Kaleyah

Kaleyah Salemonte
Wraithverge
Created	5/4/2001
Status	Inactive
Race	Half-Elf
Hometown	Half-Elf Camp
Classes	Cleric Warrior Thug
Last Seen	2007
Followed	Kerriariadne Isolas
Partner	Tiberius Xendrilius
Parents	Father: Kolchis Salemonte (human) Mother: unknown (elf)
Relatives	Twin sister: Kaori Caprice Salemonte
Areas Written	The Blue Savannah

Mud Contributions

Kaleyah was active in 2001-2007, and was a somewhat prolific writer responsible for The Blue Savannah, as well as various poems and prose throughout her career. She also is credited with coining the term 'Darkling', referring to followers of Kerriariadne.

Current Description

In her eyes you can see the quiet frustration of the half-elven race, conceived in the union of the earthly and the ethereal. Her jet-black hair and sickly pale skin peek out from under her heavy metal armor, as if calling for help from under their crushing weight.

Around her neck you see an amulet with a glowing container hanging from it. This once well-kept flask holding the heart of the Wraithverge hums and quivers, as if a light wind is blowing upon its surface. It gently rocks from side to side as Kaleyah struggles to keep it under control. The unspeakable evil that lies within whispers obscenities to you in a tongue you have never heard before, its voice echoing in your mind, invading your thoughts, deriving an unholy pleasure from prying into your darkest desires.

Kaleyah clasps her hand over the flask, struggling to resist its sway. Closing her eyes for a moment, the voices subside.

"This is my curse."

Character History

Kaleyah Salemonte was one of a handful of Half-Elf Cleric-Warrior-Thug characters (the thug class was later made inaccessible to half-elves), and is best known as one of the founding members of Dark (then known as The Glorious Dark). She also briefly served as one of Isolas' Magi. She was the twin sister of Kaori Salemonte.

Childhood

Kaleyah was the unwanted child of a Kuroth diplomat and an unnamed Elven servant, born out of wedlock as a result of their tryst. This union also produced her identical twin sister, Kaori. Little is known about the circumstances of their separation, but she grew up amongst the countless impoverished orphans in the Half-Elf Camp, while her sister spent her youth in Nydia.

The Wraithverge

Kaleyah eventually fell in love with an old human ranger in her eighteenth year, and the two shared a life together in the wilderness. However, her happiness was short-lived - while resisting a bandit attack on their home, Kaleyah was fatally wounded, managing to crawl towards the river. In a moment of complete desperation, she called out to anyone who could hear her, and begged for vengeance upon her killers. In that moment, as life drained from her body and hatred welled up in her heart, a malevolent spirit known as the Wraithverge took control of her body, consuming her with a lust for revenge, and coursing through it with the curse of unlife. She was now a mindless creature doing the dark bidding of a new master, slaughtering friend and foe alike.

The Awakening

Things continued like this for some time, until the dark god Kerriariadne subdued Kaleyah in a chance encounter. Correctly asserting that she was under the influence of an ancient spirit being, and that killing it would kill her as well, he was able to defeat and bind it to a container, locking its power into a vessel for Kaleyah to keep. Returning to her senses, Kaleyah was full of contrition for her actions, but had tasted the freedom she had long been denied - the freedom of choice. She chose to serve the demigod who had delivered her from her curse, and was one of his first mortal worshipers.

The Glorious Dark

In the newly established ranks of Kerriariadne, Kaleyah was reunited with her sister Kaori, who had by now become a skilled thief and assassin. Kaleyah quickly received a reputation as an expert at random treasure hunting, and under Kerriariadne's tutorship, she would amass tomes upon tomes of knowledge, exploring the far corners of the world and slaying its creatures, frequently participating in Mob Mastery and Mob Hunt quests. Throughout her career, she embraced those who she considered friends, and considered them the main reason she enjoyed being an adventurer.

Trivia:

- Kaleyah was once killed after a quaffing a potion and teleporting randomly to the Ancient Blue Dragon. Mael performed the CR.

Personal Timeline

2001

09/13/2001: Kaleyah levels to 10 cleric.
09/25/2001: Kaleyah levels to [Wa:2 Cl:16].
10/11/2001: Kaleyah levels to [Wa:10 Cl:16].
10/13/2001: Kaleyah levels to [Wa:11 Cl:16].
10/22/2001: Kaleyah dual-classes back to Cleric.
10/29/2001: Kaleyah levels to [Cl:18 Wa:16].
12/02/2001: Kaleyah levels to [Wa:20 Cl:21].
12/11/2001: Kaleyah levels to [Cl:23 Wa:21].

2002

02/14/2002: Kaleyah participates in the Valentine's Day creative writing contest, held by Bliss.
03/21/2002: Kaleyah reaches [Cl:27 Wa:25].
05/08/2002: Kaleyah posts a note expressing her gratitude to Solaron and Noctus of Fate for a corpse retrieval after dying to Scairz.
05/21/2002: Kaleyah completes mobmastery level 35.
05/26/2002: Kaleyah completes mobmastery level 36.
05/27/2002: Cordir holds a scavenger hunt, and the winner is Whoz with 18 items. Dyptricx gets 2nd with 11 items, and Kaleyah gets 3rd with 8.
07/04/2002: Kaleyah completes mobmastery level 40. Kaleyah and Lexie also make Plaque25 on the Room of Records for coming in 7th in the Kobold Movers quest, with 99 items turned in.
08/26/2002: Kaleyah levels to [Wa:29 Cl:30].
09/05/2002: Kaleyah kills the Minister of Hear for mobmastery level 42.
10/18/2002: Kaleyah completes mobmastery levels 46 and 47.
11/07/2002: Kaleyah posts an untitled poem to "That Special Someone, You Know Who You Are".
12/09/2002: Kaleyah completes mobmastery level 53.

2003

01/31/2003: Kaleyah posts "One With Me" to the forums.

2004

04/14/2004: Kaleyah is reformed from Kerriariadne's following.
05/13/2004: Kaleyah is reclassed as a miscreant due to killing Babu (her first PK).
09/07/2004: Kaleyah [Wa:30 Cl:30] is re-accepted by Kerriariadne into his following.

2005

10/01/2005: Kaleyah is recovered from deletion.
10/27/2005: Kaleyah becomes one of the last Half-Elf Thugs.
10/28/2005: Kaleyah kills a male centaur for mobmastery level 57.

2006

05/08/2006 15:50 Kaleyah levels to [Tg:10 Wa:30 Cl:30].
05/31/2006 12:27 Kaleyah is reformed from Kerriariadne's following (again).

2007

10/18/2007: Isolas accepts Kaleyah [Tg:10 Wa:30 Cl:30] into his following.
11/06/2007: Kaleyah levels to [Tg:11 Wa:30 Cl:30].

Player Information

During much of her activity, Kaleyah was a college student in New York.