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person:ferleth [2021/01/19 21:33] – [Habits, quirks, and mannerisms] shyriathperson:ferleth [2024/01/17 13:59] (current) – ↷ Links adapted because of a move operation shyriath
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 +====== Ferleth ======
 <blockquote>//Female companionship had been a bit of a problem for the [[takma:behaviors#male_bands|band]], up until the last sixth-cycle or so.// <blockquote>//Female companionship had been a bit of a problem for the [[takma:behaviors#male_bands|band]], up until the last sixth-cycle or so.//
  
 //Females could be reasonable about food or property if you approached them with the right attitude and overwhelming numbers, but try to grab one and someone'd soon be missing body parts. It'd gotten to the point were there were no good options around, and Kadreth had been starting to feel rather desperate. But the gods had provided.// //Females could be reasonable about food or property if you approached them with the right attitude and overwhelming numbers, but try to grab one and someone'd soon be missing body parts. It'd gotten to the point were there were no good options around, and Kadreth had been starting to feel rather desperate. But the gods had provided.//
  
-//A blacksmith had gotten hold of a female somehow - a [[chosen:|witch]], no less! - and had badly wanted to get rid of her for a modest fee; quietly and without fuss, no calling up the Matriarch over criminal activity. Some of the boys had been nervous about it, regardless, because you never knew what a witch could do. Something about fire, the smith'd said. But Jekkath had gone ahead with it; she was a bit young, and small, of course, and rather beat up, but it made it all the easier to keep her under control. For safety's sake, though, they'd also invested in making much more of the [[item:substance:meekleaf-potion|meekleaf potion]] they used to calm down captives.//+//A blacksmith had gotten hold of a female somehow - a [[chosen:|witch]], no less! - and had badly wanted to get rid of her for a modest fee; quietly and without fuss, no calling up the Matriarch over criminal activity. Some of the boys had been nervous about it, regardless, because you never knew what a witch could do. Something about fire, the smith'd said. But Jekkath had gone ahead with it; she was a bit young, and small, of course, and rather beat up, but it made it all the easier to keep her under control. For safety's sake, though, they'd also invested in making much more of the [[item:substance:meekleaf potion]] they used to calm down captives.//
  
 //They kept her dosed with it. It was charity, really, Kadreth thought piously; compared to whatever treatment she'd been receiving before, being constantly dosed with happy juice was probably a relief. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape|Having to provide solace to the band]] was just... payment. He wasn't sure how he felt about the new recruits that were resulting, but at least Librith was feeding them, the soft-hearted idiot.// //They kept her dosed with it. It was charity, really, Kadreth thought piously; compared to whatever treatment she'd been receiving before, being constantly dosed with happy juice was probably a relief. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape|Having to provide solace to the band]] was just... payment. He wasn't sure how he felt about the new recruits that were resulting, but at least Librith was feeding them, the soft-hearted idiot.//
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 ===== Basic info ===== ===== Basic info =====
   * **Common name:** Ferleth   * **Common name:** Ferleth
-  * **RP status:** RP character, played by [[user:shyriath|Shyriath]]+  * **RP status:** RP character, played by [[user:Shyriath]]
  
 ==== Biographical data ==== ==== Biographical data ====
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 ==== Heritage and identification ==== ==== Heritage and identification ====
-  * **Species:** [[takma:|Takma]] ([[chosen:|Chosen]])+  * **Species:** [[Takma:]] ([[Chosen:]])
   * **Race:** [[takma:start#variations|Riparian]]   * **Race:** [[takma:start#variations|Riparian]]
-  * **Ethnic origin:** [[culture:ethnicity:heartlander|Heartlander]] +  * **Ethnic origin:** [[ethnicity:Heartlander]] 
-  * **Current ethnic identification:** [[culture:ethnicity:heartlander|Heartlander]] +  * **Current ethnic identification:** [[ethnicity:Heartlander]] 
-  * **Native language:** [[language:imperial#vernacular_imperial|Midvallic Imperial]] +  * **Native language:** [[language:imperial:start#vernacular_imperial|Midvallic Imperial]] 
-  * **Other languages spoken:** [[language:imperial#contemporary_imperial|Contemporary Imperial]]+  * **Other languages spoken:** [[language:imperial:start#Contemporary Imperial]]
  
 ==== Other ==== ==== Other ====
-  * **Alignment:** [[chosen:kaean|Kaean]] +  * **Alignment:** [[chosen:#kaeans|Kaean]] 
-  * **Magical attunement:** [[chosen:magic:spark|Spark]]+  * **Magical attunement:** [[chosen:magic:Spark]]
  
 ===== Physical ===== ===== Physical =====
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 ==== Religious views ==== ==== Religious views ====
-Raised in the milieu of the [[culture:mythology:imperial-religion:|Imperial religion]], Ferleth reserves a special hatred for the [[culture:mythology:imperial-religion:siathar:|Siathar]]. She believes they exist, but blames them for not answering her desperate prayers for deliverance; she prays to them no longer, and curses their names.+Raised in the milieu of the [[mythology:imperial_religion:]], Ferleth reserves a special hatred for the [[mythology:imperial_religion:siathar:]]. She believes they exist, but blames them for not answering her desperate prayers for deliverance; she prays to them no longer, and curses their names.
    
-She holds no hatred, but also no special reverence, for the [[culture:mythology:imperial-religion:lamnar:|Lamnar]], and makes them no offerings; though she is willing to concede that [[culture:mythology:imperial-religion:lamnar:idrizal|Idrizal]], the goddess of fire, may have been responsible for her magical ability, she views this as a mixed blessing at best.+She holds no hatred, but also no special reverence, for the [[mythology:imperial_religion:lamnar:]], and makes them no offerings; though she is willing to concede that [[mythology:imperial_religion:lamnar:idrizal]], the goddess of fire, may have been responsible for her magical ability, she views this as a mixed blessing at best.
  
 ==== Social aptitude ==== ==== Social aptitude ====
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 ==== Habits, quirks, and mannerisms ==== ==== Habits, quirks, and mannerisms ====
 Ferleth tends to keep her head lowered, as if in submission, so long as she is not interacting with anyone, and generally maintains a defensive posture. Ferleth tends to keep her head lowered, as if in submission, so long as she is not interacting with anyone, and generally maintains a defensive posture.
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 +The injury to her muzzle leaves Ferleth with something of a lisp. When conversing, Ferleth tends to come across as impatient, short-tempered, and humorless. Her language is direct, rustic, and coarse, often straying into foul language. She makes no calculated insults, but has no problems telling someone her impression of them to their face.
  
 ==== Traumas ==== ==== Traumas ====
-A lifetime of extended periods of physical and mental abuse, combined with extended use of [[item:substance:meekleaf-potion|meekleaf]], has left Ferleth in a poor mental and emotional state. She exhibits many symptoms of [[[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-traumatic_stress_disorder|PTSD]], including nightmares, flashbacks, and a reluctance to be touched or even approached closely, especially from behind.+A lifetime of extended periods of physical and mental abuse, combined with extended use of [[item:substance:meekleaf_potion|meekleaf]], has left Ferleth in a poor mental and emotional state. She exhibits many symptoms of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-traumatic_stress_disorder|PTSD]], including nightmares, flashbacks, and a reluctance to be touched or even approached closely, especially from behind.
    
 She has little concept of a safe space. She rarely, if ever, feels safe around other people, and when interacting with them tends to be irritable and mistrustful at best, and frequently angry to the point of violence. She maintains this mood as long as she can, because when not angry she tends to enter a black depression in which she struggles to function. Rage, for all the problems it causes, motivates her to live. She has little concept of a safe space. She rarely, if ever, feels safe around other people, and when interacting with them tends to be irritable and mistrustful at best, and frequently angry to the point of violence. She maintains this mood as long as she can, because when not angry she tends to enter a black depression in which she struggles to function. Rage, for all the problems it causes, motivates her to live.
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 ===== Personal resources ===== ===== Personal resources =====
 ==== Aptitudes and abilities ==== ==== Aptitudes and abilities ====
-Ferleth was born as an energist, a Chosen with an affinity for [[chosen:magic:spark|Spark]] magic. She is very much attuned to fire and has the most natural ability with it.+Ferleth was born as an energist, a Chosen with an affinity for [[chosen:magic:Spark]] magic. She is very much attuned to fire and has the most natural ability with it.
    
 === Thermal absorption, amplification, and transfer === === Thermal absorption, amplification, and transfer ===
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 At approximately the age of three cycles, after a beating by Anireth resulted in a panicked Ferleth accidentally burning down part of the smithy, she was essentially sold to a local [[takma:behaviors#male_bands|band]] of males with a poor reputation. She went willingly, and had hopes of better treatment, since their leader, Jekkath, seemed friendly to her. At approximately the age of three cycles, after a beating by Anireth resulted in a panicked Ferleth accidentally burning down part of the smithy, she was essentially sold to a local [[takma:behaviors#male_bands|band]] of males with a poor reputation. She went willingly, and had hopes of better treatment, since their leader, Jekkath, seemed friendly to her.
    
-However, the food they gave her was laced with [[item:substance:meekleaf-potion|meekleaf potion]], a concoction with the effect of relaxing the will and making the consumer suggestible. Young though she was, she was old enough, and was put into service as a sex slave for the group, kept docile with regular doses of the potion. She remained in that state for nearly twelve turns, with only brief moments of clarity that she was never able to take advantage of.+However, the food they gave her was laced with [[item:substance:meekleaf potion]], a concoction with the effect of relaxing the will and making the consumer suggestible. Young though she was, she was old enough, and was put into service as a sex slave for the group, kept docile with regular doses of the potion. She remained in that state for nearly twelve turns, with only brief moments of clarity that she was never able to take advantage of.
    
 But such a regimen cannot be maintained flawlessly forever, and there finally came a time when those responsible for dosing her had unwittingly failed to do so twice in a row. Regaining her will and comprehending what had been done to her, she fled the camp, burning several members of the band alive on her way out. But such a regimen cannot be maintained flawlessly forever, and there finally came a time when those responsible for dosing her had unwittingly failed to do so twice in a row. Regaining her will and comprehending what had been done to her, she fled the camp, burning several members of the band alive on her way out.
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 Ferleth has the impression, through very faint memory, that she was once loved and well cared-for by those she assumes were her birth family, but she can no longer recall who they were, what they looked like, or how it was that her circumstances changed; regardless, her earliest firm memories place her in the care of the smith Arineth and her husbands Nith and Sereth, who grudgingly raised her and were effectively her family. There were no other children in the household. Ferleth has the impression, through very faint memory, that she was once loved and well cared-for by those she assumes were her birth family, but she can no longer recall who they were, what they looked like, or how it was that her circumstances changed; regardless, her earliest firm memories place her in the care of the smith Arineth and her husbands Nith and Sereth, who grudgingly raised her and were effectively her family. There were no other children in the household.
  
-Ferleth prefers to believe that her real parents were forced to give her away to Arineth when they became aware that she was a [[chosen:|Chosen]], though she inwardly fears that the smith and her husbands might well have //been// her parents. Regardless, having experienced emotional neglect and physical abuse from them, and then having been sold by them, she has no remaining ties to them.+Ferleth prefers to believe that her real parents were forced to give her away to Arineth when they became aware that she was a [[Chosen:]], though she inwardly fears that the smith and her husbands might well have //been// her parents. Regardless, having experienced emotional neglect and physical abuse from them, and then having been sold by them, she has no remaining ties to them.
  
 Her time in Jekkath's band resulted in an unknown number of children. Having been conceived while she was under the influence of meekleaf, she did not want them and has no interest in them. Her time in Jekkath's band resulted in an unknown number of children. Having been conceived while she was under the influence of meekleaf, she did not want them and has no interest in them.
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 ===== Inspirations ===== ===== Inspirations =====
   * "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iZ6d0zXw6o|Percy's Escape]]", //Bastion Soundtrack OST//   * "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iZ6d0zXw6o|Percy's Escape]]", //Bastion Soundtrack OST//
-  * "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlsBObg-1BQ|Set Fire to the Rain]]", Adele +  * "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJdu4Lfy8aI|Set Fire to the Rain]]", Adele 
-  * "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3kFPBtc9BE|In Your Eyes]]", Peter Gabriel+  * "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N6G0RVeFBQ|In Your Eyes]]", Peter Gabriel
   * "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w50zQ67D6wY|Vegeta's Super Saiyan Theme]]", //Dragonball Z//   * "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w50zQ67D6wY|Vegeta's Super Saiyan Theme]]", //Dragonball Z//
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