[CHAR] LANTERN (redux)

@Cairo, playing Thomas

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The fresh-faced, slight young man in a well-maintained soldier’s uniform, usually glancing about nervously or rigidly standing at attention. On first impression, Thomas looks like a boy that’s about to jump out of his own skin. He’s nervous, awkward, constantly second-guessing himself and mumbling apologies to those around him. Everything he does is the result of careful, almost paranoid consideration, though the same can’t be said for everything he says. He sees himself more or less the same way, though you could add in a sense of inadequacy about his role as a soldier, stemming from the fact that he has never seen combat as well as his rather nervous demeanor.

@drewccapp, playing Elliot

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Elliot is best recognized by the birthmark that covers the right half of his face. After that his piercing blue eyes. He has a fairly normal build for his age and as a result if he had no birthmark would blend in with a crowd rather than stand out. Elliot is a bit off-putting. Not because he is rude, but because of his birthmark and how little he speaks. He often watches strangers carefully picking apart their actions and speech which alone can be disturbing. Although he is a bit odd to start, he is not unpleasant and even quite polite.

@Virgil, playing Ifor

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Shorter-than-average legs, longer-than-average arms, a heavily-set brow and wispy goatee the length of a cooking-ladle cast this particular 'man' as a rather strong break from the traditional mold. Ifor is a quiet fellow, rarely speaking - or making much noise at all for that matter. What activity he does make is done during life's softer moments: fiddling with an idle trinket here, observing a faint smudge there - dabbling where others would only see brief trivialities. His stare would seem to encompass the experiences of a lifetime within a single second...or alternatively, might merely be seen as rude, or even unnerving.

@Girlie1Bomba, playing Izzy

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That fiery red hair, those smoldering steely-blue eyes, that teasing smile, the adorning 'baby unicorn horn,' that cleavage, that eye patch that may be worn sometimes and not always covering the same eye as when she last wore that eye patch. Reserved and watchful. A downward chin, eyes distant, yet always seeming to exude great poise and posture. A lonesome beauty lost in a brooding aura. But they will see flashes of her true self: Forward, flirty and flowing. Izzy inititates contact once she meets someone, whether a handshake, eye contact or by simply comments; she does not always acknowledge another's personal boundaries.

@WittyReference, playing Lord Varric

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Clad in magnificent robes of violet, resplendent gold inlays and tasteful splashes of muck and blood courtesy of the crash, Varric stands just shy of six foot (though he swears he is all of 6'2). Floor length and tattered, Varric pairs the garment brilliantly with a petulant scowl. Wrinkled and streaked with grey, the nobleman's vanity belies the age inscribed on his face. Short, neat hair and a well groomed goatee befit a man of stature and subterfuge and as such are a staple of Varric's image. Given notice, the nobleman carries himself with dignity befitting one of his station, leaning to his honored guest's sensibilities to garner favor and admiration.

@c3p-0h, playing Temp

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Look for the short young woman in a tie, with a messy flop of hair, freckles covering her cheeks, and a mouth full of curses. She'll be easy to find – brawls tend to be hard to miss.Temp lives up to her name – loud mouthed, short fused, and always ready to crack a bat over some kneecaps. It's easy enough to write her off as a violent lost cause, a grown-up delinquent that you'd do well to stay far away from. Most do. Temp likes to think of herself as a pretty straight forward person. If you're cool to her, she's cool to you. You piss her off, she beats you up. It's not a perfect system, she knows – it's probably caused more problems than it's solved.

@baraquiel, playing Golde

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In order to see Angel in a crowd, you will need a really sharp eyesight. Because of her shy and soft-spoken personality, she often wears a cloak every time she goes outside to buy food from the market or harvest herbs and berries in the woods that she would put in her large basket. Really, standing out from a crowd will be the last thing Angel wants to do as she doesn't really want any unnecessary attention. The only striking traits you'll see that will make you sure it was her was the flash of lush, golden hair underneath her cloak along with her fair skin.

@YungTweak, playing Liliana

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The young woman was very flamboyant in most of her aspects. She was usually seen playing her instrument, the mandola, or moving to the beat of a tune within her own head. She could be described as a loud personality; keen to offer her opinion whether it's wanted or not and always ready to shoot a comment on any given situation. She couldn't have stood taller than 5'5" and weighed roughly 110 pounds, with an athletic build. A golden ring runs through the septum of her nose, resting above lips that had a hint of pout. Occasionally displayed from between her lips was a pierced tongue, a barbell with golden metal orbs on either side running through the pink mass.

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@Cairo@drewccapp@Virgil@Girlie1Bomba@WittyReference@c3p-0h@baraquiel

[Cairo]

Thomas, the Soldier Boy

WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER'S NAME? WHAT DO THEY PREFER TO BE CALLED?
Thomas Drennerson

HOW ARE THEY BEST RECOGNIZED IN A CROWD?
The fresh-faced, slight young man in a well-maintained soldier’s uniform, usually glancing about nervously or rigidly standing at attention.

WHAT IS A STRANGER'S FIRST IMPRESSION UPON MEETING THEM? HOW DOES YOUR CHARACTER SEE THEMSELVES?
On first impression, Thomas looks like a boy that’s about to jump out of his own skin. He’s nervous, awkward, constantly second-guessing himself and mumbling apologies to those around him. Everything he does is the result of careful, almost paranoid consideration, though the same can’t be said for everything he says. He sees himself more or less the same way, though you could add in a sense of inadequacy about his role as a soldier, stemming from the fact that he has never seen combat as well as his rather nervous demeanor.

WHERE DID THEY GROW UP? WHERE DO THEY FEEL AT HOME?
Thomas has lived all his life in the city of Glaifast. His mother was a young woman who worked as a barmaid in a sailor’s tavern on the docks, and she never liked speaking of his father very much. His earliest memories are from the fishing wharfs – the smell of salt and gutted fish, running with the other children across docks and through back alleys. The only place he feels at home now, of course, is his unit’s section of the Gleifast Army barracks – though as his fellow soldiers fell one by one to the sickness, even that place became more and more foreign to him.

WHO ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THEIR LIVES?
His mother dominated his life in his youth – he was a friendless boy, and she did her best to educate and raise him on her own. After she died and he enlisted, the most important people in his life became his fellow soldiers and his commanding officer, Captain Archibald. While it’s probably an overstatement to call them ‘friends’, the older and more experienced members of his unit had a certain fondness for the nervous boy, and though the Captain was often stern and demanding, Thomas still latched onto him as something of a father figure.

WHAT IS THEIR PROFESSION, SKILL OR LIFESTYLE? WHAT DO THEY THINK THEIR STRENGTHS ARE? WHAT ARE THEIR ACTUAL STRENGTHS?
Thomas is a soldier – trained mainly to fight pirates on the open seas, though his education did cover the fundamentals of modern warfare, though he never saw actual combat before the plague overtook the city. He thinks his best qualities are his ability to follow orders and respect his superiors – not very useful in the situation he’s found himself in. His actual strengths are his sense of loyalty, his deep moral convictions, his ability to empathize and, though it’s difficult to tell by looking at him, his near-bottomless reserves of determination and courage.

WHAT ARE THEIR FEARS, FLAWS AND SECRETS?
More than anything, Thomas fears failing in his duty as protector of the Legend’s Forgery. Though his authority as military attaché is largely in name only, he’s still taking it deadly seriously, and is terrified of disaster striking because of his incompetence and disgracing the final command of Captain Archibald. His flaws are his tendency to second-guess himself and his desire to have someone else tell him what to do – he has a lot of trouble taking charge or showing initiative. In addition, he’s dreadfully awkward and has a tendency to put his foot in his mouth when he’s trying to win people over. His deepest secret is that he never learned to read – his mother didn’t know either and he managed to fake his way through that part of training (or at least he thinks he did – in truth, his superiors just liked having a message boy they knew wouldn’t read sensitive documents).

WHAT DO THEY WANT MOST? WHAT DO THEY ACTUALLY NEED?
Thomas wants, more than anything, to fulfill his duty to his city, his unit, and his fellow survivors and protect them all as best he can. What does he really need? To find his confidence, learn to forge his own path, and make his own choices about what he’ll devote his life to.

IF YOUR CHARACTER COULD HAVE ANY SUPERNATURAL ABILITY, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
To heal people – to mend their wounds and cure their illnesses, to ease their pain, to keep them from dying and leaving him alone.

HOW HAS THE PLAGUE AFFECTED THEM? WHY ARE THEY ABOARD THE LEGEND'S FORGERY?
Thomas’s life has been defined by the plague. Though he didn’t know it at the time, his mother was one of the first cases of the illness in the city of Gleifast – he was right there by her side the whole time, caring for her as her health waned and her mental state deteriorated. When she finally wasted away and the tavern they had worked at was condemned, he enlisted in the army, lacking anywhere else to go. Not long after his training was finished, the plague had become a crisis that threatened to wipe out civilization, and he stayed in the barracks as one by one, his fellow soldiers displayed the tell-tale symptoms and were escorted away. A few months later, he was alone, remaining in the barracks in accordance with the last orders he had received. A few days before the Legend’s Forgery departed, he was called to the office of Captain Archibald, now wasted away to nearly nothing. Between bites of stale bread, the Captain informed him, in a moment of lucidity, that he was now the acting commander of the Gleifast Army, on account of his being the only one that was neither dead nor dying. He was to serve as military authority and escort of the last ship to depart from Gleifast Harbor, carrying the few survivors of the city to a promised safe haven – and so, for the first time in his life, Thomas found himself in a position of terrifying importance.

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THIS CHARACTER CHANGE AND DEVELOP?
I’d like to see him gain a bit of confidence, of course, but more than that I’d like to see him embrace the softer sides of his personality – his empathy, his kindness, his determination to protect those closest to him. In addition, I’d like to see him find a new sense of purpose, beyond the tasks that have been given him.

PITCH A SMALL SUBPLOT THAT WOULD BE PERSONALLY MEANINGFUL TO YOUR CHARACTER.
Word arrives that survivors of the shipwreck have been captured by natives and are being held as slaves – Thomas, feeling that it is still his duty to protect the people of the Legend’s Forgery, resolves to rescue them by any means necessary.

[drewccapp]

Elliot the Last

WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER'S NAME? WHAT DO THEY PREFER TO BE CALLED?
Elliot Allard The Last

HOW ARE THEY BEST RECOGNIZED IN A CROWD?
Elliot is best recognized by the birthmark that covers the right half of his face. After that his piercing blue eyes. He has a fairly normal build for his age and as a result if he had no birthmark would blend in with a crowd rather than stand out.

WHAT IS A STRANGER'S FIRST IMPRESSION UPON MEETING THEM? HOW DOES YOUR CHARACTER SEE THEMSELVES?
Elliot is a bit off-putting. Not because he is rude, but because of his birthmark and how little he speaks. He often watches strangers carefully picking apart their actions and speech which alone can be disturbing. Although he is a bit odd to start, he is not unpleasant and even quite polite.

Elliot views himself as a patient man that knows the value of acting at the right time. He knows fully well his birthmark is a serious detractor to his initial impression, so he learned to be patient with people and wait to see if his disfiguration is enough to cause serious problems or if his polite demeanor is enough to change their mind. He knows fully well some people are not genuine and has learned to pay attention to tells and speech to see if they are genuine or false. He values the power of listening and feels that anyone that speaks too much has truly little to say.

WHERE DID THEY GROW UP? WHERE DO THEY FEEL AT HOME?
Elliot grew up in a large city called Rom. The city was built around a silver mine and eventually grew into textiles. He grew up in the keep of the city as the nephew of the lord mayor of the city. Being fortunate enough to learn how to read, Elliot spent most of his time in the city library as the smell of parchment was most comforting for him.

WHO ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THEIR LIVES?
Uncle Thomas Allard has acted as Elliot’s guardian and educator for as long as he can remember. His uncle taught him to read and write, and he encouraged him to figure out for himself his own path. This freedom built up Elliot’s respect for his uncle so much that any time he had a question he came to his Uncle for advice under most circumstances. Whenever he could, his uncle made time to help Elliot out. Even so, any time that Elliot had questions about his errant father Uncle Thomas grew evasive and never gave a clear answer which often put a strain on their otherwise close relationship.

WHAT IS THEIR PROFESSION, SKILL OR LIFESTYLE? WHAT DO THEY THINK THEIR STRENGTHS ARE? WHAT ARE THEIR ACTUAL STRENGTHS?
Ask Elliot directly and he would say his desired profession is historian, and he has been acting as an apprentice for three years. He has a love for learning the story of the world and uncovering each mystery has an magical charm. He has a love for finding the truth behind the rumors and discovering what really happened and how. No piece of history is too small for him as he feels each part has its role to play in the whole.

Elliot’s true strength is in his investigative skills and particularly in his observation. In order to find out the truth behind the rumors he had to develop the skill to detect the lies and inconsistencies. He unintentionally has ruined a couple plots of varying degrees as a result of such behaviors in humanity. Some as small as a simple lighthearted prank to more mean spirited acts. Fortunately, he has been wise enough to know how to act according to each situation.

WHAT ARE THEIR FEARS, FLAWS AND SECRETS?
Elliot does not quite understand it, but he has a fear of meeting his real father. Uncle Thomas practically raised him as his mother was often ill and incapable to caring for him. He knows very little about his father and any questions raised brings about a very negative reaction along with an evasive response. He is afraid his father is a criminal or something and that if he should meet the man there would be only danger. The only thing he knows is his father left on an expedition ship never to be seen again, and he left very much against the wishes of his family.

Elliot’s greatest flaw is that he has a hard time trusting anything without hard evidence, and he does not trust his instincts if they hint at something being true without that proof. By extension words mean little to him without the action to back them up. He understands how easy it is for humanity to lie and trust is very difficult for him unless proven otherwise.

His next flaw is that he is slow to act. Often times he is the last to act. As a result he earned the title “the Last” by his peers as a mockery of his patience and apparent lethargy. He accepted it on with pride as he feels in many cases acting with patience and taking time to make a decision often delivers the correct or best results.

Elliot’s one and only secret is that as a result of an investigation preventing a cruel prank the prankster took great offense. The prankster cornered Elliot privately and assaulted him. Elliot defended himself vigorously and in the struggle the fight ended suddenly as Elliot accidentally broke his opponent’s neck. He ran away in a panic and later the body was found. Lucky enough there were no witnesses to his act of manslaughter, but the act itself weighs heavily on him to this day.

WHAT DO THEY WANT MOST? WHAT DO THEY ACTUALLY NEED?
Elliot would love to document and entire history of the world. Its origins. The rise and fall of civilization. Along with all the mysteries in between.

What he needs is to forgive himself for the life he took and move forward with his life.

IF YOUR CHARACTER COULD HAVE ANY SUPERNATURAL ABILITY, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
If Elliot were to have a supernatural ability he would want to have the ability to perceive and understand the history and events that have happened at any location, or around an item.

HOW HAS THE PLAGUE AFFECTED THEM? WHY ARE THEY ABOARD THE LEGEND'S FORGERY?
To Elliot the plague was worse than any war he had studied. Worse than any other epidemic in the history books. He lost every single person that mattered to him in life. His uncle. His mother. His cousins. The historian he apprenticed under. He documented every moment he could. He recorded the symptoms. He made every effort to try and find a pattern to the maddening disease, but to no avail. Every death reminded him of his own mistake which only sunk the knife of regret even further.

Eventually, it became clear he would need to escape the plague and find a new home. The entire population of Rom dwindled to merely a few hundred within months. The city simply died off. He took with him the recordings of all of the plague to act as a guardian of this disaster to protect its history as a reminder of just how vulnerable humanity is and left for the nearest port city, Gleifast. He was the last to leave Rom.

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THIS CHARACTER CHANGE AND DEVELOP?
As I tend to develop a character intuitively and along the natural flow of the narrative I actually have no clue how I would like to see Elliot develop. I have the most fun watching a character surprise me as I work with them.

PITCH A SMALL SUBPLOT THAT WOULD BE PERSONALLY MEANINGFUL TO YOUR CHARACTER.
Elliot’s father is still alive and acting as a leader of the Artificers. He has started a new life there and is completely unprepared for the sudden appearance of his first son. Their first meeting will decide their future forever.

[Virgil]

Ifor, the Quiet Eye

WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER'S NAME? WHAT DO THEY PREFER TO BE CALLED?
Though "Ifor" was the name given to him at birth, he generally prefers to be called by his nickname..."Ifor".

HOW ARE THEY BEST RECOGNIZED IN A CROWD?
Shorter-than-average legs, longer-than-average arms, a heavily-set brow and wispy goatee the length of a cooking-ladle cast this particular 'man' as a rather strong break from the traditional mold. Yet despite his otherwise monstrous qualities, there's something serene about the stare that's eternally plastered to his tan visage; a collected and inquisitive tranquility neither unfazed by the glaring rays of the sun nor unshaken by the harsh bite of frost. Within a crowd, he may be one of the few fish looking upstream instead of down.

WHAT IS A STRANGER'S FIRST IMPRESSION UPON MEETING THEM? HOW DOES YOUR CHARACTER SEE THEMSELVES?
Ifor is a quiet fellow, rarely speaking - or making much noise at all for that matter. What activity he does make is done during life's softer moments: fiddling with an idle trinket here, observing a faint smudge there - dabbling where others would only see brief trivialities. His stare would seem to encompass the experiences of a lifetime within a single second...or alternatively, might merely be seen as rude, or even unnerving. It's in part due to the latter attitudes that his personal habit is to remain a part of the world rather than to act as its center - maintaining a distance from which he can safely relax, and observe the finer mundanities it has to offer.

WHERE DID THEY GROW UP? WHERE DO THEY FEEL AT HOME?
The past is a bit of an interesting dilemma for Ifor; on the one hand, he can recall the joys of feeling mud through his fingers, wheat-fields grazing his ankles as he hobbled past and the blissful delights of buttered sweetcorn. On the opposite end of the spectrum, however, he can't dispel the rancorous sound of coins clinking through uncaring hands - of the rotting stench of the dead and the searing heat of sun-baked irons upon exposed skin. For these reasons, he does and doesn't care to think much about times of yore, and feels most comfortable in places far away from those retched harbors of plague and misery. Coincidentally, the Legend's Forgery has traveled quite heavily throughout its days, and requires little more than a strong arm to help in running it.

WHO ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THEIR LIVES?
Once, he might've thought his mother and father, siblings and neighbors to have taken the mantle as his guardians and friends; yet now he's not so sure, and so instead forgoes the usual attachments of guild and kin - seeking to do good turns to those that might do so for him. To Ifor's eye, respect is a privilege...not a birthright.

WHAT IS THEIR PROFESSION, SKILL OR LIFESTYLE? WHAT DO THEY THINK THEIR STRENGTHS ARE? WHAT ARE THEIR ACTUAL STRENGTHS?
Ifor is a veteran of the trickier or more taxing physical labors. He's harvested wheat and picked herbs, separated chaff and corpses alike - mined lime and dug pits as deep as barns. Most recently, he spent a good few months swabbing decks and maintaining rigging aboard one vessel, before becoming cast adrift by storm and doing the exact same thing aboard the next. Despite the relative mundanity of these conditions, however, the odd bird finds this type of work rather suiting; he'd get to go places in the ship few others would dare, to experience all the finer details others might miss...like the crack in a floorboard that leaks seaspray onto unwary passengers below, or the peculiar scenario of getting one's goatee stuck while retarring the hemp rigging. He believes his greatest attribute to be his ability to observe what others might miss...but in truth, it goes beyond that; for Ifor doesn't just examine everything he sees, but instead *catalogs each individual frame to an almost inhuman degree. This goes just as well for social interactions - for while a good deed is rarely forgotten, a grudge is never left overturned.

WHAT ARE THEIR FEARS, FLAWS AND SECRETS?
Curiously enough, Ifor has no fears - for every height is a new overwatch to explore, every abyss a depth yet untamed...every sound a host yet unseen. This leads into his biggest flaw, in which Curiosity Kills The Cat. Ifor's apparent lack of a survival instinct has earned him countless troubles in the past, and nearly ended his survival on more than one occasion. Because of this, he has learned to try and rely on the wisdom of past endeavors in order to successfully navigate the future...which leads into flaw #2: Stagnant Recall. Without trusted guidance to say otherwise, the man'll spend anything from minutes to hours contemplating the same questions, racking his brain as he proceeds to cycle through the whole of his human existence for the answers.

Speaking of trust, that's a principle Ifor has learned not to take lightly, and as such many of his worldly actions might be seen as secretive and recluse. Perhaps he stole some sweetcorn from his brother's yet unprepared birthday meal...perhaps all of the sweetcorn. Perhaps he clubbed a man over the head with a rock out of vengeance and then buried him in limestone - or maybe he even spits on those officers' goblets you admire so as to help r e a l l y bring out the polish in 'em. You'll never worry about these little things unless you ask him - which is, as far as he's concerned, just the way it should be.

WHAT DO THEY WANT MOST? WHAT DO THEY ACTUALLY NEED?
If you were to give Ifor a choice between the sun and the moon, his answer would be: "Both." If you were to then give him a choice between any gift of his choosing, it would end up: "All of them." In truth, Ifor isn't particularly picky because he lacks the imagination to be so; his world is only as visceral or as mundane as the one he sees before him...and its endless curiosities enthrall him to their discovery. Therefore, his entrenched desire to explore and catalog usurps all else, driving him ever-onward through heat and hail and even the presence of death itself in the pursuit of his quest to experience all that the universe has to offer him. If anything, he wishes to know everything...yet he believes himself lacking the time to do so - which of course, only intensifies his desire all the more. If anything, he needs a space separate from the laws of life and livelihood - where time and possibility can be expanded to the fullest...and where one need only think of something for it to be true.

Through some strange irony, he most requires the ability to Dream in order to satiate the maw of his desires - yet lacks the knowledge of such simplicity completely.

IF YOUR CHARACTER COULD HAVE ANY SUPERNATURAL ABILITY, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
To have dreams of that which is not or has yet to be, and to be able to acutely memorize them.

HOW HAS THE PLAGUE AFFECTED THEM? WHY ARE THEY ABOARD THE LEGEND'S FORGERY?
Because of the plague, Ifor was sold away for extra man-power; because of the plague, he experienced first-hand the trappings of slavery and the bliss of escape; because of the plague, he's known the loss of love, the loss of life and the loss of dignity - and from this he's grown robust and wise, and is not a book to be judged solely by cover. The Legend's Forgery is little more than a stepping-stone in that journey - yet where it will take him this time, none could ever truly say; perhaps to more sweetcorn?

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THIS CHARACTER CHANGE AND DEVELOP?
Thinking it over, Ifor is an excessively disillusioned character - admiring or scorning the world for himself, by himself. He loves to observe the world around him, but seems to largely ignore those others living within it. With all that being said, I think it'd be interesting for him to learn to share his vision with others - to open their eyes to the subtle curiosities surrounding them as much as they do him. Gluttony never did anyone any favors.

PITCH A SMALL SUBPLOT THAT WOULD BE PERSONALLY MEANINGFUL TO YOUR CHARACTER.
There might come a day when he discovers a trinket no man has ever touched, which leads him to a place no man has ever entered. And from there, perhaps, might lie the answers to all his questions - of the untold sounds whispered in words unheard...of the unseen sights secluded from the violations of age and discovery.

[Girlie1Bomba]

Izzy, the Lost at Sea.

Isabellia Courtana Faunarios

Just call her Izzy. Those who knew her once; they revered her as Flame.

COLOUR ~7ea7d8

HOW ARE THEY BEST RECOGNIZED IN A CROWD?
That fiery red hair, those smoldering steely-blue eyes, that teasing smile, the adorning 'baby unicorn horn,' that cleavage, that eye patch that may be worn sometimes and not always covering the same eye as when she last wore that eye patch.

WHAT IS A STRANGER'S FIRST IMPRESSION UPON MEETING THEM? HOW DOES YOUR CHARACTER SEE THEMSELVES?
Reserved and watchful. A downward chin, eyes distant, yet always seeming to exude great poise and posture. A lonesome beauty lost in a brooding aura.

But they will see flashes of her true self: Forward, flirty and flowing. Izzy inititates contact once she meets someone, whether a handshake, eye contact or by simply comments; she does not always acknowledge another's personal boundaries. And do expect coy looks, sly winks, little giggles, pursed lips or chewed lower ones, even casual touches of your hand or shoulder. The redhead not only has the gift of gab but she seems to move a speak as if a song is coursing though her movements and actions.

Isabellia sees herself as a driven woman with lofty aims to find the ends to the Plague. But once upon a time she saw herself as captivating, desirable and quite the prize. She still knows the value of attracting bees with honey but the tactic will change to always get what she wants. But she feels herself quite the fraud most of the time and will sometimes break down after slapping herself several times. This mostly happens when she has to indulge and play with the male affections when she truly would rather indulge their wives or girlfriends.

WHERE DID THEY GROW UP? WHERE DO THEY FEEL AT HOME?
Coastal regions most of time, on a ship the rest of the time, yet Daemon Squall Pirate full time. The port that she and her clan dropped anchor the most was in a small fisher's town called Mo'tawabni. They loved her people there as did her people love the quaint little town. Also this little island was quite the hidden gem. This was the source of the 'spice' that the Daemon Squall Pirates dealt.

Izzy of course feels most at ease in the lush flora of an easy-breezy island setting where she can truly be comfortable and be who she really is. And of course she feels most rewarded once on the open seas, feeling that fulfillment of being given an important leadership role on her family's vessel, The Enchanting.

WHO are WERE THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THEIR LIVES?
These are the ones that if asked, she would give her life for. No questions asked.
~Mother, Nikadia and Father, Borimos. Love, honour and respect. Great pirates. Even greater leaders.

~Brother, Callidae. Rivalry and competition. What an asshat but he was always there when she needed.

~Sisters, Iridanya and Iralassi. Little things to boss around and adorable twin minions. They grew bigger than her now but still she has them under her thumb. ‘Dorbs…!

~Of course, she is closest to her Father's Sister, Velissima. Her aunt was instrumental in guiding her to be a smart, proud and strong woman on deck and off. Without Velissima, Izzy no doubt, would never have garnished much respect on any vessel.

~Her best friend is was her cousin Kavanika. The trouble they got into when they were younger. The legendary and epic status fights they got into. The unbreakable bond between the two. Inseparable. No matter the hardships or problems between them, they would always find a common ground to reconcile. Besties, nyarr!!

WHAT IS THEIR PROFESSION, SKILL OR LIFESTYLE?
~Acting Captain of The Enchanting.
~She is the unequalled Flame No one strays from the fire. Ever.
~Yo ho. A pirate’s life for me.

WHAT DO THEY THINK THEIR STRENGTHS ARE? WHAT ARE THEIR ACTUAL STRENGTHS?
She was born to command the spot light. She was raised to get what she wants. She learned the value of strength in numbers, an even greater lesson in loyalty, yet what stuck with her most of all; blood is thicker than water. Captain’s are called Flames in this family and they grow fire. A great physique with even greater charisma. A gift of gab and a tight left jab. Expert Sea-person. Expert ship commander. Expert Pirate.

Actual strength she does not realize? She is the most powerful when she inspires with words. She thinks people love her because of her looks and mannerisms; she acts like an Expert Pirate. No, it Is because she commands a confident presence and it bleeds into her followers. ‘I am the unequalled Flame. No one strays from the Fire. Ever.’ Those that follow her believe this; even more than that they want to believe this.

Izzy also has razor sharp awareness. She does not realize how keen her senses are and those little things she picks up on subconsciously actually enhance her manipulations of others. The lass also seems to have a kind of ‘danger sense’ and that gives her tremendous reaction time and reflexes. If she could focus on this strength and not passively let it run its course, she could actually raise her game from a competent combatant to that of a deadly striker.

WHAT ARE THEIR FEARS, FLAWS AND SECRETS?
Her greatest fear has already been realized; all those she loved have died and there was not a single damned thing she could do about it. How do you go on when you see the ones you love slowly succumb to the Sea-Devil herself in their bodies and minds. They were chained up till their death. They did not know her anymore. They wanted her dead… and in the end she felt the same about them. Her beloved family she had known and loved since birth; she wanted them to die. How do you go on?

But such a fate can only traumatize. Izzy fears to ever get close enough to anyone to love them again… and then only to lose them. She fears ever being only a witness to atrocity and being helpless to do a single thing to help. But what she fears the most is that she will stop caring about anything at all. But oh, that apathy does it ever creep into her life now.

The swagger she once held, she has lost, and in its place is a much more cold and demanding thing. Yes, she has quick reaction speed, but that reaction is now much more wild… violent even. Less thought and consideration is placed in her actions and interactions. But her greatest of flaws now is that to get things done now, she feels she must do things on her own. Yet even greater than that, the flaw she does not realize— perhaps she does— is that she was very, very, very dependant on her family to make her feel safe, comfortable and worth the very breath she speaks.

And if it was not apparent, one big secret is that she is still in the closet about her sexual orientation. Another secret is that Izzy would rather opt for a mercy kill; she would incinerate the plague victims rather than save them as of now.

WHAT DO THEY WANT MOST? WHAT DO THEY ACTUALLY NEED?
Vengeance. Reciprocation. Due Justice. What ever it is called… it is the source of this plague that needs to be stopped and a cure must be found at all costs.

But what she really needs is love. Isabellia needs to love again. She needs the love of another— no, most likely she needs the love of others. But most of all, she needs to shed this newborn shell of misery and love herself again.

IF YOUR CHARACTER COULD HAVE ANY SUPERNATURAL ABILITY, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
Once upon a time, when people she loved called her Zebell, the girl wondered what it would be like to swim and breath like a fish and be able to speak with all other life forms in the sea. Actually, that’s not completely true. It never was but merely once a girl wondered about such things… it has always been her fancy till this day.

HOW HAS THE PLAGUE AFFECTED THEM? WHY ARE THEY ABOARD THE LEGEND'S FORGERY?
There is never a day that will go by that she will not be affected by this atrocity. Please see above about how damaged she has become; she no longer believes that she is the Flame.

When you are the last alive on your family’s vessel... When you are the only witness to such unimaginable depths of despair, misery and shame… Isabellia Courtana Faunarios, the Flame and final captain of pirate vessel, The Enchanting, tossed herself into the seas to find a final peace. She was rescued and revived by the stalwart and worthy of the Legend’s Forgery.

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THIS CHARACTER CHANGE AND DEVELOP?
Izzy is now a shell of her former vivacious and charismatic self. The path from what she is now and back to what she was previously is my goal. This however is bare minimum. For true redemption, she must command a loyal legion of sailors once more. This is not a pirate’s retread to glory. No, this is Isabellia’s journey to re-ignite the Flame and set the world on fire.

PITCH A SMALL SUBPLOT THAT WOULD BE PERSONALLY MEANINGFUL TO YOUR CHARACTER
Where is O’maunaa? This was the girl of similar age that she spent much time with at the fisher town of Mo'tawabni. What would happen if this girl became queen of her people and took over neighbouring isles? What would happen if they saw each other again. The roles of the ‘little savage’ and the ‘entitled princess’ reversed now. What if O’mauanaa still loved Izzy...? What if this was a spark to ignite the fire of the redhead Flame once more?

Oh, but what if...?

[YungTweak]

Lazy

WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER'S NAME? WHAT DO THEY PREFER TO BE CALLED?
Liliana Dragomir the Lazy

HOW ARE THEY BEST RECOGNIZED IN A CROWD?
The young woman was very flamboyant in most of her aspects. She was usually seen playing her instrument, the mandola, or moving to the beat of a tune within her own head. It seemed that the girl had to be constantly moving, singing, or otherwise keeping herself occupied. She could be described as a loud personality; keen to offer her opinion whether it's wanted or not and always ready to shoot a comment on any given situation. She is very lighthearted in nature, taking most things very jokingly unless it were a matter of life and death.

She couldn't have stood taller than 5'5" and weighed roughly 110 pounds, with an athletic build. A golden ring runs through the septum of her nose, resting above lips that had a hint of pout. Occasionally displayed from between her lips was a pierced tongue, a barbell with golden metal orbs on either side running through the pink mass. Either ear was also marked with teal studs. Her skin is pale and smooth, free of pockmarks or any leftovers from the wounds of battle. Perhaps that is why her eyes held no scrutinizing gaze and tended to look over situations harmlessly. She often wore a blue hooded shawl that sat atop of a tough leather corset and cloth shirt. She had tight cloth pants that end at leather boots with a steel toe.

Liliana held onto very little. She had a pack with basic supplies and a bedroll. Always to her side or slung across her back was a wooden mandola. A belt ran across her waist that held a flask that was usually filled with alcohol and also maintained her coin - purse. To her left was a sheathed rapier.

One might notice that she was fairly dirty, her clothes being a little tattered and slightly ragged. The young woman appeared to have been subjected to the elements and not given the opportunity to wash.

WHAT IS A STRANGER'S FIRST IMPRESSION UPON MEETING THEM? HOW DOES YOUR CHARACTER SEE THEMSELVES?
Most people probably find Liliana to be too brash to keep as company, considering that she doesn't seemingly work for anything and she doesn't have the money to pay for anything. They are likely to find her to be loud and obnoxious, especially considering that she is probably drunk upon introduction. They may find her music to be delightful and entertaining, however, and some might even consider it to be beautiful.

Liliana seems to hold herself to a high enough regard, unwilling to subject herself to lowly means. She clearly sees life as a constant opportunity for merriment and joy, trying to achieve as much at any time it may be possible.

WHERE DID THEY GROW UP? WHERE DO THEY FEEL AT HOME?
The girl grew up among the travelling caravans of a foreign people, known as the Kavka. Although far removed from their homeland hundreds of years ago, they have been moving around the area for quite some time, often looked down upon for being thieves, con artists, and lazy good - for - nothings.

Because of this upbringing, Liliana often feels at home when she is meeting new people or exploring a new place that she had never seen before. She is especially comfortable when she is around musicians, finding the warmth of joy and comfort washing over her soul at the sound of music that she can join in on.

WHO ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THEIR LIVES?
Family is everything to the young traveler. Although she had been separated for some time, her thoughts often call to her mother, sisters, brothers, and cousins whom have either fallen to the plague or have miraculously survived on the road. Although it may be rather hopeful, the girl hopes to one day be reunited with her family.

WHAT IS THEIR PROFESSION, SKILL OR LIFESTYLE? WHAT DO THEY THINK THEIR STRENGTHS ARE? WHAT ARE THEIR ACTUAL STRENGTHS?
Liliana hasn't had an actual profession since the day she was born, as she grew up among a traveling community that mostly took care of themselves. She has been playing the mandola since a very young age, though, and is quite proficient with the instrument, able to make quite the uplifting tune or the most gorgeous ballad. Living a life of merriment has practically been in her bloodline and still sees the world through this lens, taking every chance she can to celebrate. One might even consider her fairly charismatic.

The young girl is also quite athletic and has some practice with fencing. The blade to her side was never just for decoration.

WHAT ARE THEIR FEARS, FLAWS AND SECRETS?
She is very much afraid of being alone, especially if it is in a very confined space. Spending her entire life in a tightly knit community has made her somewhat dependant on others, even if just for the emotional support. Being free and roaming has also made her a little claustrophobic and despite her small stature, small spaces have come to frighten her.

Despite her love for celebration and rowdiness, the young girl is constantly looking for more meaning in life, and sometimes she may place more importance on a person or event than necessary.

WHAT DO THEY WANT MOST? WHAT DO THEY ACTUALLY NEED?
Liliana is not hard to motivate; give her a bottle of liquor, some coins, or perhaps even dance with her. She has been living off of very little for much of her life and is mostly looking to have a good time if she can help it. Therefore, those who are willing to enjoy themselves as often as possible are the most likely to move her to do something. Those with copious amounts of money also seem to have quite the say.

The most that the young girl seems to truly need is a constant form of entertainment and basic sustenance. Doesn't seem like too much, right? Well, if things get too dull, she's been known to purposely cause trouble around her.

IF YOUR CHARACTER COULD HAVE ANY SUPERNATURAL ABILITY, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
Mind control. Something about being able to make people bend to her whim and give her anything that she may come to desire is beyond appealing.

HOW HAS THE PLAGUE AFFECTED THEM? WHY ARE THEY ABOARD THE LEGEND'S FORGERY?
Like most of the youth of the Kavka people, coming of age is a grand adventure. The goal was to travel alone for at least a year, if not more, and come back to the caravan having learned a skill that would benefit the people. As she was exploring and the plague began to creep upon the land, Liliana saw the opportunity to stow away aboard the Legend's Forgery and took it. Although she worried for her family, she knew that it was best to save herself if she could.

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THIS CHARACTER CHANGE AND DEVELOP?
To see the character mature as an adult and become more disciplined would be interesting, especially if she were pushed to do actual 'work' among her new comrades and compatriots. To find an important role in her life rather than simply being a travelling musician.

PITCH A SMALL SUBPLOT THAT WOULD BE PERSONALLY MEANINGFUL TO YOUR CHARACTER.
Being reunited with a member of her family, for good or bad purposes, explaining the fate of the others.

[WittyReference]

His Lordship

High Lord Varric Lyssander Anguis Draleth III

WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER'S NAME? WHAT DO THEY PREFER TO BE CALLED?
High Lord Varric Lyssander Anguis Draleth...the Third. While titles are highly important in a realm of civil discourse, given the circumstance, Lord Varric is an acceptable substitute.

HOW ARE THEY BEST RECOGNIZED IN A CROWD?
Clad in magnificent robes of violet, resplendent gold inlays and tasteful splashes of muck and blood courtesy of the crash, Varric stands just shy of six foot (though he swears he is all of 6'2). Floor length and tattered, Varric pairs the garment brilliantly with a petulant scowl. Wrinkled and streaked with grey, the nobleman's vanity belies the age inscribed on his face. Short, neat hair and a well groomed goatee befit a man of stature and subterfuge and as such are a staple of Varric's image.

WHAT IS A STRANGER'S FIRST IMPRESSION UPON MEETING THEM? HOW DOES YOUR CHARACTER SEE THEMSELVES?
This depends entirely on whether or not Varric realizes he's being watched. Given notice, the nobleman carries himself with dignity befitting one of his station, leaning to his honored guest's sensibilities to garner favor and admiration. If caught off guard, however, one would see Varric's true colors, a lazy and vindictive soul, selfish and spoiled from birth.

If asked himself, Lord Draleth would tell you he is the pinnacle of civility, his intellect is such that one would be best to follow his lead but he is much too magnanimous to press that point. The foolish learn in their own time the fallacy of denying House Draleth.

WHERE DID THEY GROW UP? WHERE DO THEY FEEL AT HOME?
Lord Varric grew up in his family's naval fort situated amidst the tumultuous Morangi Atoll, creatively named Fort Draleth. Given their background, Izzy and potentially Elliot would know the atoll was originally a pirate alcove until House Draleth (and their mercenaries) moved in to pressure their political rivals' trade routes in the area. Many ruffians of the sea were put to the blade and the remainder employed as "privateers" of the family. With the combined manpower (and a steady supply of Daemon Spice) the native populace was kept docile meaning young Varric never had to lift a finger on the overgrown isle. This allowed his formulative years to be spent in the Fort proper whiling away the hours reading or watching his father clash wits with guests to the island.

As such, Varric feels most at home in towering spires, isolated and content, pampered and protected. Solitude is something he holds dear, free to wax philosophical on the necessity of castes, hierarchy and the law of man. When he does entertain the notion of discourse Varric prefers brow-beating easy prey rather than his father's penchant for spirited debate, opting to sorround himself with stimulating yet ultimately spineless yesmen.

WHO ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THEIR LIVES?
Above all others Varric loves himself. Fate however has bound him to the other survivors and as such they are, much to his chagrin, the most important people to his life now.

WHAT IS THEIR PROFESSION, SKILL OR LIFESTYLE? WHAT DO THEY THINK THEIR STRENGTHS ARE? WHAT ARE THEIR ACTUAL STRENGTHS?
High Lord Varric of Draleth is first and foremost a statesman. His skill lies in diplomacy suggestion and manipulation. His existence relies on delegation of duty and winning favor. Varric believes his highborn status and numerous successes in the art of state make him naturally fit to run a kingdom of his own someday. In reality, his true calling is that of a tactician like his father before him (a profession he finds beneath him).

His ability to inspire and beguile friend and foe alike lay the groundwork for a leader of men, his time spent tracking the machinations of the other Houses, moving in secret to intercept and redirect supplies the beginnings of an effective guerrilla commander.

WHAT ARE THEIR FEARS, FLAWS AND SECRETS?
Varric fears being left to fend for himself. Having to rely on his own worth as he secretly believes he has none. Varric is at the mercy of his subordinates. He belittles them and breaks them to subservience so that they never realize the true sway they hold over him.

WHAT DO THEY WANT MOST? WHAT DO THEY ACTUALLY NEED?
Lord Varric wants nothing more than to return to Fort Draleth amidst his guards and his slaves and close the Plague, the rival Houses, and this damned island OUT. In reality, Varric needs to learn to live on his own merit rather than on the blood and sweat of others. Varric needs to control himself before he can control others.

IF YOUR CHARACTER COULD HAVE ANY SUPERNATURAL ABILITY, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
House Draleth is a wound, it's existence toxic and paralyzing. Where their influence swells, all life shudders. As such, Varric stands as conduit of his family's wickedness, a vile touch that withers life and draws sustenance from its suffering. The ability to Devour Life.

HOW HAS THE PLAGUE AFFECTED THEM? WHY ARE THEY ABOARD THE LEGEND'S FORGERY?
To hear Varric speak, he has lost the most of any to the cursed Plague. It is one thing to lose a mother or a sister but to lose station, now THAT is be mourned. Power, prestige, generations of planning set upon by an unthinking beast, an enemy the Draleth could not outwit.

Admittedly, Varric has no idea how his family at the Fort fared in the aftermath as he was on business in Glaifast when the evacuations began. Needless to say he made sure he was one of the first to board.

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THIS CHARACTER CHANGE AND DEVELOP?
Making a character to intentionally stir the pot is a measured risk, people need to know you're not going to be a GENUINE douche-bag, certain fail-safes have to be set up; to play Lawful Evil effectively you have to play Lawful Good. To this effect, I've neutered any ability for Varric to meaningfully screw over the group at large by making him wholly dependent on them for survival. He is weak. He is trivial. I'd like that to change.

I'd like to see Varric become more and more adept at getting by on his own and realizing exploiting people is a weakling's path to power. He should seize the world by the throat, not sit in backrooms with pirates and degenerates. (I don't really see a full redemption arc making sense but certainly becoming more honorable in his wicked ways would be feasible. Maybe someday.)

PITCH A SMALL SUBPLOT THAT WOULD BE PERSONALLY MEANINGFUL TO YOUR CHARACTER.
I've thought about this a lot. I imagine the Artificers sending Lord Varric as an emissary to the Kith after he regales them with his victories in the Great Halls back home. I imagine Varric intending instead to manipulate the weak-minded savages to serve him, just as his family had done in the Atoll. But I imagine something happening, maybe a spirit or a goddess, something that opens his eyes to the purity of the natural world and the pristine brutality of the island. Predator and prey, the games of cat and mouse he'd played all his life laid out in grisly glory before him. I imagine him returning to the Artificers under a new banner, a Warlord of the Kith.

[c3p-0h]

Temp the Troublemaker

WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER'S NAME? WHAT DO THEY PREFER TO BE CALLED?

Louise Tempers. Call her Temp if you wanna keep your face pretty.

HOW ARE THEY BEST RECOGNIZED IN A CROWD?

Look for the short young woman in a tie, with a messy flop of hair, freckles covering her cheeks, and a mouth full of curses. She'll be easy to find – brawls tend to be hard to miss.

WHAT IS A STRANGER'S FIRST IMPRESSION UPON MEETING THEM? HOW DOES YOUR CHARACTER SEE THEMSELVES?

Temp lives up to her name – loud mouthed, short fused, and always ready to crack a bat over some kneecaps. It's easy enough to write her off as a violent lost cause, a grown-up delinquent that you'd do well to stay far away from. Most do. Temp likes to think of herself as a pretty straight forward person. If you're cool to her, she's cool to you. You piss her off, she beats you up. It's not a perfect system, she knows – it's probably caused more problems than it's solved. Sometimes Temp thinks about trying to change herself, become the quiet, dainty girl her grandpa wished she'd been. But then some jackass calls her short and all thoughts of changing herself go flying out the window.

WHERE DID THEY GROW UP? WHERE DO THEY FEEL AT HOME?

Temp grew up in Myrefall with her grandpa, a tailor named Gabriel Fournier. He was a harsh old bastard, chewing out her ear whenever she got into fights or ran around in the suits he made. But he took care of her. Cleaned up her cuts and started leaving out suits that just happened to be her size. He tried to teach her tailoring but she just kept on stabbing herself with a needle and throwing tantrums. He tried setting her up with bachelors in town, but after the first one ended up with a broken nose and three missing teeth, the boys stayed well away. He'd just about given up when the two walked by a clockwork shop on their way to a concert being held in the town square.

Louise - because Gabe didn't care what the brat wanted to call herself, her mother had named her Louise – paused mid-step to look in through the shop window. The sunset made the ticking clockwork gleam, and she took a step towards it, eyes watching the steady tick, tick, tick, of the gears. Clockwork was all around them, sure, and she'd always had a passing interest in it; the delicate gears and tapes, the steady clicks of time. But seeing it all up close like this… how did it work?

Gabe watched as his granddaughter stared in open curiosity. An idea formed in his head.

Within a month (it'd taken much negotiating and pleading, what with her reputation for trouble) she was made an apprentice clockworker under Finnegan Choq, owner and operator of the shop Choq's Clocks. The ticking brass of gears and clockwork became home.

WHO ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THEIR LIVES?

Her grandpa will always be first in Temp's heart. But she managed to make room for old man Finnegan once she started learning from him. Gabe passed a month before she graduated from her apprenticeship, and that… well, if that wasn't a kick in the shins. Temp grit her teeth and told herself to fight through it. She'd make her old man proud. She’d thought she’d made Finn proud. But the day he told her she’d completed her trainer to become a fully fledged clockworker, he sat her down with a sigh.

He said that it was best if she went her own way. She was talented – talented enough to start her own shop if she wanted. But she brought too much trouble to keep her around the shop. Finn had kept her as an apprentice out of respect for Gabe, but there'd been too many fights, too many mornings of fixing broken machines and cleaning metal shards from her knuckles.

Maybe she hadn't made anyone proud after all. Maybe she wasn't capable of it.

There hasn't been anyone since Finn. Evelyn comes close. Before he died, Evelyn's father, the local doctor, was always the one to patch her up whenever Gabe's skills came up short. Temp has a soft spot for the younger girl and her siblings, and since their parents died, she does what she can to help out, whether that means sneaking her booze to try and get her to loosen up, or scaring off guys who give her a hard time. But Temp waits for the day Evelyn decides she's more trouble than she's worth, just like Finn did.

WHAT IS THEIR PROFESSION, SKILL OR LIFESTYLE? WHAT DO THEY THINK THEIR STRENGTHS ARE? WHAT ARE THEIR ACTUAL STRENGTHS?

Temp hasn't dared open up a clock face since Finn dumped her. Instead, she ran into the arms of her other love – violence. The alleys and bars of Myrelurk were chaos in those weeks following her graduation. It was a common occurrence for the town guards to throw her in a cell to cool off for a night or two. It wasn't long though, before someone decided to put her fists to good use.

Sasha, the owner of the seediest bar in town, had been trying to get Temp on her payroll for years. But Gabe would never hear anything of it, always grumbling about how Temp could do better than some half-brained bouncer. But Gabe wasn't there to tell her no anymore. And thus, Temp became Sasha's right hand, breaking up fights (with a little too much gusto) and tossing out drunks. Sasha tried to get Temp in on the more questionable work she did – shakedowns and intimidation. But Temp always told her to piss off when she tried.

Temp enjoys her work. She's good at it. She's small, but she hits hard and plays dirty. If asked, she'd say her strengths are that she's quick on her feet, tough as nails, and unwilling to put up with anyone's shit. And she is all these things. But she's also brave, pragmatic, clever, and curious, with enough determination to see through any challenge. And while she loves a good fight, her anger is more often than not fueled by a strong set of morals that her grandpa wove into her like a seam in a coat.

WHAT ARE THEIR FEARS, FLAWS AND SECRETS?

Temp is terribly superstitious. She blames her grandpa, who used to delight in telling her ghost stories until she couldn't sleep at night. Ghosts are the worst. Demons and ghouls are horrible, but at least she can punch them. She hates things she can't fix with her hands – her grandpa's death. Finn's rejection. They make her feel helpless. There's nothing more terrifying than that.

Temp knows she has issues – anger issues. Her first instinct when faced with anything even mildly inconvenient is to resort to violence. Whether she's throwing fists or words, she tends to set people off. That's fine, she tells herself. Who needs them anyway? Not Temp, no sir.

WHAT DO THEY WANT MOST? WHAT DO THEY ACTUALLY NEED?

A good drink, first. A way to get bloodstains out of clothes, after that. Temp's a girl of simple wants. She's just trying to get by – she doesn't need finery or easy living. Hell, Temp's always loved a challenge. She can roll with whatever life throws at her.

But of course, what she wants and what she needs are two different things. Temp needs people she can rely on – people she can trust and be vulnerable with. And she needs to stop using violence as an easy fallback plan. She has other skills, whether or not she wants to trust in them. Temp needs to get out of the guarded rut she's dug for herself.

IF YOUR CHARACTER COULD HAVE ANY SUPERNATURAL ABILITY, WHAT WOULD IT BE?

Temp would become incorporeal – to be untouchable, just like her ghosts.

HOW HAS THE PLAGUE AFFECTED THEM? WHY ARE THEY ABOARD THE LEGEND'S FORGERY?

Myrefall got hit hard by the Plague. Almost everyone was dead or dying by the time the Legend's Forgery raised anchor. Temp saw to Evelyn and her siblings, making sure they got on the ship, but then she paused… she didn't see Finn.

She couldn't stop herself from running back to his shop. He'd been fine the last time she'd seen him from across the square, he was healthy, why wasn't he –

Finn was sitting at the front counter. He was gazing down at an old pocket watch. Temp recognized it. He'd always fiddled with it, but no matter what it never worked. He glanced up at her before turning back to the device in his hands.

"I'm sick," was all he said. Temp felt something break in her. She immediately opened her mouth to argue, to yell and scream,
but he silenced her with another look. "I've had a good life. Long. Get on the ship, kid. Grow older than I did." He held the pocket watch out to her – something to remember him by. In that moment Temp was gripped by burning rage.

What right did he have? Who said he could pretend to be some dying, benevolent grandfather to her, imparting this last gift? He'd thrown her out like she was nothing, after all she'd done. She'd trusted him, relied on him, and what had he done?

Temp hated him. She hated him and she was glad he was dying.

Hot tears pricked at her eyes.

She looked at the watch in his crooked, wrinkled hands. Her fingers twitched to take it.

Then her hand snapped into a tight fist and her jaw clenched shut. She spun from him and ran out the door, slamming it behind her.

Temp tells herself she doesn't regret it.

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THIS CHARACTER CHANGE AND DEVELOP?

I would love to see Temp mature – realize she doesn't need to be so guarded and tough all the time, and learn to open up more to the people around her. I'd also like for her to rediscover her love of clockwork, and to value herself as more than a walking beat-down. Some closure over the death of her old mentor, Finn, and their last moments together would also be nice.
Of course, Temp just falling deeper into her ways is another option, but Artemis is already sort of doing that. Maybe character growth would be nice this time around instead of regression.

PITCH A SMALL SUBPLOT THAT WOULD BE PERSONALLY MEANINGFUL TO YOUR CHARACTER.

I'm honestly… not sure. You know me, I can stuff character moments into just about any scenario you throw at me. But… maybe there's a younger artificier (or even a non-feral Kith) that Temp takes under her wing, just like Finn did for her. Hell, it could even be another PC. Just Temp in a mentor role would be interesting, or being responsible for something or someone, I think, and would give her lots of room for growth.

[baraquiel]

Golde

Golde Le'Reaux

Age: 20
Nickname: Angel, Golden Angel
Dialogue Color: LightSalmon

HOW ARE THEY BEST RECOGNIZED IN A CROWD?
> In order to see Angel in a crowd, you will need a really sharp eyesight. Because of her shy and soft-spoken personality, she often wears a cloak every time she goes outside to buy food from the market or harvest herbs and berries in the woods that she would put in her large basket. Really, standing out from a crowd will be the last thing Angel wants to do as she doesn't really want any unnecessary attention. The only striking traits you'll see that will make you sure it was her was the flash of lush, golden hair underneath her cloak along with her fair skin.

WHAT IS A STRANGER'S FIRST IMPRESSION UPON MEETING THEM? HOW DOES YOUR CHARACTER SEE THEMSELVES?
> Golde is really beautiful in an angelic way, as claimed by her family and friends, which is why it became her nickname that she'll bring with her for the rest of her life. She used to have suitors lining up outside her house bring flowers and gifts of all kinds to please her and her family. She's also not just those women who lacked at the brain category as anyone can see her intelligence reflected on her blue-gray eyes. Contrary to popular belief that she does little chores, Golde was actually the breadwinner of their family. With how Golde sees herself, let's just say that at that time life's too hard to even think about what you look like.

WHERE DID THEY GROW UP? WHERE DO THEY FEEL AT HOME?
> She grew up in a quaint village at a house near the woods. While she does agree that life can get pretty boring in that village, it was still the home she grew up in and she considered all the villagers as her family. From her childhood 'til up to this day, she often explors the woods near their house and be curious about anything and everything there. Golde would often end up in trouble because she touched plants such as poison ivies or eat wild mushrooms and berries out of sheer curiosity. While her mother would often scold her, her dad urged her to be more curious and open to new knowledge and experiences about the world. Whenever she climbs tall trees, bathe in rivers, or even swing across vines and branches, she often remembers home.

WHO ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THEIR LIVES?
> Naturally her family and the villagers she grew up with. As it is just a small and quaint village, it made the people who lived there to have stronger bonds with each other. They will come to each other's aid in times of need and celebrate whenever they feel like it. Petty quarrels are inevitable but it will soon disappear like it was nothing and love and happiness would again reign supreme in their village.

WHAT IS THEIR PROFESSION, SKILL OR LIFESTYLE? WHAT DO THEY THINK THEIR STRENGTHS ARE? WHAT ARE THEIR ACTUAL STRENGTHS?
> Her father was the village doctor, and quite a good one at that. Golde admired him for the longest time and longed to become a doctor as talented as he is one day minus the traits he has. She has learned so much during those years of helping her father treat the ill. When she became a young adult, Golde learned so much that she would often treat her father's patients whenever he is away. The villagers and other visiting strangers were thankful to have such a kind, heart-warming doctor to treat them instead of her serious, scary father to which she only replied with a laugh. She also have a real knack for creating potions and remedies from natural ingredients and medicinal herbs. Because of her talent in treating the ill, along with her personality, earned her the nickname Angel.

WHAT ARE THEIR FEARS, FLAWS AND SECRETS?
> Golde is really uncomfortable being the center of attention, so much that will still wear a cloak when going out despite living in a small village. She is also selfless and would take priority on other's needs before hers along with being too kind. She's very curious about anything and her quest to quench her thirst for knowledge sometimes leads her to trouble. However, her deepest fear of all is being unable to cure a patient's disease. Golde will become very depressed and will blame herself for every patient dead due to her failure of finding a medicine for their illness, though her blaming herself wasn't that worse than the first times she experienced it.

WHAT DO THEY WANT MOST? WHAT DO THEY ACTUALLY NEED?
> She's just a simple woman with one simple wish in life: to be happy. Golde imagined herself being the doctor of a village just like her father and maybe settle down with her husband and kids while living a happy and contented life until she dies. Additionally, Golde wants to continue to devote her life in research for medicines and cures for fatal diseases and plagues to people won't have to die just because a medicine or cure wasn't possible in their era. You can say she needs a sense of purpose in this world.

IF YOUR CHARACTER COULD HAVE ANY SUPERNATURAL ABILITY, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
> Golde would pretty much wanr to have the ability to heal any wounds and cure any diseases just by touching.

HOW HAS THE PLAGUE AFFECTED THEM? WHY ARE THEY ABOARD THE LEGEND'S FORGERY?
> Even before the plague infected half of the village people, news about the Legend's Forgery reached their small village. Among all of them, Golde was seemingly the only one unaffected by the plague. She has never encountered a plague so deadly such as this so she couldn't do anything but only watch as the villagers she grew up with went madder and rabid as the days went by. Her family, now showing signs of the plague, urged Golde to leave the village and go aboard the ship to save herself. Sefless and kind Golde refused to do it until the plague's symptoms become worse on her family. She sensed an opportunity to find the cure on the place the ship might be heading so she left with a heavy heart, promising to return.

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THIS CHARACTER CHANGE AND DEVELOP?
> I would like her to learn to be more confident about herself as the story develops. Also, I believe it is important for her to know that she cannot save everyone and it is okay if the only person she could save was herself.

PITCH A SMALL SUBPLOT THAT WOULD BE PERSONALLY MEANINGFUL TO YOUR CHARACTER
Now learning of the ancient war that is happening upon the island, Golde took it upon herself to take no sides among them and do her best to heal the injured and sick. This may lead to her being caught by one of the groups into thinking she's a spy for the other.