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Healers:
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| MADRIA PYNE |


Character Name: Madria Pyne
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Occupation: Healer Trainee, specializing in healing animals
Personality:
-Stubborn
-Perfectionist
-Determined to be the best
-Usually never wrong
-The unofficial arbitrator of disputes among Trainees
-Thinks fast on her feet
-Hates to be outdone
-Has the unique talent of riding any horse, no matter how wild
-Terrified of spiders and hates harps
-Tries very hard to not let people know this
Appearance:
-Rather stunning, in her own way
-Tall
-Black hair, black eyes
-Always tilts her head
-Looks older than she is
History:
-Born to a half Shin’a’in mother and a horse merchant, traveled with them for years and always took care of the injured horses. It never occurred to anyone in her family how unusual it was that the horses recovered very shortly in her care until a Healer saw her at work and demanded she be given real training, because she was draining herself dry. Her parents were disappointed to lose their private horse healer, but their concern for her topped it, and they let her go.
Relatives:
Mother: Madi Pyne
Father: Purec Pyne
Little Brother: Tymen Pyne (adoptable)
Gift(s): Healing

Bards:
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| DESTEN DERES | JARIC INERA |

Character Name: Desten Deres
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Occupation: 3rd Year Bardic Trainee
Personality:
-Ex Pirate
-Unabashedly self-preserving
-Not selfish, mind you—he’s a good guy, he’s just not going to put himself at too much personal risk to save someone else. If he can help without much injury/damage to himself he will.
-Laid back
-Dry and sarcastic
-Most of his songs are pretty mocking, but he’s good at doing mocking without insultingv -His friends are often the subjects of these songs
-Flirts (in his own dry, laidback way) with everyone--from the little old ladies in court to the temple priests. It’s his hobby.
-Never serious about it, he doesn’t really believe in love.
-Can be goaded into showing off a little, but he’s usually content to play straight man to someone else.
-Lightest sleeper on the planet (which has ended many a dalliance of his due to snoring bedpartners)
-Has a ridiculous inner sense of adventure. But then, again, he was a pirate
-That’s part of the reason why he’s got such Creativity—he has a million adventures in his head, and he’s lived half of them
Appearance:
-Curly black hair
-It would probably form ringlets if he didn’t hate it so much and keep it cropped desperately close to his head
-Freckles
-Hazel-green eyes
-Dark gold skin
-Lots of knife and burn scars
-Moves like a cat
-100% death incarnate with any kind of dagger or short knife/sword, but hey, he was a pirate
History:
-Born in a small fishing village
-Mom and Dad died of a fever that came through when he was about 3
-Taken in by local priestess
-When he was 8, his town was raided by pirates
-Pirates burned everything, and when they raided the temple and went to kill the priestess, she asked them to leave Desten alone. The pirates decided to spare the priestess, but shanghaied Desten onto the boat. (They were superstitious about killing a priestess)
-Learned pretty damn fast how to defend himself
-Began working on the boat, earned the vague approval of the Captain and was mostly left alone
-Became good friends and sworn brothers with one of the other boys who got shanghaied, and they generally kept eachother safe
-Spent the next six years as a pirate, and became pretty good at it—particularly the hand-to-hand and close combat fighting aspect
-Tried to avoid killing people and just stick to raiding
-Reluctantly helped his ‘brother’ Jerre help the people they raided from without getting caught
-During one raid, the pirates set fire to a temple where the local children were at school
-Jerre immediately began trying to get them out, even though the boat was about to sail away
-Desten hesitated, yes, because he didn’t want to get stuck in the village where his ‘people’ had just slaughtered and raided them dry, but because it was a temple and he remembered the priestess, and there were children, and Jerre was probably going to get killed without his help, he dove in (with a plan unlike Jerre) and they managed to save the kids
-For about five minutes, they were heroes, until the village realized they were pirates
-They got clapped in stocks instead of killed outright (since they had saved the kids)
-A Companion showed up and Chose Jerre, so of course he was freed instantly
-Desten, however, remained stuck in the stocks until Jerre and later, a Herald on that circuit, managed to convince the village he was a Good Guy (relatively speaking)
-He went along with Jerre to Haven for lack of anywhere else to go
-Was snatched up by a Bard about twenty seconds after reaching the Gate of Haven, because he and Jerre had been singing a pirate song, and the Bard in question heard his Talent
Relatives:
Jerre Royden [Herald Trainee/17/blood-sworn-sib)
Extra: Jerre’s like his twin brother, only they’re not really related, but they can practically read each other’s mind for all that they have very little in common on the surface. Their relationship consists mostly of Jerre eagerly dragging his brother along, will-he nill-he on some cause or another, and Desten sighing resignedly and figuring out how to succeed in the cause without either of them getting killed. ALSO, as a random note, he'd never ridden a horse in his life before he rode double on Jerre's Ochen, and unlike Jerre (who had a horribly hard time with riding) he took to it naturally, much to the saddlesore and woebegone Jerre's grief.
Gift(s):Talent and Creativity. He has just the barest touch of the Bardic Gift, but his ability in the other two more than compensate.

Character Name: Jaric Inera
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Occupation:Journeyman Bard
Personality:
-Loud
-Boisterous
-Utterly irresponsible
-Quite the acrobat
-Often improvises and composes on the spot
-Hates being alone or isolated, is only comfortable when surrounded by throngs of people. When he’s alone, he tends to go into what his friends call ‘Creative trance’, meaning he mumbles and scribbles songs everywhere.
-Never drinks anything stronger than water, because when he does, he starts speaking in rhyme and drives everyone up the wall
Appearance:
-Tall enough that he has to duck through most doors
-Absolutely un-intimidating. Couldn’t scare a mouse if he tried.
-Muddy brown eyes
-Dirty blonde/brown hair that never sits straight
-Small nose, covered in freckles
History:
-The oldest son of a traveling minstrel and a traveling dancer. He has seven siblings, the third oldest of which is a MindHealer, and the second youngest of which is a Herald Trainee. The family performed as part of an entertainment troupe that traveled from Faires and festivals around Rethwellan and Valdemar. He was always good with instruments, and often composed the music for the troupe himself. He also performed (usually as an acrobat) himself. It wasn’t until he was 16 and his 13 year old brother showed signs of being a MindHealer that he went to Haven. Since he was the oldest, and his parents couldn’t afford to take young Alen themselves, he escorted his soon-to-be-Healer-trainee brother. Once there, a Bard kidnapped him and dumped him scarlets. Well, actually, rust-colored trainee clothes, but that’s not the point
Relatives:
Younger Sister: Kyren Inera
*Younger Brother: Alendyet Inera (adoptable)
Younger Brother: Lodis Inera (twin)
Younger Brother: Arvin Inera (twin)
*Younger Sister: Evina Inera
Younger Sister: Payton Inera

Herald-Mages:
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Heralds:
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| JATIN SIRAA | EREK RYSTANEL | JERRE ROYDEN |

Character Name: Herald Jatin Siraa
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Occupation: Herald (just finished his internship)
Personality:
-Reckless at heart
-Workaholic
-‘Too busy for a relationship’
-Stubborn (he says ‘determined’)
-Works too much to get a proper night’s sleep
-Mildly competitive
-Intelligent
-Exceedingly resourceful- he tends to make things out of nothing frequently.
-Doesn’t talk too much
-Has a dry sense of humor only his good friends get
-Patient
Appearance:
-Just shy of 6 feet
-red-blonde hair
-Relatively plain
-One brown eye, one dark blue
-Built for broad sword combat
-Around his friends, he looks a little sick from his lack of sleep, around regular people, he hides it.
History:
-Son of two farmers
-Lost his mom and dad when he was 12 in a raid
-Got Chosen about twenty seconds later, and, with some help from said Companion, some determination, creativity and an extreme amount of that resourcefulness he’s got, scattered the remaining raiders
-Killed two of them by accident, and it took nearly his entire time as a Trainee to get over it
Relativess:
Janse Siraa (older brother: 21, member of the Guard)
Amli Siraa (little sister: 14)
*Rale Siraa (cousin : 17)
Elen Siraa (cousin : 19)
Marta Siraa (cousin : 12 )
Kell Siraa (cousin : 15 )
Gift(s):
-Very strong FarSight
-Mid-strength Mindspeech


Character Name: Herald Erekustallen Delanthen Rystanel (He's from Rethwellan)
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Occupation: Herald
Personality:
-Quiet
-Notices everything
-Remembers everything, including extremely little details
-Completely predictable
-Has never won a game of cards in his life because of this
-Rarely gets angry
-Artist
-Pretty much the clumsiest Herald you will ever meet when he’s not using a weapon
-Trips over things that aren’t there
-Spends at least a day out of every week with a Healer patching him up
History:
-Born to Rethwellan aristocrats
-Third son, and as a result, there wasn’t much for him to do.
-Her family holds lands near the border between Valdemar and Rethwellan in the mountains
-His parents considered sending him to a temple, which he didn’t really feel to excited about
-Shortly after considering this, the family took a trip to their lands (they usually were in the Capital)
-A Companion came over the border and Chose him
-His parents were pretty relieved, since they hadn’t known what to do with him
-His little sister was furious, because her parents thought that since one of their children was going to Valdemar permanently, they needed to forge a better relationship with the country, and sending Shena was the way to do that
-His sister’s mad at him, but he loves what he does.
Relatives:
Lord and Lady Rystenal
Jacentreklil (Jacen) Rystenal [brother: 25]
Havestreden (Avest) Rystenal [brother: 23]
Shenadrierlin (Shena) Rystanel
Gift: Very strong Mindspeech—he can reach the Borders with little trouble
Companion: Tailen (male)


Character Name: Jerre Royden
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Occupation: 3rd Year Herald Trainee
Personality:
-Ex Pirate
-Impulsive
-Almost painfully self-sacrificing
-Determined to do the right thing
-Warring with this sense of duty is his innate prankster side
-Can’t sit still, he has to always be doing something
-Drags anyone within grabbing distance into his ‘causes’
-These causes include everything from going and painting an old house for someone to sneaking into the Healer Trainee’s rooms and tie-dying their robes
-Endless energy
-Something of an insomniac in that he gets very little sleep, he goes and goes and goes and then collapses for a few hours
-He’s very deep sleeper, so he doesn’t need a lot of sleep
-Eats like a large horse
-Talks impossibly fast, especially when he’s trying to defend someone
-Master of sleight of hand and pickpocketing
-Loves adventure (again, ex-pirate)
Appearance:
-Sort of a big hulk of a guy
-Very tall, very sturdily built (like a tree trunk)
-Towers over most of his yearmates, and quite a few of the full Heralds
-Sandy-blonde hair, fairly shaggy and straight
-He runs his hand through it all the time when he’s thinking, so it’s usually a little messy
-Warm green-gray eyes
-Freckles, which detract from the ‘Arrgh, I’m a big beast of a Herald’ look
-Was trained in broadsword when he came to Haven, but before his growth spurt, he fought with knives and daggers (ex pirate) and so he is shockingly light on his feet for his size
-He could cartwheel over a tightrope if he really wanted
-Has done so, actually, on a dare.
History:
-Born in a small fishing village
-When he was 8, his town was raided by pirates
-His Dad was killed protecting his Mom from the pirates, and when he died, 8 year old Jerre picked up his Dad’s fishing spear and stood in the way of the pirates.
-Impressed the pirates when he took down two of their own (didn’t kill them, hooked them one in the back of the knees and got the other in the calf)
-They left his mom alone and decided to take him instead
-His mom was a screaming hysterical wreck and begged them to take him instead of her, which is what they did in fact do. (Jerre tries very hard to understand this and not blame her)
-Butted heads with the pirates continuously, and took his spear with him, which kept anyone from getting any ideas after he got one of the pirates on the boat with it
-This amused the Captain more than anything, so he let it go
-A few weeks later, they brought another boy named Desten on the boat, whom Jerre instantly became friends and later sworn brothers with, and they pretty much took care of eachother
-Spent the next six years as a pirate
-Everytime they raided a village, Jerre spent most of the time keeping the other pirate’s damage minimal (under the cover of ‘hiding their tracks’) and trying to protect the people they were raiding, without the Captain or crew noticing
-Would often knock barrels of stolen goods overboard so they’d float near the villages they raided
-Would steal stolen goods from the pirates themselves and present them as things he’d gotten from the raid so as not to look suspicious (and no, they rarely noticed, and when they did, Jerre would just beat the offending pirate to a pulp, because he could)
-During one raid, the pirates set fire to a temple where the local children were at school
-Jerre immediately began trying to get them out, even though the boat was about to sail away
-His ‘brother’ Desten helped (reluctantly, because the boat was leaving) and they got the kids out
-For about five minutes, they were heroes, until the village realized they were pirates
-They got clapped in stocks instead of killed outright (since they had saved the kids)
-A Companion showed up and Chose Jerre, so of course he was freed instantly
-Desten, however, remained stuck in the stocks until Jerre and later, a Herald on that circuit, managed to convince the village he was a Good Guy (relatively speaking)
-Jerre and Desten went to Haven (Desten had nowhere else to go and Jerre was his only family)
-Jerre had never ridden a horse in his life, and was miserable most of the trip
Relatives:
Desten Deres [Bardic Trainee/17/blood-sworn-sib)
Extra: Desten’s like his twin brother, only they’re not really related, but they can practically read each other’s mind for all that they have very little in common on the surface. ALSO, Ochen, his Companion, is huge even for a Companion, which turned out to be good when Jerre finished his growth spurt. But on the initial ride from the fishing villages to Haven, Jerre, who’d never ridden a horse, was ridiculously saddle sore and less than thrilled about the whole situation.
Gift(s): Mid-strength Empathy and Strong Mindspeech
Companion: Ochen (male)


Tayledras:
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Other:
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| LADY SHENA RYSTANEL |

Character Name: Shenadrierlin Catdena Rystanel (She's from Rethwellan)
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Occupation: Aristocrat
Personality:
-Conniving
-Ambitious
-Incurable Flirt
-Something of a social whore, though she's certain to always keep her hands lily white in case Daddy wants to make an arranged marriage
-Furious that she's stuck in some 'backwater court where having a silly white horse means you're practically royalty'
-Stubborn
-Subtle
-Manipulative
-Just a little jealous of Heralds for the respect they get (respect they get without trying according to Shena.
Appearance:
-Very delicate boned
-Average height
-Red-blonde hair, usually done in an elaborate style
-When her hair's not up, it hits well past her waist
-Light sprinkling of freckles
-Cerulean blue eyes
-Always, always fashionably dressed, and only in the most exquisite materials
History:
-Born to Rethwellan aristocrats
-Baby of the family--she has three older brothers
-Her family holds lands near the border between Valdemar and Rethwellan in the mountains
-On a family visit to their lands, a Companion came over the border and Chose her third oldest brother Erekustallen (Erek)
-Shena's family decided that since their son was, for all intents and purposes, going to become a Valdemar citizen, they needed closer ties with Valdemar, so Shena was fostered over to Valdemar
-She's hated every minute, partly from jealousy, partly from being lonely.
Relatives:
Lord and Lady Rystenal
Jacentreklil (Jacen) Rystenal [brother: 25]
Havestreden (Avest) Rystenal [brother: 23]
Erekustallen (Erek) Rystenal [brother/Herald: 21]
Extra:
-She blames Erek (and his stupid horse) for all of this and refuses to acknowledge either of them.

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