I swear I've RP'd with you before on the Old Guild.
I don't know why.
You know, I think you are right. I have been going on and off on this site for years on end - and actually, I have a sneaky suspicion that I even made a character for a prior installation of this roleplay, though I cannot seem to find it for some reason... Oh well, could be I just stalked it.
Oh yea, and the character I have in mind possesses psionic abilities (mainly telekinesis) and works for the Raven.
As each of the individuals in the Ansharin tribe hurried along the hot desert sand below their feets, each focusing on their specific task for the upcoming celebration of ending and birth of another Circle. Most of them had been up before the break of dawn in order to help the whole tribe in the important preparations for the upcoming ceremony later on in the day. Alkina had also been up before the break of dawn, although for her it wasn’t in order to take part in any of the preparations that the other tribesmen were currently doing. No, for her it was because she herself needed to get ready for the ceremony: she had been painted by one of the chosen elders, her garments had been washed and cleaned in Khali-water to give it a fresh fragrance and her hair had been artfully styled with various accessories and put in a ceremonious style. All in order for her to appear as one of the jewels of the ceremony that was going to be celebrated by the entire tribe later on in the day.
To be honest Alkina didn’t enjoy any of this. She had been woken up way too early for her own liking in order to be ‘presentable’ for the ceremony - however, what annoyed her the most about this was that now that she had been made presentable she had nothing else to do. It had only taken half of the day for the elders and the chosen ones to wash her skin and clothing, cover her white skin in dark markings and do her hair. She didn’t need to prepare anything else as she was seen as frail by the elders who as always had everything taken care for her: all she had to do for this important ceremony was to look presentable and to fulfil her role as a Dreamweaver: she had to present a dance of the dream and mesmerize the tribe with one of her songs - all of which she had practiced for many moon-phases and knew by heart. This meant that for now she really had nothing to do - which was always something she hated.
She had been positioned underneath a temporary open tent that shaded her from the strong sun on the outskirts of the main area. If she had been able to use the ability of sight she would have the perfect observation point for looking at all the preparations that were being made for the upcoming ceremony - however, Alkina’s eyes had been covered in a piece of white clothing that were elegantly wrapped around her eyes. While she had been told that it was more of a stylish decision to cover her eyes, she had a feeling it was to shield the world from her alien opaque eyes that would stand out too much against the amber colors of the other tribesmen.
Alkina sighed to herself. It was inevitable that some couldn’t fully accept her, after all she was different than the others in the tribe so of course someone of the individuals in the tribe would look at her with suspicion and as a bad omen. However, Alkina had long since learned not to think of this too much. Did it annoy her? Yes, it would for everyone, but she had realised that she couldn’t do anything about it and what point was there then to worry about it? Instead she enjoyed the peace and quiet she experienced at that point in time and while she couldn’t technically see what happened around her, she could feel it. She could feel how the men and women a few stone throws away was painting the rest of the tribe in turns and how the air moved and got distorted by the vibrations of their collected song - despite the different skills and vocal power of the individual singers. She could feel the hunters a bit further away move in a fashion that could only mean that a hunt was soon to begin, while others ran across the warm sand beneath their feet.
Alkina let out another almost silent sigh. How she dreamed of the day that she could be free like the others in the tribe. While some of them looked at her with jealousy-filled eyes as she didn’t have to do any of the tough chores, she herself craved the freedom to experience the world around her. “Oh well,” she muttered under her own breath, almost silently so no one would notice. “Like that would ever happen…”
Alkina stands in stark contrast to the rest of the Ansharin-tribe’s dark and prominent features. Her Name ‘Alkina’ perfectly envelopes her appearance as she stands at around 5,7 feet, with a slim profile and almost paper white skin. This together with her long white hair means that no matter where she goes she stands out with her almost alien appearance. She has long smooth features, and while she doesn't have a curvaceous body she is definitely a woman. While her body is athletically trained from long sessions of dancing, Alkina is by no means physically strong - in fact her light complexion is often an annoyance to her as it makes her more sensitive to the sharp desert sun. Her eyes are another prominent feature regarding her appearance: much like her fair skin her eyes are a creamy white color, opaque in appearance as if her eyes were filled with a ghostly mist. The reason for this is because she was born without the ability of sight. Alkina usually wears her white hair in some form of ceremonial style with various accessories attached to her hair. It is, in fact, quite rare to see her without any form of hair style as the elders in the tribe makes her dress up any time she leaves her “home”.
While her appearance definitely makes her appear alien to the otherwise dark features of the rest of her tribe, Alkina cannot be called ugly, she is just different -in fact it is quite the opposite: she is seen as one of the tribe’s beauties, despite her deviant features.
On specific areas of her body her her alien white skin has been tainted by black and red markings of religious origin, with the most prominent one being the tattoo she has on her forehead: a red crystal-shape is encompassed by two opposing lines.While the red diamond in the middle symbolizes Kedalup, the world, the two opposing lines stands for The Dream and the Ansharin.
Alkina wears the same form of outfit as the rest of the Ansharin tribe, however, it is of lighter materials and not made for hunting or battles. Because of this she never wears any more garments than she has to, and has in fact never worn any form of armor. What is a different is what she wears over this classic outfit: she wears a white ceremonial cloak of rich material that seems to radiate with her light features. She can at times be seen wearing a series of bandages made out of a similarly white material wrapped around her eyes in a decorative manner. One interesting detail regarding Alkina's clothing is that she is one of the few individuals to wear a form of footwear in the tribe. The reason for this is because of her light skin that is more sensitive towards to hot earth beneath their feet. The design of her footwear is a simply designed type of sandal that consists of a thick leather sheet underneath her foot with leather strings attached around her foot to hold it in place.
Personality
Alkina appears to lean more towards the silent type. Because she grew up in an almost quarantine like situation where the elders of the tribe decided her every move, she has learned to stay silent and do as she was told. However, despite this silent and thoughtful appearance that she shows to the outside world, she hides an energetic and curious about the world around her. In fact, despite her disability she craves to experience the world beyond the borders of the tribe and she dreams of what adventurous wonders that waits for her outside her small world. This curiosity is blended together with an energetic personality that yearns for adventure and new experiences - however, Alkina has learned to suppress her own desires as she has come to terms with the realization that she is less likely to ever experience the life outside of her small world that is the tribe. Because of this the persona she usually allows the outside world to see is a calm, almost emotionless and quiet persona. She appears thoughtful and obedient to most (especially the elders), but at times she cannot hide her own desires and let the world get glimpse of her real persona that she tries to hide away. This is usually seen in her mischevious night adventures where she sneaks out of her home and drains her energy through physical exercise.
Skills
Dreamweaver: Alkina is one of the tribes most important and proficient weavers of The Dream: She had been taught the different layers and variables of The Dream and Kedalup since early childhood.
Music: Alkina is one of the tribes best musicians as she has been trained since childhood to use music to connect to The Dream. She has proven to be skilled in the arts of the voice, flutes, and string-instruments among others and her skills have said to be able to calm the wrath of the terrible Na'gu.
Advanced sensory system: Because Alkina was born without the ability of sight her other senses has been sharpened since her birth - and further developed as the years went by and she began to develop them herself. This means that while she cannot see, she can most definitely ‘feel’ the world around her through her acute senses to such an extent that she doesn’t even need her sight to see anymore. Her sharpened senses has also developed into an ability where she can ‘feel’ and almost ‘understand’ the world to such an extent that she almost feels as if she is connected to it.
Dancing and acrobatics: Through her many years if studying The Dream, Alkina has become incredibly skilled in connecting to The Dream through dance - and what most of the tribe doesn't know is that despite her disability she has developed an incredible talent for acrobatics.
Equipment
Staff she uses to walk and find her way
Flute: Alkina possesses a ceremonial flute.
Bone dagger: The only real weapon she has is a dagger, however, it has only been used for ceremonial rituals so far and she has little knowledge about using it in a real fight.
Biography
Alkin was born on a night where the only thing that was painted on the darkness of the night sky was a few bright stars and then a giant full moon. This should have been a warning sign to her parents, but the happiness of her imminent birth extinguished any concern they might have had for their child and her unfortunate birth.
Perhaps the close proximity of the full moon was not just a sign, but the very cause of the unfortunate disability child now known as ‘Alkina’ was born with. You see, on this perfect night young Alkina was brought into life, but the cruel moon had taken away her eyes before she could fully develop them - not only that, but it also took the color of her hair and her skin, making the small child an abomination - an oddity in the Ansharin tribe. Despite the best efforts of the Ansharin’s best healer: Jarrah Korindji the unlucky child couldn't be cured of her blindness nor her moon-touched features.
The elders in the tribe saw Alkina’s birth into their tribe as a sign from The Dream itself: perhaps this child born of the moon was a herald of The Dream and Kedalup itself. It was decided that Alkina was to learn the arts of The Dream and to become a bridge between the Ansharin and The Dream.
This training began as soon as Alkina could stand: she began to learn from the best in the tribe and showed remarkable skills from an early age. However, it soon became clear to everyone around her that she wasn’t just a crippled girl: she seemed to move as if she knew what was actually happening around her. Most were surprised at this seemingly disabled girl’s effortless movements, while others saw it as a miracle from The Dream itself and a sign of her connection. Alkina herself, however, knew better. While she had never seen the world around her with her own eyes, she began to notice the minute shifts in temperature, smell, touch and sound. While she had been born with only four senses, these senses had become amplified to such an extent that she didn’t really required the ability of sight: she could sense and experience the world around her through her other senses - and in ways that others simply couldn’t fathom.
Even at a young age Alkina knew that these discoveries weren’t something you should go speak carelessly about. Instead she kept her mouth shut and accepted the world she was born into: a world that could almost be described as a prison. While she was free to move around, she was always watched over and taken care of: she was, after all, a young girl without the ability to see for herself. This meant that she was kept locked up for most of the time, only being released to train in the arts of The Dream and to perform ceremonies - in fact: she became almost a myth in the tribe. While everyone knew she existed and what she was capable of, she was such an oddity within the norms of the tribe that some feared her, while others looked up to her, or looked at her in wonder. This also meant that she didn’t really speak to a lot of the tribe other than those that surrounded her and she was never allowed to go on hunts or help the tribe in the daily routines.
For a young girl all of this meant that she felt a yearning and a craving for friendship and experiences of the world outside of her own sphere: she dreamed of what adventures and people lived outside of her own little world and yearned for the day that she could be free of these chains that kept her in the tribe and discover the wonders of the world.
Hey people! Leslie was kind enough to let me join in on the fun despite of the lateness of my arrival, so please take care of me ^^
My character for this roleplay:
Name
Alkina (meaning ‘the moon’) Jaara
Gender
Female
Age
17
Appearance
(All rights go to the awesome artist: aditya777)
Alkina stands in stark contrast to the rest of the Ansharin-tribe’s dark and prominent features. Her Name ‘Alkina’ perfectly envelopes her appearance as she stands at around 5,7 feet, with a slim profile and almost paper white skin. This together with her long white hair means that no matter where she goes she stands out with her almost alien appearance. She has long smooth features, and while she doesn't have a curvaceous body she is definitely a woman. While her body is athletically trained from long sessions of dancing, Alkina is by no means physically strong - in fact her light complexion is often an annoyance to her as it makes her more sensitive to the sharp desert sun. Her eyes are another prominent feature regarding her appearance: much like her fair skin her eyes are a creamy white color, opaque in appearance as if her eyes were filled with a ghostly mist. The reason for this is because she was born without the ability of sight. Alkina usually wears her white hair in some form of ceremonial style with various accessories attached to her hair. It is, in fact, quite rare to see her without any form of hair style as the elders in the tribe makes her dress up any time she leaves her “home”.
While her appearance definitely makes her appear alien to the otherwise dark features of the rest of her tribe, Alkina cannot be called ugly, she is just different -in fact it is quite the opposite: she is seen as one of the tribe’s beauties, despite her deviant features.
On specific areas of her body her her alien white skin has been tainted by black and red markings of religious origin, with the most prominent one being the tattoo she has on her forehead: a red crystal-shape is encompassed by two opposing lines.While the red diamond in the middle symbolizes Kedalup, the world, the two opposing lines stands for The Dream and the Ansharin.
Alkina wears the same form of outfit as the rest of the Ansharin tribe, however, it is of lighter materials and not made for hunting or battles. Because of this she never wears any more garments than she has to, and has in fact never worn any form of armor. What is a different is what she wears over this classic outfit: she wears a white ceremonial cloak of rich material that seems to radiate with her light features. She can at times be seen wearing a series of bandages made out of a similarly white material wrapped around her eyes in a decorative manner. One interesting detail regarding Alkina's clothing is that she is one of the few individuals to wear a form os footwear in the tribe. The reason for this is because of her light skin that is more sensitive towards to hot earth beneath their feet. The design of her footwear is a simply designed type of sandal that consists of a thick leather sheet underneath her foot with leather strings attached around her foot to hold it in place.
Personality
Alkina appears to lean more towards the silent type. Because she grew up in an almost quarantine like situation where the elders of the tribe decided her every move, she has learned to stay silent and do as she was told. However, despite this silent and thoughtful appearance that she shows to the outside world, she hides an energetic and curious about the world around her. In fact, despite her disability she craves to experience the world beyond the borders of the tribe and she dreams of what adventurous wonders that waits for her outside her small world. This curiosity is blended together with an energetic personality that yearns for adventure and new experiences - however, Alkina has learned to suppress her own desires as she has come to terms with the realization that she is less likely to ever experience the life outside of her small world that is the tribe. Because of this the persona she usually allows the outside world to see is a calm, almost emotionless and quiet persona. She appears thoughtful and obedient to most (especially the elders), but at times she cannot hide her own desires and let the world get glimpse of her real persona that she tries to hide away. This is usually seen in her mischevious night adventures where she sneaks out of her home and drains her energy through physical exercise.
Skills
Dreamweaver: Alkina is one of the tribes most important and proficient weavers of The Dream: She had been taught the different layers and variables of The Dream and Kedalup since early childhood.
Music: Alkina is one of the tribes best musicians as she has been trained since childhood to use music to connect to The Dream. She has proven to be skilled in the arts of the voice, flutes, and string-instruments among others and her skills have said to be able to calm the wrath of the terrible Na'gu.
Advanced sensory system: Because Alkina was born without the ability of sight her other senses has been sharpened since her birth - and further developed as the years went by and she began to develop them herself. This means that while she cannot see, she can most definitely ‘feel’ the world around her through her acute senses to such an extent that she doesn’t even need her sight to see anymore. Her sharpened senses has also developed into an ability where she can ‘feel’ and almost ‘understand’ the world to such an extent that she almost feels as if she is connected to it.
Dancing and acrobatics: Through her many years if studying The Dream, Alkina has become incredibly skilled in connecting to The Dream through dance - and what most of the tribe doesn't know is that despite her disability she has developed an incredible talent for acrobatics.
Equipment
Staff she uses to walk and find her way
Flute: Alkina possesses a ceremonial flute.
Bone dagger: The only real weapon she has is a dagger, however, it has only been used for ceremonial rituals so far and she has little knowledge about using it in a real fight.
Biography
Alkin was born on a night where the only thing that was painted on the darkness of the night sky was a few bright stars and then a giant full moon. This should have been a warning sign to her parents, but the happiness of her imminent birth extinguished any concern they might have had for their child and her unfortunate birth.
Perhaps the close proximity of the full moon was not just a sign, but the very cause of the unfortunate disability child now known as ‘Alkina’ was born with. You see, on this perfect night young Alkina was brought into life, but the cruel moon had taken away her eyes before she could fully develop them - not only that, but it also took the color of her hair and her skin, making the small child an abomination - an oddity in the Ansharin tribe. Despite the best efforts of the Ansharin’s best healer: Jarrah Korindji the unlucky child couldn't be cured of her blindness nor her moon-touched features.
The elders in the tribe saw Alkina’s birth into their tribe as a sign from The Dream itself: perhaps this child born of the moon was a herald of The Dream and Kedalup itself. It was decided that Alkina was to learn the arts of The Dream and to become a bridge between the Ansharin and The Dream.
This training began as soon as Alkina could stand: she began to learn from the best in the tribe and showed remarkable skills from an early age. However, it soon became clear to everyone around her that she wasn’t just a crippled girl: she seemed to move as if she knew what was actually happening around her. Most were surprised at this seemingly disabled girl’s effortless movements, while others saw it as a miracle from The Dream itself and a sign of her connection. Alkina herself, however, knew better. While she had never seen the world around her with her own eyes, she began to notice the minute shifts in temperature, smell, touch and sound. While she had been born with only four senses, these senses had become amplified to such an extent that she didn’t really required the ability of sight: she could sense and experience the world around her through her other senses - and in ways that others simply couldn’t fathom.
Even at a young age Alkina knew that these discoveries weren’t something you should go speak carelessly about. Instead she kept her mouth shut and accepted the world she was born into: a world that could almost be described as a prison. While she was free to move around, she was always watched over and taken care of: she was, after all, a young girl without the ability to see for herself. This meant that she was kept locked up for most of the time, only being released to train in the arts of The Dream and to perform ceremonies - in fact: she became almost a myth in the tribe. While everyone knew she existed and what she was capable of, she was such an oddity within the norms of the tribe that some feared her, while others looked up to her, or looked at her in wonder. This also meant that she didn’t really speak to a lot of the tribe other than those that surrounded her and she was never allowed to go on hunts or help the tribe in the daily routines.
For a young girl all of this meant that she felt a yearning and a craving for friendship and experiences of the world outside of her own sphere: she dreamed of what adventures and people lived outside of her own little world and yearned for the day that she could be free of these chains that kept her in the tribe and discover the wonders of the world.
(Wasn't sure if I could put it in the character thread just yet...)
(All rights go to the awesome artist: aditya777)