Name: [Thales ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhahoeHcvm0)Persimmon

Sex: Female

Age: 28

Role: Mage Liason


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Personality: Thales, to most people, wouldn't be considered a 'nice' person. Compassion and kindness seldom break through the ambition and careerism Thales has made the foundation of her life. Her work always seems to come first and although she is a brilliant manager and strategist, her people skills could leave something to be desired. She'd good at reading people's strengths and weaknesses and will not fail to put them to use where they are most needed. Thales tends to snap and use biting wit as the go to reaction when faced with personal questions, usually distancing herself from people who she considers inconsequential to her income.


History: Born to very humble parents, Thales grew up being told to keep her head 'beneath the parapet' so as to not draw attention to herself. It was at age twenty, when first her father died when their house caught fire and her mother went mad with grief, that she realized that she couldn't afford to do that. Nobody would remember her parents because they lived such unremarkable lives; to her it seemed pointless even being alive if nobody would remember her when she was gone. Over the next few years she completely changed her mindset to one of success and authority. She would become someone who'd be recounted in tales through the millennium. She honed the modest magical power that her bloodline possessed into something fearsome and passionate. 

Thales served in a variety of roles, from battlemage to courier but moved to Antioch in the wake of a series of military defeats at the hands of the Nazarene. Seeing the opportunity, Thales fucked and then murdered the Mage Liason to the city before taking his place. The cadres were slow to trust her but gradually warmed to the calm confidence and brilliant leadership she seemed to exude. One of her first tasks was overhauling the frankly archaic hierarchy the Order followed. Building a higher chain of command created more promotion and also made her more powerful still. The adepts in the order loved her for it and it was them who would be on her side in the event of a coup.

Likewise, Thales maintains passable working relationships with the other Liaisons. While a driven individual, she isn't below exchanging favors if she's guaranteed a decent return on her investments. She has the kind of magnetic personality which will curry favor from weak minded people as well as make it easy to form alliances.

Weapon of choice: A thin, short scimitar and an explosive mastery of magic. For no real reason she specializes in water related spells. To aid her Thales insists on jars of fresh water be kept at regular intervals on the city walls and in her private quarters. She even goes so far as to have a small purse of water on her person at all times to use if necessary. Having said this, she hasn't neglected other schools of magic such as fire and earth but her expertise lie firmly in the elements.