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[center][h2][i][color=purple]Alia of the Knife[/color][/i][/h2]

[color=gray][i]”Honor's expensive and I’m low on funds.”[/i][/color][/center]

[center][h3][i][color=purple]Profile[/color][/i][/h3][/center]
[b]Full Name:[/b] Alia Noname
[b]Titles/Nicknames:[/b] of the Knife
[b]Age:[/b] 22
[b]Race:[/b] Human
[b]Gender:[/b] Female
[b]Sexual Orientation:[/b] Heterosexual

Hair Color: Sandy blond
Eye Color: Grey
Height: 5’4
Weight: 112lbs

[b]Appearance:[/b] 

In a word, plain. Alia is short and slender, relatively unscarred and unremarkable. Nothing in her appearance gives any indication of her more lethal abilities except perhaps the way she moves. She has a certain economy of movement that one typically only finds in cats, thieves, and expert swordsmen. 

[b]Personality:[/b] 

Alia is cunning, secretive, and solitary when at all possible. She has little or no patience with others and even less trust. The knife fighter says little, and never repeats herself. Her temper is vicious and quick to appear, but then again, so is her sense of humor.

More than one person has dubbed Alia stubborn and unfriendly, and this is undoubtedly the reason she works solo rather than with a gang of thieves. Her wily intelligence would be priceless in any criminal organization if only she could compromise on a point once it's been made.

[center][h3][i][color=purple]Combat[/color][/i][/h3][/center]

[b]Strength:[/b] 3
[b]Dexterity:[/b] 9
[b]Intelligence:[/b] 7
[b]Cunning:[/b] 8
[b]Magic:[/b] 3
[b]Willpower:[/b] 5
[b]Endurance:[/b] 5
[b]Charisma:[/b] 1

[b]Weapons of Choice:[/b] Two wicked looking knives the length of her forearm

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[b]Armor/Combat Apparel:[/b] A leather half-breastplate, leather fighting skirt and matching bracers and grieves. Unlike the pictures, all of her armor has a stuffed, worn appearance.

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[b]Fighting Style:[/b] 

In combat, Alia’s strengths are her speed, her ability to quickly assess an opponent, and her ability to attack stealthily. She is vicious with her knives but is not much of a match for anyone when it comes to brute strength. This makes her bad at defensive positions that require her to be exposed for the safety of others. She also cannot attack from a distance, apart from throwing a knife: her one magical ability only enhances her melee attacks or allows for retreat. In a team fight, Alia is best used for her cunning in the planning stages, or simply let to attack at will. Due to her speed and Cloak ability, she can also quickly come to aid other members of her team.

[b]Magical Affinity:[/b] Shadow

[list][*][i]Spell 1: Cloak[/i] – For a short amount of time, Alia can make herself near invisible. This works best when not moving or when in shadowed places.
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[center][h3][i][color=purple]Legacy[/color][/i][/h3][/center]
[b]Place of Birth:[/b] Verum, Oriens
[b]Social Status:[/b] Criminal
[b]Alignment:[/b] Fire

[b]History:[/b]

The first few years of Alia’s life might as well be ancient history for all she knows about them. She has no memory of either parent, any siblings or any family for that matter. The earliest memories she has are of growing up in the shadows of the prosperous city of Verum, where she joined a small roving gang of other street kids to survive.

Alia’s education started early. After becoming a member of the small unnamed group of orphans and runaways, Alia was quickly taught to pickpocket, a skill she took to with ease. Her small, lithe form and quick fingers meant that she excelled at relieving the wealthy of their purses. Fighting came much harder, and at the expense of plenty of cuts and bruises.

Over time, Alia’s stubborn, secretive nature got her kicked out of gang after gang, until she finally decided that she would be better off on her own anyway. The young woman continued honing her skills in thievery, and eventually, knife fighting, until she earned such a reputation that those on the criminal side of the law started dubbing her “Alia of the Knife,” no little feat considering her small stature and unimpressive appearance. She has little to worry about in the way of bruises these days.

The problem, however, is that stealing in the city of Verum just isn’t as profitable as Alia would like it to be. She's interested in a more comfortable way of life: fine wines and plush carpets and no more sleeping in dark alleys. So, shortly before the tournament in Risha, Alia bought a horse, stole back the money, and headed to the coast.

Now, the thief just has to convince a sponsor that she’s more than a street rat in secondhand armor. Winning should be the easy part.


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