SELDRITH WAVECALLER
ElementalsStorm-Caller and Defensive Commander of Aquari Palace
"A storm does not announce its purpose. It arrives, and the world rearranges itself. That is my doctrine.""
Identity
- Residence
- Aquari Palace, the Coral Citadel in the Great Sapphire Trench
- Civilization
- Elementals
Appearance
• Physical: Seldrith is a towering nine-foot figure of roiling storm-water, his form perpetually churning with miniature whitecaps and flashes of static discharge. His body darkens from pale blue at the extremities to near-black at the core, mimicking a thunderhead reflected on open ocean. When angered, waterspouts spiral around his forearms. • Clothing: A breastplate of polished abalone shell etched with tidal runes, worn over a sash of kelp-fiber dyed in Aquari Palace's deep-indigo livery. • Distinguishing Marks: A permanent scar of frozen saltwater runs diagonally across his chest -- a memento from a battle with a rogue Fire Elemental -- that crackles faintly in dry air.
Relationships
- Family - An elder Confluence-sibling, Mirrathal, who serves as a healer in the Coral Sanctums and disapproves of his martial career
- Allies - The palace guard corps, Primarch Mareas (whom he would die for without hesitation), a retired Storm-Caller mentor named Old Gale
- Rivals - A younger Storm-Caller named Riptide who openly campaigns for Seldrith's position, citing his "outdated" defensive doctrines
Backstory
Seldrith was born through Confluence Birthing at a Nexus Cradle positioned along the Storm-Current Ridge, where warm and cold ocean streams collide. His innate affinity for atmospheric water -- rain, hail, lightning-charged spray -- marked him as a Storm-Caller from infancy. He rose through the palace guard ranks with a combination of tactical genius and raw elemental power, earning his current post after single-handedly turning back a Drakonian raiding fleet by conjuring a week-long tempest around the Trench's perimeter.
Daily Life
Seldrith drills his Storm-Caller unit at dawn, running exercises that blend martial formations with synchronized weather manipulation. Midday is reserved for strategic briefings with the palace council. In the evenings he retreats to the Tide-Watch Tower, where he monitors oceanic disturbances across the kingdom and privately writes poetry about the surface world he has never visited.
Secret
Seldrith has been receiving encrypted current-messages from a contact in the Fire Kingdom warning of an imminent coordinated assault on the Great Sapphire Trench. He has not reported these messages to the council because the contact is a Fire Elemental he once loved during a diplomatic exchange -- and revealing the source would expose that forbidden relationship and likely get his contact executed.
Story Hooks
- 1 The threatened assault begins and Seldrith must find a way to defend the Trench without revealing how he knew it was coming
- 2 Riptide intercepts one of the encrypted messages and threatens to expose Seldrith unless he steps down from command
Narrative Value
Seldrith provides military quest hooks, palace intrigue, and a cross-elemental forbidden-love subplot that can humanize inter-kingdom politics. His tactical expertise makes him a valuable ally or a formidable obstacle depending on the party's allegiances. ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════