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Lanuola, Slave

Started by DragonSong, December 29, 2015, 09:25:03 AM

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__________________QUICK STATS
NameLanuola (Lah-noo-OH-la) or Lani
Age 24
Gender Female
Species Human
Ethnicity Duhjari (Mostly. Probably)
Height 5'9"
Orientation Bisexual
Occupation Slave
Residence Essyrn

__________________IN-DEPTH STUFF

Physical Description
Lani has nut brown skin and deep chestnut hair cut in a choppy bob to frame her face and often shot through with a myriad of small braids. Her eyes are large, almond shaped, and so deep a blue they almost appear black, set above sharp cheekbones and a thin blade of a nose. She'd built tall and strong, covered in lean muscle honed from years of fighting, but still curvy.

Even before she was a slave, Lani tended to prefer practical clothing over fashionable, usually wearing just a tunic and breeches. If she every wore adornments, they were simple bracelets or chokers.

She bares many scars, but the most obvious is a long slash that stretched from her right shoulder across her back to her left hip.

Personality
Once upon a time she was a bold, reckless, and life-loving person. Parts of that personality can still be seen, occasionally, but the glimpses are few and far between. Since becoming a slave, Lani had hardened herself in order to survive.

Nowadays she's more standoffish than anything else- not likely to attack you for looking at her funny, but not easily willing to accept new people into her life either. Despite this, she had a rapier wit and slightly inappropriate timing with her sense of humor: her caustic comments have gotten her beaten on more than one occasion, but she just can't seem to help herself.

Magic/Abilities
Lani has a connection to horses that at first seems like a simple "knack"; however her ability almost allows her to speak to them, and she can work miracles with a troubled animal. It is unclear whether or not this trait is actually magical in origin.

She is a skilled fighter, most adept with a bow but able to use just about any weapon placed in her hands and pretty lethal in hand-to-hand combat as well.

Relationships
None. Her family is gone, or as good as.

History
Born to a nomadic tribe of horsemen in the Serha Plains, Lani was raised solely by her father as her mother died in childbirth. Her father was the chief of the raiding band, and he taught her to ride, hunt, and fight almost as soon as she could walk. She had a natural aptitude for all three, but preferred to spend time with her horse whenever possible.

All things considered she had a fairly normal and pleasant childhood, at least for someone who grew up the way she did. Growing into her teens it became clear she was a bit of a flirt, and she wasn't shy about showing her affections. At seventeen she managed to rein herself in somewhat though, striking up a monogamous relationship with another young woman in the band, Nemiera.

That was about the time everything went wrong. Her father became sick from an infected wound, and soon was unable to lead. As his daughter, it was expected she take over, at least until a proper leader could be chosen. He died before that could happen, and the band dissolved into chaos. Forced to fight for her right not only to lead the tribe, but even stay a part of it, Lani was challenged to an "honor circle".

Pit against twenty some of her tribe's strongest fighters, all grown men and women, she didn't stand a chance. She held her own for a while, but a wound to her back was nearly fatal and she fell. She doesn't remember much of what happened next, but one moment someone was standing over her with a sword, ready to take her head, the next Nemeira was there, taking the fatal blow herself.

Everything after that is a blur. The next thing Lani remembers, she was bound hand and foot and being trader to another raiding band as a slave. From there, she was bounced around to Essyrn, then traded from master to master until finally she was placed in the fighting pits at twenty-one, where she's been ever since.

Her personality means that no one really wants to take responsibility for her, but her skill in the arena makes her a desirable prize, so she'd often traded and sold, never having one master for longer than a few months.

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