Name:Cassia “Cassie” Nuheart
Race:Numan Highland Elf
Birth Date:25/05/125
Gender:Female
Appearance:A young elven woman of some notable highlands descent. Her rather dimunitive size calls back to her heritage, though her strict upbringing and outdoors training clearly show she works to stay more agile and powerful than the classic scholarly elf. Her casual stance shows off more of her figure than if she were to follow the by-the-books style of her predecessors, always a hand pressed to her hip while she stands idle.
Beginning with Cassie’s most prominent feature is her platinum hair, glowing incandescently while she is out in the sun in direct contrast to her professional midnight attire. A spattering of freckles spray across the bridge of her nose and the wings of her cheeks, blending her fair skin with lively hazel eyes. Her brows seem only to receive the lightest of attention, and between them a gradual curve to a slight upturned nook of her nose.
Her shoulders are regularly relaxed and low, though the most she will do to make a presence is to puff up her chest and pull her shoulders back as she was taught when the situation calls for it. Freckles frequently dot the wide open spaces of her exposed neck, chest, and more noticeably her shoulders.
A compass portraying the four cardinal directions is inked into the upper left of her back, and a recognizable gauntlet belonging to the god Ephemeras clutches the device within its ghastly grasp. The entirety of her right arm, from her elbow to her fingertips, is covered in a sleeve of tattoos. They don’t seem to be a single cohesive unit, but the artist who applied them knew to work them together as if telling a fairy tale.
Swirling shapes form a band immediately below her elbow, but on closer inspection the shapes reveal themselves to be dozens of rat silhouettes scurrying over and past one another in an endless race around her arm. Along the inside of her forearm is an elven script, calligraphed in such a way as if they were carved into stone rather than flesh, and for any elvish reader it says, “True Treasure is to Enrich the Soul;” an old Dwarven saying that has seen a resurgence in the last century. A few shadowy rats sneak along its borders.
The open side of her forearm is a splash of colors and patterns. Black outlines of falling rodents from their eternal race appear in the foreground of purple spiderwebs and a large, veiled spider with a spiked skull on its abdomen. The skull’s sockets are stuffed with cut amethysts and seem to follow nothing in particular, and its elongated, segmented legs reach around to the stone script, almost overlapping its frame. At the forefront of the dark spider are cracked mandibles, threatening to sink its fangs into her wrist as small, strung-up cocoons surround its thorax.
An ever-present symbol takes up the backside of her hand, the sigil of the Finders Union: the silhouette of an airplane with a green radar overlay, commonly mistaken for a target. On each knuckle is a tool: primary finger has a shovel/pick combo; secondary finger has a bundle of rope; tertiary finger is a crowbar/hammer combo; her smallest finger has binoculars; and her thumb has a flashlight. There is no negative space to be seen in this sleeve, every inch coated in prismatic colors.
She claims to have more tattoos, though she will only show them on invitation.
Personality:Easygoing. Sentimental. Vain. Impulsive. A firecracker to some and a non-entity to others, Cassie separates her energy from anything worth adventuring from the duller aspects of life. Not averse to having guests in her personal spaces, one could find all the various objects that she has recovered and restored proudly displayed along wall shelves and even a few freestanding columns. Whether her corner nook of the workshop or her bedroom, trophy finds are shown.
As a young one, Cassie was a regular menace for the neighborhood livestock. Sneaking along the shadows, ambushing “prey,” riding beasts of burden; all just another day in the life of an aspiring adventurer. Her enthusiasm outwardly has mellowed, though anyone that knows her well enough will see the passion she holds for discovering new places, traversing landmarks, and claiming new and strange treasures. In the face of danger, she is usually quick to react with a cool head thanks to her regular training and practice.
When it comes to people, it is a slightly different story. She is also prone to going on the defensive when any accusation comes her way and can only really confess her mistakes when evidence is presented. Otherwise, excuses come easily.
Cassie is dedicated to her skill sets and craft. Considered a morning person, she gets up as the sun rises to do her daily runs and won’t return until she’s broken a sweat. She prides herself on her cardio, easily outlasting any of her teammates for long treks. For the rest of the day, should she have to stay in the city, her attention is usually on restoring all types of artifacts or learning their history and uses. Few are as protective as she when it comes to dealing with BC technology.
History:Born in the city of Ashton, northwest of Sparta, Cassie was raised by her large elven family. A tight-knit community of elves, they focused on the ability to thrive with their surroundings and adjust to the environment rather than expansion and exploration. This didn’t settle too well with the active young Cassia, a girl that commonly climbed the highest trees and ran to the boundaries of safety. Nonetheless, she took in the practices of her people in this very new world they are trying to adapt to, not understanding the dread of their lifespans being more than cut in half.
A caravan of human explorers pass through their neck of the woods, staying as guests for a few days before moving on. Their time was not wasted on Cassie, though, as she pestered the men and women for stories and to show off their skills. Inspired by their ideals and attitudes, she pressed her family for years to let her join a company that will explore ruins and discover new people. Although reluctant to the newer generation’s passion-driven and often-times foolhardy goals, they accepted that this new way of life may be a new way for the highland elves to survive.
And so Cassie was sent off to Ashton’s prime exploration and restoration company, the Finders’ Trade Union. There she was trained for a year on wilderness survival, scavenging, and related skills. Once she was deemed ready, they allowed her on her first common expedition. A successful return, and the FTU decided it was time to expand and to send their recruits to a newly established base in Sparta.
Having lived in Sparta for another year now, Cassie has gone on multiple smaller expeditions to create a line of trade and craft. Unknown to the Union was that the Magocratic Tegary has begun occupying Sparta with little to no resistance, and now they release a statement noting that a mage must be present for every expedition.
Skills:+Running (Marathon)
+Item Restoration
+Item Handling
+Local History
+Marksman (Compound Bow)
+Cartography
+Climbing
Items of Note:Finders’ Trade Union Attire
-Charcoal Black High-Collar Long Coat w/ Zipper Hood
-Charcoal Black Undershirt
-Charcoal Black Utility Pants w/ Leather Belt
-Charcoal Black Hiking Boots
Personal Taser
Smith & Wesson Bodyguard 380 (13 rounds on-hand)
Compound Bow (8 in quiver, 25 in pack)
Hand Multi-Tool
Bowie Knife
All-Terrain Bicycle w/ Electric Motor
Notable Abilities:No magic to speak of.
Transcribed by Amanuensis Elessa Weiss
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