Harlequin Darkwater

Appearance
Wears their hair in a long black braid down their back, which reaches almost to their feet. Their profile is bony and pale with black eyes and a permanent glare. Harlequin favors low cut shirts and cursed/magical jewellery over as much of their skin as they can. They also enjoy high boots and fingerless gloves. Their entire body is covered with tattoos but they keep most of them hidden whenever possible, the tattoos can also move about their body depending on whether Harley wants them to. These tattoos can come off their skin and take the shape of the creature they contain the soul of, from here Harley is able to control them. They are wingless and tail-less however years of coming in and out of the shadows has made their scars leak traces of shadow in the daylight if uncovered. This smoky residue can take the form of their missing wings and tail depending on whether Harley is focusing or the amount of sunlight, it is not visible in direct sunlight.

Dragon form is yet to be seen but its black with purple accents.

Stats
[For use in the rp]

Strength: 12/20

Dexterity: 15/20

Constitution: 15/20

Intelligence: 19/20

Wisdom: 19/20

Charisma: 15/20

Personality
Conniving, cruel and argumentative in conversations concerning issues they are required to have input on. They are a liar, heartless and enjoy humiliating people with no concern for morals or what is considered to be right. They will make their plans work and remove anything that interferes. Harley as a sordid sense of humour and the way they look at you is like being watched by the monster in the closet. Their only love is for themselves, Halo and their Father.

Backstory
Harlequin was born to Clarissa Nixeon and her betrothed, a mysterious shadow dragon. They both came from prestigious Shadow nobility and the marraige was supposed to unite the families. Sadly it did not work out that way, as a man by the name of Crab Blueback stole Clarissa's heart shortly after Harlequin was born. One night he attempted to kill her husband and bring both mother and child to Lautan, but the Nixeon family managed to stop Clarissa. Crab took Harlequin to Lautan and went back alone to search Nixeon for Clarissa in secret, but never heard from or saw her again. Harlequin grew up with the child of Crab's brother (the Chief), Odysseus Blueback.

They grew closer over time and when Harlequin was 15 they started hunting monsters. On an adventure involving a kraken, Harley lost their wings and tail. Odysseus was so distraught that he vowed to serve Harley until death, for he believed himself personally responsible for suggesting they hunt such a dangerous creature in the first place. Right around this time, a group of ninja's kidnapped Crab and took him away, where they went exactly, Harley didn't find out until much later. Harley grew bitter and lonely with only the devoted Odysseus for company, and when Odysseus took over as Chief of Lautan, there was no time for monsters hunting or Herlequin anymore. While they were recovering from the loss of their wings, they looked towards their only other power, Shadows.

Without any magical mentors to teach them magic, Harley would go and sit in ancient caves until they could make out the whispers of dark things in the shadows, often fading into shadow for days at a time. For most shadow dragons this would be impossible, however Harlequin had a link to this world which allowed them to travel through shadow with no fear of getting trapped. Harley learnt how to contain a soul within a shadow and join shadows with mortal forms, controlling them by using a tattoo containing a part of their shadow. Over time Harlequin experimented and covered their body with them. It was on a trip to the Energy kingdom for a cursed text that they met Halo Eddison for the first time. Harley felt closer to Halo than anyone else in their life, and spent much time thinking of excuses to see her. However he never told Odysseus about her, no, Odysseus was too handsome to risk introducing to her.

When Harlequin was 27, Odysseus left on a "diplomatic" mission to Mellt and Harley decided to leave the island in the hands of the people, while they visited Mellt as well. However when Harlequin arrived to surprise Halo and take her dancing that night, they saw none other than Odysseus, carrying flowers for Halo. Harlequin, not one for confrontations, left in a silent rage and waited for Odysseus in Lautan, sure that Odysseus would come to them to explain what had happened.

Harlequin waited a week, and then 3, and then months before they realized that Odysseus wasn't coming back. Furious Harley listened to the shadows, and found out that Odysseus had set up a home with Halo. On the beach in the energy kingdom. And were expecting a child. Unable to deal with the conflicting emotions of broken trust and perhaps even a broken heart, Harley retreated into shadow for a long time after that, only emerging to give the impression of a capable ruler, and experimenting with their cursing powers. After 6 years Harley's shadows grew impatient with the constant anger at Odysseus, that was clouding Harlequins mind and distracting them from progressing with their shadow powers. Giving Harley the dilemma of killing Odysseus and his family or making another plan that would do the same thing. Not entirely thinking straight, but thinking entirely of revenge, Harlequin went to Odysseus and after catching Odysseus alone, held them to their promise all those years ago. They gave Odysseus the choice of killing his family or making sure they never contact him. Nor reveal to the world he had one. Odysseus chose leaving his wife Halo and child, Elke Blueback. This

Harley was able to further their control over Odysseus during those years back on Lautan together, but never bothered fixing their relationship. Harlequin spent their time further slipping into the shadows and creating monsters with their own powers.

Season 4
Elke grew up into a capable and pretty girl resembling her mother and father, if she ever decided to come to Lautan and claim Odysseus as her father then it would be an incontestable claim. Harley knew this and despite his hate for the child, wanted her to stay far, far away so he didn't have to kill her, for Halo's sake. Halo luckily did a wonderful job of keeping Elke in Mellt and never told her about who her father was or if he was alive. At the start of this season, Halo died practicing lightning conductivity with Elke, and her body was washed far out to sea. Elke was lost without her and wandered the continent, vulnerable. Harlequin was so devastated by Halo's death that she spent a small fortune paying sea dragons to search for Halo's body, and when they found it she remembered Halo the best way Harley could. Elke made her way to Lautan mysteriously and showed up at a monthly meeting which Chief Odysseus gave to the general public. The resemblance was undeniable, everyone saw the resemblance but Odysseus knew that the second word got out about her, Elke had a target painted on her back. He managed to convince her that she wasn't his daughter and to leave but later Harlequin found out and gave Odysseus the order to kill Elke, mostly to see him battle his fatherly instincts. After Odysseus defied them and the consequences of breaking the magic vow started to kill Odysseus, Harley changed their mind and gave Odysseus a cursed tattoo, which slowly eroded any memories of his family and any memories of tension between Harley and Odysseus.

Harley printed thousands of wanted posters in every kingdom with Elke's face on them, heres what they said- “WANTED: Dead. 100,000 rune reward. See Odysseus Blueback for payment.” Harley wanted to kill the girl themselves but something held them back, and they knew nearly half the population of the shadow kingdom alone was assassins and mercenaries. How could she escape thousands of pursuers? She was only 17 after all. Then Harlequin was preoccupied with gathering news of all the unfolding events in Aleria, and a small island that apparently his shadows were reporting from. The White Wolf was curious about Elke and confronted Odysseus, however Odysseus was unable to remember the girl as anything other than a face on a poster. The Wolf dedicated themselves to protecting Elke from the mercenaries with the expectation Odysseus was really asking for help. Harley found out later though and wondered if Geralt was going to be a threat.

To be continued...