Adventurer Mina

[Nobilis]

art credit: GUWEIZ

Mina

ALIASES

the firefly

AGE

27

GENDER

female

SEXUALITY

bisexual

SPECIES

human

ORIGIN

the Khare region

OCCUPATION

ronin

ROLE

retributive justice

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the self

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Mina is a reluctant warrior, uncomfortable in her role and station in life. She wants nothing more than to leave it all behind, but sometimes we don't get what we want. She has a single goal in life, vengeance for her mother and father—by killing her brother. She wishes that she could step off the path she walks, but some things are more important than what you want.

ALIGNMENT:

neutral good

LOVES:

revenge; justice; righting wrongs; warm meals; cats

HATES:

injustice; rain; her brother

GOALS:

to one day be able to leave the life she lives behind.

FEARS:

disappointing the memory of her parents.

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the body

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HEIGHT:

5' 6"

HAIR COLOR / STYLE:

she has long, dark brown hair that is almost always braided. she wears metal beads in her bangs.

EYES:

dark brown

SKIN TONE:

pallid, but healthy

PHYSIQUE:

lean

APPARENT AGE:

mid- to late-twenties

VOICE:

soft-spoken, husky voice

ATTIRE //

traveling robes, an old straw hat, and assorted red-stringed charms that she wears for good fortune.

MODIFICATIONS //

Mina has both of her ears pierced.

SCARS / MARKINGS //

Mina has dozens of scars over her body, the most notable one running down her back about an inch off to the left from her spine, from the nape of her neck to the small of her back. She is also missing her left eye—the scars of which are covered by a black patch. An injury she blames on not seeing clearly in the first place.

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the power

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Mina was not naturally gifted at swordplay. Her skills are from practice and dedication and many, many earned injuries and scars. Unlike many fighters, Mina has no compunctions causing herself grievous injury if it means beating an opponent. Each of her scars is a reminder of why she needs to get better. And each injury is a constant reminder that her life is forcing her towards a specific destination.

ABILITIES //

swordplay; playing the wooden flute

SPELLS //

Mina does not know how to use magic and has no natural ability to use it.

GEAR //

Mina does not have many possessions. She travels light, often only with a bag containing a change of clothes, an old hat that belonged to her father, her sword, and her earrings. Her earrings, a gift from her mother on her nameday, always glow a warm orange colour—and are the reason some have taken to calling her firefly.

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the story

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Mina died when she was thirteen. Bleeding out in the mud and blood of a massacre. Her back hurt, and the heavy rain that washed down on her did little to cool the searing heat coming from the wound near her spine. Had he missed on purpose? Or had she simply gotten lucky? Could this even be called "luck"? She couldn't see anything out of her left eye. She was almost certain that it was gone. Why had it happened? She remembered her mother and father's face. She remembered her brother's face.

They'd forever be burned into her memory and would fill her heart with sorrow and rage.

When she woke up again, she didn't know where she was. She had been found and taken to a nearby village. The massacre was known. But her survival was kept a secret.

So she promised. She promised her mother and her father that they would be avenged. And that she would be the one to do it.

She would train. Despite not wanting to.
She would fight. Even though she preferred to love.
She would kill. But everything in her mind and body screamed at her not to.

The path was set before her, and she wanted nothing more than to never have been placed on it in the first place.

INVENTORY //

Two sets of robes, her hat, her sword, a small wooden flute, and a small pouch with a money.

 

[The Narrator]

Character Approved.​