Post by Avi on Jul 5, 2006 17:29:30 GMT -5
Name: Tessa
Age: 19
Year Added: Year Two, Age 17
Rank: Bonded
Appearance: Very curly, black unruly hair that she manages to keep in place by braids. Her eyes are oddly colored, yellow topazes on her face. Her chin is slightly pointed, as well as her nose, and her complexion is fair.
Personality: Quiet unless spoken to, Tessa's introverted. Obsessed with her element, she plays with fire too much, and often burns things around her. Lacking confidence, she makes up for it with a raging temper, although she can be quite calm. She does what won't get her in trouble, and usually what would be the best for her. She has a very dry, sarcastic sense of humor that can be hard to understand.
History: Tessa was born into the Collectives by a mother and father in there. Her exceptional skills with blades was discovered when she was four, and honed during special training. As a child in the Collectives, she and the few other children were taught at a young age how evil the Guild was, how to withstand torture (she has scars to prove it), battle tactics, etc. Tessa grew up with the Collectives being the good ones sent to purge out the Guild...and was experimented on by the notable Collective Scientis, Eris. Eris worked to build up her immunity to completely resist poison.
Her first battle took place when she was fifteen. Tessa was fighting against a girl and her Bonded Spector. She had them cornered with her blade, and couldn't help crowing about how good always triumph over evil, and stopped when she saw the girl laughing.
"If it were good over evil." she said. "I'd be winning."
To shorten a story, I'll skip the heated exchange and go to the point where Tessa realizes the girl is right. Everything that she had been taught, she noticed, had been bloody, ruthless. She lowered her blade, and the girl looked surprised. Tessa begged to know more.
While the rest of the battle raged on, the girl explained all about the Guild, how it worked, etcetera. Tessa was fascinated. They befriended each other in the corner of the battlefield where barely anyone else fought, and only Tessa's horse Naja close enough to hear and see, and promised to meet each other once a month in secret, Tessa suggested that maybe she could do some sort of spying.
They continued for almost two years, Tessa trading the little secrets she knew for a friend. But disaster struck. Tessa's father found out, and enraged, broke in on one of their meetings. the girl and her Spector didn't have a chance. He spared Tessa for brutal torture, his plans foiled when Naja struck him down from behind...
Tessa has come to the Guild, to get away, and to find a better life...
After being accepted, she bonded to a ditsy Shade at her first Bonding. Now she has left and become part of the Collective again, certain that the Guild is not where she belongs. Eris took her under her wing, and Tessa has became an assistant to her. She helped in the creation of Ary and Amy; but now has been volunteered to go under a tranformation herself...
Personal Element: Fire
Pets:
Naja: A pure black Arabian stallion with very dark, burning blue eyes. He's clever and somewhat cynical, and doesn't trust easily, like his rider.
Fighting Style: Tessa is a very offensive fighter, and almost always uses a long blade of sorts. She's pretty ruthless, giving the opponent no mercy...
Weapon of Choice: Anything sharp or pointy, but she prefers a light but sturdy sword that isn't easily noticeable, but still elegant.
Note: This is in no way the same Tessa as on the Weyrs, I just like the name. ^^
Spirit: Shade Oyam
Appearance: Minus ears and tail, of course. I would have gotten a better one...but this one seemed to capture her ditziness perfectly. I always imagined her with blonde hair, but red-orange works. XP
Personality: She's clueless, brainless, and utterly happy. In other words a ditz. (Who else wold think of Eris a nice lady and Casrina a lovely queen?) Oyam's over-obsessed with sugar, and anyone who gives her sugar will become her lifetime hero.
Combat Traits: The sad thing is, half the time she doesn't realize she's fighting. In fact, Tessa's incentive to get Oyam to turn into a sword for her to use is saying that if the opponent dies, Oyam can have a lemon drop.
Age: 19
Year Added: Year Two, Age 17
Rank: Bonded
Appearance: Very curly, black unruly hair that she manages to keep in place by braids. Her eyes are oddly colored, yellow topazes on her face. Her chin is slightly pointed, as well as her nose, and her complexion is fair.
Personality: Quiet unless spoken to, Tessa's introverted. Obsessed with her element, she plays with fire too much, and often burns things around her. Lacking confidence, she makes up for it with a raging temper, although she can be quite calm. She does what won't get her in trouble, and usually what would be the best for her. She has a very dry, sarcastic sense of humor that can be hard to understand.
History: Tessa was born into the Collectives by a mother and father in there. Her exceptional skills with blades was discovered when she was four, and honed during special training. As a child in the Collectives, she and the few other children were taught at a young age how evil the Guild was, how to withstand torture (she has scars to prove it), battle tactics, etc. Tessa grew up with the Collectives being the good ones sent to purge out the Guild...and was experimented on by the notable Collective Scientis, Eris. Eris worked to build up her immunity to completely resist poison.
Her first battle took place when she was fifteen. Tessa was fighting against a girl and her Bonded Spector. She had them cornered with her blade, and couldn't help crowing about how good always triumph over evil, and stopped when she saw the girl laughing.
"If it were good over evil." she said. "I'd be winning."
To shorten a story, I'll skip the heated exchange and go to the point where Tessa realizes the girl is right. Everything that she had been taught, she noticed, had been bloody, ruthless. She lowered her blade, and the girl looked surprised. Tessa begged to know more.
While the rest of the battle raged on, the girl explained all about the Guild, how it worked, etcetera. Tessa was fascinated. They befriended each other in the corner of the battlefield where barely anyone else fought, and only Tessa's horse Naja close enough to hear and see, and promised to meet each other once a month in secret, Tessa suggested that maybe she could do some sort of spying.
They continued for almost two years, Tessa trading the little secrets she knew for a friend. But disaster struck. Tessa's father found out, and enraged, broke in on one of their meetings. the girl and her Spector didn't have a chance. He spared Tessa for brutal torture, his plans foiled when Naja struck him down from behind...
Tessa has come to the Guild, to get away, and to find a better life...
After being accepted, she bonded to a ditsy Shade at her first Bonding. Now she has left and become part of the Collective again, certain that the Guild is not where she belongs. Eris took her under her wing, and Tessa has became an assistant to her. She helped in the creation of Ary and Amy; but now has been volunteered to go under a tranformation herself...
Personal Element: Fire
Pets:
Naja: A pure black Arabian stallion with very dark, burning blue eyes. He's clever and somewhat cynical, and doesn't trust easily, like his rider.
Fighting Style: Tessa is a very offensive fighter, and almost always uses a long blade of sorts. She's pretty ruthless, giving the opponent no mercy...
Weapon of Choice: Anything sharp or pointy, but she prefers a light but sturdy sword that isn't easily noticeable, but still elegant.
Note: This is in no way the same Tessa as on the Weyrs, I just like the name. ^^
Spirit: Shade Oyam
Appearance: Minus ears and tail, of course. I would have gotten a better one...but this one seemed to capture her ditziness perfectly. I always imagined her with blonde hair, but red-orange works. XP
Personality: She's clueless, brainless, and utterly happy. In other words a ditz. (Who else wold think of Eris a nice lady and Casrina a lovely queen?) Oyam's over-obsessed with sugar, and anyone who gives her sugar will become her lifetime hero.
Combat Traits: The sad thing is, half the time she doesn't realize she's fighting. In fact, Tessa's incentive to get Oyam to turn into a sword for her to use is saying that if the opponent dies, Oyam can have a lemon drop.