Amarysah Snowden
Basic Information
Age:
29
Race:
Half-Elven
Detailed Appearance:
Eyes: Crystal Blue
Hair: White
Height: 5’5”
Weight: 130
Build: Slender athletic
Class(es) (two max):
Druid - Rogue
Weapon of Choice:
Eluvan Steel Daggers hilted with a hide of the now supposedly extinct unicorns, embedded with a prism crystal to help her control her Druid magic.
Alignment:
Neutral Good
Likes:
- Basically, all things in nature from flora to fauna.
- A good bottle of wine and a nice snack board.
- Music
- Sketching
- Sweets
Dislikes:
- Nobility, specifically her step-mother
- Needless destruction of nature
- Corsets
- Heels
- Being forced into a situation out of her control
Backstory:
Amarysah grew up within a noble household being the illegitimate heir to the Snowden family. Her father, Grand Duke Viktor, was never able to produce an heir with his wife, Lady Alexandra. When her mother, Gwenth, his Elven lover, gave birth to Amarysah, she was taken away at birth. Amarysah’s mother was the Snowdens' personal herbalist and apothecary. Mari was raised under her stepmother's care, believing that her stepmother was her biological mother since her. They lived in the Capital, on one of the various wide-open estates for nobles called Thign Manor. The Snowdens were rumored to be the first noble family in Vradia, an older bloodline than the first settlers of the area. They prided themselves on being strong mentally, magically, and physically.
Born on the spring equinox, Amarysah’s birth was a rather easy one, except for the fact, she was ripped away from her mother's arms. Her magic began to surface for the first time when she was just six years old and shapeshifted after getting angry with a fellow noble boy. Ever since then, she had been kept within the manor walls to teach her how to control her abilities. Originally, Amarysah would have attended boarding school in her teen years like the rest of her family, but her family opted to hire the best tutors available to come and teach Mari personally.
When she turned fifteen, her stepmother fell miraculously pregnant and began the endless torture. Lady Alexandra treated Mari like she was nothing more than a useless stray cat, someone she could kick around and couldn't fight back. With her father traveling all the time for work and not knowing her biological mother, Amarysah was left to believe that her own mother hated her existence. That was until one day when Lady Alexandra snapped and told her that Mari was a mistake, that she was glad that Gwenth had caught that awful cold and died, and Amarysah didn't have anyone who loved her. Mari snapped and attacked Alexandra, her claws managed to swipe against the lady's pristine complexion. She quickly escaped the only home she knew.
Since then, Amarysah learned that her biological mother had been a beloved apothecary of the Obsidian Crows and worked for many nobles and the lower class alike. She was allowed access to her mother's business, which had been on the brink of closing since her passing. Mari learned everything she could about her mother through her mother's business partner, Fronk Stormbreaker, an Orc shadow paladin. She discovered that she had an affinity for elemental magic when she was on a job with the rest of her trainee group one day, although being older when she discovered it, she has little control over it.
Personal Characteristics:
Personality traits go here. Also, what are your character's ideals? Their bonds? Their flaws?
Amarysah keeps to herself mostly, she is quite happy to observe the world from a distance. Those that she does manage to form relationships with, she protects fiercely.
Amarysah never takes the conventional route and prefers to explore life from off the beaten track, relying heavily on her instincts and powers of observation to guide it through the world. She has an air of indifference and the need for privacy keeps her on the outskirts of society, but her desire for comfort and pampering always brings it back.
When someone wrongs Amarysah, she makes it her business to even the score. With superb patience, Amarysah might even wait years for the right moment, and when the occasion comes to strike, she gathers all her forces and attacks. In the face of a ferocious display of magic and power from her shifter form, she surprises victims have little choice but to flee or die.
Amarysah’s main goal is to find somewhere that can feel like home. She wants to find those that are like family but struggles with trusting others. Mari enjoys animals and plants, and with her experiences being a mercenary, would rather be with them rather than with people sometimes. If granted, she would love to have a whole farm of animals to protect and raise.
Allies?
Her mother, who has already passed.
Fronk Stormbreaker, her mentor within the Obsidian Crows.
Enemies?
Her stepmother, Lady Alexandra, and a few rival mercenaries now and then, with her sass.
Are they a part of an organization?
Yes, she is a part of the Obsidian Crows, a Thieves' Guild in the Capital. She is known as Shadow Phoenix within the guild.
Extra Information:
Mari's Equipment List:
- Her Nature Journals
- Her pack of charcoal
- Her Alchemist Set to craft potions
- A lute
- A lyre
- Her camping pack of essentials
- A small box of bonbons
Skills and Abilities:
Abilities:
You must have three abilities, and give a short description of each ability. They should pertain to the class that you have chosen for your character.
- Control Elements- Being a Druid, Amarysah can control the four basic elements. She is currently working on controlling sub-elements like light and electricity.
- Animal Shift- Amarysah can attempt to shift into practically any animal she’s ever encountered to use on the battlefield.
- Healing Word- Mari can heal someone with her words of magic.
What are the drawbacks of those abilities?
- Can Lose Her Humanity- The more time she spends in her animal form, the more she begins to act like that creature. For example, if she spends more than a few days in her leopard form, she will growl or hiss at others when upset or purr when happy.
- Things Can Go Spark, Boom!- While she can create electricity, just like in nature, all elements are unpredictable and can malfunction from time to time.
- Not A Certified Doctor…Yet- She has to concentrate when healing, whether it’s with her magic or potions, and currently can only work on minor wounds.
Skills:
A minimum of three basic skills that your character contributes to the group, with a short description. What can they do OUTSIDE of their abilities to help further the group?
- Survival- While she has joined the Obsidian Crows, mainly to obtain jobs, Mari had to learn quite quickly how to survive in the streets and out in the wilds.
- Charisma- Due to the years of upbringing by her stepmother, Mari was forced to learn the ways of a noblewoman. That means the art of talking people down off their high horse. Sometimes literally.
- Dexerity- She has the strides and agility of many graceful animals, including that of big predator cats.
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