<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/b3/Alyssa.jpg)</div><strong>Alyssa</strong>(http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=91076)<br/><hr/>Alyssa was standing on the deck fully armored and shield in hand.  Her left hand held her sword pointed out in a fighting stance.  There was no one in front of her that she was fighting, but it seemed like she was always practicing as she made slow movements.  The footwork was precise and the arm movements fluid as she gradually swung her sword to her left and brought her shield forward as if to block from the right.<br/><br/>She had known Norton, his aunt Thalya, and Al'Rhayel for over a year now.  She had started out just trying to find her sister, but as time went on it became evident that Norton had a greater destiny.  She had been there that day three years ago.  She'd been on the ship.  They had delivered supplies for the ceremony and she had climbed up into the crows nest to get a better view as everything went wrong.  She had been paralyzed with horror but safe so high up and alone.  Not long after that she received a package from her home town with a letter saying her parents were dead and her sister was missing.  The package had included the bone pipes she kept with her.<br/><br/>A year searching but there was nothing.  They had sailed from place to place on her ship but it had so far been all for not.  They had started taking on cargo to keep up with the upkeep of the ship as they continued to search.  She never gave up hope though.  There was something about Norton that she believed in, and Thalya and Al'Rhayel had been great help when things got heated.  But that didn't mean things didn't get frustrating.  And how did she deal with frustration?  By fighting.  But when she couldn't fight she would train.<br/><br/><hr/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Intelligence Check</div><div class="spoiler_body">At 2015-02-19 18:51:13, tuckers02 (uid: 19418) rolls: 1d20a-1 Result: 12 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=72570)</div></div>