Retsunai LaKey (Sims 3)
This is Retsunai LaKey, in her formal uniform. The following will be information from her point of view.
I was born to members of the church I dedicated my life to. Grew up in training to become what I am now, and I have never regretted my decision. At the first, I was just another paladin serving in the protection of the church and those who followed our goddess and Her allies. She is known as Pacha, and holds the realms of life, technology, technomancy, and time. Love is also a minor aspect, but as there is a goddess of love, she doesn't claim that one. She does love her clerics, paladins, and followers, as is shown by the gifts she bestows.
Clerics and priests of Pacha tend to follow specific aspects and paths in the church. There are those to whom life and the rearing of children, and life and healing are foremost. All members of the church have children at one point or another. I've had three, all grown now. But my children were reared by those in the church dedicated to that task. Yes, I did see them when I could, but my duties often pulled me away.
Those who follow the technology or technomancy realms tend more to the sciences and building and learning areas. They study magic and it's uses with technology. They invent new machines or magic machine combo items to make life better or to explore. They also come up with the weapons we use to defend ourselves.
Those who take the realm of Time are the historians, the record keepers, and those who work on time travel magics and devices. Pacha grants them a kind of time travel which allows them to travel to the time and place of an event and observe but not interact, thus allowing them to record the events more truthfully and better than those of the time. It was two of these who got me to my present situation. They may or may not manage to get me back.
As a paladin, the granted gifts I have from Pacha are lesser than those of her priests, but at the same time more powerful. I am quite old now, and a grandmother when I volunteered for the experiment. A gift from Pacha, however, keeps me young, and I will only die from injuries, not from age.
My biggest failing right now, in my opinion, is my vanity. I like to look good. For many years I was one of the rank and file, but things changed with time and wars and other events, and I rose in the ranks. At the time of my leavetaking, I was one of the top paladins in the church, but my life had become that of a protector, a defender, and not one who went out and actively gave aid. But with that change I was able to dress as I chose and I chose to dress in the styles of the common folk most of the time. Following are a few photos of me in various outfits. Yes, I have the sword in all shots. I can't take it off, but the magic of it makes that not a problem.
This is my armor outfit. Following are some variations on it I have programmed in. I hate to be predictable in my fashions.
As you can see it's quite form hugging. I also have a helm I wear with it on the occasion of combat. Usually I prefer to have it not show as I'm not fond of my look in it.
I have two travel forms, one for non-combat swift flight within an atmosphere, the other for space flight and combat. Both are a winged feline form, the in atmosphere one is about as big as a horse, armor as décor only, and in that form I can carry a passenger. The space flight one is fully armored and I can actually fight in that one. Not one for in an atmosphere however. I have a horn on my head, guns in my front legs, and am quite large. Often in space battles, I will team up with another paladin and I will be the mount and the partner will ride and fight on my back. My size makes the 7 or 8 foot tall partner look small.
In both forms I have an air bubble around me so a rider will not die in space or in high atmosphere. I have various forms my helmet can take, but the below is the one I prefer.
Now for the sword. Her name is Key. She is shown in the pictures as unsheathed, but usually she prefers to remain sheathed. It makes her seem less deadly she thinks. Yes, she does talk. No, she will not talk to most other people than I. There are times she chooses to speak to others, usually to stop them from touching her hilt and getting hurt. Of course, the degree of hurt she inflicts is all dependent on the person touching her. Innocent children usually get a shock, painful but not harmful. The touch of her will not kill unless the one touching her is her bane, the deadly race of lizard people we call the Iksar. In all my life I have never met one of that race who was willing to talk. They always attack to kill, and in areas they invade they will wipe out all other sentient races there. All I have to do is swing Key at one of them and it will die.
For all other beings, both good and bad, her attacks and damage are still considerable. She will not “dance” or move on her own, and when I swing her, she will usually kill the one I am swinging her at, if I hit that person. She can cut through most armor, and she has flame and ice abilities I can call on. One or the other, not both. For example, I can call on her fire ability and she will burst into flame, and with that I can send blasts of flame at groups of opponents. Of course, if they are immune to fire it will not hurt them. Also, when she is flaming, I can use her to cauterize wounds.
Her ice ability is similar, she will become covered in ice, and in that form will cut through just about anything. Nanites cover her edge and when I use her to, say, cut through the metal side of a ship, she slices through it like it was butter and she was hot. That form will also cut most of the armor the flame will not, but she will freeze not kill the wearer she cuts into.
There is more to her that I will not go into just now. Some things are best kept to ones self.
I wear a pair of what looks like pearl earrings. They are not exactly what they seem. The left one is a universal translator. It grants me the ability to communicate with anyone who has a language. It does not give me the ability to read or write languages other than the ones I actually know. The right one enables me true sight, and keeps me from being blinded by flashes of light. The true sight means I can usually see invisible persons and items, and can easily spot camouflaged beings. Neither of them are able to be removed short of cutting into my ears.
Both of my arms are not what they seem. I have extensive techno stuff in both, and my entire skeleton has been replaced with a non-metallic, slightly magical, practically unbreakable substance. If it does get broken, my nanites will, with time, heal it. An EMP would knock out most of my abilities that follow, but as we knew that was a weakness, I had precautions taken. In one of my arms, protected against that kind of attack, is a micro factory that will rebuild the nanites, and that protects the programming I have put in. In short, an EMP will stop me from changing form or clothes until the nanites are replaced, and that could take a few hours to days.
Every outfit I have is programmed into the nanites. I do that by buying an outfit I like and having them disassemble it and reassemble it. This is why I can change the colors as I like. My armor is included in this. If hit with an EMP I couldn't put on my armor or take it off if hit while wearing it. Also, my flight forms are dependent on the nanites. The change seems to be instant, but is actually not.
My arms and back are both stronger than a usual person of my race. This is due to the changes. I agreed to have that done to aid my aim and strike abilities in combat.