デネーティア

A cool and collected Wither Elf savant. Her neutral and calm manner of speech give no impression of someone ashamed of her race and origins; if anything she's able to talk of herself like an impassioned observer. Although interested in the opposite sex, she's inexperienced to the point she's never ever held hands with a male. She's resigned herself to her perceived lack of attractiveness as a woman and given up on heterosexual relations. Although born in a city to Wither Elf parents, they could not withstand the prejudice in towns and attempted to return to the forests. Because of the outright hostility from Brightleaf Elves, they joined a Wither Elf community protected and led by an old and powerful mage. It is here that Denetia learnt the art of magic and appraisal. One custom of the community was for teenage members to take on a younger member of the community of the same sex as a "step sibling", the elder sibling would then instruct the younger in the arts of magic. Denetia was ecstatic to learn that her new sibling, Ephemeral, was extremely beautiful and eventually developed a relationship which crossed boundaries. As Lusit resembled Ephemeral character-wise, Denetia tends to flirt with her much to Edgar and Neil's consternation. When the village protector fell ill and the neighbouring human community sought the lands of the Wither Elf community for development, the village was split into two as Denetia sided with those who wished to avoid conflict while Ephemeral headed the faction which sought retaliation. In their desperation, Ephemeral's faction heeded the call of the Evil Deity who promised their enemies would all die provided the faction help the Deity's resurrection. Ephemeral at the last minute opted to betray the Deity after sensing its true intentions, but her betrayal and that of her brethren was detected and the ritual magic backfired on the members, turning them into stone statues. Denetia learnt about Ephemeral's fate and spent over a century refining her skills and abilities in hopes of reaching the mountain where Ephemeral was. Her goal had two steps: Retrieving Ephemeral's statue for safe keeping and finding the original grimoire written by the Deity's disciples which had the power to reverse the spell of petrification.