Manchineel

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Physical Description

General Physical Condition

Manchineel is underweight and on the scrawny side from too many missed meals.

Apparel & Accessories

She's fond of bandanas and always wears a pair of gloves. As a rule, she dresses in dark colours to help her blend in more with the shadows.

Specialized Equipment

Unlike many of her fellow thieves, she carries no special equipment. Anything she needs for a job she picks up beforehand. She refuses to carry anything more than the small coin purse tucked into her leg wraps. Possessions are just things and things make it easier for people to track you down.

Mental characteristics

Personal history

Manchineel prefers to keep her past a secret. There's speculation that Manchineel isn't her real name, given that its considered bad luck in Thauland to name children after poisonous plants.
The truth is that Manchineel is her real name. Her father, Tupelo, suspected her mother of having an affair. After her mother, Larch, died in childbirth, Tupelo considered giving the unnamed baby to an orphanage. His sons and other wives convinced him to keep her. Shortly after, evidence of Larch's infidelities came to light. By this point, his other wives--Acacia and Olive--had grown attached to her and begged him to name her. Tupelo couldn't forgive his wife and so named the baby Manchineel.
As the senior wife, Olive did most of the work raising her. Her son, Fraser, helped. They lived in a tough part of town, so Olive taught her how to look out for herself, how to keep herself safe, and Fraser taught her how to fight. She's not much good at fighting, but she's quick enough to get away from trouble.
Trouble, unfortunately, had a habit of finding her. By the time she was 10, she'd been in several fights, had most of her tail burned off, and was well-known to the local law enforcers. She'd fallen in with a small gang who noticed her quick feet and light fingers. Their leader, Buckeye, taught her to steal.
At first, she did it because it was fun. Then she saw how much money she could make.
After a big score, she brought her spoils home to her father. Tupelo hadn't paid much attention to her since her birth and she craved the kind of praise he heaped on her brothers.
Tupelo took one look at the pile of coins she handed him and threw her out of the house, refusing to have a thief in his house.
She made her way to the hideout only to find that soldiers had arrested everyone involved in their latest heist except her. So she turned and ran, leaving Isin. She was 14 when she left and hasn't been back since.

Gender Identity

She identifies as female, but has masqueraded as a man if the job requires it. Her short hair makes that easy.

Sexuality

Having spent the last decade of her life running from one job to another, she hasn't really had the time or energy to sort out what she feels about it.

Education

She hasn't had an formal education. Her father refused to waste the money on educating a daughter that wasn't even his. Everything she knows she either learned herself or was taught by her other family members.

Employment

Manchineel works as a thief. Feralia's thieves guild is more a loose association of like-minded individuals than anything resembling a proper guild. Even so, there are places around Feralia where people can post notices, looking for a thief to perform certain jobs. Thievery is illegal in every country, so these notices have to be phrased in such a way as to not draw the attention of law enforcement.
Through these notices, people can request specific thieves if they have someone in mind. Manchineel specializes in small item thefts and is highly sought after for such jobs.

Accomplishments & Achievements

She stole the artefact known as Muriel's Eye from the museum in Lhanbrie. It was a high-risk job as museum security is tight. To this day, she won't tell anyone how she did it. (She impersonated a security guard and waited until dark to swap it out with a fake.)ce

Failures & Embarrassments

She was caught trying to infiltrate an estate in Lindow. The soldiers didn't know who she was, so she only spent a couple weeks in prison. She can't go back there in case they realize who she is.

Personality Characteristics

Motivation

All she really wants out of life is to make enough from her jobs to retire into a quiet life, preferably somewhere that isn't too hot.

Hygiene

Hygiene is difficult to maintain when you're always on the move. She tries her best to keep clean, but as she's generally on her own, there's no one to impress and no one to be put off if she smells a little strange.
Before a job, however, she makes a point of having a bath and making sure her clothes are clean. Nothing says intruder quite as loud as a strange smell.

Social

Family Ties

Her mother's name was Larch. She doesn't know who her real father is. Tupelo is as close to a father as she's ever had.
in accordance with Thauland tradition, Tupelo has two other wives, Olive and Acacia.
Olive has a son named Fraser. Acacia has a son named Yew. Both of her half-brothers are older than her. At the time she was born, Fraser was 8 and Yew was 4.

Religious Views

She doesn't formally worship any of the gods, given that she's never in one place long enough. 
Ambriel - the runaway goddess is a favourite of hers and often prays to Her while getting away from a job.
She prays to Dallah, the goddess of darkness, to keep her hidden while working.
She never forgets her nightly prayer to Jundiel, the goddess of wealth. She'd sooner run herself through with her knife than admit that she does this. Being a thief isn't all its cracked up to be, and she prays that her next job will be the one that lets her retire to a safer--if less interesting--life.
Lytalao, the God of Travel, is who she prays to while on the road.
Her primary focus, however, is on Paha, the goddess of darkness. She prays that the shadows hide her and that her misdeeds won't be bad enough to send her soul to the void

Social Aptitude

She isn't generally good with people on a conversational level, but she's good at reading body language.

Speech

Having grown up in a lower class part of town, her vocabulary is peppered with slang.

Current Status

Running from the law

Current Location

Becina

Species

Ferali

Ethnicity

Thaulander

Age

25

Birthplace

Isin

Pronouns

She/her

Eyes

Medium Blue

Hair

Her red hair is cut short

Skin Tone/Pigmentation

Like most ferali, she has brown skin

Height

5'3''

Belief/Deity

Paha, goddess of darkness