12/31/2008 - Edessa

Edessa

She worked as a servant for a lord who happend to be a poet. His verses sparked a secret desire within her and she covted his work. She began collecting scraps he tossed out in the wastebasket, and reading his poems he kept locked away, while he was out or sleeping. Copying them down into an album she kept. She envied the women wrote about, but delighted in reading his fluid caressing words. Untill the day she was caught. Her Lord could not understand the love she felt for him and showed little mercy. She was put out on the streets, now with her reputation mared, left to fend for herself.

12/28/2008 - Tara

Tara

She was once a part of an elite team made up of those that pocessed speacial gifts and powers, who were intended to act as gaurdians for the people, but when they began to grow corrupt and seak thier own perosonal power, she left. Feareful they may try and come after her, she now works as a teacher within a small viallage were no one knows her true idenity or of her past.

12/20/2008 - Catherine

Catherine

Born of wealth and privilege she finds the lifestyle to often be a bore, she tires of balls, and is annoyed with most the noble lords who think primiarly only of themselves. She was raised with a sensitivity for those less forutunate, and always voices against cruelty and enjustice. She lives a secret life as a masked rebel who protects the people from the shadows, while her true indeinity passess unknown. She is known as The Guardian among the poeple who view her as a myserious hero. Some even rumur her to be a supernatural force.

12/20/2008 - Kintara

Kintara

Her mother was run out of the city under threat of her life, for being denounced as a wtich, while her father was hanged by the tyrant government. She was born within the woods, and she remained an outcast. Angry over the suffering of her family she was determined to have vengence for what was done, as an outlaw strikes against those in power, and earns a secret following among the poor and oppressed.

12/14/2008 - Kotrina

Kotrina

Born into welath and luxury and spoiled as a child she was rather use to getting her way, and having every comfort. When there was rebellion stirring in the streets her parents sent her away with her borhter a merchant sailor for her own protection in case things esclalated. A strong willed woman with a quick temper, not taking no easily for an answer, she rather disliked having to travel in such condidtions and was quick to make demands and orders of everyone around her exepcting to be obeyed and treated as a proper lady.

12/14/2008 - Moraga

Moraga

Vampires are nothing like the myths would have you beleive. They are wild barbaric, uncivilized monsters, who hunt in packs and kill without mercy or without thought. They are vicisious unfeeling beasts living like wild monsters. And they kill sagavagely. As a young girl she hid and watched as her parents were ripped apart by the creatures, and her family slain bloodily before her eyes. Left on her own, she grew to despise the creatures and dedicated her life to hunting them down and having her vegence upon them.

12/5/2008 - Leta

Leta

Trained within the House of Illumination, where young women who demostrate power and gifts are raised and taught, she felt a kinship to her other sisters thier, they were the only family she would know for her time within thier walls. She was devestated when she discovered a dark consipiracy brewing. When she confided to the only one whom she knew she could trust, she was betrayed and only barely escaped with her life. Now she lives in fear that they will come for her for what she knows, and she is weary of trusting anyone again.

11/29/2008 - Healani

Healani

One of the only women to have entered into the Gladatory Guild, a group of swordsmen and other warriors, many of whom are ex-soliders, or men with whom owes debts which cannot be paid, slaves that have been made freedmen, and others who do not have a place. They work for hire, mostly paid by the noblity to fight for entertianment, and at imporant events, in addition to fighting for prizes during tournaments.

11/12/2008 - Rand

Rand

Born of a nobel family, she always had a heart for adventure and freedom. When her parents wished to force her into marraige with someone she did not care for. She disguised herself as a man and fled to obtain passage upon a ship. Though having nothing and knowing not where to go. She feared her true identy to be revealed so she obtained work within the guise of a man upon a merchants vessel.

11/6/2008 - Mora

Mora

She was born in exile, a princess that never had a throne to ascend to. Her mother was lost in child birth, and her father driven away druing a revolt. They traveled the world together, and he told her of her true roots, and what she really was. So she might never forget where she came from. Only having each other to rely upon, they had come to be quite close as well they shared the seceret knowlege of the truth of her bloodline. Though the road could be hard, and in age with the passing of time her father grew ill until his death. By now she was a young woman. Strong willed, with a quick temperement and prepared to look after herself.

10/29/2008 - Jolien

Jolien

10/29/2008 - Modena

Modena

Captian of the Black Morte, a privateer ship, she is a mercenary of the high seas. Running down pirates, and smugglers to collect the bounty and if the price is right taking out any enemy ships during conflicts and times of wore. One of the most feared hunters of the sea. She shows no mercy, and has never failed. Known for her power in the arts, a sorceress she can will the winds and weather in her favor.

10/29/2008 - Allora

Allora

Her father was a knight whom had grown corrupt with power, and her mother a whore, while she never met her father as he wanted nothing to do with the child, and never got along with her mother who viewed her as a burdon. When she was old enough she left home, and learned to look after herself, living like a gypsy. She discovered a power within herself. She became a spirit-walker, with the ability to see the ghosts of the dead, and have dreams of prophacy and power.

10/18/2008 - Samara

Samara

Elsu

She was found abandon as a child by a tribe of Natives, while it is unknown what had become of her true parents, being just an innocent child they took her in and raised her as their own. She grew up knowing only thier ways, and thought away of the physical differences in her apperence from them, she never thought to ask about it, for in her mind she was no different then they were. It was discovered she had a gift and she was taught in the healing arts asa meidcine woman. Whatever may be within her blood, it was to the ones that had took her in and raised her that she could give her loyalty and "civilization" was an unknown and forgien to her of which she held no interest. She enjoyed the freedom of nature.

Elsu was the son of the Tribal Cheif, when it came time to choose the next leader, it was a natural choice for the Elders to elect Elsu, but he remained resistent to fulfulling his destiny, rather enjoying his carefree and peaceful life with the tribe. He had always been something of a thorn in her side, she found him to be stubbrorn, selfish, infuriating and impossible, and he refused to listen to reason, yet it seemed she could not manage to stay away from him. Once he had made the choice to become High Shaman they were drawn closer and a new relationship began to develop between them.

10/5/2008 - Matilda

Matilda

One day as a young girl she came home from playing in the woods and picking wildflowers for her mother to discover both her parents were dead, murded within the cabin where they lived together. She was then whisked away to a strange new place, where it was discovered she had a rare talent. She was trained as a Fire Mage displaying greater power then had been seen in many years. As she grew older she began to have questions, and eventurally left the order, to seek the answers to the death of her parents, and suspsions that the ones who raised and trained her were involved with the murder.

9/14/2008 - Wren

Wren

A royal messenger, she was bread and trained for speed and swiftness. To kill or try and bring harm and injury to one of the messengers could result in instant death, they are protected by the crown and highly vauled. But she is also owend as a peice of proeperty and though she is treated well, she has little of her own freedom. Often she is lonely and wonders about the lives of others. Becasue of what she is , she has no true friends. Seen either as a tool or an object, or feared that associating with her might cause one to get in trouble. It is as if she is inviseable. Other messengers are kept seperate from each other, and not given to associate.

8/29/2008 - Selean

Selean

She is not your average gypsy, she travels with a very strange and myserious band in which there are many whispers and rumurs about. They only come in the shadows of night, and are gone before the sun rises the next day. Nobody knows where they come from or who they are. Though there is often talk of dissaperences they seem to accompany thier arrivails and depature.

8/29/2008 - Helene

Helene

A wandering warrior, she now moves from city to city and village to village concealing her true idenity and never staying in the same place for too long. She it easily tempted by gambling, and has a tendence to accumlate debts with which she than cannot pay. Finding herself in a bit of trouble, she trys not to overstay her welcome.

8/3/2008 - Saeja

Saeja

She was born with "The Calling" as it was called. The gift of the seer, a gift which in some ways could also be a curse, for with the power which came with it, there was also a terrible burdon that must be held. She is one of the youngest seers to pocesses the gift, and though she knows it is not her place to question fate, she often wonders why she of all people was choosen. She has to struggle against her feelings of being unworty, as she tries to find the confidence and strength she needs. She knows one of the things a seer cannot do is let themselves be intimidated, or else thier gifts may be misused by men of power who wish only to satisfy thier own greed. But it is the duty of a seer to help guide those of power into leading justly and rightly.

8/3/2008 - Barda

Barda

Orphaned as a young girl she was taken in by a man that most feared. He was a large imposing figure whom carried his own perosnal aresnal whereever he went. Kown to be cold and distant from others, a man who would not flinch at the thought of killing another. A hardend warrior, and to her, he was about the nicest and most gentle hearted person she ever met. While most would keep a clear path away from him, and tremble at the thought of incuring his wrath, as a child, she would sit upon his knee and giggle as he made funny faces at her. To his family, he was warm and generous. He saw something within her, and at a young age began training her in every weapon which he had in his pocession. She proved to be gifted and a quick learner. When one day she was out in the woods with the boys of the village, hunting and playing games, they saw smoke rise in the air, and heard cries from the village, but by the time they got there it was too late, the village was devestated, and her own family found dead. From that moment she set off to find who was responseable and make them pay.