<div class="floatright">     (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/42499880/Elliquiy/Kera.jpg)</div><strong>Character name:</strong>Kera Greysky (http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=383413)<br/><strong>Character Age:</strong>20<br/><strong>Character Race:</strong>Half-elf<br/><strong>Character Alignment:</strong>Chaotic Good<br/><strong>Character class:</strong>Rogue<br/><strong>Character Role:</strong>Though Kera would like to consider herself first and foremost a scholar, she picked up her father's skill with stealth and trickery more easily than she'd like to admit.<br/><br/><strong>Character description:</strong><br/>Often mistaken for a human at first glance due to her dark hair and honey brown skin, coloration rare among the elven half of her ancestry, Kera's looks seem to take after her human mother quite strongly. She stands around 5 feet and 4 inches tall, with a slender build. Her curly hair is kept to about chin-length and generally tied back with a scarf when she's working. Her features are slightly sharper than would usually be found on a half-Mwangi girl, but the feature that most shows her elven heritage would be her bright, cerulean blue eyes.<br/>Kera favors light armor that allows her to move freely, generally in dark greys and dull blues to help her blend into the shadows. Her movements seem to be effortlessly graceful (if slightly restless) and she rarely stands still if she has a choice.<br/>Kera never met her mother, but through bits of information her father let slip over the years and extrapolation based on her own physical appearance  she managed to deduce that her mother was most likely a Mwangi native, but hasn't been able to figure out which tribe she may have been from.<br/><br/><strong>Character Personality:</strong><br/>In spite of (or perhaps because of) her father's self-serving nature Kera has a bright-eyed, idealistic view of the world. She sincerely believes there is good in everyone and regularly goes out of her way to aid anyone she sees in need, but views rules and regulations as more or less<em>suggestions</em>. She views wicked and greedy individuals as merely mislead, but won't hesitate to rob the corrupt and wealthy blind if given the opportunity. Kera has a quiet but inquisitive nature, generally keeping to herself unless approached first. While open and engaging in conversation she is far more likely to she interest in the other parties than to talk about herself at length. The downside of her optimistic outlook is tendency to trust others bordering on naivety.<br/>Kera loves stories and collects them like a magpie, honing in on any interesting tidbit of information she happens across and refusing to rest until she's uncovered the whole story. As both a hopeless romantic and a devout follower of Shelyn she has a particular fondness for stories that feature love, epic quests for the greater good or legendary works of art.<br/><br/><strong>Character Background:</strong><br/>Kera's earliest memories are of Riddleport where her father, a Forlorn elf by the name of Karasiel, worked as a thief and assassin. Do to the nature of his work her father rarely let Kera out into the city unattended, keeping her under lock and key well into her teens. Though she took eagerly to her studies, facilitated by an ever-changing series of private tutors, she was often short-tempered and combative with her father due to her isolation and boredom. Over the years Karasiel began to grow distant and cold towards his daughter, showing her the same detached, professional face he wore with the rest of society.<br/>When it got to the point that the two were rarely speaking to one another, Kera decided to break free of her gilded cage. When she was 16 her father left on a long engagement and she seized the opportunity, stealing some of her fathers spare equipment, picking the lock on one of the upper-floor's windows and disappearing, leaving behind nothing but a polite note to the housekeepers urging them not to worry about her.<br/>Stowing away on a series of ships, she eventually ended up in the Shackles were she made her living for a few years as a scribe, illuminator and occasional portrait artist. Idle talk among the locals eventually brought the Mwangi expance and its mysteries to her attention and Kera found herself unable to shake the draw of the place.<br/><br/><strong>Character goals: </strong><br/>Kera's primary interest in their destination is the vast wealth of lost knowledge, but despite her insistence that she doesn't care any information on her father's history in the area and the identity of her mother would most likely catch her attention.<br/>Player-wise I'd like to see her mature and grow out of her father's shadow, and find some sort of greater purpose in life. I don't have any particular preference as to whether she ever finds out about her parents; realizing the she's more than the sum of her genes could facilitate the same sort of character growth. I was thinking of multi-classing her with a couple levels of Lore Oracle later but that would be mostly a fluff thing, not sure if it's really practical.