<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">Manirai Shinirbael (http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=995394)</span><br/><pre>(http://i.imgur.com/6Wfh2C4l.jpg)<br/></pre><br/><strong>Description</strong><br/><br/>Manirai is an athletic, severe elf. Her ashen grey skin is marred by multiple scars, surrounding fiery red eyes and veiled by dull black hair. Her form is strong (for an elf) and agile, her gait deliberate and powerful. Her abs are toned, supporting modest breasts. Though elves don't grow much body hair, that which exists is unshaven. She is missing a toe on her left foot from when her family fled the demons of the Worldwound - she was only 7. A scarred-over gash on her right ribcage below the breast sometimes gives her pain when breathing heavy, and a prominent scar on her left cheekbone and forehead tell of her luck in managing not to lose an eye in her first foray into the Worldwound as an adult. She applies yellow-orange warpaint below her eyes when setting off for battle: a dedication to vengeance.<br/><br/>She wears traditional Sarkorian Elf hunting leathers, reinforced with thin strips of metal. Her armour is complimented by a dull brown cloak and a traditional headwrap (turban, facemask, and scarf) of the same colour. Her clothing is also traditional tribal garb, with a tunic covered in images and motifs depicting significant events in her family's history. That said, her very non-traditional undergarments and Calistrian holy symbol are evidence that she has ultimately been affected by her peoples' exile. She wields a beautiful curved elven tulwar and hunting dagger, both passed down from her family for generations. Their blades are inscribed with tribal invocations of victory and protection. Their grips are made with bone and leather and their once-fine edges have somewhat deteriorated over the years (so that they are no longer masterwork unless re-tooled normally.) A small Calistrian charm is wrapped around the hilt of the tulwar, in dedication to Manirai's vengeful goals.<br/><br/><strong>Personality</strong><br/><br/>Many would call Manirai an intense, churlish firebrand. Those people would not be incorrect. Manirai suffered deep mental and spiritual wounds from the opening of the Worldwound, and she channels those emotions to fuel her martial arts. At her worst, she can be rude, quarrelsome, sardonistic, hateful, hedonistic, and violent. At her best, she is empathetic, fiercely loyal, protective, respectfully sarcastic, and intensely loving. She is prone to bouts of anger, and in battle she channels her anger as a snarling berserker. If she can't take her frustration out on a deserving enemy, she'll work it out of her system through intense training, drinking, or fucking.<br/><br/>Ideologically, she is a passionate believer in freedom for all classes of people, of charity for the misfortunate, and of vigilante justice - quietly. Manirai is utterly dedicated to purging the Worldwound of its demonic usurpers, so that her peoples may reclaim their homeland and preserve their traditions from the hardships of living abroad. The harbinger turned to Calistria as a patron of revenge, a deity associated with her peoples' traditional pantheon - if an outlier. Manirai prays for Calistria's favour as she prepares to cut down every last demon in the Worldwound, for the strength to see her task through, and for the guile to accomplish it without getting herself killed.<br/><br/>Calistria's portfolio of lust has not been lost on Manirai, and she has grown to be uncharacteristically lustful in the past decade or so. She treats sex as a pleasurable release of stress, never developing any relationships past short trysts. She is not very particular about her partners, open to any gender and any race. She has a dominant streak in bed, though sometimes she enjoys relinquishing control to her partner if it suits her. In her darker moments when she uses sex as a release, she can devolve into an almost-feral state of mind.<br/><br/><strong>Backstory</strong><br/><br/>Manirai is of the Shinirbael clan - one of the Sarkorisan Elf tribes who lived as semi-nomadic hunters and herders in the wilderness of Sarkoris before the appearance of the Worldwound. Manirai was born seven years prior to the demonic invasion, such that memories of her once-beautiful homeland are etched into her conscience. The Shinirbael clan tried to fight the invaders, as many clans did, before fleeing to Mendev as refugees.<br/><br/>Manirai's childhood was defined by her family's struggle to survive in Mendev, shuffling between slums and ghettos as the local governments struggles with the burgeoning refugee population. All the while, Manirai's parents and extended family did their best to keep their traditions alive and impart them to their young child. Manirai was stubbornly, fiercely devoted to these traditions and refused to stoop to outsiders or bullies who would mock or impose on her heritage. This marginal experience caused Manirai to resent the demons of the Worldwound and idealise her lost homeland. The latter century of her childhood saw a determined Manirai learning all she could of her peoples' combat techniques, constantly training her body and mind for the time where she could strike out on her own and join a crusade.<br/><br/>As a young adult, the past twenty years have seen Manirai take part in border skirmishes with the Worldwound demons and their thralls. Manirai's conviction only deepened with each encounter, along with her faith in Calistria and her hedonistic habits. The elf has vowed that this time will be different - this time she is experienced and powerful enough to succeed and purge the demons from her rightful homeland.