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| ====== Ilirith ====== | ====== Ilirith ====== | ||
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| //As she examined the daggers and darts and little bottles and other tools of her trade, Ilirith realized that 'in politics' | //As she examined the daggers and darts and little bottles and other tools of her trade, Ilirith realized that 'in politics' | ||
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| //Ilirith had always been, by takma standards, somewhat boyish-looking: | //Ilirith had always been, by takma standards, somewhat boyish-looking: | ||
| - | //The [[culture:mythology: | + | //The [[mythology: |
| //She sighed, drew the gray cloak around her, and checked in the mirror again; between the covering and the padding of her figure by the harness and pouches underneath, the effect was much less noticeable. She turned and slunk out her door, mourning life's complications.//</ | //She sighed, drew the gray cloak around her, and checked in the mirror again; between the covering and the padding of her figure by the harness and pouches underneath, the effect was much less noticeable. She turned and slunk out her door, mourning life's complications.//</ | ||
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| * **Nicknames or aliases:** The graycloak | * **Nicknames or aliases:** The graycloak | ||
| * **Date of birth:** 81 Cloud 24:30 | * **Date of birth:** 81 Cloud 24:30 | ||
| - | * **Place of birth:** Kuhel, Domain of [[avishraa: | + | * **Place of birth: |
| ==== Gender and sexuality ==== | ==== Gender and sexuality ==== | ||
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| * **Species: | * **Species: | ||
| * **Race:** [[takma: | * **Race:** [[takma: | ||
| - | * **Ethnic origin:** [[culture:ethnicity: | + | * **Ethnic origin:** [[ethnicity: |
| - | * **Current ethnic identification: | + | * **Current ethnic identification: |
| - | * **Native language:** [[language: | + | * **Native language:** [[language: |
| - | * **Other languages spoken:** [[language: | + | * **Other languages spoken:** [[language: |
| ==== Other ==== | ==== Other ==== | ||
| - | * **Alignment: | + | * **Alignment: |
| * **Magical attunement: | * **Magical attunement: | ||
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| ==== Religious views ==== | ==== Religious views ==== | ||
| - | Ilirith has a largely ambivalent attitude toward the gods, due in part to her fraught relationship with the priesthood. While she assumes they exist and play some part in the world, she views the [[culture:mythology: | + | Ilirith has a largely ambivalent attitude toward the gods, due in part to her fraught relationship with the priesthood. While she assumes they exist and play some part in the world, she views the [[mythology: |
| Such acts of worship as she performs, invariably in private, are simply semi-equitable exchanges; she provides worship to the gods in exchange for their services. If these in turn are provided, all well and good; if not, she will do without them, for she prefers to use divine intervention as a possible supplement to her own abilities rather than a substitute. | Such acts of worship as she performs, invariably in private, are simply semi-equitable exchanges; she provides worship to the gods in exchange for their services. If these in turn are provided, all well and good; if not, she will do without them, for she prefers to use divine intervention as a possible supplement to her own abilities rather than a substitute. | ||
| ==== Social aptitude ==== | ==== Social aptitude ==== | ||
| - | Ilirith is used to being inscrutable to others. Her only confidante of any note is the [[avishraa: | + | Ilirith is used to being inscrutable to others. Her only confidante of any note is the [[geopolitical:alvraan:matriarch]] [[person: |
| As a result, she has a strong tendency toward introversion and a retiring nature. This is not to say that she does not sometimes desire company; she is used to doing without and to spending her unfilled hours alone, but does not mind it when it comes, provided that the setting is reasonably private. Those few who have done so have found her to be largely pleasant, modest company, with the refined but not overdone manners of a young lady with a modest rank delegated to her. | As a result, she has a strong tendency toward introversion and a retiring nature. This is not to say that she does not sometimes desire company; she is used to doing without and to spending her unfilled hours alone, but does not mind it when it comes, provided that the setting is reasonably private. Those few who have done so have found her to be largely pleasant, modest company, with the refined but not overdone manners of a young lady with a modest rank delegated to her. | ||
| ==== Likes, dislikes, and taboos ==== | ==== Likes, dislikes, and taboos ==== | ||
| - | Ilirith enjoys reading books - of almost any kind, but particularly on [[history: | + | Ilirith enjoys reading books - of almost any kind, but particularly on [[history: |
| While she appreciates games, she finds few opportunities to play them against a suitable opponent; the few people willing to actually play against the Graycloak do not have the psionic discipline to prevent her from seeing into their thoughts, and she is often able to guess an opponent' | While she appreciates games, she finds few opportunities to play them against a suitable opponent; the few people willing to actually play against the Graycloak do not have the psionic discipline to prevent her from seeing into their thoughts, and she is often able to guess an opponent' | ||
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| Ilirith has been extensively trained in close combat, both armed - especially with daggers, but also with swords, spears and staves - and unarmed. She has also had some training in ranged combat, though her own telekinetic abilities largely supplement or supersede anything she might be able to accomplish with a sling, bow, or spear-thrower. She has also been given instruction in the use and handling of poisons, and in tactics, espionage, and misdirection. | Ilirith has been extensively trained in close combat, both armed - especially with daggers, but also with swords, spears and staves - and unarmed. She has also had some training in ranged combat, though her own telekinetic abilities largely supplement or supersede anything she might be able to accomplish with a sling, bow, or spear-thrower. She has also been given instruction in the use and handling of poisons, and in tactics, espionage, and misdirection. | ||
| - | Although born a commoner, she has had aspects of a privileged upbringing due to her position near the Matriarch. While her relationship with the priesthood prevented her education from being overseen by them, as is frequent with the noble class, the Matriarch nonetheless arranged for tutors to give her a decent education for her time. She can both read and write in [[language: | + | Although born a commoner, she has had aspects of a privileged upbringing due to her position near the Matriarch. While her relationship with the priesthood prevented her education from being overseen by them, as is frequent with the noble class, the Matriarch nonetheless arranged for tutors to give her a decent education for her time. She can both read and write in [[language: |
| In the topical sense, her education has focused mainly around two major complexes of knowledge, both relevant to her training. The first surrounds politics, history, and military tactics and strategy; as a result, she has an above-average understanding of both Alvraanish domestic and Heartlander regional politics, of the history of the Imperial sphere in general and the Heartland region in particular, and of important figures and military campaigns from the past. The second, which is more narrowly focused, surrounds biology - the anatomy and functioning of the takma body, the substances that can have an effect on said body, and the plants and animals from which those substances can be procured, though the latter is restricted to species native to the Heartland region. | In the topical sense, her education has focused mainly around two major complexes of knowledge, both relevant to her training. The first surrounds politics, history, and military tactics and strategy; as a result, she has an above-average understanding of both Alvraanish domestic and Heartlander regional politics, of the history of the Imperial sphere in general and the Heartland region in particular, and of important figures and military campaigns from the past. The second, which is more narrowly focused, surrounds biology - the anatomy and functioning of the takma body, the substances that can have an effect on said body, and the plants and animals from which those substances can be procured, though the latter is restricted to species native to the Heartland region. | ||
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| ===== Personal history ===== | ===== Personal history ===== | ||
| - | Ilirith was born to a family of peasants within the dominion of [[avishraa: | + | Ilirith was born to a family of peasants within the dominion of [[geopolitical:Alvraan:]]. Her parents, a mother and two fathers, worked a //balviir// ranch along the boggy northern banks of the [[geography:sekhaa: |
| Ilirith was their first daughter, and they doted shamelessly on her; one of Ilirith' | Ilirith was their first daughter, and they doted shamelessly on her; one of Ilirith' | ||
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| She had always been a little small, but as she approached her first cycle, it became apparent that she was lagging well behind her siblings in growth. Her parents were inclined, with a certain amount of nervousness, | She had always been a little small, but as she approached her first cycle, it became apparent that she was lagging well behind her siblings in growth. Her parents were inclined, with a certain amount of nervousness, | ||
| - | Ilirith was momentarily pleased before realizing that her parents emphatically were not. Her mother and fathers argued and anguished for vigils over what to do, upsetting each other and everyone else, until at last they went to their landlord for advice; the latter, somewhat to the parents' | + | Ilirith was momentarily pleased before realizing that her parents emphatically were not. Her mother and fathers argued and anguished for vigils over what to do, upsetting each other and everyone else, until at last they went to their landlord for advice; the latter, somewhat to the parents' |
| //I'm sorry,// she'd said to them, while Ilirith watched. // | //I'm sorry,// she'd said to them, while Ilirith watched. // | ||
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| And so she began her training in the ways of combat - and, indeed, in other useful fields. This proceeded under a variety of instructors, | And so she began her training in the ways of combat - and, indeed, in other useful fields. This proceeded under a variety of instructors, | ||
| - | It did not take long for her experiments to bear fruit. After several turns, she was responsible for uncovering a plot by [[avishraa: | + | It did not take long for her experiments to bear fruit. After several turns, she was responsible for uncovering a plot by [[geopolitical: |
| By the age of two cycles, still a child, she began appearing openly by the Matriarch' | By the age of two cycles, still a child, she began appearing openly by the Matriarch' | ||
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| This was among the reasons that the Matriarch began sending Ilirith on missions outside the palace - to give her an outlet for her energies, to allow her more breathing space, and, perhaps just as importantly, | This was among the reasons that the Matriarch began sending Ilirith on missions outside the palace - to give her an outlet for her energies, to allow her more breathing space, and, perhaps just as importantly, | ||
| - | In 84 Cloud 23, the Matriarch added another duty to her schedule that she found much more promising. She told her that the Matriarch' | + | In 84 Cloud 23, the Matriarch added another duty to her schedule that she found much more promising. She told her that the Matriarch' |
| Demarath was an unknown, the Matriarch told her. Vashareth had successfully hidden his existence from everyone, including the Matriarch herself, for nearly three cycles. He gave the impression of servility, but was at an awkward age, less than two turns younger than Ilirith herself - boys were rarely reliable or predictable at that time of life. //I owe Vashareth this, and more - a thousand times over. She has never called in that debt, except for this, the life of her son. I am obliged to do this for her, though the risk is enormous,// the Matriarch had said. | Demarath was an unknown, the Matriarch told her. Vashareth had successfully hidden his existence from everyone, including the Matriarch herself, for nearly three cycles. He gave the impression of servility, but was at an awkward age, less than two turns younger than Ilirith herself - boys were rarely reliable or predictable at that time of life. //I owe Vashareth this, and more - a thousand times over. She has never called in that debt, except for this, the life of her son. I am obliged to do this for her, though the risk is enormous,// the Matriarch had said. | ||
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| ==== Other individuals ==== | ==== Other individuals ==== | ||
| - | Ilirith knows a lot of people much better than they would like or intend, if they were ever aware of it, but this is largely for professional reasons - it's her job to know what they' | + | Ilirith knows a lot of people much better than they would like or intend, if they were ever aware of it, but this is largely for professional reasons - it's her job to know what they' |
| - | Of all of them, she is closest to the [[avishraa: | + | Of all of them, she is closest to the [[geopolitical:alvraan:matriarch]] herself, [[person: |
| If Ankorineth is Ilirith' | If Ankorineth is Ilirith' | ||
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| ===== Inspirations ===== | ===== Inspirations ===== | ||
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