Elessa

"For the Cross-World War boss, see Elessa (Boss)"Elessa Contravi is an alchemist and reluctant ally to Adem in the Unnamed Story.

A rogue Corvite sorcerer, Elessa is a difficult presence to weather, short-tempered and shrewd, and ill-suited to the office of a healer. A fact that is no coincidence.

Background
Formerly a native of southern Corva, the one who would become Elessa fled persecution by the Sentinelle, who took issue with certain experiments being performed on human subjects. With 'issue' having deadly connotation. The mage escaped, at the cost of something irreplaceable. As Elessa, she set up shop as a healer, her skill in deduction and persuasion allowing her to fool the simple locals into believing she was legitimate.

Using this business as a cover and means of gathering coin, she continued her research without fear of discovery--until someone appeared who needed a healer. And all he got was her.

Personality
Despite her gifts for manipulation, Elessa is the very last person one would expect to be a healer, a fact that adds to her credibility only in that healers rarely fit a standard mold. (See Marius) She is every bit as cruel as the average Temple knight, with half the sympathy. Her focus is largely on her studies, and interruptions only further vex her. Anything she can't handle quickly is a waste of her time, and able-bodied people are even more so. She looks at everything--be it problem or potential advantage--with the same clinical coldness, measuring variables at a glance. A scholar, she is vastly more intelligent than the average person who crosses her. It is a fact she is well aware of.

Her only softness seems reserved for what she lost. And she isn't talking.

The Unnamed Story: Undying
A catastrophe robs Adem of his patrol, save for Katya, forcing him to abandon his mission in the interest of saving her life. Lucky for them, the local settlement is serviced by a particularly skilled healer, or so the townsfolk insist. Unluckily, that healer is Elessa, who is not a healer at all, but an alchemist with medical knowledge. Elessa shows no interest in helping, even at the offer of payment, firmly turning him away. Left with the threat of his partner's death, Adem attempts to convince her by force--which quickly shows him the type of person she is, as she fails to flinch even then. At length, she sets the terms: she will save Katya, in return for something stolen from her. Something under heavy guard, at the heart of the Grand Temple.

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 * Adem
 * Katya