Name: Maat Themis. Also acknowledges "Judge Anu"
Appearance: Maat Themis
Gender: Female
Age: 34
Race: Elf
Role: Wanderer, Traveler, Judge.
Bio: Maat's got quite the story, and it started with her birth... Her parents were influential in the community in which they resided, but unfortunately influence tends to come at a price... Sometimes, this price is Death. Maat was an only child, orphaned by force to the streets due to people envious of her old home names power, yet strangely never siezed the power that went to the many. For a few years she roamed the streets, making out some amount of living through entertain, wearing a variety of wooden ones made by hand rather poorly to help illustrate whatever joke or story was being told.
While she wasn't overly successful, it at least sustained her with food and water, though not always Shelter. It was during one such 'performance' where she saw a strange man enter the village. He was tall, broad shouldered and muscular, with shoulder length black hair kept hidden and out of most sight by a hood. A strange shield and a curious glove made him stand out as well. She was curious, and skipped over to him as if in wonder of who he be. After their first meeting, she saw him around more often, usually watching her or asking around about her. Maat later learned his name was 'Lionel', and he offered to have her live with him. The idea of a safe home was nice to have, and so she fled off to the outskirts of town with him, for the locals didn't care much for Lionel and thus he made his small home out on the edges of town.
Despite how it sounds though, it turned out Lionel was just all-in-all a pretty great guy. He was old, he looked much younger than he was, and apparently wealthy since they always seemed to have enough for whatever was needed. In a fit of kindness, this man Lionel gave her twelve masks made of metal, designed meticulously and it was apparent that time and effort went into them. When she was old enough to understand what he talked about, Lionel would converse with the child about what he did, he called himself a 'Judge', and showed what it meant, as it wasn't the term she was used to, especially when it involved Lionel covered by metal and him looking more like a knight than a man with a wig and robes. Believing that everyone should have some method to defend themself, Lionel would train the child Maat in how to throw and handle light weapons like the dagger, as he figured she couldn't efficiently handle the larger weapons yet.
She wanted to be what he was, and thats how her life as a Judge started. In her early teen years, he confided something in her though... He handed her a series of books, and then yet another one. He confessed that he was dieing, a slow death that had been in process for many years, some illness he never mentioned by name. The books explained further what being a 'Judge' like him was like, and what all was involved with the role and job. However, some books contained personal logs of his, and almost all of them mentioning a "Jane" character who at times sounded like a lover and other times like a bitter enemy. If this lady was still alive, Maat wanted to find her and see why Lionel talked of her in such differenting ways.
One such log explained a "precious item" that was stolen and disappeared, and that he didn't know where it was, and that became one of many things Maat wanted to do: Find this 'Item', as when she inquired about it, the aging man simply said "She would know". Maat's Sixteenth winter to survive was the day Lionel died, and he left everything ot her, most importantly his Judge's Glove. With no desire to stay and be in an empty home alone and be reminded of him constantly, she took what she wanted from the small home and set off on her own.
Personality: Meeting and residing with the fellow named Lionel had left an imprint on Maat, creating a person with such respect and faith in the laws of man and divine that her behavior seems almost religious at times. Despite this mans teachings of how everyone was equal though, Maat seems to be extremely misanthropic to her fellow Elves, and shows an equal hatred to other women. When she uses her arts to heal, it isn't unusual to find her looking for any non-elves to mend before she even considered the thought of healing a 'pointed ear one', and she focuses on other 'pointed ear ones' first when the fights start, though she refuses to explain her disgust for these two things in particular, and this hatred doesn't exclude her. If left alone for too long, Maat is prone to self-injury out of this base hatred. Something to note though, is that Maat will at least maintain civility with other elves when in towns, cities, or other places where people meet.
Aside from the disdain for her people and gender though, she seems to treat everyone on rather pleasantly, more pleasant in behavior to those who appear to be a knight or paladin-type, if only in behavior. For whatever reason, it is rare to see her anywhere near children or kids if she can help it.
Maat appears to hold a secondary code of Honor or something similar, often asking someone if they have 'earned through deeds' whatever it is they claim or demand become theirs. She has a tendency to explore every inch of a city or location she has arrived at as if looking for something she may have lost. The twelve masks that adorn her traveller clothes and armor appear to be made of an unusual metal, and she can quickly descend into a panic if she even suspects one is missing.
Weaponry/Skills: (Weapon: Throwing weapons of some breed. Maybe Knives. But Bio & Personality first! Will work on later.) Also has access to Judge "Magic", listed below. Though masks seem to have an influence on what side of each spell is shown, it is hard to determine what influences which half appears, aside from -name-'s Mood. Each Skill will be divided into an Aggressive or Protective variant (if they have them).
Innocence: Innocence infuses a holy fire into Maat's knives, causing them to be set ablaze. Though a heat wave is released on the weapons impact, it doesn't seem to have much of an effect on anything. "Innocence is merely a lie. We may seek it, but we can never be it."
Guilt: Guilt covers Maat with a mystic ward, causing those who strike Maat to feel the injury of their own attacks. While there will still be an open wound in Maat, she feels no pain from the swing, as it is transferred to the person who struck. "The law says the guilty must suffer... My apologies."
Salvation: A powerful holy spell that can save any one person from death, regardless of how bad their wounds are. The catch is that Salvation works one time and one time only on each person. As well, Salvation cannot bring back the dead. "Everyone needs a second chance.. Except Elves."
Penance - The ability of Penance allows the Judge to solidify the idea of self-harm for the greater good by taking on anothers pain. Wounds on the receiving end of the Judge's Penance will find some of their wounds and pains healed and removed, only to be moved over to the Judge. "If I suffer enough, may I earn the honor to see the Lost Paradise?"
Extra: Carries Twelve masks that will swap between to cover face, never showing their face during these processes. Six of them are donned as a state of 's Emotional state, the other six because "I just like how they look."
Emotion: Uncaring, Shocked, Enraged, Excited, Upset, Confused
Appearance: The Face of the Judge, Tribal Fury, Crown of the Beast, Face Guise, Blank Stare, Chaos
A large, heavy steel gauntlet with a fair-sized opal embedded into the frame covers Maat's left hand, the gem being a channel for the power she was trained to use. When refering to herself or things of hers, Maat will use masculine pronouns and phrases.
"In your dreams whispers a name... Did it once belong to you? Have you come to reclaim your name?"
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