Finally done with the cs, now to try and catch up with the IC lol
Name: Tara Rial
Age: 35
Appearance: 5ft 8
Personality: Tara is friendly and laid back when she's not working and calm and focused when she is. She takes awhile to fully trust others but she is very loyal to them when she does. She is independent and won't follow orders that she feels are unjust or come from someone she doesn't respect. She has a strong sense of morality, she is kind and believes in protecting the weak but has little patience for those who hurt the innocent or professionals who are incompetent.
Backstory: Tara grew up as an only child in a poor family in Otamur. Not wanting to get married or follow her father as a carpenter, she joined the army at 16. She excelled physically but her lack of respect for officers stopped her from rising far in rank. When she was 20 she disobeyed an order that would have gotten herself and the rest of her unit killed and was almost sentenced to death. The prince was suspicious of her commander's report and questioned other soldiers in her unit. When he discovered what had really happened he pardoned her and recruited her to be an assassin, realising she wasn't suited to the military. She trained in the skills of an assassin and quickly proved her worth. By the time she was 25 she was the highest ranked of the kingdom's assassins and a friend of the prince. When Ogual's armies attacked 10 years ago, Tara was no longer needed as an assassin and she became a guard for the prince. There were several attempts on his life from his own people who had been corrupted by the plague, and once a creature who had never been human managed to get into the palace. After five years of war Ogual finally won, the king and prince were killed in battle and Tara fled the country. She spent the next five years wandering and wallowing in her guilt, taking the occasional bounty on criminals to make enough to survive. When Merrik approached her she didn't believe him but even the small chance of being able to fight against Ogual was enough to get her to go with him.
Skills/Abilities: She is very skilled with knives, archery, stealth and is very agile. She is good with a sword and has a basic knowledge of poisons and first aid. The bond has given her the ability to have sudden bursts of speed where she can move fast enough to be a blur to human eyes.
Dragon breed: Lightning/yellow
Dragon Name: Zarketh
Dragon Gender: Female
Dragon Personality: She is impatient and mischievous; often behaving quite like a child, but when the situation demands it she grudgingly becomes more serious. While being very social and outgoing, she has yet to learn how to empathise with those who have different outlooks on life from her own and is bemused by the social etiquette of the humans.