Post by Iraelia on Feb 19, 2014 7:57:30 GMT
Out Of Character
[&]Name/Alias: Tzezuko
[&]Age: 33
[&]Experience: I've been RPing since i was 13, mIRC, ICQ, Message Boards that I both modded or admined, MMO guilds that I was GL of or a moderator. Lots of RP experience, looking to come back to the place that sparked my passion for RP, Writing and Storytelling!
[&]How You Found Us?: A link from Embalaa on SoC
[&]Member Title: (Character's tribal role goes here.) Midwife/Doula
[&]In the event of unexplained inactivity, should we kill off or adopt out your character?: Adopt please (At Aurianfae's discretion only)
In Character
[&]Full Name: Iraelia
[&]Soul Name: Mai
[&]Tribe: Wavedancers
[&]Age: Young adult (222 years old)
[&]Gender: Female
[&] Music: Iraelia's theme
[&]List Of Personality:
- DETERMINED with a capital "D"! Once she sets her mind to it, you'll have to strap her down and watch her to keep her from doing it. She isn't totally blind in her determination, and will try to use the means with least resistance first, but if all else fails, she's going to plow right on through if she's still feeling it's necessary/needed.
-Flirtatious, friendly and more than willing to 'share'; but reserves her heart for one willing to share theirs as wholly as she will.
- Opinionated but tries to be laid back; she doesn't make waves unless she feels its needed
- Hides a lot of her thoughts behind her wit and smiles
- Respectful of her elders, though she will playfully poke at those who let her get away with it
- Expects to be treated kindly and takes it for granted that everyone 'must' be civil
- Sociable and withdrawn in bouts, her moods ebb and flow like the tides
- Can be a bit withdrawn at times when somethings really bothering her; can be a worrywort
- Is a whirlwind of movement and actions one moment, and then a tranquil and tepid pool the next. She often spends her evenings contemplating the day's events
- Definitely more willful than wise, but is much better at rationalizes things and choosing the best course of action than she once was.
- Nurturer with a huge "N" and very selfless, she places the needs of the pod before her own and will work herself to exhaustion if no one steps in.
- Takes great pride in her care of the pod and her mothering duties. She loves what she does and adores nurturing life and seeing it grow before her, whether its elf, animal or plant.
[&]Skills other than Sending?: (Magical abilities or weapon proficiency.)
SURVIVAL
Outdoor Survival - good
Aquatic Survival - Excellent
Hunting - (on land - OK, learning from Tyde) (Sea - Good)
Fishing - Very good (Net over spears)
Tracking (on land)- Ok
Trapmaking/ trapping – Ok
Fighting - Decent (Learning from Tyde)
Preferred weapons: Curved bone blade, net, throwing dirks strapped to her thigh.
SPECIALTIES
Starwatching/Navigating by the sky – Ok (learning from Uwahi)
Camouflage - Good (learning from Uwahi)
Sewing: Clothes? Who needs clothes!
Jewelry Making: Taking over from Sinsiew, she's expanding her skillset
Dancing- Excellent at composing and performing various dances
RECREATION
Swimming- Excellent
Running – Ok
Singing – Reasonable
Treasure hunting- Excellent
Composing music - Horrid
POD SERVICES
Midwife - very knowledgeable about delivering new life whether elf or animal using herbs, soothing touches, tranquil sendings and breathing techniques.
Doula - Focuses upon helping expectant mothers find a tranquil balance for themselves and their families. She helps impending parents prepare themselves and get used to the new rigors of being parents and also aids with the prenatal and post delivery transitions.
Herbalism – Excellent at making poultices, poisons and salves.
[&]Likes:
- Sunbathing
- Taking a tumble with a partner or two
- Adoring herself with pretty things
- Changing her hair up
- Swimming with the dolphins and ranging farther than she ought
- Pips and pups
- The wonders of life (birth, youth, old age...etc)
- Nurturing life
- Tribal history/lore
[&]Dislikes:
- Anything that threatens her pod
- Memories of the past though she can't shake certain ones
- Feeling completely alone (yet she often seeks solitude)
- Feeling enclosed/tethered
- Prejudices and those unwilling to bend or try new things
[&]Family: (Include lovemates/lifemates as well as parents and children)
Mother: Sirene
Father: Helyan
Grandmother: Uwahi
Grandsire: Arindwe
Grand Uncle: Ondili
Siblings: none that she knows of
Best friends: (whoever wants the spot(s) ) Lotan, Sinsiew (deceased)
Lovemates: River, Oahni
[&]History:
Iraelia was born in the midst of a storm , her mother’s writhing form protectively hovered over by her concerned sire. As if taking her queue from the storm itself, Iraelia finally made her way into the world just as the trailing edge passed overhead. She inherited an amalgam of traits from both of her parents, hair almost as silver as her mother’s, and a combination of her mother's blue and her sire's green. Her skintone was also between her mother's cocoa complexion and her sire's lighter peach tones; her own being a sunkissed brown that became bronzed as she spent more time under the sun. Of her sire, she inherited hints of seafoam that showed amid her infantile curls. Her parents were overjoyed at her arrival, but in short order, and with the increasing activity of the Landers in the area, her father took to patrolling farther out, his instinct to protect kicking into overdrive.
A generally merry little girl, she was very close to her mother who adored and rather spoiled her, taking her on excursions to find sunken Lander treasure – her mother’s favorite pastime. Iraelia’s merry and spoiled life came crashing down upon her when she was still a youth though; Landers came, and with them death and despair to many families. Sirene was captured by the Landers and dragged aboard their ship in one of their great nets. Helyan went mad with despair, abandoning the other searchers as he swiftly rode the currents, adamant upon freeing his mate.
It is uncertain exactly what happened when Helyan finally found the ship, but days later, when the larger search party tracked down the whereabouts of the boat, they found his body on land, riddled with bite marks from what seemed to be hound-like creatures. The corpse of one of these feral beasts lay nearby, Helyan’s whalebone spear buried deep in its gut and strewn across the macabre scene were black pearls, all that remained of Sirene's headdress, mingled with the blood and gore.
Overnight, Iraelia found herself an orphan, her closest living relative being her grandmother, Uwahi, who tried to comfort the young girl. Iraelia lost her cheerful spark and became a very quiet and subdued child for a time, refusing to open to anyone, even the coaxing of her persistent grande dame. Try as she might, Uwahi could not penetrate the stupor her granddaughter was in. In an effort to force the youth to come to grips with the loss – and to realize that she was not the only one to grieve – Uwahi opened to the girl and shared her own grief at losing Helyen – her last link to a long deceased mate.
At least a part of the message finally cut through the haze of the girl’s depression and she forced herself to begin venturing from the cove once again. With the persistence of her grandmother and her closest friends, Oahni and Lotan, she began to rouse from her stupor. Bonding even closer than before with the two brothers, Oahni and Lotan replaced the hole in her life where her parents had been. Because they too had lost their parents in the attack and had been close to Rae anyhow, the trio's bond quickly cemented itself. Realizing that the pod needed a morale boost, she and her cohorts took to being the cheer squad, playing games, hunting up treasure to bring back and pulling little pranks – often resulting in as many scoldings as laughs.
Iraelia focused her attention on being as cheerful a youth as she could, hiding any misgivings behind a happy smile and cheerful witticism . As she grew into adulthood and discovered the pleasures of joining, she carried her friendly and ‘biddable’ nature with her, becoming amicable with anyone who was willing to indulge in an afternoon liaison or midnight tryst though her eyes were on one male in particular.
After the latest Lander attack that claimed her lovemate - Oahni, she has thrown herself into being cheerful for the sake of putting on a good face; hiding her wounds as much as she can. Yet, at times, she will still have moments when she needs to be alone to reflect or grieve. At those times, she ranges far, like her sir, trailing after a dolphin pod or another or searching for elusive shinnies to adorn her sun-kissed form as she and her mother once did in her youth. Her favorite treasures are black pearls which she strings in her hair, much like her mother once did.
Iraelia also has a penchance for sunbathing on a regular basis, finding that the sanctuary of the warm rays of the Daystar tend to wash away all thought and leave her in a happy, drowsy state. Most nights, she spends either in another's hut, or awake, concentrating on perfecting her Dance. She does not like to sleep well at night and tends to have nightmares.
Foolish and foolhardy at times with the proud invincibility of youth, she is not completely reckless but her tendencies to wander alone can be worrisome to her podmates. If she has a special someone in her heart, she keeps it a secret and won’t let on her feelings are more than that of simple playful dalliances. When not in her moments of solitude, Iraelia is striving to make everyone around her happy or at least content.
For the pod, she is a useful herbalist and fisherman; she enjoys the lore of those who have gone before and tasks herself with learning what lore she can to pass on to the next generation . She adores playing games and generally hearing the laughter of the pips made her laugh. With the loss of so many in the most recent attack, she has been known to wander off more often than not now.
She longs to be a mother and though she and her lovemates, River and Oahni, have tried, they have not succeded yet. She has taken over much of the care of Spraysong and Sinsiew's little pipling and serves as milkmother for the babe when Brook's time draws near. Iraelia has found her place within the pod as counselor and nurturer; she loves what she does and hopes to see the pod's numbers grow back to it's old size once again.
Recently, she's been spending so much time helping Brook and Spindrift prepare for their new baby, or helping Spraysong with his child that she's had little time to herself or her lovemates. She is missing their nearness dearly and has become rather distraught by the fact that they both seem intent upon going to the forest place. She knows she wants them to stay with her, she knows she NEEDS them to stay with her in fact, but she has no idea why - only a strange foreboding feeling that she cannot shake.
[&]Often seen wearing:
Summer: A simple loinskirt with a seafoam bead fringe, a matching halter with bead frindge as well. Over her chest she usually has a series of pretty beaded necklaces that sway as she moves
Winter: A longsleeved knee length dress with pearls lining the edges like THIS and THIS; keep in mind, dress is knee length, sealskin darkbrown with a bleached light blue collar. She wears a pair of blue leggings underneath
Skin is sun-kissed bronze and in warm weather, most bare to the world. She has thin, elegant fins on the back of her calves and on her forearms, they are mostly translucent, the color of palest seafoam (think of a beta’s tail). Her ears are shaped to look like delicate fins and of course she has dangling earrings in them
[&]Hair: Very long, slightly wavy, and very light silvery seafoam. She weaves black pearl strands into her braids and threads the braids through the rest of her hair to draw it up into various intricate hairdos. She wears a circlet of black pearls across her brow with her 'mother pearl' at the apex. When in repose her hair is left loose and billowing and reaches past her knees. ( think of Tilaweed’s hair without the shell.)
[&]Eyes: Almond shaped green-blue with long lashes
[&]Picture: (Thank you Lisa!!!!)
((*EDIT: Changed mother's name to Azjara from Sirene; Updated personality a bit, simplified some of her skills, fixed her bio.
**EDIT: And changed the mother's name back to Sirene! Gonna just leave it as it is lol))
((EDIT: Added 2 year jump changes in italics))