<div align="center">(http://i425.photobucket.com/albums/pp339/Mnemaxa/Nivisa_by_DxSinister-1.jpg) (http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=156988)</div><br/><div align="center"><strong>Lady Nivisa Eibon of House Ebonshroud (http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=156988)</strong></div><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 0.7em;"><em>Clicking the picture or her name will direct you to the character sheet.</em></span></div><br/>Her Excellency Nivisa Eibon of House Ebonshroud, Heir to the Throne of the Rule of Thirteen; Daughter of the Dark-That-Lives, Dame of the Dark-That-Abides, Swordsmith Exemplar to House Boraeus:  Impressive titles for such an apparently youthful woman.<br/><br/>The Rule of Thirteen is a large country in a much larger world; largely insular, they maintain their independence of and their freedom from other countries by virtue of having an exceedingly powerful set of rulers, ruled over be an even more powerful individual.  Each of the Thirteen Houses is ruled by a family, the leaders of which designate two Heirs, one to take over the family itself, the other to attempt to wrest the Throne from the current High Lord.<br/><br/>Needless to say it is a task for which time is required, and certain artifacts gathered both as proof of worthiness and to help in removing the High Lord from the throne, for very few would surrender such power willingly.  Despite her youth, Nivisa now has time, and to spare - her delicate, powder white face, and cataract-filmed eyes are not the results of makeup or bad eyesight, but simply being dead.  Or, more correctly, Undead.  House Ebonshroud is the seat of a family of ancestor-worshipers; the Dark-That-Lives is he representation of ages of undead powers serving and ruling the House from beyond the grave.  Her mother was quite proud of her when she finally took her final step into accepting the mantle of religious power that was hers.  Her father was disappointed, but he still taught her other, stranger arts, arts that kept her safe as she grew up among the living and the dead.<br/><br/>The Dark-That-Abides is also known by another name - The Plane of Shadow.  Her father was a well accomplished Shadowcaster, and he taught Nivisa powers that grew into potent weapons against the living and the dead, and even greater powers of defense.  During her sojourn among the other Heirs to Throne and Family, she learned the secrets of taking shadow and giving it not only form, but substance.  Like metal and cloth, shadow in her hands is a tool, a material from which she can craft weapons, armor, tools, and objects of great utility.  She is a better duelist than a warrior, but her power over shadow makes her seem more like a monster of the undead than she truly is.  However, this did not deter her closest friend from becoming more than a friend - indeed, they became married in an illicit ceremony of an outland people; considering their Houses are nigh warring with one another, their affair is a deadly secret.<br/><br/>Each seeks to collect the rare, valuable, and incredibly potent Heirlooms that will enable them to take the reins of their lives from those who control them, and if not displace those who rule, then to protect themselves so well that none may gainsay them.  So, the pale beauty has arrived at the edges of the vast forests of Ethrenia, planning to plunge deep into the dark forests and see if the rumors and myths - that the secret Heirlooms of House Ebonshroud may lie in some dark ruin, hidden from mortal eyes.  While her own weapons and armor are fair and keen, they are not yet so potent that one could call them artifacts - though her shadowcrafted blade is nearer the mark than most, and her armor may one day be that potent!<br/><br/>Nivisa considers herself fortunate that she is at least not going to die in this quest....she has already dealt with that.  Destruction, on the other hand, might be problematic....