy of the age of 18. Her mind is constantly twisting around problems of the body and mind, solving ailments of both varieties - including her own, which stem from past hurts and current, unspoken loneliness.
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Timaeus was never supposed to be the Baron of Eubocris and head of the Valaoritis family. As the second son of a minor Baron, his future was supposed to be one with the military and assisting his older brother, Nicomedes, until he met an untimely, but honorable, death on the battlefield like the all younger Valaoritis boys were supposed to do. Timaeus didn’t expect anything else, after all, this is what they have done for years and his family only had Eubocris. There was nothing left, but the military for younger spares like him. That was until it was his brother who met their untimely demise. Two summers ago, Nicomedes collapsed and couldn’t be revived, leaving his little brother the Baron of Eubocris; a position he neither wanted nor was prepared for. It took a while, but this former party animal and bloodthirsty Captain has cleaned up his act… for the most part. To the everyday citizen of Eubocris, he presents himself as a stoic man, who is both intends on bringing Eubocris to a state of glory as well as crack down any dissent with the Valaoritis based on old --and new-- rumors. Ruthless. Emotionless. Determined. He needs to be the leader that they need, even if he wasn’t the one they expected. Read More...

Loving husband and father, Thesus has barely spent any time with his family, instead, he spent the last 16 years of his live enslaved in lands afar with his master. Thesus' understanding of his master rearranged itself over the years, in order that he might despise him more accurately. He hated everything about his slavery, something that changed him fundamentally as a person. He was not the man who left Colchis to fight in a war, for no one could ever stay the same after having everything taken away from him. He had changed, morphed... for better or for worse it wasn't clear.
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The firm and just ruler of Colchis, King Tython is a man of solid constitution. Known for his accolades on and off the battlefield, the King has a very deep love for his Kingdom. Most of the choices he makes as a ruler are to the benefit of his people over the benefit to self or family. Born of a staunch and long-running military background, King Tython has long tried to temper the tides of war with peace. Often, he feels that the cost of war is fruitless, though he understands the need to keep going instead of allowing the threat of their enemies to roll over them. A father to five wonderful children, Tython is proud of his life up to this point. To all of his sons, he feels he has given a piece of himself that they may use and treasure when he is gone. To his daughter, he wishes to give the world, even if there is nothing left to give in the end. Emotionally faithful to his wife, Yanni, Tython often feels he has a very strong family unit. Read More...

Princess of Colchis and Mother of Dragons, Tythra of Drakos embodies these titles to their very core. She is fiercely protective of her hoard (The mines and her riches), her title, and her little wyrmlings, Imeeya and Essa of Drakos. Tythra will stop at nothing to see her family name continue and for her daughters to succeed and thrive. She is intelligent, calculating, and bold navigating the political world with her quick wit and sharp tongue. Where women may be seen as weaker, she is smarter, trading blows with her words and combating even the toughest of foes with her sheer iron will. As the only woman to have a seat at the senate, Tythra has her finger on the pulse of Colchis, entangling herself in its political web, and cementing her power and the legacy of her family. She maintains a close relationship with her brother, the King of Colchis, one of which she never lets anyone forget. In her home and life, Tythra’s word is law. She has the highest expectations of her daughters and will fight for them (and with them) until her dying breath. Through her wealth, cunning, and manipulation she will cement the Drakos name as a house to never be trifled with. Read More...

Yanni is a strong and capable woman, born into a family known for their quiet demeanor and tendencies to stick to themselves. The Dimitrou clan were close knit as she grew up, a family who valued duty and loyalty. Arranged to marry Tython of Kotas at a young age, she accepted her duty as a daughter and eventual wife. Her marriage to Tython was first one of duty for the young woman, doing her part to strengthen the bonds between Taengea and Colchis. Eventually her relationship with her husband turned from one of necessity to one of love. The two worked hard on their relationship, Yanni birthing him five children, four of which were boys. Their children were a huge bonding point for the two of them, and Yanni became a loving but firm mother. Despite everything that has happened, the Queen continues to present herself as a strong leader, and a steady hand behind her dearest husband. Ever stoic, a trait passed on to her sons, she lives her life with the strength and wisdom of her years. Read More...

The third youngest of four brothers, Yiannis learned to impress via charm, spontaneity, and originality. Yiannis was a precocious child. He insisted on challenging his parents whenever possible, evincing an early dislike for restrictions, rules, and requirements. He learned quickly, impressing his parents with a keen mind. He came to abide by their rulings more frequently as he grew older, but only when the logic behind a decision has been explained to him. Otherwise, he pretends obedience and disobeys willfully in private. What he lacks in traditional virtues such as bravery, strength, and discipline, he makes up for in his ability to adapt to new challenges and to convince others he has more traditional virtues. As Commander in the Colchian army, Yiannis commands a small garrison of elite, eager recruits who all have a different idea of what it is Yiannis wants from them. He will often vanish in service of executing one of his bad ideas, and will never return without managing to pull it off flawlessly- from an outside perspective. The details of how exactly his plans go off the rails rarely make it back to Colchis, or to his troops. Yiannis never lets his troops know exactly how close to defeat he comes, or the exact immoral technique he uses to escape. Yiannis is famous for finding ways into impenetrable fortresses and sneaking victories from impossible situations, and his methods are known only to him.
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The second son of Kotas, Zanon is the middle ground between the others, a calming force that brings a levelheaded light to those around him. As the only parent among his siblings, he frequently feels closest to his father, and seeks the king's advice on raising his young. He is a man with a stunning wife, but rumors of her coming from a family of witches could put a damper on any relationship, though he stands by her publicly. Read More...

There is no doubt of the ambition within Zosime of Lyncaea’s heart. Raised in relative comfort with her parents, and horde of siblings -- she knew from a young age that she did not wish to just be a wife and mother and that she would never be content running a household as her mother preferred to do. Instead, her heart longed for the song of clashing iron and dying breaths. Following the disappearance of her twin brother, she would use that song to soothe the ache in her heart. For ten long years, she has served in the Colchian army as an archer and seen her fair share of violence and bloodshed. She has witnessed friends and enemies alike perish, and yet her facade remains the same. Not a particularly cold woman, Zosime is simply uninterested in her surroundings for the most part. After taking a vow of celibacy in order to save her military career, she has cooled further -- her tongue as sharp as any sword, but not often unsheathed. Her aspirations to break the mold of Colchian tradition make her seem more progressive than she truly is. She does not wish to see every woman handed a sword, just the ones who have the skills to use one. Read More…