Short Summary of their plotline: Shyam was once purely good. A great angeni, he was the elder brother of the current Angeni of Redemption, Kaiya. He loved the mortal world and did what the spirits requested of him. . . but then, one day, he fell for another angeni, Nimue. She was young and beautiful and he gave her his heart. She was seeking her true love, and while Shyam knew he was not it, her beauty overwhelmed him and he manipulated her. He loved her so that he defied the gods and the spirits, and worshiped her instead. They were mated, but Nimue's heart was never entirely his. Her soulmate belonged to that of another.
Unfortunately, Shyam's crimes were not unnoticed by the spirits. Cast out and corrupted, the spirits made him fall. He was physically twisted due to his love for another over the gods, and his memory wiped. No matter how near Nimue he was, he would never remember her face or name and never recall his love for her. While love burned in his heart, he . . . would never know Nimue again. Cast with chains that burn only him, the corrupted beast walks the earth searching for something. . . someone. . . . he remembers a female, and currently believes his fallen love to be Amaya, who IS his true soulmate.
Of all his corruption, of all his evil, there is only one female who is the exception. For all his evil, he keeps it at bay around the unikalona whom captured his heart. While he will still seduce and destroy others, he will not lay a fang upon his most beloved. . . She truly is his better half, and occassionally can bring out the best in him. He would live a lifetime fallen from grace so long as he has her.
Amaya herself has found it difficult to take the risk of allowing herself to love someone, especially one whom she has already lost control in the presence of- but from the moment that Shyam had made up his mind about her, the option of denying him vanished. She loves him dearly, though there are times when his darker nature is a bit more difficult to accept. She could never condone the slaughter of innocents, but she would no more change who or what he is than she could deny her own darker half.
She is thus far unaware of the actual circumstances of Shyam's exile from Heaven, and oblivious to the fact that he considers her as the one he knew before. Despite his vehemence that he would rather remain by her side than be anywhere else, Amaya fears that one day Shyam will gain his redemption, and leave her to wander these lands alone once more- though the thought seems too selfish to give voice to. She might be hesitant at the idea to give life to any child that might inherit a fraction of the burden that she has carried with the stigma of her mixed blood, but she cannot deny the desire to have a piece of Shyam here with her for when the time inevitably comes for him to leave.
What are their parents' personalities?Mother: Amaya is not your average or stereotypical kalona. Despite her dominant kalona traits, she prefers to embrace her unicorn heritage, having lived with her unicorn mother all her life, and never having met her kalona father. While she is somewhat soft-spoken, she is by no means meek or timid; rather, she is a very proud individual- unless confronted with her recent transgressions. Regret is a companion that has continued to dog her steps, and loneliness is something she has come to accept over the course of her life, having been feared for what she is and shunned for what she is not. Previously, she would have confessed that her past experiences with relationships had made her wary of such attachments- at perhaps at one time this was true- but her newfound bond with Shyam is everything she had ever dreamed of having, and denied herself of hoping.
Father: Shyam is not your typical soquili. If his physical appearance is a bit unnerving, with his spiral horns and molting wings, one only has to begin communicating with the stallion to realize something is very amiss. He is creature who can enjoy intelligent conversation, and is quick to call out an idiot or a fool. But at the same rate, he is . . . evil. Corrupt. Twisted. He has a strong belief that every good heart can be broken, that every soul has the possibility of being tainted. He has no fear of death, and regrets nothing. Shyam has a fondness for soquili flesh, and enjoys teasing his prey. . . in some cases, seducing it. Of course, he isn't a mindless killer and he harbors no prejudice against race, age or gender. He's an equal opportunity manipulator, a b*****d equally to one and all. Of course not everyone falls prey to his games and corruption. . . . sometimes all he wants is a good conversation, to play the part of someone normal and even kind. One should never trust his intentions, for his mind is shattered and his spirit condemned.
Do the parents have professions?Mother: Protector (the official title her xenophobic unicorn family denied her, but she has re-purposed to suit her own preferences)
Father: N/A
Link to RP(s) where something happens of importance: Rise from the Ashes - After her shameful loss of control and the subsequent attack her bloodlust wrought upon the herd that took her in, an injured Amaya encounters Shyam, the Fallen, for the first time. Instead of the hostile encounter that they both expect, they come to find kindred spirits in each other.
Catch Me When I Fall - Unable to forget the short time she spent with a soul that she could swear had resonated with her own, Amaya finds herself repaying the debt that she owes Shyam for his care. An altercation with a family of winds leaves him at the mercy of gravity, but Amaya does not seem inclined to relinquish his company just yet.
Oh What Tangled Webs We Weave - Slowly recovering from the events of Shyam's fall and Amaya's rescue, everything grinds to a halt as the scent of blood taints the air and stirs a dark hunger. The event she had feared from the beginning slowly comes to fruition for Amaya as her kalona bloodlust overcomes her with Shyam far too near.
On Sleepless Roads the Sleepless Go - Having (unintentionally) abandoned the fragile ground that they stood on in her panic to reach her wayward mother, Amaya returns from her absence to find Shyam waiting for her.
Of Leaving Yesterday - Finally having found some peace with one another, Amaya and Shyam are interrupted by the arrival of someone Amaya thought long-dead- her half-brother.
What are their family dynamics? Amaya and Shyam are both solitary creatures barring their bond with one another, so their children will grow up with just them, instead of a herd. Amaya fears, above all else, that any child of hers faces the danger of inheriting her inability to control her kalona instincts- she has only just begun to learn to inhibit them herself, and would never wish the circumstances of her own childhood upon another. Nonetheless, she loves Shyam more than anything, and the idea of a child with him, no matter the dangers, would bring her such joy. Shyam himself has no particular experience with children, but has never been able to deny Amaya anything, and would likely protect them with the same ferocity he has her.
Amaya's fears were brought to light and realized when their first children were born- they had inherited their father's curse, and with it, the pain and suffering both parents had hoped to spare them from. Despite loving her children above all else, Amaya bears an intense guilt for bringing them into a world that has shown them nothing but suffering.
Traditions: In Amaya's family: Healers, when they come of age, are most often given hair and tail adornments, while Protectors earn their mask and armor.
Herd/Family culture: Amaya was born to a long, proud line of pure unicorns, a Clan that was divided into two classes: Healer and Protector. Those with an aptitude for healing were trained by the elders at a young age, while the others were trained in harsh physical regimens to be the defenders of the Healers. Her mother, a talented Healer, was the daughter of the head Protector. Despite the unfavorable circumstances regarding the rumors of her birth- after all, her father was a kalona- Amaya's mother raised her with nothing but love and kindness, shielding her as best she could from the cruelty of the Clan. Amaya had an older half-brother, born of her mother, named Kaitou, who was a young prodigy of the Protectors and her grandfather's favorite. He was the youngest in generations to earn his mask, and young Amaya dreamed of one day earning her mask as well and protecting her mother, even though her status among the Clan made that impossible. Her own mask and armor was a parting gift from her mother, symbolic of her own belief in her daughter rather than the official title of the Clan. The Clan itself is bigoted and xenophobic, and Amaya strives to leave all of the meager teachings she gained from there behind her.
Religious Beliefs: Shyam was once a soldier of Heaven, but after being corrupted by his obsession with Nimue, he was cast out by the spirits, and made to live a new life in sin on Earth. He is still a firm believer in the gods above, but regards them with contempt, rather than the love and devotion he once had for them. Amaya, oblivious to the exact circumstances of Shyam's fall from grace, only thanks the spirits that her Fallen angel was sent to her, though she does not display the religious fanaticism that her unicorn lineage held in such high regard.
