This is a WIP but an almost finished WIP

[b]Character Sheet[/b] 
[B]Name:[/b] Meletia Desenchel

[B]Age:[/b] 46

[B]Gender:[/b] Female

[B]Race:[/b] Malvelin (A lineage rumored to be born from a long ago union between men and water spirits)

[B]Physical Description:[/b]
[INDENT]Meletia would be tall if she could stand up straight. Since she cannot she is roughly 4'11 instead of the near 6 foot height she would have. Her spine is curved differently and this forces her into a hunched over posture. She has bluish skin, just enough to be noticeable and not Her eyes are large and the large irises are a brilliant yellow. Her nose is flatter than a human's would be and the skin of her face always looks damp and sagging. Even so her face is appealing and the lines of her features are exquisite beneath the sagging skin. She lacks visible ears, instead a patch of membranous skin is stretched over a boneless spot in the side of her head. The sides of her neck have a series of six slits on each side that look like scars but can in fact open and function similarly to gills. Meletia's hair is a damp and peculiar mix of greenish blue and brown that manages to look appealing but only with a great deal of effort. Her arms have an extra joint similar to a second wrist in the middle of what would be a human forearm and the fingers on each of her hands have vestigial membranes connecting the lower knuckles together on all fingers other than the thumb. Similarly to her arms, her lower limbs also have an extra joint between the knee and the ankle and this gives her a peculiar gate when she walks. Other than the curved spine, slightly sagging skin, and noticeable lack of ears she is quite appealing and were it not for the most obvious deformity, the spine she would be regarded as a beauty. [/INDENT]

[B]Skillset:[/b]
[INDENT]Meletia is a magician by trade. True magic has been mostly gone from the world for a long time but parlor tricks and sleight of hand still remained. Meletia knows how to make many useful things and the art of smoke, mirrors, and deception can be potent. She can craft an explosive powder that when exposed to high heat or flame erupts in smoke and a flash of the flames, make liquids that change colors and boil without heat, ect. Many of her 'spells' are derivatives of real magic that now are just strings of words and flashy gestures to draw attention away from the true mundane sources of her tricks. Some may be intact enough to start working in a fashion if magic was to return. Really though a lot of her skill is in acting, she has a wonderful voice and can easily draw attention to things she wants focused on. Magic is 9/10ths distraction after all.[/INDENT]

[B]Far Ancestry:[/b]
[indent]Once there was magic and in the long ago days of magic's height there was a nation. Once that nation had a king who was great in might and magic both. With power and deceit he charmed the spirits within the waves thinking they had a secret to immortality. From a union of an ensorcelled spirit of the seas, some claim she was the daughter of the old father of waters himself, and this great king of myths came six children. Three daughters as beautiful and fair as sunlight upon still waters, and three sons who held within them the fury of the raging waves. Legend says the three sons wed the three daughters at their father's commands and that in this golden age these unions birthed the Malvelin.

The tales of the earliest Malvelin are many and varied. There was the Dread Sorceress Avalyce whose songs ensnared the wills of mortal men, Rylthin Of The Storm who could call upon cyclones and once summoned a wave so great that it washed a city out to sea, the noble Magistra Lylins Desen who held back the wrath of sea and storm for generations, Lothril The Proud who it is said could make blades from nothing more than solid water, Mystra the Weeper whose sorrow brought mists so thick that the air became as the sea and men drowned upon the land, and many tales lost to time...[/indent]

[B]Character History:[/b]
[INDENT] Meletia Desenchel was born to two relatively pure Malvelin and cursed with an unfortunate deformity at birth. Her father and mother were members of the court in Satharas, the last city where a ruler of Malvelin descent still ruled. When she was born deformed the aged King Sythelis Desen saw the birth of a deformed child to his advisers as a malefic omen. Her father renounced all claims to his daughter in accordance with the king's decree and saved his position by doing so. Her mother refused and King Sythelis in his aged paranoia exiled her from the court. 

Meletia's earliest memories are of her mother and frequent rides in dusty carriages. For a number of years her mother travelled back and forth in the cities surrounding Satharas seeking a position at the courts. But there was no permanent position to be found and eventually Meletia's mother was forced into a different trade. She was a nearly pureblood Malvelin and her bodily services were prized quite highly. Even though her mother was forced into whoring herself out Meletia did not have a deprived childhood since her mother was not a common whore. Meletia's mother did not want the life she ended up with for her daughter and as Meletia grew older her mother taught her the same trade that had once been hers before misfortune. 

Sadly Meletia grew up to dislike her mother and to views her as a failure who had disgraced their proud heritage. When she was old enough she left her mother and the whole area behind. Satharas and it's subsidiaries were but one piece of the world, a piece where her mother had disgraced herself, and a piece where her crooked back meant she was an ill omen. It was in her quest to see the world and find a more welcoming place that she stumbled upon Dara and found herself wrapped up in a quest straight out of the ancient myths and legends of her people. Everyone knows the official story of what happened on that quest and she returned to Dara triumphant as a hero.

Meletia had been determined that she would not end up in the same situation as her mother but in a way she ended up doing something similar. She also whored out something, though she did not whore out her body, instead she sold her heritage. Meletia combined her tricks and 'magic' with the ancient stories of the great Malvelin of old to make productions that shocked and awed many people. In time she began to incorporate other lore and other stories into her repertoire as well. Now Meletia is a well known performer in Dara, hired for dramatic storytelling at events and for other shows that she puts on periodically.
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[B]Psychological Profile:[/b]
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An idea of how the character thinks and so forth; should be linked to the history. Most importantly, how did they react to the confrontation with Pykas and Cyrabassis -- because Cyrabassis was wielding magic (not heavy stuff, but way more than most have ever seen or would believe) and Pykas was possessed with something not of the world. They barely survived by the skin of their teeth. So the characters have baggage from that fight.[/INDENT]

[B]Equipment:[/b] 
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Masks: Meletia's masks are copied out of the old tales about ancient Malvelin from myths and legends. Each of them has the detailed likeness of one of the famed figures of legend carved into it.
Robes: Meletia finds the fashions of Dara not to be too alien and willingly wears the traditional Daran robes. Her robes are made of silk and most often either blue or green as those are the colors that she looks best in by far. 
Pouches: Meletia's robes have many hidden pouches and compartments sewn into them to help her in her trade. Many of them hold various powders and vials that can be used to great theatrical effect such as making clouds of smoke or making fires burn with different color flames. 
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[b]Titles/Holdings/Power Base:[/b]
[indent]Work In Progress[/indent]

[b]Relationships[/b]
[indent]TBA[/indent]