Kriss Morigan
The Dragon, Underqueen
Kriss Morigan is a human shapeshifter and survivor of the Krubixian jungle in the Underdark, renowned for her ability to assume the forms of the realm’s deadliest monsters. Known for her distinct red scaled dragon form, modeled after a shadowy beast that once saved her life, Kriss rose from a village chief to the new Underqueen of the Underdark, inheriting the mantle after the fall of the previous Underking.
Physical Description
Identifying Characteristics
Long flowing red hair, piercing red eyes, pale skin, and the ability to shift into an array of monsters, most famously a red dragon.
Special abilities
- Shapeshifting Mastery: Can assume the forms of various Underdark monsters, including her signature red-shadow dragon form.
- Predator’s Instinct: Heightened senses and combat awareness, granting her an edge in ambushes and duels.
- Underdark Dominion: In her dragon form, exerts a fear aura that unsettles creatures, recalling the shadow dragon that saved her as a child.
Specialized Equipment
Carries Fangveil, cloak crafted from the hides of slain Underdark beasts, and imbued with shifting enchantments that mirror her own powers.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Born to a small village in the treacherous Krubixian jungle, Kriss discovered her shapeshifting gift early, using it to defend her people from the horrors of the Underdark. As a child, while fleeing the abomination known as The Hungry, she was saved by the appearance of a massive shadow-dragon whose presence terrified the monster. Inspired, she began adopting a red dragon form in battle, matching her flowing red hair.
After her village was annihilated by the newly risen Underking, Kriss survived and joined forces with the renowned Really A. Traveler guild and the former Underking, Netherbane. Together, they toppled the tyrant. Though Netherbane briefly reclaimed the throne, he soon chose Kriss as the new vessel of power to lead the Underdark, granting her dominion.
Education
Self taught survivalist, tactician, and leader, tempered by life in the dangerous Krubixian jungle and alliances with legendary Underdark figures.
Employment
Current Underqueen of Nineveh, former village chief and monster-hunter.
Accomplishments & Achievements
- Defended her jungle village for years using her shapeshifting talents.
- Survived the destruction of her home by the Underking and played a pivotal role in his defeat.
- Chosen by Netherbane as the new Underqueen, securing order and power in Nineveh.
- Famous for her crimson dragon form, a symbol of her strength and defiance in the Underdark.
Intellectual Characteristics
Adaptable, pragmatic, and fiercely independent, with a cunning understanding of the creatures and politics of the Underdark.
Morality & Philosophy
Believes survival comes first but holds a deep loyalty to those who stand beside her. She views strength, whether physical or spiritual, as the foundation for leadership in the Underdark.
Personality Characteristics
Motivation
To secure stability in the Underdark, honor her fallen village, and ensure the horrors of the Underdark bend to her will rather than prey upon her people.
Likes & Dislikes
Likes: The wild strength of the Underdark, loyalty, and the quiet resilience of survivors.
Dislikes: Tyrants who treat the Underdark as their playground, and any who prey on the weak without purpose.
Virtues & Personality perks
Fiercely protective, skilled in survival and combat, a natural leader forged by hardship.
Vices & Personality flaws
Haunted by survivor’s guilt, slow to trust outsiders, and often overestimates her ability to shoulder burdens alone.
Social
Reign
Became Underqueen at 30 after the defeat of the tyrannical Underking, and succeeding Netherbane.
Contacts & Relations
Allied with Netherbane and the Really A. Traveler guild. Holds the loyalty of many Underdark tribes and respects Netherbane’s older traditions, balancing diplomacy with strength.
Family Ties
None surviving, her village and family were lost to the Underking’s rise.
Religious Views
No deep ties to the gods, though she respects Mardros, goddess of Nature as the Wildmother and acknowledges the darker entities of the Underdark when necessary for survival.
Wealth & Financial state
Thrives on trade of rare Underdark goods with the Trodan's surface, though she herself lives with a survivor’s simplicity.
Age
30
Children
Pronouns
She/Her
Sex
Female
Eyes
Red
Hair
Long, Red
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
Pale White
Height
5'8"
Weight
135lb
Quotes & Catchphrases
"The jungle taught me: to live, you must become the monster they fear."
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