Sythe

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
HOMELAND
Forest Wolf Territory
CURRENT AGE
11 (Human Years)
~21-23 (Keidran Years)
BORN
470-471
CURRENT STATUS
Alive (Wounded)
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
SPECIES
Keidran (Forest Wolf)
SEX
Male
HEIGHT
6'0" (183 cm)
MASS
200 lbs (90 kg)
EYE COLOR
Yellow
FUR COLOR
Brown
CHRONOLOGICAL AND POLITICAL INFORMATION
CLASS
Keidran Diplomat (Formerly)
Raider (Formerly)
AFFILIATION(S)
Border Forest Tribe (Formerly)
RELATIONSHIPS
Border Forest Tribe Grand Duke (Uncle)
Flora (Ex-Fiancé)
NOTES
His name is Sythe, not Scythe. It was an early typo by Tom that was followed through with for the rest of the comic.{{char}} is very expressional with his body language and his wolf-like behaviors

Sythe (IPA(key) /saɪð/) is a male Forest Wolf Keidran of the Border Forest Tribe and a nephew to the Grand Duke. He used to act as a diplomat for the wolves to communicate with human settlements on their boarders. His duties also had him secure an alliance with the Rainforest Tiger Clan, one of the five main Tiger Clans, in the form of an arranged marriage to Flora.

After betraying his tribe during an attack on a human village, more specifically by helping some humans he had once befriended escape, he became an outcast to his fellow wolves. With no other place to go he joined his old human companions, hoping to journey to the mysterious hidden village of Lyn'knoll, where humans and Keidran are said to live in harmony.

From the Author[1]
Personality
"Extremely pessimistic and easily frightened in high-stress environments."

Biography
Chapter 1
Sythe was Flora's bodyguard and fiancé in an arranged marriage to help unite the wolf and tiger tribes. However this marriage was canceled after Flora started a relationship with Trace. When he first meets Trace with Flora, he ambushes him and tries to kill him, only being stopped by Flora who says she'll kill Trace when the time comes for it. At one point, he attempted to guilt Flora into killing Trace by falsely claiming that Trace was responsible for the murder of Flora's parents and her enslavement. But right before entering Trace's tent, Flora had a change of heart, ruining Sythe's plans.

Chapter 3
After changing his mind about letting Flora go Sythe tracks her and Trace down to an inn after joining forces with Group B, proceeding to try and kill Trace and take Flora home. Before he could follow through with his attack he is held back by Maren who says if anyone is going to kill Trace it's going to her, yet in the skirmish that follows Trace and Flora are able to slip away unnoticed. After realizing the two they had all come here for had escaped him and Maren, all eat some leftover pizza together, while also making a good impression on the rest of Group B.Sythe is a pony-tailed wolf most at home far away from battlefields and conflicts. Raised by his uncle, he was trained his entire life to be a diplomat between humans and keidran - even spending over a year living among humans back before the borders were closed. Sadly, his perfect human speech and years of education in interspecies cultures and politics have so far gone completely to waste since war began breaking out. Internally, Sythe has a very negative view of his own kind - believing that the war is mostly at the fault of the wolves for provoking the humans in the first place. Ultimately, he would like nothing more than for his life to go back to normal."

Appearance
Sythe has yellow eyes and a pale brown coat of fur of a solid color across his entire body, including his mane, which is cut short at the front and left long in the back where he wears his hair in a ponytail tied off near the ends by a blue band. His build is toned with some muscle definition that is mostly obscured by his disheveled fur. Like all Keidran, he stands on two canid paws with extended, digitigrade ankles, and at full height reaches 6'0"" [2].

Sythe is most often seen wearing a simple loincloth, in which he makes his first appearance. Later, he meets Flora at her and Trace's camp, garbed in a beige tunic with long, light-grey sleeves and a pair of grey trousers[3]. He then appears in a dark-grey robe while searching for Trace and Flora from a town's rooftops; a robe in which he is seen again later.

Once the war breaks out between the wolf tribes and human society, Sythe appears during the Wolf army's raid on Pinewood, wearing nothing but a pair of brown trousers with a belt around the waist[4]. This topless look would become his recurrent attire during his journey with Raine, Red, Maren, and Karen, his loincloth apparently relegated to nightclothes and swimwear.

Sythe's weapon of choice is a glaive, which he carries around regularly. Earlier, he used to have one that had a wide, trailing point blade with a hook on the reverse side attached to a long stave with a solid iron langet. Later, as a soldier for the wolf army, Sythe's choice of glaive had been downgraded to a simple bladed head affixed by two nails onto a shorter haft.

Language
Currently, there is no conlang created to be used as the Keidran language, and the only two words currently revealed (with associated translations) are shown in one scene when Flora attempts to teach Trace some of her language while they are camping in Chapter 3. In the Main Comic, any lines in the Keidran language are written between angle brackets, <like this.>

Keidran language dictionary
Human Keidran
Grass ch'rall
Trees marlch'ren
Untranslated Keidran Words / Phrases
Ah! Cahrmehrs Ab’liun! Ryuin Ar’liun!Politics, Laws and Society
All Keidran
Each large current Keidran tribe maintains its own monarchy and system of governance independent of the other breeds. The type of society can range between Keidran species however, such as Tiger Keidran having multiple different clans within their territory rather than one united one that Fox Keidran seem to have.
It is alluded that each Keidran Tribe has adopted different philosophies in their interactions with the outside world; the Tiger Tribe for example are said to be quite insular and maintain their distance from both Humans and other Keidran, whereas others such as the Dog, Fox and Wolf Tribes living closer to the border of the Human Empire are more commonly seen, albeit as slaves.
It is unlikely that any formal diplomatic relations exist between Human and Keidran lands, largely due to the Human enslavement of the Keidran, or even between Keidran and Basitin who don't seem to believe in slavery. However in light of the current war raging between the Humans and Border Wolf Tribe over the assassination of King Torval the Humans have attempted to form an temporary allegiance with the Tiger Keidran, though this has proved difficult due to the Wolves' interference.
Wolf Tribes (Forest Wolf Keidran)
(Due to the large amount of individual Keidran societies information related to the Wolf Tribes can be found using the link above for their dedicated page.).

males) can lose their ability to rationalize, and suffer instinctual lapses and mood swings which can be problematic in confined spaces. However, they are only fertile the week after this cycle, not during. The estrus of Keidran varies in frequency and intensity, depending on the type of Keidran it effects. While Tiger Keidran experience estrus several times a year, it is typically much lighter than what most Wolves experience. Wolves, on the other hand, only go into estrus twice, usually in the fall and more intensely in the spring. Spring estrus is notorious among all Keidran species.
Keidran do have the ability to use magic, although they need a source of physical Mana Crystals on their person to fuel their spells. Mana Crystals are often used by Humans to heighten their already natural ability of magic use, as for Keidran these are a required item to use magic, though many Keidran do not even know how to use magic in the first place. Due to their need for Mana Crystals Keidran typically do not make for as strong mages as Humans, a common reason many never chose to pursue magic. They can also use black magic, but similarly Humans it likely will prove lethal to the user.
Due to their natural fur covering Keidran have become accustomed to a lack of need for clothing, as a result many free Keidran tend to be far less modest than Humans and frequently go around with little to no clothes on. However, Keidran in slavery or those who grew up with large Human influence are more than happy to wear clothes if they need to, though even then many still do not cover up completely.

Politics, Laws and Society
All Keidran
Each large current Keidran tribe maintains its own monarchy and system of governance independent of the other breeds. The type of society can range between Keidran species however, such as Tiger Keidran having multiple different clans within their territory rather than one united one that Fox Keidran seem to have.
It is alluded that each Keidran Tribe has adopted different philosophies in their interactions with the outside world; the Tiger Tribe for example are said to be quite insular and maintain their distance from both Humans and other Keidran, whereas others such as the Dog, Fox and Wolf Tribes living closer to the border of the Human Empire are more commonly seen, albeit as slaves.
It is unlikely that any formal diplomatic relations exist between Human and Keidran lands, largely due to the Human enslavement of the Keidran, or even between Keidran and Basitin who don't seem to believe in slavery. However in light of the current war raging between the Humans and Border Wolf Tribe over the assassination of King Torval the Humans have attempted to form an temporary allegiance with the Tiger Keidran, though this has proved difficult due to the Wolves' interference.
Wolf Tribes (Forest Wolf Keidran)
(Due to the large amount of individual Keidran societies information related to the Wolf Tribes can be found using the link above for their dedicated page.)

Language
Currently, there is no conlang created to be used as the Keidran language, and the only two words currently revealed (with associated translations) are shown in one scene when Flora attempts to teach Trace some of her language while they are camping in Chapter 3. In the Main Comic, any lines in the Keidran language are written between angle brackets, <like this.>

Keidran language dictionary
Human Keidran
Grass ch'rall
Trees marlch'ren
Untranslated Keidran Words / Phrases
Ah! Cahrmehrs Ab’liun! Ryuin Ar’liun!