Name: Kalua (Hawaiian meaning "second child" )
Race: Moakai
Gender: Female
3 Base Traits: Possessive, Manipulative, Ambitious
Personality:
Once Kalua has deemed something to be hers you’re more likely to lose a finger than you are to take it from her. After being abandoned and then subsequently raised with others who had little to spare, she’s learned to fight for anything she wants and will do so with stubborn vigor. It doesn’t matter to if the object was ever actually up for grabs or not; if she wants it Kalua is going to have it. She’s also loathed to trade away her things and will only ever do so for those who have managed to earn her favor or have something equally as enticing to offer.
As she’s grown Kalua has become the Queen of Gaslighting. She’s an utterly toxic person to be around because she’ll flip your words in a way that makes her look innocent or at the very least uninvolved. Since she isn’t much of a physical fighter Kalua has had to learn how to outsmart her opponents and she’s done so in a way that would leave a bad taste in the mouth of anyone with morals. Unfortunately for those closest to her, she’s long since left those behind.
Kalua’s dreams have no limits and neither do her aspirations. She wants to raise herself so high that she’ll never be looked down upon or cast aside ever again. Any plans she concocts are shared to an extent to those in her inner circle, but never in their entirety lest someone decide to backstab her. One day she’ll have everything she’s ever wanted and she won’t have to wait for someone to decide she’s worthy enough to have it.
Description: Body ref - x
Hair I'm thinking loose curls/waves, sort of like the body ref, maybe tucked behind an ear or even shaved on one side; CC. Any accessories should match her general outfit
Color Ref made by Sabra! Same purple on her hair as on her markings, a darker skin tone and bright teal eyes.
Clothing/Accessories: x with Moakai flare and no lace gloves. If at all possible can the sleeves be made of a sheer material or some sort of flowier material? Maybe netting? IDK; CC. I'd like for her to have a choker/some sort of necklace, but feel free to place with the design. Def looking for a mix of 'will hurt you' but also 'feminine energy'
Some kind of dangling earring and at least one facial piercing. Any others are up to the artist.
History:
Kalua is the youngest of two children born to a thief. She and her elder brother, Hiapo, were abandoned the moment children became more of a liability than she was willing to handle. They were passed to a Hapuna named Kona, though she was called Grandmother Kona by those who knew her best. In Elikapeka it was known that she cared for foundlings until they could handle themselves or until someone else took them from her. Life under Kona could be hard, but for children who knew little else it simply was.
Unlike his sister, Hiapo had been old enough to remember their mother and vowed to one day track her down. As far as Kalua cared they'd been left behind so it was best to move on, but Hiapo thought differently. Their mother loved them and wasn't the cold hearted thief Grandmother Kona painted her to be. It was the one thing they fought about the most and because Kalua had been so young when they were left behind Hiapo just would not listen to her when she spoke out against their mother. What kind of loving woman would abandon her children so far away from their own kind and not come back for them?! She was a known thief, one who had even stolen from her own group! Kalua and Hiapo even had names meaning 'first' and 'second' child so what else was there to say?!
The more they grew the further the siblings started to drift from one another. Hiapo did his best to study the area around them and learn cartography. Kalua, on the other hand, began running with a gang of other orphans and picking pockets. What started out as a quick way to make some coin is quickly developing into more the older she gets. The jobs are getting harder, the stakes are growing higher, but Kalua has no desire to stop.
Kalua doesn't much care that her brother disapproves. Part of her hates the way he looks at her now, or rather, the way he avoids looking at her and the other wishes he would just give in.
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