<div class="sv-character-status sv-status-deceased"> <span>◆</span> RETIRED MEMBER <span>◆</span> </div> <div class="sv-player"> <div class="sv-player-title"><span>Character Portrait</span></div> <div class="sv-player-layout"> <div class="sv-player-portrait"> <img src="Karissa.png" alt="Karisa portrait"> </div> <div class="sv-player-profile"> <div class="sv-player-tags"> <span>Tiefling</span> <span>Sordia Vignti</span> <span>Retired</span> </div> <div class="sv-player-identity"> <h2>Karisa Malzan</h2> <div class="sv-player-class">Eldritch Knight</div> <div class="sv-player-level">Level 20</div> </div> <div class="sv-player-rule"></div> <div class="sv-player-stats"> <div class="sv-player-abilities"> <div><span>STR</span><strong>24</strong></div> <div><span>DEX</span><strong>13</strong></div> <div><span>CON</span><strong>20</strong></div> <div><span>INT</span><strong>19</strong></div> <div><span>WIS</span><strong>10</strong></div> <div><span>CHA</span><strong>8</strong></div> </div> <div class="sv-player-vitals"> <div><strong>264</strong><span>HP</span></div> <div><strong>23</strong><span>AC</span></div> <div><strong>30</strong><span>SPEED</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="sv-player-traits">Darkvision 60 ft.</div> </div> </div> </div> <div style="margin:18px 0 10px;"> <div style="height:1px;background:linear-gradient(90deg, transparent, rgba(124,58,237,.6), rgba(96,165,250,.35), transparent);"></div> </div> <div class="sv-player-assets"> <div class="sv-player-assets-title"><span>Mini &amp; Badge</span></div> <div class="sv-player-assets-grid"> <div class="sv-player-mini-card"> <div class="sv-player-mini-frame"> <img src="Karisa Malzan-turnaround.gif" alt="Karisa mini"> </div> <div class="sv-player-assets-plaque">Character Miniature</div> </div> <div class="sv-player-badge-card"> <div class="sv-player-badge-frame"> <img src="FighterBadge.png" alt="Fighter badge"> </div> <div class="sv-player-assets-plaque">Fighter</div> </div> </div> </div> <div style="margin:18px 0 10px;"> <div style="height:1px;background:linear-gradient(90deg, transparent, rgba(124,58,237,.6), rgba(96,165,250,.35), transparent);"></div> </div> <div class="sv-record"> <div class="sv-record-title"><span>Character Information</span></div> <div class="sv-record-heading">Guild Record</div> <div class="sv-record-list"> <div class="sv-record-row"><span class="sv-record-label">Species</span><span class="sv-record-value"><a class="internal-link" href="Tiefling">Tiefling</a></span></div> <div class="sv-record-row"><span class="sv-record-label">Identity</span><span class="sv-record-value">Female (She/Her)</span></div> <div class="sv-record-row"><span class="sv-record-label">Class</span><span class="sv-record-value"><a class="internal-link" href="Fighter">Fighter</a> - Eldritch Knight</span></div> <div class="sv-record-row"><span class="sv-record-label">Titles</span><span class="sv-record-value sv-record-titles">"Bane of the Conclave"</span></div> <div class="sv-record-row"><span class="sv-record-label">Also Known As</span><span class="sv-record-value"></span></div> <div class="sv-record-row"><span class="sv-record-label">Languages</span><span class="sv-record-value"><a class="internal-link" href="Common">Common</a>, <a class="internal-link" href="Dwarvish">Dwarvish</a>, <a class="internal-link" href="Infernal">Infernal</a>, <a class="internal-link" href="Orcish">Orcish</a></span></div> <div class="sv-record-row"><span class="sv-record-label">Connections</span><span class="sv-record-value">Sordia Vignti <a class="internal-link" href="Team">Team</a></span></div> <div class="sv-record-row"><span class="sv-record-label">Family</span><span class="sv-record-value"><a class="internal-link" href="Darvin">Darvin</a> (brother)</span></div> <div class="sv-record-row"><span class="sv-record-label">Place of Birth</span><span class="sv-record-value"><a class="internal-link" href="Baator (The Nine Hells)">Baator (The Nine Hells)</a> Avernus</span></div> <div class="sv-record-row"><span class="sv-record-label">Significant Other</span><span class="sv-record-value"></span></div> </div> </div> <div style="margin:18px 0 10px;"> <div style="height:1px;background:linear-gradient(90deg, transparent, rgba(124,58,237,.6), rgba(96,165,250,.35), transparent);"></div> </div> <div class="sv-backstory"> <div class="sv-backstory-title"><span>Backstory</span></div> <div class="sv-backstory-heading">Guild Archive <span>◆</span> Personal History</div> <div class="sv-backstory-text"> <p>Karisa Malzan’s earliest memories are fractured, glimpses of a life that once was. She remembers fleeting images: laughter over a family meal, her younger brother clinging to her arm, and the warmth of a fire on cold nights. Then came the darkness, the moment when everything was torn away. She and her brother were separated, and she was sold into slavery, shackled and beaten, a commodity to be traded and discarded.</p> <p>Her journey led to Avernus, the first layer of <a class="internal-link" href="Baator (The Nine Hells)">The Nine Hells</a>, where she was thrown into the devilish gladiatorial pits. Her captors expected her to die quickly, a source of fleeting amusement for the crowds. But Karisa defied them. Fuelled by a primal will to survive, she fought back against impossible odds, slaying a demon in her first battle. Her resilience caught the attention of the devils who ran the arena.</p> <p>Rather than killing her, they equipped her with weapons and armor, eager to see how far this mortal could go. Karisa was trained and thrown into battle after battle, her skills honed by the hellish environment. She learned to channel magic into her strikes, weaving arcane power into her swordplay. Yet with every fight, a piece of her humanity slipped away. Her memories faded, her past eroded by blood and violence until the only thing she could recall was the arena and the ever-present fight to survive.</p> <p>One fateful day, a new shipment of slaves arrived in the arena. Among the terrified faces, she heard a familiar voice, a child’s desperate cries calling out for a sister. It pierced through the haze of her mind, igniting a spark of recognition. Her younger brother. The memories flooded back: their separation, his small hand slipping from hers as they were torn apart.</p> <p>Rage unlike any she had ever known consumed her. Karisa turned her fury on the devils who had tormented her for so long. She slaughtered them with savage efficiency, her blade dancing with eldritch fire. In the chaos, she fought to free the other slaves, driving them toward the portal they had been brought through. She made sure her brother and as many others as possible escaped.</p> <p>When Karisa stepped through the portal herself, she found no familiar faces waiting for her. She awoke in a swamp, the stench of decay thick in the air, her armor and weapons still intact but her purpose uncertain. Exhausted and disoriented, she tried to piece together what had happened, but her memories of the arena remained a fragmented blur.</p> <p>A voice pulled her from her thoughts, sharp and clear: “Friend or foe?”</p> <p>Karisa looked up to see an elf with a drawn blade, her expression guarded but not unkind. Karisa’s head swam with confusion and grief, her response barely a whisper: “I don’t know.”</p> <p>The elf lowered her weapon slightly and extended a hand. “I’m <a class="internal-link" href="Ellette">Ellette</a>,” she said. “And I assume you don’t want to be here.”</p> <p>Karisa took the elf’s hand and allowed herself to be pulled to her feet. For the first time in what felt like an eternity, she was not surrounded by enemies. As <a class="internal-link" href="Ellette">Ellette</a> guided her through the swamp, Karisa began to hope that perhaps, with time, she could reclaim what had been lost and find her place in a world she barely remembered.</p> </div> </div>