Szrael
| Szrael Q'zhalata | |
|---|---|
| Status | |
| Race | S'Kra Mur |
| Gender | Female |
| Guild | Empath |
| Instance | Prime |
Description
You see Szrael Q'zhalata of Velaka, a S'Kra Mur.
Szrael has slitted gold 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 sur'nidrel, a simple hooded cloak of desert-hued khiynit, some simple robes of fine black Musparan silk, a soft black leather haversack, a gold and fire opal rasha'hhsograth with a bright cloisonne mosaic, a polished leather belt with an opal-hilted scimitar and a light war mallet hanging from it and some soft black steel-toed boots.
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.
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.
Szrael was one of the founding members of the Professional Healers Association and is extremely active in that organization. Szrael views the southern tradition of the altruistic, impoverished healer to be extremely distasteful and dishonorable to all involved in it, patient and healer alike. Szrael views healing to be a trade endeavor like any other, and will not usually allow her patients to dictate her fees. Most of Szrael's violent incidents have begun when a patient took offense at her attempt to negotiate the healing fee up front.
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. Szrael cannot be reasoned with concerning Necromancers, and will attack and attempt to kill Necromancers and those who aid them.