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Everyone's fighting some battle of their own.
Name: Larassa Sovna
Alias: Raven
Age: 21 years old
Race: Siklaid
Gender: Female
Occupation: Bounty Huntress
Home world: Larassa comes from the planet known as Sikla. This planet is known for its Dorogan-like attributes, except it's atmosphere and ecosystem thrives in a way Dorogan's never could. The Siklaid are tribal people, ones who have the appearance of Dorogan's animals, except they are bipedal. The animal life on Sikla is composed of animals that could be considered mythical. Wyvern flourish here and dragons live in their caves, sea serpents dive and swirl underneath the planet's waters while birds with four wings, instead of two, take to the skies above. Plant life is unique as well, as some plants grow as large as a house, the rarer plant life even taking up acres while more common plants can be as small as a dandelion. At night, the plants light up the world, giving it a natural luminescence that helps the Siklaid people find their way around without the need for torches that could potentially burn plant life or start a wildfire. The weather here is mostly tropical and so the Siklaid often welcome any cooler weather they get, which usually doesn't get much colder than 44 degrees Fahrenheit. It has never snowed on Sikla and likely never will, so for any Sikla who leave the planet for intergalactic trading purposes, they often are excited to see other planets with snow dancing in the air and blanketing the world. Sikla is also very well known for its sunsets, as the colors seemingly dance on the horizon and blend with the colors of the world itself. Sikla has two moons, one closer and larger than the other, which is also present throughout the day whereas the smaller one cannot be seen during the daytime.
The Siklaid are far from a technologically advanced culture or society, as they still rely heavily on the natural resources around them without exploiting them or the beasts on their planet. Tribal in nature, their homes are huts carefully crafted with whatever natural materials they can find around themselves. For every tree or bamboo shoot cut down for materials, a seed is planted to take its place over time. Siklaid can be punished by their own people for wasting any materials or taking more than they need. When it comes to weapons, as there are some beasts on Sikla that they need to defend themselves from, the Siklaid use handcrafted daggers (typically made from a large tooth of some carnivore) as well as handcrafted bows and arrows.
For their general appearance, the Siklaid are like bipedal animals from Dorogan, otherwise known as anthros. It is said their ancestors once communed with the spirits and were able to be granted new physical bodies made up of furs and scales that would further protect them from those seeking to harm their planet or themselves. It is believed this happened not long before intergalactic travel became an option for their race, thus providing them a safer future. It is also notable that it's incredibly rare for anyone to be born of two animal species, as opposed to one. This occurs typically once or twice every 150 years and the Siklaid believe it is always a sign of either good fortune or misfortune. Remaining the optimistic race they are, they always believe it is of good fortune, as they have yet to have trouble with any of these people.
Appearance: Larassa is a rare occurrence in her race, as she is of two different animal species, not just one like most everyone else. Her body is that of a silver fox's, whereas she has the wings of a Ross's Turaco neatly folded against her back. Her general appearance is grey in color, while the tips of her wings are red and she has what appears to be a faint outline of black fur all along her body. Her wings expand fully to a wingspan of about fifteen feet and are more than capable of helping her fly. Larassa also has heterochromia, resulting in her eyes being two different colors. Her left eye is golden, whereas her right eye is sky blue. She also sports a jagged, claw-like scar over her right eye, which spans from just above her eyebrow down to her chin. While it's harder to see, she also has a gunshot wound scar on the front end of her right shoulder, so it's partly on her chest, too.
Personality: Larassa is easily described as rebellious, arrogant, and energetic. Retaining the optimism her race has always shown, Larassa can be quite energetic and fun at times, but also can easily be arrogant and dark. Her rebellious nature is a constant, which results in her getting in trouble far more times than she can count by now. While she has a bit of kindness in her for children and abused beasts of any kind, Larassa generally does not go out of her way to help others. She's more likely to think of herself before others and will always do what will ensure her survival over anything that may be too risky just to help someone along the way.
In regards to working with others, Larassa is the definition of a lone wolf and hates it when she has to work with anyone. The way she sees it, her way is best and any other way is only going to get in her way. Larassa has a strong tendency to sometimes argue with someone over something that's entirely pointless, but does so anyways simply because she doesn't like said person. Larassa will take to being much like a smart aleck to just about anyone, regardless of how she feels about them, simply because it deeply amuses her. Although, she is certainly more likely to tease someone if she has an affinity for them.
Equipment: Growing up on Sikla, Larassa learned much about herbalism and has turned her knowledge into something a bit darker nowadays, as she often will lace her own weapons with poisons. Thus, Larassa always has an herb pouch in her knapsack, as well as several vials of pre-prepared poisons for varying scenarios. Beyond this, Larassa has a handcrafted dagger from her home planet, as well as a handcrafted bow and a quiver of arrows. The dagger was created from the tooth of the first beast she downed on her planet, a wyvern. In short, she's made all of her own weapons and does not trust to use any that she has not made herself. Her quiver is always over her neck so it hangs nicely on her back without the possibility of it falling off her shoulder if she needs to move quickly. She also has a top that she can latch over her quiver opening, so as to keep her arrows from falling out.
Special skills: Larassa has learned how to create poisons, and lace her weapons with them, from her herbs over time and with some advice from other intergalactic species. She has also learned how to smooth talk her way out of most dangerous scenarios, manipulating how people feel so as to coerce them into helping her. Finally, Larassa has learned how to jumpstart most ship models out there. At least, the more common ones. Basically, she knows which wires to cut and then which ones to connect so she can jump start the ship and then fly it out before anyone realizes that's not her ship...or the ship's captain finds her.
Racial Trait: The Siklaid are known for their varying racial traits, as their race is composed of many different types of animals. For Larassa having the mixed genes of a fox and bird, she has an abnormally strong sense of hearing. For instance, if someone were to cock a gun or draw their bow on her without Larassa seeing them, she'd hear the string of the bow becoming taut and the clicking of the gun as it loads the bullet into its chamber. Thus, Larassa can act swiftly and dodge the initial shots of a fight while also hearing someone trying to flank her. Better yet, Larassa is near impossible to ambush because of this trait, as she'll hear the ambush before she sees it or is caught off-guard by it. An end result of this trait is that Larassa is rarely relaxed. She often hears more than she'd like when it comes to conversations at bar or any public area, but can also pick up helpful information about her own targets thanks to this skill without having to directly confront anyone for the information.
Bio: Growing up, Larassa always was treated specially. She got to do things at an earlier age than other kids and even could get special toys and trinkets from those in her tribe, all because she was a mixed species. Yet, the other children in her tribe weren't fond of this favoritism and so it didn't take long for the bullying to begin. It start small, with kids tripping her here and there or teasing her about the wings on her back, which was odd since most bird Siklaid had wings as their arms and hands. Larassa began to change, as the bullying never seemed to end, growing more and more reclusive. She didn't really make many, if any, friends growing up and her anger festered inside of her as the years went by. Once she was old enough at the age of sixteen, Larassa got her chance to try for her desired job within the tribe's ranks: huntress. Given a bow and arrows, which she had spent much of her youth practicing so she could get away from the other kids, Larassa was sent off into the jungle beyond to get her first kill. The stronger her foe, the more likely she'd become a huntress.
Wandering through the jungle, Larassa spent nearly an hour looking for suitable prey after letting a few critters flee from her presence since they were too small for her to kill. She soon spotted a few hoofed beasts nearby, but when one of them warily eyed her with its six eyes, Larassa decided that it'd be too easy if she killed one of them so she moved on. Not too long after, Larassa chanced upon a cavern, which had some water dripping inside of it, the echoes faintly reaching the entrance. Entering the cavern, Larassa soon realized too late, even with her ability to see in the dark thanks to her fox eyes, that she'd wandered into a wyvern's den. Spitting ice, the wyvern charged at her and the ensuing fight lasted for nearly half an hour with Larassa getting the jagged, claw-like wound on her face when the wyvern tried to clamp its jaws down on her body. Yet, Larassa just barely managed to deliver the final blow and soon word spread throughout the neighboring tribes of how Larassa had single-handedly downed a wyvern.
Yet, all wasn't well with Larassa, as her confidence grew after this and she began to cause conflicts within her tribe, specifically with the other teenagers. The fights would escalate here and there, but nothing serious happened. Not right away, anyways. When Larassa turned eighteen, one of the teens tried to prank her in a dangerous way that backfired, as Larassa was soon found kneeling beside the dead boy's body, blood pooling around him and staining her leather pants as well as her paws. Blood had been splattered on her face and muzzle, giving the impression that she may have even tried to eat the boy. With no alibis, Larassa was tried for murder and for being a feral, which was what someone was called when they ate one of their own kind.
Banished from her home planet, Larassa was allowed to take her few weapons with her, as well as various herbs, before she embarked on her intergalactic journey. Upon arriving at the nearest space station, Larassa realized she was broke and thought she had no means of making money until she saw a poster asking for a bounty hunter. Having grown up hunting, Larassa put her skills to good use and soon was earning herself a name, Raven. While her wings weren't black, the name stuck for her dark fur and she soon had more than enough money to make a living in the galaxy.
Alias: Raven
Age: 21 years old
Race: Siklaid
Gender: Female
Occupation: Bounty Huntress
Home world: Larassa comes from the planet known as Sikla. This planet is known for its Dorogan-like attributes, except it's atmosphere and ecosystem thrives in a way Dorogan's never could. The Siklaid are tribal people, ones who have the appearance of Dorogan's animals, except they are bipedal. The animal life on Sikla is composed of animals that could be considered mythical. Wyvern flourish here and dragons live in their caves, sea serpents dive and swirl underneath the planet's waters while birds with four wings, instead of two, take to the skies above. Plant life is unique as well, as some plants grow as large as a house, the rarer plant life even taking up acres while more common plants can be as small as a dandelion. At night, the plants light up the world, giving it a natural luminescence that helps the Siklaid people find their way around without the need for torches that could potentially burn plant life or start a wildfire. The weather here is mostly tropical and so the Siklaid often welcome any cooler weather they get, which usually doesn't get much colder than 44 degrees Fahrenheit. It has never snowed on Sikla and likely never will, so for any Sikla who leave the planet for intergalactic trading purposes, they often are excited to see other planets with snow dancing in the air and blanketing the world. Sikla is also very well known for its sunsets, as the colors seemingly dance on the horizon and blend with the colors of the world itself. Sikla has two moons, one closer and larger than the other, which is also present throughout the day whereas the smaller one cannot be seen during the daytime.
The Siklaid are far from a technologically advanced culture or society, as they still rely heavily on the natural resources around them without exploiting them or the beasts on their planet. Tribal in nature, their homes are huts carefully crafted with whatever natural materials they can find around themselves. For every tree or bamboo shoot cut down for materials, a seed is planted to take its place over time. Siklaid can be punished by their own people for wasting any materials or taking more than they need. When it comes to weapons, as there are some beasts on Sikla that they need to defend themselves from, the Siklaid use handcrafted daggers (typically made from a large tooth of some carnivore) as well as handcrafted bows and arrows.
For their general appearance, the Siklaid are like bipedal animals from Dorogan, otherwise known as anthros. It is said their ancestors once communed with the spirits and were able to be granted new physical bodies made up of furs and scales that would further protect them from those seeking to harm their planet or themselves. It is believed this happened not long before intergalactic travel became an option for their race, thus providing them a safer future. It is also notable that it's incredibly rare for anyone to be born of two animal species, as opposed to one. This occurs typically once or twice every 150 years and the Siklaid believe it is always a sign of either good fortune or misfortune. Remaining the optimistic race they are, they always believe it is of good fortune, as they have yet to have trouble with any of these people.
Appearance: Larassa is a rare occurrence in her race, as she is of two different animal species, not just one like most everyone else. Her body is that of a silver fox's, whereas she has the wings of a Ross's Turaco neatly folded against her back. Her general appearance is grey in color, while the tips of her wings are red and she has what appears to be a faint outline of black fur all along her body. Her wings expand fully to a wingspan of about fifteen feet and are more than capable of helping her fly. Larassa also has heterochromia, resulting in her eyes being two different colors. Her left eye is golden, whereas her right eye is sky blue. She also sports a jagged, claw-like scar over her right eye, which spans from just above her eyebrow down to her chin. While it's harder to see, she also has a gunshot wound scar on the front end of her right shoulder, so it's partly on her chest, too.
Personality: Larassa is easily described as rebellious, arrogant, and energetic. Retaining the optimism her race has always shown, Larassa can be quite energetic and fun at times, but also can easily be arrogant and dark. Her rebellious nature is a constant, which results in her getting in trouble far more times than she can count by now. While she has a bit of kindness in her for children and abused beasts of any kind, Larassa generally does not go out of her way to help others. She's more likely to think of herself before others and will always do what will ensure her survival over anything that may be too risky just to help someone along the way.
In regards to working with others, Larassa is the definition of a lone wolf and hates it when she has to work with anyone. The way she sees it, her way is best and any other way is only going to get in her way. Larassa has a strong tendency to sometimes argue with someone over something that's entirely pointless, but does so anyways simply because she doesn't like said person. Larassa will take to being much like a smart aleck to just about anyone, regardless of how she feels about them, simply because it deeply amuses her. Although, she is certainly more likely to tease someone if she has an affinity for them.
Equipment: Growing up on Sikla, Larassa learned much about herbalism and has turned her knowledge into something a bit darker nowadays, as she often will lace her own weapons with poisons. Thus, Larassa always has an herb pouch in her knapsack, as well as several vials of pre-prepared poisons for varying scenarios. Beyond this, Larassa has a handcrafted dagger from her home planet, as well as a handcrafted bow and a quiver of arrows. The dagger was created from the tooth of the first beast she downed on her planet, a wyvern. In short, she's made all of her own weapons and does not trust to use any that she has not made herself. Her quiver is always over her neck so it hangs nicely on her back without the possibility of it falling off her shoulder if she needs to move quickly. She also has a top that she can latch over her quiver opening, so as to keep her arrows from falling out.
Special skills: Larassa has learned how to create poisons, and lace her weapons with them, from her herbs over time and with some advice from other intergalactic species. She has also learned how to smooth talk her way out of most dangerous scenarios, manipulating how people feel so as to coerce them into helping her. Finally, Larassa has learned how to jumpstart most ship models out there. At least, the more common ones. Basically, she knows which wires to cut and then which ones to connect so she can jump start the ship and then fly it out before anyone realizes that's not her ship...or the ship's captain finds her.
Racial Trait: The Siklaid are known for their varying racial traits, as their race is composed of many different types of animals. For Larassa having the mixed genes of a fox and bird, she has an abnormally strong sense of hearing. For instance, if someone were to cock a gun or draw their bow on her without Larassa seeing them, she'd hear the string of the bow becoming taut and the clicking of the gun as it loads the bullet into its chamber. Thus, Larassa can act swiftly and dodge the initial shots of a fight while also hearing someone trying to flank her. Better yet, Larassa is near impossible to ambush because of this trait, as she'll hear the ambush before she sees it or is caught off-guard by it. An end result of this trait is that Larassa is rarely relaxed. She often hears more than she'd like when it comes to conversations at bar or any public area, but can also pick up helpful information about her own targets thanks to this skill without having to directly confront anyone for the information.
Bio: Growing up, Larassa always was treated specially. She got to do things at an earlier age than other kids and even could get special toys and trinkets from those in her tribe, all because she was a mixed species. Yet, the other children in her tribe weren't fond of this favoritism and so it didn't take long for the bullying to begin. It start small, with kids tripping her here and there or teasing her about the wings on her back, which was odd since most bird Siklaid had wings as their arms and hands. Larassa began to change, as the bullying never seemed to end, growing more and more reclusive. She didn't really make many, if any, friends growing up and her anger festered inside of her as the years went by. Once she was old enough at the age of sixteen, Larassa got her chance to try for her desired job within the tribe's ranks: huntress. Given a bow and arrows, which she had spent much of her youth practicing so she could get away from the other kids, Larassa was sent off into the jungle beyond to get her first kill. The stronger her foe, the more likely she'd become a huntress.
Wandering through the jungle, Larassa spent nearly an hour looking for suitable prey after letting a few critters flee from her presence since they were too small for her to kill. She soon spotted a few hoofed beasts nearby, but when one of them warily eyed her with its six eyes, Larassa decided that it'd be too easy if she killed one of them so she moved on. Not too long after, Larassa chanced upon a cavern, which had some water dripping inside of it, the echoes faintly reaching the entrance. Entering the cavern, Larassa soon realized too late, even with her ability to see in the dark thanks to her fox eyes, that she'd wandered into a wyvern's den. Spitting ice, the wyvern charged at her and the ensuing fight lasted for nearly half an hour with Larassa getting the jagged, claw-like wound on her face when the wyvern tried to clamp its jaws down on her body. Yet, Larassa just barely managed to deliver the final blow and soon word spread throughout the neighboring tribes of how Larassa had single-handedly downed a wyvern.
Yet, all wasn't well with Larassa, as her confidence grew after this and she began to cause conflicts within her tribe, specifically with the other teenagers. The fights would escalate here and there, but nothing serious happened. Not right away, anyways. When Larassa turned eighteen, one of the teens tried to prank her in a dangerous way that backfired, as Larassa was soon found kneeling beside the dead boy's body, blood pooling around him and staining her leather pants as well as her paws. Blood had been splattered on her face and muzzle, giving the impression that she may have even tried to eat the boy. With no alibis, Larassa was tried for murder and for being a feral, which was what someone was called when they ate one of their own kind.
Banished from her home planet, Larassa was allowed to take her few weapons with her, as well as various herbs, before she embarked on her intergalactic journey. Upon arriving at the nearest space station, Larassa realized she was broke and thought she had no means of making money until she saw a poster asking for a bounty hunter. Having grown up hunting, Larassa put her skills to good use and soon was earning herself a name, Raven. While her wings weren't black, the name stuck for her dark fur and she soon had more than enough money to make a living in the galaxy.
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