Heather Thorne

[Heather Thorne]

Heather Thorne Appearance Race: Human. Gender: Female. Age: Twenty. Birthday: 20, Spring, 493AV. Birthplace: Ravok. Appearance: Heather would normally be considered petite in form from afar, when actually she stands at about 5'5 with an athletic build from all the traveling she had done as a child around Ravok. Her skin is slightly tanned a soft olive tone with wavy, light brown hair that seems to look even lighter when the sun shines upon it, though she normally always puts it up into a half ponytail, leaving most of her hair down. She holds a heart-shaped face while her almond-shaped eyes watch someone innocently with a warm, expressive hazel colour. To compliment those features, she has a thin bridged nose and lips that are normally always curled into a smile. When she is alone and comfortable with where she is, Heather is clad in a dark coloured, simple shirt and pants, covered by a cloak and boots to match... but when she wants to persuade someone to let her stay at one's home for a few nights for food and shelter, she would wear a blouse and long skirt or a dress with her boots to make her look a little more... innocent. Character Concept Heather's personality is one that some would find… slightly odd. At the age she is now, she is bright and cheerful, an easy person to talk to as well as confide in because of the way she knows how to get answers she wants. She knows she does tend to get a little bit pushy sometimes, but she uses that fact to her advantage and encourage and talk to people. She knows her limits and when to back off when a person tells her to stop. Heather is a wanderer, so she doesn't normally allow herself to keep any relations to people except for a select few. Some people have called her a ray of sunshine in a cruel world. Most of the time however, it's just words. When she is alone, her bright and cheerfulness disappears, and while it wasn't really a facade, Heather allows people to think of her as innocent. As a child, she would always let the fact that she was abandoned as a baby get the best of her, and it would send her into moments of insecurity that disappear the next day as she tries to figure out her next move. One of her only ways of calming herself down is by playing her flute or busking. She would turn to music and play soft tunes, and when she first started doing so, she didn't realize that people would stop to listen and even give her Mizas when she was finished. But it was how she now gathered most of her earnings. There is only one person she likes and managed to trust as a child because he took her in until she was old enough; an engraver named Mikayas. Character History The depth of loneliness can always have a harsh impact on a child; especially one so young and having grown feeling like she was never loved, never worth something, never being able to please anyone.  Heather had never seen her father, apparently he left she and her mother when she was still in her mothers' womb, and when Heather was born, she couldn't remember being loved by her mother. Maybe she did, but she definitely wasn't showing it. The girl grew with a simple life and when she was six years old, she went with her mother to the marketplace… her mother asked her to stay in the town square, but then hours passed and her mother still wasn't back. Night fell, and she tried to find her way home, but as a child, it was so hard to find. Would she never see her mother again? The little girl roamed for days trying to scour for food, and it was the first time she started to realize that many cruel people there were, for some refused to help her when she needed it, and she was only a child! For nights, she cried herself to sleep, finding odd places to rest, but most of the time she would find rest in an empty alley. It was cold, never the most comfortable place, and she was lost. The select few people who would help her could only give so much, but they would do what they could. First came a little Inartan girl who quickly became a friend to Heather, though with her family she was only visiting Ravok and had managed to teach Heather a little bit of her language; Nari in the time she was there. Then came an elderly man; a carver who had his own shop, but he would see Heather in the same alley every night, shivering from the nights chill or there, clutching at her stomach due to hunger, so when Heather suddenly felt a small blanket wrap around her and bread being put into her hands, it surprised her immensely, but before she could thank the man, he was walking away. She stayed in the same alley again the next night to see if he would come back… he did. This time with an offer to take her in. The six year old, desperate and eager for a place to stay, food and water along with an adults' attention easily agreed, taking the man's hand and following him back to his store. His name was Mikayas. Years passed, and she slowly grew to learn that Mikayas had always wanted a daughter, always calling Heather the 'daughter he never had' and spoilt her endlessly. She never let it get to her however, and Mikayas had taught her much, even giving her lessons on how to play the flute ever since she was nine years old. When her sixteenth birthday came, she was urging for more, an urge for adventure was all the wanderer wanted, and as reluctant as Mikayas was to let her go, he did. He gave her what he could to survive for a while, and the young girl kept all his teachings to heart. Heather now wanders around Ravok, using her ability with her flute to perform for the public for Mizas and should she need anything or any place to stay, she would use her innocent face to get what she wanted. Language Fluent Language: Common. Basic Language: N/A. Poor Language: Nari. Skills Skill EXP Total Proficiency Play Musical Instrument: Flute. 20 SP 20 Novice Busking 15 SP 15 Novice Persuasion 15 SP 15 RB 30 Competent Lores Lore of Ravok Culture Flute: Keys to the Melody Possessions 1 Set of Clothing -Simple Shirt -Simple Pants -Simple Undergarments -Simple Cloak -Simple Boots 1 Waterskin 1 Backpack which contains: -Comb (Wood) -Brush (Wood) -Soap -Razor -Balanced Rations (1 Week’s Worth) -1 eating knife -Flint & Steel 1 Flute (Metal) 600 Gold Mizas Heirloom: A metal flute. Housing Location: Ravok. House: Renting a small room Tarsin's Boarding House. Ledger Purchase Cost Total Starting +100 GM 100 GM Cash-in Housing +500 GM 600 GM Thread List Link your current & past threads here!