Taika
Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 3:09 pm
TAIKA
Race : Moon Elf
Gender : female
Age : 120
Alignment : neutral
Deity : Erevan Ilesere
Occupation : “Moonlighter”
Talents : stealth, sleight of hand, lockmaster, dancer, acrobat
General appearance :
Taike is a very short Moon Elf who reached adulthood only recently. She’s rather beautiful and features long white silky hair which when light strikes, reflects most of its energy. Her body is lithe and lean, and has the appearance of that of an balancing artist when (if!) she performs a dance for example. Her usual outfit displays a layer of a strange black fabric that moves fluidly about her and which seems to make it easier for her to melt with shadows. She can be shy in her social contacts, and when she is bullied she might bite back, but not necessarily. Taika is daring when it comes to difficult tasks that require balance, nimbleness and speed. There are things she doesn’t like at all, and when it turns out she got to do them anyways, people might hear about that. On top of her head she wears a feathery helmet thing like almost all the time, and she wears it like it were some charm for luck or a personal relic, even as the headpiece was slightly too big for her pretty head. More than often it would sink a bit down her forehead, but she never seems to complain about that, nor taking steps to have the piece of equipment adjusted to her head size.
Quick background :
She literally has grown up in the gutters of Waterdeep, with her sister as her only family member. Her older sister had an affinity with magic, and together they formed a rather good team out on the streets. They were part of something that could pass for a gang, but which was actually controlled by something ‘larger’, all without their knowledge. Taika and her sister time to time also would break into homes and warehouses, and one day, about five years ago, seemed not different from others, but it changed Taika’s life forever.
During a mission where they entered a warehouse and were searching for a specific cargo in a crate, a large detachment of City Guards raided their game and caught them redhanded. Taika and her sister ran looking for an escape, but were at some point caught between two groups of guards at the upper floors of the warehouse. Their only exit was a small window, and Taika was the first to crawl out, only to land down fairly hard on the street below. She ran for an alley across the street and searched for her sister. The last image she saw of her was when her sister tried to break free out of the upper story window, right before she was pulled back inside by Waterdeep’s police force.
But just as Taika merely moments later decided to run back to the entrance to help her sister in whatever way she could, the warehouse exploded at the ground level. Taika was thrown back into the alley, and helpless had to witness how the entire building collapsed, the upper floors crashing down onto the lower one. In spite of the significant albeit temporary hearing loss, and the lack of sight due the thick dust cloud, Taika made it over and frantically started digging, screaming her sister’s name. All she found however was just her sister’s feathery helmet right before she had to make a run for the oncoming City Guard. She hasn’t recovered from this loss ever since and likely will mourn silently for many more decades to come.
Taika blaims the City Guard and the Lords of Waterdeep for her sister’s death, not knowing though what caused the explosion. Obviously she couldn’t stay in Waterdeep, and has ever since been hiding in random cities, hiding herself in random crates that take her to random destinations. Her last stowaway trip has brought her to Baldur’s Gate, and the young elf decided to explore the region a bit for now. She lacks a bit of a goal, but surely doesn't lack any talent when it comes to fingerspeed, sleight of hand, and... dancing with shadows...
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Story, present day :
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//more later, WIP//