Jazbay The Beautiful Fruit That Tastes So Sweet Terallia (a.k.a. Jazz)
Jazbay Terallia is a young woman living as an adventurer in the province of
Skyrim, wandering and doing odd jobs, as well as training to enter the Bard's College in Solitude, which is very selective. She has a unique personality, often finding humor in the bleakest situations. She has difficulty communicating with others, and often is treated poorly because of her social awkwardness. Despite this, she is happy and upbeat, constantly singing songs and writing poetry, and giggling at things only she can understand.
Mental characteristics
Jazbay was born in the
Imperial City in Cyrodiil in 4E 180, to
Philippus Terallia and
Estella Terallia. Named because of the color of her eyes after a fruit native to Eastern
Skyrim, where her eccentric mother spent much of her childhood, from a young age it was obvious that Jazbay was no ordinary child. She was enrolled in the Imperial Academy at age 7, after struggling with learning and language difficulties for several years. She was fortunate enough to have a teacher who recognized her incredible brilliance behind layers of social deficiencies and coping mechanisms, and began to excel.
She briefly studied at the Synod, showing particular magical ability, but left soon after as she felt they were trying to stifle magic rather than study it. Inspired by her distant cousin
Jessa Terallia, she set off on an adventure to Skyrim in 4E 200, where she seeks to join the Bard's College in Solitude and write epic poems and songs about both history and current events.
Jazbay seems to consider herself straight; however, she briefly dated another girl in her school for a few months "just to see what all the fuss was about". Those close to her suspect she may be bisexual, but she is highly reluctant to discuss her relationships with others, and becomes extremely uncomfortable whenever the subject is brought up.
Enrolled at the Imperial Academy later than most children in the Imperial City, Jazbay excelled greatly in her studies but struggled both with executive function and social interaction. She also studied at the Synod for a short while, but left before a year passed due to dissatisfaction with the organization.
Due to her social deficiencies and odd way of behaving, Jazbay could never hold a traditional job for very long. However, she now finds great joy, and occasional fortune, wandering Skyrim and doing odd jobs and quests for the local population.
Jazbay is incredibly smart, though many don't realize it due to her social awkwardness and tendency to space out frequently. If one is willing to listen to her and decipher her strange way of speaking, one will find that she is very knowledgable about many subjects, is highly adept in magic and alchemy, and has fascinating and insightful opinions on all sorts of current and past events.
Jazbay strongly dislikes touching other people, especially strangers. She will go out of her way to avoid physical interaction, and hates being in crowded areas.
Social
Jazbay is rather socially awkward, speaking strangely and acting in ways others consider odd.
Often speaks in poems or riddles. Also, she giggles a lot for no apparent reason.
One can often tell Jazbay's mood by her tone of speech. If her voice is monotonous and low, she's either bored or sad. If she is practically singing, she is quite happy.
History
Jazbay is extremely close with her mother, Estella Terallia, and takes after her a great deal. They both share a love of the arts and philosophy, and both are more than a little eccentric.
Nicknames & Petnames
Estella refers to Jazbay as "My little sweet fruit", often to Jazbay's embarrassment. However, Jazbay secretly adores the name.
History
Though Jazbay and Jessa Terallia had met previously, it wasn't until they were together at a family gathering in 4E 196 that they got a chance to really talk, at which point they became best friends almost immediately. Jazbay feels that Jessa is one of the few people who actually understand her, and Jessa loves Jazbay's quirky but insightful way of thinking. Whenever they are together, they are constantly talking and giggling about things that only they seem to understand.
Nicknames & Petnames
Jessa calls Jazbay "Jazzie", a name which Jazbay never lets anyone else use, and in turn, she calls Jessa "Jessie".
Commonalities & Shared Interests
The two love discussing things as grand as philosphy and politics, and as simple as what they had for dinner last night. Jessa greatly enjoys Jazbay's unique outlook on current events and other weighty subjects, and Jazbay is fascinated by tales of Jessa's adventures.
Shared Secrets
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