Here we go - didn't expect to get time to finish this tonight

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Nim is short and unassuming, standing at only 4’7”. Her hair is short, dark and scrawny – her eyes equally as dark. She, unlike many others, looks mostly human. From the waist up she is perfectly normal. From the waist down her legs are covered in thick feathers, a deep brown like her other features. Her feet are only slightly misshapen with toenails more claw-like than normal.

[b]Name:[/b] Nim

[b]Age:[/b]11

[b]Gender:[/b] Female

[b]Background:[/b] Nim has vague memories of having parents, and knows that she ended up on the street by the time she was 5 – but she cannot remember how or why. Her parents might be dead, or may have abandoned her. She knows she was old enough to survive. She doesn't remember what her parents called her, but adopted the name Nim as it's part of the word nimble - and she's pretty nimble. As it is for everyone Nim’s life on the street was difficult – but she fell in with a small group of other kids. In fact she got a bit of a reputation with them for being faster, and nimbler, than all the others which meant she was perfect for stealing. Indeed she found she was quite good at this. She lived on the streets this way for a while. It wasn’t until she slipped up, almost caught in the act, that things got more tough – stealing from a gang member wasn’t the smartest idea. It was while on the run that she was found by Fritz and taken in to the orphanage.

Nim is a quiet and somewhat withdrawn child. It is not that she is shy, because she certainly is not, just that she prefers to observe and not talk. Indeed she always seems to be watching – even if it’s inappropriate. Not that she knows when it’s not okay to just stare at something. She is untrusting, though most kids who lived on the streets are, and unlikely to just easily become friends with someone. While independent she wouldn’t necessarily choose to strike out on her own if it more sensible to stay with others. She also won’t take leadership, but won’t bend easily to the wills of others. Nim is aloof from others, and is difficult to read (by design). Nim certainly isn’t cold hearted, but she isn’t the kindest person either. 

[b]Equipment:[/b] Two knives, a few pins

[b]Level:[/b] 1 

[b]Attribute:[/b] Finesse 

[b]Skills:[/b] [i]Observant[/i]: Nim is good at noticing things that others don’t due to watching people, and her surroundings, carefully. This means that she might notice when something is amiss earlier than others or a small detail of someone’s facial expression. She would be more likely to notice someone pulling out a knife, say.

[i]Theft[/i]: Due to being fast, and nimble, and living on the streets Nim is quite good at stealing. She mostly pickpocketed but also stole from shops and similar. She still practice stealing at the orphanage (but always put things back) just to make sure that she doesn’t get out of practice.

[i]Climbing[/i]: Nim is good at climbing, enjoying scaling walls and just being in tall places. It lets her see more and is also handy for a quick getaway. Often she’ll be found climbing into various small spaces in the orphanage, using it as a way to find places to hide.  

[b]Affinity:[/b] Dark

[b]Gift:[/b] Nim’s gift is basically shadow manipulation, though currently to a simple degree. If she is in a shadowed place she can use shadows to allow her to blend in, essentially using the shadows to coat and hide herself – and if she is close enough to a shadow she can extend it towards her. [/hider]