Kira Ward
(Character Theme)
Action Girl This Tormite’s entire focus relies on use of physical force; even her subtler skills of lock picking, and disarming traps set up the scene to continue the action.
BadassNormal (In comparison to the average NPC individual.) While some of her abilities later border on the supernatural, all of it is gained through hard work and training.
Bisexual Dead Center 3 on the Kinsey Scale, often guilty of assuming she’s the normal one.
Child Soldier & Spy Since she started puberty, volunteering in militia capacity for the Church of Torm in Tantras. And since she could talk she was a spy, the shoe-shine girl on the corner that “innocently” asked enemies what they were doing and where they were going. Needless to say, a time or two, this occupation left some troubling memories…But don’t worry, she got better.
Chivalrous Pervert She strives to abide by chivalry while being a carefree wild-natured teenager; exemplified in her secretly frequenting private “dance“ halls, but following ‘look, don’t touch’ with the dancers, nor ever sleeping with them – and going to great lengths to “defend the honor of women”, to include said dancers.
Deconstruction This heroine is the young adventurer played realistically straight:
How can adventurers be proficient so young?
She spent the last half-dozen years of puberty helping defend Tantras from Zhentish invasion.
Why can she cut down dozens of men and monsters a day without flinching, even crack a joke?
After years of growing up in war, there’s no guilt anymore.
What inspired a church to train “scouts”?
After repelling Zhenathrim for years, the Church learned how to be effective.
Would turning evil make her more powerful?
Not at all; her build (and thusly competency) are set up to remain the same irrespective of alignment changes. If anything, losing an eye makes her less so.
Overlooking the use of magical items, there is a plausible, realistic reason for every aspect of her proficiency and psychology.
Ethical (fun person) Kira believes that sexuality is good as long as everyone involved behaves responsibly and respectfully towards themselves and each other. Youthful and assertive in her pursuits, the character has standards and self-control, but lives believing the pleasure and mutual comfort of a dalliance can be good for the soul. Overall liberated in her view of normality.
Foreshadowing When Kira faces betrayl she turns to chain smoking, a jaded-hoarse tone, and often injuries that one right eye. People who look long enough see that smile distracts from her hollow gaze that she hides. Put all together, it isn’t pretty.
Genki Girl Now that she’s developing into a (relatively) mature adult she’s more subtle. Initially enthusiastic everything she did, even if a disturbing subject like killing. The Church raised her to be good girl and love what she does. Paradoxically, attempts at a composed demeanor can be argued as another enthusiastic pursuit, with the extremes she takes it to. Flights of fancy still sweep up others in her wake.
Half Breed A fact often overlooked: Kira’s unknown ancestry & parentage, along with her Chondathan red hair hints at her possibly being of Zhentish decent. With her absentee mother being an implied Tantran, the cause of this may raise questions.
Heroic Bastard Kira is literally this, being a Doorstop Baby left for the Church of Torm to raise.
Incompatible Orientation Often chasing a dalliance with unobtainable women for their purity, not acknowledging that very trait she cherishes is what keeps them from her.
Knight in Shinning Armor Kira is always the spy whose deeds are hidden in the shadows that dreams of recognition and Knighthood.
One of the Boys Raised by the male Priests & Paladin, playing and rooming with “fourteen brothers”, she never stood a chance at being feminine. Idealizing Knights, she adopts all the ideals of it she can into her behavior, overlooking the tales written for a male perspective. This is taken to the extreme of cross-dressing and adopting chivalrous code.
Reverse Mole Often her favored method, benefiting from the shadier parts of the adventuring world. Sometimes convincingly enough to confuse her superiors as well.
