I'm Only Dancing
Inactive Member
Name: "Willow"
(Formerly "Storm". Her real name, though she does not remember it, is Ksaala.)
General Information
Species: Thaxarian
Gender: Female
Age: She herself does not know - reasonable estimates with a knowledge of Thaxarians would place her between 20 and 35. (Should it be an issue, she is in fact 26.)
Family (or Creators): Though she does not remember, she was actually part of a small and close-knit family. Most of them died in conflict against enslavement.
Sxanee (Mother - Deceased in combat)
Khazhel (Father - Deceased in combat)
Kxajixz (Brother - Alive and well, somewhere)
It cannot be stressed enough that she does not know who her family is, has no memory of them. This is here as information for an OOC purpose only.
Employer: Freelance
Occupation: Mercenary
Rank: NA
Current Assignment: NA
Physical Characteristics
Height: 165 cm
Weight: 65 kg
Build and Skin Color: Willow is of a lithe, willowy, svelte build. She is not tall for a Thaxarian but her build makes her look somewhat taller than she is. She has very pale skin, almost snowy white though a touch fleshier to appearance. She is far stronger than she appears due to Thaxarian tendency towards compact muscle structure, but not of exceptional physical force for her species. She is, however, every bit as flexible as she appears.
Facial Features and Eye Color: Willow's face is finely featured and well-defined, not delicate but neither is it harsh. Her visage is narrow and hardened, with sharp features and windchapped skin and lips. Her eyes are dark slate grey, very nearly black, most of the time. However like most Thaxarians they do change with extreme emotions - at extremely positive feelings they take a lighter, slightly silvery sheen and at extremely negative emotions a tint of violet.
Hair color and Style: Willow has relatively long hair, completely black in color. She generally plaits it into a loose braid to keep it from her eyes. Though not exactly made of satin and goosedown, her tresses are well-kept, glossy, and soft to touch. She takes little pride in this, simply preferring clean hair to filthy.
Distinguishing Features: The tattoo on her left shoulder bearing her birthname. However, she cannot read it, and can't remember its purpose. Amnesia can do that. She also is missing half of the little finger on her right hand.
Psychological Characteristics
Personality: Willow is quiet and reflective prefferring to listen and contemplate a situation than to speak or interfere. It is her philosophy that things are better left to resolve themselves. She is not naive, however, and is a pragmatic realist at her core - she would rather live and let die but that doesnt provide food and shelter, hence her mercenary lifestyle. She is slow to anger, slow to trust, slow to any strong emotion at all. Few things can arouse a powerful reaction from her. The broken flashbacks that plague her dreams are perhaps the only reliable thing which drives her to rage.
Likes: Quiet, solitude, contemplative speech, yoga, fresh fruit and other simple foodstuffs.
Dislikes: Bloodshed, foul smells, cruelty, selfishness, unrealistic goals, gunshots, loud sounds of most sorts.
Goals: Willows foremost goal is to retire to a peaceful life of quiet reflection and little company.
History
Of her childhood and early life Willow remembers nothing. She was called Ksaala and she was daughter of parents who would soon after die in the fight against slavery. She of course knows none of this and likely never will. Her memories are as follows:
* Feeling intense pain in her head as though struck by a large, blunt object. For the record she probably was struck with a large, blunt object.
* Awakening on Nepleslia in the heart of Funky City.
* Realizing she had no idea who or where she was.
* Struggling for some time to communicate before picking up a reasonable amount of the language.
* Taking on the epithet "Storm" when she began mercenary work. Anger her and beware the impending storm.
* Abandoning the name Storm as she did not like the stereotype it placed on her.
* Losing half of her right hand's little finger in a fight with an ID-SOL gang member.
* Adopting the title "Willow" after an employer referred to her as "nameless and quite willowy".
* Sleeping night after night in her foggy memories desperately clinging for that which she cant reach.
Clearly she isnt one to discuss her past with. She has had only three employers, and has had little actual combat experience - she is good at what she does but has not been doing it for long.
Skills:
Fighting
A major niche for Willow. She is most capable in close quarters but has limited skill with handguns (she can hit a still target with good accuracy, a moving target with a little luck, depending on size and position of course). She favors fighting with the half-gauntlet on her left hand and a long knife in her right, something she is quite deadly at doing. Speed and agility play heavily into this - she also likes to make use of surprise and cheap tricks. Sand in the eyes, hit to the kneecaps or to the groin, anything to lend an advantage.
Physical
Willow has impressive stamina and can move quickly and efficiently for long periods of time. She is a capable tumbler and makes excellent use of both her strength and flexibility. This is however more natural talent than any amount of study or learning.
Communications
Willow can speak in Thaxarian, but can read none of it. She is fluent in written and spoken English, however, and has a spattering of words in a Japanese vocabulary due to limited contact with Yamataians during her tenure on Nepleslia. She has no love of this latter language finding it senselessly indirect and relatively irritating. She can operate most radios, and basic computer functions, but would struggle with most modern technologies.
Survival/Military
Willow is capabale enough as a forager to provide herself a meager living in most inhabitable climes. She is also proficient in the building of primitive shelters from scant materials.
Art/Vocations
In her time on Nepleslia Willow has dabbled in painting and sketching. She loves both and though she has no immense amount of talent she is slowly learning her techniques with acryllic and oil paints to a level of passable proficiency.
Technology Operation
At its very basic of levels. Willow was not raised with the use of advanced technology: it is proving difficult for her to learn now that she is immersed in it. She is however doing what she can with it, and is slowly learning the operation of most sorts of Nepleslian computer system. It is done entirely for the value of the knowledge - she finds computers to be, in general, infuriatingly illogical and impatient.
(Formerly "Storm". Her real name, though she does not remember it, is Ksaala.)
General Information
Species: Thaxarian
Gender: Female
Age: She herself does not know - reasonable estimates with a knowledge of Thaxarians would place her between 20 and 35. (Should it be an issue, she is in fact 26.)
Family (or Creators): Though she does not remember, she was actually part of a small and close-knit family. Most of them died in conflict against enslavement.
Sxanee (Mother - Deceased in combat)
Khazhel (Father - Deceased in combat)
Kxajixz (Brother - Alive and well, somewhere)
It cannot be stressed enough that she does not know who her family is, has no memory of them. This is here as information for an OOC purpose only.
Employer: Freelance
Occupation: Mercenary
Rank: NA
Current Assignment: NA
Physical Characteristics
Height: 165 cm
Weight: 65 kg
Build and Skin Color: Willow is of a lithe, willowy, svelte build. She is not tall for a Thaxarian but her build makes her look somewhat taller than she is. She has very pale skin, almost snowy white though a touch fleshier to appearance. She is far stronger than she appears due to Thaxarian tendency towards compact muscle structure, but not of exceptional physical force for her species. She is, however, every bit as flexible as she appears.
Facial Features and Eye Color: Willow's face is finely featured and well-defined, not delicate but neither is it harsh. Her visage is narrow and hardened, with sharp features and windchapped skin and lips. Her eyes are dark slate grey, very nearly black, most of the time. However like most Thaxarians they do change with extreme emotions - at extremely positive feelings they take a lighter, slightly silvery sheen and at extremely negative emotions a tint of violet.
Hair color and Style: Willow has relatively long hair, completely black in color. She generally plaits it into a loose braid to keep it from her eyes. Though not exactly made of satin and goosedown, her tresses are well-kept, glossy, and soft to touch. She takes little pride in this, simply preferring clean hair to filthy.
Distinguishing Features: The tattoo on her left shoulder bearing her birthname. However, she cannot read it, and can't remember its purpose. Amnesia can do that. She also is missing half of the little finger on her right hand.
Psychological Characteristics
Personality: Willow is quiet and reflective prefferring to listen and contemplate a situation than to speak or interfere. It is her philosophy that things are better left to resolve themselves. She is not naive, however, and is a pragmatic realist at her core - she would rather live and let die but that doesnt provide food and shelter, hence her mercenary lifestyle. She is slow to anger, slow to trust, slow to any strong emotion at all. Few things can arouse a powerful reaction from her. The broken flashbacks that plague her dreams are perhaps the only reliable thing which drives her to rage.
Likes: Quiet, solitude, contemplative speech, yoga, fresh fruit and other simple foodstuffs.
Dislikes: Bloodshed, foul smells, cruelty, selfishness, unrealistic goals, gunshots, loud sounds of most sorts.
Goals: Willows foremost goal is to retire to a peaceful life of quiet reflection and little company.
History
Of her childhood and early life Willow remembers nothing. She was called Ksaala and she was daughter of parents who would soon after die in the fight against slavery. She of course knows none of this and likely never will. Her memories are as follows:
* Feeling intense pain in her head as though struck by a large, blunt object. For the record she probably was struck with a large, blunt object.
* Awakening on Nepleslia in the heart of Funky City.
* Realizing she had no idea who or where she was.
* Struggling for some time to communicate before picking up a reasonable amount of the language.
* Taking on the epithet "Storm" when she began mercenary work. Anger her and beware the impending storm.
* Abandoning the name Storm as she did not like the stereotype it placed on her.
* Losing half of her right hand's little finger in a fight with an ID-SOL gang member.
* Adopting the title "Willow" after an employer referred to her as "nameless and quite willowy".
* Sleeping night after night in her foggy memories desperately clinging for that which she cant reach.
Clearly she isnt one to discuss her past with. She has had only three employers, and has had little actual combat experience - she is good at what she does but has not been doing it for long.
Skills:
Fighting
A major niche for Willow. She is most capable in close quarters but has limited skill with handguns (she can hit a still target with good accuracy, a moving target with a little luck, depending on size and position of course). She favors fighting with the half-gauntlet on her left hand and a long knife in her right, something she is quite deadly at doing. Speed and agility play heavily into this - she also likes to make use of surprise and cheap tricks. Sand in the eyes, hit to the kneecaps or to the groin, anything to lend an advantage.
Physical
Willow has impressive stamina and can move quickly and efficiently for long periods of time. She is a capable tumbler and makes excellent use of both her strength and flexibility. This is however more natural talent than any amount of study or learning.
Communications
Willow can speak in Thaxarian, but can read none of it. She is fluent in written and spoken English, however, and has a spattering of words in a Japanese vocabulary due to limited contact with Yamataians during her tenure on Nepleslia. She has no love of this latter language finding it senselessly indirect and relatively irritating. She can operate most radios, and basic computer functions, but would struggle with most modern technologies.
Survival/Military
Willow is capabale enough as a forager to provide herself a meager living in most inhabitable climes. She is also proficient in the building of primitive shelters from scant materials.
Art/Vocations
In her time on Nepleslia Willow has dabbled in painting and sketching. She loves both and though she has no immense amount of talent she is slowly learning her techniques with acryllic and oil paints to a level of passable proficiency.
Technology Operation
At its very basic of levels. Willow was not raised with the use of advanced technology: it is proving difficult for her to learn now that she is immersed in it. She is however doing what she can with it, and is slowly learning the operation of most sorts of Nepleslian computer system. It is done entirely for the value of the knowledge - she finds computers to be, in general, infuriatingly illogical and impatient.