In the interest of time, and the fact that I haven't seen or heard from Hate in a few days, I'll go ahead and add my character's history, so you have something to look at.
I can always edit it later~
Edit; I haven't satisfactorily proofread it. I'll give it another look after work.
Edit2; Honestly, a little more OoC chatter might help out.
If anyone wants to brainstorm for ideas, just hit me up. I like doing that stuff for fun anyway. =P
It's done for the most part I think. Once I finish working out the history with Hate, I'll finalize it.
.: Fei Lan :.
| : [ Appearance ] : |
Age: 19
| : [ Abilities ] : |
~ Water Augury ~ The spirits that inhabit rivers, lakes, and seas are always communing with one another, even across vast swaths of open land. Through this, Fei Lan too can commune with the myriad water spirits and if they are willing to offer up their senses, she can perceive the world as they do. By offering her Qi to these spirits, she can view remote locations as long as both she and her desired location are in contact with water. The nearby water source must also be large enough to house a spirit, such as a small pond, well, or prodigious puddle. In addition, neither clouds, mist, fog, heavy rain, snow, or any standing body of water can hinder her senses. By invoking the nature of her Qi and using it to enhance her senses, she maintains a supernatural connection to the water around her allowing her to navigate unimpeded and locate other creatures in the area. She experiences the world through the water, seeing and feeling it as if she were there herself. The range is limited to only a small area though.
~ Eyes of the Storm ~ Nature leaves subtle hints in the slow meandering of clouds and the whistling of the wind. There's a distinct pattern in the way weather forms and moves which Fei Lan is attuned with. She can perceive these subtleties and accurately divine the weather for the next couple of days.
~ Water Purification ~ By combining water and aether energies, Fei Lan can purify water of poison, disease, or filth. However, the cleansing is limited to only small bodies of water such as wells, ponds, and brooks.
~ Unyielding Vigor ~ The abundance of Aether element caged inside her small body allows her to continue moving, when others would collapse from exhaustion. She is preternaturally athletic and can subsist on her own Qi instead of natural physical energy. She can run and swim for hours, scarcely needs any rest, and is active throughout most of the day and night, needing only to nap lightly for a few hours to cleanse any fatigue.
| : [ Affinity ] : |
Water - Primary Aether - Secondary
| : [ Personality ] : |
A bit bull-headed and willful at times, but Fei Lan is usually gentle and easy-going like the lazy rivers around where she grew up. She does everything at her own pace and in her own time. Sometimes she's seen as being air-headed for paying little mind to how she trouble's others with her behavior, but this belies her sharp wit and lifelong pursuit of fun-filled mischief.
| : [ History ] : |
Where the twin rivers meet and spill out into the sea east of the Turtle domain is a small fishing village, Shengshan. If the local folklore is to be believed, it has been there since the age of creatiom, when the sacred beasts of ancient legend rose the land and mountains. There's never been more than a hundred or so residents at a time. Many venture off and settle elsewhere.
Shengshan is a village steeped in old and strange traditions. Among them is the long line of shamans and oracles; these shamans have no blood lineage, but every generation one is born among the villager who is blessed by the nearby water spirits and gifted with oracular abilities. Fei Lan is one of them.
Born to humble parents, a fisherman and a seamstress, she was quickly discovered as the next oracle and raised in the local shrine. The all-seeing eyes and keen intuition of the village elders are not to be underestimated.
The next thirteen years of her life were spent preparing to succeed the previous generation's oracle. She went through rigorous study to learn the ways of nature spirits and how to entice them with her potent Qi so she could become a vessel for them. Her innate talent was extroardinary, allowing her to achieve a high degree of control after almost a decade of strict training. She could attract water spirits for miles around and take them into her body with little to no resistance. She let them feed on her Qi and in return they suffused her with their own power. She could see distant lands and feel the mixing of natural energy in wild sanctuaries, but her clairvoyant visions couldn't be a substitute for actually being there. She longed to visit those ancient and wild places.
As a child, she befriended a young scoundrel by the name Jizu. He would often hide inside the shrine to escape punishment for pranking the adults and diving into the sacred springs to chase the koi.
Through him, Fei Lan learned about all the fun things outside of the temple. And through her, Jizu learned about the old spirits of the deep sea and the fierce serpents of the river.
As the time for Fei Lan purification ceremony drew near, as the realization she would be committed to this tiny village for the rest of her life began to set in, so too did the shadows of doubt. In secret, she planned to escape, and journey to the places she saw in her visions.
She and Jizu stowed away on a merchant vessel bound for foreign shores, but a storm swelled and under those dark clouds brigands fell upon their ship, slaughtering much of the crew.
The two were taken prisoner. Combining Jizu's burgeoning powers of water manipulation and Fei Lan's ability to read the weather and influence water spirits, they were able to trick the pirates into believing they were descended from some powerful sea gods. Bluffing their way through the ordeal, both safely made it to a small port town, and from then have been travelling ever since, indulging in their wanderlust.
| : [ Equipment ] : |
~ Medicine Pouch ~ filled with dried herbs, as well as small containers of unguents, salves, and healing balms ~ Hanfu-styled traditional dress ~
~ Small pieces of jewelry ~ Each of piece is used to entice a particular kind of water spirit, some prefer crystals, other metal or ceramic
~ A gourd filled with sacred water and a large copper bowl for divination rituals ~ An heirloom pendant made from a shard of a large pearl; supposedly, its a remnant of a Dragon's sacred pearl of wisdom.
| : [ Other ] : |
Despite her affinity for Aether, her skill in it is low and every technique she's learned about controlling it thus far has been self-taught.
Likewise, she has no formal training in any martial arts, but with the help of her village's elders, instead developed her natural born talent for manipulating Qi to make up for it. She knows few self-defense techniques, but can often outrun any would-be pursuer.
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