Re: Mjorna - Beyond The Void: Signup and OOC
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Player: Pale
Name: Saeluna Noctivaga
Gender: Female
Race: Cat Kin
Profession: Scavenger, Ex-Priestess-in-training
Equipment: Having been on the move for some time, now, Saeluna has had plenty of opportunity to gather whatever takes her fancy from the bodies of the dead. Clothing, weapons, food, whatever catches her eye ends up in her pack. She stashes most of it, though, to prevent herself from being burdened down - the full weight of her little treasure trove would slow most grown men to a crawl. With her, she routinely carries:
-> Her backpack and cloak, the pack black and nondescript, the cloak red, and hooded - designed to keep out the rain, the sun, and the snow.
-> After a while, Saeluna adapted ways of carrying her favourite pair of knives - a matching set, ivory-handled and razor sharp, used by their original owner for hunting and skinning game. Saeluna has put these tools to better use, strapped to her hips beneath her cloak.
-> Perhaps her next most prized possession, was originally a toy for a noble's brat - a pistol crossbow. Portable, small, with a range of barely 20 meters, once manipulated, painted black, and generally upgraded, it gained a new lethality at close range. However, she'd found with such small quarrels, her aim had to be precise.
-> Finally, the last toy Saeluna tends to carry with her is her hunting bow. Crossbow quarrels, and thrown knives are all very well, but they don't tend to bring down game. For this, she carries a strong yew longbow, that took her some time to become strong enough to even string. Before the Void, before everything changed, she'd never have had a chance.
Description: Though not the tallest, nor the biggest, nor the strongest Cat Kin around, Saeluna is definitely not one to mess with. Dressed most commonly in a red hooded cloak, over black hunting leathers, her nature isn't obvious at first. Seen up close, though, her heritage as a Cat Kin is made clear - from slitted yellow feline eyes, to fur darker and silkier than the night sky. Though not seen by many, her jet-black coat is marred by a streak of grey down her back, extending from the nape of her neck, to the base of her tail - a family trait. Her tail is thin, elegant, though strong - she tends to use it as an extra appendage, though it serves a more useful function when balancing.
In terms of her personality, Saeluna has grown antisocial, bordering on misanthropic - what few survivors she encounters, she avoids. There is no law and order any more, after all. When confronted in conversation, her responses are terse, and minimal, her voice tight with annoyance that someone has even dared speak to her. A certain arrogance accompanies her fine features, or simply aloofness - one never can tell, if she is separated from those around her by her own notions of superiority, or her own experiences.
Background: Saeluna was the only child of her generation, in the Noctivaga family, and was brought up to honour Justice above all else. She was raised to be the judge of what was right, and what was not, and her parents were rarely forgiving when she herself transgressed. However, she was able to get away with some, owing to the blindness of her mother. A tradition, in the family, as they were dedicated to serving Naryas, and her temple nearby, was for the oldest female to be ritually blinded, then, when the time came to hand over the post to her daughter, for the next to be blinded as well, before she could assume the mantle of priestesshood. However, this was not to be.
In her teenage years, as all teenagers do, Saeluna riled against the will of her parents. She swore she'd never allow them to put out her eyes, as she treasured her sight above all else. Why should she give up such a thing for Goddess she'd never seen? However, as the fated day drew closer, long conversations with her mother drew her closer, and closer to accepting her destiny. Finally, she was ready.
Or she would have been, without the onset of the Void. In the days before her ceremony, people began to fall sick. Friends, neighbours, the townsfolk, her mother, and finally her father succumbed to the sickness before Saeluna's very eyes. Lost, bereaved, she threw herself down before the altar, and raised the blade to her face, ready to cut her own eyes from her, if it would restore everything that had been lost. Somewhere, though, her will faltered, and the blade clattered on the stones.
The Cat Kin that emerged, some days later, to pillage the dead and the dying of her hometown, was a changed woman. She left Naryas behind, and began to truly live up to the name of Noctivaga. "Night-Wanderer".
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