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Bastet -> RE: The Rise of Domrius - OOC (12/7/2014 19:36:47)
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Name: Ishia Rinchen
Age: 19
Affiliation: Consortium of Zara
Appearance: Normally appearing like a petite, vulnerable young girl, Ishia stands at a mere 5’2”. To keep them out of the way, she keeps her fire-red hair locked in a braid. The colour of her skin is quite light, and her bright-green eyes create a strong contrast with her hair. At the pass she wears the same outfit as the rest of her unit, but leaves her head uncovered outside of battle to be easily recognized if sought.
History: Ishia was born in the middle of a nation-wide rebellion against the monarch of her country, daughter of the two main leaders of the uprising. The monarch had created a regime of militaristic terror, forcing high taxes and exploiting the territory’s resources for personal gain. The revolt was on the brink of defeat, but Ishia’s birth coincidentally happened at the same time a mysterious stranger arrived to help the rebels. The unknown man brought a wealth of resources with himself, saving the uprising from being crushed in a bath of blood. He also offered to train volunteers as stealth fighters, which were so effective the morale in the dictator’s army was broken not long after they effectively began carrying out sabotage and assassination mission. Overwhelmed with gratitude, Ishia’s parents offered their own daughter to be trained as soon as she was of age. Ishia demonstrated an exceptional attitude for what she was taught, soon being made an inspirational icon for the soldiers of the revolt. Not long after completing training, she began leading her own raids at a mere age of 17 years. When the monarch’s army was almost crashed and his palace-fortress was invaded, she had to make a choice that nobody would want to make: her parents had never stopped leading the rebellion, whether it was in the commanders’ tent or on the battlefield. The tyrant managed to catch them in a trap, but Ishia knew that if she stopped the assault on the palace to help them there would’ve been a major chance that her prey would escape to a safe place away from danger. Where most people would never have sacrificed those that gave them life, Ishia was sworn to duty on such a level that she personally hunted the monarch down. Emerging victorious from the battle for the fortress, a consortium led by the major generals of the rebellion was immediately created. The consortium’s highest priority was the safe reconstruction of the land’s economy, but it wasn’t that long before the news on the clash at Gripclaw pass reached them. With the in-country dangers completely eradicated, it was decided that an expedition was to be sent to the pass to make sure that Zara wouldn’t be taken over again.
Personality: Ishia has the personality you would expect from someone that willingly chose to kill their own parents and was trained since she was a kid to become an infiltrator. That doesn’t mean, however, that she’s completely emotionless, just that it’s very hard to find to warm her heart. She focuses on her missions, and rarely gets distracted from them. She has very little regards for her allies at the pass, seeing them only as tools to be taken advantage of to prevent a possible invasion of her country. She wouldn’t hesitate to betray them if it ensured the safety of Zara.
Zara: Zara occupies a small, but rich territory quite far from Gripclaw pass. It mostly was a nation built on trade and homeland resource exploitation, before the rebellion began and stopped almost all contacts with the neighboring territories. With the country now being slowly rebuilt, Zara is attempting to gain more influence on the outside world.
Command: Ishia departed from her homeland with the stranger that saved her country, who still serves as her mentor, and thirteen of the very best infiltrators that had been trained so far. They are each equipped with the inventions of the mysterious man, which are:
- A special lightweight wooden crossbow that is easily concealed, but still retains a good degree of armour penetration.
- Swordbreaker daggers paired in combat with well-crafted sabres. This fighting style forgoes any defensive tools, relying on speed and offence to keep the user alive. The swordbreakers can, at best, only be used as secondary weapons against enemies wielding non-bladed weapons.
- A new design of leather armor that covers the infiltrators’ bodies completely and is painted in the colours of the pass, making it harder to spot them. It resists damage fairly well, but it’s mainly made to avoid making any noise during dangerous sabotage and assassination missions.
Unlike the rest of the Zaran soldiers, the mysterious man himself is not a dedicated stealth operative, nor a soldier. A monster of a man, he stands at 6'5" tall and has a very developed physique. His skin is of a golden bronze, a stark contrast with the usual Zaran pale-ish pink. That said, he looks to be fairly old with his hair being completely white. He spends most of his time working as an engineer for his allies, repairing and inventing new tools, both for military and non-military use. Outside of his workshop back in Zara, he is mostly limited to repairing damages and making sure the Alliance's weapons are fit for war. He is a jovial individual, and carries a quantity of tools with him instead of regular weapons. He's also the closest thing the group has to a secondary commander, taking over when Ishia isn't there to make a decision.
If not carrying out covert missions, Ishia and her men prefer to stay in the back of the battle and strike at targets of opportunity with their crossbows. They will only fight directly if endangered, for a direct assault is not the way they defeat their enemies.
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