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She is wearing a copper brown cowl, a floor-length leather cloak embossed at the edges with silver-filled ivy, a belted kidskin baldric tooled with sinuous maiden's tress vines, a sturdy canvas scout's satchel, a camouflage backpack, a crocodile-skin buckler, some spiked knuckles, some copper brown gloves, a slender platinum wedding band channel-set with oval blood-red rubies, an albredine crystal ring, a braided rose gold friendship ring with spiral autumn-hued glass beads, a moss-green spider anklet with the crest of the Rangers' Guild etched into its abdomen, some steel-toed footwraps and a parry stick. |
She is wearing a copper brown cowl, a floor-length leather cloak embossed at the edges with silver-filled ivy, a belted kidskin baldric tooled with sinuous maiden's tress vines, a sturdy canvas scout's satchel, a camouflage backpack, a crocodile-skin buckler, some spiked knuckles, some copper brown gloves, a slender platinum wedding band channel-set with oval blood-red rubies, an albredine crystal ring, a braided rose gold friendship ring with spiral autumn-hued glass beads, a moss-green spider anklet with the crest of the Rangers' Guild etched into its abdomen, some steel-toed footwraps and a parry stick. |
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===Induction ceremony outfit=== |
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She is wearing a gold tasseled headdress, a fine golden circlet made from a myriad of twisted strands, a golden cashmere cloak with a shawl collar of dark brown rabbit fur, an exquisitely woven white silk rose with an emerald green stem twined around a platinum seven-pointed star, a braided spidersilk backpack, a high-collared formal robe fashioned from emerald green silk, a slender gold charm band bearing the crest of the Order of the White Rose, an albredine crystal ring, a slender platinum wedding band channel-set with oval blood-red rubies and a pair of deep green suede boots trimmed with golden beads. |
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===Yellow and Jade Ball=== |
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She is wearing a fine golden circlet made from a myriad of twisted strands, a smooth gold choker set with a single gilt-edged garnet rose in full bloom, a tawny gold buckskin corset intricately beaded with an emerald fern motif, a scalloped golden chain bracelet with dangling golden bells, a pale green silk handbag trimmed with sparkling rose-carved rubies, an albredine crystal ring, a slender platinum wedding band channel-set with oval blood-red rubies, a lace-trimmed green velvet skirt that trails along the floor behind her and some pale gold leather slippers with yellow sapphire beading. |
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==Quick Facts== |
==Quick Facts== |
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==Background== |
==Background== |
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Talliska is one of the last surviving members of Wildclaw Hub in the distant west, brought as an infant to Zoluren at the end of the Great Migration. Her father Drashre and mother Chadralor died to ensure she would be safely brought to Rivercrossing. |
Talliska is one of the last surviving members of Wildclaw Hub in the distant west, brought as an infant to Zoluren at the end of the Great Migration. Her father Drashre and mother Chadralor died to ensure she would be safely brought to Rivercrossing, and raised as an orphan in the Empath Guild. |
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Despite having migrated so young, Talliska was still |
Despite having migrated so young, Talliska was still exposed to Prydaen culture for much of her early life, so that she would not forget her heritage. Habit, along with several years of hermitage in the forests of Therengia, caused her to adopt a rather awkward way of speaking Common. She used to be very shy about this quirk, but found that people tend to think her more memorable for it. Nonetheless, she is now quite fluent in her adopted language, due to her well-spoken friends and her work with her Order, for which communication is tantamount. |
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Talliska is bonded to Sir Saisen Diamiiele, an Elothean Paladin on a self-imposed exile from his homeland of Ilithi. She spent years feeling torn between her love for Saisen and her Prydaen heritage, but has gradually settled into life among the myriad people of the five provinces. It once pained her that she will never be able to biologically reproduce with her lifemate, but her dedication to Tenemlor, the people she loves and the causes she supports are more than enough to fill her days with purpose. |
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Mindful of the negative reputation Prydaen have attracted in Kermoria, Talliska strives be recognized not by her race, but through her deeds, her loyalty and her respect towards others. She expresses neither prejudice for nor superiority to other races, and is eager to learn more about cultures and practices beside her own. |
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It once pained Talliska that she will never be able to biologically reproduce with her lifemate. However, her dedication to Tenemlor, the people she loves and the causes she supports are more than enough to fill her days with purpose, children or no. |
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==Recent Events== |
==Recent Events== |
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'''AV 390-391:''' Joined the Order of the White Rose. Promoted to Specialist for her document on Prydaen in Kermoria, then to Councilor for her help with interviewing recruits. |
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In ascending chronological order. |
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===Disappearance=== |
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Talliska abruptly disappeared from AV 392-396, without telling anyone where she would be headed. |
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At some point during her hiatus, the barrier keeping Lyras in the Prydaen and Rakash lands was corrupted. She embarked on a journey to the former site of the barrier, hoping to return to the lands the Wildclaw Hub once occupied, or at least see what has become of it. She hoped to make sure her family members had been properly put to rest, but there was nothing to see; the barrier had not simply fallen, but was corrupted. |
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===Return to Duties=== |
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In the 4th month of Shorka the Cobra, 396, she returned to the lands of Kermoria and reunited with her few close friends, as well as members of the Order of the White Rose, new and old. A former council member, she has requested to Manze that she be reinstated as a regular member to allow her more time to train and stretch her legs traveling throughout Kermoria. |
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Now, with Lyras and her minions invading the Eastern lands, Talliska is determined to do her part to ensure the safety of Kermoria and its people, as well as educate those unfamiliar with Prydaen culture and the threat that Lyras represents. |
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===Recruiting Specialist=== |
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222 Arhat 396 - Talliska is now an Order of the White Rose Specialist assisting Councilor Samarah Riverhawk with recruiting duties. |
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Since that appointment, Talliska has spent a great deal of time assisting Samarah in writing and testing the new Order of the White Rose Recruiting Program and training lessons. The program is part of a continuing effort to bolster the White Rose's reputation and involvement in Zoluren, as the requirements for joining and maintaining Order membership are strengthened and clarified. |
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===Ties of Blood Reunited=== |
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33 Akroeg 397 - Talliska has reunited with Nealie, the daughter of her deceased sister, Evaneska Wildclaw. Until now she has thought she was the only one of Wildclaw blood still alive. The reunion was a joyful event, and Talliska is devoted now to teaching and protecting Nealie (who is also a Ranger like herself), as well as to her Order duties. |
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===Councilor of the Rose=== |
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36 Akroeg 397 - Talliska has been promoted to Councilor of the Order of the White Rose. She still works closely with the Recruiting Team, but is hoping to branch out with duties and contributions related to other teams, for the betterment and promotion of the Order as a whole. |
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===Demise of the Destroyer=== |
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Throughout the events related to Lyras, the Order of the White Rose has involved itself in the defense of Zoluren. Talliska, working as a member of the OWR Rescue Team, put in many anlas of work to bring bodies to the Temple Triage under Alexsei. Her contributions were heaviest during the 4th month of Shorka 397, during which Lyras reawoke after her 'coma' following the battle that took Vorclaf's life, and her generals Sahfra and Tachid were near-ceaselessly attacking the Crossing. |
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153 Shorka 397 - Talliska was present as a Rose Rescuer in Zoluren, defending the Crossing Temple on the day Lyras, Sahfra and Tachid were finally destroyed for good. |
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'''AV 392-396:''' Disappeared from Zoluren without warning. Traveled to the site of the barrier that kept Lyras in Prydaen and Rakash lands, hoping for a glimpse of what was once Wildclaw Hub, and to ensure her ancestors are properly put to rest. |
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===Rescue Coordinator=== |
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'''Shorka 396:''' Returned to Zoluren to participate in defending her home province against the undead legions of Lyras and her minions, Sahfra and Tachid. Reinstated in the White Rose as a regular member, as atonement for abandoning her responsibilities and to give herself time to train her skills. |
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176 Uthmor 397 - Talliska was nominated by Samarah to take the Council seat of Rescue Coordinator. She accepted, so long as she would still be able to continue her work with Recruits. So Talliska is now the head of the Rescue Team, while now and then serving as an Advisor to Recruits. |
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'''222 Arhat 396:''' Promoted to Specialist in the White Rose Recruiting Team, assisting then-Councilor Samarah Riverhawke. Her work as assistant was primarily to write and edit the core documents of the new Recruiting Program that Samarah pioneered. |
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===Recruiting Director and Hiatus=== |
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'''33 Akroeg 397:''' Reunited with her long-lost niece Nealie, the daughter of her deceased sister, Evaneska Wildclaw. This was the first time Talliska has been aware that she had any sort of blood relations still surviving. |
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Nissa 397 - After the departure of the previous Recruiting Director, Talliska has been asked to take over the position. She has done so, if reluctantly. |
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'''36 Akroeg 397:''' Promoted to Councilor of the Order of the White Rose, while retaining her role as Recruiting Assistant. |
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Shortly into her stint as Recruiting Director, a couple of difficult, but unrelated situations arose that led Talliska to take what some have viewed as a harsh stance on her judgment of Recruits. The resulting reactions to this shook Talliska's belief she is suited for the job after all. |
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'''Shorka 397:''' Worked tirelessly as a rescuer in the last month of the Lyras War, braving the battlefield to drag casualties to the White Rose's Temple Triage. Talliska continued this work all the way until the historic demise of Lyras, Sahfra and Tachid on 153 Shorka. |
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As a result, Talliska has taken a leave of absence to ponder these and other matters, concentrating on her combat training while the current Recruiting assitant, Mialeigh, takes care of business competently. She has given no set date yet about when she will return, but is prepared to accept that should her absence be long enough, her position in the Order will be replaced. |
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'''176 Uthmor 397:''' Nominated for the new Council position of Rescue Coordinator. Upon accepting, Talliska believed erroneously she would be able to continue her work with the Recruiting Team as well. This led to a series of damaging misunderstandings, which took many months to unravel. |
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===New Year's Resolve=== |
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'''Nissa 397:''' Following several departures from the Order, Talliska was asked to take over the Recruiting Director position. She did not settle easily into the job at first, as her confidence had been shaken. Eventually she asked for Mialeigh as her assistant and took a short hiatus. |
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Akroeg 398 - The new year. Talliska recently attended the wedding of one of her best friends in Elanthia, Terra, to her true love Marsais. Grumpy as she may have been about being social again, she was overjoyed to see them united in heart, with her near-brother Alexsei as the presiding Cleric. |
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'''Akroeg 398:''' Returned to active duty with the Order of the White Rose. |
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A few andu after that was an Order meeting and training session, which she attended and participated in willingly (the dominant opinion seemed to be that she is terrible at staying away). Then she visited the Guild Festival, happy to spend time with friends and family and shop to her heart's content. A surprise gift from Samarah brought joy all around. |
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'''221 Arhat 398:''' Began assisting with the new series of Zoluren Town Meetings hosted by the White Rose. |
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The beginning of the year is shaping up better than Talliska had imagined, and--while she still considers herself partially on leave--she now looks seriously toward how she can better serve the Order of the White Rose as Councilor and Recruiting Director. |
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Revision as of 08:12, 19 July 2010
| Talliska Wildclaw | |
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| Race | Prydaen |
| Gender | Female |
| Guild | Ranger |
| Instance | Prime |
Description
You see Forest Dancer Talliska Wildclaw, Councilor of the Order of the White Rose, a Prydaen Ranger.
She has pointed ears and cat-slitted gold eyes. Her honey-streaked dark brown mane is long and curly, and is worn pulled back in a loose ponytail bound with a length of undyed leather. She has tawny fur with a white belly and black rosettes, a slender tail and a lithe figure.
She is wearing a copper brown cowl, a floor-length leather cloak embossed at the edges with silver-filled ivy, a belted kidskin baldric tooled with sinuous maiden's tress vines, a sturdy canvas scout's satchel, a camouflage backpack, a crocodile-skin buckler, some spiked knuckles, some copper brown gloves, a slender platinum wedding band channel-set with oval blood-red rubies, an albredine crystal ring, a braided rose gold friendship ring with spiral autumn-hued glass beads, a moss-green spider anklet with the crest of the Rangers' Guild etched into its abdomen, some steel-toed footwraps and a parry stick.
Quick Facts
Affiliations: Wildclaw Hub (elder), Order of the White Rose (Councilor - Recruiting Director)
Birthday: Born on the 39th day of the 2nd month of Ka'len the Sea Drake in the year of the Crystal Snow Hare, 356 years after the victory of Lanival the Redeemer.
Lineage: Forest Prydaen. Daughter of Drashre and Chadralor of Wildclaw Hub. Younger sister of Evaneska, taken in by Starclaw Hub.
Surviving Family: Alexsei Krauser, near-brother. Nealie Wildclaw, long-lost niece.
Relationship Status: Married to Saisen Diamiiele since the 3rd month of Lirisa the Archer in the year of the Crystal Snow Hare, 391. Though she is not often seen with Saisen, Talliska is completely devoted to him and has no interest whatsoever in other mates.
Religion: The Prydaen Three, Eu, Demrris and Tenemlor. Talliska is particularly devoted to the aspect of Tenemlor, whom she praises for her staunch opposition against the undead and necromancy. Despite her belief in the Three, though, she also acknowledges the existence of the Thirteen and their importance to the people of Kermoria.
Background
Talliska is one of the last surviving members of Wildclaw Hub in the distant west, brought as an infant to Zoluren at the end of the Great Migration. Her father Drashre and mother Chadralor died to ensure she would be safely brought to Rivercrossing, and raised as an orphan in the Empath Guild.
Despite having migrated so young, Talliska was still exposed to Prydaen culture for much of her early life, so that she would not forget her heritage. Habit, along with several years of hermitage in the forests of Therengia, caused her to adopt a rather awkward way of speaking Common. She used to be very shy about this quirk, but found that people tend to think her more memorable for it. Nonetheless, she is now quite fluent in her adopted language, due to her well-spoken friends and her work with her Order, for which communication is tantamount.
Talliska is bonded to Sir Saisen Diamiiele, an Elothean Paladin on a self-imposed exile from his homeland of Ilithi. She spent years feeling torn between her love for Saisen and her Prydaen heritage, but has gradually settled into life among the myriad people of the five provinces. It once pained her that she will never be able to biologically reproduce with her lifemate, but her dedication to Tenemlor, the people she loves and the causes she supports are more than enough to fill her days with purpose.
Mindful of the negative reputation Prydaen have attracted in Kermoria, Talliska strives be recognized not by her race, but through her deeds, her loyalty and her respect towards others. She expresses neither prejudice for nor superiority to other races, and is eager to learn more about cultures and practices beside her own.
Recent Events
AV 390-391: Joined the Order of the White Rose. Promoted to Specialist for her document on Prydaen in Kermoria, then to Councilor for her help with interviewing recruits.
AV 392-396: Disappeared from Zoluren without warning. Traveled to the site of the barrier that kept Lyras in Prydaen and Rakash lands, hoping for a glimpse of what was once Wildclaw Hub, and to ensure her ancestors are properly put to rest.
Shorka 396: Returned to Zoluren to participate in defending her home province against the undead legions of Lyras and her minions, Sahfra and Tachid. Reinstated in the White Rose as a regular member, as atonement for abandoning her responsibilities and to give herself time to train her skills.
222 Arhat 396: Promoted to Specialist in the White Rose Recruiting Team, assisting then-Councilor Samarah Riverhawke. Her work as assistant was primarily to write and edit the core documents of the new Recruiting Program that Samarah pioneered.
33 Akroeg 397: Reunited with her long-lost niece Nealie, the daughter of her deceased sister, Evaneska Wildclaw. This was the first time Talliska has been aware that she had any sort of blood relations still surviving.
36 Akroeg 397: Promoted to Councilor of the Order of the White Rose, while retaining her role as Recruiting Assistant.
Shorka 397: Worked tirelessly as a rescuer in the last month of the Lyras War, braving the battlefield to drag casualties to the White Rose's Temple Triage. Talliska continued this work all the way until the historic demise of Lyras, Sahfra and Tachid on 153 Shorka.
176 Uthmor 397: Nominated for the new Council position of Rescue Coordinator. Upon accepting, Talliska believed erroneously she would be able to continue her work with the Recruiting Team as well. This led to a series of damaging misunderstandings, which took many months to unravel.
Nissa 397: Following several departures from the Order, Talliska was asked to take over the Recruiting Director position. She did not settle easily into the job at first, as her confidence had been shaken. Eventually she asked for Mialeigh as her assistant and took a short hiatus.
Akroeg 398: Returned to active duty with the Order of the White Rose.
221 Arhat 398: Began assisting with the new series of Zoluren Town Meetings hosted by the White Rose.