Annora

Female

• Keeper of Soulstrike and Iron Gagana
  


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  Kalina's Guardian


• Lost Guardian

• Gagana


• Brass eyes


• Large avian body with steel grey plumage


• Curved steel grey beak


• Lighter grey underside


• Copper inner wing feathers


• Copper scaly legs with 4 long, sharp black talons on each foot, 3 pointing forward and 1 pointing back


• Feathery copper tail

• Shares a close bond with her summoner Kalina and is always seen at her side


• Is quiet, but observant and always curious about her surroundings

Russian accent

Not very emotive

Steady eye contact

Rarely gestures, though is readable through head and tail movements

Stands up straight

Neutral

Articulated, measured, pointed, slightly brusque

• Can harden her feathers into razor-sharp metal blades and fire them at opponents


• Telepathy

• Expert fighter with powerful talons


• Is the quickest of the Guardians

Annora was created along with the other eighteen Guardians by Eirene, the first Guardian and the creator of Eridya. Under her guidance, Annora created mountain ranges and hills as well as large raptors and flightless birds, before making her home in the Iron Massif. From there, she watched over the world with the other Guardians, and was worshipped by humans and animals alike as they collaborated to help Eridya flourish – even as she and her people were regarded with suspicion due to their association with blood magic.

However, trouble arose when the people of Valya unveiled a creation meant to rival Eirene herself – an enormous black dragon named Dovrak. When they lost control of their creation, who began rampaging across Eridya and wounded the Tree of Life in the process, Annora worked with the other Guardians and humans to drive back the threat in what became the Nightbringer War.

Among the angry Guardians clamoring for retribution for the Valyans’ actions, Mirjana took full responsibility for Dovrak's creation and rampage since it was she who taught the humans of her continent blood magic and asked that if anyone should be punished, it was her. However, Annora and Zoran also stepped up, saying as fellow Guardians of Valya, they were also to blame.

Thus, Eirene sunk the entirety of Valya deep under the sea as punishment, scattering its inhabitants across the rest of the world. An enormous vault was then built in Neyri, in which all knowledge of blood magic – along with Annora, Mirjana, and Zoran, as well as their talismans and Legatuses – were sealed. The vault was locked by a mural of Eridya's remaining patron Guardians with explicit instructions never to be opened by anyone – and thus became known as the Forbidden Vault. The keys to the vault lie in five crown jewels – one for each of Eridya's remaining continents. Furthermore, all traces of Valya, including their Guardians, were wiped entirely from Eridya's history as if they had never existed, bringing the total number of Guardians down to sixteen.

Annora and her fellow Guardians would thus remain in slumber within the Forbidden Vault for the next thousand years, entirely unaware of anything outside of it – including the fact that her scattered people were working behind the shadows to bring her and her companions into the light of day once more.