06-02-2004, 01:30 AM
Tessa's Character
Real Name: Yalene Aello Demarchis
Birthplace: The Dodecanese Island of Rhodes in the city of Lindos
Age: 17
Height: 5â0â
Physical Discription: her hair is a dark earthy brown falling to just below her waist with fiery red peppered throughout and various braids, beadwork and wind-twirled dreadlocks making the amount of hair almost overtake the young woman, half is usually pulled precariously away from her face and secured with a piece of leather. Her skin tone is a dark golden from sun exposure. Her frame is slim, making her seem very androgynous with small hips and chest. Her eyes are large and doe-like a very soft hazel color (unless she is using her powers, then they will change color to match whichever element she is using) framed in thick black lashes; she also has a small, thin nose and a set of full lips. She also has a tattoo on her left temple and part of her forehead that looks like intertwining vines.
Clothing: A burnt umber-colored chemise to mid-thigh with a wide neck and short sleeves to just above her elbow, bound tightly with a cord of the same color on the upper arm. She also has it bound from bust to waist with a strap of dark leather. A crimson sash is worn low on her waist with a sword-belt cinched over it. She also wears simple dark leather boots to just below her knee and dark leather binding around her thighs, just barely seen from underneath the tunic. Her hands and lower arms are bound with dark leather.
In colder climates she will wear a two-layered gown, the top layer is a dark navy, the layer underneath is cream and barely visible at the bottom hem. Both gowns have a wide boat neck, and long sleeves that are split above the elbow and are held tightly to the upper arm with cream cording. Over the gown she will wear a quilted, cream corset with v-neck and small cap sleeves. She continues to wear the leather binding on hands and lower arms and her leather boots. She also possesses a dark brown cloak.
Weapons: a kopis sword in a scabbard worn at her waist and a dagger shoved into her boot. She also carries with her a carved walking staff, that can be used as a weapon if need be.
Powers: Yalene can control and create the four elements, fire, earth, water and air in any combination or aspect. She has even harnessed the elements to manifest a form and use it as a means of attack, working of its own volition. She is still young though and doesnât have a complete grasp of her own powers as of yet and cannot use them for great lengths without it taking strength from her.
History: Yalene was born on the Island of Rhodes, though she was not raised there. Her mother died shortly after her 2nd birthday, giving her father Adras, and brothers Ettore, Tiege, and Jase had no choice but to take the young girl with them on her fatherâs merchant ship the Artemis. It was not easy or comfortable to be raised among men, on a ship unequipped for the habits of adventurous children, but her father refused to put his only daughter in the care of strangers and so she remained on the ship.
Growing up with only men for company did not further any lady-like behavior in Yalene as she grew, she learned only to act like a sea-scamp, upstaging men twice her size and age by performing their jobs twice as well, and if anybody tried to persuade the girl from what she did sheâd put a dagger to theyâre throat. Yalene had never meant to be better than her fatherâs crew at things, but it came second nature to her since she grew up among the workings of the shipâ¦on a good day she was known to upstage her brotherâs in working the lines and maneuvering the vessel. For all her attitude, she was never unlikable; most of the men would protect her as if she were their own daughter,
When she was 13 her powers developed, the Artemis was three days from port without even the hint of wind and the crew was running out of food. By sheer will she created a wind to catch in the sailsâ¦she didnât tell anybody it was her and was successful about keeping her powers secret from the crew until she was 15, her brother Tiege found her creating small fires in the palm of her hand to amuse herself, he told their father who deemed it unsafe to keep Yalene aboard the ship, they took her back to Rhodes. She soon bought passage on another merchant ship sailing to Italy, where she bought a small seaside inn with the gold that she possessed, enlisting the help of a young man named Emiliano. Yalene ran the inn for two years before her wandering heart brought her to leave it in the capable hands of Emiliano; she took up company with a band of traveling performers that had passed through the village.
Other information: Upon leaving the small village Emiliano gave her his workhorse, a large English bred draft by the name of Seregon, she bears no other possessions than the clothing she carries in packs with her, her sword and her staff.
Real Name: Yalene Aello Demarchis
Birthplace: The Dodecanese Island of Rhodes in the city of Lindos
Age: 17
Height: 5â0â
Physical Discription: her hair is a dark earthy brown falling to just below her waist with fiery red peppered throughout and various braids, beadwork and wind-twirled dreadlocks making the amount of hair almost overtake the young woman, half is usually pulled precariously away from her face and secured with a piece of leather. Her skin tone is a dark golden from sun exposure. Her frame is slim, making her seem very androgynous with small hips and chest. Her eyes are large and doe-like a very soft hazel color (unless she is using her powers, then they will change color to match whichever element she is using) framed in thick black lashes; she also has a small, thin nose and a set of full lips. She also has a tattoo on her left temple and part of her forehead that looks like intertwining vines.
Clothing: A burnt umber-colored chemise to mid-thigh with a wide neck and short sleeves to just above her elbow, bound tightly with a cord of the same color on the upper arm. She also has it bound from bust to waist with a strap of dark leather. A crimson sash is worn low on her waist with a sword-belt cinched over it. She also wears simple dark leather boots to just below her knee and dark leather binding around her thighs, just barely seen from underneath the tunic. Her hands and lower arms are bound with dark leather.
In colder climates she will wear a two-layered gown, the top layer is a dark navy, the layer underneath is cream and barely visible at the bottom hem. Both gowns have a wide boat neck, and long sleeves that are split above the elbow and are held tightly to the upper arm with cream cording. Over the gown she will wear a quilted, cream corset with v-neck and small cap sleeves. She continues to wear the leather binding on hands and lower arms and her leather boots. She also possesses a dark brown cloak.
Weapons: a kopis sword in a scabbard worn at her waist and a dagger shoved into her boot. She also carries with her a carved walking staff, that can be used as a weapon if need be.
Powers: Yalene can control and create the four elements, fire, earth, water and air in any combination or aspect. She has even harnessed the elements to manifest a form and use it as a means of attack, working of its own volition. She is still young though and doesnât have a complete grasp of her own powers as of yet and cannot use them for great lengths without it taking strength from her.
History: Yalene was born on the Island of Rhodes, though she was not raised there. Her mother died shortly after her 2nd birthday, giving her father Adras, and brothers Ettore, Tiege, and Jase had no choice but to take the young girl with them on her fatherâs merchant ship the Artemis. It was not easy or comfortable to be raised among men, on a ship unequipped for the habits of adventurous children, but her father refused to put his only daughter in the care of strangers and so she remained on the ship.
Growing up with only men for company did not further any lady-like behavior in Yalene as she grew, she learned only to act like a sea-scamp, upstaging men twice her size and age by performing their jobs twice as well, and if anybody tried to persuade the girl from what she did sheâd put a dagger to theyâre throat. Yalene had never meant to be better than her fatherâs crew at things, but it came second nature to her since she grew up among the workings of the shipâ¦on a good day she was known to upstage her brotherâs in working the lines and maneuvering the vessel. For all her attitude, she was never unlikable; most of the men would protect her as if she were their own daughter,
When she was 13 her powers developed, the Artemis was three days from port without even the hint of wind and the crew was running out of food. By sheer will she created a wind to catch in the sailsâ¦she didnât tell anybody it was her and was successful about keeping her powers secret from the crew until she was 15, her brother Tiege found her creating small fires in the palm of her hand to amuse herself, he told their father who deemed it unsafe to keep Yalene aboard the ship, they took her back to Rhodes. She soon bought passage on another merchant ship sailing to Italy, where she bought a small seaside inn with the gold that she possessed, enlisting the help of a young man named Emiliano. Yalene ran the inn for two years before her wandering heart brought her to leave it in the capable hands of Emiliano; she took up company with a band of traveling performers that had passed through the village.
Other information: Upon leaving the small village Emiliano gave her his workhorse, a large English bred draft by the name of Seregon, she bears no other possessions than the clothing she carries in packs with her, her sword and her staff.