<div class="floatright">(http://i1027.photobucket.com/albums/y335/SheerFantasia/KyrasIllian_zps4c68d8b7.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><span class="bbc_u">KYRAS ILLIAN Character Sheet (http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=953933)</span></strong></span><br/><br/><strong>FIRST IMPRESSIONS</strong><br/>The door to the inn bangs open, and at first it seems another weary traveller has arrived.  He stares around as though timid and uncertain, until one realises that his eyes are cloudy and white – he is, in all likelihood, blind.  Tall and dark of hair, his features are well formed and suggestively elfin.  The white folds of his robes glide gracefully as he taps his way forward with his staff.<br/><br/>A little later in the night, there is no sign of timidity from him as he sits before the fireplace spinning tales with a grandeur better suited to the halls of kings and noblemen.  The stories end and he bows humbly as coins begin to clink in the ornate<em><strong>porcelain</strong></em>box at his feet.<br/><br/>Occasionally, the magnetism of his looks and personality, along with the sympathy generated by his blindness, pulls in a curious serving girl or some female patron who knows she won’t be judged by her physical appearance.  Just as often, they leave the room together.<br/><br/><strong>KYRAS ILLIAN: The Oracle of Winds</strong><br/>Unusually for one of his ilk, Kyras Illian is a vagabond, wandering from village to town to city and any place where there is a good inn, warm fire, and a free place for the night.  With almost nothing to his name, save pleasant looks and manner and the clothes he wears, he makes his way through the world, delighting people with his stories and making good on the sympathy generated by his blindness.<br/><br/>Of course, Kyras isn’t really as blind as he seems.  Where once he despised the nature of his oracular curse, he has found a use for it, and has since come to enjoy the benefits it provides – few people trouble him on the perception that he is blind and harmless, criminals smirk and pass him by in the belief that he can’t testify against them, and of course members of the fairer sex are more willing to get undressed in his presence.  Over the years, Kyras has become very good at playing this role.<br/><br/>Anyone who looks closely enough though, will realise all is not what it should be for someone so blind: his manner of moving around, though halting, is unerringly always in the direction of he wants to go; the flowing robes he wears does its part to conceal the sword at his side and the armoured coat beneath – trappings indicative of someone used to dealing with trouble at sword point – and that’s to say nothing of when he start to put them to use.  When asked about this, he laughs jokingly: “You’ll be surprised how you can keep people at bay by wildly swinging a sword!”  Commoners ‘oooh’ and ‘aaah’ but the perceptive smile sceptically.<br/><br/><strong>BACKGROUND</strong><br/>Kyras was born to a travelling woman looking for better place than her native homeland to settle and a secure job she could keep.  One job as a barmaid, an elven mercenary, several torrid nights later, and the rest becomes history.<br/><br/>Not a particularly favoured child, Kyras spent as much time away from home and village as he could, preferring the high places where the winds blew strong.  Then life changed when he was caught unprepared and exposed on the heights as terrible storm rolled down the mountains.<br/><br/>Struck several times by bolts of lighting and deafened by the roar of thunder, when it was all over, he saw the world with new eyes, limited though they were.  Stumbling his way back to the village, a significant portion of the community had been blow flat.  Noting the changes in the boy, the superstitious villagers were quick to blame him for their woes, which, in turn, quickly relieved the young Kyras of any sense of responsibility towards the village as everything familiar was stained by the ugliness of discrimination.  A month later, Kyras packed his few belongings and left.<br/><br/>Since then, years have passed, his connection to his oracular powers strengthened and a connection to the goddess Shelyn granting him a measure of inner peace.  Never lingering in one place for too long, Kyras moves between communities, enjoying the best moments it has to offer and moving on with fond memories before the uglier elements of the community have time to surface.<br/><br/><strong>PERSONALITY</strong><br/>No one can really accuse Kyras of poor temperament – he seemingly has a smile for every situation and keeps a level head however much pressure he seems to be under.  Though he often uses misdirection to divert suspicions and ill-feeling, he rarely, if ever, tell outright lies.<br/><br/>He often feels strongly for the underdog and goes through efforts to help the disadvantaged where he can.  His latest pet project has been to aid communities of half-elves and half-orcs in urban area.