Post by Kyla de Marsili on Nov 22, 2010 14:21:41 GMT -5
Character Played By (the person in your avatar): Solo
Name: Kyla de Marsili
Age: 23
Race (Lineage Origin): half D’Angeline, half unknown
Gender: Female
Height: 5’6”
Home Province/Country: Azzalle
Appearance (1-2 Paragraphs): Kyla isn’t a child of beauty by any means. Yes, she is half-D’Angelline and that gives her a certain symmetrical charm, but not even symmetry can match her features. Her nose and chin are a bit to large for her face, and her eyes too round abov defined cheekbones. The only redeemable quality she has is her hair, which is a bright red, even though it is often cut far too short for a female. Even with that, her skin is a dark, golden tan which contrasts against her hair in a way that is more affronting than pleasing.
Kyla is also not very well-endowed. She is very thin, and sometimes finds it best to try and pass as a teenage boy when traveling. With a sufficiently baggy shirt and breeches, it’s easy enough not to be noticed, which is how she likes it. She has a slightly skewed nose thanks to a particularly nasty storm that caused her face to meet someone elses elbow and break it.
Personality (1-2 Paragraphs): Kyla is straightforward, to say the least. She doesn’t enjoy D’Angelline customs when it comes to subtlety. If she has a problem, she states it. While this might prevent her from making any friends at court (although her birth status prevents that anyway,) she finds it easy to get along with the lower-class. She’s quick-witted and has a very practical sort of knowledge-- not scholarly, but she knows how to deal with people and avoid getting scammed, even if it means fighting down-and-dirty.
Despite being D’Angelline, Kyla is abysmal when it comes to the subject of love. She’s not a virgin, but she hasn’t experienced that world-changing feeling of love or desire that D’Angellines tend to pride themselves on. In fact, she isn’t sure if she wants to. It seems like the sort of thing that makes someone easy to take advantage of while they’re living in a fog of desire.
History (At least 2 detailed Paragraphs): Kyla’s surname is a joke at her own expense. Her mother worked with her husband making sails and occasionally repairing neighbor's clothes. Her husband (Kyla's step-father) would be gone for days when his work was peaking. One day, one of her husband’s clients came to check on his wares and one thing led to another and Kyla was born. The only thing anyone knew about the man was that he was a foreigner who wintered in Marsilikos every once in a while, giving her her surname. Kyla stood out, to say the least. Her siblings had light brown to blond hair, and she a fiery red. They also had the sharp, preternatural beauty gifted to D’Angellines that she lacked.
Her step-father treated her kindly, following the precept of Elua himself, but she still felt like a blacksheep in her family. When she reached her majority, she realized she wouldn’t be married off as her sisters were, simply because no one wanted her. Instead of being disappointed, Kyla was relieved and set off to explore the land, sometimes by sea, sometimes by land, it mattered naught to her. Sometimes when she set out from a place, she thought she had a vision of a man with a sextant in his hand.
Over the years, she gathered a wealth of knowledge regarding geography and different cultures, but found it time to return to Terre d’Ange. Not Azzalle, but The City of Elua which is where her life currently finds her.