Full Name:  Shoul'va Or Shou
Nickname: none to date 
Age: N/A 
Age appearing: N/A 
Occupation: vagrant 
Elements: Shadow/Darkness-Sin-Soul 
Gender: predominantly male 
Orientation: N/A 
Marital Status : N/A 

-Affiliation- 
Alignment: Lawful evil 
Deity: The Dark One 
Allies: Most darker inclined beings 
Enemies: all who oppose the will of “The Dark One” 

-Family- 
Father: “The Dark One” 
Mother: N/A 
Siblings: N/A 
Children: none to date 
Spouse: N/A 

-Physical Description- 
Nefas are able to shape shift the following is for the "true" manifestation 
Height: Ft / Cm 13 Ft / 396 Cm 
Weight: Lbs. / Kg 500 Lbs / 227 Kg 

Appearance: Normally thirteen feet in height Maleficus is a decrepit looking nightmare. A visible skeleton emanating a sort of whispy darkness that at the right angles could resemble a vaguely human form, albeit a rather opaque one. There are still even in this form two predominantly striking features most notable would be the hair, long hair which is an impossibly dark color. His hair is long enough despite the thirteen feet in height to still manage to pool generously about the ground beneath him, often writing as if alive. Maleficus also is gifted with a rather impressive wrack of horns. a large set of antlers, adorned with occasional silver chains paired with a large set of rams horns. His left shoulder is adorned with a large pauldron, the face of which is emblazoned with the crest of the Nefas. From the pauldron came a monstrously large belled sleeve, wrapped around his left wrist a rosary, boldly displaying a Peterian cross. both sets of fingers ended in lethal claws. both forearms are covered in a black shawl which appears to be made of a sort of tar. From his waist down Maleficus was a torrent of darkness, a dark sort of mist cascading down much resembling what a waterfall might look like were the water black. 


Race: Nefas- Necessary line 
*The Necessary line acts in accordance with the interest of the Nefas above all else. They are known for not hesitating to carry out actions which might be considered more questionable or precarious by their brethren despite personal risk or cost, they are the martyrs and enforcers. Known for their altruistic adherence to mandates, laws, and wishes of elders, they are often perceived as the most logical of the lines they are often the coldest and calculating. Of all the families they are known best for their roles in enforcing the will of the elders through whatever means necessary 

Personality: Maleficus is one that thirsts for knowledge and experience. It has been known to go through rather an extraordinary length in the past to find "something wholly new". His temper is better than most of his fellow Nefas, though his temper when provoked is explosive. This is something that is relatively well concealed as he will go from calm directly to a hell fire and brimstone mentality. Usually an unspoken code of sorts dictates Maleficus's action, or inaction. 




Likes/Obsessions: Knowledge, power, the lamentation of his enemies, asserting dominance. 

Dislikes/Peeves: Hubris, idiocy, angels, flesh, holy power, purity seals, purification rituals. 

Weaknesses: Ferrum/ Sodium Chloride/ banishing (pagan)/ purification rites, rituals, and energies (so long as they are not of a holy nature). 


History: Maleficus was discovered midway through the inquisition and sealed within a time of rituals by none other than Pope Gregory IX himself. Prior to this Maleficus ran amok through a great deal of early northern European territory's often terrorizing early humanity and collecting souls en masse. 

***Common Spoken Languages*** 
whilst Nefas appear to speak quite plainly this is not at all true. The truth of why every spoken language is known to the Nefas are their origins. Nefas while initially forming on various realms of existence is formed from shadows, ones from where ever they happen to be taking a physical form, anchoring that manifestation to that particular realm. What this boils down to is basically that things like languages tend to be around quite early in development, and a common thread among mortal beings. Ironically it is often the most egregious and nefarious of things in these languages that are "whispered in dark places". The Nefas are made from this element, darkness is their home, their origin. In using this element to from their bodies this has the effect of absorbing most common knowledge things in a realm, things that "everyone would know", they know. This being the case when one looks at a language it’s a fair core common trait that a few thousand peoples speak it "naturally", and tends to be an anchor of sorts for most cultures that exist. 


-Abilities- 
incorporeal form- The Nefas manifest by pulling shadows into particular forms, exerting will accordingly to give the desired shapes mass. This takes a considerable amount of effort usually. This means the "details" tend to get fudged. The manifestation of Nefasare for a show, and little more. They are a tool by which the creatures make themselves known and interact. Now, that being the case there truly is not "much there" aside from the desired shape, or appearance. This means seldom if ever do they possess any form of internal workings. Since there is no need for common internal workings there are a few notable changes, namely, a way a Nefas look is practically irrelevant, pure vanity in most cases. The force they may exert has little to nothing to the manifestation. There are no muscle fibers, no nerve endings, no veins, and no organs. This means they are nearly immune to pain, should they choose it. Things like poison are a moot point as well as there is nothing to suffer the venom. Nefas who have been around long enough have learned to manipulate their Umbra incredibly well and are capable of producing things such as organs, or a nervous system, on the rarest of occasions they may even produce reproductive organs. The catch to a Nefas "reproducing" is it is not actual genetic offspring; hence it is seldom if ever considered as kin. Nefas, as they do not have actual bodies, possess none of the genetic material required. With enough practice and skill, or perhaps simply time one may,however "copy" genetic material. Effectively using Umbra as a sort of stem cell in this twisted genetics project in this instance. Effectively "borrowing" whatever genetics it has a working knowledge of. It is also occasionally possible to possess a host body. 

Umbral Manipulation-, Nefas manipulate shadows through "force of will", directing thousands, if not millions of souls to s single defined goal. They (every soul a Nefas dominated) receive the blessings of “The Dark One”, the Nefas god of darkness and "evil". In essence what this does is instill in every solitary soul involved, a skill which is not so uncommon. "Shadow magic" is probably the most basic conveyance of the thought, simple and to the point. Now, it’s not all that uncommon for the occasional master shadow mage to be found, depending on where you are it is common. What would not be common would be thousands/millions of them joined in a sort of hive mind, all driven to the same end. 

Aura of Sin- in nearly every case this field emanates from the Nefas thirteen feet in any given direction. More often than not this field is visible, as the aura of darkness that a Nefas has is more in actuality the effective area of influence over this particular trait. When entering into this area of influence the easiest way to describe the effect is a person’s inhibitions commonly ebbing away. The way this tends to come about is Nefas can be considered as "sin elementals". The power it takes for these things to manifest is immense, a concentration of evil wills more or less. This much evil leaks out into the area around it, a sort of spilling over. Commonly when one enters this field you would be more likely to recall past questionable deeds. The sins that make you smile might come to mind, it’s easier for that influence to bring these things to mind, as they are perceived as pleasant, maybe even "fond memories". Now, by bringing these things to mind in rapid succession, one after the other, eventually blurring into one massive memory as it continues to play the images become more appealing as new fantasies would be formed taking parts of the fond memories and turning them into an amalgam of debauchery, the longer this play continues the more "evil" the images and imagined actions become. Playing in the back of the mind of all the evil thatperson has done, and wishes to do, and the pleasure it brought them. this can put an individual into a particular mood, where they may not actually act on the continuing flow of demented and evil memories, but it can be said they would certainly be more likely to do something questionable while under this influence. It is important to note that the closer a person is to the Nefas the more intense the effect is. On the occasion someone touches a Nefas, there is a more profound effect were the Nefas may manage to "link up" to a person through their sins, these images now known and perceived by the Nefas that was touched. This on occasion has led to a certain sort of mental link. 

Profane presence- An aura of perceptible darkness holds a set of effects which whisper to the depths of this creature’s evil. Perhaps most notable is the sudden drop in temperature. It's presence now causes flames to burn black naturally if they are within the field of influence (so long as some outside force does not prevent such an effect). The effect on holy artifacts and imagery is it will now most usually writhe as if in agony at the simple presence, "holy" or more “blessed” beings may take damage from the presence as well. (these effects may be countered with suitable resistances) **currently locked, must have 300 souls*** 

Soul Forging- The covetedabilityof being able to take souls and turn them into what are often powerful artifacts with any number of beneficial perks bestowed upon them. Using the soul much as if it were some malleable material, capable of being combined with as many other souls and materials as desired. The abilities and traits of soul forged artifacts arependant upon the souls used in its creation. 







-Weapons/Armor/Items/Equipment- 


Petrine Rosary: soul forged from thirteen damned souls this artifact serves to signify its bearer as true Nefas and buffsholyresistances. It much resembles a normal rosary, the beads seemingly made of obsidian, thepetrine cross seemingly jet. 

Soul Pool- 5 

Notable souls: 0