BlackAndBlueEyes
02-26-08, 02:46 PM
Updates are in whatever color this is.
Name: Madison Freebird
Age: 24
Race: Human
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Blue
Height: 5'7
Weight: 105 lbs.
Occupation: Mercenary/bounty hunter
Personality: Madison is the type of person who keeps to herself as much as possible. She's neurotic, violent, and generally an unpleasant person to be around, qualities magnified by her constant fighting in the Dajas Pagoda. However, she won't lash out at anyone unless she has a concrete reason to--be it job-related (like the person in question has a price on their head), or if they spill her drink all over her dress. On the flip side of the coin, she is very cunning and calculating, able to analyze the current situation and work her way out of it no matter the cost. Due to her withdrawn nature, her people skills leave something to be desired. Her trust is a hard thing to earn, and easily lost as well.
Appearance: Her facial features are thin and pale; her deep blue eyes, raven-black hair, and constantly vacant expression giving her a crow-like appearance. Her body follows suit--thin and lacking in "assets". As for clothing, her tastes are rather conservative. Her favorite garment is a dark purple, long-sleeved vlince dress. The sides of the dress are slitted from the bottom up to halfway up the her thighs to allow easier movement, while the long sleeves act as a hiding place for her wire. Underneath the dress is a vlince-lined hard leather corset she wears for minor protection. Madison also wears black, fingerless lace gloves that reach up to her elbows, black stockings, and black high-heeled leather boots. She has a sapphire brooch around her neck, but that's about as extravagant as she'll get. Whenever she's not on a mission or at a fight, she wears a short sleeved black blouse top and a pair of blue jeans. Overall, she isn't ugly, but she's not something most men (who weren't into creepy things) would look at twice.
The dress, corset, and casual outfit were purchased here. (http://www.althanas.com/world/showthread.php?t=9763)
History:
Madison was born into a family of bounty hunters, the youngest of four. She began her training in the family profession at the age of ten, and was allowed to join her brothers on the job at fifteen. However, her siblings had a tendency to ridicule and ignore her, and her parents always had other things to worry about than "her petty bitchings". This alienation, along with her mandatory teenage angst, pushed her away from her family and caused her to close herself off from the rest of existence over the next few years.
A particularly disasterous event occurred when she was 20. Madison and her eldest brother, Trevor, were tracking a bounty head when they were ambushed. In the fight that followed, Trevor was slain and Madison barely escaped with her life. When she returned to her family, her other two brothers blamed her for Trevor's death, and the proverbial fireworks went off. Madison flipped, attacking both of them. By the time her father was able to stop the fight, she had broken one of Justin's arms and completely shattered Michael's nose.
Of course, when you lash out at your family, there will always be consequences. In Madison's case, she was banished from the house, what remained of her family disowning her. Cutting her losses, she immediately set out to make a living performing odd jobs for anyone who had the money to pay for her expenses.
Lately, Madison has taken to fights in the Citadel and in the Dagas Pagoda to try and sharpen her skills, barely winning in the former and losing outright in the latter. These battles have pushed her to train harder than ever before.
The time spent training paid off: After her fight with Joshua Cronen, the monks saw fit to give her the position of Dajas Pagoda Warrior, despite the fact that she lost. During her free time between battles therein, Madison has been volunteering at various libraries, studying various forms of magic and anything else that might catch her interest.
Skills:
"I was trained in the art of kicking your ass!": Madison had been training in hand-to-hand combat since the age of eleven, and has above-average skill in the art. Dodging and parrying the attacks of someone of equal skill is no great feat for her.
Mental disruption: Madison stumbled upon a latent ability that, by focusing her thoughts, she is able to mess with the perceptions of another person no more than seven feet away from her. As she emits the small, focused wave of psychic energy, the target's eyesight blurs and jumps around for several seconds while a wave of nausea passes through. She is only able to use this once per IC day (or once per battle), since the process leaves her feeling slightly drained. She's working hard to develop this power further, hoping that she'll discover more of her hidden talents.
Chemistry: To pass the time between training sessions and missions, Madison has taken to reading books on how to concoct various potions and powders. Right now, she has the knowledge necessary to make minor healing potions and poisoning powders that are only strong enough to make the poor sucker who ingests it slightly ill.
The wire: Madison keeps fifty feet of thin steel wire (purchased here (http://www.althanas.com/world/showthread.php?t=11958)) wrapped around her upper arms. Through latent telekinetic skill, she can mentally control her wire's movements up to thirty feet away from her body. She can move it slightly faster than she can physically move.
Dual-wielding knives: Strapped to the back of her belt are two eight inch long damascus daggers (purchased here as well (http://www.althanas.com/world/showthread.php?t=11958)). Due to increased use in the Pagoda, she is of average skill with these.
"Shhhh!": A few busted jobs when she was starting out forced Madison to learn the art of stealth. She is very skilled at not making noises when she walks on a solid surface, like wood, marble, and so on. But, since nobody is perfect, she has yet to be able to silence her footsteps on gravel and the like.
Kinetic blast: Madison accidentally discovered that she can manipulate the energy flowing through her. She can either gather that energy in one spot for a blow that will strike three times as hard as normal, or fire it off as a focused, short ranged blast (ten feet) that has the strength of a normal punch. At this point, Madison can manipulate enough energy for one physical blow and three kinetic blasts per IC day/battle. Either technique will leave her feeling a bit tired.
Equipment:
A small leather satchel to carry anything she may pick up along her way
Fifty feet of steel wire
Two 8" damascus daggers.
A small vial containing two grams of paralyzing powder--on average, half of a gram will be enough to paralyze for one minute
Name: Madison Freebird
Age: 24
Race: Human
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Blue
Height: 5'7
Weight: 105 lbs.
Occupation: Mercenary/bounty hunter
Personality: Madison is the type of person who keeps to herself as much as possible. She's neurotic, violent, and generally an unpleasant person to be around, qualities magnified by her constant fighting in the Dajas Pagoda. However, she won't lash out at anyone unless she has a concrete reason to--be it job-related (like the person in question has a price on their head), or if they spill her drink all over her dress. On the flip side of the coin, she is very cunning and calculating, able to analyze the current situation and work her way out of it no matter the cost. Due to her withdrawn nature, her people skills leave something to be desired. Her trust is a hard thing to earn, and easily lost as well.
Appearance: Her facial features are thin and pale; her deep blue eyes, raven-black hair, and constantly vacant expression giving her a crow-like appearance. Her body follows suit--thin and lacking in "assets". As for clothing, her tastes are rather conservative. Her favorite garment is a dark purple, long-sleeved vlince dress. The sides of the dress are slitted from the bottom up to halfway up the her thighs to allow easier movement, while the long sleeves act as a hiding place for her wire. Underneath the dress is a vlince-lined hard leather corset she wears for minor protection. Madison also wears black, fingerless lace gloves that reach up to her elbows, black stockings, and black high-heeled leather boots. She has a sapphire brooch around her neck, but that's about as extravagant as she'll get. Whenever she's not on a mission or at a fight, she wears a short sleeved black blouse top and a pair of blue jeans. Overall, she isn't ugly, but she's not something most men (who weren't into creepy things) would look at twice.
The dress, corset, and casual outfit were purchased here. (http://www.althanas.com/world/showthread.php?t=9763)
History:
Madison was born into a family of bounty hunters, the youngest of four. She began her training in the family profession at the age of ten, and was allowed to join her brothers on the job at fifteen. However, her siblings had a tendency to ridicule and ignore her, and her parents always had other things to worry about than "her petty bitchings". This alienation, along with her mandatory teenage angst, pushed her away from her family and caused her to close herself off from the rest of existence over the next few years.
A particularly disasterous event occurred when she was 20. Madison and her eldest brother, Trevor, were tracking a bounty head when they were ambushed. In the fight that followed, Trevor was slain and Madison barely escaped with her life. When she returned to her family, her other two brothers blamed her for Trevor's death, and the proverbial fireworks went off. Madison flipped, attacking both of them. By the time her father was able to stop the fight, she had broken one of Justin's arms and completely shattered Michael's nose.
Of course, when you lash out at your family, there will always be consequences. In Madison's case, she was banished from the house, what remained of her family disowning her. Cutting her losses, she immediately set out to make a living performing odd jobs for anyone who had the money to pay for her expenses.
Lately, Madison has taken to fights in the Citadel and in the Dagas Pagoda to try and sharpen her skills, barely winning in the former and losing outright in the latter. These battles have pushed her to train harder than ever before.
The time spent training paid off: After her fight with Joshua Cronen, the monks saw fit to give her the position of Dajas Pagoda Warrior, despite the fact that she lost. During her free time between battles therein, Madison has been volunteering at various libraries, studying various forms of magic and anything else that might catch her interest.
Skills:
"I was trained in the art of kicking your ass!": Madison had been training in hand-to-hand combat since the age of eleven, and has above-average skill in the art. Dodging and parrying the attacks of someone of equal skill is no great feat for her.
Mental disruption: Madison stumbled upon a latent ability that, by focusing her thoughts, she is able to mess with the perceptions of another person no more than seven feet away from her. As she emits the small, focused wave of psychic energy, the target's eyesight blurs and jumps around for several seconds while a wave of nausea passes through. She is only able to use this once per IC day (or once per battle), since the process leaves her feeling slightly drained. She's working hard to develop this power further, hoping that she'll discover more of her hidden talents.
Chemistry: To pass the time between training sessions and missions, Madison has taken to reading books on how to concoct various potions and powders. Right now, she has the knowledge necessary to make minor healing potions and poisoning powders that are only strong enough to make the poor sucker who ingests it slightly ill.
The wire: Madison keeps fifty feet of thin steel wire (purchased here (http://www.althanas.com/world/showthread.php?t=11958)) wrapped around her upper arms. Through latent telekinetic skill, she can mentally control her wire's movements up to thirty feet away from her body. She can move it slightly faster than she can physically move.
Dual-wielding knives: Strapped to the back of her belt are two eight inch long damascus daggers (purchased here as well (http://www.althanas.com/world/showthread.php?t=11958)). Due to increased use in the Pagoda, she is of average skill with these.
"Shhhh!": A few busted jobs when she was starting out forced Madison to learn the art of stealth. She is very skilled at not making noises when she walks on a solid surface, like wood, marble, and so on. But, since nobody is perfect, she has yet to be able to silence her footsteps on gravel and the like.
Kinetic blast: Madison accidentally discovered that she can manipulate the energy flowing through her. She can either gather that energy in one spot for a blow that will strike three times as hard as normal, or fire it off as a focused, short ranged blast (ten feet) that has the strength of a normal punch. At this point, Madison can manipulate enough energy for one physical blow and three kinetic blasts per IC day/battle. Either technique will leave her feeling a bit tired.
Equipment:
A small leather satchel to carry anything she may pick up along her way
Fifty feet of steel wire
Two 8" damascus daggers.
A small vial containing two grams of paralyzing powder--on average, half of a gram will be enough to paralyze for one minute