Thalya Balworth (http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=90729)<br/><br/><div class="floatright">(http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w172/minarou/d51733c7-212f-4bfc-ad58-a6d67e51b00c.jpg)</div><br/>Thalya was about to give the young druidess a teasing lick on her cheek when she heard the audible clash of metal, breaking the monotonous churning of the sea’s waves on the Esmeralda’s prow.  Glancing around, the busty sorceress spied on the captain and her nephew trading at each other with their swords.  Thalya leaned back and huskily whispered to Al'Rhayel.<strong>“Perhaps we could finish our getting more ‘acquainted’ at a later date?” </strong>she melodiously hummed, gentling letting go of the feral druidess and leaving her again to muse on her private thoughts.  Straightening herself, Thalya gracefully paced toward the sparring match between Alyssa and Norton.<br/><br/>The sorceress recalled the time she and Norton went into hiding, after the fall of Latun and the goddess, Lux, trying to determine their course of action amide the reign of chaos and despair.  Her nephew confided to her what he must do, and that was to gather three powerful artifacts that hold the key in defeating Tenebrax.  Unfortunately the artifacts are said to be scattered across the globe, and thus they needed a ship for that purpose.  Fate had it that they would meet Alyssa, who in spite her looks and age commanded her own ship, and it seemed more than a coincidence that her aims aligned with theirs, for she had bone to pick with Tenebrax as well.  And now they are all here, Al’Rhayel included, setting off into the vast unknown and hoping to save the world.<br/><br/>Thalya’s brow frowned upon seeing her nephew yielding to the female captain, and was about to shake her head in disapproval for his poor display of prowess, when he, acting defeated, suddenly lunged at her in an attempt to grapple Alyssa to the wooden deck.<strong>“That’s the way to go, nephew!  Don’t give up, even up to the last minute!  Show her what you’ve got!”</strong>The sorceress was swinging her fisted arms about before her, cheering for Norton to somehow turn the tables on his opponent, Alyssa.<br/>