Hope

by **Hope Dawnwhisper** on May 23rd, 2013, 6:15 pm

***Basic Information

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*****	Name	*	*	Hope Dawnwhisper
	Born	*	*	Isalie
*	Race	*	*	Human
*	Gender	*	*	Female
*	Age	*	*	20 years old
*	Date of Birth	*	*	5th Day of Spring, 495AV
*	Place of Birth	*	*	Taloba, Falyndar
*	Current Location	*	*	Endrykas, Cyphrus

[Note: 'Dawnwhisper' appears in the account name
so that Isalie could officially become Hope.
She belongs to that Pavilion but is not a Dawnwhisper.]

by **Hope Dawnwhisper** on March 2nd, 2014, 9:22 pm

Appearance

At a height of approximately 5’3”, Hope is of average height for humans, standing above some, with others towering above her. The young woman is athletic in her build, though her non-existent fitness regime does not leave her to display muscles, and she is best described as somewhat slender. Since becoming a member of the Dawnwhisper clan, she has been sure of a healthy diet and regular exercise (through chores), so is slowly putting on weight. Strong legs from years of experience upon horseback are complemented by a lean torso and full breasts.

It is rare in people's lives that they will come across such a person whose appearance is so... dominated by their pale blue eyes. A vacant gaze that appears to see, but not look, she unnerves many. Her bedraggled and knotted, dark brown curls hang down to below her breasts; it is a clear sign of the girl's practical nature - she cares little for her appearance, nor how others perceive her. Another is her skin and clothing, both of which are often covered in mud and dust; her lack of personal hygiene evident. Hope's skin is naturally fair, and does not take well to prolonged exposure to the sun, though it is hard to avoid in the city of the horseclans. Her extended stay within the city, however, has caused her skin to bronze, if only a little. Across her back is a spiderweb of faint, white-silver shaded lines. They are an itchy reminder of where she has come from.

Personality

"Her personality oddly shifted back and forth, from a natural sort of submissiveness to an almost defiant confidence."

-Matthew on Isalie

Just like the majority of humans, with natural human emotions, Hope is a dichotomy within herself. When faced with different situations, there is no telling how she will react, and there is no algorithm to decipher which of her personality traits will become the dominant one at any given time. Fortunately, however, the young woman's reliability can be directly correlated to her mood: Hope has been known to completely detach herself from her environment when her situation has become too much for her to handle. At best, she comes across as aloof and disinterested, at worst she is apathetic and unreachable. This "fight or flight" reaction is reptilian and sometimes takes seasons for her to recover from. There are five prevalent dimensions that can be used to describe Hope:

Openness: Hope is relatively conventional, and it is hard for someone to introduce a novel idea into her world, and even harder for her to accept it. She is not a creative individual, with few artistic interests - her days are most easily filled with practical endeavours.

Conscientiousness: It is in her conscientiousness that Hope is almost always a contradiction of herself. When disinterested with her surroundings, there is little that can convince Hope that she is relied on by those around her to perform any task. However her natural state causes her to greatly care about the being of others and, at such times, she can be depended on to perform a number of tasks.

Extraversion: In any mentality, Hope will always be an introvert. She is reserved, inhibited and quiet, and will rarely make an effort to garner attention from a large group of people. Happy in her own company, or that of animals, Hope generally does not actively seek human companionship and social stimulation.

Agreeableness: Another in which her mental state directly affects peoples' perception of her, Hope is, as a general rule, kind, gentle and caring to those around her, including animals. She is good natured and sympathetic... and forgiving, yet she rarely forgets slights that have been done upon her, holding them to her chest like armour. Submissive in nature, Hope tends to be agreeable with those around her, and willing to follow direction.

Neuroticism: Hope is not an emotionally stable individual, and does not cope well with stressful situations. She is a highly-strung, insecure individual who is highly prone to anxiety. Guilt is a common theme in Hope's life as well, and is overly apologetic to anyone she believes she has caused hurt to... even going as far as to assume that that person will physically harm her in retaliation.

by **Hope Dawnwhisper** on March 2nd, 2014, 9:30 pm

History

An orphan since she was just a young girl, Isalie couldn't remember her father at all, and could only just remember her mother. They had lived in a small room, just the two of them. Isalie had been happy, never having anything to worry about. After a few years, though, her mother disappeared, having gone out one day and and never returned. The young girl had always hoped that her parents were dead. At least, that was a better option than assuming they had abandoned her. Growing up, she had always sought to find them, imagining their wealth, and the dresses she could wear. Now an adult, she had no interest in them, focused only on trying to keep herself alive, and maybe making something for herself.

Without the firm hand of a father, and the loving embrace of a mother, the girl found herself with a stunted emotional growth; the cause for her quick mood swings, she assumed. She was also void of any form of a moral compass. Living off of the possible kindness of strangers, she had been subject to beatings moments before receiving food. An apt scavenger, her body was most likely riddled with disease inside and out, but at least she knew what she could eat and what she couldn't. By six, though, she had been run out of the towns in which she was scavenging from. In the harsh wilds of the land of Falyndar, the girl barely survived.

When she was about seven (she thought; her true birthdate lost to her) she was captured by slavers and sold to a family. Despite her best efforts to rebel and escape, she remained with them for ten years. Isalie's Masters were such that she could say her slavery was not a tough one, performing household duties in the beginning. But, because of her outspoken personality, punishments were severe for the first few years, until she was finally beaten into submission. As she hit puberty and beyond, she was also used to pleasure those who required it of her, and within her time with her Masters, she became something of a prized possession. However broken her owners had made her, a streak of disobedience was always present. One think they could never train out of her was her flightiness and pechant for brash decisions, when her curiosity took over and she did something to answer a question of "what if?"

It was on one of these occasions that she received particularly hard discipline and in her anger during the aftermath, made the rash decision to run, not thinking of the consequences. In the dead of the night, she snuck out of the building and, coming across a lively yet weak horse she thought would not be missed, stole some tackle and rode.

Mere days later, close to death from travelling the harsh lands of Falyndar alone, she came across a caravan of travellers. It is here she experiences kindness from other humans for the first time. Loathe to leave them, she knew she must, and the young woman jumps from caravan to caravan, trying to avoid travelling alone for too long. After countless days and night of travel, which had spanned seasons and all manner of weather, in no particular direction, she and the horse - whom she had affectionately named Shadow - arrived in a place where the citizens spoke and acted differently. Deciding she would not be found here, she remained in the Wildlands, scavenging off of the land to feed her horse and herself, and doing everything she could to avoid contact with others.

Relationships

Shahar

Name: Shahar Dawnwhisper
Relationship: Owner/Guardian (depending on who you ask)

On the 64th of Summer, 513AV, Isalie was captured by a group of Drykas Raiders. Taken back to their city of tents, it wasn't until the 10th of Fall of the same year that Isalie was sold. Because of her history, and her awareness that money had exchanged hands for her, the currently apathetic Isalie views Shahar as her owner, though he views himself as her guardian.

The pair are still new to each other, though Shahar has already decided on the first things he wishes to change and about his ward: her complete lack of emotion. As of yet, Isalie is unaware of this, and has no idea what to think of Shahar, not that she had given much thought to it; the young woman just doesn't care.

Khida

Other

by **Hope Dawnwhisper** on March 2nd, 2014, 9:39 pm

Skills

Skill	EXP	Earned	Total	Proficiency
Botany		+3	3/100	Novice
Escape Artist	5(SP)		5/100	Novice
Horsemanship		+3	3/100	Novice
Hunting	15(RB)		15/100	Novice
Intelligence		+3	3/100	Novice
Interrogation		+2, +1	3/100	Novice
Observation		+5, +1, +2, +5,+3	16/100	Novice
Philosophy		+2, +2	4/100	Novice
Poison		+1,+2	3/100	Novice
Rhetoric		+2, +2	4/100	Novice
Scavenging	9(SP)		9/100	Novice
Seduction	10(SP)	+1	11/100	Novice
Socialisation		+5, +1,+2	8/100	Novice
Storytelling		+1, +1	2/100	Novice
Teaching		+3	3/100	Novice
Wilderness Survival	26(SP)	+1	27/100	Competent

Lores

A Decision to Follow the Rat Man;
An Offer To Be a Prostitute;
Bathing with Matthew;
Botany: Oak Tree;
Botany: Water Hemlock;
Botany: Yew;
Bought for a Reason;
Butting Heads with a Beggar;
Can Poisons Affect the Undead;
Craving Good Food;
Currycomb: Stiff Brush;
Dainellas: A Dun Mare;
Grinding Cherry Pits;
(SP) Falyndaran Flora;
Fire Doesn't Match Fire;
I'm Ready, Matthew;
Isolde: A Nuit;
Location: Sacred Arch Hotsprings;
Losing Shadow, My Beloved Friend;
Matthew: Acquaintance;
Matthew: Perfection of Beauty;
Matthew: The Harlot;
My Poison: Cherry;
New Name: Hope;
Ninus: A New Teacher;
Nuit: Slow Reflexes;
Poison: Made to Kill;
Shadow: Loyal Equine Companion;
The Beginnings of Pavi;
The Lure of Apathy;
Observing a Curious Trio;
What it Felt Like to be Loved;
(SP)Wilderness Survival: How to Start a Fire;
Walking Through a Sea of Vermin.

Languages

Common – Conversational
Myrian – Fluent
Pavi – Broken

Possessions

Clothing

Simple cloth dress; (SP)
Black cloak; (SP)
Oversized men's boots. (SP)

Equipment

Waterskin; (SP)
Flint and steel; (SP)
Rations for a week; (SP)
One small knife. (Heirloom/Personal)

Housing

100ft of rope; (SP) [Lost upon capture by Drykas]
Flint and steel (second set); (SP) [Lost upon capture by Drykas]
Bedroll; (SP) [Lost upon capture by Drykas]
Blanket; (SP) [Lost upon capture by Drykas]

Mount

One Riding Horse (Mixed Blood); (SP) [Assumed Deceased - parted upon capture by Drykas]
One full set of tack; (SP) [Lost upon capture by Drykas]
Sadlebags; (SP) [Lost upon capture by Drykas]
Having been bought by Shahar Dawnwhisper, she now lives in his Pavilion in Endrykas

ledger

Description	Credit	Debit	Total
Starting Package	+100	-	100gm
Poor Living Expense (Spring 513AV)	+	-45	55gm
Poor Living Expense (Summer 513AV)	+	-45	10gm
Upon Slavery	+	-10	0gm

Isalie's expenses are now paid for by her Drykas guardian, Shahar Dawnwhisper.

by **Hope Dawnwhisper** on March 2nd, 2014, 9:55 pm

The Story

Spring 513 AV

Name	Description	Date
Unexpected Faces...	Isalie meets Wanda outside Syliras	86th

Summer 513 AV

Name	Description	Date
Tormenting a Scavenger	Draven possesses Isalie for the first time.	4th
Hope Found in a Harlot	Matthew shows Isalie what it is to be beautiful.	13th
Lovely Ladies	Isalie, Isolde and Ivandra learn from Ninus	50th
Name Your Poison	Isalie and Isolde learn a few lessons	52nd
All that Glitters	Isalie and Matthew meet again.	64th

Fall 513 AV

Name	Description	Date
Waiting Game	Isalie contemplates her new situation in Endrykas	7th
The Auction	The captives meet their new families.	10th
To Play the Part	Shahar, Khida and Isalie go shopping.	10th
Lesson The First	Shahar teaches Isalie about horses, and gives her a new name.	12th
Tales Forged in the Firelight	The hunting party sit around a fire.	43rd
Keen Eyes and Quiet Voices	Khida tries to invoke... anything from Isalie	57th
A Helping Hand	Isalie and Taylani forage and talk.	78th

Winter 513AV

Name	Description	Date
Lesson the Second	Shahar and Hope learn more than they planned.	2nd
Horseplay	Hope meets a new horse... and the owner.	14th
Too Many Witnesses	Hope wanders across an injured Waisana.	47th
A Delicate Friendship	Aurorah and Hope meet just outside Endrykas.	Undefined

Flashbacks

Name	Description	Date
Captives in the Wild	Nyaela captures her first slave.	17th Fall, 503AV

Spring 514AV

Name	Description	Date
Breaking the Pattern	Shahar and Hope try to fix the damage caused...	1st
Muscle Memory	Hope's lessons continue	5th

Summer 514AV

Inactive for Summer 514AV

Fall 514AV

Inactive for Fall 514AV

Winter 514AV

Inactive for Winter 514AV

Spring 515AV

Name	Description	Date
Confusion of Arrows	Hope watches the Archery Competition.	4th
Back to Normal	Recovering from her illness, Hope goes to see Dainellas	17th
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Summer 515AV

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Fall 515AV

Name	Description	Date
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Winter 515AV

Name	Description	Date
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by **Hope Dawnwhisper** on March 2nd, 2014, 10:01 pm

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