Character Name: Torcha
Race: Oblivionite
Gender: Female
Clan: N/A
Class: Mage
Appearance:
(might be a bit much for a semi custom XD)
Simple version:
1-Straight black hair, ⅓ hair is shaved, the shaved part is on right side, rest is in a braid hanging down on her left (see ref pic)
2-Dark brown skin further darkened from constant exposure to sun
3-Three blue "freckles" on right check- middle one is slightly bigger than the other two.
For when she gets older! This is more to help me with plans later
4-She paints her upper lip with whatever color she happens to pick up from her selection of makeup. Since she can't see color, her color coordination between her makeup and clothes is a bit odd.
5- After her first sailing of the ocean by herself, she will get a tattoo of waves on her shaved scalp area. She will ask the tattoo artist to make the tattoo in the color of the ocean, as she herself cannot see color right now.
6- She will also gradually get more piercings as she ages.
Outfit
She likes the feel of the sun and wind and water on her skin, so maybe clothes that allow that. Other than that, it doesn't really matter.
Ref Pic: Young child
Ref Pic: Older
the line and circle in the middle of her head is just me figuring out where her third eye will be once she is fully grownPersona:
Wild-Child
"Bet 'cha that you can't find anything like this in your stuffy towns!"
Torcha has always been more at home in the wild than any civilized place. She prefers to explore and survive on her own strength rather then live amongst others and have them help you with everything.
She sees hunting, sneaking and smuggling as a game. To her outwitting others, be they people or animals, as the greatest game. She loves getting the best of other people, even if it hurts them. Several times she has beaten her siblings at races through rough terrain and not turned back when she hears them fall or get hurt.
The only rules she follows are those that have been laid down by her Grandma and her Chief. She sees them as wise and strong, and also as teachers. Granny Lomista teaches her the secrets of magic and Chief Borshka as a role-model to emulate. She frequently will sneak after either of them and spy on their activities, hoping to learn even more. Since she is still a child, her stalking is easily spotted and they find it rather amusing.
Gossiper
"Hey~ have you heard about what happened yesterday?"
Torcha loves hearing about people and their lives. She doesn't have to know them personally, she just loves gossip and knowing about random things about people. She loves listening to the gossiping among her older relatives. She likes to try and find the truth among the rumors, but she also just likes telling people things she has overheard and watching their reactions. She has been scolded several times for causing problems among the older children as her not-so-innocent comments has caused a couple of feuds and lots of drama.
Knowledge-Hungry
"What's this? Something new?"
Torcha may be a major gossip, but she also likes knowing facts. She loves learning about the world and everything in it. She wants to know everything, and doesn't like it when people brush off her questions with answers like "you're too young to understand", "maybe when you're older", or "Its too complicated for you to understand." She hates being limited by other's opinions on what she should know or do. She wants to know everything and doesn't really care what rules she breaks.
Ocean Love/Worship
"You can keep you gods, I'll have the Ocean."
As a child, Torcha was fascinated by the sound and sight of the waves lapping up on the shore. She would always go spend her free time looking at the waves and dreaming of sailing and swimming free among the water. As she has grown older, her love of the ocean has grown as well, even when a storm is raging she will still enjoy it. She longs to one day be able to swim freely under the waves, but knows that for now, she must remain on the surface.
As she has grown older, she has thought about the ocean and what it is and what it does and compared her conclusions to the descriptions of the gods and goddesses of the Dovaas, Orderites, and Oblivionites.. She has come to the conclusion that the ocean is also a goddess. The Ocean is beautiful, powerful, uncontrollable, mysterious, and a giver of life but it can take life too. The only issue is that of a soul, the Ocean might not have one, but if people can exist without a soul, why not a goddess? So she worships the Ocean as a goddess rather then Soudana. Soudana might have made the Oblivionites, but to Torcha, the Ocean is more of a personal goddess, one that doesn't make demands. She sees a reflection of what she is in the ocean and longs to be a part of it
Since she sees the ocean as her goddess, she will never tell a lie on the ocean. She will also clean up Magescian-made trash off of its surface.
Her souless state does not bother her as she sees the ocean as her goddess without a soul. She sees herself in the ocean and longs to be apart of it. She wonders sometimes if she will become part of the ocean after her death and hopes she does, but doesn't mention this to anyone.
While she loves being on or near the ocean, she has no problem being away from it. She often visits her family and tribe because she loves them, but she will always view the ocean as her true home.
3 Biggest Likes
"Look! Isn't this wonderful~!"
- the Ocean and anything to do with it
Knowledge about anything
Winning against others
3 Biggest Dislikes
"Really? We'll see about that....."
- Anything that withholds information from her
Being prevented from doing what she wants
Losing
Worst Habit
"They shouldn't have been in my way in the first place."
Hurting others in pursuit of her goals and not caring.
Goals
- To form a Sea-faring branch of the Wild Tribe: "I want to travel everywhere and share my knowledge with everyone and learn everything! But I'll need help, and there must be other people who want what I do, so I'll find them and make a seafaring tribe of the Wild clan! It'll be great!"
To learn everything: "Its a life long task, but why wait to get started? The more time I waste waiting to grow up, the less I will learn"
Biography
Family
Father: Tormail
xxxxA smuggler for the Serenia Wild tribe, he is only with the tribe for half of every year. He adores all children and always brings back little objects for them.
Mother: Chanista
xxxxShe travels everywhere with her husband. She will only allow older children to travel with the smugglers. She is a good cook, and makes sure that the children traveling with her and her husband are not spoiled by her husband.
Grandma: Lomista
xxxxShe is the focal point of this family as she remains with the main tribe and her younger grandchildren with which ever of her children are not out. She is a mage of some power and loves Torcha as she is the only child or grand child to be a mage. She tells stories and does small magics to entertain the children come night time.
Sister: Malnita
xxxxThe oldest child of Tormail and Chanista, she is most like her mother and has already gone on multiple trips with her parents. Serious and responsible, she looks after the younger children when with the tribe. Torcha loves her and likes to sing to her to make her smile.
Brothers: Tornat & Chama
xxxx these two are a pair of twins born a couple of years after Torcha. Both are overly energetic and constantly loud. Torcha gets into constant trouble with these two as she likes to beat them whenever they play.
Her Aunt is married, but her uncles are not.
xxxxShe is fond of all of them because they took turns raising her and her siblings. Her Aunt has not had any children yet.
Background:
-aiming to be part of the wild tribe-
Her family is part of the Serenia Wild Tribe. The Adults are all smugglers and the family moved around a lot with the tribe. She had a fairly standard childhood otherwise, and loves her family.
Some things that she did are:
She would "ambush" wandering hunters and pretend to be a famous pirate, demanding to see what they had on them. As she was only 5 when she started this, it was thought of as cute and she usually followed them around for a couple of days asking questions about everything until they returned her to the tribe. By the time she was 10, the local hunters were use to her "ambushes" and played along with her game of questions. Each time the ambushed would making up more fantastical lies as answers for her questions then the previous victim.
During the Mara attacks, her family stayed with the bigger clan and kept the non-combatants as far from danger as possible. Torcha kept getting scolded at because she wanted to see the strange new beings that had been created. Every night, she would attempt to sneak out and get a look. Fortunately the Tribe Chief and her grandma knew her well enough to set a guard to spot her as she, or any other overly curious youngster, attempted to sneak out and get into trouble trying to find the Mara. She was much upset that her curiosity was prevented and wants to hurry up and grow so that she can go out and look at the world.
Plots of future RPs
One day, in the predawn light, the tribe had set up camp near her favorite beach. She went for a moonlight stroll when she noticed a pile of material that had not been there previously. She approached and found a pile of plants that was not at all familiar to her. Picking though it she scratched her arm upon a long sharp tooth that was about 6” long. Taking it up, she ran back to her grandma to ask where it came from. Her grandma told her it was from a creature that lived deep in the ocean, a kraken. Torcha was delighted and decided to use it for a wand instead of the sticks and stones that she had been carving up to that point.
When old enough, she pesters whoever is in the tribe that is a wood craftsmen into teaching her how to build boats and rafts. Eventually she will grow skilled enough to craft her own skiff to sail the seas in. She was enchanted by the idea of being able to wander on and off sea, so there would be no limits to her movement and being able to keep her movements secret from all, I'll rp these.
Thoughts on the Great Engagement:
Its foolish to try and destroy another race. We were made and we're here to stay. Why can't those distant gods realize this? Those gods act like we have no thoughts or will of our own. Well, I do, and I want to learn about the others not kill them. I'm not going to kill someone just cause a super powerful person said I should. I am my own person and I will decide what I want to do!
If it came down to which side, Orderite or Obilvionite, she would very unwillingly take the Obilvionite side simply because she doesn't want to die, and is worried that the Orderites might kill all Obilvionites simply because of what they are.
She thinks that people just need more exposure to the other races so that they'll come to see them as people, not evil creations of an evil god.
Thoughts on the Magescian Races:
She likes to find out all she can find out about everyone. Whether or not she likes them is a different question and depends on the individual.
So here are some general thoughts she has on the typically person from each race:
Oblivionites:
1) Those that get depressed over having no soul need to figure out how to make this the best life that they can since they might not have something afterward.
2) Wishes that they would stop thinking that the community is always better then the individual. She likes being free and independent.
Orderites:
1) They need to come down off their high horse and see the world as beautiful. The world doesn't need to be "purified", that'll just destroy the world.
2) Wishes that they would stop attacking her on sight just because of her race, it makes it hard to gather information.
Dovaas:
1) They should come down out of there magical swirl and fully enjoy the world. Those Dovaas who have come down here to live are clearly the ones who enjoy life.
2) The fact that the individual has the choice of tribe and their life is awesome, must be fun to be a Dovaa.
Hybrids:
1) The Hybrids are signs of hope for peace, not shame because they are a sign that some people of each race get along well enough to have children.
2) She likes them and finds their great strength and power useful.
Thoughts on the Dragons and Khehora:
Dragons
1) they are dangerous simply because they have a tendency to attack without talking first.
2)Very beautiful, if she can get away with it, she'll watch them without attacking
Khehora
1) Pretty awesome because they decided they didn't want to serve someone simply because that person created them.
2) Its pretty sad that their children get stolen to serve others without their permission
Statistics:
INT 4
ATTK 3
DEF 3
