Height; 6'5"
Weight; ? (unreadable)
Age; 36(at death), 3667(at second death), -continued existance widely feared/hoped for-
Relationships; Petra Zinksfeld; daughter, Count Vladimir 'Dracula'; schoolmate, Dante; Death(original)/mentor, Various historical and fictional characters, the Imperial line, the Clan Stone(Anatolian branch)
Physical Appearance;
Alive she looked dead; gaunt, bony, and pale. She had straight black hair, which was often mistaken as a hood to her preffered black robe. Many thought her a Lich, and she rarely bothered to correct them. And when she did, it was generally with violence.
Ironically, after her death she became not only more cheerful but remarkably more vibrant looking. Those who knew her best described her as rosy cheeked, always smiling, and pleasantly plump without being actually overweight. Her hair was always worn tied up after she became a mother, and she never wore black. Functional floral patterned dresses became her preferred garb. Although, she was never far from her scythe.
A Depiction of Zink, accompanied by her Maid, Joan; Courtesy of the MotleyMince
Bio;
Born Petra Laerdsfeld, daughter of the Daniellandish Empress, Zink was a problem child. Even from an early age she showed little regard for the lives or happiness of others. Having made no effort by the age of sixteen to learn any useful skill, she was enrolled in the Arcane Academy on Krove, which she would call home for much of her existance.
There she met several other students, including a young man named Vlad. Vlad was later revealed to be a vampire, and to have taken a Demon's contract to save his own life and grant him power. When Vlad managed to miraculously repel the demon the young Zink became obssesed with the idea of doing so for herself. In the end, her efforts cost her the life of her bodyguard, as well as much of her sanity. The demon however, was bound away for over a thousand years. Shortly thereafter she returned to the palace and slew her mother and much of her family. The rest of the empire declared war, and she singlehandedly staved off their efforts for ten years using a vast army of necromantic skeletons and legions of elemental shadows. In the end though, she was slain by a former classmate and woke to the voice of Death.
Necro;
Death had not spared her. Rather, he had been directed to make her ready to take his place for a term. He showed her many things for a thousand years before leaving her his ancient charge. No one is quite certain what he showed her, but it is known that everything about her changed. It wasn't long before the once reclusive Zink met a dashing young student of the Arcane Academy, and after a brief romance she bore him a daughter. [Nieldic scholars have tried to tackle the issue of how Death could have a daughter and they have come to the conclusion that they'd rather they hadn't tried in the first place.] Zink poured all of her love and knowledge into Petra, and did her absolute best to prepare her for the task she seemed always keenly aware of. As Death it was her responsibility to not simply ferry the dead over, but also to keep the spiritual planes apart from the material one. She is well known as one of the mightiest slayers of demonkind, and as the bane of shades every where. Her daughter took up the fight beside her, but the final fight would come alone as she knew it would. On the plains of Anatolia, her father's homeworld, Petra was ambushed by five demons. Though she managed to slay them, the Lord of Lies issued forth and struck her down. The planet itself was stricken, and the star of Anatolia froze solid and dark.
It's not certain, but there are those who say that though she died that day she has not truly left. There are those who believe she was made a messenger of God, who dispenses his word to those still living and who guides certain heroes through impossible tasks. But the rumor is never proven, and remains a rumor.
