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Zahara ult Makhia, Gladiatrix

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Name: Zahara ult Makhia
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Species: Human
Ethnicity: Moraki Badlander
Height: 5'9"
Occupation: Slave/Gladiatrix
Residence: Essyrn

Appearance
As a slave, her features are often obscured by loose fitting robes and a gauzy veil.  In private, her attire is more modest, including cotton robes and trousers.

When she takes off her veil, it becomes clear that Zahara is a beauty.  With dusky skin common of those native to the region, she is without blemish, aside from the ink embedded into her skin.  While not disfiguring, her beautiful face is framed by swirling blue-green floral paterns.  These images wrap around her neck and extend down her arms, reaching her wrists.  Zahara has widely spaced, dark brown eyes and her curly black hair is kept long and braided.

In the arena, she is expected to wear as little as possible, offering a tantalizing view of her athletic body.  She wears steal greaves with no ornamentation and a helm with a reinforced mask.  She fights with a qaddara - broad-bladed short saber - and a round shield that covers her forearm.

Personality
Though she often comes off as feminine in polite company, Zahara is a natural Tomboy.  She has a tendancy to confront her problems aggressively and bluntly.  If it cannot be solved by a sword or a fist, then it is generally not her problem.  She is not crass, though.  As physical as she tends to be, she does prefer to remain clean and well kept.  She sees herself as a woman and still prefers the affections of men.

Zahara is also incredibly modest.  Growing up in the desert, showing tremendous amounts of skin was always considered dangerous, so the young woman prefers to keep herself covered.  She finds the traditional fashion of Essyrn to be quite scandalous.

Among her people, slavery was always considered normal and for Zahara's part, it has always seemed a fact of life.  Still, she finds abusive slave owners abhorrent and will sometimes act to liberate those she feels are in danger of being killed.

Abilities/Magic

  • Sword and Shield - Zahara is moderately well trained in the use of a qaddara, a reasonably common single-edged sword.  The weapon has no clear guard, requiring that it be paired with a broad shield.
  • Crescent Knife - The fighter can also fight with a small, S-shaped knife.  It is mostly a backup weapon but also acts as a concealable assassination tool.
  • "Pillow Dancing" - Her upbringing as a slave has given Zahara a set of skills she is loathe to share with those around her.  Still, it is a skill she has and she may yet find a worthwhile use for it...

Relationships

  • Master

History
Born amid the nomadic tribes of the Moraki desert, slavery has always been a fact of life for Zahara.  Even her family was known to keep slaves, and as a child, she thought little of it.  She was eleven when she was taken prisoner during a raid on her camp.  Life did not change drastically at first.  It was harder as she was expected to perform manual labor for perhaps the first time in her life.  It was still the same culture, though and things were still familiar.

Essyrn was a different story.  Where Badlanders simply viewed slaves as laborers, only in Essyrn were slaves treated as disposable.  Many of her friends were sent of to be butchered in the Arena, others were pushed beyond what they could tolerate and simply broke under pressure.  For her part, Zahara survived, thanks in no small way due to sheer luck.  She traded hands multiple times among the various merchants, though her fitness has drawn the attention of the Arena.


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