[hider=trans character fantasy setting] [center][img]http://i.imgur.com/Jh5vJrs.jpg[/img][/center] [indent][color=#D59772]NAME: [color=PaleGoldenrod][b]Nel Stevens[/b][/color] ABSTRACT:[/color] [color=PaleGoldenrod]Son of a pair of travelers, daughter of a merchant and a farmer.[/color] [color=#D59772]INTENT:[/color] [color=PaleGoldenrod]With a father too sick to make the journey, and a mother that has to stay behind to look after him. Nel is to meet with Kettle, their once good friend, in their place. Although she is loathe to admit it, a small part of her simply wants to get away from her home town.[/color] [color=#D59772]FIRST ADVENTURE:[/color] [color=PaleGoldenrod]Adventure? Nel's spent almost her entire life in her sleepy village, outside of an occasional quiet vacation, or the trips into the city and countryside to sell her wares and crops. Nel's life has been devoid of a lot of [i]excitement[/i]-- let alone the harrowing adventures her parents often regale to her. In recent years, it's been a struggle to even find the courage to step outside, considering the ridicule of being considered a [i]"perverted witch."[/i] Most of her adventures take place in her head-- within hopes and daydreams... And also normal night dreams.[/color] [color=#D59772]HOW DO YOU KNOW KETTLE?[/color] [color=PaleGoldenrod]Nel... doesn't really know Kettle all that well? They met once or twice, of course, when Nel was much younger, when she was still Len Jr. and her parents were trusted traveling companions of the adventurer-- back before they had settled down. From what Nel can remember of the much younger Kettle, she was certainly... a nice lady? She was always really intense, but every time she came around she always had some neat toy or bauble for Nel, which was always very nice... Her parents seemed really happy with Kettle around. Nel used to wonder why she stopped coming around, she'd almost forgotten about the scholarly adventurer before her family got the letter.[/color] [color=#D59772]WHY DID KETTLE PICK YOU?[/color] [color=PaleGoldenrod]She didn't-- The people she chose were Lenny and Henrietta Stevens, Nel's mother and father. They were once great adventurers, skilled in ways Nel could never be. They gave up that [i]"uncertain life"[/i] to settle down on a farm, and build some kind of family-- or at least that's the story her parents feed to her. For years Nel has suspected that her birth is what ultimately put an end to her parent's travels, and that they resent her for that-- even if that isn't true, Nel does know that her mother resents her for her [i]'life choices.'[/i] Her father, although more accepting, is sick, and perhaps sees this request from an old friend as a way to set his daughter on path in life where she might find a little acceptance. Or maybe not? Nel doesn't really know. She's just happy to have a reason to leave, life after her... [i]transition[/i] hasn't been the most pleasant.[/color] [color=#D59772]HOW DO YOU KNOW [b]IGNACE[/b]?[/color] [color=PaleGoldenrod]Nel doesn't really [i]know[/i] Ignace, so much as she knows [i]of[/i] him. She is a great admirer of his work and fosters a hope to meet him someday-- although she knows that desire is futile. She carves small kick-knacks for tourists to buy-- he [b][i]creates the future and makes immortal the past[/i][/b]. To say he is an idol of hers is an understatement.[/color] [@TheWildHost] [color=#D59772]HOW DO YOU KNOW [b]A'SHINOK DURAN[/b]?[/color] [color=PaleGoldenrod]The Praying Lizard Man? Nel has heard many versions of the story, but in each one, the story revolves around a man-sized flying lizard that was journeying from church to church-- her parents, only faithful to the Right of Rosewater and the Dance of Thorns, happened to be the pair to introduce the beast man to their church. Nel thinks the story is entertaining, but wonders if it's even real-- a humanoid lizard warrior with wings visiting all the churches of the world? That sounds just a little absurd![/color] [@Experiment 249] [color=#D59772]HOW DO YOU KNOW [b]LILA[/b]?[/color] [color=PaleGoldenrod]The Spider Lady? Nel's parent's have mentioned her-- once or twice. Apparently [i]they[/i] never actually met her, but in keeping abreast with the news of the world, they have heard tales of the [i]'Spider Centaur Adventurer.'[/i] Imagine that! A lady with the bottom half of a spider. Nel once wondered if the two faced similar scorn, despite their completely different... [i]body[/i] situations. Nel pictures her as seeming nice.[/color] [@t2wave] [color=#D59772]HOW DO YOU KNOW [b]SARANTSATSRAL UIUN PEPLU[/b]?[/color] [color=PaleGoldenrod]Not at all! Nel's parents literally just mentioned that long name on her way out-- they wondered if Kettle was summoning her to, whoever she is, and if she was still alive, whoever she is, and if perhaps she could help with Nel's father's condition. Nel shrugged and told her parents she'd keep an ear open for the name. Wow! What a name it is![/color] [@orangebox] [color=#D59772]HOW DO YOU KNOW CLAVIC?[/color] [color=PaleGoldenrod]AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH(...)HHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(...)!!![/color] [@Cinderella Man][/indent] [/hider] [url]http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/81963-stones/ic[/url]