What kind of character do you see Ithika being - in broadest strokes?  From the description I can't automatically tell whether she is a rogue-ish, assassin type or a spellcaster with some social skills.<br/><br/>Not that it necessarily matters what character class you go with, but knowing (again, in broadest strokes) what her role in the group dynamic would be might help to inform the terms of her contract.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=332237.msg15846506#msg15846506">Quote from: Ixy on 07-05-2021, 04:51:21</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Pending any background ties that would affect this, I would expect her to be working on contract; <strong>if there's fealty involved</strong> (which I'm looking for in the thread, but not finding yet) then we can determine as part of fleshing out the more recent part of her backstory.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>There isn't<em>necessarily</em>any fealty involved.<br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Milena Kulland and the Kulland family (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=332178.msg15842170#msg15842170) are in the service of House Nox, and so there <em>is</em> fealty there.</li><li>Khaldrash the warrior (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=332178.msg15842045#msg15842045) is a brute mercenary, which is why there was a contract for him to sign.  THis would have probably been how Ailienne would have joined the Nox party if she had been accepted.</li><li>Shara, (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=332178.msg15843903#msg15843903) by contrast, is a slave - not only a slave, but not even a gladiatorial or warrior-trained slave, nor an enslaved mage, but a simple menial servant who started exhibiting magical power after arriving to the Continent.  I don't even think she would necessarily get a share of the treasure.</li></ul><br/>So, from those examples, Ithaka could be:<br/><ul class="bbc_list" style="list-style-type: decimal;"><li>A mercenary freshly hired into the service of House Nox</li><li>A mercenary freshly hired into the service of Davriel Nox or Milena Kulland, more specifically</li><li>A valued slave of House Nox</li><li>A valued soldier, agent or adept of House Nox, Davriel or Milena.</li><li>An independent agent recently arrived to the area through your own means, willing to associate as an adventurer, not a mercenary, and looking for a more egalitarian arrangement.</li></ul><br/>A slave or sworn agent of the House would have fealty, but a mercenary would only serve under the terms of the contract - I think any of these options<em>could</em>fit, but I think that with Ithaka's background as described, #3 seems<em>less likely.</em>I also don't think she would be a low servant - a trained drow, collected and enslaved through whatever means, would be a much more valuable catch than a marshwight.<br/><br/>I dunno if any of that helps.