Yay! Character info! Complete with image, although knowing Chaos, we'll see if it<em>stays</em>that way.<br/><br/><div class="floatright">(http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/3443/thiefscovenant.jpg)</div>Tanvi, human apostate<br/><br/>Concept: Tanvi is a professional dilettante, sensate, and people person. Where the traitor marines are the sword of the Ruinous Powers, burning away with warpfire any opposition, Tanvi is the seductive whisper in the night. For every planet the hordes of chaos descend upon, there is another where those of Tanvi's ilk work, rotting away the support of the Emperor, ensuring the battle is won before the Imperium is even aware there is a battle to be fought. And on the other end of the spectrum, when not proselytising she is a passionate and enthusiastic supporter of her own as well, tirelessly guiding and soothing the fractious forces of chaos, harmonising and directing them where she can, exploiting those very faultlines in the foe that she and her ilk has already instilled.<br/><br/>Personality: Many in the service of the Ruinous Powers suspect Tanvi of constant deceit, her carefree attitude and outgoing nature at odds with even some more open-minded impressions of the heretic. And indeed, this is to an extent true, the friendliness and optimism a veneer over  a certain callousness towards life, compounded with a somewhat wickedly sadistic sense of humour. But it's not all a deception. Tanvi above all else likes people. Knowing about them, their hopes, their fears, their dreams, the spark of life that separates them from machines and automata, and while she may not hesitate in the end to see them dead, she loves them none the less for it. And she is good at showing it, with a disarming demeanour, and remarkable talent for genuinely caring for someone she has just met that is rare in these dark modern days.<br/><br/>It is for that reason she serves the wild, disparate forces of Chaos with such a passion, above and beyond the zeal of most she grew up with, devoted as they may have been. While the Ruinous Powers are not kind nor gentle, she nevertheless finds it liberating, free to love and feel and live, or to die trying in ways that never could happen in the fascist regimes that rule most of the galaxy, and it is in sharing this vision that she finds her purpose. Showing care in concern in the problems of those she meets, listening with an understanding and sympathetic ear, and then enlightening them in how much better their life would be if they would only listen to her guidance.<br/><br/>History: Tanvi was a well-liked child. Her parents' first was stillborn, and second a mutant, strong and powerful enough, but twisted and none too bright. Tanvi was quite the opposite, pretty and clever, and with a charm to her that shone through even when she was very young. She realised it young as well, and before she was yet ten years old Terran, she was already a brat. While simply being pretty wasn't enough in the harsh conditions, it did not hurt, and combined with her gift for knowing what people wanted to hear, she had little trouble in getting twisting the other children to do her dirty work for her, keeping herself innocent and clean when the butcher's bill was to be paid.<br/><br/>Which is not to say she grew up soft. There was only so much one could get away from work, in the tribal village, living on the edge of death as they usually did. Even when food was plentiful and times good, life was unpredictable and harsh, so close to the seat of Chaos. But it buffered her, and saw her with the time and favour to avoid physical drudgery. Instead, she learned, a rare opportunity for any relatively primitive society. First sums and her letters of course, but more as she grew older, the secret lore of the tribe, and the nature of the creatures they often worshiped. While the other children were out fighting or hunting or building, she was inside, poring over old tomes, or sitting before the wise woman, repeating back the histories and riddles she had been taught.<br/><br/>Even cloistered away for days at a time, she never forgot her roots, though, and when she left form her day's studies she was more of a tyrant than ever. Calling her friends and allies, holding impromptu court as she set out the agenda of mischief for the day, and woe to any who weren't part of her gang, or another strong enough to resist her.<br/><br/>And so she expected it to be forever, her teenaged enforcers growing into her supporters amongst the young men and women of the tribe, her voice the voice of the youth as they struggled to find their places as newly forged adults. Later, she would become an elder herself, probably not the next wise woman, but educated and scholastic, influential in decisions of important, a respected envoy to other tribes perhaps, if not rising to unite the villages all around them outright.<br/><br/>But then she could not have anticipated the destiny set before her any more than she could have refused it when it came.<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Now actual stats! As for pride/disgrace/motivation — didn't Wargtass want to assign those based on background, or should I go back and assign them randomly?<br/><br/>Name: Tanvi<br/>Archetype: Apostate<br/>Pride:<br/>Disgrace:<br/>Motivation:<br/>Alignment: 3 Slaanesh, 0 others<br/><br/>WS:   35 (25+10)<br/>BS:   35 (25+10)<br/>S:   25 (25)<br/>T:   30 (25+5)<br/>Ag:   40 (25+15)<br/>Int:   45 (25+20)<br/>Per:   30 (25+5)<br/>WP:   40 (25+15)<br/>Fel:   55 (25+20+5+5)<br/>Inf:   22 (19+3)<br/>Wds:   13 (9+4)<br/>Corruption: 0<br/><br/>Skills: Acrobatics, Awareness, Charm +10, Command, Commerce, Common Lore (Archaeotech, Screaming Vortex), Deceive, Dodge +10, Forbidden Lore (Daeomonology, Heresy, The Warp), Inquiry +10, Linguistics (Low Gothic, High Gothic), Logic, Scholastic Lore (Cryptology, Legends, Occult), Trade (Archaeologist)<br/><br/>Talents & Traits: Air of Authority, Hatred (?), Iron Discipline, Peer (?), Polyglot, Radiant Presence, Serpent's Tongue, The Quick and the Dead, Total Recall, Unshakeable Will, Weapon Training (Las, Primary)<br/><br/>Gear: Good laspistol (30m, S/2/-, 1d10+3 dmg, 30 clip, reliable), best sword (+10WS, 1d10+1 dmg, balanced), mesh armour (4/3 AP), chaos pendant, unholy tomes, 2 laspistol clips<br/><br/>Experience spent: Acrobatics 200, High Gothic 200, Fellowship 250, Dodge 350