Laynfaer

Pretending to be a human but basically will not hesitate to kill and/or permanently disfigure you if you get in her way or reveal her true race.

Laynfaer's ultimate goal is power. Her master plan is to "close" as many of these portals as she can while learning as much about them as possible. All this so she can one day create a ritual that can open and close them at will. In other words, she wants to control this phenomenon to manipulate and rule the city-states.

History and Background
Though she's lost a large chunk of her memory in recent centuries, she does remember when her and her family ruled as royalty in their native homeland of Hombarin.

However, her ambition isn't to rule as some petty Queen, but to control the politics and high society games of the entire continent. Why not? She can't die and is bored as fuck.

She wandered for a long time after the Gibbering Massacre which resulted in the uprising that ultimately overthrew her family's rule centuries ago.

During that time, she sought the Evil Eye for herself because Laynfaer has always craved power for the sake of power.

Sometime in the past century or two (she doesn't clearly recall) while she was masquerading as a noblewoman in the northern Keep of Vikel, she had a premonition about her own death.

Infuriated at the implications, she slew the entire royal Vikel line in a fury and left in the night. When she was on the road, she encountered a group of strangers who claimed to be from another world.

Thinking them to be drunken idiots, she moved to make her way past them but was instead struck by a blinding bright light. When she came to, the figures were gone and she felt the inexplicable need to join the Unholy Order of Shar.

To this day, she does not remember the next century or recalls how she lost her memory.

People Who Are Very Important. Maybe.
The clearest person she can remember is her father, who ruled as King and was the one to initiate the pact with The Red Witch to give himself and his entire bloodline the abilities of a vampire without any of the negative side-effects.

The results were terrible, at first.

Her father, who was a man devoted to himself and no one else, grew obsessed with immortality and began to order monthly tributes from the citizens. He did this thinking he now needed blood to survive.

Her mother, the Queen, took to her new immortality like a natural and ordered the city's templars and temples to renounce the Gods and to worship her instead.

Laynaer knows she had siblings and cousins, but the revolt was a time of chaos and people turned up dead by the hour. She doesn't know nor care if any survived. If they did, they've been in hiding.

As her father's 'blessing' settled and made her body into what it is today, she grew more and more detached with the physical world.

Groomed to be a noblewoman, she had little desire to be like one of the common folk and traveled far from her homeland to rid herself of the stigma associated with her family. When she reached the current continent, it was the height of political unrest and she easily manipulated, duped, and charmed her way into the aristocracy.

There she met her husband Alarik, who was by all means and purposes a regular high-born human.

Despite her deception, Alarik grew fond of her and when she asked him to take her deep into his family crypt to see what he called 'The Faceless Man' - a childhood fear of his - he readily agreed.

Once in the maze-like crypt, she knocked him unconscious and ventured forth by herself to speak with this dark presence out of curiosity. The presence felt eerily familiar and knew too much about her for Laynfaer's liking.

In an attempt at exorcising it, The Faceless Man overpowered her and made it's escape out the only exit to find the unconscious form of Alarik still prone on the ground. Knowing this was its chance, it burrowed its way into Alarik and burned out what resistance it met.

That night, she left her 'home' with her husband and never looked back. She does not know the darkness now wears Alarik's face.

Things That Will Bite Her On The Ass
Some of her family did indeed survive the uprising and are scattered across the continents. Some traveled so far that they were never heard of or seen again.
 * One among the survivors is her mother. Her current location is the self-deemed 'Wyfalls, the Throne of the Gods'. A popular destination for religious pilgrims and also a place of swindlers, charlatans, and 'gurus'. People who flock to Wyfalls are usually wealthy, impressionable, and deeply troubled. They hope the Gods can lead them out of emotional turmoil if they just throw enough money at a Priest or Priestess.
 * Alarik disappeared a few days after Laynfaer. The city nobles all whispered of how he couldn't keep up the facade after the mysterious 'death' of his wife. 'It' or 'he' traveled for many years and can often be seen or confronted right before misfortune befalls you or your party.
 * Many eye witnesses cite a blond stranger in traveler's garb equipped with a simple sword right before illness, war, or famine strikes their village/town/city.
 * It never stays in one place for too long, and when questioned, will ask if you've seen his wife.

Names and Locations and Shit
The Seven Cities of Hombarin - Laynfaer comes from Swayford, the capitol of Hombarin. This nation existed around 600 years ago.

Aldthryth is the name of her mother.

Caedmund is the name of her father.

The Red Witch is a scarlet-clad figure who held the key to immortality for Laynfaer's father. She offered to him a powerful blood-bonding ritual that would grant him and his bloodline the vitality of vampires without subjecting them to the taint of undeath. The identity of this figure is unknown, though Laynfaer believes it to be Shar.

Alarik is the name of her ex-husband. He was a human born as the 2nd son of a branch of a noble line and was considered a great swordsman at the time. During his years traveling, he met Laynfaer who spun a tale of betrayal to gain his sympathy and a way into the aristocracy. Quick to trust, he courted and married her a year later. Eight months after the wedding, both Laynfaer and Alarik disappeared from Rawick. It is a commonly held belief that she died in an accident and he committed suicide out of grief.

Rawick, the City of Oaths is where she met and married Alarik some 400 years prior. It stands now as a smaller, dimunitive port in the shadow of the Jewel of Hiloriandm, an active volanco that last erupted centuries ago.

Wyfalls, the Throne of the Gods is  a popular destination for religious pilgrims and also a place of swindlers, charlatans, and 'gurus'.

The Faceless Man is an unknown entity whose location and species is a mystery. He or It was last seen on the outskirts of a small farming village on the coast of Wriwood. The intention of this being is almost always perceived to be malcicious as every town or city It passes soon faces a pandemic. If you approach It, your body will begin to feel sluggish and feverish. If questioned, he will always ask if you've seen his wife. It is considered very foolish to engage It in combat.

The Keep of Vikel was a stronghold in a soverign state near what is now The Whispering Plains. It had a rich history of trade and culture as it was once a center of commerce for neighboring cities. The keep is said to be haunted by the spectres of its slaughtered inhabitants - rumored to be the entire royal Vikelrye line. Now left to nature, its facade deters many adventurers from entering except for the very brave.