Eli Delacroix

Eli is a much more personable Fallen than Kyran. As Luna says, he often wears his heart on his sleeve, and only rarely can keep himself under control when in the grip of a strong emotion. He knows it's his weak point, and he knows that it's one of the main reasons Kyran keeps baiting him, but he can't change how he is. To his credit, he's known to be a very fair Fallen, and will treat everyone, Fallen, Lost, or human, as if they deserve his respect until proven otherwise.

Many believe that his inability to control his strong emotions is a manifestation of his own curse, but Eli knows otherwise. That is just part of who he is on a daily basis... his true curse is one of near-violent lust, which he tries his hardest to prevent from rearing its ugly head. That, and that alone, is the true source of the ancient feud between himself and Kyran, to his sorrow. While in the grip of his curse, he nearly forced Kyran into something the other man was completely unprepared for, and it took Luna and Gale to pry him away.

Though he knows that Kyran has long since forgiven him (even if the man has never actually said the words), he still feels guilt over it. He's vowed to never again permit that to happen, and as such will often spend an inordinate amount of time in the sun whenever he can, towards that goal.

He doesn't have Kyran's opinion on the Lost in general, and has even taken it upon himself to learn the fine distinctions between each subset of Lost. To him, they're people just like everyone else, and don't deserve to be judged based on who their parents were.

Shorter than Kyran by about half a foot, Eli is much more built than his childhood friend. His deep hazel eyes always reflect his current emotion, and his jagged-edged, flame red hair spills across his face however it will. He makes no effort to tame it, saying that it's a lost cause that he gave up on long, long ago. Eli's skin is pale, and he has a dusting of freckles across his face that never vanish, no matter how many years have past or how long he's spent in the sun. Eli's Blood Rose bloom is centered over his right shoulder, spreading up onto his neck, onto his front and back, and down onto his arm a little ways.

Eli's official colors are White and Blood Red, though, like Kyran, he only wears them when in a formal Fallen gathering. For day to day living, he much prefers slacks and loose shirts, and often will wear a jacket with a high collar to partially hide his bloom from the humans living around him.

Eli was found as a baby on the front steps of the monastery, yet another baby abandoned to the mercy of strangers by his parents. He grew up with Luna, and welcomed first Fae, then Kyran, into their little group with open arms.

It was in the shelter of the monastery and the Brothers and Sisters there that he grew up, protected from the world and the hate in it. He spent his early years, up until well into his twenties, in fact, sheltered there, learning many things from the Brothers and Sisters.

But then Fae wanted to explore the outside world, her curiosity peaked by descriptions and stories. Unwilling to let one of their own go alone, most of the Fallen resolved to travel with her. The world outside wasn't too bad... until, that is, one of their group accidentally revealed that, yes, they were all "Fallen" -- that meant born with the Blood Rose plague, didn't it?

The community turned on them almost instantly. People they'd been speaking with turned nasty, a mob forming, hunting them down.

It was Fae who saw the way out... and it was Fae who bought the rest of the group the time to escape. While the others were getting away, Fae stood her ground, small though she was, and struck back with anything she could get her hands on, using her abilities to the fullest.

The rest of the group escaped, but Fae was never heard from again by any of them. Without her, they decided to return, though their return was dogged by bad luck. In the end, only four made it back to the monastery - Eli, Luna, Kyran, and one other by the name of Gale.

Embittered by this, the four distanced themselves from everyone but each other and the Brothers and Sisters who had raised them and grown up with them. It was during this period that the seed of the Celestial Covenant was sown, and it was with the help of the Brothers and Sisters of the monastery that they managed to gather every Fallen known to be alive. Though it took years to gather all of them and discuss everything with everyone (many of them with language barriers), it was finally done, and the Celestial Covenant was created.

Ever since then, Kyran has been drifting around, Eli and Luna following his wandering path. Though they may settle in one place for a time, they rarely stay longer than a decade. Currently, they've set themselves up in Caevadrin, and have been there for nearly two centuries, an oddity in and of itself. Gale vanished not too long after they began drifting, and though rumors of his whereabouts often reach their ears, they've never managed to meet up with him for longer than a few days.

Though they might deny it, Eli, Luna, Gale, and Kyran are considered the true "creators" of Fallen society because of their work in unifying them into a distinct group, despite everything working against them. This affords them an immense amount of respect and deference amongst the Fallen, despite the fact that the Celestial Covenant says that all Fallen are equal.