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[center][i] “There’s more to life than profit” [/i][/center]
[b]Name:[/b] Caliana d’Arrowen
[b]Nickname/Alias/Title:[/b] Sometimes called Cally
[b]Sex:[/b] Female
[b]Age:[/b] 19
[b]Race:[/b] Human
[b]Occupation:[/b] merchant’s daughter/currently a normal crewmember on the Aleph Null

[b]Past:[/b] The only daughter of a well-off merchant who traded in caith crystals and high quality goods it seemed that Cally would have a life of ease and she was brought up learning the manners of polite society and developing some considerable talent in music and dance. 

When she was 12 her older brother died, leading Cally as her father’s only successor. Her life changed practically overnight; her father started taking her on his voyages and tried to teach her the skills useful to a merchant. Although she was already a skilled reader and her practice in dancing stood her in good stead when it came to the dexterity needed in moving about a ship and her fencing lessons, her naïve outlook and belief in always doing the right thing means that she will probably never have the haggling skills necessary to make her a skilled merchant. Her father quietly despairs of her.

[b]Present:[/b] Pirates attacked Cally’s father on his last trip, taking much of his cargo and leaving him badly wounded and the majority of his crew dead. Despite his losses, he still had enough money to hire Grady and his ship to recover his cargo (if it hasn’t been sold) and to avenge his crew by killing the pirates. Oh, and to take his daughter along – officially to represent his interests, unofficially in a last ditch attempt to knock her naïve ideas out of her head and make her grow up. His only instructions are to ensure she comes back in one piece without any hideous scars or pregnant.

Cally isn’t stupid so much as naïve and innocent – growing up in luxury, she tends to be fairly trusting and takes people at face value without questioning their motives. Though she has as little interest in trading as she does talent, she loves travelling on airships and would be happy to spend her life sailing from place to place. Thanks to her travels on her father’s ship she’s experienced at the everyday tasks involved in running a ship and is happy to earn her keep by working like any ordinary sailor.

She stands about average height, possibly an inch or so taller than most, with a lean but fairly solid build. She has long light brown hair tied back (strands are always coming loose), grey-blue eyes and features that are a little too strong to be considered pretty. Ever since spending most of her time on a ship she’s been wearing masculine clothing of breeches and a plain white shirt with a sleeveless jerkin (much to her mother’s distress). 

[b]Future:[/b] Cally knows her father is expecting her to take his place, and although she doesn’t want to upset him, her heart just isn’t in the business. Her own dreams involve a rather romantic idea of sailing the world as a renowned bard or musician. 

[b]Skills[/b]: Cally has some considerable skill as a musician; she has a good singing voice and is a capable lute player.
She has been trained by some fine fencing masters and is very good with the sword she carries.
Despite her lack of diplomatic skills, she has been brought up with good manners and is happy dealing with people in various levels of society.
She is literate and has reasonably good mathematical skills.

[b]Strengths:[/b] [Dexterity; Charisma;]
Having been onboard airships for much of her life, Cally has fine airlegs and moves with a quick graceful confidence on ship.
Cally may be naïve and occasionally irritating, but her general friendliness, her willingness to attend to any tasks that need doing on ship and her good natured response to any teasing means that most people feel reasonably positive about her.

[b]Weaknesses:[/b] [Choose two and describe/elaborate: Attack; Perception] 
Although she’s skilled with her sword Cally has never used it in real combat and is likely to freeze up or panic in a real fight, particularly when blood starts flowing. She’ll almost certainly be violently sick afterwards.
Cally’s black and white outlook means that she’s blinded to the various shades of grey that make up the majority of people in the world.

[b]Equipment:[/b] 
She carries a side-sword (similar to a rapier, but with a wider blade with a cutting edge) and a couple of knives as back up weapons. 
She also has a small lute, though obviously she doesn’t carry it about on her all the time.

(Sorry of the picture link doesn't work - including pictures in character descriptions is still a relatively new thing to me! Also, please let me know if her description needs expanding at all).