Zelkyr by Nortin

Tier 1

Fierce Flames -

Quest: Reduce Cruel Lash's cooldown with basic attacks in melee range.
Reward: After reducing Cruel Lash's cooldown by 35 seconds total, basic attacks in melee range also reduce the cooldown of Rukhmar's Condemnation by 1 second.
Reward: After reducing Cruel Lash's cooldown by 70 seconds total, Zelkyr also pulses with fire while casting Cruel Lash, dealing 38 (+4% per level) damage to all enemies near his casting and dash location (can hit enemies twice).

Glorious Recovery - Rukhmar's Condemnation heals Zelkyr for 30% of the damage it deals to heroes and 5% of the damage it deals to non-heroes.
Swift Judgement - Earning a takedown within 10 seconds of activating Wings of the Arakkoa reduces its cooldown by 40 seconds.

Repeatable Quest: Each time this effect activates, Zelkyr permanently receives 2% increased basic attack damage.

Tier 2

Radiance - While Wings of the Arakkoa's passive is active, non-heroic enemies will not attack Zelkyr and his life regeneration is increased by 200%.
First Strike - While Wings of the Arakkoa's passive is active, Zelkyr's first basic attack that breaks this effect deals 150% more damage.
Shake It Off - While Wings of the Arakkoa's passive is active, the first instance of damage that breaks this effect is completely prevented. Zelkyr also gains 10 Armor for 2.5 seconds after the passive is broken.

Tier 3

Spiteful Lashes - If Cruel Lash extends the duration of exactly one effect, its cooldown is reduced to 5 seconds.
Intense Burns - Ruhkmar's Condemnation's damage over time is increased by 25% on enemies within the first 25% of it's length (for 225 (+4% per level) total damage plus 90 (+4% per level) when struck by Cruel Lash).
Unworthy - Enemies affected by Ruhkmar's Condemnation deal 25% less damage to Zelkyr, increased to 90% if they are non-heroic.

Tier 4

Wrath of the Sun God - See above.
Skyreach's Watch - See above.

Tier 5

Flamefeather Kaliri - If a Kaliri is attacked by an enemy hero, it will dive attack them, Revealing them for 6 seconds and dealing 209 (+4% per level) damage over the duration. While they are Revealed, Wings of the Arakkoa's active can target them.
Sharpeye Kaliri - Kaliri have their vision range increased by 20% and all enemies in their vision range have their Armor reduced by 5.
Cloudwing Kaliri - Kaliri now take 3 basic attacks to defeat. If there is only one Kaliri active on the battlefield, its duration cannot run out until another is summoned.

Tier 6

Boundless Cruelty - Zelkyr deals 20% more damage to enemy heroes affected by a Root, Silence, Blind, or Cripple.
Triple Lash - Cruel Lash will also hit 2 enemies near its target, dealing 111 (+4% per level) damage and applying all other effects. If there are no other enemies in range, this instead increases Cruel Lash's damage by 55 (+4% per level) per extra strike on the initial target.
Respect the Ritual! - Zelkyr is Protected and Unstoppable while channeling Wing Clip. Its Armor reduction is then applied to him as long as his target remains Crippled.

Tier 7

Solar Barrage - Each enemy hit by Wrath of the Sun God's fireballs increases the radius of all remaining fireballs by 25%.
Aviary of Skyreach - Eyes of the Kaliri gains an extra charge. Skyreach's Watch can now be used while on cooldown if Eyes of the Kaliri has any charges available, consuming a charge instead.
Rapid Takeoff - Wings of the Arakkoa's passive now activates after 3.5 seconds of not taking or dealing damage.
Fury of the Sun - Zelkyr's basic attack range is increased by 1.1. Additionally, his basic attack speed is increased proportionally to how close he is to his target, from 0% at maximum range to 40% at melee range.

Skins:

Default: High Sage of the Arakkoa
From his position as the leader of the Adherents of Rukhmar, High Sage Zelkyr rules over the high arakkoa with an iron talon. Now, he turns his fiery wrath to the Nexus to bring Rukhmar's glory to the heathens within.
Description:
Based on Zelkyr's appearance in the story Apocrypha. Has teal feathers with yellow tips, and radiant orange robes that glow with magic.
Tints:
Default. Teal feathers with yellow tips, orange robes.
Viryx. White feathers, purple and grey robes.
Iskar. Purple feathers, dark blue robes.

Legendary: Outcast
Once the leader of the Adherents of Rukhmar, Zelkyr found himself Outcast like he had done to so many others. Though the tables had turned, Zelkyr did not wallow in his misfortune; forsaking Rukhmar, he turned to the raven god Anzu and began planning his revenge.
Description:
Based on an Outcast arakkoa, hunched with crippled wings; uses a new skeleton/animations similar to Prime Evil Diablo vs Default Diablo. All abilities have new animations: Kaliri now have dark purple feathers instead of bright red; basic attacks, Cruel Lash, Rukhmar's Condemnation, and Wrath of the Sun God now uses a purple shadowflame instead of bright orange flame; Wing Clip's weapon is now a makeshift scythe adorned with feathers and charms; Skyreach's Watch Bladetalons are now Outcast arakkoa instead; Wings of the Arakkoa now has Zelkyr dissipate into smoke and appear at the target location instead of flying. Unique voice acting: more squawking like the Outcast arakkoa tend to do, references Anzu often instead of Rukhmar.
Tints:
Default. Teal feathers with yellow tips, orange robes.
Ikiss. Orange feathers, grey robes. Also has a mask.
Reshad. Red feathers, purple and gold robes. Less elaborate robes.

Epic: Sage of the Seven Seas
Zelkyr and his pirate crew sail their mighty ship Rukhmar's Glory over the seas, plundering as they please. Unfortunately, their reckless ways have earned them a rivalry with Captain Falstad and his crew.
Description:
Parrot arakkoa with a pirate captain's hat, one hook hand, and an eyepatch. Kaliri are also parrots, with feathers matching Zelkyr's current skin tint. Skyreach's Watch Bladetalons are also parrot/pirate arakkoa, but with bandanas on their head instead of a full hat. Slight animation change, Wing Clip uses Zelkyr's hook hand. Unique voice acting: pirate themed lines.
Tints:
Default. Mostly red feathers with some yellow, green, and blue. Dark blue pirate coat, black hat.
Classic. Teal feathers with yellow tips. Orange pirate coat, red hat.
Seagull. White feathers with grey-blue tips. Black pirate coat, dark blue hat.

Epic: Heavy Metal Zelkyr
A fresh member of ETC's band, Zelkyr is known for his merciless guitar soloes.
Description:
Zelkyr, but if he were in a metal band. Leather jacket, ripped denim pants, spiky belt. Cruel Lash now uses a chain; Wing Clip's weapon is an axe guitar similar to ETC's; Rukhmar's Condemnation animation is Zelkyr playing a short guitar riff and setting the area in front of him on fire. Unique voice acting: lines themed after ETC's speech, lots of guitar sound effects.
Tints:
Default. Brown feathers, black jacket, dark blue pants.
Classic. Teal feathers with yellow tips, orange jacket, black pants.
Hair metal. Bright yellow feathers, leopard print jacket, purple pants.

Rare: Talon King
*This skin assumes Terokk won't be added to the game; if he is, it'd have too much overlap and wouldn't be added*
Even though the Talon King was overthrown by the Adherents of Rukhmar, Zelkyr still finds value in battle armor matching Terokk's style.
Description:
Similar to base skin, but outfit is changed to match Terokk's battle armor instead of Zelkyr's robes. Plated armor with large spiked shoulders, and a tabard over the breastplate.
Tints:
Default. Teal feathers with yellow tips, orange armor.
Terokk. Red feathers with purple tips, red armor.

Rare: Ceremonial Garb
When performing rituals, Zelkyr dons his intimidating and regal armor to remind his subjects of Rukhmar's glory.
Description:
Similar to base skin, but outfit is changed to match his ceremonial armor as described in Apocrypha. Bands of sharp edged silver armor with a crown of jagged metal shaped like elongated talons.
Tints:
Default. Teal feathers with yellow tips, silver armor.
Radiant. White feathers, gold armor.
Ancient. Black feathers, copper armor.

Quotes:

Start of game, positive: "Ah, a worthy servant for Rukhmar. Let us fight for her glory."
Start of game, negative: "You're the best this realm has to offer? Well, as long as your sacrifice pleases Rukhmar..."
Start of game, negative response: "I will abide by your existence... for now. Pray I find you useful."
Earning a takedown: "Pitiful creature." "Praise the Sun!"
Earning a takedown on an Orc: "Perhaps now your kind will learn to stay out of the Spires of Arak."
Earning a takedown on Yrel: "The only Light worth worshiping is that of Rukhmar, Draenei."
Upon death: "Like the Sun, I shall rise... again..." "Shadows... gather..."
Upon taking an objective: "As Rukhmar wills."

v2.0
-First update since the competition ended! Big thanks to Bliztron, all the judges and other participants! This concept actually won, with a 100/100 score (woo!)
-Minor basic attack damage buff
-Reworked Wrath of the Sun God: Lower damage, no more diminishing returns; also updated level 20 talent
-A bunch of talent changes; trying to remove less interesting/unfitting talents
-A little bit of quote updating... definitely the weakest part of the concept

v1.5
-Tried to clean up the wording of Wrath of the Sun God; also gave it a minor damage buff to compensate the diminishing damage
-Added quotes, slight skin changes

v1.4
-Nerfed Wrath of the Sun God for interactivity; added a channel, clarified the fireball area of effect, added diminishing returns to fireball damage
-Added a skin and quote section; skins are added, quotes coming later

v1.3
-More significant changes based on judge feedback!
-Shifted Rukhmar's Condemnation to deal a similar amount of damage in less time
-Updated all Rukhmar's Condemnation talents corresponding to this change
-Added a secondary ability to toggle basic attack range, making it easier to guarantee cooldown reduction on Cruel Lash
-Replaced Burning Lashes with Spiteful Lashes (old effect: add a small Slow to Cruel Lash)
-Reduced the Invisible duration of Cloudwing Kaliri; it should still help Kaliri hide when placed away from enemies, but be easier to find when enemies are near

v1.2
-Talents added

v1.1
-Minor balance changes based on judge feedback!
-Reduced the duration of Eyes of the Kaliri (60 sec -> 45 sec)
-Reduced the duration of Wing Clip's Cripple (3 sec -> 2.5 sec) and added 10 Armor reduction to Zelkyr during the channel
-Wings of the Arakkoa's active now requires its passive to be in effect to use