<div class="floatright">(https://i.imgur.com/NRgbz2P.png)</div><strong>Name</strong>:  Aspirant Talla Rho'Gul<br/><strong>Race</strong>:  Tiefling<br/><strong>Gender</strong>:  Female<br/><strong>Age</strong>:  18<br/><br/><strong>Sexuality</strong>(IC): Bisexual<br/><strong>Acceptable Encounters</strong>(OOC): Open to all encounters (I know it sounds like a cop-out, but I wanna try all the things!)<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Physical Description</span></strong><br/>Talla is a young hellspawn of dusky violet coloration.  A denizen of the desert, Talla is used to wearing several layers of light cloth to ward off the sun without overheating herself.  With the relative humidity of the open sea, however, she's started stripping layers to keep them from getting soaked through and uncomfortable.  Talla has an affection for simple jewelry, well-crafted by her people's jewelers but made up of common materials like amethysts and copper.<br/><strong><br/><span class="bbc_u">Personality</span></strong><br/>Talla is an Aspirant, chosen by the Sun to enact its will and bring its life-giving light into the dark places of the world.  Being chosen is not, however, enough to become a Paladin of the Unconquered Order.  Talla needs to prove herself and swear an oath before the sun and her peers before she can properly claim that title.  Her pilgrimmage to the West is part of that, an opportunity to test herself and her convictions against the real world.<br/><br/>Talla has been spared much of the animosity her race usually suffers at the hands of other cultures, having been born out in the shifting sands among her own kind.  As such, she's surprisingly outgoing and cheerful for a Hellspawn, prone to laughter and dancing.  Still, she's heard the stories, and life out in the desert was harsh, she learned to fight at a young age and always remembers that it was persecution that chased her people out into the sands to begin with.  So, while she's friendly and wishes to believe the best of people, she can find it difficult to trust them.<br/><br/>Talla doesn't really understand<em>why</em>she was chosen to be an Aspirant, but when the Celestial Father speaks, you<em>listen</em>.  Part of her is uncertain of what the Unconquered Order will make of a Hellspawn seeking to join their ranks, and she usually hides her holy symbol under the folds of her clothes after an early encounter where she was accused of mocking worshippers after leaving her people.  Forgiveness is a virtue that Talla is still working on, it's difficult for her not to take it personally when wronged.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Personal History</span></strong><br/>Talla was born as part of a commune of Hellspawn who retreated into the shifting sands of a vast desert to escape the persecution of other races.  Regularly moving to avoid exhausting any one water supply, they only briefly intersect with other communities to trade, swaddled in light silks to hide their bodies though little can be done about their horns.  A great deal of folklore has sprung up from ignorance of her people: that they steal children and corrupt them into their own, that they entice god-fearing mortals into their tents and steal their souls, and a great deal of speculation regarding what they do far from the eyes of men that ranges from the blasphemous to the ribald.<br/><br/>While sheltering in the ruins of an abandoned fortress, Talla was visited in a dream.  The sun burned brightly in a clear sky, beams of golden light reaching down to touch columns of bleached white stone, the temple around her having been restored to its former glory in her mind's eye.  In particular, her eyes were drawn to a banner of brilliant white, golden thread depicting a stylized sunburst, a fat disc surrounded by a ring of swords, a motto embroidered in Celestial along the bottom edge along with a number, as if for a military unit.  As she examined it, however, she realized that the light was changing, the sun sinking below the western horizon.<br/><br/>And when the darkness came, it was alive.  A roiling, shapeless *thing* with countless reaching claws.  They collapsed pillars, rusted steel with their greasy fingers, and looked at her with a sea of greedy eyes.  They did not reach for her, however.  As the darkness pressed in, Talla realized that she was emitting light herself, a hollow golden disc burning on her chest.  Snatching the banner from its hanging place, Talla ran after the retreating light of the sun, howls like the most lethal of sandstorms dogging her steeps as she rushed over the sands.  In the distance, however, she could see a shape silhouetted against the sunset.  Another fortress with high towers.<br/><br/>When she woke the next morning, Talla had a strange sense of purpose and strode deeper into the ruins.  It wasn't hanging from the wall, but she could feel a<em>tug</em>guiding her through the rubble.  Sure enough, she found a chest trapped under a collapsed part of the wall, and within was the banner from her dreams.  Not one to ignore the direct hand of the divine in her life, she followed the only interpretation her dream left her ... to go west, and seek out those who'd left the banner behind, before some creeping<em>evil</em>pulled itself out of the deserts of her homeland.<br/><br/><strong>Sexual Alignment</strong>:  Neutral<br/><strong>Addictions</strong>:<em>Justice!</em><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Dice Rolls</div><div class="spoiler_body">At 2019-02-16 14:10:16, Talla (uid: 52581) rolls: 4d6k3 Result: 10 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=130818)<br/>At 2019-02-16 14:10:28, Talla (uid: 52581) rolls: 4d6k3 Result: 14 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=130819)<br/>At 2019-02-16 14:10:38, Talla (uid: 52581) rolls: 4d6k3 Result: 12 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=130820)<br/>At 2019-02-16 14:10:49, Talla (uid: 52581) rolls: 4d6k3 Result: 14 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=130821)<br/>At 2019-02-16 14:11:01, Talla (uid: 52581) rolls: 4d6k3 Result: 16 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=130822)<br/>At 2019-02-16 14:11:08, Talla (uid: 52581) rolls: 4d6k3 Result: 13 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=130823)</div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Character Sheet</div><div class="spoiler_body"><strong>Class/Level</strong>:  Paladin 1<br/><strong>Background</strong>:  Outlander<br/><strong>Alignment</strong>:  Neutral Good<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Attributes</span></strong><br/><strong>Str</strong>:  15  ; <strong>Dex</strong>:  12;  <strong>Con</strong>:  14;  <strong>Int</strong>:  10;  <strong>Wis</strong>:  13;  <strong>Cha</strong>:  18<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Stats</span></strong><br/><strong>Armor Class</strong>:  18<br/><strong>Initiative</strong>:  +1<br/><strong>Speed</strong>:  30'<br/><strong>Passive Perception</strong>:  +1<br/><strong>Hit Point Maximum</strong>:  12<br/><strong>Hit Dice</strong>:  1d10<br/><strong>Proficiency Bonus</strong>:  +2<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Saves</span></strong><br/><strong>Str</strong>:  +2  ; <strong>Dex</strong>:  +1;  <strong>Con</strong>:  +2;  <strong>Int</strong>:  +0;  <strong><em>Wis</em></strong>:  +3;  <strong><em>Cha</em></strong>:  +6<br/><br/><strong>Proficiencies</strong>:  Athletics, Persuasion, Religion, Survival<br/><strong>Acrobatics (Dex)</strong>: +1 <strong>Animal Handling (Wis)</strong>: +1 <strong>Arcana (Int)</strong>: +0 <strong>Athletics (Str)</strong>: +4 <strong>Deception (Cha)</strong>: +4 <strong>History (Int)</strong>: +0 <strong>Insight (Wis)</strong>: +1 <strong>Intimidation (Cha)</strong>: +4 <strong>Investigation (Int)</strong>: +0 <strong>Medicine (Wis)</strong>: +1 <strong>Nature (Int)</strong>: +0 <strong>Perception (Wis)</strong>: +1 <strong>Performance (Cha)</strong>: +4 <strong>Persuasion (Cha)</strong>: +6 <strong>Religion (Int)</strong>: +2 <strong>Sleight of Hand (Dex)</strong>: +1 <strong>Stealth (Dex)</strong>: +1 <strong>Survival (Wis)</strong>: +3<br/><br/><strong>Equipment Proficiencies</strong>:  All Armor, Shields, Simple Weapons, Martial Weapons, Musical Instrument (Loutar)<br/><br/><strong>Languages</strong>:  Common, Infernal<br/><br/><strong>Features &amp; Traits</strong>:<br/>Background:  Outlander - Wanderer<br/>Tiefling:  Darkvision 60', Resistance to Fire Damage, Infernal Legacy (Knows Thaumatury Cantrip)<br/>Paladin:  Divine Sense (5/day), Lay on Hands (5hp /day)<br/><br/><strong>Attacks</strong>:<br/>Longsword: +4 to Hit, 1d8+2 dmg<br/>Javelin: +4 to Hit, 1d6+2 dmg, Range 30/120<br/><br/><strong>Equipment</strong>:<br/>Longsword, A Shield, Javelins (5), Explorer's Pack, Chain Mail, and a Holy Symbol<br/>A staff, a hunting trap, a trophy from an animal you killed, a set of traveler's clothes, and a belt pouch containing 10gp<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Background</strong></span><br/><strong>Origin</strong>:  Tribal Nomad<br/><strong>Ideal</strong>:  It is each person's responsibility to make the most happiness for the whole tribe.<br/><strong>Bond</strong>:  I must strive to be worthy of the Unconquered Order, and embody their ideals.<br/><strong>Flaw</strong>:  I remember every insult I've recieved and nurse a silent resentment toward anyone who's wronged me.</div></div>