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Lissa
FemaleRaam*
Appearance
A young woman with unbridled curiosity, enthusiasm and friendly charm, her striking white hair make her stand out in a crowd. Yet for her personality, there is something about her quartz-gray eyes that belies deeper experience. She is often found with her smart looking heavy armored coat, which holds a surprising number of knickknacks within its inner pockets. Its color matches the large royal blue ribbon that she prominently wears on the back of her head. She outwardly identifies as and is effectively indistinguishable from being human, unless directly asked.
Bio
Lissa had been born for a specific purpose. A specific purpose that she was paradoxically very good at, and rather terrible at, all in the same breath. For her purpose was to live among the humans, emulate them, gain their trust, and bring as many advantages and resources back to her people as possible, even if she had to ultimately cross those that she lived among.
To that end, she was created differently from most of the other Raam by her god. At the expense of durability, she had been granted a lighter, more agile frame compared to her peers, one that wouldn’t sink like a stone in water, and could move and fight like any other human. Taking up the trade of a merchant, she would spend a good several years with her peers in and around Allohold, playing at a double life as she lived amongst the humans in the outer parts of the city and in their outer lying settlements before her true purpose called, to live among the humans, starting with the Apostles, to integrate with them, gain experience from them, discretely secure resources, and most importantly of all, discover and relay any threats that arose from the enemies of Gram and the Raam.
With her human demeanor, seemingly natural ability, and affable personality, Lissa was easily welcomed by the otherwise hostile Apostles in one of their cities as one of their own. There, she would work to subvert their goals against her people if she found any, and act as an alarm for any coming threats she detected.
But for as long as she could remember, she had always been fascinated by the societies around her, their cities, the way they interacted, but perhaps the most, the people that simply lived within it all and their plight. It could be said she blended in far too well for her own good, because in the end, she had fallen in love with the humans and races that she observed, as flawed as they were. She simply empathized far too much to work against them. Perhaps, then, she had been created defective, deviating from the role assigned to her in life. Or, perhaps not; for she had been given a broad directive to do what she saw as best fit for her people and those around her.
Rocked by the aftermath of a destructive series of skirmishes between her human hosts and her own people, she decided to move on. Torn between the loyalty to her own kind and the desire to help others, she set out to journey the land, experiencing what she could, and helping out where she could.
On the road she remained for several years, often making a point to travel to not only major cities, but smaller, more isolated settlements. Occasionally, she would detour to certain landmarks, thoughtfully collecting objects and materials of interest, often to send back home to her fellow Raam.
Taking up trade as a part-time traveling merchant and using her gifted skills to fill out the rest to sustain her own travels, her path eventually took her to the north.
It was only natural, then, that when she came across a small hamlet in peril there that she would stay and render upon it as much aid as she could.
Goals
To help out others in their times of need; to experience their culture and food, and, never forgetting her origins, seeking out and recovering resources and information to send back to her fellow Raam, and making a little for herself as well. Perhaps, in the process, discovering a little about the truth of the world and herself in doing so.
Skills
Body of Reforged Steel - The unique physiology of the Raam. In Lissa’s case, she trades a little bit of her race’s more durable traits for a human-like agility and general endurance to the elements, primarily when it comes to their allergy to water.
Resource-minded – Years of experience through many cities and regions have given her a good eye for the disposition of markets, their resources, and their prices, movements, and the people that follow them.
Swordscraft – Like many of her fellow Raam, she has an uncanny proficiency in combat. Unlike them, however, is her preference and skill in using a blade, her particular two-handed style picked up under the tutelage of a small knightly order that she had stayed with and assisted for some time.
Inventory
- A well maintained longsword and its leather sheath. Nothing special, but it remains a treasured gift from a family that she had once given succor to several years ago.
- A knife. Used for second line of defense, or far more commonly, as a tool. Weathered, but as sharp as the day she bought it.
- An armored coat. It looks new, but in reality, it has been carefullu repaired and retailored over the years. It has a nice matching cloak. Although her body is already strong, it is lined with lightweight chainmail as further protection. Has many inner pockets with lots of room for activities. The meticulously polished segmentata plates affixed to its shoulders are the only original part, having been part of her gear when she had first left Allohold.
- A nice coinpurse. Contains a not insubstantial stack of gold and silver, the sum of her savings of her travels over the years. It is somewhat unusual for her to have this much at once, but she recently divested herself of some more cumbersome belongings.
- Holy Symbol of Grams. Something more to remind herself of her true home and origins.
- A collection of small miscellaneous tools. Some things that she has found useful in various enough situations to keep on her person on a permanent basis. Most of it is for the repair and maintenance of equipment.