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Seisyll

Postby Seisyll on September 15th, 2014, 9:39 pm

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Seisyll


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Name: Seisyll
Race: Dhani (Freshwater Ivyess)
Age: 132
Date of Birth: 5th Day of Winter, 381AV
Place of Birth: The Spires
Current Location: Taloba
Profession: Minstrel

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Seisyll

Postby Seisyll on September 15th, 2014, 9:42 pm

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Appearance


 
Snake Form
Image As a snake, Seisyll appears at approximately 18.5 feet long, which makes her a relatively large serpent, even if she is small for her particular kind. A distinctive feature of all Ivyess is the flat, paddle-like tail, which helps her to move swiftly in the water. Out of the water, her small scales appear to be slightly off grey, almost dusty and dirty quality, with minimal patternings to distinguish her. When in the water, she appears far more polished and appealing, with almost ebony scales. Only when wet can an observer see the faint paler stripes that supposedly act as the snake's poor camouflage.

Snake Based Upon:
Snake: Lake Erie Water Snake (nerodia sipedon insularum)
Description: A common non-venous water snake most commonly found in central and eastern North America.
Length: Up to 4.4 feet
Weight: Between 4-7 pounds
Coloring: A variety of colours but relevant to Seisyll - grey with dark crossbands on their necks and dark stripes and blotches on the rest of their bodies.
Fangs: Two sets of fangs both in the front and the rear in order to puncture better and dispense more of their anticoagulant for greater damage.
Disposition: Active during the day and night but have a rather placid nature. They are quick to run but when they are cornered they are aggressive fighters.
Diet: Frogs, minnows, salamanders, small birds and mammals. At night they will hunt in deeper waters than they will during daylight.
Defenses: Will strike repeatedly if threatened by any of the many predators they have.
Venom: They've got an anticoagulant in their saliva which can cause a bite to bleed more, yet it is not deadly.
 
Dhani Form
Because being discovered would be an instant death penalty for Seisyll, it is incredibly rare for her to be seen in this form. As yet, not a single soul from the city of Taloba has seen such a form. When she does morph into that form, however, she is approximately 17 feet in length, from the end of her serpentine tail to the top of her human head. The black and grey scales cascade up her body and merge with her dark shades of skin around her stomach and torso.
 
Human Form
When in human form, this Dhani appears no different to any other human, standing at roughly five foot three or four. Having lived in Falyndar and Taloba for a number of seasons now, Seisyll's skin has started to darken to mimic that of Myrian skin. Though she will never be considered as anything other than an outsider to the Myrians, this at least is one aspect with which she might attempt to blend in. She is, however, markedly more pasty than the average native to the region. Her black hair mirrors the ebony and grey of her serpentine scales. Because of her active nature when in snake or Dhani form, Seisyll has a toned, athletic human body which reflects this.

Her human form does not feel natural, when compared to her snake (or, better yet, Dhani) forms, yet she endeavours to stay in such a form for as long as reasonably possible.
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Personality


No different to any other aquatic Dhani, Seisyll prefers to spend ample time in the depths of available waters. However, unlike her salt water kin, she is not limited to the amount of time that she might stay on land. Though not naturally flighty or shy, her current situation leaves her to o her best to stand to the side and avoid drawing attention - unwanted or otherwise) to herself. There are not many in Taloba that she is comfortable around, nor does she particularly feel like she can associate with the Myrian culture.

Living in the warrior city, she cannot call the jungle fortress her home, and she knows that the only way she can truly be accepted is to avoid revealing her true self to those around her. For this reason, part of her identity has been lost, or so she feels. Serious to a fault... Well spoken, she takes extra pains to avoid using sibilance in her speech, though she will, of course, slip up upon occasion.


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Beliefs


As a Freshwater Ivyess Dhani, Seisyll has been favoured by Makutsi, daughter of Laviku. She is a devout follower of the goddess of rain and waters, since learning about her from her mother decades ago. She has been marked once with the Raindancing Gnosis. At this level, she can bring forward a very light shower of rain that will take anywhere from a single bell to an entire day to finally fall. When the rain does fall, it will cover approximately one square mile and will last for roughly ten minutes.

The mark itself manifests on the side of her neck, just where the jaw ends as a series of colourless rain droplets, which travel down her shoulder and over her right breast. When she activates the gnosis - which she can only do when in human form - the droplets shift and shimmer, giving the illusion of rain cascading down her body.

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Seisyll

Postby Seisyll on September 15th, 2014, 9:45 pm

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History


Born on the final day of a heavy rain storm, Seisyll was one of eleven hatchlings born of her mother, though only seven survived beyond the first five years. Their mother did not remain to raise them, and there was not the same community or home, no network of like creatures, such as there was for the other Dhani. But decades passed and the seven surviving members of the Ivyess brood learned and played and lived, surviving on pure instinct, with their elders always there to guide them.

The smallest of her siblings, and late to develop, it wasn't until her thirty-first year had passed that Seisyll finally learnt to morph into her Dhani form. A decade following that and her mother returned to teach her offspring of their true heritage and identity. It was this which prompted Seisyll and four of her siblings to venture south, I'm search of Falyndar. The majority of their journey was simple; remaining in snake firms, they could follow rivers and streams until they reached the sea, at which point they followed the land around.

The exotic jungles of this new land were beautiful and thrived because of the heavy rainfall, which felt like a blessing from Makutsi. It wasn't long after arrival that news reached the small nest of death. One of Seisyll's siblings returned alone when three had left. Three of her brothers had been hunting, fishing in the north end of the large lake, and maybe ventured too far, maybe they crossed some unspoken boundary, or maybe they were just unfortunate enough to happen upon another hunting party. Spears pierced their hearts before they had had a chance to react.

But these new hunters had not taken the bodies - they had not been hunting for food, or if they had, Seisyll's brothers were not that. Executed for the crime of being born, was her mother's explanation. The humans of Taloba hated the snake-people, though they didn't even know them. Maybe it was fear of the unknown, or a feud that was so old no one could remember how it started, but Seisyll learnt that the Myrians hated the Dhani, and vice versa. The young Ivyess could not understand it, however, and as she slowly matured, her doubts over these bipedal creatures grew.

It was this confusion that lead Seisyll to develop the curiosity shared between many of her Freshwater brethren. She needed to learn more about these cold-blooded killers, and why they had murdered her brothers. Her siblings thought her mad, but she would not see reason, and remained behind when the others left I search of more welcoming lands. Remaining small in snake form, Seisyll began to scout for and follow the olive-skinned peoples. From this she began to slowly learn the strange tongue they spoke and, when she was alone in her Dhani form, she would practice her pronunciation. When she was just shy of her one hundredth birthday, Seisyll learnt how to morph into her human form, and she finally was ready to walk amongst the ruthless jungle-folk.


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Seisyll

Postby Seisyll on September 15th, 2014, 9:51 pm

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Knowledge


Skills
Skill EXP Earned Total Proficiency
Instrument: Harp 10(SP) +1 11/100 Novice
Observation N/A +3 3/100 Novice
Poison*Aquatic, Arboreal, Serpente 10(RB) * 10/100 Novice
Rhetoric N/A +3 3/100 Novice
Singing 5(SP) * 5/100 Novice
Socialisation N/A +2 2/100 Novice
Storytelling 20(SP) +3 23/100 Novice
Wilderness Survival*Jungle 15(SP) * 15/100 Novice



Lores

 
Arcane
Stuff
 
Geography
Taloba: City Layout
 
Facility
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Professional
Harp: Tuning Up
Story: Bears and Awful Friends
Story: Choosing Matuski or Syna
Story: Lessons in Commitment

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Religion
Religion: Makutsi
 
Social
Alias: Tae


Languages

Fluent: Snake Tongue
Conversational: Myrian Tongue
Broken: Common Tongue




Abilities

The Freshwater Ivyess have a number of abilities and distinctive features, some similar to other Dhani, some not. Seisyll is no exception:
  • Natural mastery at swimming (similar to Konti or Charodae)
  • Sibilance in spontaneous speech
  • Morphing abilities between her three forms, which takes approximately half a chime
  • Endurance to breathe under water for up to 3 bells
  • Detection of vibrations in water
  • Honing skills around bodies of freshwater (particularly large bodies)
  • Low-light vision, allowing her to see in greater depths of water
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Seisyll

Postby Seisyll on September 15th, 2014, 9:54 pm

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Possessions


 
Equipment
1 Waterskin
(SP) A weeks worth of Balanced Rations
(SP) Backpack, containing:
  • Wooden Comb and Brush
  • Razor
  • Soap
  • Eating Knife
  • Flint & Steel
 
Clothing
(SP) One white cotton blouse
(SP) One pair of moss-coloured canvas trousers
(SP) One black woollen cloak
(SP) One pair of cotton, plain undergarments
(SP) One pair of leather sandals
 
Heirloom
A small harp which is easily rested upon Seisyll's lap as she plays it. What wood it is made of is lost on the Ivyess girl, but it is a pale brown shade, neatly polished and conservatively engraved. With sixteen strings, the harp offers all the notes that the budding Minstrel might require to accompany her songs and stories.

Alone in the jungle city the harp was a parting gift from one of her brothers, who wanted to give his sister the best chance of survival in the foreign lands that she had stubbornly chosen to remain in. Without a formal teacher, her learning of the instrument is almost entirely trial and error, but she is slowly getting more and more confident in using it.


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Housing

Currently renting a room at one of the few taverns that will allow outsiders to stay within the city limits, Durak's Tavern.

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Ledger

Description Credit Debit Total
Starting Package +33 - 33 Bikka
Cashed in Housing +166 - 199 Bikka
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Seisyll

Postby Seisyll on September 15th, 2014, 9:55 pm

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Fall 514 AV
Thread Name Description/Participants Date
Everything Burns Seisyll assists Tarukko when fires rage.. 8th
Right as Rain A celebration for Makutsi! 26th
Composer of Verses A few tales are shared with the locals. 36th
Placeholder Job thread 2 TBC
 
Winter 514 AV
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Flashbacks
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