LaVaya Mindshadow

Name: LaVaya
Species: Human
Age: 25
Height: 5’ 10”
Weight: 150
Hair: Dark Brown
Eyes: Green
Skin: Fair
Occupation: Spy/Assassin/Thief
Place of Birth: Unknown
Affiliation: The Emerald Eye
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Appearance
A beautiful young woman, Lavaya tall and athletic and has long thick wavy dark brown hair that she normally braids or puts in a bun. She often dyes her hair different colors. She has dazzling green eyes and full pouty lips that frame a disarming smile. Her fair skin is smooth and lightly freckled. A faint scar mars her left cheek.
LaVaya typically wears black practical clothing when traveling or working, and simple dresses or gowns when passing herself off as a merchant’s wife or daughter. She will wear more revealing and provocative clothing when she can, and loves to wear expensive jewels. She also despises shoes, and while she wears appropriate footwear as the situation requires, she will go barefoot whenever possible. She is never without her pendant “The Emerald Eye”, and she has several colorful and intricate tattoos of twisting, spiraling patterns on her midriff, left upper back and right thigh.

Skills and Abilities

HYPNOTISM- LaVaya is very skilled in the magical discipline of hypnotism; trained from the age of fifteen, this is her primary tool for making her way in the world.

TRANSFORMATION- LaVaya can magically transform people into small harmless creatures such as toads, turtles and rats. She learned the spell from a powerful witch as payment for a job. The effects wear off after a few hours.

MARTIAL ARTS- LaVaya has been trained in several disciplines of hand to hand combat, and prefers to fight with a staff or a knife.

ARCHERY- LaVaya is a skilled archer. She prefers a longbow, and takes pride in her accuracy. She also adept with throwing knives

DANCE- LaVaya is an accomplished dancer, trained in a variety of styles. She is a captivating soloist as well as a fantastic partner for couples' dances.

THIEF- LaVaya is skilled in lock-picking, stealth, poisons, climbing and sleight of hand. She is an accomplished liar.

Personality

LaVaya is a calm, quiet woman. A distrustful loner by nature, she is practiced at being amiable and approachable, and always appears happy to engage in conversation on any subject. She is very good at reading people and putting them at ease, disarming them with her practiced charm. She can be extremely seductive and manipulative. LaVaya loves challenges, and will not shy away from competitions. She also arrogant and vain, although she hides these traits most of the time. She has a cruel streak, and delights in humiliating people who have insulted or angered her. Killing doesn’t bother her, although she doesn’t do so unnecessarily. Despite her self-centered and ruthless nature, LaVaya secretly longs to be a better person and become part of a group and make some true and loyal friends.

Biography & Lore

LaVaya was born on a farmstead outside Alliria, the middle child of five. Her mother worked hard and took excellent care of the children, while her father was an angry drunkard who beat his wife and children. LaVaya’s mother died when she was thirteen, and her father’s behavior only became worse; one day when he was beating LaVaya’s brother, she took his hunting knife and stabbed him in the neck, killing him. She fled, and found herself wandering the countryside, wanted for murdering her father, stealing to survive. One day, she tried to steal from a wealthy man in a roadhouse. He caught her, and used magic to hypnotize her. LaVaya became his slave, traveling with him, serving him, cleaning his clothes and much worse. He hypnotized her regularly to keep the pretty young woman in his power. He was a wealthy merchant who dealt in black market goods on the side, and LaVaya was often around smugglers and fences, and had to serve his associates as well. She spent a lot of time in Alliria serving her master. Finally, after two years of slavery, LaVaya’s master slipped up and she was free of his power; she killed him in his sleep while they were on the road, and claimed his money and possessions including an ancient and valuable book of Hypnotism. By the time she was seventeen, she was an accomplished hypnotist, using her powers for personal gain and as a mercenary. Eventually she fell in with a small guild of female assassins, thieves and spies called The Emerald Eye. Each member of the guild was a trained killer and thief, as well as a user of hypnosis. LaVaya was recruited, trained and rose to become one of their most successful operatives. Eventually she was offered the leadership of the group, but she declined, saying she needed to see the world. She is still a member of the guild, although she is very picky about her clients, and lately has been seeking the life of and adventurerer.

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