Elanor Nocturne

Nightmaiden

NAME: Elanor Nocturne

AGE: 50s-60s (young in appearance)

RACE Nox

GENDER Female | She/Her

CANON: Elden Ring | Tarnished OC

Personality

Attributes:

[+]: Protective, Witty, Ambitious, Bold, Loyal

[-]: Cynical, Cold, Mistrusting, Perfectionist, Withdrawn

[=]: Studious, Methodical, Introverted, Blunt, Intelligent

Elanor grew up in Nokron about a century or so after her people's banishment by the Greater Will. She was daughter of a highly disciplined and stoic swordstress and grew up in a society that was similar to her. As a product of that, she tends to sublimate her emotions and allows her actions to speak for her. She is cold and mistrustful upon first meeting someone, warming up slowly over time even when she takes a liking to them.

Being a fairly shy child, she only ever had a handful of friends over her lifetime and typically preferred to keep to herself. However, she isn't so shy that she's unafraid to tell someone where they stand with her, or make her opinions known. She never minces words and most of what she says, she means. She is a ride-or-die friend to those she accepts and loves them unconditionally despite anything they might have done or will do in the future. She becomes extremely attached and protective of anyone she cares about, but will only open up to those she fully trusts. That being said, she can take a joke and actually enjoys lighthearted company.

After having very little control of her future when she was growing up, she clings to whatever control she can and works very hard for what she wants. While she wields a sword fairly well, she prefers sorcery and intellectual pursuits over dirtying her hands, though she will do it. But she will complain the entire time. Her hope is to finally settle down somewhere and live a quiet life studying magic and history.

She has a very cynical view of her culture and the idea of creating a lord for their supposed Age of Stars, but deep down, she hopes for it as much as her people do.

Appearance

Standing tall and elegant in her Nox Nightmaiden Armor with silk covering her eyes, she is an opposing figure with the knowledge of both night sorceries and a strange semi-liquid blade if engaged in combat. Without her headdress, she appears calm, stoic, and maybe a bit unapproachable for just how piercing and cold her gaze is.

Her voice is soft with a lower pitch. She speaks in modern terms with the slightly refined air of someone who is well-read.

Elanor is fairly modest with anything she wears covering most of her body and shielding her sensitive eyes from the light of the sun. She has a mole on her left cheek below her eye, and she typically wears her long, straight silver hair into a bun. What scars she has on her chest, back, and right arm are kept concealed. Her skin is cold to the touch.

History

" Long ago, the Nox invoked the ire of the Greater Will, and were banished deep underground. Now they live under a false night sky, in eternal anticipation of their liege. Of the coming age of the stars. And their Lord of Night. "

Elanor was an only child of a Nox architect and a respected swordstress, born in Nokron around a century after her people's banishment underground by the Greater Will. Her lineage was comprised of women dedicated to naught but their blades that traced back long before their banishment.

In stark contrast, Elanor had a head for magic, history, and the more intellectual pursuits of a cleric than a swordstress. Unfortunately for her, her mother insisted on her future being that of swordsmanship in the name of their family's tradition. Elanor performed very poorly at first, refusing to spend any extra time practicing and overall loathing each and every time her mother would make her train with her. She came to resent her mother and her father for refusing to stay out of their disagreement.

When she came of age to begin training alongside the young Nox monks and Nightmaidens, she became acquainted with Maristela, a young woman in a similar situation, as such was fairly common in their culture. Maristela was training to become a Nightmaiden, but had little patience for the amount of studying it took. She preferred to spar and spent most of her free time with a blade in her hand.

The two formed bond initially based on the pressures their families placed on them and began spending most of their time together training and studying. They had a secret spot in a forested area where they would go to get away from their responsibilities, or even to spar and cast magic without too much worry of anything in the way. Using spells of mimicry, the two of them were able would often switch places to perfect their preferred crafts, but were unfortunate caught by one of the elders and reprimanded. Even then, it didn't stop them from trying until they finally settled into their roles in earnest. It was the first time in her life that Elanor felt the need to work harder in order to protect the most important person in her life.

Once the pair reached adulthood, their elders assigned them as partners. They bonded under the false stars with an exchange of blood and vows to honor and protect each other. For a few years, things went without much incident.

One night, however, as the two went out for a friendly spar in their usual spot in the woods, they were ambushed by group of giant ants and Elanor was grievously wounded. She told Maristela to go on without her, as it was her sworn duty to protect the Nightmaiden, but Maristela absolutely refused to leave Elanor to die. So, she grabbed her sword and fought them off, sustaining her fatal wounds in the process. In and out of consciousness as she was, Elanor blearily recalls Maristela collapsing next to her with a grunt and a humorless laugh. She told her that everything was alright, that she loved her more than anyone in the world, and to go and make something more of herself someday.

Elanor was found the next morning, barely clinging onto life, while Maristela lay dead next to her. She was quickly taken back to the city to be treated. She was then sent home and told that she would start another round of training while they worked on reassigning her long-term partner.

To Elanor, who remembered so little of her time in recovery, that felt dismissive and callous. How could she simply return to train after the death of the most important person in her life? She didn't show up to her first day of training, didn't open the door to anyone until her father picked the lock. Understandably, her parents were worried and her mother started off with a firm scolding. Not about what happened, but about not coming home to let them care for her. Not talking to them for days. Worrying them sick.

Elanor, with her relationship with her parents already on the rocks after her entire life was controlled from infancy, finally snapped. She said some foul things to her parents, projecting her guilt over Maristela's death onto them, who stood by dumbfounded. She told them to get out and when they couldn't get a word in edgewise, her father finally pulled her mother out. Before her mother left, she told her to come home when she was ready.

"We will always be here for you."

That day never came. Instead, Elanor simply disappeared, taking a set of Maristela's armor and what little supplies she could with her. She lived alone, using mimicry spells to disguise herself. She spent years seeking an escape from the underground in an attempt to honor Maristela's last words.

The underground was sealed shut tight back then and it wasn't until the wells were being built that she saw a glimmer of hope for the first time in a long time.

She can't remember if she actually escaped the underground with the plan to travel to Sellia or if she perished before she could make it out at all. Ages later, she awoke on the surface, the golden light of the Erdtree blinding her as she stepped into the light for the first time in her life. Garbed in the unfamiliar clothing of an astrologer, she was a Tarnished, now guided by the light of grace.

Abilities

Nox Flowing Sword

"A grim weapon wielded by swordsmen of the Eternal City, this
shotel has a blade as fine as a needle.

Forged from the liquid metal of a Silver Tear, it is thoroughly
tempered until hardened."

Despite her appearance and function Nightmaiden, this is her weapon of choice as she has used one since she was very young.

Night Sorceries

✦ Ambush Shard: "Launches a projectile from a distance removed from the caster, so as to strike the enemy from behind."

✦ Night Shard: "Swiftly fires a semi-invisible projectile. This sorcery can be used without delay after performing another action."

✦ Night Comet: "Fires a semi-invisible magic comet.This sorcery can be cast repeatedly and while in motion. Charging enhances potency."

✦ Nightmainden's Mist: "Releases a life-sapping silver mist before the caster, dealing damage to all caught within, including the caster."

✦ Unseen Blade: "Enchants armament held in right hand, making it completely invisible."

✦ Unseen Form: "Makes the caster semi-invisible. While on horseback, effect extends to cover the mount. This sorcery can be cast while in motion."

✦ Eternal Darkness: "Creates a space of darkness that draws in sorceries and incantations."

*All quoted material from https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com.