Charles Kensington Ravensdale- "Charlie"
1st appearance- Prologue
Age: 24
Charlie Ravensdale grew up a financially
priviledged child. As a newborn, he was found by tourists
on Senlac Hill, the site of the famous Battle of Hastings
in Southern England, coincidentally on the anniversary
of that battle, October 14. A media frenzy ensued, and
baby Charlie became a newborn celebrity. He was promptly
adopted by blustering Lord Basil Ravensdale (the media
wrongly claimed his adoption of an abandonded baby was
a publicity stunt in an attempt to gain favour during
parliamentary elections.) Despite being a child of financial
means, Charlie rarely saw his busy father or mother
(Lady Eleanor Ravensdale), was cared for by servants
as a young child, and eventually sent to Wellsford Preparatory
School.
One day, on the grounds of Wellsford,
Charlie comes upon a stray dog who drops a watch under
a tree and runs away. Engraved on the back of the watch
is simply the word, "Ambrosia". When Charlie returns
to the school, the first door he passes has a gold plate
on which is engraved, "Dr. Ambrosia, Historian." And
thus begins the story...
Charlie was wrongly diagnosed as
schizophrenic at the age of 16. He is oddly thalassophobic
and pyrophobic, and despite having never had a single
lesson, has virtuoso piano playing ability, is an expert
swordsman and horseman, has vast knowledge of sailing,
and ancient medicines. A graduate of Oxford with a master's
degree in history, Charlie has a penchant for fried
chicken, and does not like fantasy stories.
Livy
1st appearance-Prologue
Age:?
Once belonging to Dr. Ambrosia, Livy
remains in the closet of Charlie's dorm the day he declares
Ambrosia a 'figment of his imagination'. At first glance,
Livy seems to be a very ordinary Pembroke Welsh Corgi.
But as Charlie eventually discovers, Livy is anything
but 'ordinary'. A size shifter, Livy can expand or contract
her size to that of a bear or a hamster. She is also
able to converse telepathically.
Tough and taciturn, Livy is all business,
but her gruffness belies the fact that she cares for
Charlie with all her heart, and like any good Corgi,
will shepherd him from harm at all costs.
Dr. Ambrosia
1st appearance- Prologue
Age: ?
Dr. Ambrosia is a bit of an enigma.
Only visible to Charlie, Dr. Ambrosia's paneled office
door would appear whenever the watch would stop, and
appear in any number of places. Over the years, the
wise gentleman would tell Charlie improbable tales of
Claudius and Xylia the faerie of Azloe, but on rare
occasions would appear as a ghostly apparition outside
of the office.
When psychologists convince him that
Dr. Ambrosia is merely a hallucination, Charlie proclaims
that he will no longer see him, after which Dr. Ambrosia
and his office vanish. For a time...
Tychia
1st appearance-Chapter 1
Age:1079 E-yrs.
Most common aura color- red
Tychia exemplifies all that is a
'fef'- ''fallen exile faerie". Banished from Azloe over
300 E-years ago, she initially lived in Digonia, but
found the temptations of Earth too hard to ignore and
the rules of Digonia too hard to follow. Once crossing
over to Earth, shefound a small cadre of other fefs,
and formed a band of mercenaries on the search and destroy
mission of the 'one'- Claudius of Azloe- a dastardly
deed she sees as a ticket back to her homeland.
Brimaz - "Brimey"
1st appearance-Chapter 1
Age: 1089 E-yrs.
Most common aura color-red
Like Tychia, Brimaz is another fef
in her band of baddies. Prior to his banishment, Deimos
transformed Brimaz into an ape, and to his dismay the
form follows him whenever he 'returns'. Not the sharpest
knife in the drawer, Brimaz remains forever loyal to
Deimos despite being cast out of Azloe. His intention
is to find any way to appease his king, hopefully regaining
favor and restoring his orginal form.
Claudius
1st appearance- Prologue
Age 962 E years
Claudius is the legendary halfling
of Azloe lore and prophecy, and the first Azloean to
be banished from their world. Once on earth, he was
taken in and raised from infancy by Reginard of Neuillay,
eventually becoming a soldier in the Norman army where
he met his first demise at the Battle of Hastings. Claudius
has returned to Earth nine times, each time regressing
to the form of an infant, starting over with a new identity,
and having no memory of his prior existance or his ancestory.
Xylia
1st appearance-Prologue
Age 962 E years
Most common aura color- purple
Xylia was the last baby ever born
in Azloe. A vivacious and gifted faerie, she is secretly
told a prophecy of a halfling child that was to be her
soulmate. Romantic and impressionable, young Xylia never
forgets the story or the name, 'Claudius'. Eventually
banished to Earth, Xylia spends her life alternating
between time spent with Claudius in his various incarnations,
and as a lithified statue.
Future bios...
December Byrne
April Byrne
Phanessa
Adora
Katharos
Son of the Sorceror
Deimos
Khython
Louise Murphy
