<div class="floatleft">(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v432/ris16/fandancer-thumb.jpg)</div><strong>Player:</strong>Usha (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=34399.0)<br/><strong>Name:</strong>Melania Idoia / Melchor Idoia<br/><strong>Age:</strong>22<br/><strong>Gender:</strong>Female (masquerading as male)<br/><strong>Orientation:</strong>Straight, Submissive, potential for switch depending on the scene.<br/><strong>Nationality:</strong>Spanish<br/><br/><strong>Allegiance:</strong>Neutral<br/><strong>Ship:</strong><br/><strong>Rank/Occupation:</strong>Apprentice Doctor/Apothecary<br/><strong>Equipment:</strong>Herbs and medicines, bandages, sewing kit (both for clothing and people!), various tools required for her trade.<br/><strong>Weapons:</strong>Currently several sharp knives of varying sizes, never before used for combat, but useful in minor operations and in the preperation of medications.<br/><br/><strong>Description:</strong>Exotic, tanned skin, wavy black hair, stands at 5'3" with dark brown eyes. Melania as per picture.<strong>Melchor</strong>shares the same height and slender build, same warm brown eyes and dark hair. He keeps his hair swept back into a long ponytail, or otherwise braided. He keeps himself impeccably dressed, quite formal in his attire at all times.<br/><br/><strong>Personality:</strong>Its hard to say is Melania herself even knows who she is. Having to live a dual life, she has had to make certain changes in herself. Melania has been repressed, and it is hard to say who she truly is. Melchior, however is known to be a true gentleman. If he has any vices, aside from secretly being a woman, none are known. He is a man of few words and quick action, intelligent and a man of the books. He is good at what he does, despite his youth. He is not known to drink, or whore, or even join in gambling. He is solitairey and asocial, but always available should his counsel be sought.<br/><br/><strong>Biography:</strong>Melania was born as the only child to an apothecary and his wife. She was not a boy, so it was frowned upon that she should learn the skills and while she was not formally taught, she learned a great deal simply by assisting her father in his practice and his shop. Her mother died in child birth, as well as their son, devastating the family of two. Melania was uninterested in the advances of men, her desire for knowledge and love of medicine taking precedence. Her father's death, therefore, left her devastated and without a means for survival. The apothecary shop and their home was taken to pay for debts, and she was unable to hold land. In desperation she turned to the one thing she knew, even if it meant she would have to hide who she truly was.<br/><br/>Melchor Idoia signed on to a merchant vessel days after Melania disappeared. A skilled apothecary and a passable doctor, he was readily accepted onboard a vessel heading towards china to trade in teas and spices. The secret is carefully guarded, and has been for the last three years. Melchor lives the unassuming, quiet life, at least as much as he can sailing from port to port. He is known to be a gentleman, never engaging in vices such as drinking, or prostitution, or even gambling. Odd for a young man, but his skills are valuable enough that no one wishes to press it.<br/><br/><strong>Anything else:</strong>If you haven't realized from the profile, Melania and Melchor are the same person ;) Woman masquerading as a man, in a mans world, on a mans ship. Oh dear.