<div align="center"><strong><span class="bbc_u">Basic Information:</span></strong></div><div align="center"><em><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">Please answer as your character unless otherwise indicated.</span></em></div><strong>I am called,</strong>Rain by most, Little One by the plagues of my life.<br/><strong>I am</strong>approximately 27 years old.<br/><strong>I would identify myself as</strong>human, what else?<br/><strong>I earn my keep by</strong>singing for my supper, sometimes literally. I am Court Bard to the Duke of Mist Haven, wretched man that he is.<br/><strong>I consider myself to be</strong>female, isn't it obvious?<br/><br/><div align="center"><strong><span class="bbc_u">Appearance:</span></strong></div><strong>Others think I look</strong>perhaps 20 or so, at least that's what people who don't know me say.<br/><strong>My hair is</strong>unnaturally red, long and thick enough to act as clothes if I drape it just so. Maybe I should cut it...<br/><strong>My eyes are</strong>large, the color of cherry amber, and a bone of contention among my critics. As if I needed another reason to be considered demon kin by some.<br/><strong>Height and Weight:</strong>4'11" and 73lbs<br/><strong>If I were describing myself in a story I would say...</strong>I am small, there is no getting around it. I look as if a strong wind could blow me over, and when I was young, they did. I have no tattoos, or other such adornment, though I have seen some that have made me consider going through the pain. I wear clothing of several fashions, depending on my location and what I am about. When traveling you will often find me in sturdy cotton, or leather in rich earthy tones. When I am on stage I wear dazzling colors that draw the eye, and fashions that flow with my movements. At court, you will often find me dressed in the highest fashions, in dark mourning colors whenever I can get away with it. The one unifying theme to all of my clothing is that it will always fully cover my back and shoulders, though my front may be exposed to with an inch of indecent when I am onstage. I'm very self conscious of my back, and the scars that it bears. Elsewhere, my skin in pale and smooth. No matter the amount of sun that I take, I only ever acquire the lightest of tans.<br/><br/><div align="center"><strong><span class="bbc_u">Personality:</span></strong></div><strong>I behave as if</strong>I have no clue of my age. I can be flighty, at times, and curious beyond what is good for me. Despite this, I can also be very serious, and have seen many nasty things leaving me with scars beyond those common of my years. I don't always hide them well.<br/><strong>My favorite things are</strong>animals and children, and I am extremely curious about new, or novel things. I love kind people, and above all I adore music, and dancing.<br/><strong>The things that I can't stand are</strong>bullies, or those that use their power to destroy others. I do not like being stuck in the Duke's court, and I'm not overly comfortable with strange women as they are often far from kind to me. I do not know why.<br/><strong>Nothing scares me like</strong>being alone. I have never been truly alone, not since I was very small.<br/><strong>When it comes to interacting with others I:</strong>am often the one to initiate the conversation. I enjoy people in general, and the new ideas that they can give me to ponder. I am always looking for new stories to tell, and where better to look than those around me that deserve for their tale to be told.<br/><strong>I believe that:</strong>if you love someone, you will do everything that you can to see them well, and happy. If you believe that something is right or true, you will not stop until you have done all that you can to see it come to pass. That affection should be shown, in some form, to all that are open to receiving it, regardless of what others think, or feel about you doing so. Most of all I believe in seeking answers, where others see only questions.<br/><br/><div align="center"><strong><span class="bbc_u">Equipment:</span></strong></div><strong>Weapons and Armor:</strong>Rain carries a well made rapier, but wears no armor or protective gear.<br/><strong>I never leave home without:</strong>A flute, the first instrument Morrin ever gave me, and locket. A gift from Daemion when I was young, before he showed me what he was truly capable of.<br/><strong>When it comes to money I'm:</strong>never in a position to be concerned. I always have coin in my pouch, and my voice could always put more there even if I wasn't so "pampered" by the Duke.<br/><br/><div align="center"><strong><span class="bbc_u">Other Important Stuff:</span></strong></div><strong>When I'm scared I:</strong>cry, but do all I can to hold my ground anyway. I do not scream.<br/><strong>The thing I want most but would never tell anyone about is:</strong>To gain back the one person in the world who ever loved me for all that I was, good and bad. Failing that, to rid the world of the pox that stole him from me.<br/><strong>I'm lonely when:</strong>I am surrounded by others that don't care to know me, and when I can not begin to understand those around me.<br/><strong>It hurts when:</strong>Others hurt. When I realize how stupidly naive I have been, and begin to question my own motives and beliefs.<br/><strong>The things you need to know about my past are:</strong>I have no family. I was an orphan until Morrin took me in. I lived with him for several years learning all that I could, it made him happy, and I liked to please him. Then he disappeared, I never saw him again. I did some stupid things when I could not find him, out of fear and desperation, out of pain. Then I met the Duke, and I learned that he had destroyed Morrin. He took me into my court for my voice and looks, and out of a wish to have me in his bed. I refused, and I was beaten for the sin of refusing to become his wife. I was a little rude about it... Still he wanted to have me, and so I have remained in his court, hoping that I could find, and restore that which he had destroyed if I just tried hard enough. Every year I lose more and more of my freedom as he attempts to subvert me into in marriage bed, but I have no wish to be a Duchess.<br/><strong>I wish to go to the Shadow because:</strong>I would destroy the Duke, and regain that which he has stolen from me.<br/><br/>