Tiffa/FireAndIceSparrow
History
Fire and Ice Sparrow often wonders just how she came to be. Her father is a fae, that much she knows... a noble too, as she learned later. Her mother was a mortal, but she was also a former mercenary... not exactly the kind of person to fall for the charms of a fae (and living to tell it without having her mind devoured). All she does know is that she came to the world a few years ago, and her mother loved her, and she never mentioned her father.
Oh, but it was obvious she had fae blood in her. She was always an active kid, and most other villagers distrusted her. She didn't care, actually, and she never did. Her mother tried to teach her the path of the sword early on... but she proved to be more dangerous to herself than to a practice dummy, so that was out. She did not do better with any other kind of battle training, so she finally gave up on that.
Sparrow was, instead, absolutely curious. She devoured information, even if she never appeared all that smart. She was eternally curious about magic, and spirits, and the Wyld, and of even more magic... the girl learned to read and write quickly, although she never did learn another language at her young age.
Still, she grew into a beautiful woman. Some of the younger men began to actually take notice on her, and this attention she liked. She also liked seeing their expressions when she insinuated herself to them. She absolutely loved it when she discovered it worked on some of the women as well. It was around this age where she learned to have most of her fun.
The way she led her life might have turned her to her fae heritage fully sooner or later... had her dad not decided to show up to claim her. While she was curious and facinated by the noble, she suspected he didn't exactly want her just so he could dote her... it was not what she would have done. He then tried to take her away by force, harming her mother in the process.
She Exalted there and then.
This was accompanied to her first actual use of Glamour, and to such an effect she has yet to replicate it. While the glamour illusion had no lasting effect on the fae noble and his companions, it did manage to surprise them. The noble fell from his steed. Delighted in her new power, Sparrow challenged her father to try and catch her and then ran away. The fae noble's pride had been hurt more than he himself had... and twice more so when the girl, more familiar with the territory that had been her playground since birth, managed to escape. He has since been hunting her. He -does-, however, want her alive... a Twilight might be an interesting toy after all.
Sparrow herself fled east, eventually finding herself in Great Forks. Here, she met Dancing Moonlight, a Fair Folk who now lived among humans. Amused at their meeting and at the very odd girl, Dancing Moonlight has since taught Sparrow more about glamour. Whatever charms Sparrow posseses she has figured out herself. Dancing Moonlight also taught her Old Realm.
Sparrow doesn't stay in Great Forks for long whenever she visits. She's constantly on the move, so that her father's hunt won't run into her so easily. She's VERY interested in learning some Sorcery (which is, she believes, her destiny as a Twilight), but has had some trouble gathering enough power to do so. The main reason she wants to learn Sorcery, however, is so she can get rid of her father and his hunt... the game is getting tiring.
Personality
Fire and Ice Sparrow is... well, odd. She's mostly friendly to people, although she's fairly quick to mock those that approach her with anger due to her heritage. After all, its not like she can help it... and, in fact, she rather likes it. Most of all, Sparrow loves life and what it has to offer. She absolutely loves parties and celebrations and, why not, orgies. She never consumes drugs or alcohol, however... she'd rather her mind not be clouded, just in case.
Sparrow seems to be a bit obsessed with opposites. Fire and Water, Earth and Air, Creation and the Wyld, Love and Hate... she's convinced that everything in the world has an opposite, and if she can't figure out what one is... well, damn, she'll figure one out or she'll make one up.
A being half of the Wyld and half of Creation, Sparrow revels in her Exaltation as one of the Solars. She's -quite- interested in charms to control and hold back the Wyld, powers that go beyond and against what her heritage gives her. On the other hand, she also loves glamour and illusions and feeding from the compassion of people. She -has- been careful in not going too far... drained people are simply not fun at all (not that she's sure how to do it in the first place).
Finally, while she's -not- all that smart, she does have a good memory and knows a good deal of things about spirits, fair folk, and plenty of mundane stuff. For example, she knows a lot about weapons, fighting stances, and somilar things about fighting, and people who know anything about fighting will know many things to be handy for a novice... but she's an absolute clutz when it comes down to actually -doing- it.
Appearance
Fire and Ice Sparrow is a beautiful young woman, but her fae blood is evident in more ways than one. Her long hair has two different colors: the right side is a bright, vibrant red, and the left is a deep blue. Also, her right eye is red in color while the left one is blue. This odd appearance is what gave her part of her name in the first place.
Her ears are slightly pointed, her face sharp, and her eyes narrow. She's not very tall, and she's otherwise slim. Odd hair and eyes aside, Sparrow does tend to appear to most people as rather beautiful.
She favors red and blue clothes, and likes golden jewelry with sapphires and rubies in them. You might say she's a tad color coded.
CHARACTER SHEET
Name: Fire and Ice Sparrow
Concept: Exalted and otherwise weird half-fae
Nature: Hedonist
Caste: Twilight
Anima: A gigantic bird, half burning and half freezing.
PHYSICAL
Strength 2
Dexterity 4
Stamina 3
SOCIAL
Charisma 4
Manipulation 3
Appearance 4
MENTAL
Perception 2
Intelligence 2
Wits 3
ZENITH
Endurance 1
(*)Performance 3
(*)Presence 4
TWILIGHT
(*)Craft(Glamour) 4
(*)Lore 4
(*)Occult 3
NIGHT
Athletics 2
(*)Awareness 4
(*)Dodge 4
ECLIPSE
Linguistics 1
(*)Socialize 3
BACKGROUNDS
Artifact 2
Followers 1
Mentor 2
Resources 3
Inheritance 2
CHARMS
Name | Cost
1. Respect Commanding Attitude | 5 motes (Performance)
2. Harmonious Presence Meditation | 6 motes (Presence)
3. Flawless Handiwork Method | 3 motes/sucess (Craft)
4. Object Strengthening Touch | 6 motes (Craft)
5. Chaos-resistance Preparation | 10 motes, 1 WP (Craft)
6. Integrity-Protecting Prana | 5 motes, 1 WP (Lore)
7. Chaos-repelling Pattern | 10 motes, 1 WP (Lore)
8. Sensory Acuity Prana | 5 motes (Awareness)
WILLPOWER: 6
VIRTUES
Compassion: 3
Temperance: 3
Conviction: 2
Valor: 2
Virtue Flaw: Overindulgence
ESSENCE: 2
Personal: 12/12
Peripheral: 30/30
SOAK
Bashing 3
Lethal 1
Health: 0x1, -1x2, -2x2, -4, I
ANIMA
Linguistics: Low Realm, Old Realm
Merits: Wyld Sense (2), Subtle Glamour (12), Virtue Attunement (compassion) (3), Draught of Passion (7)
Flaws: Sire's Emnity (3), Oath Keeper (3), Unusual Appearance (2)
Expanded Backgrounds
Artifact 2
Orihalcum Automaton Assasin. ( motes to animate, 2 motes to bite, resist with Stamina+Resistance (diff 3), take 5 unsoakable levels of agravated damage is fail)Fire and Ice Sparrow found this little trinket for sale in a Great Forks store that didn't know what it was. It was sold as an exquisite belt, and Sparrow felt it calling to her, so she bought it. It actually didn't take her long to learn what it was... She dreamed of a similar construct used to help slay here during the first age. Amused at the irony, she now uses the automaton to aid her... she managed to slay one of the fae that was chasing after her with it recently.
Followers 1
Fire and Ice Sparrow has a single follower, Silver Cloud. She is a young woman from a tiny village to the south of Great Forks who dreams of being a great warrior some day, and has passing skill with her sword. She met Sparrow when the changelling stopped by her village and... fell head over heels for her. The amused Sparrow let her come with her.
Silver Cloud is nearly fanatical over Sparrow, and the solar, for her part, has revealed just who she is to the girl. Silver Cloud only saw this as such a show of trust that she has sworn loyalty to her. For her part, Sparrow has promised to take care of Silver Cloud. A promise she's now bound to.
Sparrow finds Silver Cloud moderately useful. She's an ok fighter (nothing to write home about), and speaks Low Realm and Riverspeak, which is always handy. The girl is also completely in love with her, so Sparrow may feed on such feelings if she wishes (and she's -very- careful about it). In return, Sparrow teaches Cloud a thing or two, and uses her Glamour on her when problem arises, to make the young woman appear more terrible than she really is. It works just fine against the ocassional bandit and such.
Sparrow will never send Silver Cloud against any other Exalt, Fair Folk, or Spirit. The girl is handy against common humans, but she's nothing to something more powerful. The solar is also hoping to eventually shape Silver Cloud into a more powerful woman.
Mentor 2
Dancing Moonlight is a Fair Folk running a little stablishment in Great Forks. She has permission to stay there since she never drains people beyond what she needs, and offers lots of pleasure in return.
Dancing Moonlight is more than happy to aid the lost changeling a bit, mostly because she knows her father and is not fond of him. She has taught Sparrow quite a lot about shaping glamour as well as how to take essence from others. Sparrow, for her part, works for her for a while (and she, quite honestly, loves her job).
Resources 3
Fire and Ice Sparrow has gathered a small fortune in her time away from home, partly from working with Dancing Moonlight and partly from scamming a merchant here and there with glamour (or conducting some actual honest business in ocassion). She has most of it stashed away in Great Forks.
Inheritance 2
Sparrow is the daughter of a Fair Folk noble, whose name is Denubin Ferios of the Hundred Woods. She's not sure exactly how it is that she came to be, but she's certain that she has no love for her father. He, for his part, wants to take his daughter back to his home and... educate... her.
