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[center][h3]Morianne, The Troubadour[/h3][/center]
[center][color=f7976a][h2][u][b]Age:[/b][/u][/h2][/color][/center]
[center][h3]65[/h3][/center]
[center][color=f7976a][h2][u][b]Gender:[/b][/u][/h2][/color][/center]
[center][h3]Female[/h3][/center]
[center][color=f7976a][h2][u][b]Race:[/b][/u][/h2][/color][/center]
[center][h3]Wood Elf[/h3][/center][/hider][hider=The Fun Stuff][center][color=f7976a][h2][u][b]Appearance:[/b][/u][/h2][/color][/center]

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Like most elves, Morianne is fair of skin and lithe in build. Despite her age, she is youthful in appearance, allowing her to better blend and participate in human society. Her pink hair is styled into a short bob. Her eyes glow a vibrant amber hue. She is average in height, being roughly 5'8" (173cm).

Morianne wears fairly revealing and ostentatious clothing, over which she wears a green cloak. Additionally, her armor is light and sparse. Her signature "weapon," is a bright red, double-strung lute decorated with an iron skull on the base. She has personally dubbed this lute "The Kill Meister."

[center][color=f7976a][h2][u][b]Personality:[/b][/u][/h2][/color][/center]

Morianne is best described as, well, a bitch to put it lightly. Her Elven heritage and experience has given her the cynicism, bluntness, and wisdom of age with all the quick temper and hot-headedness of youth. Like a bitter grandmother, she's always ready to dish out unwarranted remarks and criticism. Even if such comments regularly get her into fights, she'll always deliver since she takes odd joy in causing such trouble. In Morianne's own words, "Nothing makes a better song than a fight."

Morianne is also highly dedicated to her musical craft, going so far to take her lute anywhere and everywhere, practicality be damned. She'll die before she's seen without it. The goddesses only know what fury could be unleashed if someone other than her did so much as touch the thing.

She's made her life's goal to be the best and most legendary bard in all the land. And knowing her stubbornness, she'll either succeed or die trying. Giving up is not an option.

[center][color=f7976a][h2][u][b]Brief Background:[/b][/u][/h2][/color][/center]

Morianne, like many Wood Elves, hails from Velt. It was here she spent much of her early life. Her father was a renowned warrior within the community. So naturally, it was expected that his daughter would follow in his footsteps. However, Morianne showed little promise in Wood Elf traditions. She even seemed to lack magical talents, making her little better than a guest inside her own home. Her parents and colleagues grew to despise her for her lack of talent, dubbing her "Human Girl."

Dissatisfied with her lot in life, Morianne  looked to music as an escape from her reality. She was fascinated with all its intricacies and its unique power to bring people of all types together. During her teenage years, she taught herself how to play the lute, hoping it would finally win her the approval of her family and peers. She even went out of her way to organize a concert to show her skill. 

Perhaps it was simply the crowd's presence or how she felt in the moment, but the performance wasn't very good, in fact, she was awful. One particular comment that stuck with Morianne was that her playing "Sounded like scraping nails on a plate. Typical Human Girl." That night, she ran off. If she was just a worthless human, then perhaps she would be welcomed among them. 

Morianne soon found herself in some human village homeless and begging for scraps. She played her lute and sang for whoever would listen. One rainy day, Morianne had seemingly had it all and simply decided to play her lute until her hands had been rendered bloody stumps. Though something about this performance was different. She was still terrible, but a crowd of humans had started to gather around her.

"She's a witch!" one child exclaimed. Another comment noted something about "dancing lights."

The clamoring had continued for some time, but Morianne paid them no mind until a man's voice had cut through the crowd.

"You, Elf Girl! Where did you learn to play like that?"

Morianne looked up to the man to deliver some snarky comment, but as she met the man's gaze, she realized that small balls of light had formed around her, dancing in accordance to her emotional playing.

The man then introduced himself as Thrash, a "Bard'' who claimed that he knew how to hone Morianne's talent for this unique magical art. Desperate and starved, Morianne took up the offer without question. Even if Thrash's claims were false, anything was better than hunger.

Fortunately, Thrash had been telling the truth and Morianne soon found herself under the bard's tutelage. Under Thrash's guidance, Morianne learned proper music technique and became more proficient with magic. However, their time together was brief, as Morianne, being an Elf, would eventually outlive the only person who was willing to accept her. His final gift to her, a custom-made lute made to Morianne's personal tastes. Since the passing of her teacher, Morianne has wandered the earth to grow her talents and sing in memory of her teacher.

Currently, Morianne has found herself among the ranks of the Iron Rose Knights, a role she had taken up during the War of The Red Flag. It was unplanned bend in her path as a wandering Bard. Even now, Morianne couldn't possibly explain how it came to be. Perhaps it was simply a desire to help the refugees whose circumstances reminded her of her childhood. Regardless of her reasoning, Morianne has enjoyed her time amongst the knights so far, even if she knows that even this too, like her old mentor, will come to pass.

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[*][color=f7976a][i]Hide Armor[/i][/color] - Simple enough. Morianne has a preference for lighter equipment and tools due to her…less than traditional skills as an Iron Rose Knight.

[*][color=f7976a][i]Cloak[/i][/color] - A useful clothing item to combat the cold. It kinda smells. Maybe Morianne wouldn't need it if she wore normal clothes.

[*][color=f7976a][i]Rope[/i][/color] - An important traveling item. Never leave without it.

[*][color=f7976a][i]Alchemy Bag[/i][/color] - Used to hold herbs for basic medicinal purposes.

[*][color=f7976a][i]The Kill Meister[/i][/color] - Morianne's unique lute. It's designed specifically to grab attention. While it may seem magical in nature, it's actually not enchanted in any way. Morianne just has weird tastes.
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[center][color=f7976a][h2][u][b]Skills:[/b][/u][/h2][/color][/center]

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[*][color=f7976a][i]Basic Swordplay[/i][/color] - Morianne is more comfortable singing spells and cheering on from the back. That being said, she isn't completely useless in a fight and knows just enough about swords to hold her own.

[*][color=f7976a][i]Basic Medicinal Knowledge[/i][/color] - Anyone who's traveled long enough knows how to treat simple sickness and injury.

[*][color=f7976a][i]Basic Survival Skill[/i][/color] - Comes with being a Wood Elf.

[*][color=f7976a][i]Bard Magic[/i][/color] - Morianne's unique brand of spell casting. She's quite skilled with this particular art and has quite the range and versatility. Here are a few notable spells she possesses:

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[*][color=f7976a][i]Basic Charm Spell[/i][/color] - Exactly what you'd think it is. It's not exactly useful for dealing with multiple people though. Besides, Morianne prefers starting fights. So this skill is basically useless to her.

[*][color=f7976a][i]Sow Discord Spell[/i][/color] - A wild spell that causes equally wild reactions from its targets. It's likened to inflicting temporary madness or…listening to music in a genre you really don't like. This is a popular spell to use.

[*][color=f7976a][i]Rally Strength Spell[/i][/color] - Ever seen a particularly strong athlete? Try making them stronger. That's what this does. It only ever works on one person at a time though.

[*][color=f7976a][i]Summon Spectral Sword[/i][/color] - A spell that creates swords of pure mana. It can be used to either summon three weaker swords or one decent sword for the caster to use. These swords typically don't last too long and shatter once the mana has been drained from them.
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