Cornelys Arideaux

Demirian / Fighter

Submitted character story

Defining moment:
When he was young, Cory was sickly. In an effort to prove he, the scorned second child, was worthy of his family's noble heritage, he wandered far into the desert, resting in a mysterious cave. In the cave, Cory found a strange crystal. Unbeknownst to Cory, in the crystal rested a wraith. A wraith is the survived spirit of an ancient demon, the species that changes over time into what is now Cory's species, the demirians. The wraith had been trapped for millennia, and was nearing the end of its strength. It used almost all of its remaining strength to transfer itself from one prison to another: Cory's body. The wraith possessed Cory, as the mind of a small child is easy to manipulate. From then on, Cory was never sickly anymore, as the wraith gave his body strength. Aside from breaking one of his people's most ancient laws (on accident), Cory didn't really see why the wraith was so bad at first. Then one day, the wraith got hungry. It mutated Cory's body to be more like how its body once was, and ravaged a small town, razing the place to the ground. Cory was mortified. He had no idea that the seemingly harmless spirit would use him to do such brutal things as destroying a village. Cory tried everything to get rid of the wraith: resealing it, denying it, even trying to take his own life so that the wraith would die with him. The wraith healed Cory's body, never allowing him to rid himself of the demon parasite. After years of secretly being the nicknamed Scourge of the Sands, Cory decided it was time to leave his home, as it was the only way to protect his people. He ran away to become a mercenary, never even telling his family why he disappeared.

Archetype: You're the The Exiled Shepherd. He protects strangers from the monster they cannot see living inside him.

Personality: Can't stop helping strangers