<div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 1.35em;"><strong>Sariel "the Angelic" Nyxanall Ravonnica of House Thrune, Signifer Hellknight of the Order of the Gate</strong></span><br/>(http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/3822/chelaxiansariel.jpg)</div><br/>Class: Sorcerer (Infernal) 4<br/>Race: Human (Chelaxian Pureblood)<br/>Deity: Asmodeus (Geryon)<br/>Alignment: Lawful Evil<br/>Age: 20<br/>Height: 5'6"<br/>Weight: 130lbs<br/>Languages: Common, Infernal, Elven, Abyssal<br/>Traits: Suspicious, Scholar of the Great Beyond<br/><br/>Strength 13<br/>Dexterity 14<br/>Constitution 14<br/>Intelligence 14<br/>Wisdom 14<br/>Charisma 21<br/><br/>AC: 12 Touch: 12 Flat-Footed: 10<br/>Hit Points: 24<br/>Speed: 30 feet<br/>Initiative: +2<br/>Fortitude: +4 (+2 vs Poison)<br/>Reflex: +4<br/>Will: +7<br/><br/>Base Attack Bonus: +2<br/>Combat Manuever Bonus: +3<br/>Combat Manuever Defense: 16 (10+str+dex+def+BAB)<br/><br/>Attacks:<br/>MW Longspear (brace, reach) +4 (1d8+3)<br/><br/>Skills:<br/>Acrobatics         3 = 1 (ranks) + 2 (ability)<br/>Bluff            12 = 4 (ranks) + 3 (class skill) + 5 (ability)<br/>Diplomacy         14 = 4 (ranks) + 3 (class skill) + 5 (ability) + 2 (feat)<br/>Intimidate         14 = 4 (ranks) + 3 (class skill) + 5 (ability) + 2 (feat)<br/>Knowledge (Arcana)   6 = 1 (ranks) + 3 (class skill) + 2 (ability)<br/>Knowledge (History)   4 = 1 (ranks) + 2 (ability) + 1 (trait)<br/>Knowledge (Planes)   10 = 4 (ranks) + 3 (class skill) + 2 (ability) + 1 (trait)<br/>Sense Motive      10 = 4 (ranks) + 3 (class skill) + 2 (ability) + 1 (trait)<br/>Spellcraft         11 = 4 (ranks) + 3 (class skill) + 2 (ability) + 2 (feat)<br/>Use Magic Devices   14 = 4 (ranks) + 3 (class skill) + 5 (ability) + 2 (feat)<br/><br/>Languages:<br/>Common<br/>Elven<br/>Sylvan<br/>Draconic<br/>Goblin<br/><br/>Feats:<br/>Persuasive<br/>Spell Focus (Enchantment)<br/>Magical Aptitude<br/>Eschew Materials<br/><br/>Special Abilities:<br/>Cantrips<br/><br/>Corrupting Touch (Sp): At 1st level, you can cause a creature to become shaken as a melee touch attack. This effect persists for a number of rounds equal to 1/2 your sorcerer level (minimum 1). Creatures shaken by this ability radiate an aura of evil, as if they were an evil outsider (see detect evil). Multiple touches do not stack, but they do add to the duration. You can use this ability a number of times per day equal to 3 + your Charisma modifier.<br/><br/>Infernal Resistances (Ex): At 3rd level, you gain resist fire 5 and a +2 bonus on saving throws made against poison. At 9th level, your resistance to fire increases to 10 and your bonus on poison saving throws increases to +4.<br/><br/>Spells Known (CL 4, DC 15+Spell Level, Enchantment +1)<br/>0th<br/>Mage Hand<br/>Detect Magic<br/>Daze<br/>Ghost Sounds<br/>Ray of Frost<br/>Message<br/><br/>1st (6/day)<br/>Shield<br/>Charm Person<br/>Mage Armor<br/>*Protection from Good<br/><br/>2nd (3/day)<br/>Invisibility<br/><br/>Equipment<br/>Hat of Disguise   (1,800gp)<br/>Cloak of Resistance +1 (1,000 gp)<br/>Wand of Magic Missile, 50 charges (750gp)<br/>Wand of CLW, 50 charges (750gp)<br/>MW Longspear (305gp)<br/>Assorted gems and coinage (1,395gp)<br/><br/>Since his conception, rumors and intrigue have swirled around Sariel's life. Born into the powerful house of Thrune of Cheliax, his birth was another chance to solidify power and establish dominance through inter-marrying of political splinters. However, in the shadows the servants whispered treacherous, treasonous words. Such that he was born too late to be his father's son, who had long since set sail to a remote Chelaxian colony. Perhaps his beautiful, regal mother had bed a devil, or made some dark pact with elder spirits for an heir, or there was a tryst with a toy from House Sarini. Such rumors were dangerous, for Mistress Ravonnica of the house was a fierce and deadly matriarch.<br/><br/>Other rumors, however, abounded, and were far more likely to be true. Such that she bathed her stomach in blood during the pregnancy, or etched infernal runes across her flesh with snakes' poison, and that secret offerings were made to the cult of Geryon that she would have a cunning and venomous heir.<br/><br/>And so she gave birth to a healthy, beautiful child. Even at a young age he was spiteful and passionate, growing like a twisted rose under the unswerving tutelage of his wicked mother. The arcane arts came naturally to him, with a simplistic ease that allowed him to devote less time to his studies and more time to the vile pranks he played on his school-mates. When one of them mysteriously went missing, the boy finally felt the harsh hand of his mother, and the talk that rules were meant to be bent, not broken. That without order there was no power, and should he endanger the name of his house and his mother again, there would be no love left for him.<br/><br/>By the time he was adolescent, childish mischief was left behind, replaced by a cold and unforgiving sadism. It was with dispassionate ruthlessness that he advanced, and soon graduated to join the Hellknights. Reason without feeling, and punishment without recourse. As he continued to advance in his magical skills, he soon came to wear the crimson cloak of a Signifier in the Order of the Gate. In the Mendor Mountains, far from his mother's watchful eye, he embrace the ideals of Cheliax with open arms -- and, indeed, with his unnervingly beautiful appearance, that was not all he embraced. Rarely did the young man find want of lust or loneliness, and for him, such conquests were merely another tool of power and domination.<br/><br/>(more to come!)<br/>