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“You can’t cut fire with a sword.” - Basilean saying regarding Samacris and Julius

Samacris, also known as Mother of Phoenixes, is a powerful ur-elohi, the reborn half of the Shining One Fotia. When acting in unity with Julius, the Dragon of Heaven, the other half of the sundered shining one, Samacris is undeniably powerful.

Appearance

As an ur-elohi, Samacris stands far taller than a human. From her shoulders sprout pinions, not of unblemished white feathers, but of blue fire.

She is clad in the gleaming aegis of the elohi and wears a cloak of pure white. In her hands, she caries a staff again alight with the burning blue flame.

Biography

Early life

Back in the time before the God War, there was the Celestian Fotia. As was the fate of most of those beings, when the Feluvian mirror broke, Fotia was split in two. Part became the Wicked one Prykagia, while what remained became the shining one still named Fotia. Like her brothers and sisters, the Shining One was left in perpetual war with her wicked counterpart.

The climax of this struggle came when Prykagia attacked his shining half with an artefact of magical ice, a weapon that could harm either one of them. Although Fotia was supported by her mortal followers, including her high priestess, Irdima, Prykagia was able to strike a mortal blow against his counterpart. Seeing the Shining One’s love for her followers as a weakness, the Wicked One feinted at the high priest, before cleaving the goddess in half. Fotia’s followers fled seeing her cleaved in two.Irdima was left alone on the battlefield, cradling the two parts of Fotia’s corpse and weeping. Her tears and weeping prayers were heard and the two halfs of Fotia did not die!

One half, representing the cauterising, vengeful, and warlike nature of fire, became the er-elohi Jullius, the Dragon of Heaven. The other half, representing the nurturing, renewing, and cleansing nature of fire, returned as the ur-elohi Samacris, Mother of Phoenixes. Fotia was reborn as the Phoenix and the Dragon. Separate they are weaker, united they are powerful, their story has become a parable of passion and the indestructibility of love.

Angels Fear to Tread

The twin up-elohi have become a legend in Basilea, coming to the defence of the Hegemony in times of direst need, a powerful force in battle, much like their parable has become a story of inspiration amongst the people.

Samacris and her lover Julius were possibly amongst the Elohim that rallied to the defence of The City of the Golden Horn during the decoy attack on the city by the forces of Mortabris and the daemon Ba’el.

Gallery

Samacris Model
Samacris Example 1
Samacris Scene

Samacris Scene

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 </gallery>|worship=[[Shining Ones]]|class=ur-elohi|race=[[Elohi]]|location=[[Basilean Hegemony]]|sources=[[Kings of War 2.0 – Destiny of Kings|2.0 – Destiny of Kings]]|logo1=basileans-icon.png|full_name=Samacris|also_known_by=Mother of Phoenixes|affiliation=[[Basilean]]|model_kit=Basilean Character: Samacris, Mother of Phoenixes|status=Active|3rd_edition=Yes|store_link=[https://www.manticgames.com/kings-of-war/basilean/basilean-ureholi-samacris/ Mantic Store]|stl_link=[https://vault.manticgames.com/files/basilean-samacris-stl/ Mantic Vault]|2nd_edition=Yes|1st_edition=Yes}}<blockquote>“''You can’t cut fire with a sword.''” - Basilean saying regarding Samacris and Julius</blockquote>'''Samacris''', also known as '''Mother of Phoenixes''', is a powerful ur-elohi, the reborn half of the [[Shining Ones|Shining One]] [[Fotia]]. When acting in unity with [[Jullius|Julius, the Dragon of Heaven]], the other half of the sundered shining one, Samacris is undeniably powerful.