Ibris Kage-Nellas

Ibris is the daughter of Princess Alatariel and Locke Kage. Despite being a princess herself, she was trained in martial arts and ranged weaponry. Because Locke himself was placed under a family contract that tied him to the Highmark Family as a guard, Ibris too was trained to become one to Ryder Highmark, the only child of Visage and Kira Highmark.

Growing up with the knowledge that she would be in service to the Highmark heir left Ibris feeling restricted and bitter. She became cold and closed off at the loss of her childhood which was spent training day in and day out to ensure the safety of her childhood friend.

However, during the attack on Darkwood by a corrupted Rue and Obsidian, Ibris was severely injured after pushing Ryder to safety. It resulted in Ibris losing her right arm and eye, fortunately, the arm had been found. Vesa took the arm and synthesized it with magic and science to make it stronger before reattaching it to her body. Her damaged right eye was also temporarily removed and genetically altered as well, making her already superior eyesight stronger.

It was this tragedy however that led Visage Highmark to remove her from the contract, allowing her to properly become heir to the Nellas Tribe. Despite this, Ibris continues her physical training and occasionally looks out for Ryder discretely.

She asked Damien, her replacement, to report to her any of Ryder's developments as a favor to her.

Personality
Although Ibris is young, she has had to endure hours of training since she was five. Because her upbringing was all about training to be an exceptional guard Ibris has a bit of a hard time being an actual child. She speaks like an adult and acts like one, for the most part, this has caused conflict with other kids her age, resulting in her being ostracized by her peers. Ryder and Zillie are her only friends. With Zillie she has relaxed to be more childlike.

Being Ryder's guard since she was young, she has mixed feelings for him. It's hard to tell if what she feels is a crush or hatred as she teases and pesters him every chance she can get, often joining in with Zillie in the teasing. For as long as they have known each other, Ibris has always thought that Ryder was a big spoiled baby as he can usually use his charms to get whatever he wishes out of people. This has left her slightly bitter toward the vampire prince and it shows in how she addresses and treats him from time to time. However, deep down, she does care for him.