Malakai Cassiel

"I am the guardian against the night, the watcher of those dark things that call the shadows their home. I am the fury of starlight made manifest but unlike you Brother, who carries the torch into these umbral tides, I stand within the nightmares, as hidden as they. Remember then Brother, that justice is not always bright."

Origins
Malakai was born on the Northern coast of the land of Gyptus to a scribe bound in service to the local lord Aharon. His father had gained favor with his liege thanks to his poetic portrayal of his lords heroic exploits in battle and his clarity of thought in times of peace.

 

Thanks to this Malakai was was given the honor of being educated at court with Aharon’s own son Rahotep. The two boys spent much time together even when not at their studies and soon formed a friendly rivalry which pushed each helped push each to even greater feats both physical and academic.

 

Their education included studies of the Natural and Physical Sciences, Architecture, and The Arts. Their tutor would indulge the two eager boys with of the great shamans and seers of ages long past. The two friends spent their free time exploring the great library of Aharon always eager to indulge their thirst for the mystical stories of the past and on one particular day they stumbled upon an ancient tome covered in arcane runes and sigils and when they gazed upon its open pages whatever power was bound within took hold of them and unlocked some hidden potential within them.

The two never told any others of the secret they both shared and when the Lightning bolt banners of the Emperor came to Gyptus both boys were given to the emperor as hostages to guarantee the loyalty of Aharon and soon the two were selected for the trials to become the next generation of Humanities elite warriors.