Arcadia

Commander Arcadia is an Icyenic commander, role-played by Kalitu III. She is a sandbox character for the Elysium role-play. Currently, Arcadia is overseeing Operation Zenith as it's leader with the rest of her squad.

Facial
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Physical
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Personality
Arcadia is completely and utterly devoted to Saradomin and his goals. She sees herself as a faithful servant and aspires to one day become as great as the fabled Zilyana. As such, Arcadia is an austere leader - very much the no-nonsense type. She can appear very cold and rigid, because she largely focus' only on the current task at hand. However, this is only because she hopes this mission will prove her worth to Saradomin. At heart Arcadia is a good leader who cares about her soldiers but she's more or less married to her work.

Childhood
Arcadia was born on the Icyenic Home Realm around a thousand years before the Sixth Age. From an early age, she seemed destined for the fighting life. Arcadia was a tom-boy since she could walk, often exploring the surrounding woods and landscape of the family's farm. She had particular fun with the Skypouncer kitten and unicorn foals which the family kept. As soon as she was big enough, Arcadia took great delight in riding the unicorns. When she was even bigger, Arcadia was able to tussle against her elder brothers and win.

When Arcadia was old enough, she was taught healing magic by her mother, who was an old army nurse. Arcadia found that healing came easy to her and her mother was proud to have another healer on the way in the family.

Adolescence
In her years maturing, Arcadia found her fascination in combat becoming more definate. The way she swung the pitch-fork with such precison - it seemed as if a blade was made to fit in her grasp. Arcadia spent her time being pious to Saradomin and with the encouragement of her father, trained quite to bit to become a paladin.

Life as a Paladin
Living as a holy warrior of Saradomin was something Arcadia loved. She would be able to personally crush the enemies of her god and serve him more usefully than toiling on a farm. Arcadia rose up the ranks quickly to the delight of her parents who encouraged the young woman to achieve as much as she could. She heard more and more about the fabled Saint Zilyana, Commander of Saradomin's forces on Gielinor during the Wars. Zilyana become a role-model - something Arcadia saw she could potentially come.

News came from Saradomin, who told loyal Icyene followers, that Seven Priestly Warriors had erected a barrier on a river known as the River Salve. This was especially important because the warriors were able to effectively seal off Morytania, once known as Hallowvale. It restored hope to some Icyene that the land could be re-inhabited soon. Now that it had been boxed in, it only needed to be purged of the Vampyre threats. Years later, the number seven would be especially important to Arcadia, as it becomes total amount of members in her squadron (including her).

More coming soon.

Operation: Zenith
The chance to show her true worth came when the Edicts of Guthix went down. Saradomin called in his most elite of soldiers, allowing them to scry the event with him as they watched Zilyana and an adventurer navigate the complex system of caverns. Each watched with anxious anticipation - the biggest event since the end of the Wars was taking place before their eyes. Not only that, but the fabled Zilyana was alive and they really were watching  her in action. It was felt special for Arcadia, as Zilyana was her hero. They gazed with sadness as the adventurer sided with Guthix, but observed with delight as Guthix died.

When the Edicts fell, Saradomin delayed his entrance just enough to teleport in Commander Arcadia and her six loyal troops, along with a few other small groups. They would be placed around Gielinor, onto the abandoned citadels of Armadyl which were to be reclaimed in Saradomin's holy name. These were advanced scout troops, sent to spy on the world and watch the land, preparing for when Saradomin called them to attack.

The first task was to secure the citadel, which was able to be done without trouble. The skeletons of dead Aviansie were vaporized in scourges of magic, as well as the rest of the debris. The citadel had been untouched since the God Wars and above the clouds, the structures had remained in good position. Contact was quickly re-made with the other groups, who had each named their new bases something different. Arcadia's citadel, she decided, was to be called Elysium.

Trivia

 * Her favorite number is seven.
 * More coming soon.