Really Quick Random Character Spotlight
story: The Hunter's Sea
name: n/a
alias: Silverlock D' Alestri
So he's this half-elven ex-slave with no family outside of the Guild except for the Clan that he belongs to- technically the Miryen Mountains are his home, but the last time he went home was thirty years ago or so, after that messy incident with the mystic and her brother...

Silver is a blood mage, so he gets his kicks out of causing pain- he's what they would call an 'empath' in Mercedes Lackey speak, but in the story I believe I will refer to them as 'emos' because it amuses me...possibly 'emopath', since it doesn't double as a normal thing and it sounds more like an actual power/ability...Right. Back to Silver. He's a sick and twisted little fuck, to be quite blunt and honest- all of his sado/masochistic tendencies plus his bard-like charisma that makes it impossible for people to say no to him just make him rather...frightening. Not to say that he isn't a likeable person, mind you. You can't help but like him- it's the manipulation and charisma thing again, but you would have to work very hard at not liking Silverlock if he didn't want you to.

I could say that his manipulative and twisted streak is the result of serious complexes and issues dealing with his childhood as a slave and the abuse and lack of love he suffered early in his life- but I would be lying. There are no hidden issues or doubts or anything like that; Silverlock is just as much of a smug SOB as he seems to be. He's not violent (in public, anyway), and his manners are impeccable. Fortunately, he is very loyal to his friends, and he'll only hurt them if they ask him to; he is also completely loyal to the Guild, which means that in some sort of disconnected way they are all his friends. Nice to know if you're an assassin, sucks to be you if you're not. He really is a nice guy, though, just a little...um...I suppose 'odd' doesn't quite cover it, but it's the best adjective I can come up with on short notice.

Blaine is the first person who can actually resist his charm, and there's nothing Silver likes better than a challenge...their relationship is decidedly un-fluffy in the begining, due to the fact that they are complete and utter opposites. For a while simply being in the other's presence would send them into spasms because they just clashed so very much. I mean, healer and sadist- it just doesn't work. (It does in the end, of course, but it does take quite a while- again with the lots of sex, shouting, crying, and throwing things- a few explosions, too, come to think of it...)

------Eh, for a short spotlight, that was fairly long. And I don't think I explained him very well. He's rather hard to explain, though- in a word, he's twisted. In a few words, he's mildly psychotic, twisted, and obsessively loyal. And powerful, of course...neh. I'm giving up. I'll figure it out later.