Biography

NAME | Annonere Rulius | RACE | Imperial/Redguard
GENDER | Male | OCCUPATION | Pirate/Bard/Dancer/Courtesan
AGE | Adult | EYES | Ice Blue | SKIN | Dark Tan
HAIR | Black; Curly | HEIGHT | 5' 7" | BUILD | Slender/Athletic

Annonere has lived a harsh life polished in the malice of blue flames and the caress of cruelty, betrayed by those that should have loved and cared for him.It is difficult to know of his internal suffering at a first glance. To the outside observer, he is charismatic, jubilant and joyful, confident, and a flirt, sailing on the pirate ship known as the Blood Moon as an entertainer for the crew, and as their most prized, secret raiding weapon. When not at sea, he works as a dancer, entertainer, and occasional escort at the Red Oasis.He does not speak often of where he came from, nor how he came to work on a pirate ship, and would sooner avoid all such questions all together, but he is deeply interested in the pasts of others and is not at all afraid to make conversation or new friends for that matter.

Character Details

RELIGIOUS AFFILIATIONS/BELIEFS | Hircine
POLITICAL ALIGNMENTS | Neutral
MAGICAL ABILITIES | Necromancy/Destruction
MAGICAL COMPETENCY | Master/Adept

Many would describe Annonere as having a warm, happy, quite bubbly personality. He is relentlessly charming and devilish, with an easy smile and incorrigible wink at every turn. Some have said it seems almost over the top, and fewer still have claimed it nothing more than a mask, but only the select few know the truth if so.Deep down, Annonere suffers scars from the nightmares of his former life, and is, in truth, trusting of no one. The "friends" he makes are kept at arm's length except for the valuable handful that he allows close.To all that know and love him, he is warm and genuine in ways that are rarely shown to the greater public, his smiles are fewer, his playfulness diminished. He wishes to be seen and to see, but fears the same above everything.To his enemies, Annonere is a horror, but only one has survived an encounter with him at his worst. He guards this dangerous side of himself, but is not afraid to lean on it when he must.Annonere has many passions, but he has always been in love with the idea of the sea. Little does he know, the thrill of the ocean runs deep in his family's blood, and he always feels most at home on the water. To him, it symbolizes freedom after a lifetime spent caged in his "father's" cult, a wide-open space that promises adventure and endless room to roam.

Additional Features

SCARS | A shocking amount of scars decorate his body as much as his jewels and clothes. Some resemble long, raking gashes on his copper skin, like they were made from claws, while others look like they were made with various weapons or instruments. A few appear to be from burns, and one even seems to be from lightning, which runs down his right leg. He decorates all of his scars with gold and blue paint when dancing, making them a part of his allure rather than a mar.His pinky finger is missing on his left hand.

JEWELRY | He is always wearing at least one piece of jewelry, but, most often, he's wearing an exorbitant amount. He is fondest of golds and coppers, and accents his sparkling ensemble with sapphires and blue topaz to match his pale blue eyes.He has one article of jewelry that does not match the others. It is a pure white ring that looks like polished bone on his left ring finger. It turns black when he grows angry or frightened -- or when he uses forbidden magic.

Makeup | He often wears blue or copper eye shadow to frame his hauntingly blue eyes, even when not in costume.

Skills

Master

Necromancy

Expert

Destruction, Charisma, Speechcraft, Medium Armor, Acrobatics, Athletics

Adept

Sneak, Illusion, One-handed

Apprentice

Smithing, Alchemy, Dual-wield, Two-handed

Novice

Horsemanship, Heavy Armor

Spoilers Ahead!

YOU ARE ABOUT TO ENTER A SECTION THAT CONTAINS HEAVY SPOILERS!PROCEED ONLY IF YOU DO NOT MIND SPOILERS.

Everything detailed beyond this point is NOT well-known. It contains heavy RP spoilers for Annonere, his darker history, and events that took place before current events.Annonere does not disclose this part of his past or his current state to very many people. It is NOT common knowledge and the following are among his most heavily guarded secrets.If you wish to have your character know any of the upcoming information about Annonere, YOU MUST HAVE MY PERMISSION. If your character is somehow capable of sensing any of the following abilities or conditions, you must discuss it with me prior to your character throwing out things they may know or suspect.If you do not care about spoilers, feel free to proceed to the next section for details of his dark past. You have been warned of spoilers!

The Rose of May

Betrayal & Atonement

Shortly after slaughtering his father's cult and setting fire to his family home, Annonere fled Cyrodiil and traveled west to escape his dark past. Finding out rather quickly that he had no true knowledge of any useful life skills after a life in a daedric cult, he lived for several months on the streets, stealing whatever he could to survive. He was half-starved and deathly ill when Keltas, an escort at the Flaming Nix, took pity on him and brought him into his care.Annonere was closely and dotingly looked over by Keltas' colleagues, and, after many weeks of care, the young Imperial was back on his feet. He opted to stay with Keltas after the man offered to teach Annonere his trade as an escort and an entertainer, especially once it was discovered that the young man had a remarkable voice. For the next several months, Annonere studied under Keltas, learning how to play various instruments, and hone his voice talents. He also took up an interest in dancing, and learned regional Dunmer styles, including coal dancing.One fateful evening changed the course of Annonere's life when an evening client attempted to assault him. He was rescued by his assailant's captain, a pirate by the name of Solomon Winters. He offered Annonere a position on his ship, promising to teach the young man true life skills, including medicine and ship navigation. Annonere bid his Flaming Nix family farewell and joined the Nord on his ship, fulfilling his lifelong dream of being able to sail the open seas of Tamriel.Annonere spent two happy years as a pirate on the Rose of May, and for a brief time, he believed his cultist life and Molag Bal were behind him -- far behind him.He was wrong.Bal's agents finally tracked Annonere down and kidnapped him before torturing him for betraying his Prince, whom he had sworn to serve. He was then promised that if he completed a single task for his Prince, that Annonere would be freed from his eternal torment and enslavement. He was told he would have to sacrifice the souls of his crew.Trapped with no other way out, Annonere agreed and was released to carry out his dark duty. Three nights passed before he could bring himself to betray the crew he had been calling his family. He summoned Bal's forces, and the Rose of May was overrun with Daedra in a matter of moments. With the ship under daedric control, Annonere was forced to take the souls of his crew one by one. As Captain Winters was brought before him, he told the young Imperial that he forgave him for what he had to do, and Annonere swore in that moment to find his crew and rescue them at any cost.Annonere spent the next year doing everything he could to get into Coldharbour unnoticed, until, at last, he turned to another Prince for help. Nocturnal agreed to assist Annonere and hide him from Molag Bal by taking his priest ring and defiling it, under the condition that the man serve her instead. With a way to shield him from Bal's prying eyes, Annonere was able to sneak into Coldharbour and rescue his crewmates, but by then, their souls had been shredded and scattered across Tamriel.With the crew rescued and back on Nirn, Annonere turned to the harder task of finding their lost souls. He has since left The Rose of May and joined another pirating crew, the Blood Moon, so that he might be able to expand his search. Every soul he finds is another chance at full redemption, and he will stop at nothing to right his wrong.

Daedric Cult

Tortured Souls

Annonere is the bastard son of an Imperial admiral and his married lover, Amira, the secret product of their even more secret affair. He was born and raised for the first two years of his life by his mother and her husband, Lucan, while his biological father, Cyrius Rulius, stayed away to give the small family a chance at a normal life without him while the dust of suspicion of their sin could settle without note. He only returned after a few months and became Annonere’s uncle, and with him, he brought his brother, Suverus, the only man to know of their deceit.It was in these first years that Annonere’s life is what one would call completely ordinary. His father was often away on his vessel, fishing for a living, while his mother stayed at home to care for him. He was beloved by all who knew him in their little fishing community in Cyrodiil, and was truly happy, as far as he can recall.That all changed when his mother and father suddenly and mysteriously took ill and died, leaving him orphaned. His uncle Suverus took him in under his wing in Cyrius’ stead, to provide him time to grieve the loss of the woman he loved, and to avoid shame befalling the Rulius family should it be discovered that such an egregious affair had ever taken place.Taken away to his uncle’s estate to be raised as his son, Annonere did not know the horrors that awaited him. Gone was the life of innocence and beauty, replaced by a darkness and malice that consumed every waking day, for his uncle was a priest to Molag Bal, the Lord of Dominion and Schemes. It was into this cult that Annonere was then raised, and was taught the horrendous arts of necromancy and torture, while enduring abuse and hatred at home at every turn. He was forged in the fires of agony, becoming a husk of his former self, and a servant of cruelty meant to assist in the ending of the world. At that time, he would have welcomed it with open arms, reveling in the glory of his dark master.Fate, it seemed, had another path for him, when a lover was brought into his family’s life in the form of a sacrificial slave, and it was through him, that Annonere began to see the twisted reality he was living in. He began to remember the parts of him that had once been good and kind, that sought light instead of shadows. But the unrelenting push of time was a cruel one, and Annonere could do nothing to stop the forces that drive his life down the ever-grasping, wicked path he had no choice but to walk.He became a priest, like his uncle – who he believed was his father – had raised him to be, and in Bal’s unholy name, he continued his reign of terror on the innocent. All the while, his heart was being pulled in two directions, wanting more than his miserable lot. When his lover left him for freedom, Annonere knew he had to make a choice.He could bring about the end of the world, or he could help save it…

Hooks

PIRATE | The Sapphire Siren | He is currently an entertainer and secret weapon for the pirate ship Blood Moon, which is run by a pack of werelions and captained by an Imperial were, known on the seas as the Blood King. Annonere's duty aboard his captain's ship is to use his remarkable, enchanted singing voice to lure victims into set traps, earning him the nickname of the Sapphire Siren among his crew. The name title is notorious on the seas, with no one knowing precisely the cause of so many ships vanishing off the coast, but survivors ceratinly talk of the strange song that called their ships to their doom.

ENTERTAINER | When not at sea, Annonere works as an entertainer, dancer, bard, and occasional escort at the Red Oasis, a Khajiiti-themed brothel and bar in Sentinel run by his pirate crew. He is proficient in fire-dancing using his own, blue flames, and his voice has been jokingly compared to that of a siren, but there is no denying that it is a talent that lands him the most clientele.

LYCANTRHOPY | One of Annonere's deepest secrets is that he is a werelion. In his were form, he is a sleek, black lion with a wavy mane to match his unruly curls.

NECROMANCER | Annonere is capable of speaking to, raising, and commanding the dead, but does so very rarely.

Rumors

Common

The Alik'r (Sentinel) | "Sailors stop by the Red Oasis all the time. They have the best wine, the best food, and the best entertainment. Hopefully, you'll get to see and hear Annonere. A siren's voice, that one has. It's hit or miss if he's there, but you won't be disappointed by his performances. Be wary about hiring him for the night, though. His boss refuses to sell him off for the night for less than a week's wages for some."

The Alik'r (Sentinel) | "That Annonere can sing. Sang my husband right off his arse, and if I hadn't intervened, probably would have followed that harlot right to bed."

The Alik'r (Sentinel) | "When he isn't at the Red Oasis, I hear Annonere goes to sea with his boss' crew and sails with them. They get lonely on ships, so he won't be out of work."

Uncommon

The Alik'r (Sentinel) | "I've sometimes noticed Annonere gets a little antsy around the people who run the Red Oasis. He says he's happy here, but I wonder every now and then. He almost seems afraid. Is that the right word? I don't know, maybe I'm looking too far into it."

The Alik'r (Sentinel) | "There's magic in his music. I can see it, feel it. What he's using it for, I don't know, besides luring folks into his private room. If you feel your skin shiver when he's singing, he's probably casting a spell on you, so watch out."

Rare

The Alik'r (Sentinel) | "I don't know what it is about Annonere's white ring, but it gives me the creeps. It looks like polished bone. I swear I saw it turn black once, and something dark came into his blue eyes. Blinked, and it was gone and the ring was white as snow again. Maybe my eyes were playing tricks, but my skin was crawling after that. Too many drinks, maybe? Yeah, that's it. Too many drinks... just seeing things...."

The Alik'r (Sentinel) | "Another ship went missing just short of port. There was a survivor found drifting on a scrap of wood from his ship. He said the crew heard someone singing to them, and they felt drawn to it, like a rope pulling them to their doom. He said the next thing he knew, he was waking up in the middle of the damned ocean and the ship he had been on was in pieces around him. He swears it was a siren he heard, but has no real memories of it all. Can you imagine? Hearing some haunting song one minute, then you're coming out of unconsciousness in a wreckage the next? Wonder if it weren't no storm or something, they suffered. Sirens aren't real, right?"

The Alik'r (Sentinel) | "Word on the streets is a black lion has been seen prowling the dunes outside of Sentinel. Hunters went out searching for it and came up with nothing, but no one ever finds the beast, so that's no surprise. There's a bounty out for it, too, for its ebony pelt. I wonder who the lucky bastard will be to finally catch the damned thing?"

Relationships

SEXUALITY | Homosexual
STATUS | Single
CURRENT ROMANCE | None
CHILDREN | None
LIVING FAMILY | Cyrius Rulius

Family

Cyrius Rulius | Imperial; male; biological father | Silver hair, blue eyes, middle-aged | Retired Imperial Admiral

Deceased

Amira | Mother | Loved

Lucan | Father | Loved

Suverus Rulius | False father | Reviled

Mounts & Pets

Mounts

Zhari | Senche-lion; black; protective; aggressive to strangers; male.

Pets

Plio | Sphynx cat; black, with purple eyes; sweet; loves strangers and is a "talker;" female.

Azu | Sphynx cat; pink with blue eyes; aloof; likes Annonere, but doesn't approach strangers without being coaxed with a treat first; male.

Homes & Properties

The Red Oasis is a tea house and brothel located in Sentinel in the Alik'r Desert. It is run by a pirate ring, and is disguised as a legitimate business to hide the shady underbelly dealings happening within its gilded doors. It caters to all types, but especially high-end clientele who come to enjoy the exotic Khajiiti-themed atmosphere, sip spiced teas, and enjoy the fire dancers and house prostitutes. For those less reputable clients, the tea house is a hotbed of illicit activity, including trading in the black market, slavery, and drugs.

Stories

THIS SECTION IS A WIPSome of these stories, journal entries, and missives are of Annonere's past and may contain major spoilers regarding his history.Feel free to read them if you like, but keep in mind that your characters will likely not know of any of these things. I am open to having your characters be aware of Annonere's past, but please ask me about it first.I will always be adding new stories here as they are written, and you are welcome to follow along. You have been warned of spoilers!

Journals

THIS SECTION IS A WIPNothing yet -- WIP

Correspondence

THIS SECTION IS A WIPNothing yet -- WIP

Screenshots

Mood Board

Artwork & References

Stories of the Past

ALL STORIES IN THIS SECTION HAVE MAJOR RP SPOILERS.
CONTINUE IF YOU DO NOT MIND SPOILERS.