Name: Iska Torrin<br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Appearance</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/x/woman-sword-23231358.jpg)</div></div><br/><br/><strong>SCORES</strong><br/><strong>Stamina</strong>: Physically Fit 2<br/><strong>Will</strong>: Stubborn, Dutiful 7<br/><strong>Lore</strong>: Naive 1<br/><strong>Humanity</strong>: 7<br/><strong>Past</strong>: Acolyte 7<br/><strong>Price:</strong>Soul-drain. (-2 to stamina and will for one hour after 'feeding,' -1 to stamina and will for one day thereafter.)<br/><strong>Telltale</strong>: Two lines of three short silvery-white scars, running from cheekbone to jawline on either side of her face.<br/><strong><br/>Background: <br/></strong>Iska's father and his three wives were killed en route to his sister-in-law's wedding, when the giant roc they were traveling on was shot down. Although she had been an acolyte of the All-Mother, Iska considered it her duty to take up her mother's Sword, and to find a suitably powerful and wealthy Priest-Khan to marry, so that she could support her orphaned younger sisters.<br/><strong><br/>NPCs</strong>:<br/><strong>Elika Torrin</strong><br/>At 13, Elika is the next-oldest of the family, after Iska. She is also her only full sister. Given that Iska had previously been committed to becoming a Priestess of the All-Mother, Elika had expected to eventually inherit their mother's Sword. She is<em>not</em>pleased with the change of plans, or with the position in the Temple of the All-Mother that Iska arranged for her.<br/><br/><strong>Nissa Torrin</strong><br/>At 10, Nissa was quiet and reserved even before she lost her parents. She is now pathologically so, often refusing to speak for days at a time. She is attending a new school, one which allows some of the students to live on site. Although she was an excellent student before her parents' death, her work is now erratic. Between that and her extended silences, Iska is concerned that she may end up being expelled.<br/><br/><strong>Korina Torrin</strong><br/>At 5, Korina is the youngest of the Torrin children. She is attending the same school as Nissa, but is doing somewhat better, despite occasional fits of temper.<br/><br/><strong>WEAPON:</strong><br/><strong>Appearance:</strong><br/>A medium-length blade with a graceful curve, with three small sickle-like blades protruding from just above the hilt.<br/><strong><br/>Abilities:</strong><br/>Soul drain: The blade draws in a small amount of life-force every time it draws blood -- or the entirety, at a killing blow. This energy is stored for later use.<br/>Soul blast: A bolt of soul-energy travels from the hilt down the blade, either directly into a stabbed opponent or as an aimed bolt up to thirty feet. It stuns, but does no damage.<br/><br/><strong>Need:</strong>Soul-energy. Iska 'feeds' the blade by killing small animals with it.<br/><strong>Want:</strong><em>Human</em>soul-energy. Iska gives the blade some of her own blood as well.<br/><br/><br/><strong>Notes/Questions</strong>:<br/>I'm assuming a -2 to a stamina of 2 completely incapacitates her for that hour. And hopefully the double whammy of lowering both stamina and will justifies the fact that it isn't always in effect. I'm thinking she has to feed the blade every three days or so. Hopefully that balances (or can be adjusted to balance), since I think it's more interesting than just taking Scarred.<br/><br/>I'm thinking since Iska knows her own weapon's need and want (by virtue of having seen her mother 'feeding' it), it might make sense to bump Lore to 2 and drop Will to 6?<br/><br/>I'll also be adding some more NPCs, I just wanted to get a preliminary version out there for you to look at.