”Where you’re from isn’t as important as where you’re going!”
Nicknames: Thali (pronounced “tally”)
Race: Enuri
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Appearance: Thalia al Lhuna, standing at a mere 5 feet, is short compared to most around her. However, among people of her own race, she is considered to be of above average height. She appears to have a petite frame, but this is mostly due to the light armor she wears covering her body. In actuality, years spent doing hard farmwork has made her robust and strong. She cares greatly for her health and appearance, and as such keeps herself looking very kempt and proper. Thalia also has a pair of magic gloves that she never goes without. These gloves are made of a dark blue metal and are engraved with small runes. They also have holes at the fingertips that expose Thalia’s claws.
Personality: Thalia is, like many Enuri are known for being, friendly yet reserved. She is comfortable when approached, but is more hesitant to approach others. Thalia is very fond of nature-both plants and animals-and cares deeply for her pet wolf Lyka. As a result of her fondness for animals-as well as her ability to speak to them-Thalia is a vegetarian. She is very empathetic, and has an uncanny awareness of others’ emotions. She prefers to listen rather than talk; Thalia is the kind of person others would feel safe confiding in. However, Thalia herself is very secretive, often keeping her emotions and thoughts to herself. As a result, she can come off as being somewhat mysterious. She is also known for being somewhat paranoid, as she places wards around herself when she sleeps.
Biography: Thalia comes from a small family of farmers and smiths, and spent most of her life tending to a wide range of plants and animals. Her deep-seated love for nature drew her to Animancy, which she learned from her mother. She honed her abilities on her family’s farm, caring for any sick plants and animals. However, for as much time as she spent with her mother tending to the farm, she also developed a very close bond with her father, who was a weaponsmith for the Tosuri hunters.
Thalia’s parents often clashed over how to raise her. Thalia’s mother often strove to shelter her, believing that ignorance is bliss when it comes to the darker realities of life. Thalia’s father was a man of brutal honesty, and sought to give Thalia enough preparation for the world in the form of self defense training. As a means of compromising, Thalia was taught Abjuration magic by her father so she could protect herself. Unbeknownst to her mother, Thalia’s father turned to a Tosuri friend of his to teach her self defense. While she gained some very basic proficiency with daggers and swords, her true talent lied in the use of her claws. This emphasized her speed over her strength, which fit her relatively small stature.
Working together with her father over several months, Thalia eventually forged a pair of gloves designed to help her properly channel her mana. While her father handled most of the more intricate work, Thalia managed to learn some of her father’s craft in the process. Made from a kind of metal conducive to magic-and carefully engraved with runes designed to channel this magic-these gloves are carefully fitted to Thalia’s hands. They also leave her claws exposed, allowing her to channel her magic and fight at the same time.
However, Thalia’s mostly idyllic life took a turn for the worse when her small village was set upon by human bandits. When an Evoker among the bandits set fire to her farm, Thalia’s parents were killed attempting to protect her from human and fire alike. Forced to flee, Thalia hurriedly released all the livestock on her family’s farm in a desperate attempt to save their lives. However, among the stampede of escaping animals, one chose to stay with Thalia: a small black wolf named Lyka that before had protected the livestock from predators. Now, she sought to protect Thalia herself, the pair escaping the flames and ransacking humans.
With her family dead and her home destroyed, Thalia was left with nothing. For a while she pondered seeking refuge in another Enuri settlement, but in her mourning she began to blame herself for her parents’ death. With nothing but grief and ambition driving her, Thalia resolved to become strong enough to protect those she cared about. And so, she set off to join people like her, dedicated to magic and defenders of good; she set off to join a guild.
Affinities: Animancy and Abjuration
Craft: Basic proficiency in Artifice (she isn’t knowledgeable enough to create items on her own, but she is capable of making simple repairs)
Magic: Thalia is a stronger Animancer than Abjurer, though she is capable of using the latter well when she needs to. Her magic is mostly centered around protecting herself and others, using her Animancy to increase the vitality and stamina of her allies, as well as heal their wounds. A common tactic she uses is focusing her light magic into her gloves, giving her hands a sort of temporary increase in strength. She also tends to use her Abjuration abilities to create barriers around injured body parts to protect them until she can properly heal herself or her ally. In addition, due to her fighting style requiring close contact with foes, she often uses Abjuration to protect herself until she can close in on an opponent. She is also skilled in delivering painful punches and kicks to vulnerable areas of the body. She is less knowledgeable on using light magic offensively-her mother never taught her how-but she has practiced enough to be able to create small bursts of light from her hands.
Skills: Thalia has some basic proficiency with daggers and swords, but her true strength lies in hand-to-hand combat. Specifically, she is skilled in using her claws as weapons. She also has good coordination with Lyka, and the two often choose to fight together. Outside of combat, Thalia is a skilled caretaker of plants and animals, the latter of which she can communicate with. Being well-trained in healing magic, Thalia has a great deal of knowledge about the body, allowing her to target sick/injured body parts and speed healing.
Other: None
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