ZMoring/KalynaPetra
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Character Sheet
General Information
Name: Kalyna Petra (♀)
Player: Isa
Caste: Changing Moon
Motivation: Become the best thief in Creation and, on a more psychological note, therefore prove her independence to her father.
Anima: A beautiful snowy lynx
Concept: A sneaky lady (literally from her character sheet; creativity isn't her strong suit)
Languages: Skytongue
Spirit-form: Snowy lynx
Tell: A white streak in hair, fur, or scales; also, she smells like cat, but it's subtle enough that only people with enhanced senses (or another Lunar or someone who's seen through her Tell already) would pick up on it.
Game Stats
Italicized traits are favored
Attributes:| Strength ●●○○○ | Charisma ●●●●○ | Perception ●●●●○ |
| Dexterity ●●●●○ | Manipulation ●●●●○ | Intelligence●●○○○ |
| Stamina ●●●○○ | Appearance ●●●●○ | Wits ●●●○○ |
Abilities:
- Archery ●●●●●, Athletics ●●●○○, Awareness ●●●○○, Dodge ●●●○○, Martial Arts ●●○○○, Larceny ●●●●○, Presence ●○○○○, Socialize ●●○○○, Stealth ●●●●●, Survival ●●○○○
Backgrounds:
- Allies ●●○○○
- Artifact ●●○○○
- Backing ●●○○○
- Familiar ●○○○○
- Heart's Blood ●○○○○
Virtues:
- Compassion ●●○○○
- Conviction ●●●○○
- Temperance ●●○○○
- Valor ●●○○○
Virtue Flaw: Curse of the Heartless Weasel
Willpower: ●●●●●○○○○○
Health: -0/-1/-1/-2/-2/-2/-2/-2/-2/-4/Inc
Soak: 7B/4L/3A (+4B/+3L from exceptional buff jacket)
Essence: 2
Essence Pool: 12 Personal, 30 Peripheral
Join Battle: 6
Charms, Knacks, and Combos
- Charms
- 2nd Dexterity Excellency
- 3rd Dexterity Excellency
- Ox-Body Technique (Adds -2/-2/-2/-2)
- Graceful Crane Stance
- Finding the Needle's Eye
- Knacks
- Humble Mouse Shape
- Towering Beast Form
- Deadly Beastman Form
Combat
Weaponry:
| Weapon/Attack | Speed | Accuracy | Damage | Defense | Range | Rate | Tags |
| Punch | 5 | +1 | +0B | +2 | --- | 3 | N |
| Kick | 5 | +0 | +3B | -2 | --- | 2 | N |
| Clinch | 6 | +0 | +0B | n/A | --- | 1 | N, C, P |
| Short Powerbow (Moonsilver) | 6 | +3 | +4L (+2 from Powerbow, +2 from broadhead arrows) | No defense | 350 yd. | 2 | 2, B |
Armor:
| Type | Soak (B/L) | Hardness (B/L) | Fatigue | Mobility | Description |
| Exceptional Buff Jacket | 4/3 | 0/0 | 1 | -0 | The 2 points from being exceptional go one each into fatigue and mobility. Kalyna's jacket is light, yet strong. |
Base Dodge D.V. (dDV): 9
Base Parry D.V. (pDV): 9 (but parrying with a bow is difficult without a stunt)
Base Dodge M.D.V. (dMDV): 4
Base Parry M.D.V. (pMDV): 3
Equipment
Familiar: Kalyna's 1-dot Familiar is a gray housecat named Satu. Unexceptional in every way, Satu provides little more than company, though his intense dislike of strangers makes him an effective alarm system.
Money: Throughout her adventures, Kalyna has accumulated (effectively) Resources ●●●, all in Northern silver.
Heart's Blood: In addition to her spirit shape of a snowy lynx, Kalyna commands the forms of a hummingbird and of a polar bear. In the future, she plans to expand her arsenal of forms to include rare and powerful creatures, but for now, she is stuck to the 3 she has.
Description
Overall, Kalyna Petra is a pretty young woman, in her early 20's, and has had men argue over her in the past. She stands a little taller than is usual for a woman, with a lithe build. She carries herself with grace and nimbleness, and what she lacks in strength she makes up for in raw nerve. In Whitewall, her refusal of her father's attempts to marry her off earned her a hard-to-get reputation, and many men attempted to woo her for little more than the right to say that they did so.
None succeeded.
Now, free from having to cultivate her appearance as her father wishes, Kalyna has cut her hair shorter and wears clothes mainly for their practicality rather than their looks. Though she once had a magnificent array of clothes to choose from, she took only one- a courtly dress- for use when she's attempting to infiltrate high society. Most of the time, though, she sticks to practical peasant garb.
Back-Story
Pre-Exaltation
Kalyna Petra is the eldest daughter and the 3rd child of Ajuolas Petra, a wealthy and influential merchant from the city of Whitewall. He groomed Kalyna her whole life for marriage, allowing her to learn only what she needed to be a wife, and to spend time only with other girls. Ajuolas, for all his chauvanism and his emotional distance from his daughter, did honestly care about her, and merely wanted her to have a best life a woman deserved: that of marriage and family.
Kalyna, fiercely independent and with a nose for trouble, quickly grew sick of this life her father was forcing on to her. The world outside her home was so much more interesting. When she was young, Kalyna would sneak out of her room to go stand on a balcony and watch the city of Whitewall, gaze at the mountains, and look at the stars. After doing so for years and not getting caught, she decided one day to sneak out and go mingle with the people of the city.
Eventually, Kalyna's ability to not get caught and her quick fingers attracted the attention of the local thieves, lead by a woman named Swiftly-Flowing River. Kalyna joined forces with them and quickly rose through the group. During all of this time, she was able to avoid getting caught by her father, who believed that she was satisfied with her life at home.
After a few years of these night-time escapades, she heard tell of a powerful new artifact that the Syndics had obtained. Bored with the ease of stealing from the people of the city, Kalyna decided to attempt the impossible and steal the artifact right out from under the Syndics' noses. After scoping out the palace for a month, she was able to sneak into the palace, but was caught a mere five feet from the room where the artifact was hidden.
Kalyna was sentenced to winter exile as a punishment for all of her crimes, despite pleads from her father that she was "just a girl" and "didn't understand" what she had done. Her family disowned her, her "friends" abandoned her, and Kalyna was left with nothing but the clothes on her back. She was left outside the city in the dead of night in the middle of the winter, and no one- not even Kalyna herself- expected her to survive.
Exaltation
Trudging through the snow and frozen wind, Kalyna survived her first night out of the city through sheer force of will. The next night, though, was bitter. A blizzard struck. The wind howled, the snow battered her face, and, when her legs gave out and she could go no further, she took shelter in a snow-filled ditch off the side of the path and dug herself in under the snow.
But she refused to just lay down and die. As frozen as she was and as hopeless as it seemed, she wouldn't give in. She spotted a snowy lynx peering out from the trees, and found herself drawn to it. She forced herself to her feet and stumbled after it through the trees, until it led her to a small cave sheltered from the blizzard. The lynx watched her as she struggled and made herself a fire, then it sat down and watched her as she warmed herself by it.
She heard the lynx speak, but wasn't surprised. It explained itself sent by Luna, as a precursor to her Exaltation. She felt power course through her, and found herself surrounded by an aura of silvery-blue. A mighty lynx reared its head above hers, and she found herself a Steward.
Extended Backgrounds
One of Kalyna's Allies is her friend, Swift-Flowing River, who lead the group of thieves in Whitewall. River is willing to give a lot of assistance when it comes to Whitewall and the surrounding area, but is pretty much useless outside of her zone of influence. Kalyna doesn't even know the name of her other Ally, a Lunar who she met after the fixing of her tattoos. He doesn't even really ever talk to her, save for a few words here and there, but if something good happens to her with other Lunars, he's usually connected. Kalyna's Artifact is her bow, a beautiful moonsilver powerbow. She stole it from a weapons dealer in Whitewall after her Exaltation. Her Backing reflects her connections with the thieves of the north. She held a position of respect amongst the thieves in Whitewall.
