Mariko Aesir

Mariko Aesir, also commonly known as The Rogue Priest, is a former priest of the Church of Elysium. Mariko was once one of the first and foremost members of the church, spreading the good word of her goddess, performing many a good charity and bestowing much of her personal belongings to the masses, despite no such task was required of her. By all means, she was the perfect priest, but then she had to go and screw it up. Due to her faithful service and dedication to both god and cause, a gift was bestowed upon Miss Aesir. It was one of the Planetary Celestial Gate Keys which would allow her to summon forth one of her Goddess' children, The Behemoths.

Much to her dismay, the spirit she was granted was less than willing to cooperate. She had been given the key to the behemoth of the moon: Selene. Selene is a very greedy, self-obsessed and unwilling to associate herself with Mariko, or any human for that matter. Despite her best attempts, the Spirit was unwavering in her distaste. Eventually growing tired of this bickering, she made a dire mistake. After reading a particular passage in the sacred texts, she made the mistake of interpreting it as that everything is permissible in mankind's journey to reach godhood, she made the decision to perform a Take-Over on Selene, claiming her body and magic for her own. For this great sin, Mariko was cast out.

These days she still performs her duty to preach for the sake of her Goddess while also serving as a mage for Salamander Shade in hopes of utilizing this stolen power for the sake of serving and protecting her fellow man, hoping to redeem herself in the eyes of her Goddess.