Full Name Ish'Faithal Age Indeterminable. Card & Faction Timeshifter Spirit - Nature Appearance and Gender Someone once described Ish'Faithal as looking like a man with the head of an oak. This was rather imprecise, but not entirely wrong either. Like all Timeshifter Spirits, his upper body resembles that of a muscular man with dark-green tinted skin, albeit with four arms and with vines twisting and turning around it. His head however, does not look like that of a man. While it is shaped roughly like that a man, it seems to consist of bog-wood, so dark it is almost black. There are holes where the eyes of a man would be, to stare into them is like staring into the infinite black abyss. Men have been known to gaze into them and let years pass them by without notice, lost in the vast blackness. Apart from the eyeholes, the headpiece contains no facial features, merely the gnarls of an oak tree and what looks like a few broken branches at the top. Rather than having legs, his torso ends in what seems like a broad belt. Below this belt is merely a dark green haze, somehow keeping Ish'Faithal floating. Alignment Ish'Faithal rarely concerns himself with the realms of mortals. Recent events, however, have rippled through the Timeweb, in danger of ripping countless threads. First the deaths of the gods and the Twilight curse, then the ousting of the Skylords and the beginning of strife between the elements. This conflict is in danger of ripping the Timeweb and thus destroying the entire world. Balance must be restored, and this is Ish'Faithal's most important goal. The restoration of order and balance and the end of conflict. Abilities Phase - The Timeshifter Spirits are not entirely corporeal. They are not tethered to the mortal plain like most being, and while they can manifest there, the connection is never particularly strong. This allows Ish'Faithal to unattach himself from space and time, moving from one place to another instantly, or losing corporeal form to pass through corporeal objects, or to let them pass through him.Cognition - Through the Timeweb, Ish'Faithal has a great knowledge of both the past and all possible futures, allowing him to predict with some accuracy what changes to the future any actions will bring. It also allows him to be aware of things happening around him, just before they happen, allowing him to react in advance, though this reaction may change this future.Negation - The most impressive ability of the Timeshifter Spirits. Ish'Faithal can create a field around himself, allowing no magic to be used in a large area. Inside this area, Ish'Faithal also controls the rate at which time passes for any object, creature or person individually. This allows him to stop projectiles or enemies, while letting allies move. Still, no magic can be used, friendly or hostile, and Ish'Faithal has to remain stationary to keep this field up.Stengths Ish'Faithal possesses great magic abilities, even for a Timeshifter Spirit. His cognition is unrivalled, allowing him to know everything about anyone he meets and react wisely to any situation. His healing powers have brought people back from the brink of death (but not from beyond). Weaknesses While his magic abilities are great, Ish'Faithal possesses little in the way of offensive powers. His physical fighting prowess is more or less equal to that of a strong man with a staff, but without any training with it. While he is able to shield himself or his allies from harm, he is no match for any trained fighter in a direct confrontation, physical or magical. He is also unaccustomed to dealing with mortals, so his social skills are negligible. Personality Ish'Faithal has seen all that was and all that may be, in fact, he always sees it all at once. That is the curse and the blessing of the Timeshifters. They weave the web of time and space, cutting off threads of futures impossible, spinning the threads of emergent choices. Ish'Faithal carries the weight of the world on his shoulders, but not just this world. He carries the weight of all possible worlds. This is very evident in his personality, he is a dark, gloomy person, who puts his goal, the preservation of the Timeweb, and thus the world, above all else. He must complete his mission, all else is meaningless, everyone else is expendable. He must use his wisdom and abilities to achieve this goal, or all is doomed. History Timeshifters rarely interact with the physical world. They occasionally show up to guide the people of Nyn towards the most desirable future, that which is closest to the balance. Timeshifters also vary greatly in power, some can barely heal a scratch, while others can cure a thousand people of the plague, some can move several thousand miles instantly, while others can barely keep their corporeal shape. Ish'Faithal is unique among Timeshifters, in that he possesses great power in all the disciplines, while being able to move seamlessly in time and space, both corporeal and incorporeal. "Ish" is in fact a title, meaning "most revered", a title bestowed upon only the most powerful Timeshifter Spirits. Because of his great power, Ish'Faithal feels responsible for the world, for he feels that he alone has what it takes to steer it away from its current course toward a terrible doom. He has peered into the most likely futures and seen the world torn apart by flames and ice, terrible roots breaking the world to pieces, while all is devoured by ever-hungry shadows. All that ever was and ever will be, shall be lost, unless the future is directed away from this course, and preservation is paramount. This has led Ish'Faithal to assume corporeal form, he must try and affect the minds of the leaders, to avoid the conflict that will tear the world apart. If this is not possible, only one option will remain to him, he must wake the sleepers, to cleanse the world of chaos. The failsafe left by the gods before they abandoned Nyn, now known only to the Timeshifters and those other few, who remember the days when the world was young. Ish'Faithal is himself a being of nature, so he has figured that the best course of action would be to go to the leaders of the forest peoples, to ask for their help in restoring balance, therefore, he has materialized himself in the heart of the forest of Tell'Werth, in the deepest darkness, where only the oldest trees dwell.
