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Family: ۩ ------ Parents: Remus and Aerilyn Dragol ۩ ------ Siblings: None. ۩ ------ Love Interest: Plotted with Briinah ۩ ------ Children: None.
Range: Gaddok will be in Oba for a time and explore areas there.
3 Base Traits: - Practical - Resourceful - Patient
Personality: Growing up in the shadow of a successful traveling merchant hasn't been easy, especially since he shares no interest in becoming one himself. He has, however, taught himself to be quite resourceful both in communication and in his surroundings. Gaddok is somewhat of a “MacGyver” of his era, coming up with the most ridiculous inventions with no more than the items on hand to perform tasks that were otherwise unfeasible.
Resourceful inventing has led him to develop a great deal of patience. Gaddok required perfection out of his inventions, surprisingly his virtue of patience carried over into his conversations and everyday life.
Gaddok practicality might be his ultimate downfall in conversation. He may have inherited his father’s charisma and overall presence, but when his mouth opens and words fall out, they tend to be brutally honest and more often than not people can’t handle his honesty; though his loyalty and commitment to society as a whole won’t lead him to hold anything against an individual, unless they are morally off in their choice of lifestyle and refuse to seek guidance.
Gaddok learns best through experience, which has led him to a great deal of injury. He generally works best by himself.
Plot Points/Ideas (may or may not happen): ۩ ------ ۩ ------ ۩ ------ ۩ ------
Habits:
Pet Peeves: ۩ ------ high pitched continuous noises ۩ ------ Being interrupted when he's MacGyverin' ۩ ------ Women crying (He feels terrible not annoyed.) ۩ ------
Dreams/Goals for the Future: ۩ ------ Seeing all parts of Tendaji ۩ ------ Help bring peace to the Jauhar area. ۩ ------ Meeting a woman who likes to travel. ۩ ------ One day settling down and having a couple little ones to chase around in a house of his own. ۩ ------
Fears: ۩ ------ Something bad will happen at home while he is away ۩ ------ He's afraid of becoming his father in any way. ۩ ------
Range: Sawenah is currently on her way to Zena (For her Familiar), but is a pretty free spirit and game to go anywhere the wind takes her; all of Tendaji is at her mercy~
3 Base Traits: - Expressive - Good Natured - Disciplined
Personality: Sawenah is an expressive, good-natured soul who is working on becoming more disciplined. She is very eager to one day become a Rider and receive her mount.
Sawenah is a very expressive individual. She is very affectionate and responds well to affection given to her, she loves surprises and will often accept last minute invitations to promising events; especially if she is evading boring and repetitive tasks. However, her expressiveness goes both ways… the power of her feelings is difficult for her to control and occasionally unleashes itself through outbursts of temper. This usually happens when she is provoked by someone or something known to bother her.
Despite her occasional outbursts of anger, Sawenah is a very good-natured person. In general, she is happy and wants those around her to be happy as well. She usually uses her sense of humor to cheer up others. Sawenah strives to inspire others to achieve their goals and is always eager to help in any way possible; even at the inconvenience of her own goals. However, her generosity is so freely given that it is often taken advantage of.
‘Discipline will make you a great warrior someday.’
This is what Sawenah is always told, and though she strives for it, her other qualities tend to stand in the way. Her training requires repetition and it is well known that she hates repetitive tasks, on top of that her mentor demands perfection of her to advance her training; which leads her to train a lot. She also is not very practical with money. She sees it as something to be spent and rarely saves it; unless, of course, there is something that catches her eyes, requiring her to save.
Plot Points/Ideas (may or may not happen): ۩ ------ Sawenah is very sweet and kind but has incredibly low self-esteem... If told this she wouldn't know what you mean, but most of how she perceives others' opinions of her(NPC's and such) Is actually projection... It's how she views herself. Sawenah needs someone to recognize this and help her fix it. ۩ ------ Sawenah has had high hopes of flying since her time in Sauti. She aspired to become a rider and one day own a Raptrix... Unfortunately, this will never come to pass, and her motivation to become a rider is sort of shot. I would like to RP her with someone who will pep-talk her into pursuing her dreams... only with a different familiar... ۩ ------ Filled by DraconicFeline's Kaalnia~ A Surrogate to go to Aisha and ask for a child for her: ;3; I just need the one~ no strings attached~ I need someone to poke the Aisha Tree and give Sawenah something to believe lol
Alkidike x Earthling Breeding Rules
|| This option cannot be used if the alkidike parent is less than one half Alkidike. They will have to use earthling breeding rules. || The Alkidike hybrid parent must follow an alkidike class in order to plead to Aisha. || Breeding requires 3 RPs. || The first two should be completed before applying for breeding and include establishing a relationship and the talk of children/trip to Aisha. || The last must be started after applying for breeding and should involve finding out the news that they are expecting. This RP must be completed before the results of breeding will be dropped. || When the initial form is posted, Suhuba will either approve the form or contact the parents further. Once approval is given the owners are ready to begin the last required RP. || This is an incredibly rare combination. Aisha must be thoroughly convinced that the Earthling is not only worthy of combining his/herself with an Alkidike, but that this pairing will benefit Tendaji in some way. || Alkidikes and Earthlings may both breed once they each reach their Second Stage. || Alkidikes and Earthlings may both breed up to 2 times. || For an Alkidike and an Earthling to breed, a sum of 250mil must be sent to Suhuba after the breeding request has been accepted. || Two flowers will be produced (unless otherwise requested). Their genders will be decided randomly. || If a different number of flowers are requested, payment will be adjusted accordingly. || Breedings involving more than twins are not guaranteed. Owners requesting triplets may roll 1d20 and if they roll a 1 or 20 they have successfully bred triplets. || Bred younglings will take after their parents. This means that babies will have half of one parent's and half of the parent's race. If one is a hybrid, it will mean that the baby will look more like the full race parent since that would be 50% one race and only a quarter (or whatever the case is) the other.
Habits: ۩ ------ ۩ ------ ۩ ------
Pet Peeves: ۩ ------ The color green ۩ ------ Being taken advantage of. ۩ ------ ۩ ------
Dreams/Goals for the Future: ۩ ------ Having a baby ۩ ------ ۩ ------
Fears: ۩ ------ Being completely alone (like away from society and away from people for extended periods of time) ۩ ------ Elarians/ Angry Alkidikes. ۩ ------ Being confronted for being a Loyalist/ facing Matori ۩ ------ Getting Pregnant
Range: Mash'al tends to stick to Oba. He's very loyal to his country. He will travel outside of Oba for a time, especially for a promising business opportunity.
3 Base Traits: – Narcissistic –Vindictive – Possessive
Personality: Mash’al views himself very highly; it shows in his appearance. His hair is always just so, he is physically fit and trains daily to keep himself that way. He spares no expense when it comes to tailoring his clothing and always carries himself tall and proud; almost intimidatingly so. He holds others of his house and his name to the same unrealistically high standards. Because of this he believe they have achieved the admiration and attention of the lesser nobles, making themselves special or superior as compared to the rest of the Fire Earthlings in his societal class. He views his current standing as a mere steppingstone to what he will achieve in his lifetime, and thinks it is only a matter of time before he breaks through into the high noble ranks. Due to his feeling of superiority he has a hard time empathizing with people he views as beneath him. To gain his empathy one has to change his perspective of them, or offer him something of value in return… That or catch him at a time when he feels as though people of importance may view him as lesser for not assisting.
Mash’al is a possessive, significantly rigid and stubborn. He is often preoccupied with details, rules, order, and organization to such an extent it is almost impossible to be met and keep a positive way of life. He is excessively devoted to work and productivity to the exclusion of friendship outside of business, cultural, or religious identification. Mash’al delegates over the family business, but only people who submit to him and follow his instruction to the finest degree advance up the company line; he needs “people he can trust out on his ships, not just good workers.” With the exception of his brother who shares a significant portion of the company, and who is able to sway Mash’al’s opinion on certain matters.
Mash’al’s strange behavior patterns cause him to have abusive tendencies. His abuse ranges from verbal to emotional and even reaching as far as physical with some instances. His usual mannerisms generally hold a great deal of verbal abuse, but any who would call him on it would be considered sensitive or weak. He is able to easily pass it off as a joke; whether it is or not. If the situation arises where he finds himself embarrassed the verbal abuse quickly escalates. The object of his embarrassment becomes the target of his abuse and until he feels his masculinity has been restored… the bombardment will continue; escalating until either Mash’al is overpowered or he is viewed as superior to the one who embarrassed him. Even after his masculinity is restored Mash’al has a very difficult time with forgiveness. Mash’al could hold a grudge against that person for weeks, even with an apology.
Plot Points/Ideas (may or may not happen): ۩ ------ ۩ ------ ۩ ------
Habits: Mash’al was meant to be a noble, therefore he was to be versed in the use of many weapons. Though as he arrived to his first lesson he happened to witness a man training with a beast, a great mountainous beast and Mash’al became mesmerized by the experience… one man able to make a mountain bend a knee to his whim. He had to learn, had to work with these creatures. The deal was he could become a beast tamer if he learned a secondary weapon to assist him in battle. To please his father he took it upon himself to train in the use of a sword.
Pet Peeves: ۩ ------ Being Disrespected/Emasculated ۩ ------ Being Used ۩ ------ Being Talked Down To ۩ ------
Dreams/Goals for the Future: ۩ ------ Exploring new business opportunities ۩ ------ ۩ ------ ۩ ------ ۩ ------
Fears: ۩ ------ Being Maimed; anything that may affect his appearance ۩ ------ Losing his holding in Oba or losing his company ۩ ------ Facing or having anything to do with his Ex-Wife(Though he would never admit to it!)
Personality: [ Expressive - Coming from a mercantile family he is charismatic, to an extent. Niamh is very open with his emotions, both positive and negative. He would give anything for the people who mean most to him and freely expresses his affection and desire to please them, but at the same time, he wouldn’t hold back if they hurt or offended him.
Indulgent – Being surround by the latest and greatest the market has to offer has made Niamh develop a need for the best. He is constantly surrounding himself with new, different, better things. Whenever he sets his sights on something it will literally eat him up inside until he has it; this carries over into his love life as well. Despite Niamh's insatiable desire, he has a few things of sentimental value which he holds dear.
Ambitious – Niamh spent a great deal of his childhood perusing the markets and on the surface, it can be quite relaxing, but when you get down to the nitty-gritty, things tend to get pretty cutthroat. Niamh strives for success in his line of work and expends much of his energy to achieve this goal; sometimes at the expense of his own well-being. ]
Serious Problems/Flaws : [ Temper - Most elements in Niamh's job leads to stress and sometimes he is not the best at coping with the levels of stress put on him... which then leads to temper. Usually, it’s just short outbursts of “Sass” but occasionally it leads to something more which usually alludes to some greater- underlying stress he hasn't dealt with or is avoiding dealing with.
Inner Turbulence – Often Times Niamh is his own worst enemy. His mind is constantly running and for his job that's a good thing, but when it’s not his job that he's focused on... Well, It can lead to problems in love. He tends to unintentionally wring his hands over the fear of losing the ones he loves, not in death, but more he won’t measure up to their expectations.
And If his love life is suffering... you can be sure it will carry over to his work. Niamh would constantly second guess himself (even though he has a nearly flawless intuition(so he perceives)). His constant haunting thoughts would hound his sleep, grate on his tolerance and lead to a hair trigger temper. Generally, when things get this bad he retreats from the stress of his life and paints, meditates and tries to regain control of his spiraling mental state.
Jealousy – Being the youngest Niamh has been slightly spoiled all his life... He's used to getting what he wants when he wants it. And due to his inner turbulence, he has a tendency to become clingy and jealous in a new relationship. Once again, he recognizes his flaws and does take steps to control them but... sometimes the tiger gets out of the cage~ xD ]
Plot Points/Ideas (may or may not happen): ۩ ------ We need to get this boy some Boyfriends~ ۩ ------ ۩ ------ Somewhere around Stage 3: In order to inherit the Lorcan Import/Export Business He has to produce an Heir. Male or Female, Mix or no, but from his blood. I imagine I won't find a playable character that wants to fill this role so I anticipate this to be filled by an NPC, but I will stick it here in case it works with someone's plot~
Plot With Leukos: ۩ ------ Meet in Matori and go out for lunch/spend the day together. ۩ ------ Meeting the Parents - Leukos comes over for "brunch" and has a run in with Nayeli ۩ ------ Journal: A Mother's concern - Nayeli voices her concern about Leukos and warns Niamh to be careful. ۩ ------ Meeting the Alol - Niamh is introduced to Leukos's pet and Niamh proposes they take a trip together. ۩ ------ Journal: (Growth) Convince Sarkis to approve and fund a business trip along mainland Matori in hopes of reviving settlements in the south. ۩ ------ (May happen by this time or will happen over the trip?) Plot "First Love" (Fling) XD - After putting things on ice their first go-round he finally commits >3 ۩ ------ WORKTRIP~ - Niamh takes Leukos on a trip along the main island of Matori. ۩ ------ Talan pulls some strings to take the Esrahim for a joyride... as Captain~ Bringing along His besties- Niamh and Leukos. To commemorate the ordeal he decides to play a little prank on them and following an old sailor tradition, marries them~ Neither party takes it well once they find out it's legally binding. ۩ ------ Niamh goes to oba to apologize for Talan, again, and gets captured by some shady characters... bad things ensue, and Niamh and Leu have to work together to escape with their lives. ۩ ------ After bad things happen, Talan convinces Sarkis and Nayeli to take Niamh to Belrea for treatment. Considering the lack of mental healing options on Tendaji, he had hopes that the advanced island would be the key to restoring his best friend
Habits: [ Playing in his Menk's water garden, Painting of the abstract variety, Yoga/Meditation ]
Pet Peeves: ۩ ------ ۩ ------ ۩ ------ ۩ ------
Dreams/Goals for the Future: ۩ ------ Running his father's Trading Enterprise~ ۩ ------ ۩ ------ ۩ ------ ۩ ------
Full Name: [ Talise Dermot ] Nicknames: [ Tali, Lisie (Lee-See), Lise (Lease) ] Race: [ Yaeli ] Gender: [ Female ] RP Color:[#C5908E] Age: [ Youngling ] Religion: [ Dualism ] Political Affiliation: [ Ha ha ha… Good one!~ ]
3 Base Traits: [ -Placid -Solitary -Analytical]
Personality: [ Placid: Talise is a surprisingly peaceful soul. She is content to just be still, in nature, alone. From her speech to her mannerisms she is very tranquil; it takes quite the ruckus to get her riled. Even when she is riled she tends to bottle it inside until she can’t hold it in anymore… Once that point has been reached she, depending on whether she can influence the situation or not, she turns to prayer. However, if she can change the situation her action is swift and decisive and like involves some sort of violence.
Solitary: When overwhelmed Lisie seeks solitude to center herself and regain control of her temper; lest she turns out like her father. Her interests also tend to be somewhat off-putting to most earthlings, but it all serves a greater purpose through the knowledge it provides her. Her solidarity can be a double-edged sword; as much as she may need it… She also tends to get lonely.
Analytical: Lise learns most of what she does on a trial basis; find a problem, fix the problem, what did you learn along the way that makes it easier to fix in the future? If she can discover how it all works, she will have a better understanding in the future. ]
Serious Problems/Flaws/Addictions/Disorders/Disabilities: [ Socially Awkward: Spending most of her time in the rickety basic studio style home on the edge of a bayou; she doesn’t get much social interaction. What social interaction she gets is likely not healthy. Now, she does escape it sometimes in the hopes of meeting new people, but when she does most find her to be… disturbed. I imagine through more interaction this trait will improve.
Caring: When Lise “bonds” with something she develops this nurse-like desire to care for it. A good example would be an injured creature. She would coddle it like a baby and use whatever knowledge she had on the species to help in any way possible, but she would keep it as far away from anyone else as possible; especially her father - for fear he might just put it out of its misery. She would lie and evade and do anything in her power to keep her “healing” a secret - steal supplies, etc.
Temper/ Mental Stability: Talise tries to remain calm because she has seen her father and what happens when he is upset; she doesn’t want to do that. She tries to alienate herself for fear she would hurt someone, she tries to be tranquil to keep from “unleashing the beast”. Every social interaction she feels as though she is walking a tightrope and if she takes the wrong step she could do something terrible… Through further interaction, she will learn that her father is just a very ill man and that his madness is not her own. ]
Likes: [ natural anomalies/ birth defects, Healing things by whatever means are available to her, singing/humming wordless tunes, ]
Dislikes: [ Other Earthlings telling her she’s gross, a monster, tainted or hexed or cursed, being chased or threatened when people ask about her father. ]
Religion: [ Lurin The male God, God of the Land of the Remembered, often depicted as the light side of the deities *As a youngling Tali will pray to Lurin to help guide her father down a lighter path and to bring him back to her. Nothing ever changes, and she eventually loses faith that Lurin has any regards for her. She loses faith that he would ever turn his gaze on her and turns her sights to Dafiel in her later stages.
Dafiel The female Goddess, Goddess of the Land of the Forgotten often depicted as the darker side of the deities Upon learning of her father's activities in her later stages, she turns to darker hobbies and takes an interest in developing poisons through various plant matter. As death became a natural part of her everyday life, she becomes numb to it and inevitably accepts it is a part of life. Talise embraces Dafiel as her primary deity. ]
Hobbies: [ drawing/studying keldari, playing with Keldari - feeding them certain crystals to see how it changes them, growing exotic plants, creating poisons and poultices ]
Special Abilities/Skills: [ Not being grossed out by gore, a determination to learn, the ability to completely remove herself emotionally from a situation ]
Occupation(s): [ (youngling) Keldari Wrangler : More like a hobby than anything, really~ ] Past Occupation(s): [ ------ ]
Physical Description: [ Eyes: Giant doe eyes, always looks a little sad… or sleepy… maybe depressed? Ears: long, slender, and adorable~ Nose: Petite button nose with a slightly curved bridge Crystal Placement: See Reference in Collage, one smooth perfectly round circle in the dip of her collarbone, and X - if someone can work the symbol for deflect/block on her abdomen or rib somehow my life would be complete. Freckle Placement: Starting with a light dappling along the top edge of ears, cheeks, nose, and a little on the forehead(closer to brow line and bridge of nose). As her skin is exposed to sunlight or chemicals more freckles will be added~ Hair: Mahogany purple, short and slight curl toward the ends. Will get longer as she ages. Height: Final height- Stage 2: 4’9” ]
The images used in this collage are to be used as references
Clothing: [ Youngling: >3 NEKKID~ Would enjoy having ragged ol'scarf if possible...? Prentice: Dull shades of Gray, Green and Brown - Boots~ - Button up jacket with pocket - Gray - large on her - Pants - Brown - large on her/rolled up - Long sleeved shirt - Green - longer - Boots! - I'm thinking they will be the same color as they are in the Collage~ Stage 2: Taking what we have from her prentice stage and changing them slightly. - Over the shoulder half shirt with belts - I like the idea of this, but with a different sleeve... maybe poofy but tight around the wrist? (will have to experiment) - keep pants and long sleeved shirt from the prior stage(Similar to other image w/o big black triangle parka) - Ol' Scarf can serve as "hood" Stage 3: I like everything about this image, but I would like to incorporate the scarf in some way. Stage 4: Same as stage 3, incorporate Dafiel influences Legendary: As it turned out... There were three images~ So Same as the prior two stages! ]
Accessories: [ At some point in her later stages I would like her to have an intricate “walking stick” >3 ]
Weapons (if any): [ Her primary weapon will be Magic; with the use of a book. Plotted spells consist of: Health, Wall, Force, and Fire - May add life at some point… Not sure yet. ]
Education: [ While her father was carrying out random odds and ends jobs he would leave his precious Lisie in the care of a curator of the local children’s home. While there, she was taught to read and write. She learned of the Deities and morals and the basic rights from wrongs. Though she was never kept there long, Kartane would always come back for her as soon as he was able. ]
Relationship History: [ ;T She’s just a babin~ -covers her precious freckled ears-]
Full Name: [ Talise Dermot ] Nicknames: [ Tali, Lisie (Lee-See), Lise (Lease) ] Race: [ Yaeli ] Gender: [ Female ] RP Color:[#B0A7B4] Age: [ Youngling ] Religion [ Dualism ]Political Affiliation: [ Ha ha ha… Good one!~ ]
3 Base Traits: [ -Placid -Solitary -Analytical]
Personality: [ Placid: Talise is a surprisingly peaceful soul. She is content to just be still, in nature, alone. From her speech to her mannerisms she is very tranquil; it takes quite the ruckus to get her riled. Even when she is riled she tends to bottle it inside until she can’t hold it in anymore… Once that point has been reached she, depending on whether she can influence the situation or not, she turns to prayer. However, if she can change the situation her action is swift and decisive and like involves some sort of violence.
Solitary: When overwhelmed Lisie seeks solitude to center herself and regain control of her temper; lest she turns out like her father. Her interests also tend to be somewhat off putting to most earthlings. All her guts and gore serve a greater purpose through the knowledge they provide her, but that doesn’t change the fact that most find that to be… disgusting; perhaps disturbing? Her solidarity can be a double sided sword; as much as she may need it… She also tends to get lonely.
Analytical: Lise learns most of what she does on a trial basis; find a problem, fix the problem, what did you learn along the way that makes it easier to fix in the future? Stringing up dead creatures and examining their innards helps her to understand how they work. If she can understand how they work maybe she will have better luck helping one in the future - Or realistically maybe they will have a similar anatomy to her father’s latest victim and she can help one escape someday~ It’s hard to say what a child is thinking when they “Play” ]
Serious Problems/Flaws/Addictions/Disorders/Disabilities: [ Socially Awkward: Spending most of her time in the rickety basic studio style home on the edge of a bayou; she doesn’t get much social interaction. What social interaction she gets is likely not healthy. Now, she does escape it sometimes in the hopes of meeting new people, but when she does most find her to be… disturbed; with good reason, but she would never tell. I imagine through more interaction and less of her father’s influences this trait will improve.
Caring: When Lise “bonds” with something she develops this nurse like desire to care for them; to an extent… A good example would be an injured creature. She would coddle it like a baby and use whatever knowledge she had on the particular creature to help in any way possible, but she would keep it as far away from anyone else as possible; especially her father. She would lie and evade and do anything in her power to keep her “healing” a secret - steal supplies, etc.
Should one of your characters find themselves on the receiving end of this trait… Well, the main thing would be to talk her down, explain she’s helping, but that you need further assistance… And pray like hell her father isn’t around.
Temper/ Mental Stability: Talise tries to remain calm because she has seen her father and what happens when he is upset; she doesn’t want to do that. She tries to alienate herself for fear she would hurt someone, she tries to be tranquil to keep from “unleashing the beast”. Every social interaction she feels as though she is walking a tight rope and if she takes the wrong step she could do something terrible… She won’t, but she doesn’t know that yet. Through further interaction, she will learn that her father is just a very ill man and that his madness is not her own. It’ll take time, but it will happen. ]
Likes: [ Dead things(the fresher the better), natural anomalies/ birth defects, Healing things by whatever means are available to her, singing/humming wordless tunes, ]
Dislikes: [ Other Earthlings telling her she’s gross, a monster, tainted or hexed or cursed, being chased or threatened, when people ask about her father(other than common courtesy questions) ]
Religion[ Lurin The male God, God of the Land of the Remembered, often depicted as the light side of the deities As a youngling Tali will pray to Lurin to help guide her father down a lighter path, to put his victims out of their misery swiftly, and to protect their family from her father’s wrongdoings. Nothing ever changes, and she eventually loses faith that Lurin has any regards for her (despite the fact she was spared from her father’s insanity, the “authorities” never happened upon her father and his… “hobbies~” (both of which are definitely a positive(in her mind XP))). She loses faith that he would ever turn his gaze on her and turns her sights to Dafiel in her later stages.
Dafiel The female Goddess, Goddess of the Land of the Forgotten often depicted as the darker side of the deities Growing up in her household seemed like she was dancing through the dwelling of Dafiel. Everything was dark and gruesome and forgotten… Death was a natural part of her everyday life and eventually, she becomes numb to it and just accepts that it is a part of life; being as most of the light has left the Dermot doorstep. In her later stages she embraces Dafiel as her primary deity and only looks to Lurin as the last hope~ ]
Hobbies: [ Taxidermy, playing operation on recently dead things to figure out how they work/what killed them, drawing/studying creature anatomy- namely keldari(about the only thing she can get her mitts on), playing with Keldari - feeding them certain crystals to see how it changes them- inside and out~ ]
Special Abilities/Skills: [ Not being grossed out by gore, a determination to learn, the ability to completely remove herself emotionally from a situation (ex: cutting someone open to retrieve a foreign object… “Yes, it hurts, but you have to take the bad thing out!”), ]
Occupation(s): [ (youth)Keldari Wrangler : More like a hobby than anything, really~ ] Past Occupation(s): [ ------ ]
Physical Description: [ Eyes: Giant doe eyes, always looks a little sad… or sleepy… maybe depressed? Ears: long slender and adorable~ Nose: Petite button nose with a slight(or deep... Not sure at this point which would look better (something to work out with artist)) curved bridge Crystal Placement: Small curled jagged protrusions on either side of her head, one smooth perfectly round circle in the dip of her collarbone, and an intricate pattern on her abdomen/rib/back on the left side(will have to discuss with artist to see what can be done) Freckle Placement: Starting with a light dappling along the top edge of ears, cheeks, nose, and a little on the forehead(closer to brow line and bridge of nose). As her skin is exposed to sunlight… or chemicals~ more freckles will be added~ Hair: Mahogany purple, short and slight curl toward the ends. Will get longer as she ages. Height: Final height- Stage 2: 4’11” ]
Clothing: [ Youngling: >3 NEKKID~ Would enjoy having ragged ol'scarf if possible...? Prentice: Dull shades of Gray, Green and Brown - Boots~ - Button up jacket with pocket - Gray - large on her - Pants - Brown - large on her/rolled up - Long sleeved shirt - Green - longer - Boots! - I'm thinking they will be the same color as they are in the Collage~ Stage 2: Taking what we have from her prentice stage and changing them slightly. - Over the shoulder half shirt with belts - I like the idea of this, but with a different sleeve... maybe poofy but tight around the wrist? (will have to experiment) - keep pants and long sleeved shirt from the prior stage(Similar to other image w/o big black triangle parka) - Ol' Scarf can serve as "hood" Stage 3: I like everything about this image, but I would like to incorporate the scarf in some way. Stage 4: Same as stage 3, incorporate Dafiel influences Legendary: As it turned out... There were three images~ So Same as the prior two stages! ]
Accessories: [ At some point in her later stages I would like her to have an intricate “walking stick” >3 ]
Weapons (if any): [ Her primary weapon will be Magic; with the use of a book. Plotted spells consist of: Health, Wall, Force, and Fire - May add life at some point… Not sure yet. ]
History: [ Talise Dermot was born of childhood sweethearts~ Tavinia and Kartane. They had been through it all together. Her mother, Tavinia, was a gorgeous young scholar with deep mahogany purple hair, long slender ears, beautiful spherical glowing eyes; she was perfect… In more than just her father’s eyes. How she ended up with a lowlife like Kartane… Well, that goes back to their youth. There aren’t many families that are willing to settle in the swamp-like bayou between settlements; it’s generally settled out of desperation. Tavinia’s family had fallen on hard times and was forced out of the Ilidan settlement over a dispute. Seeing as they weren’t the only ones; they settled closish to the Dermot abode.
Blessed with a beautiful baby girl the downhearted couple poured everything they had into making her the best she could be. Her mother was an excellent seamstress, and her father gifted in making intricate textiles. Tavinia always had the finest clothes her parents could provide, and with her looks - This may have gotten her into a bit of trouble~
That’s where her rowdy neighbor comes in! Kartane was born of the pinnacle of outcasts in society. His mother was mentally unstable… Always cuddling a doll that she would claim was Kartane as a baby; that he never grew up to look so much like his father. Whenever she laid eyes on her aging son she would shriek and cry and swat at him to leave. Kartane’s father- a violent drunk. Needless to say, there was always some sort of ruckus going on at the Dermot household and none of it good. Kartane would flee any chance he got; which often leads him to visit his only neighbor; Tavinia.
Her family gave him some normalcy in his otherwise hectic life… So he, in kind, protected their daughter, cared for her, and eventually fell in love with her. She was his everything, but as she aged her parents continued to pressure her to pursue a life outside of the Bayou- be a priestess, help at The Sanctum…
By this time, Kartane’s mother had passed of seemingly natural causes in her sleep, turning all his father’s aggression onto him. One night, through the flying fists of his father, Kartane managed to grab a meat cleaver… By the end of it all, Kartane was left standing and the local wildlife would eat well that night~
Home alone(long after his father’s “disappearance”), Kartane received a late night visit from his favorite neighbor, Tavinia. The couple shared a night of passion; one Kartane would likely never forget, and by morning Tavinia was nowhere to be found. All she left behind was a tear stained letter “Good Bye” sealed with her soft purple lipstick.
Kartane was devastated. To cope, he turned to similar habits of his father - drinking… It was a rough year for him, but when he emerged on the other side of it, he found a package at his door - And there was a note.
‘Kartane, I understand this may be difficult for you, but I have made a life at The Sanctum in Pajore. As much as I tried to leave you in my past, it would seem as though you followed me anyway. This is your daughter, Talise.
Goodbye’
No signature… No tears… Just cold distant facts and a bundle on his step. Releasing the letter to the wind with all his bitter, negative energy, he brought the bundle inside. Draining all his bottles into the swamp, he started trying to find a way to provide for his daughter; by any means necessary ]
Family: [ Kartane Dermot - [Height: 5’4” ] [ Build: Scrawny(140ish?) and solid muscle… like not an ounce of fat on this dude but each muscle is visible and cut] [Hair: Nearly white lavender and cut very short.(his hair was darker purple but the longer he stayed in the swamp like land he lived in the paler his hair got - either through consumption or exposure)] [Skin: pale olive with a crapload of freckles, more concentration where the sun hits skin. (shoulders, neck, back, head, arms, face) (when out in the sun he burns super fast and then when it heals he freckles - doesn’t seem to tan at all though~) ] [ Eyes: Typical… Yaeli Eyes? ] [Clothes: loose knee high shorts, shin high work boots, button up *jacket/shirt, *hat, *ragged plaid scarf (*weather depending)]
[Personality: To the average person Kartane mostly keeps to himself - he understands that people would see him as the outcast because of where he lives. he rarely makes appearances in any of the settlements(until he was looking for work after he received his daughter). On the off chance someone does approach him, he’s pretty outgoing actually. You would leave the conversation with that feeling of ‘huh, that went a lot better than I thought it would~’
To his daughter, he is the fun, loving, playful father any child could dream of - Except for when he is working… Kartane had always done his work diligently and was sure never to bring anything from the shed, but as the years' progress, it becomes more like a game… He began to enjoy what he did and it reflected in his attitude.
There are times, however, when his personality flips on a dime. If something goes wrong - say, someone escapes. He becomes cold and ruthless until the deed is done. This behavior can also be portrayed if anything were to ever happen to his daughter. ]
As mentioned above Kartane was born of the pinnacle of outcasts: An angry drunkard and his poor mental mother. His upbringing was less than stable and once he had some solid ground to stand on it was washed out from under him when his lover, Tavinia, left for Pajore - and her family shortly behind her. Alone, in his own sort of way, he dealt with her leaving. A little over a year had passed and he received word from her… and a daughter.
It wasn’t perfect, but it was something and he made the most of it. Against all odds, Kartane straightened out his act and Talise became the center of his world. He tried doing odd jobs to provide for her. It was usually hard manual labor or jobs that no one else wanted to do. Unfortunately, he couldn’t stay employed longer than a few months, Either it was temp work or he would piss off the boss... Things happened and he was unemployed again. It wasn’t until one night a strange man with sun darkened skin happened upon their island…
Naturally, everyone avoided the man like the plague, but something about Kartane must have caught the strange man’s eyes; he was approached for a job and Kartane accepted without hesitation; constant employment, and excellent pay and a signing bonus~ What did it entail, you ask? Make people (live or dead) disappear… No questions asked and make sure they were never found.
Hell, Kartane had already butchered his father without feeling a shred of remorse. Making someone he didn’t know disappear; that was easy. He was aware what sort of impact this could have on his young daughter, so he did his best to keep his work secluded to a shed back by the larger of the swampy waters surrounding their abode… Despite his efforts, It wasn’t long before Talise became curious of what her father was doing out there. She would occasionally sneak out and hide alongside the shed to spy on his work, pray for the victims, and also pray that one day her father would realize that this isn’t a way of life to enjoy… ]
Education: [ While her father was carrying out random odds and ends jobs he would leave his precious Lisie in the care of a curator of the local children’s home. While there, she was taught to read and write. She learned of the Deities and morals and the basic right from wrongs. Though she was never kept there long, Kartane would always come back for her as soon as he was able.
With the basic life skills under her belt, she sought out things that she enjoys like… Learning about creature innards and how it all works, and what is different, and what is the same, and what killed them. That kind of stuff~ ]
Relationship History: [ ;T she’s just a babin~ -covers her precious freckled ears-]
Future: [ -owo- It’s… A Mystery~ ]
Other: [ Circle: Protection/Safety Triangle/arrow: Directional - Something lies in wait for you Square/rectangle: Trap - Imobilizing - something to impede your progress Polygon(5 or more sides): Hex - the more sides the more severe - sickness/death
“Fortune Telling”: Using a Limbara tooth and some white and black stones/wood/bone she mixes and scatters the items onto the earth to determine what it is in store for whoever holds the pleasure of playing with her~ ]
Character Creation: Una Tavarok
A Special Invitation
Username || [ akuma_kessaku ]
Character's Name || [ Una Tavarok - Sector of Innovations ]
Crystal Location and Color || [ Prefer sparse placement. I desire one perfectly circular smooth crystal in the center of the dip between the collarbone. Other than that, Colorists Choice on Location/Type lightest green in color]
3 Base Traits: -Self Reliant -Resolute -Persevering
Personality: Una is fiercely independent. She prefers to work alone, but would settle for a lead role in a group effort. She is most successful when able to make decisions by herself, rather than following the orders of others. (Ex/ Tell her to do something and let her decide how she gets it done.) Una does not handle change well and tends to become rigid and self-conscious when singled out in a new environment.
Una has a hard time with diplomacy when she views her way as the right way/ best option. She will often opt out of assisting or force out the opposing view before she would consider compromise. Her confidence allows her to have an air of absolution about her; which puts some at ease, but makes others think of her as arrogant. She sees herself as stronger than most, and able to do the difficult things others cannot. No matter her situation she keeps up a persevering nature and pulls through no matter the circumstance.
When set to a task Una becomes engulfed in it. It becomes the focus of her every thought until she has completed it. It would take something drastic to pull her away from whatever she is working on. She could spend months without social interaction outside of the discussion of her task. Una also has difficulties developing friendships. She does not seem to pick up certain social cues unless they are pointed out to her.
When not overcome by stresses of her duty, Una is actually pretty quirky and interesting to hang around. In her downtime, she will tinker with small tech projects, as a way to decompress. She enjoys being outdoors and doing outdoor activities. Una has few friends but is very loyal to those she holds close to her heart. Unfortunately, she suffers from frequent headaches and can often come down with colds due to her high-strung nature.
Serious Problems/Flaws: A good portion of her personality can be seen as a flaw: She does her best work in isolation; she doesn't like taking direction from others, she hyper focuses on her projects. For all her “flaws” I want to work on how she adapts to living under the Academy's roof and how she will have to grow as a person to achieve her goals.
History: Una was born to a young Lightning couple, Jakov and Yevka Tavaros. Wanting space for their new little one, the couple gave up the city life and settled just outside the busy streets of their hometown, Hafelle. Growing up Una had a loving family life. Yevka was mostly a stay at home mom; tending their subsistence farm and studying whatever new materials Jakov brought home from work. This left her plenty of time to bond with little Una and develop her love for the outdoors. They would often take field trips to the coal mines her father was overseeing and while her mother would get a better look at the minerals in their natural elements, Jakov would keep an eye on little Una.
Unfortunately, when Una was very young. Her mother Yevka took ill; presumably, from some sort of bad interaction with a gas leak from within the mine, she was exploring. There was little knowledge of how she acquired the illness, and therefore no known cure. Despite the healer's best efforts, Yevka passed away, leaving Jakov to manage the mines and care for Una. He tried his best to balance work and parenting, but with the use of coal rising his bosses demanded results; forcing later hours, deeper excursions into the mines, and longer time spent away from Una.
Despite all the long hours, Una thrived. Under the careful supervision of a family friend, Ailis, she was able to find ways to entertain herself. Una spent much of her time in her father’s hobby shack, finding it to be the best playhouse, she would tinker with her father's tools and junk lying around; piecing together the most curious contraptions to help with tasks around the farm.
As she aged, Una found the manual labor of farming to be tedious. Having her father away in the mines, she was left with a few acres of property with a variety of crops to tend to. It wasn't the easiest life, but she appreciated the seclusion, and the challenges forced her to think outside of the box and develop new technologies to accomplish tasks. Among these were Tavarokyte, a bluish stone she found among her mother's belongings that had been packed away after her passing. Since its discovery, Una has found many uses for the new mineral and looks forward to all she can unlock with its seemingly endless applications.
Prompt Response || Una stared at the crumbled seal of red wax, the opened envelope, the tri-fold leaflet all laid out just so on the table. The news had come early in the day, and she hadn't had time to look, carelessly tossing it into the house with the rest of the cluttered papers and maps sent by her father's bosses. It wasn't until hours later when she came in to begin supper that she had time to examine her mail, and what she found stopped her heart; time stood still as she slid to the floor, eyes scanning each word hand written in a delicate script. It was an invitation to the Academy of Steam. She had been so young yet, how could they possibly be extending this great honor to her? Perhaps it was a mistake; maybe it was for her father? He had done some amazing things with metalworking on this farm and surely was a better candidate. She flashed a glance to the top of the page and traced the words with her finger, 'Miss Una Tavarok,'
Her stomach fluttered with excitement, this opportunity opened so many doors for her. She could take the varokyte and use it with small application steam technologies; where giant boilers would be impractical. She even toyed with the idea of using it in soil to grow crops out of season. Una had already found out that it works great for irrigation when the apparatus functioned. Seated at the table she lit a lantern and stared at the leaflet as the flame caused shifting shadows across the page. As Una's fanciful thoughts came to a screeching halt as the front door opened.
“Una... Fritz is... Well, on the fritz again.” Jakov chuckled as he watched the four-legged automaton's lurching movement, “Hmm, might have to oil that joint again. Blasted thing keeps sticking.” Turning to see his daughter's somber expression, Jakov cautiously approached, “What's going on, sweetie?” He asked while giving her head a loving peck, “The boiler was still going full bore when I came home if I hadn't flip the valve it may have overheated." He was perplexed by her lack of insight on the situation. Generally, she was overcautious with the valves, like clockwork she'd make her rounds to ensure the pressure wouldn't build to critical levels; these little inventions were as important to her as him. Tossing aside his overcoat he continued, "I should go take a look at the track on that irrigation system... You said it was-” His voice trailed off as he noticed the piece of paper on the table.
“It's from the Academy.” Una uttered slowly rotating her head to meet her father's chartreuse eyes, “I want to go... But everything here, I can't just walk away from it.” Her throat tightened as the words escaped her lips. It was so hard to think she would have to leave all of this for the Academy, but her research on varokyte could grow tenfold.
Jakov grabbed Una's shoulders and rotated her to face him, kneeling to meet her eye level he gave a soft smile, “Una, this is incredible!~ A real honor... You have to go.” As he spoke the words he watched his daughter's eyes drift, but with a gentle shake he took her attention back, “Una, this a once in a lifetime offer; You can't go back if you walk away now.” Jakov ran his thumb across her flushed cheek. He could see the conflict she was struggling with. The two of them had put so much work into this farm since Yevka's passing. With his metalworking and her designs, they made a pneumatic cylinder base to move a misting system of metal tubing down the length of their crops. They also designed a misting device for the finicky greenhouse plants Yevka loved so much.
“I know it may seem like this place run's itself most days, but I assure you it's far more complicated than that,” Una snorted while looking into her father's eyes, “if I do go, You'll need someone to chase valves all day, or there won't be a home for you to come back to.”
Jakov gave a laugh, “Come on~ I'll just keep the boiler temp low while I'm away and... Well, You might have to take your mother's plants, if they stay with me I'll kill them.” He flinched as his daughter slugged his arm in response to his comment, “What?! You know I lack the green thumb and finesse when it comes to dealing with those finicky things. Hell, I don't even know where your mother got those plants from.”
Una grinned as her father scrubbed her curls, “Alright, Fine. I'll go!” She huffed sarcastically. The fluttering in her stomach returned as she thought about the commitment she was going to be making. It was exciting for her to be invited to a place where people were as dedicated to the advancement of technology as she was. Maybe she wouldn't be the quirky quiet kid anymore.
His heart melted as a grin spread across his daughter's face; seems like ages since he'd seen it last. Jakov rose from his knees and arched his back, “Well, I'm sure I'll catch hell for it later, but it will be worth it. Tomorrow we work on stabilizing the farm and get you packed and the following morning we will depart for Valmon.” He could see her about to protest and intervened, “Now, will you get out there and fix Fritz!” Jakov exclaimed while pulling the door open for Una to exit, “Or at least shut the poor bugger down... It's like you think that Tavarokyte grows on trees or something.”
“Daddy, I don't know if there is a way to fix Fritz; It's always going to need work...” slipping on a glove she opened the pressure valve on its back to let the steam evacuate, watching as the critter dropped to the earth. She looked to her father and the two spoke simultaneously, “That's part of its charm.”
Life Work ||Mission Statement: Una Tavarok is dedicated to the study of Tavarokyte and adapting it to new applications in everyday living to better the lives of her fellow Belreans.... Belrites.... Hmmm, Earthlings of Belrea~ More about my made up sci-fi rock~ Tavarokyte (Tah-ver-o-kite)[abbreviations – Varokyte] – A hard rock-like mineral that ranges in color from turquoise to cobalt.
Applications in Society: Similarly to coal it can be ignited by applying a small amount of acid(literally anything with an acidic ph) to the stone, then placed in a small tank of water to boil it and produce steam. The most common use for this mineral would be in situations where large bulky coal powered boilers cannot be applied. When the mineral is completely spent it leaves a fine powder at the bottom of the vessel that can be easily swept/scrubbed out. The stronger the acid the hotter Varokyte becomes and the quicker it is consumed.
** So far, Una has used it for making steam to water crops. The small amount of acid applied to the mineral has little to no effect on the steam it produces so it works great for irrigation. (the boiler mentioned in the prompt is a coal-powered boiler. It is still the primary source of their power on the farm, but instead of finding a way to divide the power between the track that shifts the shoddy irrigation system to produce water for their crops, they welded a chamber in the irrigation shaft to place tavarokyte and when the water pump pulls water from the undergrounds spring and it is introduced to the active tavarokyte, steam is shot down the length of tube and over the plants... thus irrigation~). She also has been tinkering with a pet project with her father, an automaton named Fitz... It is very basic automaton comprised of a small steam turbine that rotates the gears that open the valves in a systematic fashion to allow steam into the spring loaded pneumatic cylinders to move the legs, and a tank to hold water. The critter has never quite worked right, but its something she has bonded with her father over, so she keeps it around and tries to get it functioning (hence the name Fritz. In future plot I would like to get it functioning, but never to do anything more than move properly(a feat in itself, honestly)).
Other information: This mineral is generally found deep within coal mines. It has similar properties to the real life mineral Mica(sheet) only it doesn't flake quite so easily.
I was tinkering with how the mineral would be produced and thought it would be fun to say it is produced when crystals get trapped in the decaying layer of plant-life in the earth (since the mineral is similar to coal I wanted to go with a similar concept for how it is produced, but to give it the different properties I had to add a twist and crystals grow all over Tendaji, right?) Future Explorations: Neutralizing the effects of acid on Tavarokyte – I have been thinking that there should be a particular Ore in the earth that keeps Tavarokyte neutral (so it doesn't burn underground!), but I haven't the time to design a whole other fictional ore, so if I win that will be my next thing.
Using trace amounts of flaked tavarokyte in soil to raise the temperature allowing for longer growing periods/growing crops out of season.
I want to explore what affects adding a base solution to Tavarokyte could have on it... was considering that it compact the layers further making it very hard, but brittle... could be similar to ceramic?
And lastly, if the origin of the mineral sticks, and it's essentially coal with crystals trapped inside it... then perhaps different crystals could hold different properties, be different colors... this one just literally came to me after thinking about how coal is produced in the earth... so if it gets axed I'm not going to be heartbroken.
Closing Comments: So, as frustrating as all this has been, it's been pretty fascinating researching how all this works out and I hope to be able to continue to develop this plot. As advanced as some of this stuff may sound it is pretty basic when it comes to steam technology, and I would be happy to struggle through the explanation of how I think all this stuff works while picturing it in my head! sweatdrop
I'm open to flexing my characters plot and the mineral itself to fit the needs of the shop(though it's likely I'll be the only one to use it XD). I have plans for how she discovered the ignition properties of the mineral and planned on a journal entry to explain that because It really didn't fit trying to squish it into the prompt(and the whole 1000 word thing XP).
I hope you find whatever it is you are looking for in this Academy character... Whether it is with Una or not~
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 10:07 pm
Self RP Groundrules: [ PM or AIM with questions, concerns, comments ]
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۩ ------ Part of the glory of self-RP is back and forth banter; of which I will be partaking. It will not have a count fraction because since it will be multiple characters posting in the same post - and that is not allowed XD
۩ ------ Will add more rules as they apply~
۩ ------ Gaddok Bails Sawenah out of trouble after fighting with a noble in the markets of Sulburi ۩ ------ Gaddok meets Mash'al and travels to Jatine to talk Trade business ۩ ------
۩ ------ Sawenah trains with Gaddok - >D Spearfight~ ۩ ------ Gaddok helps Sawenah get a Mount~ ۩ ------
۩ ------ Mash'al hosts Gaddok on one of his ships and brings him to Zena to be arrested for nearly killing his father~ ۩ ------ ۩ ------
