Fox Yumael Linnor
Hitman Casanova
Kaedriel Kouta Yumael Linnor (a.k.a. Fox)
Fox has been a hitman and bounty hunter for a good portion of his life from the time he was kicked out and put in Thabes, Ybele, to the current day. He is notoriously slutty, suave, and seems to almost completely lack in the empathy department. This could be attributed to the nature of the typical Shadar Kai– however he causes far more dominos to fall in his wake than the average, pragmatic, stealthy Shadar Kai. Though his behavior as a criminal casanova causes problems and consequences, he absolutely thrives off of any and all attention on him as well as the feeling of living life on the edge.
Fox is currently a hitman for the Raven Queen, and kills for a living by night. During the day he helps Noma with her studies and accompanies Ryze Comécia in his activities, among other lowkey things. By night he is far more vicious than he comes off in the day, and as if an outlet for psychopathic tendencies, he doesn't feel nearly as frustrated or reckless during the day anymore because of his night excursions. Even though he is brutal and violent, he believes that those he kills are justly taken care of, as the Raven Queen is death herself and the targets have it coming and are affirmed by fate itself as dead men walking. However, he is far more prone to mutilation and sadistic ways of going about his work than other more pragmatic and to-the-point Shadar Kai who are neutral rather than taking pleasure in their work.
Fox a psychopath plain and simple– though he doesn't go out of his way to be malevolent per se, and though he is bound by his word to the Raven Queen and as such carries out her will as a convenient outlet for this tendencies, he still tends to be very keen at manipulation and deception, and feels no qualms with killing when he sees it fit. Fox is very charming and uses his words to get what he wants. He is also prone to anger, nymphomania, recklessness, substance abuse, and self destructive behaviors. Despite this, he is decently intelligent and in better states will study arcana and other things that interest him; particularly more obscure lore, abnormal planar theories, and arcane mechanics.
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
Body Features
Facial Features
Identifying Characteristics
• Piercing yellow eyes.
• Very tall.
• Long, thick black hair, tied up about half the time.
• Ophiucus Gauntlet; a complex, gold toned, metal arcane prosthetic.
• Insanely attractive and very charming.
Physical quirks
• Large lightning scar on his left side with cascading thin tendrils down to his thigh and up to his neck.
• Despite the weight and metallic nature of his prosthetic, he seems so attuned to it that it acts perfectly as part of his body.
• High cold tolerance; Shadar Kai traits cause him to be used to the cold naturally, so he can be seen wearing short sleeves in winter and only wearing jackets as a way to hide his arsenal of guns and weaponry.
• High pain tolerance; Fox can take a lot of consistent pain before he starts showing it in his expression.
• Often wears a black marksman's glove over his metallic hand as a way to hide it in certain situations, or a thermal one to protect it against the cold in freezing temperatures where the metal would give the flesh attaching it to his body frostbite.
Special abilities
• Darkvision 60ft, can't be put to sleep by magic, advantage on being charmed.
• Various Hexblade Invocations.
• Insane charisma.
Apparel & Accessories
In casual situations he is seen wearing a white button-down dress shirt with typically two or three buttons undone. He likes to show off, so whenever its socially acceptable he'll wear less, never sleeping with a shirt for example. However upon visits to the raven queen or any formal event, he’d more often than not appear in either a suit or with a an elegant navy jacket. Either way gun holsters are a constant and are usually around either thigh, on his belt, over the shoulder, or strapped to his back. If he is carrying a rifle, then he will have a large holster slung across his back.
Specialized Equipment
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Origins
Fox grew up very close to his father, Alastair Yumael, especially due to his father being the only other Shadar Kai he really knew, and therefore the only person who understood him, his morals, and his genetic limitations/attributes. When he was murdered, Fox went quickly off the rails with no guidance and subconsciously he followed in the footsteps of young Alastair in his crime record and overall behavior as a emotionally detached urban bounty hunter.
Hot Child in the City | Thabes Delinquent
He was kicked out at the age of about 60 (somewhere between 16-18 as an elf) soon after his father died. Persephone veiled this underneath the excuse of enrolling him in a boarding school in Thabes, Ybele. The reason for this being half-justified in that, well, he was off the rails and hard to handle, he went out of his way to disobey and challenge authority for fun and out of suppressed anger, and he didn’t fit in within the town of Elewyn, Ybele at all both in personality and race. The other half of his mother’s mindset was more related to having no idea how to raise a Shadar Kai child as the moral, biological, and planar opposite of an Eladrin like herself. That, as well as a haunting dread and mourning often upon seeing him, as he is the spitting image of his father– that reminder also motivated the expulsion because with Fox’s reckless and unpredictable nature, she didn’t want Maddie going through what she herself had to with Alastair when Fox inevitably gets himself hurt, endangered, or killed. She made the decision to spare Madeline the trauma by distancing her physically and emotionally from her brother for her own good.
Though he was allowed to come home on school designated holidays or other specific events that she clarified, for most of them he decided not to, as he felt betrayed and isolated and didn’t really ever forgive his mother. Despite this he had no problems particularly with Madeline other than petty sibling squabbles and whenever he did appear it was primarily for her sake. Generally, he'd avoid seeing his mother all together and simply see Maddie instead– taking her places she'd ask to go most of the time without visiting the house. Though their relationship faded over the 40 year period in which Fox lived in Thabes alone, due to being relatively close before their father’s death they maintained some form of trust. Fox is cold and unforgiving towards her, but due to that maintained underlying protectiveness he has, and Maddie still associating herself with him, she allows his presence more openly than in the past.
By 1800, Fox was just beginning to truly follow in his father's footsteps; an avid criminal and bounty hunting hitman for hire, as well as an attractive playboy with no real morals in tact. Persephone contacted him early on in the year and asked that he accompany Madeline for a while, as she wanted to go to Thabes for the first time and leave her hometown for some adventure in the form of a small getaway. Fox did not want to agree, however it was his mother talking and he couldn't easily decline. So, as requested, he showed up to the train station in Elewyn and left back to Thabes from there with Madeline beside him.
Prince of the Thabes Underground | the Forgotten Five
Fox ended up in an organization without a leader, as Ryze had gone MIA, the previous leader of the Rogues was imprisoned, and Noroa Valentine, the second in command and murderer of Ryze, was also imprisoned. Fox was called to free the two from prison with Gallo and Marvin, and he did so, Gallo ending up being a casualty in the affair. The moment he freed the ex-leader, known to him at the time as simply Morgan, he was met with a pained stare and a confused, "Alastair?" before escaping with the man and denying the question. As soon as the two were outside in relative safety Fox pointed a gun to his head and asked if Morgan was responsible for killing his father. Not realizing the Rogues' complete allegiance to Morgan, Fox was trapped the moment he threatened Morgan, surrounded by loyal followers of Morgan. Morgan admitted to ordering Alastair's death, though Noroa had actually killed him. He went on to blackmail Fox into continuing his work for the Forgotten Rogues and putting him in a position of significance within the group.
Adverse Amorato | The Skeptic and the Pariah
The Throgengard Prison Break | Fox, Incapacitated
During the search for the seven slates of the Gaia Staff, Fox accompanied on a trip to Throgengard to find a target on his hitlist as given to him by Morgan Aestra. The target was Yorheim, who happened to have attempted a takeover of the city-state during their presence in Throgengard, and fought with the party. During the ordeal, after putting up a very intense fight, Yorheim was apprehended and was to be taken to the maximum security prison of Throgengard– however with a hit on the man, Fox shot him through the head while tied up and safely incapacitated. With the group in shock and appall by the rash action, Thorin Redbeard revivified the man and he was taken to the prison as previously planned. In extreme anger Fox took direct action, making his way to the prison on his own, charming and deceiving his way inside, and finally finding the imprisoned Yorheim and shooting him dead through the slot in the cell door. Fox disappeared before the guards could find him, however upon calling in reinforcements and the party showing up and blocking his way, his exit plan was compromised. He warped in front of the group and nearly made it out before being trampled by Inoor, rushing down the hallway and morphing himself into a warhorse. Before he could be completely taken out of commission, Fox contacted the Forgotten Rogues, informing them that the hit was successful, however he'd be needing backup at the prison as soon as possible. Fox was knocked out, and woke up imprisoned in an antimagic cell with all his weapons and possessions taken from him.
All the while, Madeline Linnor was within the walls of the prison as well, unbeknownst to Fox, helping her brother get back his weapons from the vault they were stored in. With the help of a friendly half-orc named Maggie, who'd been trying to escape using the ruckus as a cover, Maddie successfully broke through the vault and distracted the guards long enough to retrieve Fox's mini-arsenal of guns, as well as the other items taken from him when being taken prisoner. She made it out without issue and, though frustrated with him and knowing guiltily she was doing something legally and probably morally wrong, gave Fox back his weapons. He was ecstatic, not even knowing she was there in the first place, and thanked her significantly.
Morgan contacted Fox later on and reprimanded him for getting in such a situation and told him he may not get such help in the future if he got himself imprisoned again. Fox, thinking this was a threat of some kind, brushed it off and called him out for hypocricy, as Morgan only had his position back within the Rogues due to Fox breaking him out of the Royal Maximum Security Prison in Ybele's capital. Later it dawned on him that Morgan, though terrible at showing it, seemed worried for him and reprimanded him in a similar way to his father for his reckless behavior. The ordeal was quickly blown over, however Madeline kept it deeply rooted for quite some time, as her care for her brother despite his reckless and homicidal tendencies made her do something she felt was deeply wrong– or at least something she never thought she'd have to be involved with.
The Arm
The Resurrection of Alastair Yumael | Unreal Confrontation
Alastair Yumael was resurrected in the summer of 1800 by Madeline Linnor, shadowed by Thorin Redbeard. The event was extremely surreal to Fox, who had up until that point defined most of his life choices by his father's death and making up for the loss of his father's identity– becoming who he ended up becoming in the Ybeli crime world, in his identity as a shadar kai, and to top it off– ending up in the Forgotten Rogues. Having been on a downward spiral in the last month before the resurrection as well, he was hit with the way he'd look and the reputation he'd have to admit to. Knowing his father had a similar one and knowing the way his father was in life generally non-judgemental, the issue to him wasn't being reprimanded so much as knowing and realizing that all in all he was a disappointment. The entire situation was so unreal to him that it didn't truly hit him, and hit him hard, until the resurrection was happening. He didn't agree too much with the idea to begin with due to shadar kai ideals of fate and the permanence of death, but when it actually happened his mind simply broke.
After the confrontation, sitting in the dining hall alone for a bit before heading up to bed, Fox ran into Maddie on the stairs of the estate, who had been listening in on the whole thing. He instantly reacted with a quick snap of aggravation, feeling violated that she'd eavesdrop on something so important, but before he could get very deep into reprimanding her for it, she looked up at him having been crying for quite some time. In a half hurt, half pitying tone she told him that he wasn't seeing the people right in front of him. That, though he claimed to be alone and that the world didn't need or want him, she was and had been there the whole time for him, and that she wouldn't be if she didn't care about him. He couldn't get any sort of response in before she got up and ran upstairs to Jazz's room, far out of reach. Fox, with alot to think about, sighed, lit a cigarette, and walked up the two flights of stairs to his room.
Holy Hitman | Lifetime Career of the Shadar Kai
The Raven Queen had been asked by Alastair, upon his death, to hold back on Fox's assignments. Due to putting his close friends in the Rogues in lethal danger before he fled and hid, and then the eventual way that it came back to get him when he was murdered, Alastair felt as if any more interference by him and his line of work– Shadar Kai work and Rogues work alike– would cause the downfall of his son. Seeing as Fox was growing up to be much like him, even at the young age of his early 60s which Alastair last saw him at, he took all precaution, even if that meant cutting him off from his own culture and identity as a shadar kai indefinitely. The Raven Queen, having worked very closely with him as a right hand man who she trusted, and who she had trusted for so long, agreed to his sentiment and signed a contract with him vowing her withholding of legitimate work to give to Fox.
Having spent over 100 years of his life wondering constantly why the Raven Queen never contacted him or gave him any work that amounted to anything, Fox's approaches came to be more and more direct. That with the fact that Fox was a pretty acclaimed hitman by early to mid 1800, the Raven Queen couldn't avoid speaking to him and instead tried to give him impossible or medial tasks to make it so that he avoided real work and the contract was honored. When Fox brought in Anza, who Alastair had failed to bring in or kill, the Raven Queen was faced with a dilemma in which she couldn't lie to him anymore– he'd done work that, in her eyes, was pivotal in proving himself a viable worker with much potential, and now she couldn't avoid giving him real tasks as he'd just proven himself worthy of them. He asked to go after Aratus on top of that, and had found his father's hitlist and gun. Nothing could really stop him from continuing to kill, and at this point controlling who he killed seemed like an incredibly important thing to do. Fox asked her about the contract after Alastair's resurrection, as Alastair had mentioned the reasoning behind Fox's severed connection to the Raven Queen. Livid by not having free will in the matter as an independent adult, Fox petitioned the Raven Queen to make him a full time hitman for her as he was supposed to be by birth. He made a compelling argument– stating the reasons she already had considered when he began crossing off big ticket targets, and a few more with the reasoning of free will being a large component, and moral belief being that the Raven Queen, as death herself, should have a direct say in who he kills and why. As a shadar kai with his soul promised to the Raven Queen, and as an adult with his own say, pledging complete allegiance to her, the contract was destroyed and Alastair's original agreement was decommissioned. Fox became a full time hitman for the Raven Queen, filling a similar place to his father as he was quickly growing in strength, his killcount, and overall skill in his field.
The Trial | Truth in Sacrifice
In the wake of mass destruction by Aratus upon the country of Ybele, the party ventured into the Feywild with the intent of finding the Gaia staff and wielding it to save the nation and possibly the world. When finally finding the gateway to the staff, the group was paused in time by Ryze, administering a great illusion administrated a great illusion individualized to each member of the group: Fox, Maddie, Inoor, and Thorin, to test their eligibility for the staff and it's massive withheld power. Each member made a near impossible choice, and from there, through Ryze's eyes, Gaius decided which members chose the correct answers to deserve the staff. Only one in particular had to do with Ryze himself, that being Fox's.
Gaius' tests were designed personally by the great fey himself to show an illusion of each person's hardest choice and biggest potential sacrifice. Showing to him and Ryze what or who they considered so incredibly important that sacrifice for the sake of the many would be an excruciating decision, and if they could do so. Fox's personal mirage was that of Ryze's death, ripped apart by Gaius as Gaius stepped out as if showing Ryze as but a puppet for him to get to this point. Gaius offered a reward for helping him get to this point, and Fox immediately stated, "I want him back," with absolutely no hesitation. Gaius' test then began; he offered to make that wish come true in exchange for the souls of just under 10% of the country's populous. Fox pondered it, obviously distraught, and came to the question of how these people would die, and if anyone would know it was him who did it– simple, painless heart attacks, and no one would be aware of his actions. And he pondered again before, to Ryze's combined shock and disappointment at the same time struck with affection, shaking the premonition of Gaius' hand and sacrificing it all for Ryze's sake, failing the test. He chose to instantaneously eliminate the lives of 10% of the population for Ryze. He didn't realize the illusion until after the staff was claimed by Maddie and Thorin, who had passed the test, and upon the illusion breaking immediately went to Ryze and collapsed in thankfulness that he was still alive. Not knowing Ryze saw the entire thing, he said nothing of his sacrifice– but he knew, as he administered it all. He didn't reciprocate at that moment, still processing how great those feelings were and how great the sacrifice he was ready to make was in comparison to his one, singular life. It took him time and deep thought to come to terms with those feelings and accept them as mutual, only doing so after Fox confronted him with a confession later on, when the group returned from the Feywild. Calling him out for his self centeredness and stubbornness, and at the same time calling himself out for his overzealousness and for not previously acknowledging his instability, Fox confessed formally and addressed some of the deep set issues causing Ryze to be as withheld and isolated as he was.
Night and Day | In the Present
Fox currently lives at the Manoir Forét with Ryze Comécia and Noma and works as a hitman by night. During the day he does various things as he sees fit; helping Noma learn to read and speak, accompanying Ryze on trips to Gaiadan or wherever else he ventures on occasion, studying up on lore and training his skills, and going on his own set of ventures across Ybele to visit people, track down leads, or whatever else he sees as necessary. Fox isn't a stable and stagnant individual, so he prefers to keep moving around and going after whatever interests him or whatever is of importance. Having a home base, though seeming like it counters this constant need for activity and mobility, helps him a bit with his travels, as he can keep things at home and know that the people who care about him are there to fall back on/come back to.
Gender Identity
Sexuality
Education
Fox currently prefers to study alone, and if he does so he is actually successful and very clever. He will read books on things he has a special interest in and will experiment with certain things through trial and error– mostly with mechanical ordeals and arcane theories.
Employment
Fox believes his job to be justified, and that its a good fit for him as someone who needs this kind of violence as an outlet. He does, however, enjoy it a bit too much as a Shadar Kai not native to the Shadowfell and thus without as much suppression of his impulses– He is sadistic and unorthodox in the methods and circumstances of his job.
Mental Trauma
• Borderline Personality Disorder (Bipolar 1)
• Compulsive Smoker
• Hypersexuality
Morality & Philosophy
- Everyone's going to die. Whether it be now, later, whatever– I'm going to die, and whether that be sooner or later I feel no fear or resentment for it, because it's been expected all my life, as it should be.
- I don't really care about the wellbeing of the general public, but I'll protect the tiny handful I care about to my fucking deathbed.
- If my job is killing people who are already going to die anyway, why should it be a crime? If I don't do it someone else will, and I'm carrying out the will of literal fate. The only part about what I do that's morally questionable is the fact that I take pleasure in it.
- I've killed alot of people but that number will never weigh out to be heavier than the number I've saved or helped to save in the long run, and frankly if some of those casualties didn't happen, there wouldn't be as many saved, happy, alive today. Sometimes people are sacrifices for a greater purpose. It shouldn't matter too much anyway– people stigmatize death far too much in the first place. Don't fear it and you won't have as much of a problem with what I do.
- I know I'm attractive and I make sure I'm attractive and maintained in order to get what I want when I want it, and because I like being looked at. I like the attention and the sexual tension that comes with being charismatic and attractive.
- Sex, like death, is overly stigmatized. Am I a slut? Yes. Do I feel guilty about it? No– because why would I? What's the shame in saying I get laid more than you? None. You're just sad.
- Governments are generally not to be trusted. If any one entity has that amount of indisputable power, money, and resources they are most definitely greedy and corrupt. No one needs that much, no one should be in charge of that much, unless it's literally something of the divine no one human can do on their own– i.e. the Raven Queen. Is she indisputably in charge of my organization? Yes! Because she's literally the goddess of death and mortal beings can't comprehend the amount she does and controls. An emperor or something? Corrupt. They're entitled.
Personality Characteristics
Motivation
- Whatever he wants in the moment (hedonistic things most of the time)
- Protecting his found family unit and the dynamic between them/lifestyle they have (Noma and Ryze Comécia being his primary family unit, but Madeline Linnor also being on the protection list)
- Fulfilling the Raven Queen's orders
- Fulfilling the tasks given to him by those who hire him or the Forgotten Rogues (usually hits, as he is a hitman)
Likes & Dislikes
| Likes | Dislikes |
|---|---|
| Guns | The Feywild / Elewyn |
| Sex, in general | Stagnation |
| Hard liquor | Laws/being controlled |
| Parties/clubs | Bees |
| Vejanacci | Conformity/Mediocrity |
| Winter weather | Ignorance |
| High quality cigarettes | When people reprimand him for the cigarettes |
| General athletics | Emotions |
| Slow dances (he will not admit this out loud) | Meditation |
Vices & Personality flaws
Social
Contacts & Relations
• Defenders of the Lotus; Ryze Comécia, Gallo, Lanzal, Yorheim.
• Neon Tieflings; Vel.
Family Ties
Fox is hit with "la chancla," upon arriving to Elewyn, Ybele ;
Religious Views
Social Aptitude
He tends to know the etiquette of most situations, but at times chooses to ignore it in either apathy or rebellion.
Mannerisms
Hobbies & Pets
• Arcane Mechanics
• Parties/Nightclubs/Casinos
• Social (or otherwise) Drinking
• Gambling
• Guitar/Singing
• Cooking (though he will not admit this)
• Hunting
Speech
Relationships
History
Fox was raised primarily by Alastair for over sixty years, and due to this and the fact that Alastair was the only shadar kai he knew and that he could connect to, Fox took on an extreme idolization of him at a young age. Fox grew up to accidentally follow in his footsteps after he died, making alot of the same mistakes and doing many things his father would have advised him against if he was given the time in life. Upon being resurrected, Alastair found out about Fox's spiral into criminality and psychopathy and though extremely disappointed and regretful, forgave him, seeing Fox break down in front of him and realizing that he himself had made the same mistakes, and therefore couldn't judge or treat him harshly for his.
Fox and his father are very close and even look very similar, to the point where at a distance they can be mistaken for one another. They are quite similar in their pasts and at a younger age Alastair was almost identical in behavior.
Nicknames & Petnames
– Alastair called him Kaedriel for a very long time, but stopped upon Fox confronting him about his distaste for the name and the actual reasons behind the distaste. – Fox just calls him dad most of the time.
Commonalities & Shared Interests
• Both are/have been members of the Forgotten Rogues, specifically assassins.
• Both are shadar kai that are/have been assassins and warlocks relating to her.
• Both have had bounties over their heads, making them question the safety of the people they love.
• Both have had to work on strategies and mechanisms to remind themselves of empathy.
Shared Acquaintances
Morgan, "Mute" Norowa, the Raven Queen, Madeline Linnor, Persephone Linnor, Thorin Redbeard, Inoor Velenin, Noma, Aratus, Ryze Comecia, Julietta Linnor, etc.
Legal Status
Immediate Family
History
Ryze and Fox first met in early 1800 when Ryze, at the time the most prevalent crime boss in Thabes as leader of the Forgotten Rogues, challenged Fox on the street to a quickdraw, and Fox agreed more than happily. Fox was shot down after a few close calls on both ends, putting up a good fight despite the fact that Ryze was using a powerful magic weapon (which later is revealed to have been taken from Morgan Aestra and originally belonged to Fox's father, Alastair Yumael). Quickly stabilizing him, Ryze was soon drawn to a different point of interest– the fact that Madeline Linnor, who had been watching to the side during the duel, was in possession of the Life Slate, one of the seven needed to acquire the Gaia Staff. All the while, Fox was infatuated with Ryze the moment he was stabilized due to his strange masochistic mind and in a state of pure intrigue over the young man's odd and interesting nature and how different it seemed from his own. Fox, seduced, tried to "reason" with him by way of offering up the slate in exchange for "getting to know him," not really caring at all to begin with about giving the slate to the government, as Fox is a criminal and does not like nor trust the Ybeli Empire. After a small skirmish, Ryze attempted to run, slate-less and wanting to keep his identity and organization under wraps from the group– only to be followed closely by Fox, who he couldn't lose and who he ended up allowing due to his persuasion, the skills he demonstrated in the duel, and the possibility of information and a "man on the inside" in regards to the government. Ryze introduced him to the Forgotten Rogues, and signed him as a member of the organization upon his agreement to particular rules and regulations.
After Ryze's death occured in the Ybeli Palace, being shot by Noroa Valentine in a coup d'etat, and Ryze came back to life with the power of a Gaiadan Lotus, Fox generally lost contact with him for a time as Ryze tried to hide out and stay elusive from everyone– especially the government and the newly released members of the Forgotten Rogues who, to say the least, didn't like him very much. Fox was quickly frustrated over this, as Ryze had been the one he signed his service to in the syndicate and Ryze had left the group without a leader, and soon after leaving Fox with his loyalty pledged to Morgan in a situation fueled by threats. Eventually catching up with Ryze despite his extremely warpy and illusory disposition, he asked why he'd abandon the group only to be told that he had "other priorities". Ryze was living at the time in an alleyway and as such Fox ended up offering for him to live in the Manoir Forét, which had many spare rooms and acted as a strong safehaven for criminals and others of the sort like Ryze. Against what was probably his better judgement, Fox offered this without much of anything in return, and as such Ryze began living most of the time in the mansion, secluded in his room and constantly doing work of a mysterious nature.
Over the next few months Ryze became more and more volatile to the idea of Fox's race, philosophy on life, and his line of work. With an extremely life-is-sacred worldview, only amplified to the umpteenth degree by the effects of the lotus, Ryze started openly hating Fox for everything he was, did, and represented, and often got hostile at Fox's advances whether platonic, ambiguous, or otherwise. Fox, on the other hand, was extremely interested in how different he was from himself, taking this separate mindset as a sort-of challenge and finding strong intrigue in learning about something and someone so truly opposite from himself. He attempted consistently to prove himself through trying to spark conversation, then when that failed attempted to prove himself by bringing down enemies of Ryze, and actively trying to avoid killing despite it being in his nature as a Shadar Kai and a hitman. Eventually Madeline Linnor stepped in, seeing Ryze's rude outbursts towards Fox as ungrateful and unwarranted, especially as a guest in their house and due to all the things Fox had done for him for no other reason than because he wanted to do something for him. Maddie ended up lecturing, then yelling at Ryze for his behavior, and from that moment on, not having a valid comeback to her points, he began refraining from judgement up front on Fox for things such as his race, which was unchangeable, and opened himself up slowly by surely to the possibility of getting closer and learning more about the Shadar Kai.
As times got more pivotal and strenuous, Fox found himself considering the idea that the apocalypse may be upon them and as such, being completely up-front about having legitimate feelings and clearing the air on a few things that Ryze, as a very untrusting and stubborn person by nature, still either didn't understand or didn't have fully figured out. He confessed his feelings in their entirety along with admitting to previously having been driven by mostly horniness and recklessness in his advances despite trying to prove himself. He also called Ryze out for being, in general, a prick to him for many things that were unwarranted, ignorant, or that Ryze himself was guilty of. Ryze took it well and admitted to his ignorant and elitist attitude over the past months, mentioning that he'd been pretty humbled by failing quite terribly the trial for the Gaiadan Staff, as Gaius had given him a trial to see if he'd be worthy and Ryze had been far too prideful and flawed overall to deserve or best handle the power. Ryze offered that if the two made it out of the apocalyptic situation at hand, and if Fox stayed loyal to the cause and simply didn't give in to the evils at hand, that after many months of asking he'd finally get his date and a potential deeper relationship. Fox took this easily, and went on to do just as was hoped of him after looking him in the eye and saying not to take him for granted.
Fox and Ryze currently (c. 1802) live in the Manoir Forét as partners and guardians of Noma. After the events of 1800 quieted, the three were eventually the only ones left in the large mansion and as such they grew a small, strange, yet close family dynamic. Ryze knows of Fox's career with the Raven Queen, but in a feat of development doesn't interfere, having come to terms with their individuality, Fox's race as something indisputable, as well as growing into a view of the world where life is only made way for by death as an inevitable cyclical endeavor. The two live very casually most of the time, but travel here and there relatively often for Fox's assignments, for the sake of following certain lore, or for other various reasons.
Nicknames & Petnames
– Fox calls him 'flower boy' quite a bit.
– Fox is a connoisseur of petnames in general, naturally– its just part of his personality. He calls him "babe" more than anything, probably more than his actual name. He'll also use more sweet, genuine ones but mostly within their own home; mostly love, which he is very, very reserved in using and mainly will only use behind closed doors. Only Ryze, Noma, and God are his witnesses.
– Commonly, especially when Fox does something questionable, Ryze will call him simply "Linnor." Other than that, knowing Fox legitimately hates his birth name and it's use, he will not call him Kaedriel hardly ever despite being aware of it.
Shared Acquaintances
Noma, Morgan Aestra, Noroa Valentine, Madeline Linnor , Alastair Yumael, Lanzal, Gallo, Yorheim, Gallahaut, Persephone Linnor, Inoor Velenin, Thorin Redbeard, Julietta "Jazz" Linnor, "Bass", etc.
Legal Status
Partners
History
Fox and Noma have known one another for about two and a half years. Noma, in a strange string of events, helped break him out of prison during a period of time in which she was still a lackey for the Forgotten Rogues. After that, they slowly grew closer due to having an understanding of one another in some ways that others didn't– an odd mixture of things in common, and Fox eventually coming to feel a sense of guardianship over her. After all, they do have a 96 year age difference.
Currently Noma resides in Manoir Forét with Fox and Ryze as her appointed guardians, often studying arcana, writing, and reading with Fox, and gardening, theology, and history with Ryze. They're a close, odd little family, however they function well and at this point share the feeling of finally being truly "home".
Nicknames & Petnames
• Due to her tendency to be silent and unnoticed, scuttling around and secretly watching and observing, Fox will call her various things related to being a creature in the dark– "Why are you standing in the corner, weird little yokai?" or "What are you doing in here?! Shoo, little goblin, go to bed!" • Noma will repeat nicknames at random times from other people for fun or just not knowing what they mean. More often than that he'll hear his own name in general, but in other peoples' voices and from different strange, drastically differing situations– every so often he'll be startled or terrified in hearing a disappointed reiteration of his full name in Morgan's voice picked up over a sending stone, or a repeated slurring gasp of it in Ryze's, overheard when she most certainly should have been asleep.
Commonalities & Shared Interests
- Interest in Arcana
- Worked for the Forgotten Rogues (Fox currently, Noma in the past)
- Live in the Manoir Forét in Thabes, Ybele.
- Were/Are Warlocks
Shared Acquaintances
- Ryze Comécia
- Madeline Linnor
- Inoor Velenin
- Thorin Redbeard
- Morgan
- Noroa Valentine
- Lanzal
- Alastair Yumael
- Julietta "Jazz" Linnor
- "Bass"
- Aratus
- etc.
Legal Status
Guardian/Dependent
Legal Status
Allies
History
Fox met Morgan when he was hired within the Forgotten Rogues to free Morgan from Thabes' royal high security prison with Gallo and Marvin. Upon being freed from his cell Morgan looked at the young shadar kai and could only ask in shock, "Alastair?", seeing that Fox looks extremely similar to what his father looked like at a younger age. He pulled Morgan out of the prison and as soon as they reached a place of relative safety, Fox pulled a gun on him and questioned if he was the person who killed Alastair. Morgan, surrounded by his subordinates, was unthreatened but explained himself and that yes, he was responsible, but that he loved Alastair and called for the assassination because of Alastair's betrayal. He then had Fox stay in the Forgotten Rogues as a hitman in the Forgotten Five– Morgan Aestra, Fox Yumael Linnor, Noroa Valentine, Balmung, and Marvin at the time. Morgan sends him assignments for different hits to take on various targets throughout Ybele, and occasionally this overlaps with his hitman work for the Raven Queen. Overall, Morgan tends to help him more than hurt him at this point in time, taking a strange liking to the boy and a somewhat fatherly mentorship of sorts due to the feelings behind Alastair and the obligation as such for Alastair not having been present. They are currently out of touch due to the Forgotten Rogues being under fire by the Ybeli Empire's government and as such Morgan, Noroa, and Balmung going under the radar to avoid persecution or assassination.
Relationship Reasoning
• Morgan was very close to Alastair Yumael during the time of the Forgotten Rogues' Founding Four, and after the death of Alastair, Morgan felt an obligatory guardianship over Fox when actually meeting and getting to know him within the group.
• After Ryze Comécia shot Morgan and had him persecuted and thrown in prison, Ryze was then shot dead by Noroa Valentine in a coup against his leadership title in the Forgotten Rogues, Noroa ended up imprisoned herself, and Fox was sent to free Morgan and Noroa from prison. Due to Ryze's disappearance, the position of leader of the group was then put back into Morgan's hands, and Fox was suddenly under his control.
Shared Acquaintances
Alastair Yumael, Noroa Valentine, Ryze Comécia, Noma, Anza, Balmung, Gallo, Marvin, Thorin Redbeard, Madeline Linnor, Inoor Velenin
Legal Status
Colleagues
History
Among many others, Noroa is known to have murdered Alastair Yumael and Ryze Comécia– Fox's father in 1754 and then his boyfriend 41 years later. Needless to say Fox doesn't really like or trust her very much, even after his father (resurrected) has forgiven her and worked alongside her in the battle against Oroborous. He hasn't seen her show any real care or reasoning for the murder, and as for Ryze, she seems more prideful than anything, using it as a taunt a few times to threaten him or for other malicious reasons. Noroa seems to show no real liking for Fox either, but not so much due to his actions towards her or against her, but more so out of not seeing him as cooperative and seeing him as very narcissistic (which, to be fair, he is). It seems to be much more of an apathy for Fox than anything, but he can be an annoyance when not allowing her what she wants. The two are colleagues under the Forgotten Rogues, both following command of Morgan Aestra. Both are assassins in their own right– Fox more of a violent hitman, and Noroa more of a genuine assassin as she is far more silent and stealth oriented.
Shared Acquaintances
Morgan Aestra, Alastair Yumael, Ryze Comécia, Anza, Gallo, Marvin, Balmung, Noma, Thorin Redbeard, Madeline Linnor, Inoor Velenin
Legal Status
Colleagues
History
Starting out on the right foot would already be difficult, but to add insult to injury the divide became more inevitable upon the death of their father. With the foundations of the family thoroughly shaken, the last piece falling out to break it apart completely, Fox was cast out to Thabes and Madeline remained with her mother, still young and naive. Though the two didn't have a particularly bad relationship, it grew more distant than ever with the physical and emotional distance. Madeline stayed the same, still trying to be hopeful and optimistic, studying druidic practices under her mother and staying nicely tucked away, sheltered in the picturesque Elewyn locale. Fox on the other hand living under city lights quickly went from a problem child to a delinquent to a criminal, growing numb to emotional turmoil and deeply resentful of their mother. He brought Madeline on small trips during holidays and other occasions, or simply visited in Elewyn, but he refused to stay at the family home, and such visits became more and more sparse and sporadic in his adulthood.
In 1800, many things happened and to explain them all would be, well, a novel in itself. In summary, for these two it meant a chance at a reconnection, or a chance at making things much, much worse. Madeline got to see her brother's life up close (more or less) and she did not like what she found, to say the least. Moreover, she was no longer at a physical distance and thus could interact and attempt to intervene in certain choices and habits. Doing such a thing hardly ever stopped him from doing anything or changed his ways, but "hardly ever" isn't not at all, and she took that as enough.
Ups and downs (but mostly downs) later and Madeline did something massively important and massively controversial– the resurrection of their father, Alastair.
In mid-late 1802, Madeline and Julietta were married at a ceremony in the Feywild, the allowance of guests into the Feywild without time manipulation causing problems was arranged by the Great Fey in exchange for Madeline's work for him. Fox, recently revealed as essentially a major public enemy to the empire and with a government-issued bounty hunter on him, attended without issue as the best man.
Nicknames & Petnames
- “Honeybee” or “Honeybee Linnor” has been an on and off codename and nickname for Maddie.
- “Kaedie” was a nickname Maddie used a lot as a kid for Fox, referencing his birth name “Kaedriel”. Fox absolutely hates this name.
Shared Acquaintances
- Noma
- Thorin Redbeard
- Alastair Yumael
- Persephone Linnor
- Inoor Velenin
- Julietta "Jazz" Linnor
- Ryze Comécia
- Morgan Aestra
- etc.
Legal Status
Siblings
History
Inoor and Fox met along with the rest of their group at the time during the Ybeli Empire’s search for the Gaiadan Staff’s slates across the country. Initially the two did not get off to the best start, as the two have very opposite worldviews and alignments which would clash on occasion. Most notably, when Fox deceived his way into the Throgengard Maximum Security Prison in order to assassinate Yorheim, an inmate Fox had a hit on for the Forgotten Rogues. In escaping the scene, he was stopped and trampled by Inoor, who had transformed into a Warhorse and ran him down in a hallway just as he had succeeded otherwise in evading the guards and the rest of his party. Fox was then incarcerated, and though he escaped in the days afterwards, the two both felt some resentment and a lack of trust after the event. Understandably so.
Their relationship was re-established upon going to Vejanacci, Ybele, as the two found a common interest in gambling, scamming, and swindling as both are extremely charismatic and persuasive individuals who enjoy a good challenge. Leaving with a solid amount of riches and having pulled off a few good scams, they ended up as unlikely friends. Over time this developed, and Fox was eventually the best man at the wedding of Inoor and Madame Arquess, pulling off a chaotic bachelors party for the groom in Vejanacci before the event.
In contemporary times, Fox commonly sits in on Inoor’s cooking shows in Velenin, and Inoor is given his room in the Manoir Forét whenever necessary for his trips to Thabes for governmental work for the Ybeli Empire. In addition, the two and Thorin Redbeard have a rotating-venue game night at the end of the work week.
Commonalities & Shared Interests
Gambling, petty scams, parties, socializing, manipulation
Shared Acquaintances
Thorin Redbeard, Madeline Linnor, Noma, Ryze Comécia, Alastair Yumael, etc.
Legal Status
Companions
History
They do not tend to get along, and are very, very isolated from one another. They see the world very differently and have a complicated, rough past in which neither forgive each other for parts. They are on neutral grounds at the moment, but are not emotionally close.
Persephone extradited Fox from her home soon after Alastair was murdered. She veiled this underneath the excuse of enrolling him in a boarding school in Thabes, Ybele. The reason for this being half-justified in that he was off the rails and hard to handle, he went out of his way to disobey and challenge authority for fun and out of suppressed anger, and he didn’t fit in within the town of Elewyn, Ybele in any sense. In Fox growing up, Persephone had no idea how to raise a Shadar Kai child as the moral, biological, and planar opposite of an Eladrin like herself. After Alastair's death it came to Persephone's attention that Fox instilled her with a haunting dread and mourning often upon seeing him, as he is the spitting image of his father– that reminder also motivated the expulsion because with Fox’s reckless and unpredictable nature, she realized she didn't want Maddie going through what she herself had to with Alastair when Fox inevitably would get himself hurt, endangered, or killed. She decided to spare Madeline the trauma by distancing her physically and emotionally from her brother for her own good. Though he was allowed to come home on school designated holidays or other specific events that she clarified, for most of them he decided not to, as he felt betrayed and isolated and didn’t really ever forgive his mother.
Nicknames & Petnames
- Fox calls her either "mom", "mother", or "Persephone" depending on his mood and the situation.
- Persephone mostly only calls him by his birth name, Kaedriel, or his dreaded nickname "Kaedie". Fox despises both of these options, as he has gone by the name fox for many years and identifies with that name wholly.
Shared Acquaintances
Madeline Linnor, Alastair Yumael, Inoor Velenin, Thorin Redbeard, Noma, Ryze Comécia, etc.
Legal Status
Immediate Family
Wealth & Financial state
• Fox Linnor
• Fox Yumael
• Alt
"Give me a reason not to shoot you right here, right now."
"You're hot and I'm bored, do you wanna get out of here?"
"Yeah, I'm here to kill you. I'm glad you're awake now, though, I've been waiting. It's no fun when you're asleep. Now, I'll give you ten seconds to get a head start– better start running!"
[Bloody, shirt torn nearly to shreds revealing a huge, fresh lightning scar that covers a portion of his chest] "Ryze– Look– I did it. I made it to the end of this and we won– I went through with it all. So, how about that date?"
• Undercommon
• Elvish
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