Dark grey viashino with a tint of green colors you can still see under the right light. His once vibrant yellow eyes has faded to something lesser echoing what he once was before he was turned to the Vampire he is today.
For over a century, Meshir has walked the streets of Ravnica, done whats needed to be done. He has not always been the Vampire he is today.
Appearance
Meshir has a creepy and mysterious look, while it do not scream vampire when you see him the decades of living like one has formed both his looks, lifestyle and view of life.
In life he was a green colored Viashino with bright vibrant eyes, but the colors has faded when years passed and now he is almost dark grey. You only notice the green tint in the right light, but the eyes are still yellow, a lesser more pale yellow, but still yellow.
He is dressed mostly in dark colors, favors leather who is the right mix between protection, stealth and comfort.
Like most proud Orzhov he Orzhov insignia clearly visible on his chest. The symbol is clearly visible even from a distance showing the people of Ravnica who he represent, and who stands behind him.
Behavior
He likes to use necrotic, blood and fire magic to manipulate or kill his foes. But when physical action is needed he is not afraid to use his mace or drain his victims of their precious blood.
Events
A timeline of important events in Meshirs life.
| Age | Year | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 9967 | Born in district 28 (Izkum Meshir) |
| 31 | 9998 | Everything changed (turned) |
| 33 | 10000 | My 30 year depression starts |
| 54 | 10021 | Boros warrant |
| Left the 28th district | ||
| 55 | 10022 | Arrive in district 10, go underground |
| 56 | 10023 | The Dark Viashino |
| 63 | 10030 | I found myself & depression ends |
| 78 | 10045 | In debt to Hood family (for 22 years) |
| Legal problems with Boros solved | ||
| 98 | 10065 | Met young Adam Hood |
| 100 | 10067 | The debt to the Hoods are resolved |
| 103 | 10070 | Introduction to Izkri |
| 104 | 10071 | Introduction to Vazzix |
| 106 | 10073 | Introduction to Ø (Dash) |
| 110 | 10077 | Xovus discovers plane walking - he sparks |
| Xovus is officially using Tzim on Ravnica |
Born and Family
Izkum was born in the proud Orzhov family Meshir. A family with nine generations of history. Meshir is a splinter of family from a Viashino tribe.
He started his life at 9967 ZC born in to the proud Orzhov family Meshir and was named Izkum after his mothers grandfather. He followed his fathers footsteps and went in to the lucrative medical field. You can't believe what people are willing to pay when they are dying!
Izkum made some good money running his business. As a good Orzhov all his time and effort went in to the accumulation of wealth. When he was in the middle of his life he started to feel that the cards where stacked against him. He has never committed the time to start a family and now he was starting to get older. The other races lived longer, they had more time to accumulate wealth, to buy a good spot for the afterlife. If there only was a way to live longer.
Meshir Family
The Meshir family is an unusual Viashino Orzhov family. Nine generations back in 9742 ZC a guildless Viashino called Meshir was able to buy himself a spot inside the Orzhov guild. There are little known information how that was done, but some form av transaction was made and several high ranking Orzhov members helped Meshir and his family in to the guild.
Meshir - The family hero!
The tale told inside the Meshir family is that their ancestor was so rich and successful that the guild asked him to join, the transaction on the records was mostly for show. Plenty of stories are told to the children in the family about business dials, trade schemes and other heroic acts he did.
Everything changed
At 9998 ZC when Izkum was 31, in the middle of his life. He had started to feel that there was not enough time. It was unfair that some races had many Viashino lifetimes to accumulate money to buy a good place in to the afterlife.
An individual contacted him and offered him a choice, time. Izkum was not sure what type of magic it was initially and he promptly told him no when he realized what was asked of him. The individual was insistent and finally sold the idea to go through with it.
He had to sell most of his possessions, his business and use all his savings to pay the individual of the gift of time.
A new world opened it self for Izkum, by Viashino tradition he took him self a new name to signal the change of life. He called him self Vichum from this point of life.
The Good Years
These are the years I refer to as "The Good Years". I had newly been turned and the world was open for me as a fresh vampire. I lost contact with most of my old life here except my close family.
The Depression
The first years until The Dissension at 10,000 ZC was good years but with everything crashing down so did life for Vichum and that throw him in to 30 years of depression.
These where dark times, Vichum wandered the streets of Ravnica searching for a meaning of life. He slowly drifted deeper in to his darker and more evil nature. Killing to survive, blood to drink and money to gain.
These dark times lasted for thirty years between 10,000 and 10,030 ZC.
Two decades in at 10021 ZC Vichum killed the wrong person, he never know who that was really. He was hungry, angry and careless, that human just was at the wrong place. Vichum was identified and he got an arrest order from Boros on him. He went under the streets living in dark shady places doing favors for colorful people to help him stay hidden.
The Dark Viashino
He left the underground at nights, in dark valleys to feed and to from time to time to kill. In XXX around 10,0023 ZC there where rumors about a dark killer hunting the streets scaring the people living there. They called him The Dark Viashino.
The turning point was at year 10,030 when Vichum walked in to a Rakdos bar called The Culture. He got to know "Losty" (Lost & Found) who back then only worked in the bar.
Losty helped Vichum to find legal ways to drink blood. The friendship added a meaning to existence once again that Vichum had not felt since he was alive.
Friends & Family
Izkum had few friends at this stage of the life, his parents had all died and had since then lost most contact with his living siblings.
I found myself
I found my now old good friend Losty at 10030 ZC, that was a turning event and I found my way back to the good old greed and love for profit and once more life.
Since then I have made several friends, connected with some of the Meshir family branches living in district 10. I have become a close friends if the Hoods after two decades of service for their solution to my legal troubles. I'm also from time to time invited to Meshirs Izzet cousins who we share some ancient blood with.
To mark this new milestone of my life I have once again changed my name, this time to Xovus, with is the name I'm known as when the story starts.
Connections
For information about my friends and family see the chapter Connections.
Izkum Meshir
From birth at 9967 until he was turned at 9998 ZC he used his birth name Izkum. It's usually good business to keep your name when you had built a good reputation so in the Meshir family it was uncommon to change their given name unless something huge and life changing happened, or sometimes for a clean slate business reasons.