RE: The Search for Santinal
05-25-2012, 01:25 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-25-2012, 01:52 PM by Solaris.)
Username: Solarsrsefsefd
Name: Shashara
Race: Chimera
Gender: Chick
Text Color: Golden ((#aaaa00))
Biography: The wilderness in the Sangsaxian Kingdoms is a... very weird place. There are all sorts of creatures of varying magical prowess and capability. Chimera in the Sangsaxian Kingdoms are interesting creatures with a complicated form of reproduction involving other creatures and two or more Chimera during a mating season. During the Chimera mating season, the creatures group together and emit genetic spores. Chimera cling together to give each other heavy doses of these spores, which determines what sort of traits a new child chimera will gain. This is how Chimera gain extra heads, tails, other arms, and almost every sort of combination under the sun.
After the Chimera end their spore dance, they spread out, back to their homes, and spread their spores around other mating or recently mated creatures, and silently infect any newborns or still developing life with the new genetic spores. This causes a magical transformation in which the egg or fetus is transformed into a chimera. This is how the general shape of the chimera is determined.
One day, a dual-member of the Wizard Guild and the Environment Protection Guild, Lady Robyn went out in the wilderness, searching for rare eggs and endangered species in an attempt to preserve them. As it was shortly after the Chimera mating season, though Robyn, in her excitement for adventure, forgot, there were many eggs that were incubating Chimera, rather than their normal creature. One such egg was that of the Shadow Parasite, a creature that began life as whatever creature touched it first and then evolved into it's normal, parasitic form that attempted to then feed and infect other living creatures around it.
They were endangered for a reason, obviously, but one egg had survived and now had been infected by a Chimera. And then Robyn found it. The Environmentally Minded Wizard was unaware of the unprecedented find she had in her hands, it was an egg that housed a creature that copied the genetic code of the first creature to touch it, that was also infected with the genetic code of a creature that would raise it as normal as possible before developing the traits of its true offspring. There were so many possibilities, but only one would have led to Shashara.
After Robyn touched the egg and Shashara hatched in the guise of a baby, she feared that she had gotten the wrong egg in her expedition, and immediately went to a group of clerics. They determined that the creature, though not fully human, was not a Shadow Parasite, and likely would not destroy or infect everything that Robyn held dear. Assured by their word, she returned to her work, raising a small child, unknown of just what sort of creature it would grow into.
Time passed and Shashara grew up, and unfortunately for Robyn, she was as dumb as a rock. Shashara was a Chimera, a wild animal, while she was civilized and trained she still had the mental capacities of a Chimera, not a human or a Shadow Parasite. This didn't mean that she was stupid, just not useful for many of the things that Robyn was knowledgeable in. After giving up on teaching her daughter how to talk, Robyn sent Shashara to the Fighter's Guild, where she would train and learn as best she could.
This continued until one day Shashara found that her mother was trying to find a place known as Santinal, but could not go herself due to health complications. Wanting to please her mother, and do the best she could, Shashara headed off toward the city of Khagash, where she would hope to find the city and make her mother proud...
Description: Shashara stands at a tall six feet. She has short, black hair and green eyes like her adoptive mother and wears a brown tunic with some light chain-mail underneath. The tunic is sleeveless, and she wears a sturdy green skirt. The reason for her open clothing is that after human, the most abundant genetic code that Shashara has is that of a reptile, making armor mostly redundant thanks to sturdy scales. Her fists muscle structure resemble that of an ape, giving her greater strength in the arms and legs. Her feet are also solidly reptilian, possibly most like a crocodile, clawed and completely covered in scales. Her head looks normal, but hides sharp teeth and hearing slits instead of ears. She has an aquatic suited tail that is not very useful on the ground.
Shashara herself is simple-minded, but not as dumb as her mother sometimes thinks. Chimera are after all clever enough to infect the offspring of other creatures without notice. She can sort of read and understands the common language well enough, but ask her to do any sort of school work like calligraphy, math, or science and she will just fail horribly. On the other hand, she has a knack for remembering things, and knows a random array of facts about the Sangsaxian Kingdoms and the wildlife, along with her Fighter's Guild training. She is at heart, a sweetie, who only wants to do good things for her mother and wouldn't think twice about helping a friend.
Inventory and Abilities: As mentioned above, Shashara has the muscle structure of an ape and the think hide of an as-of-yet unidentified reptile, giving her great strength and defense. Though not incredibly intelligent, she is clever enough to get out of a bad situation on her own and has a powerful survival instinct. Her training in the Fighter's Guild gave her mild proficiency in most weapons, but she excels at barehanded combat and intimidation tactics.
She has on hand, a satchel full of lovingly packed food and potions and first aid kits, a note book for drawing anything interesting that she sees, containers for taking interesting samples that her mother might want, and gloves, for when she has to punch things that might hurt to touch. She also has a locket with a picture of her and her mother together around her neck.
Name: Shashara
Race: Chimera
Gender: Chick
Text Color: Golden ((#aaaa00))
Biography: The wilderness in the Sangsaxian Kingdoms is a... very weird place. There are all sorts of creatures of varying magical prowess and capability. Chimera in the Sangsaxian Kingdoms are interesting creatures with a complicated form of reproduction involving other creatures and two or more Chimera during a mating season. During the Chimera mating season, the creatures group together and emit genetic spores. Chimera cling together to give each other heavy doses of these spores, which determines what sort of traits a new child chimera will gain. This is how Chimera gain extra heads, tails, other arms, and almost every sort of combination under the sun.
After the Chimera end their spore dance, they spread out, back to their homes, and spread their spores around other mating or recently mated creatures, and silently infect any newborns or still developing life with the new genetic spores. This causes a magical transformation in which the egg or fetus is transformed into a chimera. This is how the general shape of the chimera is determined.
One day, a dual-member of the Wizard Guild and the Environment Protection Guild, Lady Robyn went out in the wilderness, searching for rare eggs and endangered species in an attempt to preserve them. As it was shortly after the Chimera mating season, though Robyn, in her excitement for adventure, forgot, there were many eggs that were incubating Chimera, rather than their normal creature. One such egg was that of the Shadow Parasite, a creature that began life as whatever creature touched it first and then evolved into it's normal, parasitic form that attempted to then feed and infect other living creatures around it.
They were endangered for a reason, obviously, but one egg had survived and now had been infected by a Chimera. And then Robyn found it. The Environmentally Minded Wizard was unaware of the unprecedented find she had in her hands, it was an egg that housed a creature that copied the genetic code of the first creature to touch it, that was also infected with the genetic code of a creature that would raise it as normal as possible before developing the traits of its true offspring. There were so many possibilities, but only one would have led to Shashara.
After Robyn touched the egg and Shashara hatched in the guise of a baby, she feared that she had gotten the wrong egg in her expedition, and immediately went to a group of clerics. They determined that the creature, though not fully human, was not a Shadow Parasite, and likely would not destroy or infect everything that Robyn held dear. Assured by their word, she returned to her work, raising a small child, unknown of just what sort of creature it would grow into.
Time passed and Shashara grew up, and unfortunately for Robyn, she was as dumb as a rock. Shashara was a Chimera, a wild animal, while she was civilized and trained she still had the mental capacities of a Chimera, not a human or a Shadow Parasite. This didn't mean that she was stupid, just not useful for many of the things that Robyn was knowledgeable in. After giving up on teaching her daughter how to talk, Robyn sent Shashara to the Fighter's Guild, where she would train and learn as best she could.
This continued until one day Shashara found that her mother was trying to find a place known as Santinal, but could not go herself due to health complications. Wanting to please her mother, and do the best she could, Shashara headed off toward the city of Khagash, where she would hope to find the city and make her mother proud...
Description: Shashara stands at a tall six feet. She has short, black hair and green eyes like her adoptive mother and wears a brown tunic with some light chain-mail underneath. The tunic is sleeveless, and she wears a sturdy green skirt. The reason for her open clothing is that after human, the most abundant genetic code that Shashara has is that of a reptile, making armor mostly redundant thanks to sturdy scales. Her fists muscle structure resemble that of an ape, giving her greater strength in the arms and legs. Her feet are also solidly reptilian, possibly most like a crocodile, clawed and completely covered in scales. Her head looks normal, but hides sharp teeth and hearing slits instead of ears. She has an aquatic suited tail that is not very useful on the ground.
Shashara herself is simple-minded, but not as dumb as her mother sometimes thinks. Chimera are after all clever enough to infect the offspring of other creatures without notice. She can sort of read and understands the common language well enough, but ask her to do any sort of school work like calligraphy, math, or science and she will just fail horribly. On the other hand, she has a knack for remembering things, and knows a random array of facts about the Sangsaxian Kingdoms and the wildlife, along with her Fighter's Guild training. She is at heart, a sweetie, who only wants to do good things for her mother and wouldn't think twice about helping a friend.
Inventory and Abilities: As mentioned above, Shashara has the muscle structure of an ape and the think hide of an as-of-yet unidentified reptile, giving her great strength and defense. Though not incredibly intelligent, she is clever enough to get out of a bad situation on her own and has a powerful survival instinct. Her training in the Fighter's Guild gave her mild proficiency in most weapons, but she excels at barehanded combat and intimidation tactics.
She has on hand, a satchel full of lovingly packed food and potions and first aid kits, a note book for drawing anything interesting that she sees, containers for taking interesting samples that her mother might want, and gloves, for when she has to punch things that might hurt to touch. She also has a locket with a picture of her and her mother together around her neck.