Vika
Biography & Lore
Wealth is an inheritance—and so is poverty.
Devoting her life to the preached ethics of hard work and virtue, Vika sought to escape the bondage of her impoverished circumstances. Yet, her endeavours felt akin to a hamster on a wheel—endlessly wearying itself in pursuit of the unattainable. By thirty, waning youth, declining health, and unrelieved circumstances prompted reevaluation against her course in life. Though uneducated of the world outside and ill-prepared against its mortal dangers, Vika began to question whether adhering to the familiarity and security of her hometown despite her seemingly hopeless circumstances could truly be defined as living.
Devoting her life to the preached ethics of hard work and virtue, Vika sought to escape the bondage of her impoverished circumstances. Yet, her endeavours felt akin to a hamster on a wheel—endlessly wearying itself in pursuit of the unattainable. By thirty, waning youth, declining health, and unrelieved circumstances prompted reevaluation against her course in life. Though uneducated of the world outside and ill-prepared against its mortal dangers, Vika began to question whether adhering to the familiarity and security of her hometown despite her seemingly hopeless circumstances could truly be defined as living.
Personality
Though no stranger towards the hardships of life, Vika's untravelled upbringing leaves her uneducated of the outside world and its customs. An almost childlike sincerity seems to accompany this; as if unadulterated by familiar convention and formality. Stout-hearted in her pursuits, her overambitiousness may get her into trouble.
Skills and Abilities
For those of unprivileged birth, untaught in the arcane or martial, their untimely demise seems inevitable. Life becomes a perpetual dependency upon the able, a futile prolonging of survival against the apex predators of this world.
In efforts to prolong her own survival, Vika depends upon a certain plant indigenous to her home region. Initially unassuming in appearance, reminiscent of typical mint leaves, upon consumption its effects prove anything but. One experiences a profound adrenaline rush and heightened senses—as if the dormant faculties of the primal human suddenly reawaken. Enhanced reflexes naturally also accompany this—yet, such profound benefits are not without their drawbacks.
No few unpleasant aftereffects accompany the usage of this drug, such as chronic fatigue, vertigo, dyslexic spells, weakened immune system, and heart problems—symptoms growing more severe upon consecutive usage. Consequently, Vika's own consecutive usage is exhibiting its effects; And one—including Vika herself—may wonder just how much further overexertion her middle-aged body is capable of withstanding before giving out untimely.
Preferred Weapons: Kinzhal (Dagger), Unarmed
In efforts to prolong her own survival, Vika depends upon a certain plant indigenous to her home region. Initially unassuming in appearance, reminiscent of typical mint leaves, upon consumption its effects prove anything but. One experiences a profound adrenaline rush and heightened senses—as if the dormant faculties of the primal human suddenly reawaken. Enhanced reflexes naturally also accompany this—yet, such profound benefits are not without their drawbacks.
No few unpleasant aftereffects accompany the usage of this drug, such as chronic fatigue, vertigo, dyslexic spells, weakened immune system, and heart problems—symptoms growing more severe upon consecutive usage. Consequently, Vika's own consecutive usage is exhibiting its effects; And one—including Vika herself—may wonder just how much further overexertion her middle-aged body is capable of withstanding before giving out untimely.
Preferred Weapons: Kinzhal (Dagger), Unarmed
Appearance
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