| Personality: |
Zalan keeps a powerful secret. His magical abilities do not match his cheerful appearance and persuasive energy, at all, and he intends to keep it that way. On the surface, Zalan reads as a charming, helpful soul who loves to party and gamble. Truth to the lie: he really does enjoy social engagements and gets the most out of life when he's with his peers. Beneath the surface, however, shadows call. Zalan's elemental affinities run truly dark, and he can sense death around him, as well as ailing souls.
Part of the reason that he chose Nidus Descendi as his home was to keep an eye on the nearby Arx. It is not only evil that feeds off of evil acts, or so Zalan tells himself. When he flies with his wing (or 'ala', in Nidus terms), this is the only time he allows his dark abilities to show, and even then he acts as subtly as possible. Manipulating the enemy, seeking to control the corrupted, undead things that the Arx most often sends out against his home is how Zalan gets his practice in.
He doesn't see the enemy as a faceless front, however. On the contrary, with the ability to see into and control the very souls of his enemy's bodies, he gets a deeper insight into what is happening at the Arx and why. Rather than divulge this information directly and give himself away, Zalan plants ideas and information in the minds of his friends who have more sway with the leadership, and allows them to think it their own doing and intelligence. He truly doesn't think he is as dark as his natural powers make him out to be, but he knows that there are those who would castigate him for them if they ever found out, and so he does what he has to in order to keep both himself and his friends safe. |
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