Aran'Skia

[Aran'Skia]

Basic Information Name: Aran'Skia Kore Age: 36 Race: Konti Sex: Female Birthday: Winter 92nd, 474 AV Height: 5'0" Weight: 85 lbs Appearance With her blonde hair, heterochromic eyes, and the faint sparkle of scales glistening along her skin, Aran'Skia is a fair representation of the inhuman beauty that the Konti race is known for. Rare, even among Konti and the humans, are the heterochromic eyes she bears. Her left eye is a shimmering grey-green while her right eye is a glistening grey-blue. She has an even, angular face with long eyes, a straight nose, and a ready smile. Streaking along Aran'Skia's shoulders is the opalescent Gnosis mark of Rak'keli, Goddess of Healing. Pale lines spread from where the back of her neck connects with her shoulders, originating from her back. The design of the Mark is of a winged serpent, the symbol for Rak'keli herself. The tattoo-like mark glitters over Aran'Skia's vibrant scales. Along the sides of her neck are a pair of gills that allow Aran'Skia to breathe under water, while delicate webbing connects her fingers and toes. The scales that shimmer vivid colours of the rainbow arc along her shoulders as well, running down her chest and creating swirling, sweeping designs on her pelvic bone, legs and arms. The scales also shimmer faintly on her forehead, disappearing in her hairline to meet with the ones along her shoulders. These traits testify to her heritage as a daughter of Laviku while her psychological traits are gifts of her mother, Avalis. Personality Aran is a kind individual, more centered on helping others than caring for herself. She is usually open-minded and shows a distinct lack of vengeance against the Symenestra for the killing of so many women. Her beliefs dominate her, as does her desire to help the Symenestra as a whole. She is comfortable with her future as a permanent fixture in the society of Kalinor, and has settled herself with the fact she will probably never see her family again. Aran’Skia demonstrates an innate sense of dedication to Healing and protection. She is firmly rooted in the belief that what she will do to help the Symenestra will finally open up the world to them and make others see them as the soulful, passionate creatures they are and not the savage widowers they are said to be. Contrary to the belief that Aran’Skia is always happy is the fact that she spends quite a bit of time sad. She mourns the loss of so many lives given for the survival of the dwindling race and often loses sleep over a pregnant woman in her care. One could say, with some conviction, that Aran is easy to earn love from, but that may not be the case. She can sense the intent behind a person’s actions, and so is prone to being more open and trusting around people who seem to be there for her betterment. There are those she distrusts strongly, but she openly smiles and is unerringly polite to them, hoping to disarm them with her charm and persuade them to help her help them. Pure and naïve, she has been called. It isn’t so far from the truth. History [i]Aran'Skia was born on the eve of the Valterrian's anniversary in 474 AV to a Konti mother (Narasa Kore) and a Symenestra Healer (Valuna Absinthe). She was raised with the knowledge of the Symenestra plight and discovered through introspection that her Call was to help the Symenestra race and bring them back their ability to conceive pure Symenestra children safely. At a young age Aran'Skia took a particular interest in Hypnotism and trances used by Hypnotists. She also found herself intrigued by the prospect of Animating golems to defend the fragile Symenestra from those that would do them harm. For many years Aran'Skia trained in the use of medicines and midwifery, her Call having been made known to her mother (her father passed away from a complication caused by the Blight) and her grandmother. Aran'Skia studied the uses of different plants in concocting medicines and poisons (which she then used to create antidotes) and she studied the auras of the Konti and other Healers around her. Aran'Skia, who was born with the ability to know when someone wanted to cause her bodily harm, eventually managed to have the ability amplified during her life in Mura. She came to bear an ability to sense the intent behind the actions or words of another and either suffer or celebrate for ill or good. Aran'Skia became deeply dependent on this ability as she aged and uses it just as often as she would use her Gnosis, although without conscious thought. It is one of those abilities that wields itself. As time wore on and Aran’Skia remained in Mura with her sisters and family, she began to gain of feeling of growing discontent. Eventually, she decided it was her heart telling her she had to leave and start another life in Kalinor, succeeding where the Symenestra had not, and she told this to the head of her family. As a parting gift, her mother gave Aran’Skia two suvai to keep should she ever need to protect herself during her travels. With three companions, Aran’Skia set out from Mura to Kalinor in the beginning of Summer of 511 AV. She has finally arrived near the end of Fall and her company has departed, fearing like all do for the safety of the women in their numbers. Aran now continues alone into the cavern of Kalinor. Character Concept Aran'Skia was raised knowing with absolute conviction that she was to leave Mura and strike a future for a dwindling race in a far nation. She was conditioned with utmost loyalty to Rak'keli, whom had marked her at her birth, and to Avalis, the mother of her race. One day, Aran'Skia dreams of being able to percieve in the past where the Symenestra race lost their ability to safely concieve children and instead developed a stronger venom. Aran'Skia seeks only to ensure the survival of the Symenestra race while preserving the lives and health of those used as surrogates and those attempting to bear pure-bloods. She believes this cause will be the epitome of her life. Skills and Arcana Medicine - 30 (10 racial bonus, 20 starting package) Herbalism - 5 (5 starting package) Poison - 5 (5 starting package) Animation - 5 (5 starting package) Meditation - 5 (5 starting package) Auristics - 5 (5 starting package) Hypnotism - 5 (starting package) Abilities As with almost all other Konti, Aran'Skia bears a gift given to her by her Goddess-Mother at birth. Aran'Skia's particular gift is one that she refers to as "Intention". Aran'Skia is able to read whether a person's intentions are good and bad, although she can't actually visualise what the intent of a person may be, yet she can distinguish distinctly between positive and negative intent. In the presence of a person with negative intentions directed to someone else (not her) or with merely a verbal intent to do harm, Aran'Skia suffers headaches that differ in intensity in correlation with the level of maliciousness behind the words or intended actions. When the negative intent is directed at Aran'Skia (ie: an attack or other physical harm), Aran'Skia becomes paranoid, suffers an extreme headache, and aches inwardly. Positive intent manifests for Aran'Skia as feelings of euphoria and giddiness. She relaxes more when the intentions of those around her are for helping others and she finds herself opening up easier. Reckless actions aren't often a side-affect of these feelings, but Aran'Skia can't help herself opening up to behaviours that can lead to these actions. Gnosis Rak'keli's Healing Gnosis Lore Religion of Rak'keli Symenestra Breeding Belongings and Heirloom Belongings – Starting Package: One Set of Clothing (white linen dress, black traveling cloak, dancing shoes, scarf) One Waterskin One Backpack which contains: One Set of Toiletries (comb, brush, soap) Food for a Week One Eating Knife Flint and Steel Obtained: Furred Blouse (3 gm) High Boots (5 sm) Linen Chemise (1 sm) Average Dress (8 sm) Average Skirt (4 sm) Herbalist Toolkit (20 gm) Surgeon’s Toolkit (200 gm) Cat (4 sm) Healer’s Kit (50 gm) Portable Poisoncrafting Kit (150 gm) Three Blank Books (9 gm) Two Quills (1 sm) 2oz Vial of Red Ink (8 gm) 4oz Vial of Black Ink (8 gm) Heirloom - Two suvai given to Aran'Skia by her mother before she left for Kalinor. Although Aran'Skia is bound to not harm any creature unless in self-defence, she keeps these suvai with her as a reminder of her life back in Mura and her family there as well as her oath to help the Symenestra. Languages[ Kontinese - Fluent Symenos - Fluent Ledger Starting Package: 100 gm Spent: 450 gm, 8 sm Obtained: 500 gm (sold housing) Remaining: 149 gm, 2 sm Thread List n/a