Ravensway

Created Tuesday 19 December 2017

Ravensway is a Tengu entertainer pursuing fame, fortune, and an answer to bloodlust that she hasn’t already tried. She seeks to join a guild in search of backup dancers.

Basic Information

Home: A neighbouring kingdom to Aeston. Which one depends on when you ask.
Gender: Female
Race: Tengu
Deity: None

History

Hatched into slavery, she was trained as a courtesan and entertainer for later resale, during which her skill for juggling became apparent. She seemed docile enough, and didn't outwardly seem to mind the life she was living, but like any bird that longed to be free, all it took was a momentary lapse for the cage to swing open; It started out as a simple juggling routine, with the slightly drunk and laughing nobles in attendance throwing knives at her to 'incorporate' into the act, some of which worked and some of which really really hurt. When the number of knives equaled the number of nobles she blanked out, waking up several hours later surrounded by very dead slavers.

Taking whatever she could carry, she fled the scene and eventually the kingdom, using her talents as fare. She has since left a trail of unsolved murders in the many towns she has visited but never remains long enough to build her fame to the point she believes she is due. She always leaves in a hurry to remove herself from suspicion of those actions.

Personality

Morbid and macabre, but not outwardly violent, the lady raven is trapped between a genuine love of performing, and a psychosis that slowly rises as the audience reminds her more and more of her former captors and life. This disassociation with her darker half leads to a severely bipolar temperament, fleeting between death threats and poetry in a moments notice and seemingly without noticing. Personable enough, her tendency to unnerve others appears to be completely unintentional.

Appearance

Shapely and dark of feather, Ravensway boasts a casual beauty by any race's standards, which would be staggering if it weren't marred by high density strangeness. She walks with an exaggerated, almost cartoonish gait that bleeds into most motions she makes, whether she be fighting, dancing, capering, or any combination of the three. Her ebony feathers shimmer, those on her head are tipped red to form a vividly proud crest, while those on the rest of her body boast intermittent silver and gold.
She dresses typically as a jester, though her coat is steeply cut in the back to show nearly all of it, the vivid colors of the cloth cutting upward across her chest and meeting at a thick collar about the neck, with a white tunic underneath providing modesty to what would otherwise be a vivacious display. Loose, gaudily striped pantaloons fit loosely, leading to bare feet decorated with small bells that match those on her jester cap. A white mask similar to that of a plague doctor covers her upper beak and frames her bright, silver eyes.

Friends & Foes

Ravensway has a string of fair weather friends across the world, but forming permanent bonds is not her strong suit. At her most brutal, these friendships last just long enough for Ravensway to get the favor she needs, and dissolve just as quickly.

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