Raiah Theron
Rhaenyra Lulinna Theron | |
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| Born | 1701 |
| Occupation | Chief Interrogator (Jaeger Corp), Adventurer (Croak and Dagger) |
| Years active | 1727-Present |
| Era | Age of Passage |
| Organization | Croak and Dagger |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) |
| Criminal charge(s) | Multiple Counts of First-Degree Murder, Breaking and Entering, Forbidden Cult Worship |
| Criminal penalty | 20 Year Sentence with required psychoactive therapy |
| Criminal status | Sentence Lifted |
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"You're about to exceed the limits of my medication."
Appearance
Raiah is described as a light-brown skinned, medium-height, slender Half-Elf with a dirty-blonde undercut. What stands out almost immediately is the uncovered patch of scarred skin where her right eye was, and the faded marked of Vecna on her right hand. Raiah walks with an air of flirty confidence about her and a soft, velvety voice.
Backstory
The See-No-Evil Killer
Raiah was born with a curved spine and partial facial paralysis due to a cleft lip. Raiah’s appearance made it hard to play with other children who threw mud and stone at her, mocked her speech, and made oinking noises at her when they passed her on the street. The western borough of the city of Hadleigh, Hammersmith, was home to thousands of homeless and impoverished people forgotten by the city. Rather than band together, some turned on one another, it wasn’t enough to just be poor, maybe you were an elf, or maybe you were deformed. This intersectionality would allow for the killings of one Benjamin Barker to go so unnoticed for so long. It’s the same culture that allowed a man like Benjamin Barker to go about his business, that turned Raiah away, right into Ben’s arms. When Raiah wasn’t at Ben’s barbershop helping him sweep, she was watching the pigs eat slop. Raiah admired the plump, pink farm animal for their simplicity. They ate food and minded their own business. Being compared to pigs for as long as she had, Raiah hung around them. They were the only creatures in Hammersmith that didn’t care about the way she looked.
When Ben and his accomplice had been caught and killed for his crimes, Raiah was left with the traumatic image of slashing his accomplice’s throat in a fit of rage. It was somewhere in that moment, Raiah felt a warm, powerful feeling come over her. To finally take power and take revenge. It terrified Raiah. Despite being absolved of any wrong-doing, Raiah and her parents were forced out of Hadleigh. The whole borough was calling her a butcher, not convinced she had no idea as to what Ben was doing. So Raiah and her family moved to Val-Adin, where Raiah promised to turn her life around.
Sometime between the events of the Demon Barber of Hadleigh killings and her moving to Val-Adin, Raiah struck a sinister deal with Vecna the Whispered One. In exchange for everlasting beauty and strength, Raiah promised to hunt down all defectors who left the Whispered One's service. Raiah killed a startling total of eleven defectors, striking fear into any acolytes or priests who even entertained the thought of leaving. Her signature was to remove the eyes of her targets. These brutal slaying garnered the attention of Alliance investigators and eventually Mystery Inc. The public called her the See-No-Evil Killer because of the aforementioned eye removal of her victims. As far the public knows, the See-No-Evil Killer died in the mines beneath the abandoned Shausher Wood Mill. Raiah was rescued from the killer's clutches with strange wounds that investigators say she suffered during a struggle with the killer. The only people who know what really happened in that mine are Raiah and Mystery Inc.
A considerable amount of time had passed before Raiah attempted the preliminary entrance exams for the Jaeger Program. She had a new routine, a new diet, and had tested in the top five percentile of entrants on the first exam. Raiah’s tenacity paid off when she was accepted as a cadet, and would be given a chance to prove her worth to the greatest, most commended warriors in the High-Elf military. What stood out about Raiah wasn’t just her endurance, but how she tested in feats of mental endurance. The Jaeger Corp saw potential for an interrogation-based career path for Raiah. What the proctor called, borderline PTSD-induced psychosis, the Jaeger Corp called a knack for doing what was needed. Raiah graduated top of her class at the Jaeger Corp, and earned her tan-beret.
Campaign 1, Heroes for Hire
Raiah joined Croak and Dagger during the first days of Cataclysm and was instrumental in helping them establish a theater of war with the aide of the Conclave. When Caelrogh was vanquished and the rifts were closed, Raiah decided to stay with Croak and Dagger as a joint operation between the newly gilded adventurers and the Jaeger Corp. Croak and Dagger were still very new and Elvira wanted someone to keep an eye on them. However, as time went on, Raiah grew out of her role as an observer and became a fully fledged member. She even went as far as starting a relationship with Aiden.
Miscellaneous Facts
- Raiah is the first NPC to possess a legitimate mental health disorder, and actively, openly discuss it while taking medication.
- Raiah's fighting style is modelled after Bullseye from the Daredevil television series. She can take everyday objects and weapons and ricochet them with incredible accuracy off almost any surface.