[hider=Skye][center][color=DCEDEF][b][h1][i]Skye of Daggerpeak[/i][/h1][/b]

[i]"Neither honor nor virtue should ever be tarnished for the sake of duty. Let the bards sing of our valor! Let the storybooks call us heroes!"[/i]

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[color=DCEDEF][b]Name:[/b][/color] Skye of Daggerpeak

[color=DCEDEF][b]Rank:[/b][/color] Watcher

[color=DCEDEF][b]Appearance:[/b][/color] A young, healthy but plain-looking mouse with black fur, Skye faces stigma for her fur color and her missing tail. She is tall and lean, and her nose is long and sensitive. She has small eyes - and poor vision to boot - and her ears aren't very expressive. The young mouse has a tendency to smile whether she's pleased or sad, which makes it hard to tell how she's feeling at times. Skye can look quite fierce and determined once combat begins, however, and her ears and nose are very active when she's alarmed. The volume of her lilting voice and the range of tones Skye commands is quite impressive, and she is a natural singer. The diction she uses is quite educated, though her accent is that of someone from Westercroft. Her teeth seem to have been filed.

Skye wears a hooded white cloak with silver embroidery, and she has a tartan patterned white-and-gray sash to match it. She wears a black-and-white checkered gambeson for armor and carries a halberd - her former mentor's halberd - as her weapon of choice. She does keep a very small knife and a few pouches to carry useful things on her sash, however. She also makes certain to bring her lyre with her wherever she goes.

[color=DCEDEF][b]Personality:[/b][/color] As the beloved adopted daughter of minor Westercroft nobles, Skye has been afforded some small luxury in her life. But for a noble, she's rather mindful of the plights of the commoners, and is quite vocal in regards to the need for the Watchers to protect everyone they can.

Skye's mentor, Baldric, died fighting for what he believed in. Though only recently graduated into the rank of Watcher, Skye does her best to honor her mentor's memory. He was honorable, brave, and never stopped adhering to his stringent code of dignity and justice for all. It is a lofty memory to dedicate herself to, but Skye nevertheless wants to be as much like her tutor and dearest friend as she can.

Those that know the young Watcher well would call her passionate. She speaks her mind openly, and denounces injustice where she sees it. In fact, one might say she's [i]too[/i] vocal, and that she's [i]too[/i] protective of all of Gnaw's residents. She believes in the rights of all Gnawers, no matter whether they are rich or poor, of Redfield or the Glen, or even whether they are mice, shrews, or voles. It's going to get her into trouble some day. But her diction is masterful, her choice of words careful, and there is a certain finesse to her intonation and her gesticulation.

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Skye's story is a short but sad one. Her biological parents were warriors in the service of the Lord Devlin and Lady Jasmine, minor Westercroft nobles whose charge it was to maintain the hidden mountain outpost of Daggerpeak near the borders of the Spoorwall. Unfortunately, a band of Gnashers found the fort. Her parents fought to protect their lieges, but they died in the raid, as did others. The raiders even cut off little Skye's tail as a cruel joke, as if being left an orphan wasn't cruelty enough. In honor of her parents' sacrifice, Lord Devlin and Lady Jasmine took Skye in as their own child, to be raised alongside their daughter.

The young mouse was not ungrateful for the kindness of her adopted parents (whom she loves dearly), but she nevertheless wished to make a name for herself. Her dreams were enraptured by fantasies of the heroism of the Redwatch, of mice as brave and bold as her birth parents had been. When she came of age she informed her family she would join the Redwatch. They disagreed with the notion at first, but after lengthy discussion they relented.

Skye trained hard - [i]very[/i] hard - to be accepted into the Redwatch. She worked under Baldric of Rosewood, a noble old warrior who still believed in the mission of the Watch. She had some difficulty passing her tests due to her poor eyesight, but she proved a capable servant to the Watcher thanks to sheer determination and a canny mind. It didn't help that she was persuasive. Her mentor became quite proud of his pupil in the end, and was looking forward to giving her an appropriate cloak color.

Unfortunately, a party of rat bandits made a foray into Redfield, and Baldric was among those that went to fight them. He, Skye, and a full patrol marched out to fight them. Baldric was among those that met his demise.

Skye became a proper Watcher, but she regrets that her mentor could not be around to see her now. She hopes to prove herself worthy of her white cloak, and to be at least half the hero he was.

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[color=DCEDEF][b]Attributes:[/b][/color]
[list][*][color=DCEDEF]STR:[/color] 9
[i]Skye's build isn't naturally imposing. However, she's tall, and she's trained long and hard to fight. The Watcher is stronger than she seems.[/i]
[*][color=DCEDEF]CON:[/color] 12
[i]Sheer willpower and bullheadedness bolster Skye's tolerance for injury and disease. She's a tough little mouse.[/i]
[*][color=DCEDEF]DEX:[/color] 2 
[i]Nobody has ever called Skye graceful. Clumsy, actually, is how people describe her. Her poor eyesight is crippling at times.[/i]
[*][color=DCEDEF]CHA:[/color] 15
[i]With her mastery of diction and her passionate speech, Skye makes for a skilled negotiator and orator. Might she be a leader one day?[/i]
[*][color=DCEDEF]INT:[/color] 10
[i]Skye is clever to be sure, and she's quick on the uptake.[/i]
[*][color=DCEDEF]LUC:[/color] 10
[i]Skye is definitely one of the Watch's luckier mice. If folks weren't prejudiced against her black fur, they might see her as a good luck charm.[/i]
[*][color=DCEDEF]REP:[/color] 7
[i]While people don't trust her black fur or her missing tail, most mice in the Watch have come to accept Skye thanks to her honorable and dependable nature. Not everymouse, though. Not everymouse.[/i][/list]

[color=DCEDEF][b]Equipment:[/b][/color]
[color=DCEDEF]Weathered Halberd[/color] (3 points) - The sturdy halberd wielded by Baldric, Skye's former mentor. It is well-made and well-balanced, possessing an axe blade, a small hammer bit for a backswing, and a tall pike at the top.
[color=DCEDEF]Simple Gambeson[/color] (2 points) - A rather unremarkable gambeson worn for protection. The padded cloth does wonders for saving a mouse's hide, and it doesn't encumber the wearer. Some metal would be a lot sturdier, of course.

[color=DCEDEF][b]Traits:[/b][/color]
[list][*][color=B5F3C7]Vanguard[/color] 
[i]Skye may not be the greatest of warriors, but when fighting to protect another Gnawer she becomes a far more determined and deadly combatant. She is truly selfless.[/i]
[*][color=B5F3C7]Keen Senses[/color]
[i]Not many in the Watch can claim to have hearing so sharp as Skye's. She's got a good sniffer on her, too.[/i]
[*][color=FF6C6C]Poor Vision[/color]
[i]Skye has incredibly poor eyesight. Some mice joke that if Skye were blindfolded she wouldn't be able to tell the difference.[/i]
[*][color=FF6C6C]Chivalrous[/color]
[i]Skye will not compromise her ideals of honorable conduct and justice for all. Subterfuge, striking a downed opponent, lying - these things do not come readily to her.[/i][/list]

[color=DCEDEF][b]Trade:[/b][/color] As the adopted daughter of minor Westercroft nobles, Skye studied music, poetry, and martial combat. She did not have a trade, but did receive a noble's education.

[color=DCEDEF][b]Friend:[/b][/color] [color=B5F3C7]Aife the Merchant[/color]
Old Aife was once just a peddler from the Glen, but now is the proud owner of no less than three trading posts located in Redfield and Glendale. She took a liking to Skye after the young Watcher went alone into a famously dangerous wood to rescue her lost grandson. She helps the brave girl financially whenever she can, supplying rations and equipment as needed, or at least offering her a cheaper price. She also tries to arrange meetings between Skye and whatever civilian official she may need to see.

[color=DCEDEF][b]Enemy:[/b][/color] [color=FF6C6C]Watchguard Rowan[/color]
Rowan the One-Eyed was a pupil of Baldric's, and some say his best pupil. When he heard that Baldric had died fighting alongside some black furred, tailless girl, he knew very well who was to blame for his former mentor's death. Rowan will do his duty as one of the Redwatch first, but he will eagerly take any opportunity to exact revenge - either political or physical - on Skye. That he outranks her makes him even more dangerous.

[color=DCEDEF][b]History:[/b][/color] As the adopted child of a Westercroft noble family, one might expect Skye to have led a sheltered life. Yet living near the Spoorwall is dangerous for everymouse, the nobility included. She learned the basics of command and combat, and she was being groomed to be a diplomat. However, she felt a calling to join the prestigious Redwatch, and she convinced her family to let her go.
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