Satu

[Satu]

Satu Basic Information Race: Konti Born: 16th Day, Winter of 483 A.V. Age: 27 years Gender: Female Physical Description Satu’s skin is pale and her hair is white. Colored the blue of tropical ocean waters, her eyes have a distant, penetrating quality; often it appears as if she is looking further into a person than is right, or generally proper. Like all Konti women, the scaled patterning on her body is intricate and fine. At 5’8” Satu is statuesque and appears to have a dancer’s lithe, toned body. Smooth, milky skin envelops sleek muscle, and like the tides to the moon, her movements are fluid and graceful. Above her Heart Center, at her left breast lies the Lily Mark of Divination Satu received at birth from the Goddess Avalis. A gnosis mark from Sagallius, the Puppet God, appears as five black lines on the back of the Konti’s left hand. It is the gift of Cordas. Character Concept Avalis gifted Satu with a Gnosis Mark at birth, naming her Heart-Seer. As such, she is highly aware of the emotions of the people that surround her, but the ability is often double-edged. While it can be helpful to know what feelings are hidden in another’s heart, it can also impact the Seer’s moods positively or negatively. Strong emotions both good and ill tend to draw the Seer’s psyche. It is not unheard of for a Konti Heart-Seer, too long spent in another’s state of mind, to transfer those feelings to themselves. This gift can be psychologically detrimental to the Seer. The HeartSeer’s carefree and expressive childhood on Konti Isle could not have prepared Satu for the horrors that would ultimately destroy her mind and change her life’s direction. Kidnapped by the Golom Drainira, and subjected to shocking wickedness, Satu descended into madness. And in the jungles of Falyndar, the fierce and aggressive Myrians further assaulted her unbalanced Heart and wayward mind. Ultimately the fierce warriors retrained and toughened her. And after leaving them, Sagallius the Puppet god took notice of the unstable Konti and bestowed upon her the first mark of his favor, Cordas, after showing her a vision of the horrors of the old wars. Satu’s path became very clear in her mind… if the world was going to be safe once more from the petty squabbles of humans and men, it would have to be by her hand, and Sagallius’ direction. In her almost childlike devotion to the Puppet god, Satu was more innocent now than she had ever been, even after all of the bloodshed and trials she had been through. What Happened Before - Character History Mura was a place of great joy for Satu, in her younger years she could be found playing quietly in Laviku’s waters or in the streets of Mura, calling out to the market ladies for samples of their wares. The clean, flower-lined streets were impossibly beautiful and a constant source of happiness for a small girl. As a daughter of Avalis, she was trained with other girls her age in Divination and Fortune Telling. Satu had the ability to “see” a person’s emotions. The color of an emotion was fixed, but its vaporous hues clung to the body until one emotion altered into the next, a swirling miasma that surrounded and enveloped an individual. Living in peaceful Mura, Satu found it an easy task to manage the incoming emotions from others; she was rarely overwhelmed. Her mother, Jasmal was every bit the encouraging and loving mother one finds among the Konti. But Satu was also surrounded by numerous other women that assisted in her upbringing and education, allowing her to blossom into the serene, well-mannered and self confident Konti that she had become. Hers was a delightful and utterly uneventful childhood. Jasmal introduced young Satu to the study of dance, and the cadence of song, and of instrument. Dance spoke to her as nothing yet had and she felt the sea waves resonate in her form as she moved to the rhythmic strains. This was the path she believed was to be hers. But that was not to be. When the girl became old enough, she was invited to join suvai practice. She watched in awe as her more advanced Konti sisters moved with their weapons in graceful arcs about the room. And later when she received her first pair of suvai, their firm weight solid in her hands, Satu knew, these weapons of curved whale horn had touched her spirit and would change her life. The practice floor became filled with her movements. The failings and subsequent attempts to wield the blades rightly drove her to more practice. Training in the ancient forms was never complete and she entered every session knowing this. The task mistresses were never harsh, but pushed each student to excel in their own individual ways. Over time the weapons spoke inwardly to her, even in the midst of error. To Satu, this was not some crude battle training; this was art, the art of movement and clarity in the moment. And this was also dance. The suvai became her partner, and felt like her lover. The dance of the blade was exotic and hypnotic; wielding it allowed her to become something more. As the sailor merges with the boat upon the water for his wellbeing, so too did Satu merge with the suvai. Her divination talent at first became a barrier to learning the suvai, and weaponless self-defense. The emotions radiating off of her opponents staggered her, and still young, she would often cry at the brutality of it. At the gentle urging of her teachers, she learned that the emotions of others frequently gave her an edge, as they tended to betray a lunge, or strike, or a feint. She tried to read the emotions and use them to her advantage. During a duel, Satu endeavored to give no sign, nor signal that the strong emotions released by her opponent took a toll on her spirit. But afterwards, she would retire exhausted, depleted from more than a purely physical workout. It was easier to work her forms alone, especially since safety in Mura was never much of a concern to the peaceful Konti. Life was pleasant and moved at a lovely pace through the years. Though sometime after Satu’s twenty-sixth birthday, this feeling changed. It became difficult to go about her daily activities and the famed Konti serenity that she so cherished had vanished, only to be replaced by an unrest deep within. Only the physical activity of her weapons training seemed to make the unease stop for a time. The training acted as a meditation, an inward focus of her mind that she could not find elsewhere. Even at the school, her sweet Konti sisters irritated her unknowingly and she found herself recoiling from them. A visit to the Healers Temple brought discouraging news. "You hear the Call," is what they told her, old teeth and lips smiling with excitement. You hear the Call. Back in her room Satu paced the white stone floor, decidedly unexcited. There were only two reasons a Konti heard the Call, either it was time to acquire a mate or Avalis wanted to use her for some purpose. But Satu did not wish to leave! Stories of the outside world were plentiful and she wanted no experience of it firsthand. The people, it was told, were often uncivilized and rough, and cared not for beauty and harmony. Most likely they could not feel the sea in their veins, let alone hear it. Satu preferred never to venture into those lawless and unethical lands where injustice and indignities prevailed. Trying to ignore the Call, the Konti swam deeply in the ocean waters or trained intensely on the practice floor, but it was for naught. She had lost the meaning in normal activities. She searched for the path to become clear in her fortune telling shells daily, but with each toss of the little pink shells, the outcomes were obscure. Avalis’ plans were shrouded in mystery. Late one night she awoke, surprised. Tangled in the soft, billowy sheets of her bed a yearning filled her and she longed to be… elsewhere. Her heart beat firmly and her pale skin glowed in the gentle moonlight. Satu could ignore it no longer. She was Called. It was time to leave her beloved Mura. Speical Credit to Hex for Sparkle-tizing this photo

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Gnosis Avalis' Seers Lily rests on Satu's left breast, right above her Heart Center, this marking she recevied at birth. A gnosis mark from Sagallius of Cordas of five black lines on the back of her hand Abilities Divination from Gnosis(Racial) HeartSense (Racial) (the Ability to Read someone's Emotions) Satu's HeartSight has matured and evolved. She is now very good at recognizing dark and especially violent emotions. (A Refreshing Excursion to the Wildlands) Satu may be able to predict the evolution of someone's feelings while in an emotional turmoil. (A Refreshing Excursion to the Wildlands) Skills Skill List Points Level Acquisition Suvai Fighting 57 Expert (30pt) Starting Package (4pt) A Meeting at the Pavilion (2pt) Lifelines (4pt) A Refreshing Excursion to the Wildlands (1pt) Searching for Comfort (4pt) Stranger in A Strange Land (2pt) Shared Innocence (1pt) Three Cups Glitter (5pt) Resolution (3pt) Sacrifices (1pt) Possession of Gracie Rhetoric 35 Competent (1pt) Infinite Distances (4pt) Stranger in A Strange Land (5pt) Dreaming of a Reality (2pt) Bittersweet Symphony (5pt) Swimming in the Sea of Grass (5pt) Three Cups Glitter (5pt) A New Direction (1pt) Resolution (5pt) Hunting By Numbers (2pt) Sacrifices Observation 30 Competent (2pts) Two Girls One Mud Pit (5pt) Dreaming of A Reality (3pt) Bittersweet Symphony (5pt) Swimming in the Sea of Grass (5pt) Three Cups Glitter (4pt) Hunting By Numbers (2pt) Sacrifices (1pt) I Don't Know You (3pt) Rain Festival Duel Wield Suvai 22 Novice (5pt) Starting Package (2pt) Lifelines (3pt) A Refreshing Excursion to the Wildlands (3pt) Stranger in A Strange Land (2 pt) Three Cups Glitter (5pt) Resolution (2pt) Sacrifices Unarmed Combat 21 Novice (10pt) Staring Package (1pt) Dance of the Suvai (3pt) Two Girls One Mud Pit (3pt) Stranger in A Strange Lane (2pt) Elegy for the Puppets (2pt) And the Cards Got Out of Hand Dance 20 Novice (5pt) Starting Package (1pt) Infinite Distances (3pt) Dance of the Suvai (2pt) Shared Innocence (1pt) Bittersweet Symphony (5pt) Swimming in the Sea of Grass (3pt) Rain Festival Fortune Telling 18 Novice (10pts) Racial Bonus (2pts) It Hurts Right Here (3 pts) Swimming in the Sea of Grass (1 pt) And the Cards Got Out of Hand (2pts) Show the Way Little Pink Shells Leadership 15 Novice (1pt) Searching for Comfort (1 pt) Stranger in A Strange Land (4 pt) Shared Innocence (3pt) Elegy for Puppets (4pt) A New Direction (2pt) Sacrifices Interrogation 14 Novice (4pt) Searching for Comfort (2pt) Stranger in A Strange Land (2pt) Elegy for the Puppets (2pt) Appearances Can Be Deceiving (1pt) Full Circle (1pt) Show the Way Little Pink Shells (1pt) Hunting By Numbers (1pt) Possession of Gracie Seduction 11 Novice (1pt) It Hurts Right Here (2pt) Shared Innocence (3pt) Swimming in the Sea of Grass (5pt) And the Cards Got Out of Hand Intimidation 6 Novice (4pt) Searching for Comfort (1pt) Hunting By Numbers (1pt) I Don't Know You (1pt) Rain Festival Persuasion 6 Novice (1pt) Two Girls One Mud Pit (4pt) Dreaming of A Real (1pt) Sacrifices Puppeteering 5 Novice (5pt) Elegy for Puppets Philosophy 5 Novice (1pt) It Hurts Right Here (2pt) Stranger in A Strange Land (2pt) A New Direction Meditation 4 Novice (3pt) Peaceful Pathways (1pt) Two Girls One Mud Pit Teaching 4 Novice (2pt) Shared Innocence (2pt) Hunting By Numbers Tactics 4 Novice (2pt) Two Girls One Mud Pit (1pt) Resolution (1pt) Hunting By Numbers Impersonation 3 Novice (3pt) A Refreshing Excursion to the Wildlands Riding 3 Novice (3pt) Swimming in the Sea of Grass Hunting 3 Novice (3pt) Hunting By Numbers Medicine 2 Novice (2pt) Searching for Comfort Brawling 2 Novice (2pt) Brawling Running 2 Novice (1pt) Three Cups Glitter (1pt) Hunting By Numbers Navigation 2 Novice (1pt) Swimming in the Sea of Grass (1pt) Sacrifices Wilderness Survival 2 Novice (1pt) Appearances Can Be Deceiving (1pt) I Don't Know You Stealth 2 Novice (1pt) Two Girls One Mud Pit (1pt) Possession of Gracie Acrobatics 1 Novice (1pt) Lifelines Calligraphy 1 Novice (1pt) Infinite Distances Inspection 1 Novice (1pt) Searching for Comfort Acting 1 Novice (1pt) Two Girls One Mud Pit Begging 1 Novice (1pt) Two Girls One Mud Pit Strategy 1 Novice (1pt) Three Cups Glitter Archeology 1 Novice (1pt) Possession of Gracie Lore List Divining an Opponent’s Emotions in Combat Avalis Kelvic Peaceful Pathways Bondmates Homesickness Making Friends Helping a Friend Desperation Jaeden Kincade's Past Human Behavior Dark Emotions Drainira Opportunity Finding Beauty in Syliras Detecting Lies Ordering Others Around Akalak Physique Myrian Fighting Mentality Vulnerable Points-Humanoid Body Deception Through Weakness Maintaining Focus on the Enemy Myrian Man-Eating Tendencies Myrian Determination Endurance Feeling Misery Teaching in Metaphors Expressing Passion Teaching through Touch Kissing a Girl Being Straightforward Soothing a Friend Experiencing a Voiding Portal Attraction Getting Close with a Girl Observing True Love In Others Embracing The Spirit of A Dream Identifying Innocence Questioning The World The Why Of Things Tainting Dreams Pleading with Stubborn Men Identifying the Truth in Dreams Saving Someone who Doesn’t Want Saved Finding Resolve Gathering Courage Standing Up For Yourself Speaking Reason Having A Set Of Values - Sticking To Them Embracing the Goodness Within Recognizing When You Are In A Dream & Things Aren’t Real Identifying Someone’s Vulnerability Seeing your own grave Subduing the Weaker The meaning of Freedom Sagallius Cordas The dance of the Puppet The Crone Visions of Ancient Wars Hugging a Life-sized Replica of Yourself to Sleep Becoming a Zealot Anger Over Normal People Not Being Sensitive to Your Time Table It’s Not Paranoia if the Whole World IS Conspiring Against You How Music Can Take you Somewhere Emotion in Music and Dance Sorrow Over the Music’s Passing Craving the Music Once More Wishing to Become Satu: Queen of the Dance Wilderness Survival Techniques Following Drainira’s Thread Awkward in Crowds Integrating For Secrets Being Led Astray A Drykas’ Caution Ignored One Track Mind Seeking Hidden Signs Declarations of the Heartseer A Realization of Necessities The Sway Another’s Heart Holds Compelled by Message Trying to Reassure Trust Impatience Over Rest Questioning Reservations The Web The Dance of the Heartseer Challenge in the Dance What Time Reveals Seeing in a Different Light A Risky Prospect Shared Emotion Loss in Regret Fear of Unfamiliar Surroundings Refocused Determination Faux Chase Playing Possum Visions of War Numbers vs. Skill Observing the Savage Graceful Violence The Advantage of the Suvai Unleashed Fury Through Sagallius’ Influence The Fascinated Jaguar The Allure of Raw Emotions Feeding the Jaguar Being Drawn Kelvic/Konti Bond The Connection of the Bond A Vow in Return The Bond Solidified Recruiting People Lore of Finding Those in Need The Tower Card The Interaction of Good and Bad How Tarot Can Be Useful Pillow Fighting A Girl’s Kiss The Feeling of Love Wishing to be Good The Ability to Change One’s Destiny Faith in Avalis The Promise to Remember Leadership as Myrians See It The Power of Conviction Teasing Siiri Joining a Myrian Hunting Party Kisthkin (Basic) Leave? But There's Water! Comparing Siiri's Weapons to the Suvai Studying Diagrams I Follow a Different Path Explaining Healers Greed Often Conquers Fear Sensing Ambush Through Emotions First Impressions: Myrians Myrian Duels - To the Death! First Meeting: Oni of the Jagged Blade Betrayal The Need to Please Where to Find the Human Heart Appetites of the Flesh Eating the Human Heart Following her HeartSense Mixed up Memories Could I Call Upon You? The Quoalelye The Rain Festival Myrian Rain Dance Bristling in the Face of Danger Mysteries of the Past May be Hidden Beneath the Dirt Equipment and Possession List Item Description Price Acquisition Necklace Golden with Glass Pendant NA Gift from Avalis One Golem Exact Replica of Satu - Porcelain and Wood NA Gift of Sagallius Pair of Suvai Made of white whale horn - poisonous NA Family Heirloom Set of Fortune Telling Shells Small & Pink - used for Divination Found Objects Beaches outside of Mura 1 Set Clothing NA (SP) Water Skin NA (SP) Back Pack NA (SP) Comb/Brush/Razor/Soap NA (SP) Food for a Week NA (SP) Eating Knife NA (SP) Tarp NA (SP) Rope 100 ft NA (SP) Flint/steel/lantern NA (SP) Torches NA (SP) Bedroll NA (SP) Blanket NA (SP) Ledger 100 gold mizas + 175 Gold Mizas (Sacrifices)

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Summer 511 AV - Thread List 82nd - Night the Towers Cried (Satu on a Sphere) In Progress Spring 511 AV - Thread List 1st - The Possession of Gracie (Satu uses Cordas)[/color] 3rd - The Freedom Delivered (Satu Helps Folks in Need) In Progress Early Spring - The Scorpion and the Frog (A Quest for the Crone) In Progress Winter 510 AV - Thread List 26th - Three Cups Glitter and Two Cups Blood (A Bond Formed with Mao) 30th - A New Direction (Ash'ney Joins the Cause) 92nd - Full Circle (Arianni, a Childhood Friend is Found) Fall 510 AV - Thread List 46th - Bittersweet Symphony (Dancing to Musical Illusion) 70th - Swimming in the Sea of Grass (Vanator Becomes A Tempting Guide) 80th - I Don't Know You (Satu is Hungry) 82rd - The Trouble with Satu (Don't Invite Crazy into the Campsite) In Progress 83rd - Appearances Can Be Deceiving (Camping with the Dead & a Akvatari) 89th - Elegy for the Puppets (Sagallius Gifts Satu with Cordas and a Satu Golem) Summer 510 AV - Thread List 1st - Rain Festival (Satu Joins in the Talobian Rain Festival) 25th - Stranger in A Strange Land (The Jungle Pulls & Satu has a Conflict with Sirii) 35th - Two Girls One Mud Pit (Koa Teaches Satu a little Unarmed Combat) 50th - Hunting By Numbers (Satu Joins Seyp's Hunting Party under False Pretenses) 62nd - Where Curiostiy Goes (Oni the Myrian Teaches Valuable Lessons) In Progress 89th - Resolution (Another Round with Siiri) Spring 510 AV - Thread List 4th - Looking for Comfort (Satu meets the Injured Akalak, Sorian) 80th - Sacrifices (Traveling in the Falyndar Jungle & Betraying a Man) Winter 509 AV - Thread List 10th - Peaceful Pathways (Satu meets Gromhir and Learns Meditation) 25th - A Meeting at the Pavilion (Satu Meets Kamalia & also Makes a Mortal Enemy) 36th - Lifelines (Matalla gets Revenge) MId-Winter - Infinite Distances (Satu Leaves Konti Isle by Ship to Answer the Call) 62nd - Dance of the Suvai (Swept Away by Foreign Muscians) 75th - A Refreshing Excursion to the Wildlands (Drainira Imprisions Satu & the Konti Loses Her Mind) Flashback - Summer 509 AV - Thread List 1st - And the Cards Got Out of Hand (A Visit with Blythe & a Pillow Fight) Flashback - Summer 507 AV - Thread List 3rd - It Hurts Here (Satu Meets Jaeden Kincade & Practices Divination) 10th - Show the Way Little Pink Shells (Avalis Visits Satu in her Dreams) Flashback - Summer 505 AV - Thread List 58th - Shared Innocence (Meets Arianni Who Becomes More Than a Friend)