Tallia Belonia Salliv Orvan
Tallia comes from a family of innkeepers living in the Spine near the Great North Road. At age, 14 while serving in her parents inn, Arrenda Sallin realized the girl bore an uncanny resemblance to non-other than the Zalarite Order's arch-enemy, Empress Atheneis Majara. She approached the girl's mother and was able to strong arm out of her that the innkeeper had slept with non-other than the Lord Yolen Majara and the the woman believed the girl was in fact his child. Overtaxed by her wild and disobedient daughter she agreed to allow Arrenda to recruit the girl into the Zalarite Order.
Tallia, bored with the life as an innkeeper's daughter and ready to run away with the first man or woman who offered her a way out, jumped as the opportunity. Like her famous half-sister, Tallia proved easy to train and has become a redoubtable warrior.
Physical Description
Tallia is a trained warrior in peak physical condition.
High cheekbones, bright blue eyes.
Tallia usually dresses in the black Zalarite uniform. She has collected some nice jewelry from various admirers and can come up with one really nice black velvet dress if she needs to.
Three quarters plate, sheild, long sword, dagger, short bow.
Mental characteristics
Since leaving her home, Tallia has worked to become an effective warrior. As a youth she threw herself into training. At sixteen, when she was ready for the field she became Arrenda's protege seeing her commander as the ideal war leader. Arrenda ahs helped her to become a deadly and intelligent warrior.
Tallia has no education as a child beyond enough math to count the coins she had to handle. Arrenda has endeavored to educate her and teach her how to act like a noble, read and write. Arrenda and the other members of the Shadow Cohort have had considerable success at tutuoring Tallia turning her into a smart, ppolished woman..
Formerly a serving wench, Tallia has spent her entire adult life as part of the Zalarite Order.
Personality Characteristics
Tallia loves the life in the Order and Arrenda is convinced her she is bound for greatness if she uses her resemblance to the Empress to advance to Order's agenda.
Talllia likes to rub shoulders with the nobility and increasingly sees herself as one of them, She seeks out beautiful noblewomen and high class courtesans as lovers.
Social
Tallia is a member of the Shadow Cohort and close-associate of Arennda Sallin..
Tallia has not lived with her family since age 14 and the Shadow Cohort is fucntionally her family. She has managed to visit her mother, stepfather and half-siblings a few times when her work for the Order has taken her along the great North Road.
Tallia is a devoted Zalarite.
From childhood she was comfortable among the array of social classes and ethnic groups encountered in her family's inn. The Nobles among the Shadow Cohort have trained her to act like someone of their social class. Tallia has beauty and has deliberately built up her charm and charisma so she now can light up a room..
Tallia can easily switch back and forth between the Mountaineer common dialect and Upper Class High Corgerian.
Half-Sister
Towards Atheneis Morwynn Skaith Majara
Half-sister
Towards Tallia Belonia Salliv Orvan
History
The two half-sisters have never met. Tallia knows she is Atheneis' half-sister, but Atheneis has no Tallia exists.
Relationship Reasoning
Tallia has been trained by the Zalarite sisterhood to see her half-sister as an enemy that must be destroyed. Over the years, her Zalarite handlers have trained her to play a role in overthrowing the Empress.
Half-Sister (Important)
Towards Annannara Morwynn Skaith Majara
Half-sister
Towards Tallia Belonia Salliv Orvan
History
Annannara does not know Tallia exists, but Tallia is well-awaree of both Annannara and her even more famous sister Atheneis. Along with her Zalarite co-religionists Tallia is trying to think up ways that she could use her striking resembalance to harm Atheneis and her family.
Legal Status
Half-Sister
Most of Tallia's wealth is wrapped up in her horse and equipment. She does have several nice pieces of jewelry stashed in her person or in her lodgings in Durrow that can serve as her personal financial reserve.
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