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Name: Shavas
Stage: Prentice (Assassin Track)
Race: Pure Oban
Gender: [Female]
3 Base Traits: Proud, Vivacious, Tempestuous

Personality:
Shavas is a very vivacious 14 year old. Animated and lively, her energy tends to draw and hold people's attention, not always for the best reasons, she tends to cause an uproar among her family's acquaintances. She smiles often and has a wild sort of innocence about her, in that she often acts without regard for the consequences but without any ill intent, because she hasn't experienced very many negative consequences that have had a lasting impact in her young life thus far. She is the sort of girl who can easily recruit followers with her wicked sense of humor and contagious laugh. She is very physical person in the expression of her emotions, for better and for worse. When she's happy she wants to hug everyone, she kisses people on the cheek, squeezes their hands. basically charming those around her, especially those who don't know her overly well.Those who have know that she is a spitfire when riled, prone to throwing a punch or a drink at someone. This causes plenty of drama and irritation among her peers and elders, she has a bit of a reputation because of it, but because there have never been any particularly dire repercussions for her actions up to this point, she sees no problem with her behavior and continues with it, much to the irritation of her peers and chagrin of her father and siblings.

Shavas is a warrior minded young lady with a taste for the finer things in life. She loves extravagant parties and food. She is very meticulous on managing her appearance, enjoying draping herself in fine clothing and jewelry when not decked out in her gear and elaborately styling her hair. She prefers loose flowing robes and gowns, because she is often wearing her gear (and weapons when she has them) underneath to be ready should she need them. When mussed, she will retire immediately to primp herself back into perfection. Most of this is the brittle pride of youth, she absolutely preens when someone makes a positive comment on her appearance and turns into a defensive hissy cat at any slight. This makes it quite difficult for her to get any meaningful feedback or to grow particularly close to anyone outside of her family, as once they realize she cannot take criticism, they begin to walk on eggshells around her, fearing and yet morbidly hoping for an explosion of temper fueled spectacle from the notorious young lady.

Description:
Skin: █
Eyes: █
Hair: █
Inspiration
Front pieces down to her collarbone, or thereabouts. The bangs don't have to be super stick straight in front of her forhead, do what you want with them.
The back is just a bunch of curly hair piled on top of her head and pinned with hair pieces. I'd like her to have the sticks and flowers in her hair as well, but maybe metal crafted to look natural if that makes sense? Gold perhaps?
Crystals: Color and placement CC
Body: Slender,pixieish, small breasts, slender limbs, pointed chin, big eyes, long eyelashes, full lips.

Clothing:
Colors and patterns CC. Feel free to and adjust things that inspire you
A cloth and leather body suit, something like this from the chest up:
Inspiration, with the wrap top connecting to a choker and the belt under her breasts.
And like this from the chest down: Boop (No boots, basically just that its a body suit with cutouts that show her stomach and hips, and ends in shorts)

Thigh Holsters on both sides (Empty)
Knee pads
Gladiator style sandals
Bellybutton ring (Just a little stud)


Accessories:
NA

History:
Shavas is the youngest of three children of a lesser noble house in Oba. While not extremely wealthy, they have enough to live in relative luxury. She was born near the end of the great war between Oba and the rest of Tendaji and thus has little memory of the events that transpired. Her mother passed away a few years ago from a wasting illness, her father is an ex warrior who fought in the Oban war. Shavas' Brother is the eldest sibling, and heir. Shavas' sister is gearing to be married in a month or so and will be moving out of their family home to live with her husband's family soon. Shavas has never been a particularly obedient child, much to her family's frustration. She basically does what she wants first and accepts the consequences after, for example, blackening the eye of the son of a neighboring noble house who had been spreading falsehoods about her family to some of their peers.

Her father was present during the surrender at the end of the war, he was an officer, but had no choice in the decision to surrender. He was forced to follow orders despite his reluctance, some of the other influential families choose to see it as a sign of weakness and a source for gossip. This has been a sore point and has cultivated much bitterness towards outsiders, and while he does not outright preach these things to his children, his opinion has always been clear and accepted as accurate. Her father was raised in a time when the Matori were slaves and thus he sees them as such still, Shavas is not quite as old fashioned as he, the Matori have been free since her first memories, but she still unconsciously sees them as less than the Obans. She wouldn't say that about herself, but she has prejudices and stereotypes about the Matori as being more servile that shape her interactions with them, she holds no hate in her heart for them, it is born of ignorance and being raised in a system that encourages that pattern of thinking.

While Shavas mourns her mother's passing in her own way, she did not have the typical mother-daughter relationship with her. There was detached affection and a sense of duty, but her mother was not overly involved in the day to day aspects of raising her children, they had servants and teachers to do that. She basically supervised and guided their upbringing, with others doing the dirty work. When she passed, much of that work had been accomplished and while the household went into official mourning, not much changed beneath the surface. Shavas' sister simply stepped into the role of organizing their family's social obligations as practice for her upcoming marriage. Shavas' family would have her step into the role once her sister leaves, but she has little to no interest and is not shy about sharing the fact.

As the youngest of three, Shavas has a fierce independent streak. She already had an elder sister and an elder brother, so she was technically 'the spare,' and her upbringing was much more relaxed and less structured than her siblings. It was so not much an overt attitude her family directed at her, as simply a natural evolution in parenting style. Her parents had wanted to get everything perfect when raising her brother and closely monitored his schooling and training, they were more relaxed with her sister, and Shavas even more so. There was never this huge emphasis of her needing to find her proper place as a young girl and she was often left to her own devices, which suited her nicely. Her elder siblings follow their duty to their family, they are quite a bit older than Shavas and secure in themselves and what they want, they see Shavas as charming, but naive, but they also assume that her wildness and stubborn streak will fade as she matures.

Shavas' family's finances are unstable, and her father seeks to arrange a suitable marriage for Shavas' future, to hopefully offset some of that financial burden. While Shavas is fiercely loyal to her family, she is loyal to her own desires first and she has told anyone who will listen that she will happily resort to cavorting about the marketplace naked and embarrassing their family for years to come rather than be sold like a prized animal. She is going to be a warrior, and has no desire for a husband (right now). It is a constant point of contention between Shavas and her elders. Her relationship with her father and brother is loving, if somewhat strained, he often tries to steer her down the 'right' path, and she usually laughs him off, despite this, she looks up to her brother a great deal. He has always been kind to her and has always treated her with respect. Her relationship with her sister is quite distant, they were never particularly close, and while Shavas won't tolerate anyone talking badly about her, she finds her tiresome and boring, they don't share many of the same interests and they've always been at very different developmental stages, so they tend to just leave each other alone. Shavas loved her mother and had a distant sort of admiration for her, but they were quite different in temperament. Her mother was very quiet and serene and found Shavas' rambunctious nature quite distressing most of the time. They never grew close, but this has never been particularly bothersome to Shavas. Thats just the way things have been in her life and she accepts that as her version of normal.

Of course! Thanks for the input!

I did choose to start quite simple with her quest, I knew there would be questions and I decided to use those as an opportunity to flesh her out more. With my last character quest I went too far down a pathway that wasn't going to work in Tendaji and then had to backtrack and restructure parts of his story which was somewhat difficult to wrap my head around. I thought I'd try starting with less and then building on that this time. I also have found that I have always tended to discover more details about characters through self rps and reflection, and I often start with a few guiding characteristics and find details as I go. I'm finding the development process here super interesting, but I'm still getting used to brainstorming these things beforehand. Not a bad thing, just different than I'm used to, so I still find myself defaulting to leaving a lot of room for growth and exploration in my initial character outlines.

So I think I a better word for what i have in mind for her would be vivacious rather than charming, she is very animated and lively, and that energy tends to draw people in. Its not so much that she is forging strong friendships as that she is relatively well known and well liked in general.

Okay, so, the punching. Its not that she just goes around punching people every time she's upset. She does not have temper tantrums and just start swinging. It is meant to emphasize that she is a very physical person in the expression of her emotions, for better and for worse, when she's happy she hugs, kisses people on the cheek, squeezes their hands, things of that nature. If someone makes her mad she might start a fight or throw a drink in someone's face. Its an area for improvement. No, she should not do it, and yes, people do get mad at her for it and she may lose relationships because of it or at the very least cause a lot of drama, but I don't think that would be a barrier to being generally well liked. People can be fickle and love drama and sources of gossip and excitement, they might also complain about her in private or try to talk to her, who knows? But yes, people do accept people like that, even when they shouldn't. I know people who start bitter arguments and fights with each other and then are best friends again a few days later. Its not really a healthy way to form relationships, but it happens quite frequently actually. I intend for this to be an area of growth with her, she will probably do something dumb, experience consequences, and start working on her temper.

As far as her being vain and getting snappish when people criticize her, this is also a very common bad character trait for people to have, especially young adults/teens who may or may not be sensitive to having their pride injured, that doesn't necessarily mean that people aren't going to like her. There are plenty of perfectly funny and entertaining people who suck at taking criticism. Hence why we get asked it in every job interview ;3.
Very likely, people would simply resort to not giving her any sort of criticism out of fear of getting their heads bitten off or hurting her feelings, which isn't healthy. Or, they will and that'll launch a ridiculous argument. It is not a great way to behave, I also intend for this to be an area of growth. She will likely have some sort of learning experience that will lead to her growing out of this as well. But she is young, and I want her to start with some vices she needs to grapple with.

She does enjoy dressing in fine clothing and jewelry, but despite enjoying elegance, she's not impractical. She enjoys sparring and wants to be a warrior.
Don't think of her as a fine lady that suddenly wanted to be a warrior, think of her as a warrior with a taste for the finer things in life. She needs to dress in clothes that allow her to move freely while practicing her skills. When she is not in battle, she very likely would wear elaborate outfits with embroidery, beading, rich colors, etc. I imagine her battle gear would serve a undergarment so she can shed her outer garb if she needs to. I also mean that she enjoys finery in the sense that she wants high quality things, elegant parties, and expensive food. I chose to have her portrayed in her battle gear simply out of personal preference, I may adjust her outfit later on if I feel that it would reflect her character better, but right now I think the battle gear is the right choice.

Her father.
He sees the Matori and the rest of Tendaji as being lesser than the Obans. He had no choice in the decision to surrender, he was just there following orders, but a sense of bitterness has grown because of the condescension he has dealt with as a result of the outcome of the war. He doesn't hate the Matori, because he doesn't care enough about them to hate them. I would say that he hasn't outright taught his children anything about his view of the Matori's place in the worlld in so many words, because he hasn't had to. Within their culture it is simply understood that the Matori were once theirs to command so no, she doesn't think of them as equals, the only Matori she has had exposure to have been servants, but she doesn't really give them much thought. Their suffering or woes are just not in her radar, she has probably also just picked up the attitude of her father simply by his nonverbal behavior throughout her life. Basically, you and I know that she thinks of them as lesser and isn't treating the other species fairly, especially the Matori, but it is so ingrained in her worldview and culture that I don't think she could dissect it out. She thinks thats normal, I'm sure this will also be a point of growth for her.

They aren't filthy rich, but they do have servants, and her mother was never overly involved in the day to day caring of her children. She cared about them, but she was the lady of the house, she had people who did that for her. When her mother passed away there really wasn't anything to take over from her, their father continued in the same role as ever, her sister sort of stepped in to take care of handling the social obligations their mother had managed. Her brother continued his training. Shavas was not overly impacted. There was mourning, because that is the proper thing to do. Their father did mourn his wife, theirs had been an arranged marriage and while he had come to care for her, he was not broken by her loss. Shavas' brother was quite effected, but he buried most of his emotions in his work, her sister was upset but it was hard to tell what was real and what was show. Shavas cared, and the change took adjusting to, but she didn't really mourn in the conventional sense. She feels more of a bond with her treasured teachers or her nursemaid, she just didn't really have that nurturing relationship with her mother. She doesn't think thats odd either, it doesn't bother her, it just is. It did not cause any internal strain directly, they were able to keep up their affairs, but with her mother gone and her sister about to be married, Shavas is experiencing some pressure to be the next 'lady' of the house once her sister leaves and she isn't really interested.

Her independent streak more nature than nurture, she's the youngest, she already had an elder sister and an elder brother, she was the spare. Thats not an attitude her family directed at her, just basically that there wasn't this huge emphasis of her needing to find her proper place as a young girl. Her parents had wanted to get everything perfect when raising her brother and closely monitored his schooling and training, they were more relaxed with her sister, and Shavas even more so. I wouldn't neccessarily say that her siblings are super duty oriented, they are just older, and more secure in who they are and what they want to be doing. That just happens to be what they are 'supposed' to be doing. Nothing in particular happened to Shavas to 'make' her more independent.

She doesn't go around indiscriminately punching people, I explained that above so Im going to skim over that. If she were to get in a fight or something, she would be scolded and sent to her room. Thats pretty much it, and its basically for appearances. Her father thinks of her stubborn willfullness as a part of her youth and that will calm and become more obedient as she grows. Her brother and sister feel the same, although they experience considerably more annoyance as a result of Shavas' actions because they are around her more than their father.

She does care for her family, she is protective of them, but at the core she doesn't really see what she is doing as detrimental to their name, she thinks they are being silly and overreacting. She behaves the way she does because she is young, and nothing overly bad has ever happened to her as a result of not thinking before she acts, so she doesn't. And she doesn't think in the future in the moment to think about how her actions might impact her family, because they haven't really yet, aside from embarrassment now and again.

Her brother does try to correct her actions, and she listens with perfectly good intentions, but it hasn't stuck yet.

Hope that clears some things up for you!

I will n_n, I'm just at school right now so I haven't had a chance to do it yet.

Updated with some more 10/18 heart