Name: Elise Hartell, The Whirlwind (for her Sword Dancing style)
Title: First Mate (to Fionn Harken)

Height: 5" 7'
Weight: 146 lbs. Elise is of a muscular build.
Age: 23 (Young Adult)
Race/Species: Human

Tier/Influence: 3
Group(s): Kindred

Appearance: Elise keeps herself as a warrior would, but even more so than most. She is almost seen in some sort of armor, be it her own custom made lightplate to very light chain - it is rare to see her in just clothing, unless she is going to sleep. She has a few blue streaks across her face as a reminder of her duties to mortal kind, while she keeps her brown hair in a relative mess but still out of her face. Usually adorning a serious expression, she is most definitely built with lean muscle, giving away to a few scars here and there. From most people's viewpoint though, she does have a warrior's beauty about her.

Personality: Elise is a no-nonsense type of woman. Her entire form boasts a confidence of a warrior though and even when outmatched, she will stand her ground without flinching unless retreating is a smarter option. She focuses entirely on assisting Fionn as best as she is able, though she rarely jokes or kids around, never-the-less seems to have a kind heart. In fact many question what she does outside of her work for the man and the only thing anyone ever sees her do outside of her duties is visit social scenes such as taverns - despite never engaging or even drinking ale. Her dedication is unusual to be sure.

Abilities, Talents, Traits, Powers: Elise is a swordswoman at the heart of it all. She excels at it, so much so that it isn't often that she finds someone who can match or best her - at least at the blade. Still, she has a lot of learn, even though she uses some magic to augment her particular style of combat.

• ^{( Tier 3 )} Sword Dancing -- Not your typical sword dancing that involves graceful flowing movements meant more for show than application. No, instead Elise has been trained specifically to use this flashy style with her dual blades in combat and does so very well. Not a master to be sure, she still whirls and spins with such fury that many a swordsmen have come out the other side injured or maimed. Even more so, she can consistently fight up to four different opponents with relative ease most of the time - unless they are also experts in their craft.
• ^{( Tier 3 )} Body Enhancement (Magic) -- Elise uses such magics to enhance all of her physical attributes to budding superhuman levels. Reflexes, agility, strength, and endurance are extremely enhanced, giving her a very clear edge against most opponents, monster or otherwise.

Items:

• ^{( Tier 3 )} Mithril Light Plate -- Shiny as it is protective. It is lighter than most metals while being stronger than steel. It allows her to easily cast her magic, move with fluidity, while still being protected beyond what most knights can even afford. It also affords her some measure of magical protection, fizzing out most cantrips. However after a few continuous barrages of even cantrips, one can break through the minor barrier.
• ^{( Tier 3 )} Mithril Long Blades - Commissioned from the same blacksmith, these dual swords are lighter and stronger than steel, allowing her techniques that would be far more difficult if she were using traditional steel. Other than that, they never seem to rust and are resistant against decaying magics.

History: Elise had always been a bit of a tomboy and thus stuck out in the orphanage she grew up in. Though she was a bit of an outcast because of her general attitude, she was good at defending herself and even held her own against bullies when they came looking for her. It wasn't long before she got ganged up on, but she took the hits and kept it moving along. During her younger years, she was a bit of a cynic and ended up working for a blacksmith as a job. During her time there, she was generally left alone, though the man she worked for slowly tempered her view of the world - showing her that people could be kind and nice.

Sadly, a wave of bandits came through the town and though she was able to hold her own, she could not defend her employer whom she started to see as a father figure. Instead of spiraling into despair, she thought it better to live her life in helping others to honor her mentor's teachings. Before long, she ran into Fionn at one of the many towns, where they ended up meeting by helping the same person. Ever since, she has sworn to assist him, seeing him as a better suitor for doing good in the world.

Recently though, during one of her many visits to a tavern, she has acquired a new companion named Scarlett. For some reason or another, the innocent girl seems to want to throw herself into danger - without any training to speak of. Elise has taken it upon herself to guard the woman from harm and keep an eye on it. It's taken some toll on her duties to Fionn, but he seems to understand.

Name: Scarlett
Title: N/A

Height: 5" 6'
Weight: 134 lbs. Scarlett is of a lean muscular build.
Age: ?? - Looks like early Twenties
Race/Species: Appears to be Human

Tier/Influence: 2
Group(s): Kindred

Appearance: Scarlett is very notably beautiful, red fiery hair, bright green eyes, and cute freckles all over her face. Despite her apparent lack of fighting skills or training, she keeps a healthy muscle tone, her hair never seeming to be all that messy. Her appearance is what some would call strange though in spite of her beauty. Other than being toned, she looks unexceptionally normal and yet many people feel like there is this otherworldly aura around her when staring at the woman. Regardless of the oddity, she seems perfectly average if beautiful.

Personality: Scarlett is one of those quiet, confident types, never seeming to waver no matter what is happening around her. Her eyes are kind and yet seem to burn with some unspoken passion, almost making people want to listen to her and follow her even though she is by no means any sort of leader. She seems ever curious and aware of her surroundings, always seem to be watching and taking mental note of everything around her. It comes to no surprise that she adores reading over any sort of book, tome, or scroll. The only thing truly scary about her is that she seems to have an unresistable urge to put herself in danger when she sees someone being attacked.

Abilities, Talents, Traits, Powers: As far as anyone can tell, Scarlett is a seemingly average woman with no powers or abilities to speak of. Unless you count her unusual ability to function without sleep or food, that is. She also seems to be a prodigy in swordsmanship.

• ^{( Tier 2 )} Soul & Body -- Scarlett has the unusual ability to survive without any air, sleep, food, or drink to speak of. She can still indulge in food and drink if she wishes, but it doesn't seem to affect her ability to function.
• ^{( Tier 2 )} Prodigy -- She seems to learn swordsmanship and techniques like one breaths air, increasing her ability to master the sword at a much faster speed than even those with a natural talent for it.

Items:

• ^{( Tier 1 )} Emerald Bracelet -- The bracelet is cursed as far as most are concerned, since it cannot be removed like it's fused with the woman's wrist. Other than that, it doesn't seem to do anything at all.

History: Scarlett can't account for most of her history, leading many to assume she's lost her memory. Where she came from, who she was, who her family was - all of these are complete mysteries. The last thing Scarlett seems to remember is walking down the road to a small town. Upon finding the tavern, she simply sat down and waited - she can't even recall what she was supposed to be waiting for. Then one of a warriors, who was drunk at the time, started to pull his sword out. Without hesitation, she started to move towards the barmaid that was about to be attacked and nearly threw herself in front of the sword. However Elise pushed her out of the way and dealt with the drunken warrior herself. Upon investigation, Elise thought it might be best that she tag along with her and Fionn which seemed to be the right call. Since then, Scarlett has tried a total of seven times of throwing herself into a fight only to have Elise save her.