NAME Safiya at-Tavyeli RACE Ra Gada GENDER Female
OCCUPATION Bruiser AGE 33 BIRTHSIGN The Warrior
EYES Dark Brown HAIR Black HEIGHT 5'9" BUILD Muscular
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Safiya at-Tavyeli; not a known name, hardly a known face. Born of Ra Gada heritage and yet not the proudest sort, Hammerfell has always been home - Abah's Landing more specifically. Thirty-three years have passed and Safiya remains much the same. She's not fond of people or crowds, and tends to be abrasive rather than cordial. She speaks only when needed and would sooner use her fists to find a solution than diplomacy. It's worked most every time before.The simplest description of the Redguard bruiser is rough. Her appearance tells a similar story. Donning light leathers to better blend in the shadows and metal accents to protect when needed, the most notable thing on Safiya's person are her many weapons. Along with the traditionally made Yokudan sword at her hip are ten knives of varying size, stashed away on her belt, thighs, and her chest.
Thick leather gauntlets protect her forearms and bear marks of bird talons. Should anyone end up seeing them, years of poor practicing with her favored birds show in many lined scars along her body. Similarly, her build is heavily muscled from years of manual labor and training. There are few days she goes without fighting, even fewer without at least some movement.Dark, curly hair falls past her shoulders and is usually kept back there and ignored entirely. Her eyes are nearly black and hold little emotion... Though that is unintentional. She's hardly expressive in intonation or body language. A gripe most have with the woman, or some have come to fear it.Ruthless, feral, unfeeling; Safiya has heard them all.
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"She was born here and never really left. I remember her when she was young. Quiet, usually on her own, collected bugs and other weird things. Her mother - heh - another story entirely."
Heard in Abah's Landing, by a local resident."She's fucking feral, that one! Broke my nose last week, came by again to do it over. Guess it wasn't as 'clean'. My wife was cryin' for her to stop but she wouldn't 'til I paid my dues!"
Heard by the Abah's Landing docks, by a criminal."Tight-lipped, but there's some Ash'Abah heritage there. Heard it came from her mother - a woman of shame. She wanted to start over, but that's a stain you can't remove so easily."
Heard in the Alik'r, by an Ash'Abah Tribe."She calls birds like she's one of them. There's not one she can't get latched onto her arm and eating rabbit out of her hand. I don't know how she does it, but she'll offer a fair price to get one."
Heard in Taneth, by a merchant.
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⚔ Affiliate: at-Addin Syndicate - As an Abah's Landing native, and of the lower classes, there's little surprise in Safiya ended up resorting to crime. She fell in with the at-Addin Syndicate as a young woman and has remained at the lower ranks of the gang since; that in part due to her horrible diplomatic skills. For the most part, she is only called on for watch duty, caravan guarding, and beatings when necessary.⚔ Distasteful Lineage - Since Safiya's birth, rumors have floated around that her mother was once an Ash'Abah trying to hide her social exile in the shadows of the city. They were never confirmed by the time she died, but perhaps those sharing the Ash'Abah title would remember the woman who fled: Tavyeli af-Akhel.⚔ Birds of Prey - Though not fond of people, Safiya spends her time in the world of birds and bugs. Outside of crime, she's taken up training various birds of prey. Falcons, hawks, eagles, and other hunting birds have been tamed by her hand... And she has the scars to prove it.
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Strengths
⚔ Swordplay - Master
⚔ Throwing Knives - Master
⚔ Stealth - Adept
⚔ Unarmed - Adept
Weaknesses
⚔ Speechcraft
⚔ Prone to Violence
⚔ Magic (using and against)
⚔ Stone-Faced, Emotionless
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Halak af-Ehrib
employer | surrogate brother
My gate into the Syndicate and my closest companion. You're a reminder of what suffering is, but I'm thankful you taught me.
Hestra Laskaris
confidant
It's been a long, long time since I have cared about anyone the way I want to care for her. She is like rain in the desert. It's refreshing, but her storm is frightening. I still chase it.
Pyke & Penwe
falcons
I tamed and trained them to hunt since they hatched from their eggs. They're good, loyal, dangerous beasts. Not to be underestimated.
Rena Silanus
employer
Her kind of danger disguises itself with smiles and honeyed promises. My work for her has become bigger than I would have anticipated, and yet I haven't shied away yet. I hope I am not making a mistake.
Rhys of Two-Streams
employer
Rena's other half. One she keeps in her home with her, I have heard, but I do not think it twists this one the way I may have expected. Doctor-Man is fair and blunt. I cannot ask for more.
Tobias Vant
colleague
The informant's Imperial dog. Annoying, a horrible criminal, but a good shot. Even better at tracking footprints in the sand. The useful outweighs the insufferable.
Tavyeli af-Akhel
mother †
Time would sooner see your name forgotten, left to be covered by ever shifting sands until someone unearths it an era from now. Even if it's only me, I will keep it alive.
Face Reference
May Calamawy
Voice Reference
Amita Suman
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