<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">Please do not post character sheets here. Please send them to me through a message so the allegiance of each character is known only to myself and the characters player.</span><br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=22072">Quote from: CarnivorousBunny on 25-08-2011, 16:53:32</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><strong>Name:</strong> Tala<br/><br/><strong>Race:</strong> Human<br/><br/><strong>Gender:</strong> Female<br/><br/><strong>Actual Age:</strong> Twenty-two<br/><br/><strong>Height:</strong> 5'3<br/><br/><strong>Weight:</strong> 120 lbs.<br/><br/><strong>Physical Appearance:</strong><br/>(http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs43/f/2009/123/e/4/legends__by_luanalani.jpg)<br/>From her days as a slave, Tala's body and soul needed to be tough and strong to persevere in her harsh environment. As a result, she developed an athletic build, lean and strong, and an iron will, along with the survival instinct of a warrior.   <br/>Since she is not a local of the island, her features are quite different.  She is much shorter, with rounder features, and dark mocha colored skin.  Her hair is a thick mane of long, jet-black hair and her round almond shaped eyes are even darker.  Because of her soft features and small stature, it is not hard to mistake her to be much younger than she really is.<br/>While Tala is a beauty, she is far from unblemished. From her past, she accumulated a few scars here and there, most of which are hidden by clothing.  The worst of her scars are on her back and on her calves.<br/><br/><strong>Brief History:</strong> Tala originated from a small island, not much bigger than her current home.  She and her family were slaves of an agricultural slave colony.  She received little education other than the skills required for the labor.  There were some very brief language lessons from the colonizers, just for basic communication.  Other things she learned were songs, stories and local lore from her fellow slaves, stories of freedom and fabled pockets of paradise.  These were things she kept deep in her heart, and they eventually became the seeds that bloomed in to plans of escape.<br/>It was not easy, and in the end Tala could not take her family with her, save a young cousin Isagani who was six years old at the time.  Until this day, a year later, Tala cannot explain how they escaped unnoticed other than a sheer act of mercy by the gods.  The two of them managed to sneak upon a small raft and left the island, eventually drifting to the land they inhabit now.<br/><br/>Tala is still having trouble learning English and has some difficulty communicating her thoughts well to the other clan members. Her little cousin, Isagani, is much better at English.  When he is around, he acts as a mediator for Tala and the rest of the tribe. <br/><br/><strong>Profession:</strong> Once a former slave, she currently has no permanent role in the clan, being a new and abrupt addition.  Mostly she helps out with the food, usually with the farming and livestock, but she is determined to do so much more than that.<br/><br/><strong>Skills:</strong> Coming from an agricultural slave colony, she knows much about farming, cooking, crop plants and animal ken.  Tala also knows a few traditional healing rituals and other charms, but she can't seem to find the materials she needs in this foreign land. <br/>Performing, such as singing and dancing, were activities that her former clan practiced regularly to keep their spirits up, and she's memorized each word and step by heart.<br/><br/><strong>Personality:</strong> Tala is stubborn, alert, passionate, free-spirited, energetic, blunt, hardworking and she has a nasty habit of thinking too much.  When she is around strangers, which is most people from her current clan, she is aloof and reserved.  However, next to Isagani those around her get a peek into her softer side, she becomes a firm but loving care-giver.<br/><br/><strong>Sexuality:</strong> Heterosexual.  Tala has been brought up with old, traditional values.  She was taught to believe that her body is sacred, and should not be touched by just anyone.  The bad sexual experiences she had as a slave, in her mind, do not count.  If anything, those negative experiences have only made her resolve to protect herself even stronger.<br/><br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>