New Character Submission - Tyra Dragonheart - ONE FURTHER REQUEST

[ShiffDrgnhrt]

Character: Tyra Dragonheart
Age: 18
Gender: female
Classes: Fighter/Rogue
Race: Human
Alignment: Neutral Good



Biography:

A Daughter Of Swords ~ Her Life Until...

Today, when she heard that her father was dead, and not coming home ever again.

She always thought her father would be there when she needed him. She always thought he would be there to hug her and kiss her cheek when she left home to become her own person. She always thought... Now she knew he wouldn't be there anymore.

She stormed out of the house, screaming at the clouds like her father once did. "WHY!? WHY DID YOU TAKE HIM FROM ME!?" Her mother couldn't sooth her pain either. She was hit just as hard as Tyra.

Drakie looked up at her from when she came back in. "Why can't Dad come home, Sis? Why! He always comes home! He said nothing could keep him from us!" All she could do is sit with her mom and brother, holding them both, as they cried.

That night Tyra left. She packed her things her father had given her. The two blunt short swords, an old cloak, and a gem. A single Phenalope was all she had to remember her father. She then snuck into her parents room, her mother still sobbing in their bed, and she stole what coin she could find in her father's desk. "I'm sorry Dad, but I need this now..."

The dark streets of Haven's farmland where not very welcoming that night, and she thanked Trouble Tempest for the many times they snuck through the forest, or in and out of danger, for her knack for keeping out of sight. Many times she had to hide in the shadows as a night watchman walked past, and it wasn't until she made it to the road that she travelled openly.

She didn't know where to turn now. She didn't want to be home. Home held memories to painful to be close to right now, but the road held nothing, except the footsteps of her father. Thats what she wanted to do right now. Follow him, find him. Find out why he wasn't coming back, why he wasn't going to be able to hold her again. And find out how to make sure he was proud of her.

Heading towards Hlint was harder then her father used to make it sound. The long road west was often muddy, and when it wasn't it was rocky and dusty. With her cloak pulled around her tight she wandered, but soon hunger got to her.

Tired and alone, she crept into the forest for the night while the sun was still in the sky. Knowing she had to eat though, she thought up a trap. finding the biggest rock she could find, tied a few vines around it and did her best to hang the rock from a tree. At the other end, she tied snare, and after pulling the vine rope over a branch to get the rock to dangle above, she took her sword and used it to pin the snare to the ground. She hoped it would work, and an hour later it did. But what she caught was not food.

"ACK! Get me down from here!" Screamed the man. "What is this!? A man goes to relieve himself and he gets caught in a snare?!" Tyra almost cried, but she was laughing to hard. After she cut the man down, she told him what she was trying to do, and the man sighed. "Well I got nothing to offer, but I can take you to Hlint. Its a few hours by wagon but I don't mind heading that way. Come on..."

The man dropped her off by the gates of Hlint, and she found herself where her father began his own legend. She frowned looking at the gates, and even looked around for Shiff's fabled dent in the wall, before walking through them.

The inside was not what she expected after hearing so many stories from her parents about the Town. It was almost lifeless. Even the benches seemed unused. It wasn't the town full of adventurers anymore, but it was a town with an Inn.

Walking inside was easy, listening to the chatter was not. Shiff dying seemed to have caused a stir around Mistone, and Tyra could see old men sitting around looking grim about the fate of Tyra's father. All she could bring herself to do was ask the innkeep for some food and a room, handing over some of the coins she stole from her Father.

The next morning, she over heard someone lamenting about Shiff, saying he used to be in Port Hempstead almost all the time trying to make sure people around there were safe, and thats when Tyra got the idea. Hempstead, thats where she needed to start. With Hlint as empty as it was it was the only option.

The next day she got a ride on a caravan heading to Hempstead through Fort Llast. At first she didn't realize where she was going, but when she saw the Temple to Toran, the temple her Aunt Rose used to teach her, she knew where she was. He quickly pulled the hood of her cloak around her face, and tried to avoid any passerbyer's eyes, and she got scared when she saw her "Aunt" Elohanna walk out of her house to tend to some business. She didn't want anyone to stop her, and knowing her Aunt, she couldn't risk being seen.

It was when the caravan arrived in Port Hempstead that she knew it was time. Hopping off the wagon she walked through the gates to start her own adventure, and maybe even figure out what made her Father so "famous".

[darkstorme]

To clarify, Shiff, you're alright waiting until August 20th to play Tyra?

According to her journal, she was six weeks old on Augra 2nd, which puts her birthday on (or around) Junar 16th, 1418. She will reach eighteen years of age, therefore, on her birthday in 1436 - late August.

[ShiffDrgnhrt]

Actually, her brithday IS Augra 2nd, I put that at the top so I could reference it for RP reasons. But yes I am fine with waiting until August to play her.

Whenever the Layo Date becomes Augra 2, 1436 is when Tyra should be playable.

I would like to ask that should a Funeral for Shiff be done before that date that I could player her then for that day.

Date - Time	8/5 /2008 (GMT)16:30
Translation:	Mulnari, Augra 2, 1436, 7:29:45

[darkstorme]

I see ample support in Tyra's background thread for both her classes. I'd just like to see her proposed split, and she should be ready to go.

As for the funeral... the "no underage PCs" rule is pretty hard and fast. The simplest approach would be to delay any in-game funeral until after the crucial date. However, if you're dead set on it and it will occur before that date, special dispensation will be required. We'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

[ShiffDrgnhrt]

6 Rogue/ 8 Fighter / 7 prolly a Prestige Class

[darkstorme]

Alright, I'll treat that as 6 Rogue/14 fighter until such time as she's approved for a prestige class.

It may surprise you to find out that 6 + 8 + 7 = 21, by the way.

Anyway, as of August 5th, 2008, 4:30 PM GMT:

Your character has been approved.

Server address is west.layonara.com
Password is layoplayer

Some final notes on character creation:

• Please note that racial adjustments for players with subraces are skin based and thus get applied after getting in game.
• Only two ability scores can be less than 10 and only one can be less than 8 after racial adjustments
• Brownies, when selecting a head, the head you choose on the halfling selection will correspond to that numbered head for elves (for example, clicking right 6 times on the head selection during character creation will take the 6th head when clicking right on the elf creation)
• Half-giants and ogres, please ask for a GM (type /dm Anyone here?) if you would like to change to a custom skin.

Good luck!

[darkstorme]

Sorry, one more thing that slipped my mind.

As a child of a pair of prominent PCs, we need to see a statement from you, the player, indicating that Tyra can expect no help or handouts from her surviving parent, their friends, or any organizations they are affiliated with.

Thanks!

[ShiffDrgnhrt]

Well I don't know how you'd want this worded but Tyra won't be getting any sort Material-Freebies from anyone for no legitimate reason.

[darkstorme]

More specifically, we need it to be stated that she won't be getting anything as a result of her parentage or backstory, from anyone, as these could be deemed "legitimate reasons" in an RP-sense, but are mechanically unfair. For example, it's perfectly legitimate for a parent to give something as a gift to a child in RL... but in-game, we can't permit that.

[ShiffDrgnhrt]

Tyra will not be getting gold, armor, weapons, or anything else deemed mechanically unfair from Valmara, Elohanna, Rose Blair, Clarissa, Starr Sapphire, or any other of Shiff's friends.