Valythra Bloodmoon

Valythra Solflame (alternatively known as Oculus) is a San'layn woman who is the current owner of Suncrown Pastries and the current leader of Apophis.

Disappointment
Valythra Solflame was born as the only child of Raitaus Solflame and Zyanel Bloodtalon. Even from the moment of her birth, Valythra was underweight and prone to sickness.

As a daughter of House Solflame, Valythra was expected to train herself to become resilient, living a life without indulgence or entitlement and undergoing rigorous training. Raitaus believed that raising Valythra to live such a life would prevent her from becoming complacent through luxury like many Quel'dorei nobility were. However, despite being applied to physical training at a young age, she was consistently unsuccessful as a fighter.

Eventually, Raitaus accepted that Valythra would not be able to achieve the expertise and discipline that he had hoped for her, even despite her protests and desire to continue. Determined to not allow Valythra to live without discipline and skills of her own, he consulted his brother and Valythra's uncle, Halorast Solflame. The two eventually agreed to enroll Valythra at the Falthrien Academy on the Sunstrider Isle.

At the academy, Valythra was at least adequately successful in her academic endeavors, but was by no means a prodigy. As the years went by and Valythra entered adolescence, she developed a flair for romance and courtship. While frequently living under the strict eyes of her father and uncle, at the academy Valythra enjoyed a relative freedom from her family, which she spent among her classmates.

Despite this, Valythra's weaknesses caught up with her. Her short height and slim frame made her a choice target for harassment, and her magical potential was minimal. However, in order to protect herself from harassment, she became well-versed in illusion magic to conceal herself from sight. For all her shortcomings, invisibility became almost second nature to Valythra.

While Halorast and Zyanel expressed admiration for Valythra's newfound talent for illusion magic, Raitaus remained disapproving, especially towards her desire to run from confrontation. Though she seemed to discipline herself against complacence, her sense of will ultimately proved to be wanting.

In her adulthood, Valythra graduated from Falthrien Academy, but did little to apply her magical talent. Desiring a life that would be safe and secure, with minimal danger from harassment, Valythra began to study the culinary arts. She used her talent for cooking to begin a pastry business known as Suncrown Pastries, based in Suncrown Village. While her decision was viewed as an embarrassment to her father, her mother and uncle supported her independence and business regularly.

Fall of Quel'thalas
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Apophis
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A New San'layn Is Born
As Valythra was appointed the new Oculus, Nilius Bloodtalon disappeared out of contact and could not be reached by any of the members of Apophis. Feeling cheated by Nilius' refusal to turn her into a San'layn, Valythra sought out a new San'layn who could potentially turn her. In her efforts, Valythra located Tyrinade Moonsong, the Red Lady of the Onyx Rose Order. Valythra learned through eavesdropping that Tyrinade was a San'layn, and pulled her over for a personal request to be turned. Though Tyrinade was cautious and made certain that Valythra was not being reckless, and that this was something she wanted. When asked why she wanted to be turned, Valythra described feeling like she lived a life of perpetual weakness and disappointment and wanted something more. Tyrinade agreed to turn Valythra, with the expectation that she should prepare herself and bring a sacrifice for the upcoming ritual. Valythra began her preparations, transferring ownership of Suncrown Pastries, appointing a substitute leader of Apophis - Valansera Lavier - and meeting  with her mother one last time before her turning. Finally, on the day she was to be turned, Valythra took an Alliance prisoner named Allisiya Marson to the Onyx Rose's keep to be her sacrifice. Valythra was escorted to the location of choice by the Onyx Rose, where her captive was imprisoned. Tyrinade took Valythra to the center of the chamber, where she asked if Valythra was still certain that she wanted to be turned. Upon replying yes, Valythra braced herself before Tyrinade took hold of the woman and bit her on the neck, draining her and killing her before filling her with the essence of the San'layn. Valythra's golden eyes turned a scarlet red as a result, and upon reanimating was immediately hungry for blood. Tyrinade promptly guided her to where Allisiya was held. Being the only living entity present, Valythra fixated upon her. The human was released from her cage, and Valythra pounced on her, burying her newly grown fangs in the woman's throat and draining her of her blood. After she was finally able to sate her bloodlust, Valythra's cognizance returned and left her horrified of her deeds and what she had become, with seemingly no memory of how or why she had been turned. Confused and afraid, she was to be kept by the Onyx Rose in their keep for a prolonged period of time until they were confident she had developed self-control. As Valythra struggled to control herself and learn, a brief crisis struck when Tyrinade returned to the Onyx Rose in a state of blood drunkenness. As the Onyx Rose lured Tyrinade to the basement of the keep, Valythra's hunger sought out one of the only living people present among the company, a paladin named Aradori Yuan. As the paladin stood within dangerous proximity of Valythra, the nascent San'layn could no longer control herself and attacking Aradori, biting her throat. The Onyx Rose removed and restrained Valythra, where she was kept under watch by the Death Knight, Gavarian, to ensure she did not harm anyone else.

Appearance
Valythra is a very small woman, having a height of roughly five feet and possessing a very slim frame, a combination of traits that have often been looked down upon.

She has naturally black hair that reaches past her shoulders, often styled into curls. She typically chooses to wear dresses of some manner, which tend to range from colors of white to red to black, often having a Thalassian influence.

Valythra used to have fair skin and golden eyes due to ties to the Sunwell. However, since her death and being raised as a San'layn, Valythra has become as pale as a corpse, with a crimson hue to her eyes. Inside her mouth are also a pair of vampiric fangs. Her ears have widened markedly, becoming increasingly bat-like.

As a member of Apophis, she carries the mark of the organization on her right ankle, resembling a pair of intertwined snakes.

Personality
In public, Valythra expresses a warm and sociable demeanor, always inviting to others. She tends to show some degree of innocence and humility, to such a degree that she often appears to be vulnerable. Among her peers in Apophis, as the Oculus, she displays cold detachment to everything and is very clinical in her demeanor.

Following her transformation into a San'layn, Valythra suffered from a bout of amnesia in which she failed to recall many explicit memories. She most notably defaulted to her public personality, showing friendliness to her fellow undead in the Onyx Rose Order as well as great sympathy.

Valythra has historically shown some degree of promiscuity, having frequently engaged in carnal activities for pleasure alone. She holds a preference for speaking in Thalassian, fluent in Orcish only out of necessity. She seems to hold a great reverence for San'layn, viewing them as "magnificent" and "beautiful" and secretly desiring to become one. Her motivation for becoming a San'layn is largely due to an immense dissatisfaction with herself, believing that she is frail and weak due to her size and inability to fight.