Quin
Quin
A striking smirk, a swirl of blue, and a smudge of messy brown hair, she whips by in a second and is gone as though she had never been there at all. But if she stays you will see something stirring in those eyes; a storm, or perhaps the remnants of one. You can't quite tell.
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
Tall and muscular, she cuts an imposing figure. She is even more imposing in a fight, both dodging effortlessly through a hail of blows, and striking with devastating speed and strength.
Body Features
Her skin is tanned, but in the winter she becomes quite pale. She is very muscular, not only in her core but noticeably in her arms as well. Her shoulders are broad, but the muscles are compact and functional.
Facial Features
Her face is somewhat angular, slanting down into a jaw of medium width and a moderately pronounced chin. Her nose is straight, the tip turned up slightly. Her eyebrows are a little thick, but also fairly short. She has a few freckles across her nose cheeks. Her lips are full, and her mouth is slightly wide, often turning up at the corners in a slight smirk.
Identifying Characteristics
She has monastic tattoos running down her arms, and across most of her body. They depict the movement of energy through her body, serving as spiritual channels, and are thus flowing and bold in design. The ink is deep blue-black. She has a small scar above her left eye from a training accident, and a huge scar across her abdomen from the destruction of the monastery.
Physical quirks
She is left handed, and often leads with that hand in a fight. Her posture is upright and confident, taking full advantage of her height.
Special abilities
Through her monastic training, she has gained abilities that would be considered superhuman. Her reflexes are heightened, allowing her to move so quickly that she is able to catch an arrow mid-flight. In addition to heightened reflexes, she is capable of performing feats of unnatural agility and strength.
Apparel & Accessories
Her clothes are travel stained and old, but generally well mended. She wears a blue linen shirt, and brown pants made of canvas like fabric. The shirt is well fitted, and the sleeves have been cut off somewhat messily with a knife. The pants are baggy, allowing her a wide range of movement. She wears light leather boots with thin, moccasin-like soles. She carries a light bag on her shoulder, and keeps a navy blue cloak for colder weather.
Specialized Equipment
The only "weapon" she carries is a staff, which she either uses as a walking stick or keeps slung over her back. She does also carry a knife, but does not use it in combat. Additionally, at her belt she keeps a water skin. She has a necklace of fine tarnished iron chain, which was left for her by her mother.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Born in a nondescript brothel in a small town to the north, she was given to the monks at mount Saar. She was raised as one of them, and became a full initiate, though she never quite mastered what it meant to be a monk. In 3179 the monastery was destroyed by an unknown party, leaving her grievously injured, but the sole survivor.
Gender Identity
Female
Sexuality
Lesbian
Education
Trained fully as a monk, thus capable of reading and writing in most languages but the most obscure. She is also trained extensively in the martial practice of the monks, her skills being both in unarmed and staff combat. She was trained in meditation practice as well, but that part of her training did not stick very well.
Employment
Formerly a monk, currently an unemployed wanderer. She will do odd jobs occasionally to get by.
Accomplishments & Achievements
At the age of sixteen she beat her fighting instructor in hand to hand combat, and the next year she beat him in staff combat.
She once dove off the cliff on which the monastery sits, and did not die when she hit the lake two hundred feet below. The monks refused to let her up by the path, and she proceeded to climb back up the cliff unaided.
After the monastery was destroyed, she saved a traveler from highwaymen. The event gave her a little hope and broke through the depression that almost killed her. Afterwards she resolved to track down whoever destroyed the monastery.
Failures & Embarrassments
She is ashamed of her lack of spirituality, feeling that it is a failing on her part as a monk. Her teachers encouraged her to meditate, but she found the practice boring, thus fueling her insecurity. When she was eight one of the other initiates humiliated her in the fighting ring after she slacked off on the studies, driving her resolve to better her fighting skills.
Mental Trauma
She is ashamed at her distinctly un-spiritual nature, and in the past the insecurity drove her to take unnecessary risks.
She suffers from amnesia, and does not remember the destruction of the monastery, but she remembers waking up on the mountainside, a twisted blade embedded in her stomach, her fellow monks all dead in the burning and broken ruins of the monastery. The event nearly broke her. She managed to bandage her wound and drag herself off the mountain, but in the days after she wandered completely without purpose, toying with they idea of taking her own life or simply letting herself starve.
Intellectual Characteristics
She is observant and aware, and can process things very quickly, allowing her to make rapid decisions in pressing situation.
She is well read, but does not particularly like reading, and her language skills have slipped slightly since the destruction of the monastery.
Morality & Philosophy
Generally, she tries to do her best to not hurt people, and to help people in need. But sometimes she loses sight of that in her pursuit of her goals. Whenever this happens she feels extreme guilt.
She tries to follow traditions of mindfulness impressed upon her by the monks, but it does not always go well. At the very least, she does not value material wealth much, and does not cling to possessions. But she has become driven by a single purpose, almost to the point of obsession. Generally, she will attempt to abide by the word of the order, but not necessarily its spirit.
Her following of the monastic teachings is somewhat misguided, in that she attempts to avenge her monastery, but the act of revenge is rooted in clinging to hurt, and thus compliance to the order's philosophy would require her to let go of the quiet rage that drives her. But without the rage she fears she will be completely empty.
Taboos
She does not believe in killing in general, but she does recognize its necessity occasionally. She is, however, strictly against killing innocents.
She has taken a strict vow of chastity as a member of the monastic order.
Personality Characteristics
Motivation
She is looking for whoever or whatever destroyed the monastery, and also looking for one other monk, her former mentor, who is missing. Beyond this goal she is somewhat adrift, so she clings to it almost desperately. However she is at something of an impasse in her search.
Savvies & Ineptitudes
Skilled at hand to hand fighting and most physically demanding tasks, but bad at sitting still or being spiritual. She quickly becomes bored reading, though she is quite well read. Some of her teachers thought she was incurably shallow.
Likes & Dislikes
Doesn't like meditating or reading old texts. Likes walking and climbing; really anything physically active. She likes food, though because of her training she doesn't admit it.
Virtues & Personality perks
Very good reflexes, and will act rapidly when the situation demands it. Capable of making split-second decisions. Surprisingly, she is good at maintaining gear and living on the road. She can keep a collected demeanor in most situations, even if she is not actually at all collected.
Vices & Personality flaws
Can be impulsive, and sometimes jumps into situations rashly. The decisions she makes at a moment's notice are not always good ones, and she sometimes finds herself in over her head. Not always good at waiting and employing the careful wisdom she was taught, though she does try. Can't cook a good meal to save her life. Her relationship with the monastic teachings can sometimes take an unhealthy turn.
Personality Quirks
Laughs a little uncertainly when she is nervous. Laughs off pain to the point of ignoring potentially serious injuries.
Hygiene
Her room in the monastery was hopelessly messy, but she keeps her person clean whenever it is possible. Sometimes if she has been traveling for a long time her personal hygiene slips.
Social
Contacts & Relations
She is largely unaffiliated with any party, though she is searching for the one member of her monastery that might have lived. She becomes associated with Taig and Montgomery's group.
Family Ties
She does not know her family, and has mostly stopped wondering.
Religious Views
Attempts to adhere to the tenets of the monastic order, including celibacy and avoidance of earthly desire. Attempts being the operative word.
Social Aptitude
In most situations she can get through to people, if somewhat awkwardly, as she is an excellent listener. She is quite empathetic, but is ironically horrible at expressing and responding to emotion. The stronger the emotion, both in herself and in others, the harder it will be for her to coherently respond, at least verbally. Other than this she can be accidentally awkward, especially if an interaction takes an unexpected turn.
Mannerisms
When she is sad, angry, or in most sorts of distress, she fiddles with her necklace. When she is impatient or bored she will scuff her toe against the ground, often crossing her arms.
Hobbies & Pets
She enjoys climbing, swimming, and walking. She also enjoys practicing martial arts.
Speech
She speaks quite clearly, with a slight Tzovian accent. Sometimes she pauses to collect her words, letting the conversation hang for a moment. Far from putting off those who converse with her, it often makes them feel that her insight is more profound than it actually might be.
Relationships
History
Angelus brought Quin to the monastery with him after one of his extended absences. He served as her mentor, and trained her in martial and meditative practice. Though she has had other teachers he oversaw her training.
Relationship Reasoning
Angelus saw a potential in Quin, but it has, in his opinion, been wasted.
History
Quin Becomes involved with The Rangers due to shared interests with their employer. They begin to work together before being caught up in a larger plot. Quin and Taig get along decently, but sometimes Quin's recklessness grates with Taig's typically more circumspect approach to problems.
Relationship Reasoning
Despite their differences they work well together. That, and Taig's employer seems to have taken an interest in Quin, so they can't exactly ask her to leave.
Wealth & Financial state
She is poor, living from job to job as she travels across the Ironlands on her quest.
Current Location
Conditions
Year of Birth
3155
25 Years old
Birthplace
Northern Province, The Republic
Spouses
Siblings
Children
Eyes
Icy blue, deep and inquisitive
Hair
Short and dark, earthy, brown. Spiky on top, and cut shorter on the sides.
Height
5'11"
Weight
175 lbs
Quotes & Catchphrases
"If its a fight you want, I hope you came prepared to lose."
Aligned Organization
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