Melphor Fynnsea-Danl

GENERAL INFORMATION

NAME(S)

GOVERNMENT NAME

Melphor Xin Barnes

PREFERRED NAME

Melphor Xin Fynnsea

(Melphor refuses to call herself a part of the ‘Barnes’ family officially

because of how much mental trauma they caused her.)

NICKNAME(S)

Mel: A nickname used by anyone, and it is considered

alarming or strange if one who is her friend, uses her actual first name.

Wavecrash: A tribal nickname used during her time in Axolia.

She hasn’t heard the name in forever, since she died.

IDENTITY

PRONOUNS

She/He/They, ETC.

APPEARANCE

DESCRIPTION

Melphor is a cyan Axolian with pink hair and fins, blue eyes, and covered in freckles from head to toe. She has multiple discolored scars (all varying in size) that appear white on her skin from lashings and continuous regeneration of her limbs wearing out her body. Her hair goes down to her back, being straight and adorned with either warped roots or roses. Mel is partially blind in her left eye, damaged by lack of care and complications of injury to it. She has long but neat nails that seem to always have a red hue to it… wonder why. Her tail is regularly used as a means to get someone’s attention, slamming it on the ground to make a loud, echo-y sound. Mel wears a red tunic with an off-white, puffy undershirt and copper colored jewelry. She has red, velvety pants that puff out from her white combat boots.

BACKSTORY

CHILDHOOD

Melphor was brought into the world without parents to care for her, sent to an adoption agency once she was able to be taken care of. Her father had died during a work accident while her mother was proven to be an alcoholic and therefore, unable to take care of a young child. She stayed in different agencies during her early childhood years and was about five whenever a family came by to see her. They were nice and they seemed like they meant well, what more could Mel ask for in a family? So after a few days, they finalized the adoption and Melphor  was officially a part of the Barnes family.

Melphor grew a close relation with her adoptive brother, Andras, who was a few years older than her but she didn't mind. She however didn't enjoy her father as much as she hoped. To Mel, it seemed like she was adopted purely to be a puppet to perform as a member in the merchant indudtry. Of course, that made her resentful, especially whenever her mother left her father, losing all hope in him as a caring person and loyal boyfriend (they weren't married, just had kids together). But she couldn't do anything about it, and ended up living her whole teenage life in that household, even after Andras moved out to live someplace else. She completely refused multiple times that she would go into the merchant business at her father's requests, which twisted the favoritism to Andras, who not only was her father’s biological son, but also, had accepted his offer in said industry. Proving this further, whenever her father eventually died, Andras got a big portion of the will. Mel realized after several years, she wouldn't be wanting this family anymore, not like she did when she was a child. It wasn't even a family, just a shell of a greedy, group of people.e.

Mel took off after packing, not even bothering to go to her father's funeral. She made her way to the Southeastern continent via the Alathran ports and settled in a tribal town where countless other Axolians resided, Axolia. This town made her feel at home, and she stayed here for many years, gaining close relationships with multiple people, including those of world-wide respect the nation of Idrolia. Her years there led her to gain quite the reputation in Axolia but she didn't particularly use it to her advantage. Her was mind set on enjoying life, and messing around with friends, who she now knew as her new family. (Way better than the Barnes family in her opinion.)

Though one day, Melohor started thinking about her objective in life. To her knowledge, she didn't have one. She decided she would go off on her own, perhaps meet new people, travel around the realms. A few days later, she packed her things, said goodbye to her friendly home in Axolia, and dashed into Lake Idrolia, where she swam for miles. Well... it could've been longer if she hadn't been stopped.

Mel felt a stabbing pain in her back as she swam in the water, getting away from the island she had begun to call home. It was late and dark, she was quite tired, but she could remember distinctly, a stab from a drowned's trident. Her senses faded and her vision became blurry, slowly sinking to the bottom and hitting it with a soft thud.

She died.

THE AFTER-DEAD

Melphor woke up, her back pained her horribly but her mind was too foggy to pay much mind to it. She could barely remember what she was doing the night before… getting drunk… sleeping… and…? Her mind was still jumbled and she could barely even stand up to investigate her new surroundings. She could tell she wasn’t in Axolia anymore but was more intrigued by the sudden lightness of her body. As she surveyed further, she ran into a few people, one to note being Ines Nicosia. Ines sat her down and told her the story of The Scarred Hallow, supposedly the town of lost souls that died in tragedy or far too young. But then why was she here? Ines then told Mel that sad truth that she indeed was dead, but given a second chance. So many emotions whirled around Mel but in the next few weeks to come, remembering exactly how she died wasn’t the only thing she had to worry about…

Mel had stayed multiple weeks in The Scarred Hallow by now, and had gotten quite comfortable. She built her house, had met a few more people, and had even started gaining back her regular personality. During those early weeks, she didn’t feel like herself, because she didn’t even know who she was. But her memories of her time before death kept trailing back to her in dreams, and one that haunted her for the rest of her life. Although happiness doesn’t last forever and that was certainly proven whenever she was informed that the nation of The Kingdom of Guldhir and The Knights of Rot Wud were at war. Mel, like stated earlier, wasn’t much of a fighter, and so this worried her. Besides, her culture went completely against war, entirely.

Ines made the impulsive decision to ‘kidnap’ a friendly person of Guldhir, they called themselves Rit. Mel took a while to warm up to them, oblivious of the fact that they were anything more than a ‘guest’ to The Scarred Hallow, but they ended up becoming good friends. Until… Guldhir barged into the castle and demanded that everyone there be detained and taken to court at that very moment.

Mel was put in a cage with Ines, both trying to comfort each other as they waited for what was to come. Guldhir was an old-fashioned ‘king’ based royalty, which made Mel question just exactly what was going to happen to them. Eventually, it was her turn to speak and she spoke truthfully. She had not been a part of the committee that abducted Rit and therefore knew very little, still, she somehow was sentenced just as bad as someone who was there. Mel earned twenty-five lashings, and watched in horror as Ines’ right hand was cut off. Mel, during that time, had found Andras in the crowd and while caught off guard, clearly wasn’t thinking anything against him, only wanting him to save her. Which he didn’t. This only made her hatred grow, only glossed over whenever she talked to her nephew, Andras’ son, Dino. Dino was a shed of light in the world, and it made Mel start to think of what her purpose was. She didn’t have an answer.

Melphor was relieved whenever Ines told her that The Scarred Hallow broke off from The Knights Of Rot Wud, ending the war between them and Guldhir. She of course, still had her grudges, the scars of those past events still bearing affect on her body and mind. But she wanted to change, perhaps grow closer with someone she had pushed away from for so long… Andras. Mel saw him way more than she wanted during such a short period because Dino lived with them in The Scarred Hallow, which he had to travel too in order to visit his son as well as any talks of business with Ines, which Mel regularly refused to deal with. And it wasn’t long until those feelings splayed out for Andras to listen to.

Melphor and Ines were visiting Guldhir after a long while of not being there, mainly because of the still rough patches from the war but they got over it, eventually. They had decided to visit Dino, who had decided to stay with Andras for the upcoming week. The two ended up discovering that Dino had been diagnosed with a life-threatening disease, which caused him to cough ash and other unnatural substances, showing the decay in his body. Andras and Mel decided that for the duration of Dino’s short life, they would at least try to be a family, wanting the best for him in his last few months. Though that didn’t last long.

Dino had moved back into The Scarred Hallow and was acting quite strange, like his disease made him unable to respond properly, or maybe it was just him being a teenager. Mel, Andras, and Ines were eating dinner at the table whenever they met Waylin Vartilian, who they soon found out to be King Jon’s, the king of Guldhir, son. Mel took intrigue into this, not for malicious intent but it was surely new, King Jon didn’t seem like he’d be a good father. But that was quickly taken away whenever she was giving him a tour and noticed something out of the corner of her eye, a pale woman holding a bowl of a golden substance. Mel knew that shimmer, it was blood of Dino, otherwise his species known as a gold blood. Immediately, Mel and this person, who soon was identified as Bloma, ran and eventually caught up to each other. Melphor had a desire to hurt her, or anyone really. It was new but Mel didn’t question it then, this woman did hurt her nephew after all.

After a long conversation of back and fourth (threats and not) between her and Bloma, Mel turned her head when she heard a thud. Dino was unconscious on the ground, Ines over him, like they had done something, and Andras was looking at them like they saw a ghost (Yes, that was meant to be a joke). She rushed to Dino while Andras and Ines had gone upstairs, either to talk or fight or something but Mel wasn’t worried about that, she just wanted to know if Dino’s life had really stopped right then. Vartilian ended up using his somewhat magical inheritance and attempted to heal Dino and whatever was the matter with him, which worked from the time being but later, they would realize they’d have to go through a lot more to get him through this disease. Though before that, once Andras got back from beating some sense into Ines, quite literally, Mel got onto him severely for leaving Dino’s side whenever he was vulnerable and might even die right then. She didn’t believe that for what he did, still cared about Dino, genuinely getting angry at Andras, and not because of her own personal family issues.

A few days after these events, Mel and Vartilian agreed to go together on a trip to a place called ‘The Void’. Mel had heard stories but just thought of it as a fable. But if that was where the Morrowroot was that could cure Dino’s illness, then she would do anything to obtain it. Vartilian went in selflessly, leaving Mel with the boat to sleep and eat there for several days, awaiting his return with the ancient medical plant. Once Vartilian came back, despite the missing limb and multiple harsh wounds, he was able to get home with her safely, giving the plant to Dino for him to eat. Dino ate it and has been feeling better ever since, no new news has come up concerning the disease he once had.

A DEAL WITH THE DEVIL

The Scarred Hallow was calm for about a month before things started to happen again. Mel had had many dreams showing what her life was before death but these current dreams were different. Whenever she was in them, it was pitch black, and she felt like something was watching her, studying her motions and how she thought. No, it couldn't be… could it?

There are two main deities that Axolians look up to, The All Father and Oxitotl. The All Father is known as of course, all-knowing and a means of good fortune, as well as life. Oxitotl, is quite the opposite, regularly known for their tricks towards humanity and malicious mindset that they make up for in ‘charming’ personality. Mel, while she wasn’t religious, she did look up to the stories of the two, and even prayed to them sometimes, hoping some good would come out of it. One day, she ‘woke up’ in a dream and was met with this shadowy figure, it took the form of an Axolian but its eyes were round with slit pupils and a pair of fins and a tail that were quite longer compared to a regular sized Axolian. This was not how Oxitotl was pictured in statues, but I suppose things can be deceiving, especially with a trickster like them. Oxitotl proposed they make a deal to settle Mel’s worries about her new family in her new home.

‘’During your lifetime here, why don’t I protect you and your friends from harm,’’

‘Lifetime’ stuck out to Mel but she pushed it aside, more intrigued by Oxitotl than anything at that moment. ‘’My lifetime? Maybe…’’

‘’Come on, and in return, you’ll live with me and all the other souls of my past.’’

Something about how Oxitotl spoke made Mel shiver in fear, was this right? But something urged her to keep going, eventually nodding along to the deal and sealing it with blood.

Oh how she’d regret that in the future…

Melphor had completely forgotten about this deal but once she saw that oh-so familiar silhouette, she realized where she was and the deal she’d made.

But before Oxitotl could speak, she got woken up by Dino, who had been invited by Vartilian to come to a friendly gathering. She would be his plus one, besides, since what happened with Bloma, Mel barely left Dino by himself anyways. They went to Fort Khirom, where they sat and had a good time, until King Jon arrived. Mel respected none of the Guldhirian royal family that had wronged her, only tolerating his presence because his two sons were there. She remembered meeting Elias once before, though not enough to be considered friends. Once the dinner was over, she decided to talk with him all the way home, he even stayed for a bit while they told stories to each other. An odd friendship between spirit and mortician but it wasn’t unwelcome. It felt good to have someone to confide in, one you didn’t have to worry about getting hurt because of his ‘royal’ protection.

Days went by and there was rarely a time where they weren’t hanging out, but one day was different… odd even. Oxitotl by this time had quieted in her dreams but their performance on their sleeping schedule in order not to see them was quite exaggerated. Mel refused to sleep a lot, if at all, not even wanting to see their haunting silhouette. But even not seeing them, the influence from them onto her mind was enough. She wanted to hurt people… badly too. Sometimes it was too much and she’d have to going into the mob-ridden forest herself in order to stop the urges. Though this day was quite incomplete. It was quiet, but the sense of evil was wrapped around the surrounding areas of a certain town, Zethoral. Mel and Elias were together and talking about random events that happened whenever they both felt it, curious nature getting the best of them as they went to investigate.

They made their way to Zethoral, greeted by a Guldhirian man and Avele. Mel had met Avele once or twice though it had been a while, so she was quite surprised to see her, in the middle of where this ‘evil’ presence was coming from. Avele informed them that the man she was holding a sword up to, had been processed by a deity. Many others had noticed the strange aura and had also come to see what it was about, so Elias and Mel weren’t alone but it felt like that man was going to jump and attack at any time, unbothered by being outnumbered. He ran multiple times away from the group of people, but they all eventually caught up to him and cornered him. Mel, one of the ones wearing armor and having a weapon up to his body, was one of the ones to be attacked. This got her angry and even though Oxitotl wasn’t on her side, they got quite mad that their vessel was being pushed around like this. Mel and this Guldhirian man who she later found out to be called Randi, fought for a long while, and she was quite beaten up. Though Avele saved her, healing her injuries after Randi was ‘cured’ of his possessive deity, she felt awful. Mel ended up going with Bloma and Elias, who had gone to a nearby cafe in order to try and calm down after the events of that day. But King Jon had other plans… Randi, who was at his side the entire time, took the cup of coffee that Bloma was making for Mel and tampered with it, giving it to Jon after. King Jon then tried to force Mel to drink it, but the only thing that Mel saw in that moment was her own body shaking in fear and the horrid images of a disfigured Oxitotl staring at her, grimly and full of evil intention. Bloma and Benny were there, Elias had left to go somewhere after telling her not to drink anything. Jon, annoyed by Mel not taking the drink, walked off without another word. By this time, she was on the ground, pressed against the wall with her eyes staring at the ground, round with fear. Mel was a spirit… she shouldn’t be scared of death, or anything really. But those hallucinations from her lack of sleep seemed more real than she could say. Elias had walked back in and while Bloma helped Mel up, she ran to him and gave him a hug. A very out of character thing for her to do but what else was she supposed to do whenever she was this frightened? She couldn’t even remember the last time she was so scared.

Elias took Mel home after a while of saying his goodbyes to everyone there, discounting his father due to what he tried to do to Mel. They were silent the whole way back, until they came to the castle. Prior to the odd aura, they were talking about a suppressant for Oxitotl’s actions and influence, and Mel needed it as fast as he could manage. The two agreed to what they both needed out of this dream catcher that would hopefully tear down Oxitotl from the inside, making them weaker and therefore unable to bear any effect to Mel’s mind. Now, all she has to do is wait...

DEMIGODS IN DISGUISE

A few weeks went by and everything was quiet. Well, that was until Melphor received a letter from an unknown person addressed from Mythosia, a compact settlement in the small island squeezed in the middle of the opposite continents. Its vague contents were scattered and hard to read but Mel could understand what it was trying to say. Avele had died mysteriously, supposedly murdered, but the murderer had yet to be identified. Mel informed Ines of this odd letter and its contents before they both set off to Mythosia, where the funeral would be held. They attended the funeral which came and went, though Mel noted that she had to avoid her brother, Andras, who had somehow found himself there as well. And she did, quite well, not talking to him at all during that whole interaction. She did however find and briefly talk with the letter-sender, Aenora, who was now the mayor of Mythosia, since Avele’s murder. Something seemed off but she couldn’t place it. Still confused but not wanting to wait to go home, she practically dragged Ines back to The Scarred Hallow.

Not even two days later, Melphor was visited by Waylin, who she hadn’t seen since the prior incident before Avele’s murder. Waylin asked her to accompany him on a trip to Mythosia, saying something about how Aenora could help her and her… devil on her shoulder. Mel, though reluctant, eventually went with him and they arrived via boat, walking until they came into the same room where the funeral had been held. As soon as she entered, it was like something was watching her, she felt this feeling often (because it was true) but it was stronger. In the middle of the room was a back-facing Aenora, who at the sight that she had guests, officially introduced herself to them. Aenora revealed that she was a demoness, one that was undercover and specifically here to lure both Waylin and Melphor to her. But before she explained why, Waylin interrupted to ask her to help Mel, who was reluctant to tell this… person, what she was experiencing. Eventually she did, (though careful consideration) and signed a contract, word-bound, to give her a small fraction of power in order to mentally ‘shoo’ Oxitotl away. She fainted but inside her mind, she was verbally fighting with them, winning by a mile. Though the win was quite simple. Oxitotl practically surrendered, not thinking it practical or worth their time to try and win Melphor over to their side again.

Melphor woke up, soon stabilized enough to stand as she now waited for Waylin to tell Aenora what he needed. Answers. On the ride here, Waylin had told Mel that his father was alive, which was quite the shock to her. She had known that he was dead, and was soon filled in through flashbacks that she in fact barely knew anything about Vartilian’s past. Aenora went along with it and got him to ‘open his mind’, letting them and a few others who had wandered into the sphere of memories see what he was keeping.

Once those horrific flashbacks were over, Melphor went over to Waylin to check if he was okay. He was, though immediately, bombarded by Emilia, who seemed equally as worried of his haunting background. Aenora however interrupted this, going on to explain why the two even had these powers in the first place. In a regular contract, you would read the fine print quite clearly but in this case, it was non-existent. The way the demon spoke made it seem as if she knew this would happen, which only made Melphor more and more irritated. She went to speak about how she and him were no longer ‘mere mortals’, and instead Gods. Waylin was a direct descendent of a god while Melphor had been given quite a bit of new power from the signed contract, and perhaps even her own biological family being god-related. But she didn’t take this news well, in fact, went on a whole rant about how she couldn’t be, because she was dead. Aenora tried to explain to her that the reason she couldn’t ‘control’ Melphor like she did anyone else (besides Waylin), was because she was a spirit but somehow had a physical form. Spirits didn’t have physical forms. Melphor had just naturally thought the reason she had this form was because of Hallow, the protector of The Scarred Hallow’s power, who was the reason she was even standing in front of these two right now. She had to leave before she did something stupid.

Melphor went on a day-long trip around the continents, and even met a new species and settlement that had placed themselves near the dormant volcano on the southwestern continent. She met Zoe, who she seemed to click with quite quickly. She could tell they'd be good friends. But she eventually had to go, and made her way back to The Scarred Hallow. She’d have a lot of explaining to do for her absence but that was the last of her worries, just wanting to curl up in a bed and sleep them away.

FAMILY AND RELATIONS

BIOLOGICAL FAMILY

• Mother: Jocelynn Ann Fynndown
• Father: Samuel Aryn Deepsea

ADOPTIVE FAMILY

• Mother: Bethanie Anise Anderson
• Father: James Elliot Barnes
• Brother: Andras Lee Barnes
• Nephew: Dino Kae Barnes
• Child: Rio Bingi Barnes

CLOSE FRIENDS

• Ines ???
• Elias Grimoire
• Prince Waylin Vartilian
• Khimry ???

ACQUAINTANCES/QUESTIONABLE ENEMIES

• Randi ???
• Princess Bloma Dodbane
• King Jon Dodbane