Theme: A Song for Counting the Memories – Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia OST
Image Song: magenta – Nano
♦ GENERAL INFORMATION ♦
Role: The Self-Appointed Salamander Huntress
Gender: Female
Nickname(s): Given her rather unusual first name, she doesn’t really have many nicknames by which she’s been deemed. One to note, however, would be ‘Ciná,’ another would be derived from her middle name in the way of ‘Ruby,’ and by several elder Salamander in her family-clan, she’s been called ‘Cinder’ thanks to her being perhaps the weakest of her father’s children in the way of power. Being called ‘Cinder’ is something Cináed cannot stand.
Age: Seventeen
Race: Salamander
♦ APPEARANCE ♦
Height: 5 ft 2 ins (157 cm)
Weight: 96 lbs (44 kg)
Measurements: 33-22-35 (84-56-89)
Build: Somewhat Busty/Slender/Pear-shaped Figure
Hair Color: Light Brown
Eye Color: Crystal Blue
Scars/Tattoos/Piercings: Given her life as a nomad, Cináed is a young woman whose body bears upon it a number of scars. However, these scars for the most part of trivial at best, cosmetic and pretty much otherwise just…there. Her exposed skin is covered in random little discolorations, dings and dents too, here and there you’ll find them scattered all over. Still though…Cináed isn’t entirely free of rather notable and noticeable scars. Like most everyone, she has one marred place upon her skin that is a story to tell and a sight to see. There is a good reason why Cináed is most always seen wearing gloves rather than not. Her left hand and her forearm partway up is more or less screwed. Although she’s lucky to retain her fingernails on this hand, the thing suffered from what seems to be a rather nasty sort of burn, which is somewhat ironic considering the fact that she’s a full-blooded Salamander. Her skin healed up well enough, it’s not distorted or disfigured, simply…it’s discolored—instead of a sort of ivory, the hand remains a mixture of differing hues, ranging from maroon to a more subtle pink, and a white which carries with it a sheen.
Although not ashamed of her scar, Cináed still keeps on her hands at almost all times her gloves in order to keep people from staring. She knows that scars can make others uncomfortable, even if she herself is not. It’s not exactly like anyone could help her taking a tumble sideways while her hand landed in a fire pit as a kid….
Description:
Hair – Being a natural shade of beige, Ciná has to her a head of rather lightly colored hair. Although her hair might be considered lovely if kept long given its texture and type…how it is she keeps it makes it simply look messy, uneven and completely unruly. In line with her somewhat odd nature and self, and the fact that she’s something of a tomboy at heart, Cináed keeps her hair, for the most part anyway, relatively short. Most of it only reaches about the nape of her neck, and is shorter still over the rest of her head, much like a boy’s haircut. She keeps bangs, which half-fall into her eyes too. Despite the shortness of most of her hair…Ciná does keep at the very nape of her neck, at the back of her head, a bit of her hair which is longer than the rest, going about to her elbows. Why she keeps this particular part of her hair longer is unknown, but she keeps it tied in a braid with a set of Sylph feathers woven into it near its beginning.
Body – In all, she’s pretty much got an otherwise average body. Her bust is on the average side of the spectrum, maybe a bit bigger than normal, her waist measures fairly thin, but it’s not an unhealthy sort, and her hips are slightly on the slender side too, but still measure larger than her bust. Her figure is a slender pear-shape, and it’s something she’s quite comfortable with—as far as things go, Cináed is aware that she’s got a pretty decent body.
Face – She’s got something of a cute face, because she’s at a healthy enough weight for her height, her face reflects her health. Not overly thin or boney, it’s slim but cute.
Eyes – Lively and excited, Ciná has rather lovely, clear blue eyes.
Expressions – Given her nature…Cináed tends to display a variety of expressions upon her face, ranging from the brightest of smiles to the most annoyed sorts of pouts, she’s a bubbly and energetic sort of young woman and this shows.
Preferred Clothing: The kind of clothes she likes are kind of…strange? Unlike most women and young ladies, Cináed just hates skirts and anything of the sort—she likes stuff she can move around in, light clothing, breathable and such. This has led her to wearing what she does now, which could be considered inappropriate by some…her shirt sort of just hangs on her person, while she’s guilty of wearing shorts that are well, short. Regardless of what others might think of her attire, Ciná is completely content and comfortable wearing her usual duds around, as far as she is concerned, she’s got all of the important areas covered, so what’s the big deal? Among her family-clan, no one ever said anything to her about her choice of clothing. People seemed completely content with her attire there.
The only time Cináed’s taste in attire does change though, is when it comes to cold. She utterly hates being cold and when it is as such outside, during the colder months of the year or when she’s within a cold area, she will surrender and swap her clothes out for something warmer; pants, a long-sleeved shirt, cloaks, etc….
♦ MENTALITY ♦
Oddities: She’s a sleepwalker/talker. A number of times she’s been found sleeping in the most random of places, like when she was still at home, she’d be found conked out on the kitchen table! Other places, yeah, she’s managed to wake up, or be woken up, in the most bizarre of ways. Once, she was even found out cold in a tree, how she got up there she doesn’t know…but she was lying next to a dying fire when she last shut her eyes. In line with her seemingly restless sleep, Ciná also has been known to talk in her sleep too. More than a few times things have slipped from her mouth.
Despite her relatively small size, Cináed has to her a rather shockingly large appetite. Saying she inherited from her father, who has to him a pretty big enthusiasm for food too, she’s able to out eat most men, even those who would be over twice her weight and size! This was known within her family-clan, as the only male Salamander there who were able to ingest more food than Cináed were her father and her older brother.
For as airheaded as she can seem, Ciná actually is quite the clever young lady. Due to how she initially grew up, living in a clan of Salamander who traveled the world over before attempting to settle into a permanent place, she picked up on a wealth of knowledge and random information that proves rather useful when one is journeying through less than habited areas. Knowing tricks and secrets about flora and fauna, she’s actually a pretty capable companion to have when wandering around.
Although she’s a bit of a seasoned traveler, there is no denying the simple fact that Cináed is still inheritably a klutz. Claiming it comes from her mother, who is also a bit of a clumsy one, Ciná’s suffered instance after instance of luck that just doesn’t seem possible at times. She’s slipped, tripped, fallen, and had so many things happen to her that it’s ridiculous that the girl is even alive it might seem.
She’s quite unlike the rest of her family in the way that she doesn’t quite possess full control over her Salamander blood, if she becomes excited or startled, also angry like the rest of her people, she will more than likely spout a dragonic sort of feature upon her body. Horns, claws...a tail. You know, just the usual Salamander stuff. Unlike most others in her family-clan, she can’t yet control her changes. And also, with this in mind, she’s actually lacking a few dragonic features to her person so far...notably her wings.
Skills: Knowledge of anatomy and of medicine. Cináed has learned how to treat wounds, and the injuries of people over the course of her travels. She has gained a very solid knowledge of how to make sure people can heal properly, and survive their wounds without incident, it’s become second-nature for her to know and understand the workings of the body.
All things considered as well, she’s quite capable at identifying poisonous plants from edible ones, and she’s also quite skilled in predicting the weather too by looking at her surroundings and the sky at sunrise and sunset.
She’s a capable cook, while she may not be the most amazing chef out there, she’s able to at least make food that tastes decent. Although, there is no denying the fact that her food tends to have a rather rough appearance due to the fact that she tends to rush making it, and cranks up the heat so it’ll get done ASAP.
Fleet of foot; because she is small, she is rather quick, though she does not possess the stamina to maintain a top speed, she is still able to get short bursts of high speed out of her body to rush something or someone.
Likes: Books, writing, her family, sleeping, daydreaming, moon/stargazing, being lazy, animals, people, flora, peace, friends, shopping, sweets—especially cinnamon, good food, and dozing off in the sun.
Dislikes: Pain, suffering, bitter/spicy foods, having to think too much about anything she doesn’t want to, excessive labor, blood, burnt things, pitch darkness, rain, insects, being alone, injustice, being confined to a small place, and math.
Hobbies: Writing, reading, stargazing, and daydreaming,.
Phobia(s):
Achluophobia – Complete darkness
There’s no rhyme or reason for this fear, Cináed simply suffered from the normal childhood fear of there being a boogie man under her bed as a child, and that of course led her to being afraid of the dark. While her belief in the boogieman certain faded as she got older, the fear she felt of the dark did not. She can bear darkness now, but she still really doesn’t like it, and she still sleeps with a light on when at all possible.
Aquaphobia - Deep water
This is simply explained; she can’t swim, so deep water scares her. Cináed fears drowning...this does not mean she’s incapable of floating in water though.
Claustrophobia - Tight spaces
Self explanatory, Cináed just doesn’t like the idea of being stuck in a small space and having something happen that keeps her trapped there.
Personality: Defining her personality in a few words, Cináed is a young woman who is persistent, understanding and honest. She’s not exactly unique in the aspects that define her person, but Cináed is simply as she is, she is human and because of this, she has human emotions like everyone else in the world, but how she expresses these traits and such are what set her apart from other people. While most people in the world hold their emotions back, as well as any thoughts or opinions that would potentially irk or rub someone else the wrong way, Cináed does not at all do this. The opinions of others do nothing to defer her and her feelings—she claims though, that this is not intentional. Cináed says that she doesn’t hold back her sentiments or beliefs because she is simple minded, and that she does not at all think about what she is going to say in some situations when she gets fired up about something. If she feels the need to say something, then it’ll happen, her mouth will fly open and something will come out of it….
The fact that she tends to just say whatever comes to mind rather than think about it first, is something she’s trying to work on, because she knows having such a loose jaw can get her into sticky situations in the coming days if she doesn’t watch it. But really, she’s not a bad person, she just happens to be on the clueless side of things at times. At the same time, she’s also very much a hardheaded young lady, even if she’s not thinking about what she is saying when she’s fired up, often enough the things she says reflect her views and are really what she feels. Honestly though, some of her views are so simple that Cináed really seems like she might be naïve and silly, it sounds like she has very little life experience to back up what she feels. This is true, Cináed is a rather naïve girl in many aspects. While her life hasn’t always been normal, and she has had a few experiences in it that set her apart from others, she is still lacking in a lot. There are many situations she’s never had to face first hand, and as such, she doesn’t really know how she should handle them. Still, despite her lack of experience, Cináed does her best and often sticks to what she says about it. And, if she feels like she doesn’t know what to say or do, she’ll simply provide a shoulder to cry on or lend an ear to someone who might need to just vent.
With all of this in mind, Cináed is also a girl who has a rather odd temperament—that being said, she’s naïve in a way, and also simple minded in a sense, she also has an odd way of going about how she gets angry. There are not a lot of things that get her angry, but the things that do push her berserk buttons set her off in a snap, to say it simply, she has utterly no patience for the things that tick her off. That simple mind of hers will break upon the first bit of irksomeness and she’ll go on a tangent more than likely….
But still, she is naïve and silly in regards to a lot of things, and because of this, she seems rather lighthearted compared to other people when it comes to dealing with serious stuff.
Because of her naïveté, Cináed comes to trust others very easily. She approaches others with her heart on her sleeve, a smile on her face and no doubts about them; she figures that if she knows nothing about someone, why should she be judging them? This is not to say that she doesn’t have a few shallow thoughts enter her head when it comes to people’s outward appearances, but hey, she’s only human and it’s an unfortunate aspect of human nature to judge others by appearance. Even if she still does fall victim to this, Cináed often just brushes it aside and does her best to put her faith in someone until she has a legitimate reason to not. As she is, Cináed really gets attached to people easy and comes to trust others at the drop of a hat and also, she’s rather hardheaded when it comes to her opinions on people in general. When she’s formed some ideal of a person in her head, it is very hard to defer her from it. This means that if she sees a person as being good, she’ll stick to believing in this, almost indefinitely. You can barely shake her thinking like this, and it would take a near traumatic event to turn her views on a person she has deemed good. This also applies to her seeing a person in a negative view….
Cináed is like many girls her age in the sense that she has a developed view of what she sees as right and wrong. Her sense of ‘justice’ is powerful and etched very deeply into her heart and mind, these ideals though, are not like her views regarding people, Cináed’s sense of what is proper and such is rather flexible. The world is not black and white, and she believes there are many shades of grey, which is part of the reason it is so hard to defer her opinions of others.... If an action by someone she sees as good falls into the grey area of her views, then she’ll begin to try to rationalize the act immediately by thinking about possible reasons it was carried forth. It causes her to enter a time of denial about the person, until she eventually returns to seeing them as she did before—as being good.
In a word, as well, as happy a person as she is, nothing pleases Crem more than having a comfortable, soft place to sleep. In a way, she’s kind of lazy because she does enjoy sleeping so much...but her reason for enjoying it as she does comes back to the fact that she just loves that feeling of falling asleep while being warm and comfy. Because this can be a rather rare thing to happen upon, she’s made adjustments to her love of comfort—as in, she won’t just sleep on things, she’s willing to sleep clinging onto people as well. She doesn’t quite grasp the concept of normal socialization, and thanks to this, she’s not exactly afraid to go and cling onto someone, or to conk out on them too.
In a way, she can really seem stupid as well. She’s someone who is willing to give a thief something willingly so that they don’t have to say they stole from her...she doesn’t get upset when it is that someone insults her either, this might be because she doesn’t quite get what an insult is though. Or it might be because she has an uncanny ability to be inhumanly patient with any person.
In truth, Cináed De Fabre is a young lady who is very hard to define and to comprehend. She’s innocent, naïve, loving and a patient sort who is also very much an optimist.
She does have some drawbacks to her personality though, given her history and her upbringing, despite how she acts, Cináed can be a little domineering. She doesn’t mean to be this way; but she can get irritated if someone can’t come to a decision quickly enough, and if this happens she’ll take control of a situation herself and make the choices. It also isn’t out of the question for her to spill a crud joke or two to the world, she isn’t beyond this, as odd as it might seem.
And in line with a number of things, even with her temperament being so…happy, Cináed is a girl capable of holding grudges, although she can find it hard at times, if she’s passionate about something, she will hold to it.
♦ COMBAT ♦
Weapon: A Dagger kept hidden on her person, kept at the small of her back, Cináed has this with her for moments where her Salamander abilities might not be enough to get her out of a situation—intended only for close combat though.
Fighting Style: Rough, random and completely insane…. Really. There’s not much of another way to describe how this girl goes into combat, she’s freaking crazy when it comes down to it, it would seem. There is no thought applied to her manner of fighting, she just charges into things most often without thinking about it, basically exerts her full strength from the get go without holding anything back at all, even knowing that this might tire her out quickly. But, when going at it like this, she holds nothing in, every bit of her power is put into what she’s doing and she shows no fear in her attacks or tactics, her movements are random, disorganized and haphazard, but she’s everywhere and throwing all of her strength into her assault.
Whether or not she’s physically strong, there is no doubt that Cináed has a good deal of luck on her side…. She’s speedy, agile and apt to dodging attacks, and she’s usually able to figure out where it would be best to strike an enemy in order to quickly end a battle with the least amount of effort. Despite her airheadedness, she’s got a smart head on her shoulders, even if she just throws caution to the wind when she’s attacking.
Abilities:
Pyrokinesis – Born of Salamander blood, Cináed is gifted with the ability natural to all of her race—she’s able to control fire.
Burn Blaze
This is something pretty basic; Cináed simply holds her hands out and produces a large stream of fire from them, basically it turns her into a moving, human flamethrower. There is a problem with this though, if Cináed produces too much fire, or the streams get too large, she loses control over them and they can engulf her and anyone or thing around her.
BAH-BOOM!
When doing this Cináed has to hold her hand outward of her body, and focuses on condensing fire into a rather dense ball before she launches away from herself. The fireball explodes upon making contact with something; this is a very dangerous technique as if it touches something it burns and harms them. Cináed has no control over the flames when they leave her, so she can burn something or someone without intending to.
Spiraling Flare
This is an extension of Cináed’s ability to create streams of fire from her hands, only it involves her focusing on extending flames outward from one of her hands into an ever changing, fluid line. This technique requires her full concentration, and she is unable to actually use any other sort of ability while using this. She prefers not to use this because Cináed honesty is afraid of it, she still lacks good control over her abilities and creating a fluid line of fire like this, she can’t always tell where it will move or what it will do. She doesn’t want to hurt someone with it by accident.
Hellion’s Shield
Perhaps the technique Cináed favors most out of her derived abilities. Cináed is not a girl who likes to fight, so if she, or her friends, are put in danger, she conjures up a tall wall of flames to guard herself or those she cares for. She’ll use it to seal off an area around herself and others to act as a barrier, after all, not many people are going to run through scorching flames. This ability can be a very draining one considering she has to keep the flames going herself, and focus on what they are doing in order to keep them under her control; she can only keep it up for under an hour, at most.
Angel’s Inferno
Cináed uses her power over fire to summon up flames from her feet and hands and propel herself into the air-basically she’s using her powers to act like a jet pack so she can fly. Problem with this is though that Cináed lacks the actual control to use this ability to its full potential, so if she tries using it to fly for extended periods, she might wind up flying into something or spiralling out of control. Normally she’ll just use it for a few seconds so she can gain some distance on a jump or get to the top of a building so she can hop across the roofs. She figured this one out to make up for the fact that she’s still lacking in wings, and thus, is unable to fly if the need be.
Augmentation
Although she is able to conjure her flames out of thin air, if Cináed focuses enough she is able to control pre-existing flames and bend them to her will. Also, if Cináed winds up getting emotional around fire, the fire will react in line to how she feels. Angry or excited, it’ll spike up, and if she becomes drained or sad, it will grow weak.
Heat Control
In line with her abilities, Cináed is able to control the heat in substances to an extent. She can heat up liquids, solids and melt things if she can get the heat hot enough. Once more though, Cináed isn’t very great at using this because she lacks great control over her powers and she can let the heat go up to much and burn something, or cause it to evaporate. At the same time, Cináed is also able to suck the heat right out of things and cause them to cool down. She can’t at all control water or any other sort of liquid, but she is able to both heat them up and freeze them.
Breath of the Divine
This is something Cináed has yet to fully master, this ability allows her to induce a rapid sort of healing on someone's wounds. By using her powers to control heat, Cináed is able to use to force heal an injury by stimulating a person on a cellular level. This causes cells to divide and replace themselves at a much quicker rate than they would normally. However, because she is still lacking sufficient control over her powers, she is only able to actually use this power to the extent that someone might have a non-life threatening injury, to heal that up, and even then, she is only able to seal the wound, not make it go away completely.
♦ BACKGROUND ♦
Relationship Status: Single
Family:
Father – Savitr la Fabre.
Living.
Age – Forty-five.
Mother – Csilla la Fabre.
Living.
Age – Forty-two.
Elder Brother – Lucian la Fabre.
Living.
Age – Twenty-six.
Elder Sister – Althea la Fabre.
Living.
Age – Twenty.
Younger Sister – Mist la Fabre.
Living.
Age – Fourteen.
Personal History: To say her life started off normally would be a lie. The life to which Cináed was born was an interesting and somewhat odd one. The third child to be born between her parents, she had before her two elder siblings, a brother and sister…. The family-clan that Cináed’s parents and siblings belonged to was like most any other, nomadic, traders and merchants, all that. The majority of her younger years were spent traversing the world, going along with the rest of the clan in where it was they were led next. She lived her life on the road, and saw much in a short time. Growing up like this gave her an interesting outlook on the world and life; she came to be a bright and optimistic young girl brimming with energy and self-confidence. However…it was obvious from the get go that she was unlike her elder siblings in a number of ways, unlike them both, Cináed seemed to display no natural prowess in regards to her Salamander abilities. There was no strength there, no spark or potentiality to become a powerful and renowned individual….
Her father, the head of their family-clan at the time, along with her mother, did not seem to mind this fact though, their daughter was simply herself, and they had no qualms with that, no reason to be ashamed or anything of the sort. She was a bright and right-minded child who sought to do her best and live life well. Besides that, Savitr was already well on his way in training Lucian to become a powerful young Salamander at the time, to possibly become the next Clan Head, if he desired when he got older. And there was also Althea, who was in her own right a young Salamander who held a lot of promise. Though it was true that Cináed was lacking when it came to her Salamander blood, she was still very much loved and adored by her family—even if she were sometimes gossiped about among the other members of the Clan.
Eventually, around the time that Cináed’s younger sister was born, the last member of her family, Savitr took to a project that seemed most strange…he came to announce the decision he’d made to attempt making a permanent home for the family-clan, so that they no longer had to be worldly wanderers.
Although being nomads was the standard of living for the Salamander, Savitir desired to see something different for his family, for his Clan. There was much questioning and discontentment with what it was he wanted to do within the Clan at first, but, soon enough the whole of the Fabre clan was in on the beginnings of a new, permanent settlement. It’s been fourteen years since the construction and habitation of the town began and still, it is not yet finished due to the fact that a number of new Salamander continue to show up within its bounds, seeking a home there too.
For as strange as the idea seemed at first, and as hard as it was to kick the construction off too, the settlement started by Savitr has slowly grown and become a rather well known and prosperous place due to it becoming a hub of trade and sales. Perhaps a bit strange, the environment which Cináed came to grow with here was a very warm, and open one as opposed to some of the cities she visited early on in her life. Different from a number of places in the world, people of all races were welcome within the town, it didn’t matter if one was Salamander, Undine, Sylph, Gnome, Fae or Human—no one was turned away and were treated warmly. Growing up, she got to experience a variety of cultures from each of the races, and grew up without a sense of close-mindedness that might’ve become present had she grown within another part of the world.
With a permanent place to call home, and a relatively stable lifestyle, Cináed grew up an energetic young child, and a normal one at that. Despite lacking in the skills her siblings seemed to possess, even her younger sister, she still had a very good childhood, a very happy one. She played with her siblings, bonded with her father and mother, and got to see so many interesting things just from where she lived…. Life was good, she knew little suffering or sadness in her time, and the only times tears might be shed was when an older member of the family-clan would pass on. But even then, the sadness would be short-lived as it was considered insulting to cry too long when one die, following the scattering of one’s ashes to the winds, a family-clan would host a celebration in honor of the departed and regale each other with tales of their life.
As she was, Cináed led a very good life, nothing to complain about or worry toward…the only thing she felt uncomfortable about would be the fact that she was sometimes gossiped about or poked fun at due to her lacking in Salamander abilities. At least, when compared to her family. Even then, Cináed didn’t take things too seriously and often just shook it off while choosing to act like she hadn’t heard a thing said to her….
The comfortable and interesting life Cináed led was something which lasted for a long while—until recently, that is. As unfortunate as it is, this happiness was shattered several months ago when it was that Savitr came under assault by several powerful and known Salamander rogues. The match came down to being four-on-one…Savitr stood no chance against them alone. As soon as the struggle became known, several members of the Fabre family-clan, Lucian included, intervened before the battle proved fatal. To say it, Lucian did his old man proud that day, though he had the aid of the family-clan, he managed to combat the rogues and staved them off. However…Savitr had been near-fatally injured, he was alive, but barely, and Lucian too suffered some serious injuries.
The rogues ran off, escaping, able to return to attack again at anytime…. With both Lucian and Savitr incapacitated, it fell to Csilla, Cináed’s mother, to overlook the wellbeing of the family-clan until it was that either her son or husband recovered enough to take charge once more. Knowing the threat that remained over her family, with those rogues on the loose, Cináed began to insist on knowing what it was her mother planned on doing about their lingering presence—to this, Csilla could only tell her daughter that she didn’t know what could be done as they’d vanished, whereabouts unknown.
Frustrated by this answer, Ciná stormed off, in a fit of tears. Her father and brother had been hurt, violently and randomly assaulted by a group of rogues for whatever the reason…. And her mother was left to overlook the clan and town while not even knowing what to do, or what could be done to deal with these Salamander. Though she knew her own weaknesses, that she was lacking the strength present within the rest of her family—that she didn’t even have her wings yet, Cináed came to a choice on what it was she was going to do. In the dead of the night, she left home to track down the bastards who threatened the sanctity of her home, who’d injured her family, and who remained an ever present threat to not just her Clan, but to any other Salamander in the world.
Though she knew she would miss her family dearly, she still left, leaving behind only a not explaining to her mother what it was she sought to do. Even if the odds are against her, even if Cináed can consciously admit what she’s doing is stupid, she still presses onward to find the rogues, feeling so strongly about ending them so that they cannot hurt another innocent person again. Some months have passed by since Cináed left behind her family and home, seven. In recent weeks, she’s finally picked up on the trail of one of the rogues, and very soon, she’ll be going against them in combat…even if she knows she might not make it out alive.
♦ OTHER: ♦
A Sylph of a Feather
The feathers Cináed can be seen wearing, woven into her braid belong to a Sylph. At one point when it was that her family-clan was moving through the mountains, through Sylph territory that at that point in time was unoccupied due to migratory patterns—Cináed got curious about what the homes of the Sylph looked like…. So, being the nosy youngster she was at the time, she went ahead and snuck away from the campsite her clan had established for the night and took to exploring. While rooting through the empty homes of the Sylph, she came across two feathers, very pretty ones. Even knowing that if she were caught with the feathers that her little exploration would be discovered, she couldn’t resist herself. Cináed took with her the set of feathers, and of course, she was found with them the next day and wound up having to go without dinner that night, but in the end she got to keep the pretty feathers, and keeps them with her to this day, woven into the brain she keeps within her hair at the nape of her neck.
A Broken Memento
Upon her person, Cináed can be seen carrying a pocket watch, and while this little detail would be otherwise insignificant, there remains the fact that this little accessory of hers is actually broken. Although it should be considered useless to keep a broken watch, Ciná refuses entirely to part with this thing, even if it doesn’t work. Having had it with her for some months now, this thing of hers hold to it a sort of sentimental value, it serves as a reminder of the resolve that burns within her heart. The pocket watch belonged to Cináed’s father, and it was something precious to him…he kept it with him always and made sure it was in good condition and working order…. However, when he came under assault, the watch unfortunately met its end as far as telling time went. It wound up suffering critical damage, and though repairs were attempted on it, it could only be restored to the point of looking like it once did.
Despite this fact, when it was Cináed took to her own journeys, seeking out the assailants who nearly killed her papa, she snatched up the broken timepiece and took it with her in order to remind herself of what she was doing…. There will be instances where she will take the watch out of her pocket, click it open and stare at the unmoving hands, although it looks strange, she’s actually reminiscing of her father and family when she’s doing this, while strengthening her resolve in finding those rogues.
A Bag of Tricks
The shoulder bag that can be seen on her person at most times holds within it a variety of things Cináed finds to be very useful…. From vials of toxins, medicines and such, she keeps with her things that she can use in a tight spot as far as illness, injury, or escaping humanoid enemies go. Kept in here as well is her money for and from her travels.