[@The Jest] I've finally finished my sheet. Let me know what you think.

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Name: Nicola “Nicky” Khumalo
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Appearance:
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Attire: If she can afford it, Nicky likes to indulge in the latest fashion trends. If not, she falls back on her usual wardrobe, from which she favours a combination of a loose fitting shirt and pants coupled with a hooded jersey.

Arcana: Lovers

Weapon: An axe.

Personality: Nicky is a cheerful, free-spirited girl. She is a firm believer in the power of positive thinking, and she always tries to keep herself positive no matter the circumstances. She is big on the idea of community, and she sees it as a matter of duty to stick her neck out for a comrade in need. While always eager to help, she isn’t as assertive as she could be when it comes to disputes between friends, as she is reluctant to take a side in such situations. Opposing a hostile outsider is easy, but telling a good friend their wrong is much harder for her.

Independence is an important virtue for Nicky. She does not like to be told what to do, within reason, and neither does she like to tell others what they should be doing. It’s all well and good to take orders in an emergency situation or follow instructions from someone important, but being told how to live the more trivial parts of her life is a no go for her. Telling her how to dress or telling her to be more like someone else will really get her goat. Naturally, she finds the idea of telling someone else how to act along such trivial lines as practically immoral. In her mind, a person should always be free to follow their own way.

Backstory: Nicky was born and raised in London, but her family has its roots in South Africa. Growing up in a close knit community, Nicky was taught from an early age that sticking together was beyond important. She put this ideal into practise when, at the age of 10, she witnessed a young boy from their little corner of London being accused of theft. Nicky stepped in by asking his accuser to let him go, putting on the waterworks to evoke sympathy. She succeeded in getting them off the boy’s back, and the two of them became fast friends afterwards. His name was Charles.

However, it turned out that it was not by mistake that Charles was accused of theft, and nor was it a once off incident. Charles was much more deeply involved in petty crime than Nicky had realised, and as he got older, it only got worse. Around the time she was 14, Charles began to pressure her to get involved in his criminal acts, beginning with almost joking suggestions, and gradually building into blatant requests for help with this and that. Nicky always refused, but never broke ties, as she was reluctant to leave him for good. One day, he came to her with a much more forceful request to help him with what he claimed was the biggest job he’d ever done, insisting that she would be a huge help for it. He wouldn’t take a meek no for an answer this time, and came as close to threatening her as he could get. This was the straw that broke the camel’s back for Nicky, and she raised her voice at him for the first time in their friendship, telling him to leave and never come back.

Naturally, it was over between the two of them after that. While Nicky was shaken by the incident at first, she soon resolved to put it behind her and get on with life. She did not need a friend like Charles, and she was sure to make many more friends in the years to come.

Persona Name: Kundalakesi
Persona Appearance: An Indian woman with a shaved head, wearing a Buddhist monks robes. In one hand, she cares a Khakkara, or monk staff, and in the other, a palm-leaf inscribed with words in Tamil script.

Persona Skills: Media, Kouha, Rakukaja

Character Relevance: Kundalakesi’s story is one of a girl that sees a thief, named Kalaan, about to be executed publically in her home city. She intervenes on his behalf, saving him from execution and eventually marries him. By pure chance, she playfully referred to him as a thief one day, which enraged him beyond reason. He decided to lure her to a cliff side where he would push her to her death, but Kundalakesi managed to turn the tables and kill him instead. She decides to become a Buddhist monk afterwards, and achieved success and happiness in her new life.

The tale of Kundalakesi mirrors Nicky’s experience, though Nicky was never Charles’ lover by any means and obviously didn’t kill him when he turned out to be hostile. However, the story of coming close to another only to have to be rid of them is very pertinent to her, as is the decision to live a happier life after breaking with someone important to them.
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