Stormyx

The Elder Scrolls: Swords & Septims

I've made a few tweaks to my CS, she wasn't quite sitting right with me before. But now I'm much happier with her overall. I would love the chance to play her in this rp with you all!

Raelynn Hawkford

Name: Raelynn Hawkford
Age: 31
Gender: Female
Race: Breton

Appearance:
Raelynn is short of height with a waifish figure. She has no scars, something that surprises her - that she has made it to 31 and never received a scar. Her skin is mostly still smooth and soft, a result of having lived a good life and from all of the pampering. In recent years she has found that she has begun to weather, and her face shows the subtle and very early signs of aging, lines appear when she makes certain expressions, and her skin does not have that rosiness of late childhood that she managed to hold onto for so long.

The only part of her body which is full are her lips. She has a round, soft face, with high cheekbones. Her ears have that slight signature pointed tip and her eyebrows are arched - both signal to her Elvish ancestry. She has large steel blue eyes, which stand out against her light skin. Her eyes are expressive and to find out how she is feeling, one would only need to look at her eyes to see them bright with happiness, narrow with disgust, or watery with sadness.

She keeps her waist length hair tied tightly into braids, with only a few strands framing her face. To Raelynn, her hair is her favourite part of herself. The colour is that of her family, a cool ash blonde.

She wears embroidered mage robes (she never did like the plain clothing required of her to wear at the College). She will mostly wear clothes that are black, violet, and lavender in hue. She does not always dress in mages robes, and will sometimes dress down into more casual attire. Even her 'casual attire' is more colourful and ornate than others. To Raelynn, looking the part of a Lady is important.

Personality:
To strangers, Raelynn would seem soft spoken and friendly. This is all part of a more questionable mirage to lure in those who would need her help. As a Healer she swore an oath to heal those who were suffering with disease and injuries - and she treats those who come to her with empathy, understanding, and great respect... If they can afford it. She can be quite manipulative and calculating in order to get what she wants. She wasn't always this way, living in Skyrim of all places has shown her that everyone is out to obtain something.

Raelynn refuses to let others say that she has snobbish and proud tendencies and will get defensive if they do. Her privileged upbringing has given her high standards of everything. She is not 'greedy', but she is certainly used to the finer things. She knows that her value as a healer and her level of skill in the art is worth a lot of gold, jewels, and other rare treasures. After all, what is more valuable to the average man than being able to live another day? Definitely not the rubies that he looted on his last adventure...

When she becomes comfortable around people, her temper can appear and she will often become passionate in her speech. In her life, Raelynn has only met a small handful of individuals who have been able to really get past the walls she has built around herself. She has an endearing lack of self-awareness and this has found her in spells of trouble, she will frequently accidentally offend other people.

History:
Born in Daggerfall, High Rock, to wealthy parents, Raelynn had a comfortable upbringing. As such, Raelynn never went without luxuries like great food, fashionable attire, 'exotic pets', artworks and interior trinkets. This is the lifestyle that she grew accustomed too, and while she never wanted too much more than what she was privileged enough to have growing up, she has continued to have high expectations and standards since leaving her silver spoon back in Daggerfall...

As much as she loved her family very deeply, and would have loved to stay with them forever, their image of her life that was far different to the image Raelynn was dreaming of. They would have her married into another rich family, something that made Raelynn feel deeply uncomfortable. When given the ultimatum that she wed someone of her parents choosing, or be cut off from them, she chose to follow her own path. At night, Raelynn would read books on Tamriel, reading about great mages through history who had done amazing things and adventurers, and of the hidden secrets scattered through the world. She wanted to be an adventurer, but she didn't really want to get her hands dirty - or put herself front and centre in battle. So, following the natural inclination of her race to wield magic, she was prompted to request to join the Daggerfall Mages Guild when she came of age to begin learning the art of curative and restorative magic.

She soon found that the Guild was not for her, and instead chose to leave her home of High Rock forever and attend the College of Winterhold to study the art of even further. During her time as an apprentice of the College, she faced teasing from her peers for sticking solely to Restorative magic. This made her choose a secondary discipline of magic to study and she chose Conjuration.

As with her growing boredom of the Mages Guild, Raelynn got bored of the libraries and four walls of the College after some years. She grew tired of the bitter cold, the terribly plain food, and the putrid smells which wafted through the corridors and congregated in her chamber of all places. She began to dream of practicing her magic out in the field, going on adventures and making gold. With the blessing of Colette Marence, she finally left the College to travel the rest of Skyrim. She found herself frustrated on these travels, adventurers didn't pay all that much for her magic, nor did they ever seem to want to share the spoils. She had to think of something else, and so she began treat adventurers who would stumble into taverns with wounds and ailments, firstly plying them with alcohol and sweetening them up with her charm, before curing them and making sure she took a premium price from them.

During these years, she picked up a few new skills from those she travelled with. Until this point in her life she had not really had a need to learn any offensive combat skills. A traveling companion quickly told her that while a spell may keep disease at bay, a dagger or two hidden inside a cloak is likely to save her life.

Skills:
- Restoration: She is an adept healer, and chooses to use only curative magic - save for the few offensive and defensive spells she keeps up her sleeve for sticky situations. Fast Healing, Healing Hands, Sun Fire, Greater Ward, Heal Other, Close Wounds, Repel Lesser Undead
- Alchemy: Healing Knowledge. Raelynn has an advanced knowledge of the various plants and other items that are found throughout Tamriel that can provide healing qualities. She is also skilled with treating wounds that cannot be directly healed with magic.

Minor:
- Conjuration: Raelynn knows the spells Conjure Familiar, Raise Zombie, and Bound Sword. She very rarely uses these spells, saving her Magicka for restorative purposes.
- Dual-Weapons: Raelynn uses twin daggers together to defend herself if need be. She is not an intimidating size, and so will generally only rely on her daggers if she is in absolute immediate danger and can get the upper hand. (Being small and thin sometimes has a speed advantage.)
- Lockpicking: She taught herself to pick through locks to get to the more interesting books in the library of the College. Now, she practices lock picking to find and pocket the best treasures in the dungeons and crypts she has found herself in.

Equipment:
Raelynn carries her Staff of the Healing Hand as well as two steel daggers which she keeps quite hidden in her cloak. She always carries a small cloth pouch full of dried blue mountain flowers, and a small knife for harvesting plants efficiently. As well as her notebook filled with her healing tricks and tips, she has a journal which she writes in at the end of each day, documenting her whole life and journey for the day she finally sits down to write her memoirs and healing books.

She always has a pouch full of gold, stating that it is to keep her safe in times of trouble. As most mages do, she carries at least 3 Magicka potions. She'd be stupid not too.

The only other thing she carries is a letter from her parents, wishing her well at the College of Winterhold. Despite being fond of fine things, she travels on a shoestring and only keeps what is absolutely necessary on her person - the rest she keeps in a locked trunk at the College of Winterhold, or has sent to her parents for them to keep safe.

Birthsign: The Mage

Miscellaneous: Raelynn is a terrible, terrible, terrible drunk. Being so small means that even the smallest of amounts are enough to tip her over the edge.

Also: Marneeeeeeeeeee. Marne.

@Stormflyx

The Elder Scrolls: Swords & Septims

@Stormflyx
You may want to reconsider calling dual wielding Two-handed. Someone is going to glance at your sheet and think she's swinging a warmaul around :P

@Hekazu

Teehee, thanks!
That's what I get for staring at the screen for too long writing this.

The Elder Scrolls: Swords & Septims

Raelynn Hawkford

Name: Raelynn Hawkford
Age: 31
Gender: Female
Race: Breton

Appearance:
Raelynn is short of height with a waifish figure. She has no scars, something that surprises her - that she has made it to 31 and never received a scar. Her skin is mostly still smooth and soft, a result of having lived a good life with access to oils and herbs that keep one looking beautiful. In recent years she has found that she has begun to weather, and her face shows the subtle and very early signs of aging, lines appear when she makes certain expressions, and her skin does not have the rosiness that follows you from childhood to mid-twenties, a youthful glow. She is unsure whether it was really the physical side effect of reaching her thirties, or a result of the shocking things she has seen.

Unlike the rest of her body, her lips stand our for being full. She has a round, soft face, with high cheekbones. Her ears have that slight signature pointed tip and her eyebrows are arched - both signal to her Elvish ancestry. She has large steel blue eyes, which stand out against her light skin. Her eyes are expressive and to find out how she is feeling, one would only need to look at her eyes to see them bright with happiness, narrow with disgust, or watery with sadness.

She keeps her waist length hair tied tightly into braids, with only a few strands framing her face. To Raelynn, her hair is her favourite part of herself. The colour is that of her family, a cool ash blonde.

She wears embroidered mage robes (she never did like the plain clothing required of her to wear at the College). She will mostly wear clothes that are either black, violet, or lavender in hue. She does not always dress in mages robes, and will sometimes dress down into more casual attire. Even her 'casual attire' is more colourful and ornate than others. To Raelynn, looking the part of a Lady is important.

Personality:
To strangers, Raelynn would seem soft spoken and friendly. This is all part of a more questionable mirage to lure in those who would need her help. As a Healer she swore an oath to heal those who were suffering with disease and injuries - and she treats those who come to her with empathy, understanding, and great respect... If they can afford it. She can be quite manipulative and calculating in order to get what she wants. She wasn't always this way, living in Skyrim of all places has shown her that everyone is out to obtain something...

Raelynn refuses to let others say that she has snobbish and proud tendencies and will get defensive if they do. Her privileged upbringing has given her high standards of everything. She is not 'greedy', but she is certainly used to the finer things. She knows that her value as a healer and her level of skill in the art is worth a lot of gold, jewels, and other rare treasures. After all, what is more valuable to the average man than being able to live another day? Definitely not the rubies that he looted on his last adventure.

When she becomes comfortable around people, her temper can appear and she will often become passionate in her speech. In her life, Raelynn has only met a small handful of individuals who have been able to really get past the walls she has built around herself. She has an endearing lack of self-awareness and this has found her in spells of trouble, she will frequently accidentally offend other people.

She can be impatient and hot-headed, and will scold those she travels with for errors of judgement, even though she is not the kind of person who would step in to prevent them in the first place, she relies on those 'less fortunate' than herself to do the dirty work on excursions, after all, why should she dirty up a robe when the Nord in front is more than willing to do it?

History:
Born in Daggerfall, High Rock, to wealthy parents, Raelynn had a comfortable upbringing. As such, Raelynn never went without luxuries like great food, fashionable attire, and even her share of 'exotic pets'. This is the lifestyle that she grew accustomed too, and while she never wanted too much more than what she was privileged enough to have growing up, she has continued to have high expectations and standards since leaving her silver spoon back in Daggerfall...

As much as she loved her family very deeply, and would have loved to stay with them forever, their image of her life was far different to the image Raelynn was dreaming of. They would have her married into another rich family, something that made Raelynn feel deeply uncomfortable. When given the ultimatum that she wed someone of her parents choosing, or be cut off from them, she chose to follow her own path. At night, Raelynn would read books on Tamriel, reading about great mages throughout history who had done amazing things and adventurers, and of the hidden secrets scattered through the world. She wanted to be an adventurer, but she didn't really want to get her hands dirty - or put herself front and centre in battle. So, following the natural inclination of her race to wield magic, she was prompted to request to join the Daggerfall Mages Guild when she came of age to begin learning the art of curative and restorative magic.

She soon found that the Guild was not for her, and instead chose to leave her home of High Rock forever and attend the College of Winterhold to study her chosen discipline even further. During her time as an apprentice of the College, she faced teasing from her peers for sticking solely to Restorative magic. This made her choose a secondary discipline of magic to study and she chose Conjuration.

As with her growing boredom of the Mages Guild, Raelynn got bored of the libraries and four walls of the College after some years. She grew tired of the bitter cold, the terribly plain food, and the putrid smells which wafted through the corridors and congregated in her chamber of all places. She began to dream of practicing her magic out in the field, going on adventures and making gold. With the blessing of Colette Marence, she finally left the College to travel the rest of Skyrim. She found herself frustrated on these travels, adventurers didn't pay all that much for her magic, nor did they ever seem to want to share the spoils. She had to think of something else, and so she began treat adventurers who would stumble into taverns with wounds and ailments, firstly plying them with alcohol and sweetening them up with her charm, before curing them and making sure she took a premium price from them.

During these years, she picked up a few new skills from those she travelled with. Until this point in her life she had not really had a need to learn any offensive combat skills. A traveling companion quickly told her that while a spell may keep disease at bay, a dagger or two hidden inside a cloak is likely to save her life.

During the time of the rise of the Dragonborn, Raelynn found herself amongst the aftermath of dragon attacks rather frequently. She would come across the bodies of the burnt. The sight of their armour that had melded to their skin gave them the appearance of steel men, of crumbled statues. There was nothing she could do help them. Some of the scenes she witnessed absolutely traumatised her, giving her a fear of fire and flames. She tries to keep this section of her past secret from those she meets, for fear of showing weakness and vulnerability.

Skills:
Major:
- Restoration: She is an impressive healer, and chooses to use only curative magic - save for the few offensive and defensive spells she keeps up her sleeve for sticky situations. Fast Healing, Healing Hands, Sun Fire, Greater Ward, Heal Other, Close Wounds, Repel Lesser Undead. She chooses these particular spells so that she can stay away from the direct front-line and out of immediate danger.

- Alchemy: Healing Knowledge. Raelynn has an advanced knowledge of the various plants and other items that are found throughout Tamriel that can provide healing qualities. She is also skilled with treating wounds that cannot be directly healed with magic. She enjoys brewing herbal teas which have been known to revitalise and 'perk up' some of her fellow adventurers.

Minor:
- Conjuration: Raelynn knows the spells Conjure Familiar, Raise Zombie, and Bound Sword. She very rarely uses these spells, and will only do so if she herself is in immediate danger, saving her Magicka for restorative purposes.

- Dual-Weapons: Raelynn uses twin daggers together to defend herself if need be. She is not an intimidating size, and so will generally only rely on her daggers if she is in absolute immediate danger and can get the upper hand. (Being small and thin sometimes has a speed advantage.)

- Lockpicking: She taught herself to pick through locks to get to the more interesting books in the library of the College. Now, she practices lock picking to find and pocket the best treasures in the dungeons and crypts she has found herself in.

Equipment:
Raelynn carries her Staff of the Healing Hand as well as two steel daggers which she keeps quite hidden in her cloak. She always carries a small cloth pouch full of dried blue mountain flowers, lavendar sprigs, and other flowers - to make teas with as well as a small knife for harvesting plants efficiently.

She has her notebook filled with her healing tricks and tips, and a journal which she writes in at the end of each day, documenting her whole life and journey for the day she finally sits down to write her memoirs and healing books. This is her secret journal, and she would hate for anyone to read it. Often pouring out her true feelings onto the parchment - whether those feelings are good or bad.

She always has a pouch full of gold, stating that it is to keep her safe in times of trouble. As most mages do, she carries at least 3 Magicka potions. She'd be stupid not too.

The only other thing she carries is a letter from her parents, wishing her well at the College of Winterhold. Despite being fond of fine things, she travels on a shoestring and only keeps what is absolutely necessary on her person - the rest she keeps in a locked trunk at the College of Winterhold, or has sent to her parents for them to keep safe.

Birthsign:
The Mage

Miscellaneous:
Raelynn is a terrible, terrible, terrible drunk. Being so small means that even the smallest of amounts of Marne wine, or Nord Ale are enough to tip her over the edge.

Hope this is all okay. New to the site so still getting used to it, if there's anything not working please let me know so I can change it and make her more suited to the RP! Would rather change than be kicked out haha :)

The Elder Scrolls: Swords & Septims

I'm interested in this!

I will need to think of a character.

The 1st Magic Insurrection [NEW/ACCEPTING]

Olivia Turner

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."

Name: Olivia Turner
Gender: Female
Age: 29
Alignment: Guild/Non-Magic
Rank within Organisation: Currently non-member

Birthmark Shape: No Birthmark - however Olivia has a scar on the right side of her neck from a failed mugging attempt when she was in her early 20's.
Non-Magical Abilities: Olivia is a brown belt student of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and has studied for 6 years. She was a track athlete during high-school and because of this is a skilled sprinter.

Place of Birth: New York
Currently Residing: New York

Personality: Olivia would be described by her peers as enthusiastic, curious, spiritually inclined, warm, and at times can be naive. She is an incredibly friendly person, despite having had some shocking events in her past - she was able to move through them with guidance and therapy. With others, she is open, empathetic, and patient - and often will cross paths with people needing help in some way. She has an in-built desire to help people and to positively change the world on a large scale.

History/Bio: Olivia was born and raised in New York, and lived an ordinary middle-class life. She was a good student, and was part of her high school track team. She had many friends and a comfortable upbringing. Her parents were kind and generous to her and her friends. Olivia finally left home at 18 to attend college on a track scholarship, studying human biology.

It was during her third year of college that her life was changed; whilst walking home she was accosted by a group of thugs who held her at knifepoint to mug her. The largest mugger was about to slit her throat, and in fact the knife was already cut into her neck when they were stopped by a stranger wielding magic. Olivia remembers very little about the stranger, or what happened to the muggers. She only remembers waking up in the hospital.

For many months after this incident, Olivia suffered with severe post-traumatic stress. She was unable to leave the house, suffered from panic attacks and crippling fear. She dropped out of college, and never finished her degree and studies. It was during this time a friend encouraged her to enrol in a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu academy. Learning this discipline guided her through her trauma and allowed her to come out of the other side stronger, and more spiritual. People tended not to believe her when she explained she was saved by someone with magic - especially her parents.

For the last 6 years, Olivia has worked at a prestigious technology company in New York as part of a medical research team, having worked her way up through sheer grit and determination. By night, she is a host of an online community dedicated and obsessed with championing magic users, and uncovering the conspiracy that hides them from non-magic users. Her real reason for this site is to finally find the stranger who saved her to thank them, and to prove to herself that this person was real.

Relationships
Name: Rose Miller
Relationship:Acquaintance/boss
Characters opinion of them: Olivia has no real opinion of Rose, she is only someone that she passes each day at work.

Favorite Food?

Spicy beef burritos with plenty of guac and sour cream eat with it. Either in, or to slap on after each bite.

I'm also really into Japanese cuisine at the moment - ramens and tuna sashimi..... mmmmm yummyyy

What Hogwarts house are you in?

Slytherin

What's your favorite stupid movie?

Grandma's Boy

The 1st Magic Insurrection [NEW/ACCEPTING]

Olivia Turner

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."

Name: Olivia Turner
Gender: Female
Age: 29
Alignment: Guild/Non-Magic
Rank within Organisation: Currently non-member

Birthmark Shape: No Birthmark - however Olivia has a scar on the right side of her neck from a failed mugging attempt when she was in her early 20's.
Non-Magical Abilities: Olivia is a brown belt student of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and has studied for 6 years. She was a track athlete during high-school and because of this is a skilled sprinter.

Place of Birth: New York
Currently Residing: New York

Personality: Olivia would be described by her peers as enthusiastic, curious, spiritually inclined, warm, and at times can be naive. She is an incredibly friendly person, despite having had some shocking events in her past - she was able to move through them with guidance and therapy. With others, she is open, empathetic, and patient - and often will cross paths with people needing help in some way. She has an in-built desire to help people and to positively change the world on a large scale.

History/Bio: Olivia was born and raised in New York, and lived an ordinary middle-class life. She was a good student, and was part of her high school track team. She had many friends and a comfortable upbringing. Her parents were kind and generous to her and her friends. Olivia finally left home at 18 to attend college on a track scholarship, studying human biology.

It was during her third year of college that her life was changed; whilst walking home she was accosted by a group of thugs who held her at knifepoint to mug her. The largest mugger was about to slit her throat, and in fact the knife was already cut into her neck when they were stopped by a stranger wielding magic. Olivia remembers very little about the stranger, or what happened to the muggers. She only remembers waking up in the hospital.

For many months after this incident, Olivia suffered with severe post-traumatic stress. She was unable to leave the house, suffered from panic attacks and crippling fear. She dropped out of college, and never finished her degree and studies. It was during this time a friend encouraged her to enrol in a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu academy. Learning this discipline guided her through her trauma and allowed her to come out of the other side stronger, and more spiritual. People tended not to believe her when she explained she was saved by someone with magic - especially her parents.

For the last 6 years, Olivia has worked at a prestigious technology company in New York as part of a medical research team, having worked her way up through sheer grit and determination. By night, she is a host of an online community dedicated and obsessed with championing magic users, and uncovering the conspiracy that hides them from non-magic users. Her real reason for this site is to finally find the stranger who saved her to thank them, and to prove to herself that this person was real.

Relationships
Name: Rose Miller
Relationship:Acquaintance/boss
Characters opinion of them: Olivia has no real opinion of Rose, she is only someone that she passes each day at work.

(( I hope this is okay? Happy to expand on parts - and hope it's okay that she works in the same company as Rose, @codex))