Character Descriptions

[Phalon]

BhenRudha
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(1/5/03 8:04 pm)

As our character interactions grow, I think it's important to remember character continuity. I was told by someone that they were going to have to look up old posts to see what Bhen Rudha looked like. I figured that we could use this thread to place things like character descriptions so that our fellow bards would have an easier time researching.

I'll even start...Bhen Rudha is tall (5'10" - 6') very thin, with a skull cap of spiky dark red hair. Her eyes are amber with green flecks in the center. She wears a long tunic that's drab green over tan pants and brown boots, with a wide brown leather belt. Around her neck is a copper torc...made of twisted metal that sits around the neck and is open at the throat...one cap has a wolf's head, the other has a flower.

Red has a somewhat severe features, with high, sharp cheekbones, and a strong jaw line. Her face isn't quite hawkish, but it's close. Her ears are smallish and set close to her head, and her nose is straight and of good size to her face. Her lips are of normal size, neither full or thin, but her most notable feature is her eyes, which are large and of unique color.

She probably feels "familiar" to Frieda, as a lot of Celtic peoples have similiar features.

If there's anything else you need, don't hesitate to ask.

Red

Edited by: BhenRudha at: 9/24/03 1:31 am

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phalon1
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(1/5/03 8:57 pm) Re: Character Descriptions

Here goes…Phalon is short, 5’2”, long light brown hair, sunstreaked with blonde, green eyes, wears a blue robe, which she has been trying to rid herself of for sometime, but shopping is hard out in the brush. Normally carries a sword, which has been lost at sea. Normally carries a pouch at her waist, which has been lost also. Normally rides a horse, Aronia, which is also missing. Phalon is not an Amazon. Has a mother, a brother, a sister-in-law, and nieces and nephews, with whom she was recently reunited with after 20+ years. Lost her one true love while in her youth to Roman soldiers. Has the ability to “see” things that may not necessarily be clear to her at the time she sees them. Has knowledge of the uses of herbs and plants in healing. Is the present Guardian of Puella’s necklace.

Edited by: phalon1 at: 1/6/03 9:10:11 pm

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BhenRudha
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(1/6/03 2:54 pm) Re: Character Descriptions

Thanks Phalon. Just one question though...what color are her eyes? I personally like to use the eyes for personal description a lot...

Case in point: Bhen Rudha's Ravens:
Name: Cailleach
Meaning: Witch
Eye Color: Amber

Name: Laoch
Meaning: Warrior
Eye Color: Red

Name: Baintreach
Meaning: Widow
Eye Color: Black

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Zena 1
Zena Scrolls Host
Posts: 462
(1/6/03 6:46 pm) Re: Character Descriptions

Zena of Thrace here. 5'7", dark curly hair and hazel eyes. She wears a green tunic with belt, leather pants and boots. She carries a chakram and her usual sword has one lima bean shaped emerald in the handle, having been a solstice gift from Evergreen. She was an eight year old child of a fishing village which was ultimately destroyed by Romans when a long period of starvation failed to kill everyone. As she was being driven along the beach by a centurian on horseback she was rescued by Amazons who took her into the tribe at the same time as Evergreen. The two became friends when Evergreen, who is a little older, came to Zena's defense when other Amazon children were teasing her. In the course of her life she has helped Xendra to raise other orphans and has taken on an adopted daughter, Gabby, herself. She is usually a cheerful woman, respectful of Amazon law and tradition, loyal to her tribe, her sister Evergreen and daughter Gabby.

Zena
"Agere Sequitur Esse"

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phalon1
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(1/6/03 10:11 pm) Re: Character Descriptions

Thanks Red, for pointing that out. I edited my description above, to keep it all together.

[Phalon]

Blackwolf
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(1/6/03 11:12 pm) Re: Character Descriptions
Here is Blackwolf.

I'm 5'7" or so, short brown hair, golden eyes, very strong though it really doesn't show on the figure. I wear a black sleeveless tunic with black leather pants and black boots. I used to have a sword with a wolf handle and running wolves on one side with an inscription on the other. That and the black scabbard it came with seems to be in the hands of evil right now. I do plan on getting it back somehow because it is precious to me but I don't know how yet. I have a horse Lukos which is back in a village someplace. I used to have a constant companion of Montara, my own black wolf, but as of right now he and I are the same. I now have the powers of a wolf and maybe some others that I haven't found yet.

"To fight for what you believe in and to never give up is to have the heart of a wolf."

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EvergreenLM
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(1/18/03 8:14 am) Re: Character Descriptions

Wow, this wasn't as simple as I thought when I first read it. Evergreen is one complicated character. Here goes:

Compact 5'4'' on a medium build frame,wavy chestnut colored hair with natural silver streaks throughout with one area heavily concentrated. Medium complexion. Very dark brown eyes. Significant battle scars to her back.

Clothing: Wears doeskin colored pants and top embellished with a symbolic pine branch. Replacing this often lost particular article of clothing has been a point of contention between for Evergreen and Zena.

Boots: knee high.

Weapon: A very symbolic engraved and jeweled sword. You would think she could remember where she left it.

From the Animal Planet:
HORSE: Whisperer. Can't remember where she has parked it.
HORSE: Balius. Given to EG by the goddess Philotes DOG: Little Dog. A wayward mutt with short legs befriended by EG,passed around to various sisters, and has a persona of its own as of late.

Lineage:
MOTHER: Amazon, captured and enslaved in a Senatorial Roman household. Bore EG from a one sided lustful encounter with the Senator.
FATHER: Justinian, favored EG, gave her Roman education; expectation that she would lead the Roman Army.
HALF-SISTER: Leara. Fathered by Justian and his Roman wife who took favor with EG's mother.
SISTER BY CHOICE: Zena. Best friend and traveling companion,knows EG's dark side and complexities. Hangs in there in spite of it all. EG trust Zena with her life.

etc: As young children, EG and Leara were taken by EG's mother on a ruse of an outing into the forest permitted by Leara's mom. She gave them a symbol that would permit EG's mother to pass freely where ever she traveled in Rome. Mom booked it right out of town back to the Amazons. EG befriends Zena as a child. They are raised together and are devoted friends. Leara is EG's secret.
Later in life, angst loaded EG meets up with Dad and runs him through with her sword and kills him. (Hmmm,maybe that's where she left it.)
Trouble and wounds follow EG like a motherless lamb. She is aloof and frustrates her sister Amazons by not staying in one place for any protracted period of time. Evergreen,however, is devoted to them and would do anything to protect and preserve them.

"It is What it Is"

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gabbyfan4ever
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(4/14/03 9:20 pm) Re: Character Descriptions

Haha sorry, I just now saw this thread . Better late than never, right?

Gabby here. Gabby is 5'1 with a small frame, and light complexion. She has blue eyes and straight, long brown hair. She wears a knee length light brown skirt, and matching brown top. Her boots are dark brown, and come up to the knees. Gabby's weapon of choice, and only weapon, is the staff. She has no animals, but has on occasion taken care of Little Dog (or has been taken care of by Little Dog), and is looking for a horse to call her own.

She is 16 years old, and lived out peacefully over 15 years of her life in a small village with her mother, father and two sisters. Her village was destroyed, and entire family killed by a band of traveling Romans. Since then Gabby has been taken in by the Amazon tribe, and adopted by Zena. She is not a member of the tribe, but looks forward to being formally inducted into her new family soon. Her life is now solely devoted to her sisters and Mother, and protecting them through any adventures that may come.

[Phalon]

Lilpunkin
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(5/27/03 4:19 am) Re: Character Descriptions

Well, I'll give this a shot...
Character: Slave girl
Name: None yet.. But its coming.
Age: About 14, 15. (No one ever kept track.)
Basic build: Short (Just barely 5') n stocky.
Hair color: Dark, dirty brown.
Eye color: Green.

Clothing: Rags, usually.. Whatever can be found. She's not picky.
Weapon(s): None. She has a bit of a history with knives however.. but thats another story.

Distinctive markings?
Currently a dark bruise on her left cheek, small scrapes and bruises all over, mostly healed but still there.

Basic background:An abused kitchen drudge in several taverns... Recently purchased by the messenger Boudicca for 5 silver pieces. For her freedom, she must pay Boudicca back.

Whew! Done. Left most of her background out though... Tis to be discovered later...

~lilpunkin~

"Our thoughts and imaginations are the only real limits to our possibilities."
~ Orison S. Marden (Courtesy of XG)

Edited by: lilpunkin at: 5/27/03 4:33:14 am

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Joxcenia
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(5/27/03 5:27 pm)

Re: Character Descriptions

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I know... I'm not in the story anymore, but I'm adding this for if anyone has a flashback and I'm included in it.

• Name: Joxcenia (Known as Trenna while an amnesiac.)
  
• Hair: Blonde
  
• Eyes: Hazel -- Green & Brown (with little blue specks)
  
• Height: That of a normal 12-year-old (4 foot 8-1/2 inches)
  
• Skills: Good at getting into places the TALL Amazons can't get into without being detected. (Somewhat like "mouse" in LadyHawke)
  
• Weapons: ummmm, haven't decided yet. (They can't be too big or too heavy though! lol) [Hummm.... a Triskelion maybe?]
  
• Horse's name: Harmony
  
• Horse's color: Tan, with Chakram-like scar on back right leg.
  
• Horse's skill: Knows to squat or stand near rock or some other stepping place when rider goes to mount quickly (such as when being chased). [I'm a little woman who rides a big horse! Well.... It's not like I can carry a big stick! lmao] [Hummmm.... maybe I should ride a centaur!?! He could grab me and pull me up onto his back!]
  

Edited by: Joxcenia at: 8/29/03 12:18 am

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BhenRudha
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(5/27/03 11:15 pm)

Boudicca's Description ((C&Ped from the her PSA post))

For what it is worth . . . I wear scarlet under clothes, a bulky wool sweater under a chain mail tunic, thick brown leather pants and boots xena would be proud of . . . tall covering the knee . . . I'm 5'10" about 200 lbs with a hint of muscle under my ummmm . . . padding . . . I throw knifes and have 7 on me. one on each arm, one on each hip, one in each boot, and one in the small of my back . . . and I have a big cross bow and a lil one

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BhenRudha
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(5/27/03 11:37 pm) Re: Character Descriptions


Quote:

(They can't be too big or too heavy though! lol)

[Hummm.... a Triskelion maybe?]

Well...if you want to throw a triple spiral that's on you.

But I think Joxie would be served well by a spear cut to her size. Something she could use with two hands, that had a blade on it, and some reach, which could be thrown if she needed, or set in the ground to counter a charge or larger person bearing down on her. *And* it would be historically accurate for the times. (Like that's really a concern...think of it as icing or something.)

But that...is just me...

Red

[Phalon]

The Chaotrix
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(6/3/03 12:30 am) Re: Character Descriptions

Sumire

Appears to be in her mid 20's and is about....5ft4 or so. She has long straight raven hair that, when let down, is past the middle of her back. Mostly she will have it up secured by three violet laquered pins. Her eyes seem black at a distance but they are actually a deep dark brown.

To her distress, her present predicament has her wearing clothing salvaged from the lost caravan. Taken from Daisuke's store of clothes:
Split hakama (skirt-like pants) over a yakuta (a males light cotton kimono) And occasionaly over that (dependant on weather) a haori (a light mid-length coat designed to be worn over the kimono)
tabi (split toed socks)
geta sandles (wooden clog-type sandles)
She desperately hopes that the westerners will not realize she's wearing men's clothing.

((Prefers wearing the kimonos of her own design. Alas, she only has the one that she was able to salvage from the caravan. Because it is a kimono more suited for formal occasions, she keeps it, along with the obi sash (and other such acoutrements) safely bundled away rather than subject it to open travel.))

Underneath the draping clothing she has a slim dancer's build and moves with an unconscious grace.

Carries no weapon because then she'd have to put down her parasol or fan or brush or flute to hold them. *tsk*

***other stuff... Rather than stumble through greek in what she thinks an 'inarticulate' fashion, she has a habbit of translating what she is about to say in her head entirely before even starting to speak. So there are these odd pauses before she answers someone. If the listener isn't aware of this pattern it might seem as if she is unwilling to speak to them or ill at ease.

Every now and again, for no apparent reason, she'll do some mundane thing and make it seem like a ritual.

Edited by: the chaotrix at: 8/28/03 11:07 pm

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1itt1e dog
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(6/3/03 7:41 pm) Re: Character Descriptions
Little Dog is 2 human years, 14 in dog years. He was abandoned by an itinerant peddler when he refused to learn any stupid pet tricks. LD was found and fed on the road from Amphipolis by Evergreen.
His coat is sleek, light in color. His legs are short and so are his ears with a medium length tail that wags enthusiastically for EG, one of the Amazons of her tribe or her travelling companions. He especially likes Phalon, the pup Gabby, Zena as the next best thing to Evergreen and Blackwolf who speaks dog. Bhen Rudha is just a little too mysterious for this down to earth canine, and he would love to get his sharp pointy teeth around some Roman's arm having witnessed their cruelty in the Roman camp.

Cave Canem

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blackwolf
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(6/5/03 10:08 pm) Re: Character Descriptions

I just realized that in my previous description of my character I never went into specifics about some things, such as my sword and horse.

Lukos is a little under 16 hands, and is a golden palomino. He's 4 years old and has been with me since I was a child. He was a gift from my father.

As for my now absent sword, the handle is black with running wolves etched around it. On one side of the blade there is a pack of running wolves. The other side of the blade was rune worked. It said "To fight for what you believe in and to never give up is to have the heart of a wolf." It was a gift from the Protector that I had learned from, right before he had died.

Anyway, just thought I'd add a little extra description.

"To fight for what you believe in and to never give up is to have the heart of a wolf."

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phalon1
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(9/2/03 11:32 pm) Re: Character Descriptions

The Family:

Gelasuis - muscular, mid-thirties, devoted husband and father of nine.

Damaris - Gelasuis' wife, pleasantly plump, nine children and one on the way. Beams when she speaks of her family.

Apollo - boy of five. Busy child, with a fondness for strays.

Alida - six year old girl. Bickers constantly with Apollo.

Vania - eight year old girl. Grandma's little helper.

Lyndara - girl of ten. Enjoys bossing the younger children.

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gabbin
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(9/9/03 1:35 pm) Re: Character Descriptions

Frieda Rose McFlannel,
age 20 years old,
Reddish blond hair, 5"5, green eyes scrawny, but strong (weaver and all), weeny but way curious, weaver of flannel and cotton goods.
Blinded at work, going to place a wool saddle blanket on a horse, walked behind and was kicked.
Born in Scotland to a ale/flannel producing family, grew up on the family farm.
At age 11 she and her twin sister, Fia (deaf from birth) were abducted and sold to Greek flannel producing businesses.
Age 14 sold to a man whom loved her (Hubcles), married 5 years till his death.
Freedom at age 14. Friend is seamstress Metussa.

The flannel making is for Greek troops in the Northern lands, but, Frieda is trying to get out of that arena and into clothes for Greek life.

Edited by: gabbin at: 9/9/03 8:19 pm

[Melodic Mistress]

Hmm, since I'd like to be involved, I suppose I should put the specs for my character eh?

Her name is Minhae (Min *rhymes with sin* hay *not to heavy on the y*). This foreign name alone hints that she is from a land close to the kingdom of Chin.

Her eyes are tinted an icy grey as if the grey-eyed goddess Athena herself had given birth to this mysterious creature. Her hair is normally held up by a black scarf albeit long silky strands of ebony black grace her milky foreign (asian) face and fall bellow her shoulders in curls.

Her garmets are of peculiarity. At first glace, she seems to wear the traditional black ninja outfit -- a black Shinobi Shozoku decorated with cerulean blue embroiderary borders along the seams of the whole ensemble. Taking a second glance, one would notice the unfamiliar mask that covers her forehead. It seems to have four silver slits, giving the mask an illusion of seeing four glowing eyes. Attatched to the ends of this mask are beautifully ornate circular gems -- possibly also originated from her foreign land. What sets off this normal mask is the tied feathers and beads that flow freely by her ears. The seem... almost Amazonian!

Taking a third glance, a sheer silvery lame (pretend there's an accent over the e) scarf is wrapped around her neck and drapped over her back -- acting as a small cape. It is embossed with strange patterns that hint to the trained eye as an Arabic design.

Looking past the cape, she carefully hides two twin ebony scabbards, each blanketing the source of this warrior's deadliest ability.

It's evident that this warrior has traveled many distant lands and fortunately, one isn't unlucky enough to engage this mistress in battle or he/she might learn of the many fatal skills and strengths of this traveling warrior.

*additional commentary*
Her traveling companions include her golden saddleback palomino horse named Suki (ok, so I love Argo... so sue me) and a syberian wolf named Hisa (and I enjoyed playing Samurai Showdown when I was younger... I'm ignoring the eye rolls...).

Underneath her traditional ninja robes... to be continued! (because I'm sleepy and it's 11:34pm and I need my beauty sleep)

~Jessi

[Blue Raven]

Here's the up and up on the new girl!

[glow=red,2,300]Physical:
A girl of no more than 17, small, almost frail, carrying no weapon or pack of any kind wanders the forests of the ancient world.
She stands around 5’5, with deep dark hair chopped wildly about her head, short, curly and straight all at the same time, jutting out as if someone hacked at it crudely.
Her clear, icy blue eyes seem to both see through your soul and not see at all.

In fact, her physicality is not what draws people to her – instead she is surrounded by an aura of such draw that one can almost see it, if not reach out and touch it. Everything about her is light and watery, she almost appears to float, laughter and joy cling to her like a robe. Yet despite her ability to put one at ease, there is something altogether disturbing about her. It is about the time one begins feeling apprehensive about her that one notices the markings.

Runes, symbols, and spells from before time cover her body in blue ink, just below the surface of her skin. Nine significant runes in all, though no one ever really takes the time to count them, each one special and each surrounded by it’s own song of magik. What is suddenly obvious to the observer now is that she stands before you naked beneath the huge, blue pelt draped loosely o’er her shoulder, right down to her bare toes wiggling in the earth as if reaching for water below the soil. If she were to walk away from you, you would see a bird, a solid raven etched into her back, wings spread across her shoulder blades as if streaming through the sky, and talons opened wide, both giving and receiving simultaneously. But she’s facing you now, staring at you with those dancing blue eyes, and that’s when you see the one mark that’s different from all the others, right in the center of her chest, above her breasts like a pendant, a black symbol over a blue, frightening and out of place.

She is both ugly and beautiful.

History:
She is known by many names, a name for each leg of her journey through life.
First, she was Katiska, meaning pure, of the house of Rurik, leader of the tribe of Krivichian in Novgosod, the Frigid North.
Then she became Gythia, priestess, in the rights of Asatru, trained to become the Seid (sear) of the Galder (divination using runes). Here she received her markings. The Nine Runes are the Nine Virtues:
1. Courage (on her forehead)
2. Truth (right shoulder)
3. Honor (left shoulder)
4. Fidelity (above breast)
5. Discipline (stomach)
6. Hospitality (right hand)
7. Industriousness (left hand)
8. Self-reliance (right thigh)
9. Perseverance (left thigh)
Following her betrayal of her vows, she was called Yekatenka, that is torture, for that was her punishment.
Upon being cast out of her tribe, she chose the name Mstislav for herself, which means in the tongue of her people, Vengence. For that is what she is seeking, ever, without rest.

What in the world is she doing in these scrolls?

My hope is that as she wanders South through the forests of the old world, she will happen upon a hunting party of an Amazon tribe or a battalion of Roman soldiers. I have tried to reveal here only that which is crucial to her beginnings, leaving me room to grow her, as well as giving her the opportunity to share her stories herself. Is she to be friend or foe? Only the bards will tell.
[/glow]

Hope she passes inspection!

Raven

[Mini Mia]

Feb 26, 2006 2:33:28 GMT -6 LMV's Old Account said:

XENA SCROLLS SITA

NAME: Sita
AGE: 23
HEIGHT: 5ft 11
SEX: Female
BODY TYPE: Well Toned, pregnant
EYE COLOUR: Ice Blue
HAIR COLOUR: Dark Brown
HAIR STYLE: Sholder length
HOMETOWN: Elinopilous
SHORT STORY ABOUT HOME LIFE AS A CHILD: she grew up in a small town, a happy child always messing around and fighting with her brothers, when she turned 16 Raiders came to her village torching everything in site, only her mother Uma and one brother Troy survived and a couple of other townsfolk, she got angry and ran away to avenge her borothers and fathers death, she joined an army to do this, she became a fast and agile warrior and the head of the army a warlord named Mather decided that she was worthy of him, she accepted this and continued to terrorize people with her now lover Mather, after 2 years of traveling with mather she fell in love with one of the girls from a group they had captured and taken in for entertainment for the army, she refused to let the men near this girl who went from being her friend to her lover the girl kali was amazing and she taught Sita to love and live and she convinced Sita to bring down Mathers army which she did, she then left with her new found love and traveled across the world fighting for a good cause, she then one day 4 years later came face to face with the man who killed her family Nostrum… he killed kali, Sita was captured and beaten everyday for nearly a year she then escaped and after the escape realized she was pregnant and hid in a village, gave up her life as a warrior and began to live a quite life…till now

will post HOUSE OF WHOOSHER SITA IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS

*cherry*

*%*LMV*%*