It's calling me...... : P

Name: Ainaz D'rell
Race: Shandim
Age:17
Weapons: Scimitar (on water), Pole Arm (on land), boot knife (strapped to forearm when at sea), daggers and throwing knives (used whenever the hell she wants).
Armour: little to none. armour is hard to swim in. has leather wristbands, if that counts.
Skills: sailing, swimming, thieving, horse riding, swearing, archery, bargaining, brigandage
Appearance: Tall, reddish-brown hair cut short and spiked(i'm not sure if the braid is an Kishan thing, or a shandim thing. if it's shandim, everything is cut short except the braid.). Blue-green eyes. Black tribal tattoo running up left side of neck and just onto her cheek, and down her left arm. Wears a beaded shark-tooth pendant, and the generic clothes of a pirate, loose fitting draw-string pants, and a wraparound shirt. Bare feet. On land she wears stout leather boots.
Bio: Like most Talan clansmen (and women), Ainaz is a part-time pirate, part-time merchant, and a full-time thief. And she enjoys it greatly. Her tribe, the Dreu, focus mostly on piracy (and it's more legal forms, smuggling and merchancy), and live life on the high seas. Ainaz isn't of age yet, so she can't get her master's ticket and move up to first mate of a vessel. But oh how she wants to. She loves the sea, especially the freedom it gives her. Last seen sailing towards the East in search of booty. Arr. : P
Extra: Bears the Jae'sun blade 'Ilio Hae

Name: 'Ilio Hae
Race: Jae'Sun Blade
Age: somewhere around 2500 years old. give or take a couple hundred.
Benefits: Speed and dexterity. Can only be wielded by the descendant (either spiritual or blood) of it's original owner. Inspires tactical and leadership skills.
Appearance: take the Scimitar pictured above. Shorten the hilt by about an inch. Wooden hilt is engraved with images of ships, waves, and wolves. Blade is etched with tribal wave and wolf designs. Steel has a bluish cast. Has a dangly beaded feather hanging from the hilt. Incorporated into the designs on the blade, in ancient Shandim, it reads "A wolf's fighting spirit never dies. He will never surrender."
Bio: The Smith of the ruling council, Jae'sun, The Rounaud Sorceror, forged several blades of great beauty and craft. Using his powers he awoke the spirits of the blades, and gave them noble souls of the Noble animals. He gifted these ten blades to the ten generals of the Shandim empire. 'Ilio Hae was given to Akritan Dreu, the merchant prince (and general) of the greatest city in the Shandim Empire. 'Ilio Hae has since stayed within the clan, although not neccessarily the family. In order to wield the blade, the bearer must first be accepted by it. As far as the Shandim know, Ainaz is the first woman to bear 'Ilio Hae.

*'Ilio Hae is Hawaiian for Wolf. or at least that's what the nifty online dictionary said. :D

*has been watching too much Pirates of the Caribbean*

tell me if i've got to change anything, 'kay Jad?

The sword needs to be younger, Jads is the *strongest* and its only 2000...

the sword would have been made at the same time as Jad's, round abouts, 'cause it's one of the 10 Shandim blades.

2500 is still about right. only reason I said 2000 is the Ali have an oral tradition not a written history, so the actual record of when the sword was created are not that accurate. again only Jae'sun knows for sure. Ghost, yours would be a 3rd gen reproduction of Shan, the original wolf blade. That one is accounted for in Jae'sun's collection.

My weapon could be 10,000 years old for all anyone knows...

While in my stories Jae'sun lived to be well over 10,000. At this point he's only about 5500+

So wait, can my thing go back to being 3000ish since it was brought to the church in its infancy, and Elves would be living alongside it and all...

And what stories?

a few questions:
when does this start?
how often do we need to post to be an active part of this storyline?

fine, i'll take out the random effects

final (i hope) draft of my character
(sorry about the length)
Name: Uoyot H'tead
Race: Tomril
Class: Assassin
Age: middle age (refuses to disclose the exact years)
Armor: custom-made studded leather
Weapons: two short swords (see below), vials of various poisons, short bow
Equipment: rope, grappling hook (for use on rope), small very sharp cutting tool, flint and steel, a stolen (and not very good) horse, and a small amount of money from various regions.
Skills: climbing, horseback riding, archery, hiding, pick lock, disguise, escape, and other skills an assassin would find handy
Appearance: about 5' 6", 98 lbs (w/o equipment), slightly muscular build (but nothing that stands out), medium-long length hair all over body (covers a large amount of scars), green eyes (with a slight glow if you look close enough)
Bio: Uoyot was adopted into a rich family (i'm not going to bore you with any more childhood details...yet). One winter's day, he was out riding with his family when they were attacked. Uoyot was the only one to survive that day, but moments after the slaughter, there is a huge void in his memory. Where it picks up again is about 8 years later in the middle of the forest when he awakens from an unnaturally caused sleep. He knows he lived those past 8 years of life, but remembers nothing about them. One thing that was different on the latter side of the void was a general increase in physical ability, and more knowlege of anatomy, architecture, streetsmarts, subterfuge, and other subjects. Uoyot became aware of this and put his skills to use, eventually becoming an assassin for hire working out of a town nearby the forest he woke up in. After years of constant work and relocation, one fateful job is taken, and Uoyot became the new owner of a unique pair of swords... (more in Bio for sword)


Sword Name: Ra'jik and Sa'jik (Jae'Sun blades) (short swords)
Age: roughly 1600 years old, though probably older
Characteristics: Speed, Dexterity, and Absorbs a small amount of sound and light (absorbtion can be amplified by an experienced user, Uoyot is not quite to this point, however).
Appearance: Jet black identical blades that are so dark it almost seems they absorb light around them. The hilt is made of a marble colored, leather like and so far unidentified material. No etchings or defects are visible
Bio: The swords were originally given to Lord Dewwat for a previous favor given to Jae'Sun. Lord Dewwat eventually waged war with Lord Verisha and was defeated (his head and swords were taken as trophies). Lord Verisha's empire grew quickly and then fell into a state of anarchy and the swords were temporarrily lost as the empire became the ruins it is today. They were found again almost 1300 years later by a very poor merchant looking for various items to sell. The merchant found the swords, knowing nothing about them. When the swords were placed on the market, one man bought the swords as soon as they were placed on the merchant's stand for an extremely large sum of money (primarily to keep the peddeler quiet about the transaction). The swords resided in a mansion for a few more hundred years, until a client of Uoyot's placed an assassination order to kill the owner of the mansion. After the job was completed, Uoyot noticed the swords and the odd feeling he got as he walked towards them. He took the swords and escaped into the night.

Currrses. Oh well. *shrugs philosophically* I still get a SCIMITAR! WEEE!

I've been writing about the world I'm using here for several years now, since about '91. It's gradually become more refined and well defined.