LilithSerenadaAug 03, 2014Aug 03, 2014 at 10:05 AM
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Name: Lieleta Darksky
Age: 23
Race: Bosmer
Flair: A pair of antlers on her head; numerous small, round scars embroidered on her face; piercing light grey eyes
Mannerisms: Lieleta is quiet and reserved, always keeping her hands busy with something (re-stringing a bow, balancing a blade, etc.). She speaks directly and with little concern of others' feelings, advising that the truth is best left un-seasoned. It's not uncommon to see her lips moving slightly and her face making light gestures as she is always actively concocting new traps or tactics to out-smart potential opponents.
Lieleta moves near-silently and will often seat herself in reserved corners or in shadows, even among comfortable allies. She is always on edge, and any advance toward her that makes her uneasy (such as sneaking up from behind) will likely result in a dagger threatening a major artery.
Spirituality: Lieleta openly scorns the Daedric Prince Hircine, resulting in her hunting excursions to often end in dismay. In an attempt to offset this disfavour, she has devoted her time to praising and studying the whims of Nocturnal. She has also been known to turn to Baan Dar on occasion if the situation deems it necessary. She is also a devout follower of The Green Pact, though only while inside Valenwood borders.
Rumors (from the perspective of a Nord on-looker): "Lieleta is very patriotic toward her home of Valenwood, to the point where she has gained notoriety for starting (and finishing) several public brawls surrounding the topic."
"Lieleta swears by daggers. Strange for a Bosmer - don't they usually go for bows? And even stranger, why does she carry three of them? Two is excessive enough, but a third is just down-right useless."
"Lieleta clearly has some sort of bone to pick with the God of the Hunt, Hircine, but no one has ever been able to get the whole story out of her."
"Lieleta seems to get unnerved around Altmer men. I've never seen her react violently toward them, mind you, but I've also never seen her on the same side of the room as them."
"Have you seen those sticks on Lieleta's head? I was only a pint in when I took a look at them, but I'm pretty sure they're truly growing from her skull..."
Backstory (stuff your characters won't know): Lieleta was raised as the only daughter in a back-water cult of Hircine worshippers in Valenwood and one of the last remaining villages to follow The Green Pact to its strictest. Hircine, respectful of their cultural wishes, blessed them not with the power of a werewolf, but instead with sets of antlers used as camouflage and lure whilst hunting deer (a technique that vaguely caught on through various parts of Valenwood, albeit with crafted, wearable antlers and not a divine blessing).
One night amidst a village festival, Lieleta's mother disappeared for reasons still unbeknownst to her. She never returned, and her father soon left, forcefully restraining her and saying that it was Hircine's will that he find and kill her mother. He also never returned, and the villagers began acting as if he never existed.
An orphan in her own home (and the only young woman available), she became the prospect of the general of a unit of Altmer soldiers whose duty was to shake down peasants in Valenwood in order to persuade an alliance in the Dominion through racketeering. In order to secure their protection, the villagers offered Lieleta as an offering to the general. After she was secure in his tent, the unit burned the village to the ground, leaving no survivors. (As they were a very remote, tiny, cultist village, their existence was hardly known, much less missed). While the unit celebrated upon their return to Elsewyr, she took a dagger from the general's own hilt and quietly slit the throats of anyone who had touched her in that time (sparing all the rest with nothing but a note stabbed into the general's sternum reading "Consider this a warning to not tread down this man's path") before escaping into the forests, intent on honing her hunting skills to perfection to efficiently deal with any roustabouts who may follow her former captor's suit.
Name: Lieleta Darksky
Age: 23
Race: Bosmer
Flair: A pair of antlers on her head; numerous small, round scars embroidered on her face; piercing light grey eyes
Mannerisms: Lieleta is quiet and reserved, always keeping her hands busy with something (re-stringing a bow, balancing a blade, etc.). She speaks directly and with little concern of others' feelings, advising that the truth is best left un-seasoned. It's not uncommon to see her lips moving slightly and her face making light gestures as she is always actively concocting new traps or tactics to out-smart potential opponents.
Lieleta moves near-silently and will often seat herself in reserved corners or in shadows, even among comfortable allies. She is always on edge, and any advance toward her that makes her uneasy (such as sneaking up from behind) will likely result in a dagger threatening a major artery.
Spirituality: Lieleta openly scorns the Daedric Prince Hircine, resulting in her hunting excursions to often end in dismay. In an attempt to offset this disfavour, she has devoted her time to praising and studying the whims of Nocturnal. She has also been known to turn to Baan Dar on occasion if the situation deems it necessary. She is also a devout follower of The Green Pact, though only while inside Valenwood borders.
Rumors (from the perspective of a Nord on-looker): "Lieleta is very patriotic toward her home of Valenwood, to the point where she has gained notoriety for starting (and finishing) several public brawls surrounding the topic."
"Lieleta swears by daggers. Strange for a Bosmer - don't they usually go for bows? And even stranger, why does she carry three of them? Two is excessive enough, but a third is just down-right useless."
"Lieleta clearly has some sort of bone to pick with the God of the Hunt, Hircine, but no one has ever been able to get the whole story out of her."
"Lieleta seems to get unnerved around Altmer men. I've never seen her react violently toward them, mind you, but I've also never seen her on the same side of the room as them."
"Have you seen those sticks on Lieleta's head? I was only a pint in when I took a look at them, but I'm pretty sure they're truly growing from her skull..."
Backstory (stuff your characters won't know): Lieleta was raised as the only daughter in a back-water cult of Hircine worshippers in Valenwood and one of the last remaining villages to follow The Green Pact to its strictest. Hircine, respectful of their cultural wishes, blessed them not with the power of a werewolf, but instead with sets of antlers used as camouflage and lure whilst hunting deer (a technique that vaguely caught on through various parts of Valenwood, albeit with crafted, wearable antlers and not a divine blessing).
One night amidst a village festival, Lieleta's mother disappeared for reasons still unbeknownst to her.
Spoiler
She will eventually uncover, however, that her mother had plans to overthrow Hircine as Master of the Hunt and was running from his chase - a legacy that she will follow.
An orphan in her own home (and the only young woman available), she became the prospect of the general of a unit of Altmer soldiers whose duty was to shake down peasants in Valenwood in order to persuade an alliance in the Dominion through racketeering. In order to secure their protection, the villagers offered Lieleta as an offering to the general. After she was secure in his tent, the unit burned the village to the ground, leaving no survivors. (As they were a very remote, tiny, cultist village, their existence was hardly known, much less missed).
Trigger Warning
She was raped and physically abused by the entire unit for 3 weeks while they traveled back to their home.