Post by KHALÍKA ITHÍL-AMAN on Jan 30, 2014 0:08:13 GMT
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| DESCRIPTION Khalika had always been told by her elders that beauty was one of the greatest gifts that a woman could possess and in some cases she was told it was all she could ever possess. And whilst she has not inherited all of the traditionally admired traits of the moon elves, she remains beautiful in the eyes of foreigners. Khalika has hair of a silver colour that cascades down to the middle of her back in small waves. She usually wears it in a simple yet elegant braid as is traditional amongst her own people. She has a slender figure, which whilst it is not curvaceous as most, is certainly graceful and her height as well as good posture only adds to her elegance. She has soft violet eyes with silver flecks and streaks like her mother, despite solid silver eyes being favourable amongst her people. Her skin is also unnaturally pale as most moon elves have a grey tone to them. Formally, she wears dresses that are generally of a softer colour and she favours violet as she was always told by her mother that it complimented her eye colour. Though silver is another colour she is very fond of and wears it in the form of bracelets, broaches and other very traditional accessories. She also has a silver crown that she wears and looks like this. More commonly however and amongst her own kind, she wears a light-coloured silk shirt and relatively tight trousers along with a long silver cloak and knee-high boots without a heel. This form of attire is far more practical than her formal attire and so she wears it whilst going about a normal day and it is only when meeting with foreign dignities that she dresses more formally. As a talented sorceress, Khalika draws her energy from the Moon mainly though has mastered control over the element of fire. She is a talented healer and is knowledgeable with natural cures and healing spells, though recently has begun training and testing her abilities in offensive magic and whilst she is not naturally talented at offensive magic, she continues to practice it. PERSONALITY Once a naïve, respectful and quiet young elf, Khalika has grown into a mature, experienced and independent she-elf. What she lacks in strength, she manages to make up for not only in agility but in cunning and intelligence too. She is an introvert and needs her own space from time to time, though with time she has learnt the value of communication and can now both talk to both lords and commoners with relative ease and is not only able to address large crowds but can win them over with her speeches and argumentative and strong spirit. Despite gentle appearances, Khalika is someone who is not afraid to dare and her wild and adventurous spirit holds makes her both an audacious leader but she has a tendency to misjudge situations and gets herself into trouble with this. Having lived a long part of her life on very little, she has learnt to be resourceful with her supplies and has developed crafting skills as well as making her a much more independent and wild character. Though with age has not necessarily come patience and whilst she holds on to the cunning and wisdom she had as a younger and quieter elf, her short temper almost puts this to waste as she has become far more impulsive and has a fiery temper that means she often rushes through decisions and fails to step back and look at the bigger in her conquest to do what she believes is right. She knows very well how to come out on top in a battle, but often ends up losing the War due to her lack of planning and unexpected events that arise due to impulsiveness. She has also grown a thirst for vengeance and has a long list of people whom she would see suffer for their crimes against her and her people. As a leader, she is authoritative and strict as she has found she has need to be. She makes sure to reinforce her laws and can sometimes be seen as a hard on her people. However, she still manages to gain the trust and full support of her subjects as she never sees herself as above them and treats them with respect as well as her ability to interact with them on an individual level and her talent at swaying crowds with words. STRENGTHS Khalika's primary strengths are her charisma which has led to her popularity amongst both commoners and noblemen. Her wild and fiery spirit also gives her the strength to dare to do what others wouldn't dream of and allows her to be independent, strong and stand up for herself. She has talent with long range weapons and also excellent horsemanship which has led to her talent as a huntress. She has basic knowledge in crafts and is very resourceful and practical when it comes down to supplies. WEAKNESSES Her intelligence and cunning is often wasted with the strong will and impulsive traits she has developed. And whilst this has given rise to some strengths it has also given her many flaws such as irrationality and failure to plan ahead. Her thirst for vengeance has also given her a much darker and shady side and she sometimes slips over the border of what she thinks is just and what is for her own satisfaction. HISTORY Khalika was born to Lord Nalur and Lady Kaima of the moon elves of N'uma Forya, a great city of dark elves and one of the only elven capitals that answer to the Unseelie. They were a thriving people once that responded to the will of the Seelie elders, though were banished after several old traditions were brought back such as extreme sexism, slavery and other immoral laws were brought in. Khalika was born and raised to be seen and not heard, that she was no more than an object that would eventually prove her use through a marriage or alliance. And for a long time Khalika believed this, she would spend time alone in the library of the great city mostly. However, matters would be completely turned around by an event that took place a little while after Khalika's 60th name day. The city was under attack by raiders, they stole, plundered and took whatever they could get their hands on from gold to women to food and even children. Khalika was spared unlike her parents and was taken as a slave to the leader of the raiders. She lived as a slave for 112 long years, living in constant oppression and denied any freedoms at all. One night though, she was beaten for being unresponsive and something within the young Lady snapped. Using her control over fire, she managed to burn her captors. Lost and with nothing left, Khalika liberated her people and led them to elven kingdoms further west. Though she was denied entry into their cities due to N'uma Forya's alignment with the Unseelie and their bad reputation amongst the elves. From that day forth, she has allowed her rage and her temper to reign. She promises her people vengeance against all those that denied them help and those that brought them low. Her cause is not very well known, though she resides with her people in wilderness and whilst they only ever plan raids of small villages and travelling merchants, taking hostage nobles of relatively low ranks for ransoms, and recruitments in small and disregarded villages. She has been able to make alliances with certain other forces looking for vengeance against the Seelies though remains very humble in what she has. |
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