Seraph

Real Name: Asha Vahishta
Hero Name: Seraph
Title: The Shining Star
Alignment: Neutral Good
Age: Eons old
Gender: Female
Race: Amesha (Homo Sapiens Aethereus)
Hair: Bright Blue energy
Eyes: Bright Blue energy
Height: 7'6'' [Normally]
Weight: 8 ounces. [Normally]
Blood type: N/A






Asha is a kind and gentle soul, but very protective of those in her charge. She sees herself as a beacon of hope to a despairing world, and has taken it upon herself to protect the people of Earth.


Eons ago, the Spenta council of the Amesha placed upon Asha the sacred mantle of responsibility to cultivate and preserve life in the universe, a responsibility that was given to all Amesha that came of age. Asha was overjoyed, and spent centuries wandering the stars, seeding life upon choice worlds and nurturing that life.

After millenia, Asha passed by the Earth, and sensed the impending escape of a dark being from his ancient prison. It was her responsibility to help battle back this creature of death, but, fearing for her own life, she fled the solar system...

In time, a deep sense of guilt and shame washed over her for not coming to the aid of the planet in her charge, and eventually, she couldn't bear the shame any longer, and rushed back to the Earth, only to witness the calamity that had befallen it in her absence, for Asha had arrived too late to have helped prevent the catastrophe.

That day, she vowed that she would take up residence thereupon the Earth so as to atone for her mistake.


1. Agility
2. Reaction
3. Strength
4. Endurance



Living Starlight: As an Amesha, Asha's body is composed entirely of living energy, This allows her to:

1. Avoid being damaged by overtly physical means.
   
2. Heal herself (or another living thing) from injuries if given access to enough light.
   
3. Pass through tiny cracks and holes. (she is not completely incorporeal, and thus, while she can pass her body around an obstacle, she cannot simply phase through it.)
   

Light of Life: By sending out some of her sentient light that makes up her body to enter into things, Asha can:

1. "Ensoul" inanimate objects, controlling them as if they were extensions of her own body. (She cannot "ensoul" an item belonging to a player's character without OOC permission.)
   
2. "Ensoul" living things by entering into them partially or fully, exerting her will upon them as well, and sharing thoughts with said beings. This can be used to sustain her in dark areas, though this can be somewhat draining on the ensouled being. (She cannot cohabit a player's character's body without OOC permission.)
   

Wings of Light: Asha is capable of:

1. Self-propulsion through the air, wherein she can achieve supersonic speeds, and through space, wherein she can achieve superluminal speeds.
   
2. Riding light itself, allowing her to travel at light speed for short distances. (Kind of like blink teleportation.)
   

Living Starlight: Asha's energy body is not impervious to harm, and is particularly susceptible to:

1. Energy weapons and plasmas, especially fire.
   
2. Darkness. (Her healing is only as fast as she can obtain energy, and thus she is particularly susceptible to harm in the dark.)
   
3. Magic, especially dark magic.
   

Light of Life: Light of Life's abilities come with these drawbacks:

1. As the name suggests, this ability utilizes light, and thus, using this ability while deprived of a light source is physically exhausting, and can even kill her if pushed to the limit.
   
2. When ensouling a living thing, both beings can exert their will upon the body, and conflicting wills can overpower or stalemate eachother depending on the being. (Primitive beings are far easier to control.)
   
3. Damage to an ensouled being will also harm Asha, as their body is technically hers as well.
   
4. The more things she ensouls, the more her power is divided according to their size and number, lessening her ability to heal herself or others accordingly.
   
5. Shared thoughts work both ways. Her ensouled companion will know her thoughts as well as her knowing theirs.
   

Wings of Light: She requires light to achieve flight. (This power in particular can be quite draining on her without light, and is outright dangerous to do in the full dark.) Also, unlike true teleportation...

1. Light riding must always be in the direction that the light itself is traveling. Thus, she can only ride the light away from its last point of origin, and never towards said point of origin.
   
2. Requires enough light to bear her up. (She cannot ride infinitesimally small amounts of light, she needs a good ray or beam of it to utilize this ability.)
   

Mantle of the Amesha: Asha does have a decorative armor-like outfit, but this outfit does not actually offer any special protection that her own body doesn't already have. In fact, it is an extension of her own body, and not a true item.


Glimmer of Hope: Asha shines brightly when she is content and well sourced with light, but glows dimly when deprived of this light. The color of her glow can also change depending on her moods.

Lifelight: Asha subsists solely and completely on light, and thus, does not have to eat or breathe in the conventional sense.