Sliver

[Sliver]

Physical Description Name: Sliver Race: Kelvic Age: 6 Birthday: 30th of Spring 507 AV Height: 5’ 3” Weight: 140 lbs Appearance at creation : Short and muscular, Sliver makes up for in aggressive posture what she lacks in height. Her hair is a golden brown and while she always keeps it short, as of late she has taken to wearing it warrior stripe style, sometimes cropped, sometimes grown out so that there is a small ponytail at the back. Her skin is just barely tanned, and scars and tribal tattoos litter her body, proudly displaying the lengths she is willing to go to for her masters. The Kelvic normally dresses in leathers that have slip knots that undo when undergoing transformation, though her clothing style varies depending on the whims of those she serves. No matter what clothes she wears, however, her gaze is always challenging, her face gaunt and often consumed in a wolfish grin. If her general appearance is not enough to unnerve the general passerby, her eyes usually finish off the job, a brown mahogany so dark they appear black in most lighting. Her build, appearance and gaze mark her as dangerous, even if most don’t realize that radiating just beneath the surface of the individual staring them down from the shadowed tavern corner is a wolverine. Sliver has changed much from her original tattooed, pierced, and mohawked form that brought her to the Icewall gates of Avanthal. Most of her piercings save for a few have gone untended, and the tattoos on her scalp are hidden by a wash of thick mahogany hair. Furs from her hunts drape her body, and her smiles are few and far between. Her wolverine form, however, has remained entirely unchanged. Character Concept Like most any Kelvic, Sliver spends her life in search of an authority figure to satisfy the always present need to serve. She is fiercely loyal to anyone she cares to call master, but her nature has made her short lifespan an arduous one when finding those to call by that title. While she will obey any order given to her, the Kelvic has a tendency to be a bit overzealous when following them, and will tend to come up with her own ideas of how to help her master, often getting her into trouble. Because of this, lately she has taken to being a mercenary who will serve anyone willing to feed and pay her just a trifling amount, staying with them for a previously agreed upon amount of time before departing to find another job. Due to the nature of her wolverine side, she tends not to get along well with anyone other than the individual she serves, and when in between jobs she leads a very solitary existence, convincing herself that the only company she needs is that of someone to please and satisfy. Character History Sahova is not the city one probably considers when raising children, but when you are a Kelvic bound to your master, you make do with what you have. It was in this city of the undead that Sliver was born to two Kelvic parents: mother a dog, father a canary. The family served a young but up and coming mage name Khilo who had come to gain tutelage from some of the undead wizards. While Khilo was unsure of his servant’s coupling presenting a pure Kelvic he was delighted when Sliver first turned. Her master was not an unkind man, but he had come to Sahova to learn and gain power, and sometimes his frustrations with his studies caused him to relieve his temper upon his servants. When Sliver reached maturity she realized that she had the skill and allure for her master to re-direct his frustrations to a more physical outlet, and the issue of what Khilo would do with a wolverine Kelvic was solved. She became the personal bodyguard and consort of her master, and for almost a year her new role went flawlessly. During this time her father instructed her on how to entertain and please Khilo, while her mother taught her the finer points of being a bodyguard. This period of time has been the most spiritually peaceful to Sliver, who felt centered and content to be able to use her unique set of skills to please her master, but all things must come to an end, and for a Kelvic, things generally end a good deal faster. It happened when Sliver was attending Khilo’s tutor’s Reacquaintance, serving her usual role upon his arm. Her dark eyes combed the room for any sign of disturbance or threat towards her master, halting upon the approach of one of the other few living beings in the city who had built up quite a magical rivalry with Khilo since his admittance for study here. Sliver cannot recall the words that were traded between the men, but she does vividly remember Khilo’s face getting red, his temper rising, and her own rage at the other man’s nerve. Before the entire collective she transformed, pinning the other mage to the ground, intent to kill. She was stopped, though not before he had been viciously mauled, and that was when her balance with the world was shifted. She was nearly executed for her crimes, but Khilo’s affection for her enabled him to get her pardoned. Of course the condition of this was that she would never return to Sahova again, so with a brief farewell to this life she was thrown out, and began a new one of wandering. This ended for a year when Sliver found Avanthal, the city of a like climate to her animal form, with wonderful, creative, and kind people known as the Vantha. She immediately felt at home in the Everwinter City, and following the aftermath of the Spring Djed Storm of 512 she became an Icewatch Guard to prove her dedication to the city and its people. Over the course of this year Sliver began to learn about the Goddess Queen Morwen, and has fallen in love with the benevolent Ice Queen's reign just as much as her native subjects. On the 88th of Fall 512 AV, Sliver was marked by Morwen and given sage advice, to not force herself to bond, something that Sliver had yet to do despite the fact that she participated in an environment made of bonded pairs of Vantha and Dire Kelvics. So on the 1st of Summer, 513 AV, Sliver chose to depart from the city, heeding Morwen's advice, and journeys out into the wilds of Mizahar searching for a new home. Possessions Starting Package : 1 Set of Clothing -Simple Shirt -Simple Pants -Simple Undergarments -Simple Cloak -Simple Boots 1 Waterskin 1 Backpack which contains: -Comb (Metal) -Brush (Metal) -Soap -Razor -Balanced Rations (1 Week’s Worth) -1 eating knife -Flint & Steel Heirloom: Before Sliver was thrown out of Sahova, her mother gave her a set of brass knuckles. While Sliver rarely uses them, her favored form of fighting is brawling, and she tends to keep them close at all times. Housing: Sliver carries a small hide pup tent upon her back that she uses when moving from city to city in search of work, though sometimes she forgoes the tent to sleep in wolverine form in the trees, feeling safer for it. In becoming a member of the Icewatch, Sliver also has a room in the barracks of Avanthal.   Ledger Purchase Cost Total Starting +100 GM 100 GM Cashed in Housing + 500 GM 600 GM Tent (1 person) -2 GM Backpack -2 GM Flint and Steel -1 GM Rope, Hemp -1 GM Water Skin - 1 GM 593 GM Spring Living Expenses -45 GM 548 GM Fishies! -1 SM 547 GM, 9 SM Summer Living Expenses -3 GM 543 GM, 9 SM Pastries! -1 GM, 1 SM 542 GM, 8 SM Fall Living Expenses - 135 GM 407 GM, 8 SM Winter Living Expenses -135 GM 272 GM, 8 SM Spring Living Expenses (513) -135 GM 137 GM, 8 SM Night's Special, Glass of Milk -2 GM, 3 CM 135 GM, 7 SM, 7 CM Two cups of tea -4 CM 135 GM, 7 SM, 3 CM Summer Living Expenses -5 GM (Traveling in the Wilds) 130 GM, 7 SM, 3 CM   Skills Skill Level EXP Proficiency Acrobatics 2/100 XP Novice Axe 3/100 XP Novice Body Building 4/100 XP Novice Botany 2/100 XP Novice Cleaning 1/100 XP Novice Cooking 11/100 6 SP/ 5 XP Novice Dagger 1/100 XP Novice Hunting 14/100 10 RB/ 4 XP Novice Hunting Knife 1/100 XP Novice Intelligence 1/100 XP Novice Interrogation 8/100 XP Novice Intimidation 4/100 XP Novice Investigation 6/100 XP Novice Land Navigation 1/100 XP Novice Leadership 3/100 XP Novice Longbow 1/100 XP Novice Longsword 1/100 XP Novice Medicine 2/100 XP Novice Meditation 1/100 XP Novice Observation 57/100 XP Expert Persuasion 1/100 XP Novice Philosophy 2/100 XP Novice Rhetoric 15/100 XP Novice Running 11/100 XP Novice Seduction 6/100 SP Novice Skinning 1/100 XP Novice Snowball 5/100 XP Novice Socialization 6/100 XP Novice Spear 1/100 XP Novice Stealth 4/100 XP Novice Storytelling 1/100 XP Novice Subterfuge 1/100 XP Novice Swimming 1/100 XP Novice Teaching 3/100 XP Novice Tracking 25/100 14 SP/11 XP Novice Trapping 1/100 XP Novice Unarmed Combat 34/100 20 SP/14 XP Competent Wilderness Survival 8/100 6 SP/2 XP Novice Woodworking 1/100 XP Novice   Languages Fluent Language: Common Basic Language: Pavi   Lores Bar-fighting SP Poisonous Plant Identification (Island of Sahova) SP Killing with a Tent The Shape of Polar Bear Prints Nagging Thought: Do I Have a Purpose? Offering Help Despite Intimidation Smoking Out Rabbits I Was Born Vera Lee’ena Snowsong: Priestess of Morwen Everwinter Temple Joining Icewatch Bravery is Born of Humility and Faith Icewatch Worships Morwen Attacking When Your Opponent is Distracted Going for the Jugular Allowing Your Opponent to Live A Member of Icewatch Contact: Balthazaar Kraigen Location: Windward Boardwalk Location: Stories in the Snow Books are Not Great Struggle Between Dual Natures Flushing Out Prey Balthazaar’s Personalities A Quarrel at Mirror Lake Location: Mirror Lake Uncharacteristic Sabretooth Attack Hunting in Avanthal is Not Like it Used to Be The Desire to Protect Dealing with Angry Citizens Listening to Bickering Doesn’t Help a Headache Watching a Child Plummet to the Ground The Difficulty of Telling Twins Apart Contact: Steffan Coolwater Vantha: Turn Boring Events into Thrilling Stories Laviku: God of the Sea Coolwater Hold Attends to the Sea Contact: Warren Iceglaze Contact: Varys Iceglaze Entertaining Children with a Shift to Wolverine Form Iceglaze is the Backbone of Avanthal Contact: Keltis Winterflame Winterflame Makes Culinary Art Being Accused of Being a Sloppy Guard Contact: Coren, Vantha Mage Coren is Separated From His Hold Deferring to a Superior’s Decision Coren Carries Anger Towards His Hold Marking a Location with Urine for Easier Tracking Following the Scent of a Snow Fox Taking on a Pack of Snow Foxes The Satisfying Release of Violence Victory is Empty When Death is Unnecessary Indulging in a Pity Party Persistence in Following Your Quarry Saved by Loyal Guards, or Friends Questioning the Sacrifices of a Mage Surprised by a Snow Wash Easing Tension with a Snowball Fight Exchanging Friendly Verbal Jabs Experimenting with a Variety of Weapons Difficulty in Adjusting to a New Weapon My Body is My Weapon, Not This Piece of Metal Follies and Fumbles Draw a Crowd Being Berated for Lack of Ability Helping a Boy Chop Wood Tracking Down a Drunk Man Trying to Pick Out the Correct Scent Separation of Icewatch and Holds Holding Close the Light-Hearted Moments Taking an Arrow to the Shoulder Removing an Arrow from Your Shoulder Judging Your Opponents Distance as They Approach from Behind Contemplating Letting Go from this Life What Do We Say to Dira? Not Today Performing Emergency Medical Care after Combat Medicine: Wrapping a Tourniquet Around the Thigh Haunted by Dreams of the Icy Eyes of a Fallen Foe How to Identify an Infection Seeking a Healer’s Touch Burn of Alcohol in a Wound Honey Can Be Medicine and Yummy Benefits and Uses of Honey Lore of Using Makutsi Springs to Relieve Soreness Lore of Makutsi Moss Spring Divers Thrum Makutsi Springs: Give Gifts Grizzly Bears are Tricksters Contact: Naira Layout of the Icewatch Barracks Layout of the Training Stadium Naira: Insane Fighter Interrogating Mages in the Barracks Each Mage’s Glyphs are Drawn Differently Developing a Successful Line of Questioning During an Interrogation Feeling Uncomfortable During an Interrogation Coren’s Magical Abilities Possible Partner: Simon Possible Partner: Kennen Creating a Large Scale Snowball Fight Goal: Teach Simon a Lesson Packing for Time Alone in the Tundra Sleeping in a Tree is Safer then the Ground Recognizing the Leaves of the Cobalt Potato Nosing Through Plants for Something Familiar and Edible Farren Frostfawn: Strange Man With an Affinity for Animals Farren Frostfawn: Caiyha Blessed? Trying to Explain Knowledge that Comes Naturally Making Tracks to Teach Tracking Lifted into the Air by an Ice Hawk Regret at Words Uttered in Frustration Showing Apathy After Revealing More Than Intended Guard Duty at the Red Diamond is Boring Slamming Snow in Your Face to Fend Off Sleep Identifying a Vantha's Hold Is Difficult Jamoura: Large And Curious Not The Tutor I Was Expecting... Should You Even Be Able To Smoke? Couldn't Hurt To Try The Three Amigos Rusty: Now THAT'S An Accent Fear Of Critique? Captain Delucia: Stern, Strict And Proper Introductions Teachers From Beyond The Grave Lore: Soulmist Rabbits Are Extremely Agile Creatures Jamoura: Large Primates of the Spires Fever Dreams Nightmares about the Man Who Almost Killed You How Much Does This Hurt? Koi Fish. I Don’t Like Fighting Things I Cannot Punch Telling Twins Apart by Their Smell The Pain of Being Unbonded Sharing a Tender Moment with a Special Person Comparing a Dance to a Mating Ritual Why Do People Even Drink Alcohol? Story: The First Frostworm Pride for the Talents of the Vanthas

[Sliver]

Prying out the Sliver (pic courtesy of the wonderful Pa'haite) General Information : 1. What is your Name? Sliver 2. Do you go by a nickname or pet name? Whatever those I serve choose to call me. 3. How old are you? 5 4. What is your height? 5’ 3” 5. What is your weight? 140 lbs. Aesthetics : 1. Describe yourself as you see yourself. An animal in human clothes. 2. Describe yourself as others typically see you. A human in animal clothes. 3. What is your favorite body feature? My fists. 4. How physically fit are you? Very. 5. How do you typically dress and what is your style? Simple, and practical. Family : 1. Who are your parents and what are they like? They are Kelvic, and they serve well, taught me well. 2. Do you have any brothers or sisters? I may, but I do not know. 3. What is your extended family like? Only humans would think of family as such. 4. Do you consider close friends as important or more/less important than family? Those I serve are always more important than family. 5. Do you treat animals like family? ... Location : 1. Where were you born? Sahova 2. Where do you live now? Where work takes me. 3. If you could live anywhere in Mizahar where would that be? Avanthal 4. Do you have a favorite place to vacation or spend leisure time? Deeply wooded forests. 5. Where do you fear to be? In scorching heat, maybe deserts. Traits : 1. Do you have any physical weaknesses (disease, scars, and missing limbs?) I twist my master’s words as I see fit to help them, it does not always help in the way I thought it would. 2. Are you right handed or left handed? I use both of my hands. 3. What languages do you speak? What do you sound like? Do you have an accent? Common and Pavi, my voice is deeper than most females, what is an accent? 4. Do you have any odd mannerisms, annoying habits, or other defining characteristics? I enjoy sinking my claws into soft materials, and will do this in human form too, my nails are thicker than normal there, sometimes it annoys others. 5. Do you have (or want to get) any tattoos or piercing? Why do you have them (or will get them)? I have both, usually I get them after successfully completing a job or task. They stand for loyalty and fierceness above all else. Occupations : 1. What is your occupation? Kelvic 2. Do you like/dislike your work? Why? You cannot dislike what you have been born to do. 3. If you could be anything you wanted to, what would you be? I would be Kelvic. 4. What occupation do you admire the most? Why? The Dire Polar Bears of Avanthal, guards of the Icewatch, they have bondmates picked for them, and know where they belong. 5. What occupation do you least like? Why? I dislike things that require books, or magic. They are removed from the physical way of the world. Childhood : 1. What sort of child were you? A playful one. 2. What is your favorite memory from childhood? Being trained to fight by my mother. 3. What is your worst memory from childhood? My master beating my parents. 4. What sort of relationship did you have with your parents? I do not understand. 5. Who was your most influential role model? My mother, a guard dog and warrior. Education : 1. What sort of education do you have? None. 2. Do you like/dislike learning? It is pointless, like has nothing to do with it. 3. Where or how did you learn most of your skills/abilities? My parents, other animals. 4. How do you learn best? By doing, fighting, brawling. 5. What are your educational goals for the future? I always am learning, but not being educated. Relationships : 1. Do you form close bonds with people? Why? Why not? I form bonds with those I serve. 2. Do you trust people easily? If not, why not? People cannot be trusted, animals can. I know animals, I do not know people. 3. Do you consider yourself straight, gay, bi, or something else? If those whom I serve require something of me, I give it to them. 4. Have you ever been kissed? If so, describe the first time. Yes, Khilo was the first, he was angry. It was strange, but enjoyable. 5. Have you ever had sex? If so, describe the first time. What a human thing to ask. Drugs and Alcohol : 1. Have you ever been drunk? If so, describe your first time. No. 2. Do you like to drink on a regular basis? No. 3. What sort of alcohol do you prefer? 4. Have you ever tried drugs (mood altering substances)? If so, which kinds and what did you think of them? No. 5. What do you think of drugs and alcohol? Be specific. Alcohol, drugs, they turn people from themselves into something else. I do not want to see what I would become. Likes and Dislikes : 1. What are your hobbies? Hunting, cooking. 2. Do you like to read? Not especially. 3. What annoys you more than anything else? Too many words, or those who enjoy the sound of their own voice. 4. What do you find the most relaxing activity to do? Cooking. 5. What kinds of things embarrass you? Why? I am not sure. Favorites : 1. What is your favorite color or colors? Dark, earthy colors. 2. What is your favorite time of day? Night. 3. What is the most beautiful thing you’ve ever seen? The way packs of animals take down their prey, the unity that humans rarely find with each other, this to me, is beautiful. 4. What do you like to eat? What do you hate to eat? I like eating all food, though preferably meat. Have not found something I do not like. 5. What is your favorite type of weather? Does any kind scare you? When the air is cool and moist, before or after a rain, this is the best weather. I dislike lightning storms in dry areas for I dislike fires. Outlook : 1. Are you optimistic or pessimistic? Neither. 2. What are your religious views? Gods are wayward creatures, and I find worshipping them a useless task, no one will help me with hunting other than my own skills. 3. Would you be able to kill? Is this question…a trick? 4. What are your views on sex? It is enjoyable. 5. What, in your opinion, makes a successful life? Finding the thing you were meant to do, and doing it. Actions : 1. What is the worst and best thing you’ve ever done? Getting kicked out of Sahova. 2. What is your greatest regret? Not having a bondmate already. 3. What is your best/worst memory? My first kill in my true form. The look in my mother’s eye when I left Sahova. 4. If you could change one thing about your past, what would it be and why? To think of these things that have already been done is pointless. I would change nothing, for it would change that which I am now. 5. What are you the most proud of doing in your life? I am proud of what I am, and what it means. Emotions : 1. How honest are you about your thoughts and feelings with others? Very. 2. Do you have any biases or prejudices? I hold feelings of anger towards those who have little strength, and rely on their minds alone, that is prejiduce, no? 3. What makes you happy? Hunting. 4. Who or what, if anything, would you die for? My bondmate…when I find one. 5. What makes you angry? The weak, and how weak I am. Relationships : 1. In general, how do you treat others? As they deserve to be. 2. Who is the most important person in your life, and why? When I find them, I will tell you. 3. Who is the person you respect the most, and why? I respect anyone who has strength, but does not wind themselves when telling you about it. 4. Do you have a spouse or significant other? If not, describe an ideal lover. No. 5. Do you trust anyone to protect you? Who, and why? I am the protector. Group Situations : 1. Do you tend to argue with people, or avoid conflict? Conflict is my nature, but arguing is oft pointless, you have thoughts ideas, so does the arguer, they rarely change because one person talks over the other. 2. Do you tend to take on leadership roles in social situations? No. 3. Do you like interacting with large groups of people? Why or why not? No, they are noisy, there is confusion, little gets done. 4. Do you care what others think of you? I care that they know what I am capable of. 5. What do you think of others, in general? That I will only respect one who has shown strength. Self Image : 1. What is your greatest strength as a person? That I am an animal. 2. What is your greatest weakness? That I am also human. 3. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? If I did I would not be Kelvic. 4. Are you generally introverted or extroverted? What is this? 5. Are you generally organized or messy? I have little to make a mess with. Beliefs : 1. What God or Goddess do you find most appealing, if any? Morwen, The Ice Queen 2. Which God or Goddess do you fear, if any? They have given me no reason to fear them, so I do not. 3. Do you have any Gnosis Marks? If so, how did you receive them? No. 4. What lengths would you go to to please your deity? As far as it takes. 5. Where do you draw the line at pleasing your deity? What is too much? Nothing is too much. Life & Death : 1. What do you absolutely live for? The thrill of the kill, the warmth of a live being seeping away under the vice of my jaws around their neck. This is almost as pleasing as the feeling received when getting praise from those I serve. 2. What is the best part of life? Finding that which you seek. 3. What is the best part of death? I will know that only when I die. 4. If you could choose, how would you want to die? In battle against someone who I respected and knew was my greater. 5. What is the one thing for which you would most like to be remembered after your death? That I served with ferocity and never gave in.

[Sliver]

Thread List Summer 512 archive : A Sliver of an Introduction: Completed/ Graded XPTracking: 2 Observation: 1 Unarmed Combat: 1 Acrobatics: 1 Leadership: 1 Trapping: 1 Hunting: 1 Cooking: 1 Woodworking: 1 April Djed Storms Bring May...(Open): Completed/ Graded XP2 Cooking 1 Observation 1 Leadership 1 Running 2 Hunting 2 Tracking 1 Skinning The Few, The Proud, The Bears: Completed! Graded XP2 Running 2 Investigation 1 Philosophy 5 Unarmed Combat 1 Stealth 1 Bodybuilding We Sing What Was Lost: Completed/ Graded XPObservation 3 Dagger 1 Cooking 1 May I Have This Dance?: Completed/ Graded XPObservation +3 Intimidation +1 Rhetoric +1 Philosophy +1 Socialization +3 To Contemplate the Past...: Completed/ Graded XPObservation 1 Avanthal Reaches Out: Active Fall 512 archive : So You Think You Can Guard: Completed/Graded XP1 Running 5 Observation 1 Persuasion 2 Rhetoric 1 Subterfuge 2 Investigation Death of an Icewatch: Completed/Graded XP1 Observation The Hunters Have Been Hunted: Completed/ GradedXP1 Observation The Gates are Closed:Completed/ GradedXP1 Observation Magic, and Fists, and Lights, Oh My!: Active Drown in the Now: Completed/GradedXP5 Observation 2 Rhetoric Quarrel at Mirror Lake: Completed! Graded XP1 Intelligence A Good View of the Port: Completed/ GradedXP1 Observation 1 Running The Breaking Point: Completed/ Graded XP1 Wilderness Survival 1 Observation 2 Running 3 Tracking 1 Intimidation 2 Unarmed Combat From The Sky, Death:Completed/GradedXP1 Observation 1 Running A Tour Guide on the Small SideCompleted/ GradedXP3 Socialization 2 Observation 3 Unarmed Combat 1 Intimidation Hot Tub Break: Completed/ Graded XP1 Swimming Predatory Prey: Active Bippity Boppity BAM: Completed/ GradedXP2 Observation 2 Leadership 3 Rhetoric Just Another Day in Avanthal:Active Playing a Card in a Delicate Game: Completed/Graded XP5 Observation 1 Unarmed Combat 3 Rhetoric 4 Interrogation So We Meet Again: Completed/GradedXP1 Meditation 1 Interrogation 3 Observation 1 Acrobatics 3 Snowball 3 Stealth Meeting at the Training HallCompleted/ Graded XP5 Observation 3 Teaching 3 Rhetoric 2 Unarmed Combat 1 Leadership 2 Interrogation 1 Intimidation 1 Bodybuilding Snow Day: Completed/Graded XPWeapon: Snowball 2 Cleaning 1 Observation 1 Seduction 1 Rhetoric 1 All the Lonely People: Completed/ Graded XP2 Wilderness Survival 4 Observation 1 Hunting 2 Tracking 2 Botany 1 Interrogation 1 Cooking 1 Running 1 Investigation He Sure Can Run Fast For a Drunk: Completed/Graded XP5 Observation 2 Running 2 Tracking 1 Investigation 1 Storytelling 2 Medicine 2 Unarmed Combat 1 Hunting Knife 1 Land Navigation Teaching An Old Wolverine New Tricks: Completed/Graded XP1 Longsword 1 Longbow 1 Spear 2 Bodybuilding 1 Observation 1 Axe Dog Days are Over: Active Fifty Shades of Animal: Active Hurt So Good Completed/ Graded XPObservation 2 Winter 512 20th of Winter, 512 A.V. A Midnight Stroll Completed/ Graded XPObservation 2 Axe 2 Where'd You Go?: Active It's a Snowy Day in the Neighborhood: Active Flashbacks Over the Hills and Through the Woods:Active Seek and Hide: Active Dreamscapes Purple Ice: Completed/ Graded Not Your Ordinary Tea Time: Active