Quit this place, lest you share it.

Born and raised in Southern San d'Oria, young Eilbaba Durand grew up instilled with a fierce sense of national pride. She was devoutly loyal to her country and the ideals of justice and vigilance it represented. She had but one ambition; she trained for years in the ways of sword and board, in hopes of joining the Temple Knights. It was no mean feat for a tarutaru to join the ranks of elvaan military, but through trials and tribulations she proved her worth. She has served the crown well, and made fast companions of her fellow knights. A bright future lay ahead of her, the path toward it clear and inviting.

Everything changed one night in Aht Urhgan...

I'm a disgrace to my country,

and a sin against Altana.

Am I to die the empire's dog?

Stolen away from her squadron in the dead of night, Eilbaba was forced through horrific alchemical reconstruction to become something... unnatural. A distorted amalgamation of man and monster, rationality dulled by overwhelming primal urges; a Blue Mage. Even now her very cells pulse painfully from chemical inbalance, tormenting her small frame. She felt frail, powerless, as if a wounded beast stumbling on unfamiliar ground. She needed relief, to regain some semblance of control over her own body... which is where the Beryl Blades come in.

The very same obscure organization that turned Eilbaba into what she is had the gall to recruit her. She would be put to task, turning her sword against her own countrymen for the good of Aht Urhgan. An honourable Temple Knight of San d'Oria, reduced to a lowly assassin. Yet, she had little choice. The experiments performed upon her threatened to rip her apart from the inside out, and only the Blades could teach her how to overcome it. The treatment? Pure and simple slaughter in the Empire's name. She feeds upon the souls of fiends and beastmen, adapting to their ways and learning to utilize their techniques. It sustains her, yet drives her further into depravity. She's more monster now than woman, little more than a loyal Blades bloodhound. A cold and mindless killer, a perfect imperial puppet.

Unfit to be properly named, she is referred to simply by the positon of her conversion process. They call her No. XVI. Codename,"Viper Eye."