Yasha and Korulantis Diamis

Name: Yasha

Age: 56 years

Gender: female

Race: Human (Tris'Hathian - Ikireri)

Height: 5'8"

Personality: Ambitious, stubborn, selfish. Yasha would describe herself as an optimist; there’s always more for her to achieve. Although goddess is quite high up the ranking scale. She is devoted to Diamis above all else and eagerly encourages her bond’s efforts to “expand the bloodline.” She finds any attempts to follow tradition to be antiquated and believes the ends always justify the means. Her favourite pastime is picking out new meat for her harem.

Description: Tall, athletic, severe. In Earth terms, Yasha might be described as “Amazonian.” She is extremely fit and well toned, as well as being quite tall. She adores extravagant accessories and pretty dresses, but ensures her clothing always grants her free mobility.

Biography:

Born the daughter of slaves, Yasha grew up knowing her exact worth down to the copper. Her mother told her stories of her people before the raids, when they travelled the deserts and praised the sun. They were a free people then. A strong people. Not strong enough though. The slavers came and captured or killed all of her people, until the Ikireri existed in stories alone.

When she was still a child, her mother was taken and sold to a new master. Her father died only a few months later of a wasting disease picked up in the mines. Though surrounded by her people, Yasha was alone. She learned quickly how to feed herself, bathe herself, dress herself, and how best to tend the masters to avoid their wrath. There was no such thing as pleasing them. Only blessed ignorance of her presence.

When the hydras came and did to her captors what had been done to her, Yasha stood and defended herself with nothing more than a broken polearm. She was still young, barely educated, but the viciousness of her defense drew the attention of one of the hydras.

Diamis had just lost her previous bond to old age. She did not yearn for the throngs of adoring worshippers that so many of her kin had, but perhaps it was time for a change. This fiery young thing was amusing. She would keep her alive for the time being.

Yasha flourished under Diamis' tutelage. She took to magic with a voracious zeal, devouring tome after tome in pursuit of knowledge. Diamis was not the only one impressed with her progress, and soon Lady Enma, bond of Empress Vienna and ruler of all hydra kind, came calling.

Yasha well knew the ways of ingratiating herself with a superior. The combination of her wit and her wiles earned her a place at Enma's side as one of her notorious Ladies.

Everything was going well for a change, until Diamis obeyed the orders of her emperor and empress, and created the hydragon race. Though the eggs came at their own bidding, Toth and Vienna were displeased with the results. Diamis suffered the consequences. Her status was demoted, and whatever sway she held over the lesser hydras dissipated. Diamis became the victim of countless attacks, all of which Yasha felt through their bond. They both simmered at the injustice of it all. They became disillusioned with the goals of their leaders, particularly when the majority of their forces became trapped on Sistarrist Drakan. Together, Yasha and Diamis devised a way out.

Bonds

Name: Korulantis Diamis

Age: 238 years

Gender: female

Breed: hydra

Colour: red

Height: 31' at the shoulder

Abilities: Fire breath, acid breath, verbal speech, telepathy, high level magic

Personality: Cold, calculating, ambitious. Like her bond, Diamis is always searching for a way to move forward. She is not content being subservient to anyone else (not anymore anyway). She strongly believes in the original goal of the hydragons and is still committed to seeing that goal come to fruition. She is, at the same time, patient and intelligent. She will not move on a plan unless she is convinced that it will work.

Bonds: Yasha, Scorn Balechild, Portent Balechild, Foray Balechild, The Hyve

Origin: Tris’Hath

Chapter 1: A Queen's Subjects