Breath Weapon (Air)

The ability to breathe out a blast of compressed air. (2/6)

Breath Weapon (Water)

The ability to breathe out a geyser-like blast of water. (4/6)

Chirpsong

The ability to communicate in underwater vocalizations. (2/6)

Deep Swimming

The ability to swim comfortably in deep, high-pressure waters. (5/6)

Genrehop

The ability to move between the various worlds and dimensions of the Nexus. (4/6)

Shapeshifting (Human)

The ability to shapeshift into a human form that retains the coloration of their natural shape. (6/6)

Sonic Blast

The ability to weaponize one's voice as a blast of damaging sound. (2/6)

Telepathy

The ability to communicate mind-to-mind. (2/6)

Teleportation

The ability to teleport anywhere within sight or that can be strongly visualized in the mind. (5/6)

Underwater Breathing

The ability to breathe underwater. (5/6)

Verbal Speech

The ability to communicate in spoken words. (2/6)

Water Adapted

(6/6)

Water Manipulation

The ability to magically manipulate preexisting sources of water. (2/6)

Water Requirement

(5/6)

Kythess is a paradox of openness and reserve, shaped by growing up under the watchful, calculating eye of her father, Dialess. Unlike him, she doesn't fear outsiders -- she's curious about them. But that curiosity is tempered by caution, and she rarely takes people at face value. Kythess has learned to ask questions others won't and listen for the answers they don't give. This habit makes her seem unusually insightful for her age, and she often surprises others with the sharpness of her observations. However, she tends to keep those insights to herself unless she believes speaking up will serve a specific purpose. She's slow to trust, but not because of fear -- because she's been taught that most people have an angle.

Where Dialess isolates, Kythess integrates -- strategically. She's learned that forging alliances, even friendships, can be useful as long as one never forgets the balance of power. This makes her sociable, even charming when she wants to be, though some might find her hard to read. Deep down, Kythess does crave meaningful connection, but she wrestles with the belief that love and loyalty are just vulnerabilities waiting to be exploited. She's disciplined, focused, and fiercely intelligent, with a quiet intensity that draws attention even when she isn't trying. Though she doesn't share her father's detachment, Kythess has inherited his strategic mind and has every intention of using it -- but perhaps with a touch more empathy, if the world will let her.