Fast Facts

Status	Alive
Domains	Winter, Peace, Prophecies
Holy Names	The Lord of Winter
Holy Symbol	-
Religion	-
Location	Traveling the Northern Region
Faction	Neutral
Mark	Ezere
Notable Creations	Zi'da
Creator	Ati'el
Immediate Family	Doran (Son), Briar (Daughter)
Allies	Ymiden, Edasha
Enemies	Faldrun, Ralaith, Audrae

Personality

General Traits

Hides In Plain Sight: Ziell prefers to hide in plain sight, basically doing little more than suppressing his Immortal powers and even doing things like getting and maintaining a regular job in order to stay out of sight.

The Long View: Ziell rarely gets involved in something unless it poses a clear and present danger to Idalos as a whole, instead preferring to take a longer view of things. Consequently, he can come off as rather cold when he disagrees about the urgency of a matter.

Pacifist: Ziell doesn’t fight, and will in fact go out of his way to completely shut down a fight happening around him if doing so won’t blow his cover.

Firm: Ziell doesn’t mince words or mess around once he decides to actually get involved in events. His actions tend to be quick and decisive, often done without harming anyone in accordance with his pacifistic nature.

Strengths

Winter’s Blanket: Ziell has done an excellent job of combining his Winter and Peace Domains into ways to completely stop a fight from breaking out. In the past, Ziell has even been able to prevent full scale wars with his Domains.

Foresight: While his Prophecy Domain rarely gives him exact details, Ziell does have enough of a general idea of what’s going to happen in the future to know when he needs to get involved in matters.

Peacemaker: Ziell is an excellent negotiator when it comes to matters like peace treaties or other such similar negotiations. Consequently, he was one of the primary crafters of the Immortals Pact that ended the Immortal War.

Weaknesses

Support Domains: In the event that someone is actually able to force Ziell into a fight, his Domains are very poorly suited to combat and won’t be able to help him much if he can’t force a peace.

Bad Fighter: Fitting his pacifistic nature, Ziell is one of the absolute worst fighters among the Immortals, reinforced by having a very poor instinct for combat that leaves him making comparatively obvious mistakes.

Unreliable Ally: Owing to Ziell’s preference not to get involved unless the fate of Idalos as a whole is at stake, he is incredibly unreliable, as when he chooses to help out often seems completely random at first to many people.

Personality and Verbal Tics

Odd Jobs: Ziell is highly skilled at numerous trades, given his tendency to get and keep a job for years at a time.

Restricted Information: Ziell never shares how much information he gets from his Prophecies Domain, and will often keep some details secret because he knows people will do something stupid if he tells them everything he knows, given how incomplete his information often is.

Calming Speech: Ziell has a way of talking that people tend to find inherently relaxing and calming, letting him stop an impending fight just by speaking to the belligerents for a bit, if the matter isn’t too severe.

Moral Superiority: Ziell has a bad habit of looking down on fighting and fighters, regardless of their reasons for it, often acting as though his pacifism gives him an inherent moral superiority. Several of his kin, who have had to fight for causes they believe in, are more likely to refer to his ardent pacifism as moral cowardice if he starts acting this way to them.

History

Ziell was another Season Bringer created by Ati'el to usher in the Winter season. Thereafter Vhalar, Ziell bestows upon the lands Zi'da, named so after Daia, an Immortal who was able to capture his heart before her unfortunate demise at the hands of a human. Before this event, however, Ziell had formed a pact with four others.

This pact between the season bringers was made many arcs ago, during the time of the Original Beings. The pact allowed all four, Ashan, Ymiden, Vhalar, and Ziell, to bring about the seasons in due time so that balance could be maintained in the world. However, after the shattering of the Original Eight, the pact crumbled as the cold grip of grief crippled nearly all of them. Ymiden was the first to rise among the other Immortals, his forgiving nature helping to curb the bitterness of loss. He restlessly worked to make the seasons function while the others came to their senses. Vhalar was the second, then Ashan. Ziell was the last to rise, though his personality and mind set had changed. Nevertheless, the pact was restored for a time, allowing the world of Idalos to move about as it normally would.

During this time, Ziell sought out Daia, attempting to win over her love and affection however, always failing to do so. She was always happy to see him and was more of a friend to him than any he had come across, but her affections were elsewhere with someone whom he only assumed was Ralaith. His peaceful nature prevented Ziell from harboring bitterness toward the Immortal, however, upon her death did he wish for all others to honour her memory. Instead of retaliation, Ziell celebrated Daia's memory by naming the season after her. Thus, the humans called it: Zi'da.

It wasn't until the war broke out among the other Immortals did this pact face failure once more. The four were divided between the decision to remain neutral, aid the mortals, or help their brethren. Ymiden and Vhalar thought it was only right to defend humans against the insanity of the others, however, Ashan and Ziell felt it necessary to stay away from such chaos, while Ziell felt a twinge of bitterness toward the humans for the death of Daia.

Regardless, the pact held but barely. Due to their different stances on the war, the four do not agree on much these days. When they meet, they meet only for the season change and usually do not discuss much.

Appearance

Ziell is very rugged looking and could pass as a regular human in Idalos. His clothes are nothing valuable, if laughable. He stands as a short 5'8 with long, curly brown hair that touches the middle of his back. Mostly intact, Ziell rarely runs into fights due to his rather introverted yet obvious living tending a shop in the northern region. He could care less who he interacted with, be it Mortal or Immortal, so long as peace is maintained. However, he has no problem showing off his assets within his shop, choosing to walk around with his shirt open or no shirt at all while the belt of his breaches hangs dangerously loose. Needless to say, he hides in plain sight.

Memories of the Past

Like his brother Vhalar, Ziell never had any interaction with Ati'el. He was more content to stay by himself, exploring the world rather than be confronted with Ati'el's overbearing, controlling nature. She had her moment, Ziell could see, where she could be very much the friend that his brethren needed. Those times were few and far between, though he does miss his creator from time to time.

Presently

Ziell has taken roots in a city maintaining a shop. It's his favorite pastime above watching the seasons change. He doesn't make it obvious that he's an Immortal and blends in quite nicely with the city folk. Ziell has yet to be suspected or attacked in the 15 Arcs that he's lived there. Hopefully, peace can be maintained.

Opinions on Mortals

Racial Opinions

• Yludih ~ Neutral

Useful Links

Useful links and information for the Immortal Ziell.

• The Mark of Ziell
• Mortalborn of Ziell PCs past and present who were sired by this Immortal
• Blessed PCs who have been blessed by Ziell
• Cursed PCs who have been cursed by Ziell
• Threads Stories which have particularly involved Ziell.