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"If knowledge is power, I suppose I'm already on top."
Basic Information
•Full Name: Terisia Gianna Gi'allique
•Age: Fourty-five
•Gender: Female
•Race: Cielothar. Infected with the Umredd bloodline.
•Religion: Faith of Estel.
•Main Ambition: The acquisition of power, and to further advance in alchemy.
•Special Permission: N/A
Visual Information
•Eye Color: Crimson red. Naturally, light green.
•Hair Color: Naturally, caramel brown. However, she frequently dies it a light blonde colour.
•Hair Style: Curly, frizzy, and messy, despite her best efforts to tame it.
•Skin Color: Sickly pale due to vampirism. Naturally, warmly tanned.
•Clothing: Often plain clothing, usually inexpensive dresses in various designs. She typically favours the colours grey and white.
•Height: 5'5
•Body Build: Gaunt.
•Weapon of Choice: Alchemy (Capable of making anything with difficulty five or below), Fighter level with a cutlass. She knew all forms of light magic at caster level prior to infection, though she is currently unable to cast it.
•Terisia has a rather oval-shaped face, with a narrow, slightly downturned nose, round eyes with long eyelashes, and plump lips. Freckles speckle her cheeks. Her hair is highly curly and unruly, often very frizzy, too. The Cielothar often styles it to the best of her abilities. A large scar stretches across her face, starting at the right side of her forehead, going across her nose, and ending in the middle of her left cheek.
•Terisia speaks with a tone of voice that varies from flat to warm depending on company, with a slight Elvish accent. She rarely stutters, if ever. Terisia fluently speaks Common, Modern Elvish, and Middle Elvish.
Personality and Abilities
Personality Traits
•Loyal: "Do you really think I'm going to leave you over that?" Despite her flaws, Terisia is a highly loyal person. She is dedicated to aiding her family and friends in any way possible, trying to aid them almost as much as she aids herself. In fact, while her greed may get in the way at times, Terisia does genuinely want to aid her friends. This trait often causes her to create lasting relationships with others.
•Witty: "Hey, hey. Funny joke just came to mind!" It can be said that Terisia has an excellent sense of humor, and that she does. Highly prone to making clever puns and turning people's words into a joke, this can be used to her advantage to get back at someone who has wronged her in a more passive way. Though prone to a dark and sarcastic sense of humor, Terisia also tends to be very lighthearted in her joking sometimes. This often causes her to be seen as fun to be around.
•Driven: "Pfft.. I'm not giving up on this. Ever." Highly motivated by scholarly pursuit and loyalty to achieve her goals, it is unlikely that Terisia would give up on something. She wants it all, and she's willing to do whatever it takes to gain power for herself. An example of this would be remaining infected with the Umredd bloodline in the hope of reaping its benefits. She is highly ambitious, often to the point of being unrealistic.
•Nervous: "Nonono, what am I gonna do..?" Terisia has a tendency to get quite nervous over next-to-nothing, often making situation worse than they were. While her nervousness is at times quite warranted, it's plain anxiety and stress more often than not. Tying in with her loyalty, she gets extremely concerned for her friends over the smallest things, often causing her to come off as over-protective. She also tends to complain a lot about the things which are making her nervous, but never actually tries to fix them.
•Prideful: "No, no, no. I'm right, you're wrong. Not the other way around. Trust me, I'm smarter than you." Due to her vampirism and general intelligence, Terisia is unfortunately extremely arrogant and prideful, thinking much too highly of herself. She will often dismiss constructive criticism, and tell most people off for giving it. Insults are not taken lightly at all, and she can be quite defensive, even to the point of getting into a fight that could have been otherwise avoided. This often causes people to dislike Terisia, as her overinflated ego makes her seem pretty annoying and snotty.
•Unforgiving: "What you did is absolutely inexcusable." While not cruel or necessarily vengeful, Terisia can be quite the grudge-holder. Wrongs against her are almost never forgotten, and she tends to refuse to forgive others most of the time. She often takes moral issue with things as small as pickpocketing an ally of hers. This often causes Teri to be seen as hypocritical- she chooses to stay infected with vampirism, but she often holds others to unrealistic moral standards, to the point of occasionally rejecting other Umredd. Though she often doesn't seek vengeance, the Cielothar isn't about to trust those who have wronged her.
Strengths
•Alchemy: "Middencroft's Decoction is always fun." Terisia is a fairly experienced alchemist, capable of making anything with difficulty five or below. She is rarely spotted without some alchemical detriments, and always carries some healing-related concoctions. The Cielothar enjoys alchemy, seeing it as a well-rounded art that enables her to both aid and injure.
•Educated: "Oh? I'm quite sure that you're wrong." With as much experience studying as she has, it is unsurprising that Terisia is rather well-educated. She is experienced in the fields of demonology, alchemy, and language. This is often used to her advantage, and some even see it as a redeeming quality. She fluently speaks Common, Modern Elvish, and Imperial Elvish.
•Cutlass Skills: "Dread Blades are much better than magic." Terisia is able to wield a cutlass at about fighter level. She wields the weapon with finesse and skill, along with being able to use it as a Dread Blade. This often serves as her greatest asset in combat. The Cielothar will often challenge others to duels when she feels that her pride has been insulted, though, other than feeding, she will rarely attack people out of the blue- a remnant of her former pacifism.
Weaknesses
•Badly Healed Ribs: "My biggest weakness." During an incident involving Shendar raiding her Cielothar community prior to being infected, Terisia was left with a scar and broken ribs that never fully healed. Not only are her ribs sensitive, but her ribs also prevent her from running longer distance. She also often forgets to guard her ribs, meaning they are almost always open to be hit.
•Arrogance: "Pah. I doubt you could beat me in a fight." Resulting from her vampirism, Terisia has quite the ego. Not only does she often blow up over the slightest insult, but she constantly overestimates her abilities. While she is most definitely formidable, there are always people stronger and better than her, and her vampiric weaknesses can be exploited quite easily. (Note: I actually hate crp on an OOC level, so. This will not be used as an excuse to constantly fight people. Often, Terisia will challenge someone to a duel or stick to verbal insults.)
•Easily Stressed: "I have a lot of responsibility, that's all." Partially due to her motivation and ambition, Terisia often stretches herself thin. She has too many goals, and often worries about completing them. Due to multiple factors that vary day-to-day, Terisia is almost constantly stressing over something, and it's made much worse when she has other things to stress about on top of it. Her worry sometimes prevents her from achieving her goals.
•Nearsighted: "What. I. Can't see them." Terisia is unfortunately rather nearsighted. Anything more than six feet away from her is blurry enough that she can barely see it at all. She currently does not have the ability to purchase spectacles, and as such, needs to deal with this weakness. It often hampers her combat quite a bit.
Life Story:
•Teresa Gi'alliquae was born Summer 260 AC in Daendroc to an agrarian Cielothar family.
•Her family was fairly wealthy for a commoner family, affording her a good childhood. The family's business was in alchemy, and medical aids.
•Was a rather healthy child, often pampered quite a bit.
•Was raised devoutly in the Faith of Estel.
•Helped out on her family's farm as a child. She had a younger brother, whom she got along with quite well.
•Began learning light magic at the age of fourteen, much like the rest of her family. She went along with it, but didn't exactly find it that interesting.
•Began practicing alchemy at the age of 20, finding it an interesting hobby.
•Moved to a wealthy Altalar city at the age of 25, seeking a place to study- she had found herself interested in scholarly pursuits.
•Spent the next 17 years studying and learning. She also began studying Demonology- having a sort of morbid interest in it due to its connection to the Pantheon. She never dared dabbling in Possession, however.
•At the age of 42, Terisia moved to Regalia, seeking more opportunity to pursue knowledge.
•When exploring the sewer system, Terisia was met with a few Umredd that were convinced vampires were holy beings.
•They practically forced infection with the Umredd bloodline onto her at the age of 43.
•Albeit shocked at first, Terisia soon began to grow fond of her vampirism, seeing it as just another tool of hers. She began training with a cutlass.
•Spent her time mainly as a rogue sanguine of sorts, not joining any covens due to their tendency towards Void Worship.
•She didn't really see her vampirism as a violation of her religion- moreso as a tool.
•Continues to practice alchemy in the sewers, still thinking herself to be a scholar of sorts.
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