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C R A Z I E G I R L E E
Razorblade Nightmare
♚Tethys Baikal
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➳Nicknames : none
➳Age : twenty-four
➳Race : yuan-ti (pure blood)
➳Chosen of the : water
➳On my Skin : the symbol of water sits where one's navel would typically be.
➳Strengths :
✦ Alluring
✦ Dexterous
✦ Apothecary (poisons)
➳Weaknesses :
✦ Immoral
✦ Delicate
✦ Eisoptrophobia (fear of reflection)
➳Power & Weapons :
✦ Purity – natural, synthesized or magical Tethys finds herself immune to poison, disease and illness. This does not extend to magics which manipulate the mind nor does it protect her mental facilities from possibly damaging experiences.
✦ Stiletto Knives – roughly four inches long with a thin body and tip the stiletto knife is not designed for combat. The tip, with dipped edge, is kept perpetually sharpened but does not tapper off into a cutting edge. Tethys has two: the first is made of tungsten and has been fullered to further reduce weight; the second is made of tantalum and has been left unfullered.
✦ Poisons – peyote (a transcendent drug which provides the afflicted with a sense of leaving behind one's mortal shell); devil's snare (a hallucinogenic drug which provides the afflicted with jarring images); venom (cyan krait (neurotoxin – 6-10 hours for death), taipan (clot inducer – less than 1 hour for death)); dream mist (synthesized – liquid ingestion will cause muscular spasms ending in immediate death; inhaled vapour from boiling produces beautiful imagery to the afflicted which weak-wills seek to recreate after the affects wear off).
➳Personality :
✦ Honor, loyalty and discipline.
✦ Charming
✦ Intuitive
✦ Sociable
✦ Calm
✦ Courteous
✦ Observant
✦ Apathetic
✦ Self-interested
✦ Vain
➳Bio :
Born into Yuan-ti society as a pure-blood put Tethys at the bottom of a strict social hierarchy. Those who showed more of their reptilian heritage were deemed favoured by the Creators while those appearing human were shunned. Abominations ruled as the true sons and daughters; there bodies were serpentine with human-like arms and faces. Half-bloods acted with free will but bowed to the abominations' whims. The variations of the half-bloods were many with each family passing on what grace the Creators had granted them; forked tongues, reptilian tails, scaled skin and so forth. True-bloods were the most humanoid with few reptilian features and this was what Tethys had been born as – her eyes and limb skin the only reptilian aspects to her. Thus from conception to self-awareness her life was maintained only due to the ruling class' edict that no yuan-ti would spill yuan-ti blood. When deemed capable of caring for herself the gifts of society were revoked from her leaving the young pure-blood naked in every sense of the word. Pleas for aid went unheard, tears went unnoticed as passing eyes did not register her existence. Physical abuse was common but directionless similar to one's feeling while kicking a stone down the trail. Years later the external ignorance to her being would fold inward.
Now part of a travelling caravan for entertainers Tethys acts as their dancer while the troupe travels ever eastward. She has no particular ties with any individual but accepts that the caravan as a whole is her family. The individual connections she makes are ever in the pursuit of selfishness despite outward appearances to the contrary. Gratuities given to her during or after performances may be shared amongst the caravan members but only to satisfy her perceived obligation as a part of the whole. During her time with the caravan she has come to terms with her apathetic nature and unconsciously seeks a muse that may evoke within her primal emotions.
Seeking such releases and being aware of her apathetic nature unintentionally developed an immoral consciousness that allows Tethys to feel little remorse. Apposing this is her subconscious which is well aware of her logical folly but is unable to overtake her intentions and actions. Unable to directly impact decisions her subconscious manifests itself in a fear of her own reflection. Overall Tethys is knowledgeable of her dissociative personality but has yet been able to discover why it is she who appears to be in the minority. Her search for answers can follow many paths but without a guide she is likely to walk into the forthcoming shadows.
➳Puppeteer : Dapper Penguin