Arun of the Akina

Played by John Carter


Description :

Arun is a well-tanned, handsome man with blonde shoulder-length hair and lagoon-blue eyes. He wears an ear-ring in his left ear, and, usually, shorts and an open shirt.


Initial Statistics and Powers :

Psyche     : 10 (plus 2 advances)
Strength   :  5
Endurance  :  5 (plus 3 advances)
Warfare    :  8 (plus 1 advance)
Zero Stuff :  0

Shape Shifting : 35

Sorcery        : 10

Arun's avatar form is a water and air-breathing dolphin-like creature, which sees by sonar as well as normal vision; his war (demon) form is a winged griffin-like reptilian dragon.


Special Equipment :

Spell Rack Item; Arun's ear-ring [Rack Named and Numbered Spells : 2]

Arun also has a crown given to him by Etienne which changes shape so that it always fits his head, regardless of his current form, and which imbues him with an accelerated power of healing. However, this has not (as yet) become part of his personal reality.


Advancement :

Since the game started, Arun has, among other things, developed the Matter Moulding, Fluid Flesh, Shapeshift Blood, Shapeshift Aura and Mimic Intrinsic Powers parts of Advanced Shapeshifting. He has also developed the ability to dislocate his spirit from his physical body, allowing it move about independently while his body lapses into a comatose state. He has also found himself a well-protected personal shadow, named Dakar.

Unbeknownst to the other Amberites he has also worked out how to use his shapeshifting to enhance the fertility of Amberites to the point that they become as fertile as normal shadow folk (although this enhanced fertility does wear off in time).


Background :

Arun was born under the twin suns of the water world paradise of Eridos. He was left in the care of Lord Artek of the Akina by his mother Princess Florimel of Amber. He grew to be the heir to the leadership of the great nation all 750 souls of the Akina, rising through the ranks and performing a number of great deeds as he did so.

The Akina are a civilised, social seafaring tribe who reside in the Chekian island group in tropical Jyretsu (known to them as Eridos). Jyretsu is an Earth-like world with slightly lower gravity and a much higher magnetic field, whose surface is 83% water. Magic functions in Jyretsu, and a number of the Akina are sorcerers; it was from them that Arun learnt most of his sorcery. The Chekian Islands contain few animals larger than the native monitor lizard, but have a huge variety of birds and plants.

The Akina have to cope with frequent hurricanes and tornadoes, but other than this their existence is fairly idyllic.


Spell Book :

Also, the terrible threat of hurricanes to the Chekian Akina inspired the development of a magical ritual which allows violent weather to be dissipated or summoned over a period of some hours.

Since the start of the game he has also developed some extra spells:


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