ebony (Vaelith)

Real name: Vaelith
Current name: Fallen Ebony
Titles: The Angel of Emptiness, The Broken One, The Shadow of the Firmament, The Last Whisper.
Nature: Fallen celestial being.
Apparent age: 20–25 years.
Actual age: Unknown; it existed long before humans began to record their history.
Personality: Reserved, calculating, proud, and extremely observant.

Her hair is jet black, long, and slightly wavy, falling around her face and back like a curtain of darkness. Her skin is very pale, almost porcelain, creating a stark contrast with her clothing.
Her eyes are dark gray, though depending on the light they can take on violet or reddish reflections. Her gaze is usually calm, but it's difficult to know what she's thinking.
She wears black, ceremonial-looking clothes, accompanied by dark metal pieces, fine chains, black stones, and ornaments that once belonged to her ancient celestial attire.
Its wings are enormous and made up of black feathers, some completely dark and others with bluish and silvery reflections. They no longer have the perfectly ordered appearance of celestial wings: several feathers are uneven, a reminder of their fall.
He carries with him an ancient-looking longsword called Nox, whose edge seems to slightly absorb the light around it.

Ebony is not evil by nature.
He is a person who learned to distrust everything he once considered good.
He has a serene, distant, and incredibly calculating personality. He rarely raises his voice. Even when he's furious, he usually speaks with an unsettling calm.
Observe before you act.
He can enter a room and remain there for several minutes without saying a word, simply studying the people who are there.
Its main features
Intelligent and strategic.
Very difficult to deceive.
Proud.
Independent.
Patient.
Sarcastic when he's confident.
Extremely protective of the few people he considers important.
He has an extraordinary memory.
He does not easily forgive betrayals.
She hates showing vulnerability.
He has difficulty expressing affection.
He may seem cold even when he is worried.
He can't stand it when others make decisions for him.
His biggest contradiction is that he desires affection, but fears he needs it.
That's why he usually pushes people away before allowing them to become important to him.

Although he tries to hide it, Ebony has a surprisingly delicate side.
She likes small animals, especially nocturnal birds. She also has a certain fascination with abandoned gardens, because she believes they are places where beauty can exist without needing to be perfect.
When someone they care about is sick, sad, or exhausted, they can stay close for hours without saying a word.
He doesn't know how to comfort with words.
His way of saying "I care about you" is usually:
"Stay here. I'll keep watch."

The night.
The storms.
The sound of rain.
The quiet places.
Old libraries.
The ruins.
Black or dark-colored flowers.
Instrumental music.
Nocturnal birds.
The candles.
Bitter tea.
Antique objects.
Astronomy.
Honest people.
The shared silence.
The snow.
Looking at the stars when nobody is around.
She has a special fondness for dark lilies, because they were the flowers that grew near the place where her life began.

Lies.
Empty promises.
The arrogance of those who believe they are superior.
Let them pity him.
Let them touch their wings without permission.
The crowds.
Overly bright places.
Let them try to control it.
Unjustified orders.
Betrayal.
That someone hurts a defenseless person.
Let them call him a "monster".
Talk about your past.
His biggest dislike is when someone says:
"You should go back to being who you were."
For him, that phrase means that the person does not understand everything they lost.

Ebony doesn't fall in love easily.
For him, love doesn't begin with attraction, but with trust.
You can spend years with someone before you recognize that you feel something deep.
When he comes to love someone, he becomes extremely loyal.
He's not particularly affectionate physically, nor does he constantly express his feelings. However, he remembers small details: what food that person prefers, what things scare them, what songs they like, or what places make them feel calm.
His love is silent.
It doesn't say "I will protect you." It simply appears when needed.
His greatest fear within love is being abandoned after having shown his true self.

Her first major disappointment wasn't romantic.
It was the loss of his faith.
For a long time, he believed that heaven was incapable of making mistakes. He believed that those above him always knew what was right.
Discovering that this was not the case destroyed a fundamental part of his personality.
Since then, Ébano believes that love without freedom is not love.
That's why he could never stay with someone who tried to possess him or turn him into someone else.

Shadow manipulation
He can control the darkness around him and turn it into solid forms for short periods.
Feathers of the Abyss
It can detach some feathers from its wings and transform them into projectiles of dark energy.
Shadowy Pass
It can move between shaded areas, appearing at a distance.
Celestial Silence
His strangest power. For a few moments he can create a space where sounds almost completely disappear.
Memory of the Stars
It retains memories of events that occurred centuries ago. Some nights it can recall things that even other celestial beings have forgotten.
Just by listening to a person's heartbeat, you can perceive what that person feels emotionally.

His greatest weakness is not physical.
It's emotional.
Ebony has a huge difficulty accepting that he needs other people.
When he starts to get too attached, he usually distances himself.
He prefers to suffer alone rather than risk losing someone again.

Before the fall
Before becoming Fallen Ebony, Vaelith was known as Vael, one of the celestial guardians.
He was different from other beings in the sky.
He was neither the most powerful nor the most obedient.
He was an observer.
Its function was to occasionally descend to the mortal world to observe humans and record their stories.
That made me start to develop a huge curiosity about them.
While other celestial beings viewed humans as imperfect creatures, Vael began to understand them.
He observed how they could make mistakes and still repent.
How could they lose everything and still live?
How could they love even knowing that one day they would have to say goodbye?
That began to change him.

The secret of his past
Ebony never tells the whole truth.
There is something that even he tries to forget:
a part of his celestial power did not disappear during the fall.
It remains hidden inside him.
That means he could still return to heaven.
However, he would have to abandon everything he has built in the mortal world.
That's why he's never tried to return.
Not because I've stopped missing him.
But because he's no longer sure he wants to come back.

He doesn't have specific preferences regarding genders; he only cares that the right person loves and accepts him just as he is.