About ten hours after taking the last soul, Lior began to feel rather faint and empty, his body shivering and shaking as though he had a fever. He lost consciousness for random bouts of time, falling over and then waking again in odd positions, as though his body had attempted to drag itself away from the place where he had fallen each time.
After the collapses cease, he'll slowly come to realize that he collapsed ten times, once for each soul. He feels exceptionally dead and empty inside, unable to simply retreat into himself as he would normally do. The cloak about his shoulders will slowly begin to writhe... and then dig into his skin, sinking in and crawling under his flesh... and beginning to remove it...
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Rasha
An exceptionally tall, Biped Raven steps out of the skin. Rasha, usher of the dead, has become functional once more.
Extremely willowy in build, thin and starved looking, this Raven appears to be a Torquehelm. There is a small flash of purple around his nares and small gold facets encircle his eyes.
Rasha is the original ferryman, the portal itself between worlds. Though he is not normally the one who causes death, he is the one to receive souls after their passing and help them cross the gap between the worlds of the living and the dead.
Long ago, Death himself imprisoned Rasha within a cloak made from his own body in order to keep the task of delegating the dead to himself. Rasha was and is the guide of souls to the other world. He enjoys his job and likes to see that people, good or evil, get their rest. Death, on the other hand, enjoys tormenting and tying with his victims, and Rasha has noticed the increase of lost souls in this world since his imprisonment. Rasha
longs to return Death (the current one) the "favor" that was gifted to him to ensure that souls are not further tormented beyond their initial reaping, though he stands little chance against the might of that monster.
He can freely see and speak to ghosts, though he cannot touch them, and he is able to communicate telepathically with any Card, often preferring this to speech.
Rasha is capable of "keeping" a soul, should he chose, binding it to himself as either a servant or companion until he released it. However, he is very highly aware that he can only ever do this
three times, and he will be incredibly selective and indeed, may choose to never do it.
Though he does not possess ordinary Card abilities, Rasha was "gifted" with a number of abilities from the bits of souls that were left to him.
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Abilities- Asha -Once a week, he is able to change a victim into an Ace for a full day. They will revert back to their normal Rank and power casting abilities after the day has passed.
- Vesper -Once a day, he is able to cause an opponent to feel a blind rage toward whatever Rasha directs it to. Rasha can direct this irrational hatred to one person, animal, or object. The spell will last for a full thirty seconds.
- Eir -Once a month, he is able to cause an opponent to tear voraciously at their own flesh for a full five seconds. In that time, they will do their best to eat what they can... This spell only works on Cards ranked 10 or lower.
- Loreta -Once a week, he is able to cause an opponent to begin thrashing themselves in the face as hard as they can. They will keep this up for a full ten seconds, though the rest of their body is still under their control.
- Treasa -Once a week, he is able to cause an opponent to see him as a small girl, the one who gave him this soul piece. He will look
utterly innocent and woebegone for a full hour. He is capable of casting this spell before an opponent sees him, but only on one Card at a time.
- Pravus -Once a week, he is able to cause an opponent to feel a soul-deep, gut-wrenching sense of
loss as though everything ever held dear to them was taken from them and all they had left was despair. Some can fight through it, but many will collapse from the horror of it. This spell lasts for a full minute. However, if he tries to attack the victim in this time, he will share in their torment.
- Dyspareunia -Once a day, he is able to make himself look like a normal bound Torque, with his wings "bound" up in an image behind his back. During this time, a full half a day, he will also have a fake suit and rank on his chest: a Four of Diamonds.
- Indivar -Once a week, he is able to cause an opponent to become ridiculously ungainly, they will feel horribly off-balance in their own body for a full twenty seconds and will not be physically able to retain any sense of speed or grace in their movements.
- Helen -Once a week, he is able to cause a victim to begin hallucinating strongly. The nature of the trip is up to them entirely, but it will always encompass a strange Deer with odd colors attempting to convince them to eat some sort of cake. The trip lasts for a full half hour and does not work on Cards ranked King or higher, though id
does work on Jokers...
- Tavor - Once a month, he is capable of causing an opponent to shrink down to the size of a rat, the animal, not the Card. This spell will last for a full thirty seconds, clothing and weapons do
not shrink with them.
