The Shadow Dancer

An Abyss Lady and the mysterious dancer of the Abyss, she is a creature of mystery and has been seen by countless cultures going back hundreds of millions of years. She was once a Zalphyrene but somehow became trapped within the Abyss where the mysterious energies that occupy this vast region corrupted her body and soul. Her original name itself is not known to the Ikrenha Zalph, it is believed she may have escaped through the portal that the Zalphyrene survivors used to escape their homeworld and into the Abyss, but was not able to reach the Skyship that had protected the rest of the survivors from the corrupting energies.

Appearance
Her face is very human in appearance, but her irises have the appearance of crystalalline Amethyst shards arranged in a ring pointing to the center. It is noted that they have a low glow in the rare instance that she sings. Her body is a slim hourglass figure, with various crystalline and organic looking growths along her joints, and her dress is black and purple with a slit that exposes one leg starting from the thigh. She wears no foot wear. She has dark wisp-like wings that some cultures would call a black fog. Even when used in flight, it does not illuminate, nor does it change based on her emotion.

Behavior
She does not speak, her songs are audible notes but possess no quality of a spoken language. She moves around most frequently in a dance like manner, every step an elegant motion. Her dance is known to be interrupted only on the rare occasion that she is truly curious about something that she sees or hears. She's also been known to alter her dance in the event that a song played by onlookers does not match the pacing of her dance. On few occasions, she'll dance with someone who is also dancing nearby. These are the only signs that she is not completely oblivious to the things that occur around her. It is also noted by those who have encountered her in the Aethertubes that pass through the abyss that she moves freely through the Abyss itself, and can phase through the Aethertube Walls with no consequence to the portal's stability. Also notable is her ability to effortlessly create portals instantlay between the physical worlds and the abyss, which has rendered her impossible to harm or capture by even the most driven hunters. Her spatial awareness is also unmatched, able to react to even the best hidden stalkers or the fastest projectiles when the instant they come within 300 yards of her.

Attempts at Capture
Her abilities relating to portals and the Abyss have been of great interest to many researchers for their military potential or for the furthering the study of the mysteries of the Ikran Portals. The Ashremalk Empire has put out a bounty of roughly 3/4ths of the Royal Coffers to whomever succeeds in capturing her as they are particularly interested in her potential as a weapon. Her mysterious beauty and eternal youth has also captivated countless monarchs throughout Ikran who have sought to make her their queen. Often those who sought to capture her are evaded without her ever missing a step in the course of her dance... in one instance, she remained in sync with the song that was played by a bard who continued his song as he watched in amusement as the Shadow Dancer continued to make fools of her pursuers.