<strong>Player Name:</strong>A Painter<br/><strong>Character Name/Identity:</strong>Ibong Adarna, aka Adarna<br/><strong>Tale(s) of Origin:</strong>Alamat ng Ibong Adarna (The Legend of the Ibong Adarna)<br/><strong>Alignment: </strong>Chaotic Neutral, leans towards Good<br/><strong>Abilities:</strong><br/><span class="bbc_u">-Flight:</span>Adarna is very light and her wings cary her with ease. Her movements are silent, graceful and quick, but cannot take heavy hits in combat.<br/><span class="bbc_u">-Enchanting Voice:</span>The statement that the songs of the Ibong Adarna are magical can be taken both figuratively and literally. Adarna has a magnificent voice, but they are how she casts mass enchanting spells. The range of its effects can vary from healing, petrification, and sleep. All those who hear her song are affected, but will recover within the hour.<br/>Healing songs are limited to diseases and nothing else.<br/><span class="bbc_u">-Touch Spells:</span>With her touch the effects of her enchanting magic are extremely concentrated. If she wills it its effects can be permanent. The spell will need to be lifted by Adarna herself or broken by another powerful spell caster.<br/>When it comes to healing, the healing touch of the Ibong Adarna can mend fatal wounds but cannot bring back the dead.<br/><span class="bbc_u">-Invisibility:</span>The Ibong Adarna is nothing if not elusive. She does not advertise this skill and waits until she is out of sight before activating this particular power.  Only her oldest and truest friends know of this ability. How else has has she gone so long without being permanently enslaved?<br/><br/><strong>Skills:</strong><br/><span class="bbc_u">-Charisma:</span>The Ibong Adarna is both pretty and loveable. Her free-spirited nature, infectious energy, and optimism earn her many friends and admirers. She’s been known to collect favors in exchange for her services which she cashes out whenever she is in need. There’s also something about her that makes people<em>want</em>to help her.<br/><span class="bbc_u">-Stealth:</span>When fighting is out of the question, the ability to hide becomes necessary.<br/><span class="bbc_u">-Performance:</span>Adarna is a natural on stage. She specialises in singing and dancing, but can act as well.<br/><br/><strong>Weaknesses: </strong><br/><span class="bbc_u">-Combat:</span>The Ibong Adarna is not a fighter. She relies solely on her magic and cunning to survive. Those favors she collects don’t hurt either.<br/><br/><strong>Backstory: </strong><br/>The Ibong Adarna is a powerful magical being that wanders across Asia and occasionally the neighboring continents. She simply enjoys nature, freedom and existence outside the petty squabbles within the kingdoms of man and magic. She has been sought out by many mortals so that her songs may heal their ills or loved ones, but only a fraction of those have been successful in their attempts to find her.<br/><br/>However, of that fraction there have been a handful of them who managed to captured and briefly enslave her. This fraction consisted of both mortals and beings of magic, and all had motivations ranging from evil to ’noble’. As such she has very little loyalty for any one side. She picks and chooses her friends with care, and never stays in one place for too long.<br/><br/>One of the best known tales about the Ibong Adarna is also a tale of one such enslavement. It started when a beloved king fell victim to an illness incurable by mortal medicine, and his three sons set off to find the Ibong Adarna. Adarna knew of this king was beloved by his people, but was also aware that his sons did not follow in their father’s footsteps. She and a fae set up a test for the hearts of the questing sons. The fae disguised herself as a filthy, starving beggar at the foot of a the mountain the Adarna was waiting in. There the fae would beg the princes for help. The first two sons were unworthy. One was arrogant and selfish, one only searching for glory, and both rejected and even hurt the fae.  As punishment they were both put to sleep and turned to stone by the Ibong Adarna.<br/>The youngest prince had a good heart, and the grateful fae told him how to avoid his brother’s fate. The young man had passed the test and the Adarna reversed her spells and traveled back with the young prince. The king was healed and the kingdom was able to rest easy.<br/>The folk tale ends there, but the Ibong Adarna’s life with this royal family was only beginning. The youngest son had promised the Adarna she was free after healing their father. The youngest son also told his brothers how he had managed to succeed in his quest, giving his brothers the weaknesses of the Adarna.<br/>After she had healed the king the brothers separated the Adarna and the rest of the court, then gagged and bound her. The two brothers then hatched a plan to take over the kingdom. They overthrew their father and murdered their youngest brother. Majority of the twenty years she spent as their servant were spent shackled inside a deep, dark cave far away from the sun. In exchange for being able to look at sky she longed for, the Adarna would use her magic to prolong their lives and destroy their enemies.<br/><br/>She only managed to escape after the two brothers turned on each other. In all the chaos there was an attempt to steal her from the brothers and she managed to slip away.<br/><br/>These days she travels alone, and does not share her gifts or identity so easily. These travels have made her familiar with Rumplestiltskin’s plans. While she does not look favourably upon him and his plot, she is not about to run headlong in to a war. Adarna knows she is no fighter and is afraid she will end up as Rumplestiltksin’s pawn and prisoner.<br/><strong>Personality:</strong><br/>Adarna is spontaneous, empathetic, charming and energetic, making her a great addition to any group and party. All this and her enjoyment for laughter hide how jaded and distrusting she actually is. She is constantly watching out for signs that those around her will turn on her, and she’s always looking for an excuse to be free from any for of commitment or ties.<br/>She was kind and generous once, she remembers that. But a couple of lifetimes worth of captivity have a way of hardening someone's heart.<br/><br/>The one thing she cannot turn a blind eye to are enslavement, something she feels she has experienced more than any being, mortal or immortal, should.<br/><strong>Orientation:</strong>Bisexual. o&o's (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=231755.0)<br/><strong>Appearance:</strong><br/>(https://i.imgur.com/CvI2rNV.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/yGdJall.jpg)