Szrael
| Szrael Q'zhalata | |
|---|---|
| Status | |
| Race | S'Kra Mur |
| Gender | Female |
| Guild | Empath |
| Instance | Prime |
Description
You see Defender Szrael Q'zhalata, Amazon of Velaka, a S'Kra Mur Empath.
Szrael has slitted sullenly glowing flame-hued eyes and a pointed snout, red-gold scales and a long tail.
She is young for a S'Kra Mur.
She has a tattoo of spiraling bands of iridescent green-blue underscales outlined in gold on her tail.
She is in good shape.
She is wearing a gold and fire opal por'nidrel, some flowing nightsilk robes, a braided spidersilk haversack, a gold and fire opal ring, a polished leather belt with a S'Kra scimitar hanging from it and a pair of soft soled leather sandals.
History
Szrael was born to a family of silk merchants in the trade city of Muspar'i. She lived there in relative peace until she came of age, picking up keen bartering skills, an acerbic wit, and a deep distrust of outsiders along the way.
Upon the discovery of her Empathic abilities, Szrael was sent to the city of Crossing to learn the Empath's trade among the southerners. Szrael went south as she was commanded, but failed to join the Empath guild. For several years, Szrael lived the life of a commoner, learning the ways of combat in direct contradiction to her family's wishes.
She eventually joined the Empath guild, under great pressure from her family's formidable matriarch, but even now strives to live the life of a warrior in spite of her Empathic limitations. She lived on M'riss (known to S'Kra Mur as the "isle of the damned") for several years, perhaps because the hunting was good, perhaps because she wished to be free of her family's influence. She has recently relocated to Rossman's Landing.
Szrael is often criticized as needlessly cruel, or even evil. This characterization fails to consider S'Kra Mur concepts of ru'at and q'alrin, however. According to The Ways of the S'Kra Mur, "A S'Kra Mur gives his ru'at (circle of family, friends, and allies) complete trust and complete honesty, and expects the same from them. However, the privileges of trust and honesty are not conferred on q'alrin (those outside one's ru'at) unless they are earned; nor are such things expected from them. There is absolutely nothing dishonorable about lying to, stealing from, or cheating an outsider, assuming it profits the S'Kra more than it harms the outsider." Thus, while Szrael's behavior is often unacceptable to other races, her code of ethics is perfectly acceptable among S'Kra Mur.
Current Activities
Szrael was recruited into the Flying Company shortly after the formation of the group. She is the group's only Empath and organizes the group's triage efforts, along with Tyrun Talmuron, a Cleric. Szrael often hosts triage-oriented events such as training sessions and tournaments on behalf of the Flying Company.
As an Empath, Szrael has always harbored a healthy dislike for Necromancers and their dupes. This dislike was sharpened into outright hatred when she was captured and dismembered by the Adan'f Necromancer Xerasyth.