<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/c/c1/RedAjah.jpg)</div><div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/c/c1/RedAjah.jpg)</div><div align="center"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">Theraeve Valaim</span><br/>By Lithium</span></div><hr/><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="floatright"><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">image</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://i.imgur.com/91wBKRp.jpg)</div></div></div><strong>Age:</strong> 36<br/><strong>Nation:</strong> Altara<br/><strong>Gender:</strong> Female<br/><strong>Orientation:</strong> Bisexual<br/><strong>Talent:</strong> Reading Residues<br/><br/><strong>Position:</strong> Red Ajah<br/><strong>Spheres:</strong><br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li type="disc">Air: Average</li><li type="disc">Earth: Above average</li><li type="disc">Fire: Weak</li><li type="disc">Water: Very strong</li><li type="disc">Spirit: Below average</li></ul><strong>Skills:</strong><br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li type="disc">Hand to hand combat</li><li type="disc">Stealth</li><li type="disc">Horseback riding</li><li type="disc">Networking</li><li type="disc">Bartering</li></ul><strong>Appearance:</strong> Theraeve is of unremarkable height for a woman, measuring five feet and five inches. Most consider her to be quite physically attractive, though more in a comely way rather than some sort of pristine beauty. With her plump lips, high-set cheekbones and average sized nose, her features are rather bold, with only her chin being on the more delicate side. She has dark brown eyes and a thick mane of golden blond hair which is generally cut to chin length and styled in a low maintenance wavy bob. A combination of full breasts, a slim waist and a shapely bottom give Theraeve a classic hourglass shape. Her only prominent scar is a small diagonal one over her left eye, leaving a thin separation in her eyebrow. <br/><br/>She appreciates quality clothing and tries to dress elegantly enough, while also having a proclivity for showing off some cleavage, but she avoids jewelry and anything too flashy.<br/><br/><strong>Personality:</strong> Her default state seems to be grave and brooding, keeping her thoughts and emotions to herself and being rather frugal with her words. Behind the hardened exterior, however, lies a highly empathetic soul that only wishes to do well and spare others from suffering. Struggling with her own existence, Theraeve is plagued with her own personal demons that she wrestles with, often seeking temporary solace in bed or at the bottom of a bottle. The two aforementioned circumstances are where she's most likely to open up.<br/><br/>Unlike many of her Red Sisters, she doesn't hate men at all and sees no reason to, not that she shares her point of view openly. If anything, she pities them, or at least the ones born with the ability to channel. When attempting to subdue a male channeler, she'll always try to do so using the least possible amount of force, even if it means increased risk to her own safety. After the men she's brought back to the Tower have been gentled, she secretly seeks them out and offers any help that she can in helping them through their extremely trying recovery. Of course, most of them categorically refuse and never want to see her face again, which Theraeve can't blame them for, but she'd like to think there's at least a few which she's managed to help over the years.<br/><br/><strong>History:</strong> Theraeve hails from the Altaran city of Malden, where her family owns one of the most lucrative vineyards, their house being considered of minor nobility through wealth rather than blood. She's the middle child out of five, having two older sisters and two younger brothers. They all got along reasonably well minus the usual disputes between siblings, and power struggles or anything of the sort were rare. Probably because their parents encouraged mutual respect within the house while leading by example. Their mother was the head of the household, but as much as it was practically possible, their parents were both equal.<br/><br/>It was during her early teens that Theraeve discovered that she'd been born with the spark when she accidentally caused dozen's of bottles in her family's wine cellar to burst by agitating the liquid contained within. Luckily, she only suffered a few cuts and wasn't too seriously hurt, although she did narrowly miss being blinded in her left eye. Since her ability to channel manifested in such an obvious way the very first time, she was rushed to the White Tower before any of the ill effects that should follow could manifest themselves.<br/><br/>Before she left, her father imparted a secret to her that no one else but his wife had ever been privy to. That's how Theraeve learned that her own father was one of the few male channelers who'd managed to survive and recover after being gentled, due entirely, according to him, to the love that he shared with her mother. The information wasn't shared with any ulterior motive, but simply because he thought it was something his daughter should know, and that it would be better hearing it now rather than somehow stumbling upon the information later.<br/><br/>That ended up playing a major part in shaping Theraeve's ambitions at the Tower. After beginning her novice training as an idealistic and bright-eyed kid who thought she'd be able to change the world, but over the years she found that optimism being tempered and dulled. The most disheartening moment of all came a few years after she'd ascended to the rank of Aes Sedai and joined the Red Ajah, when she dared to suggest that it might be worth putting some effort towards solving the root cause of the Saidin's corruption as opposed to limiting themselves only to treating the symptoms. Coming within a hair of being expelled, Theraeve was disciplined severely and learned to keep her mouth shut. <br/><br/>Having performed her duties for over a decade, the weight of it all has definitely taken a toll, leaving her jaded and cynical. Her dream of fully restoring the One Power's purity having been all but abandoned, she has to content herself with just trying to help in whatever small ways that she can.<br/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">OOC Notes:</span></span></div><hr/><strong>O&amp;O:</strong> Player's (https://elliquiy.com/forums/onsoffs.php?u=26607)<br/><strong>Available for bonding:</strong> Unlikely...but you never know</div>