Age: 26
Description: With a tall stature and slender frame, she is a graceful figure to behold--well, even if half the things she does aren't graceful most of the time. Possessing short locks of brown hair, her bangs taper on the edges and fall neatly right above crimson colored eyes. Her red orbs are framed with thick eyelashes which compliment the peachy vanilla hue of her skin. Around her neck is a partial scarf/cloak that is made completely of raven feathers. It is something of an heirloom within her kingdom, each feather painfully strewn into the bunch to make the garment. On her arms are gloves that run up her arms and keep her fingers visible. She wears a half jacket that she keeps open over a midriff that reveals the lower half of her torso. Her belt loosely hangs in an uneven fashion around her hips, right above shorts. She completes the look with long, thigh-high boots.
Power: Manipulation of Earth
Abilities: Given that she spent the majority of her life without the orb, she is unaccustomed to suddenly having a endless wealth of mana at her fingertips. As such, she is highly unused to performing magic without the need for the sacrificial system. Oft are the times she will fall back into habit before realizing there is no need for it. She can control base "tricks", as she calls them, of earth with little to no effort, such as summoning vines or growing plants.
She excels, first and foremost, in dune golems, which are basically sand creatures that can look like anyone or anything she wishes them to. These creatures, however, will be made completely of sand and dirt and beyond physically being shaped like their inspiration, will still look of the things they are composed of. Once the dune golems are formed, they must remain attached to the earth in some fashion. If the link is severed, then the creatures will fall apart. The sand creations can mimic the actions of whatever they were created after and, with the proper amount of mana, can even have the same fighting prowess. However, the strength will be reduced by 40% of the original source.
She can also create "earth storms", as she calls them, where she literally disturbs the tectonic plates to create strong enough vibrations for a backlash. In some cases, this will result in small, controlled earthquakes. She does not have enough strength to possibly move plates that are miles upon miles below the surface (i.e. those at the bottom of the ocean, lets say) and could not move a continent. But her range is fairly large, easily that of a city or two. Other times, these disturbances can cause changes in air pressure large enough to make sand storms. These often come with excess amounts of dirt, tree limbs, and other such rubble.
Personality: She is a woman who, though she possesses quick-wit and excellent deduction skills, will rarely use them unless it is something she is truly passionate for. She does not quite understand why everyone is in a "tizzy" all the time and tends to be in a slight state of confusion when things get too serious. As an adventurer, she sees little purpose in sitting around discussing battle plans when there are so many things to actually do. She privately does not like any of the royals all that much and often even forgets their names. As she would put it, "the stuffy noses wouldn't last one day in the desert". She doesn't have much respect for talkers. She prefers doing, taking action, making an impact--not sitting idly by and letting words decide the fate of many.
This leads her to be assertive and she does not exactly hold her tongue, even if it is the proper moment to do so. She feels the need to express her opinion at almost all times and if others don't see things her way, she'll make them see it her way with a heated debate. She will get so wrapped up in a moment, so lost in the exhilaration, that her mouth moves faster than her mind and she will say things purely in the heat. Though she will not apologize, she likes acting on the spur, tends to make things more interesting. She will laugh off the encounter as a joke, however, because after all is said and done, she is not looking to make enemies. She gets restless if she is in the same spot to long and constantly needs a change of pace. She longs for the mobile life she had and does not much care for being cooped up in a palace all day surrounded by attendants.
She will find ways to ditch her servants and even meetings if she can, disappearing for a few hours only to return later in much happier spirits. When she finally relaxes, she likes spending time alone--mostly mediating and listening to the sounds of nature. When she is certain there is no one about, she will talk to the plants and the trees. Despite her forward nature, she can be soft-spoken when it comes to more personal things and even a touch of girlish. This adds a naivete charm to her nature, a soft touch to the mostly rough edges she portrays. She can be sweet to those she is fond of and enjoys acting in a sisterly nature towards them. No comment is too out of bounds for her.
In some respects, she has lost her "royal" tinge. Years away from the palace have hardened her and she fails to comprehend the pampered life style that she feels she is being forced into. She has much more respect for commoners than those in power. When she feels affronted and particularly offended, her speech patterns revert to more crude, "common-like" speak. This will mostly be her anger talking and rare are the moments that she won't say what is on her mind. She will develop a little bit of an accent and her words will be shortened--she will also have far less manners and swear more in this state. When in this frame of mind, she will immediately go off somewhere that she feels comforted to tone herself down and regain better control over her speech. But if one listens carefully enough, they'll pick up faint traces of her accent even if she is at her most "prim and proper".
History/Bio:
She never expected to assume the role of Queen and never felt any sort of distaste towards her brother. With all the attention focused on his assumed coronation in the years to come and the training he was receiving on how to handle the orb's power, she often had many hours to herself to wander about. Though she was kept under supervision, she soon learned ways to elude her watchers and enjoyed the moments of seclusion she could find. As she moved into her teenage years, the princess decided that it was time to spread her wings (so to speak) and departed from the confines of the castle. She had always been an adventurer at heart and was looking forward to being able to live out her dreams of exploration. She made sure to chart things along her way, drawing up a map of everywhere she went and the things she saw.
Along her journey, she became even more entranced by rare objects and artifacts and naturally within her kingdom, there were certainly a lot of things to discover. However, the farther out she went and the more the distance increased between her and the influence of the royal family's influence, she began to encounter more and more troubling events. She soon realized that it was the same band of thieves that was beating her to locations and stealing the artifacts that she had set her sights on. The woman was determined to track them down and jail them for the atrocities (in her eyes) that they had committed. As she followed their trail, she soon came upon a settlement that was quite isolated, save for some monuments and a tomb. She decided to camp on the outskirts of the settlement to wait for the raiders to appear and catch them in the act.
She was awoken by loud yells and scuffling noises early the next morning. By the time she entered the area, the raiders were trying to drag a statue from near the tomb onto their caravan. Yet most strangely of all, there was a male there she had not seen the previous night attempting to fend them off. In the fight, some of the ropes around the statue slipped and it fell onto the luggage the raiders had been carrying, detonating a rather crudely made explosive. The statue was blown apart with only a few scattered remains. Upset by the loss of a priceless treasure and the fact that the thieves were able to get away in the midst of the explosion, the only thing that stopped her from running after them was the male on the ground.
She had no way of knowing if he were well or not and approached him to assess his vitals. As soon as she got near enough, the man muttered a few words under his breath. She does not remember much of the process, save to say that she passed out during the events and awoke hours later. The male identified himself as Eugene and after ascertaining that he could not leave beyond a certain distance from her presence, the two began to travel together. He was receptive to her questions, not overly so, but respected her curiosity enough to give her some answers. They traveled together for a little under a year before news reached her that her father had passed away.
When she returned to her kingdom, her brother was nowhere to be found but rumors stated he had left with Hebi. Whatever the case was, in his absence, she was to fill in and she was thrust into Queen-hood, quite literally speaking. She had not been expecting this and therefore is rather untrained and a bit awkward with her behavior. She still anxiously awaits her brother's return, hopeful that her time on the throne isn't going to be very long. She does have places to explore and artifacts to collect, after all.
Other: She actually has a marvelous singing voice and enjoys singing to the flora and other such plant life around her. She believes the notes aid the earth in its attempts at growth and health but is a tad too shy to really sing in front of anyone but Eugene. She's grown accustomed to him enough not to be so embarrassed. She also has incredible aim and if she misses, that's because she chose not to hurt someone. Her accuracy is spot on, deadly, and not something anyone would want to mess with.