Lacyus' History
Born on April 2nd, 1780-AOU (~2010 equivalent) in the desert city of Shuya Thyba, Lacyus is the son of Alora and Rathak Eryx. His mother and father were both active soldiers in the Royal Guard for many years, however his mother was forced to quit to raise Lacyus when the two divorced and Rathak disappeared. He grew up in a middle class household, surrounded by his parent's legacies as soldier, idolizing both of his parents. As he grew, Lacyus didn't make many friends, but his best friend, Shiv Jolanar, a tiger shark, stuck with him through the thick and thin. In kindergarden, he met a dragoness by the name of Sunset, who became the bane of his existence for several years. The two would trade insults, doing everything to earn the ire of the other. It wasn't until the closing days of grade 1 that the two began to change from worst enemies to friends, finding common ground on common enemies.
Lacyus' abilities as a necromancer manifested in grade 1, when the class pet died of old age. Young and irrational, Lacyus found himself needlessly blaming himself for the death of the rabbit. His distress over the passing unknowingly caused him to subconsiously will the rabbit back to life, reanimating its body and binding it to his will. Initially, the class believed that the rabbit had not died, but that was soon found to be false, as the body was found to be cold to the touch, despite being still capable of motion. The teachers immediately found Lacyus a tutor to teach him how to control and harness his abilities, showing him the arts of necromancy and how to harness it for the greater good.
As soon as he was old enough, Lacyus took up swordsmanship at age 8. Initially practicing using a standard sword, he graduated to using a claymore, his enthusiasm for the art feeding his need to learn and excel faster than any other student in the class. In grade 6, after becoming strong enough to wield the claymore single handed, he began to weave magic into his swordplay, using telekinetics and other force-based magics to accelerate his attacks. In grade 8, he found that one sword wasn't challenging enough, so to increase the difficulty, he began to teach himself how to effectively wield two simultaneously.
In secondary school, Lacyus handled the changes of puberty fairly gracefully, save for one thing. When it came to his changes of attitudes towards girls, Lacyus found one in particular baffled him, despite all the years spent as friends. Sunset had suddenly started becoming increasingly distant, while Lacyus was inexplicably drawn to her, like he was never before. As the years went on, the two suddenly found themselves almost as enemies again, each one trying to show off to each other, doing their best to make their former best friend jealous. It wasn't long before the two starting to flaunt their boyfriend/girlfriend in front of the other, bring a new uglier side to their conflict. Despite how much each one was hurting and the best efforts of their friends to diffuse the situation, the animosity between the two came to a climax when Lacyus drove Sunset from a school dance in tears. When following her out, she stopped him and berated him on how much of an ass he was, and how she wanted to be special to him. After thinking for several days, Lacyus eventually came to terms with his feelings for Sunset and, after a long apology, the two soon started dating.
When he was 16, Lacyus applied to join the Royal Guard. While the officers wanted to take advantage of his necromantic abilities and deploy him as a spellcaster, he instead sought to join the infantry like his parents were. He excelled in training where his experience as a swordsman came into it's own, catching the eye of the Martial Lords. It was when he was 18, however, when he was caught in a trap set by an organized crime group. When a bomb went off in a cafe, Lacyus proceeded to enter the blast site, in order to rescue the injured and get them to safety. The gangsters, however, had set a second bomb intended to kill first responders. When the second explosive went off, it severely injured Lacyus, virtually shredding his left arm. Seeing this as an opportunity, the Martial Lords offered a cybernetic prosthesis in exchange for an opportunity to assess his skills, and possibly recruit him. Lacyus siezed the opportunity to come back, his steadfast spirit easily propelling him through rehab and back into active duty.
After Lacyus graduated, he enrolled in a low level college to both work towards a certificate while leaving enough time to train with the Martial Lords. This, however, did not sit well with Sunset. She continually pushed Lacyus to challenge himself even more, knowing that he was selling himself short and was capable of much more. Eventually he relented, agreeing to move to the city of Cobalus with her and their friends to attend the larger, more prestigious University of Cobalus. After his first year of college, Lacyus packed his things and moved, looking forwards to starting a new life in Cobalus. Within a year of moving, Lacyus found himself living in the university dorms, studying for a degree in Arcane Computing. At age 22, after years of training, the Martial Lords decided that he was ready and inducted him into their ranks, giving him the title of Bladetrail.