BACKSTORY:
Brianne, or Bri, never was known for being the happiest of children. Perhaps this was because she also wasn't the luckiest.
Her mother died giving birth to her and her twin brother, Brendan. Her father died fighting off invaders that tried to take Dragonholme. Her aunt and uncle started taking care of the two siblings, but they were arrested for burglary and tossed into a dungeon to never be seen again. Her grandfather choked on a piece of mutton when they were five years old, and that was the last time anyone actually cared for either Bri or Bren.
Bri and Bren did well enough at first. They took to stealing. Bren was the faster one, and Bri was the cleverer one, so Bri would come up with the plans and distract people while Bren cut their purses. But as they grew older, it only became tougher to get along; more and more dangerous individuals were taking an interest in them. The local thieves guild thought they were cutting into their profits; the guards swore to hang them when they were caught; and there wasn't anyone either of them could trust but each other. So they swore to always stick together, no matter what happened.
And then Bren got stabbed in an alley. He died. He and Bri were twelve.
Bri wouldn't let that be the end. It wouldn't, couldn't be over, not so easily as that. She needed Bren. He was her brother, and she couldn't imagine herself living without having him around. She had to bring him back.
And so she did. She turned to dark magic and she found a way to bring him back. She bound his soul to the body of a hare she found in the Emerald District so she wouldn't be alone again.
APPEARANCE:
Brianne is a small tiefling child. She has messy, roughly cut black hair with blue skin and black eyes. A pair of horns curls away from her forehead, and she has a long tail. Her mouth is filled with razor sharp teeth. Hiding her fiendish nature is virtually impossible.
The girl wears thick, simple but warm clothes: a red shirt, a brown coat with many pockets, long pants, a belt with several small pouches attached, and a pair of traveling boots that look as if they were made for someone larger than her. She also wears a hood that's attached to her coat. Hidden on her person are a magical pair of sleeves and some cloth armor she wears underneath her coat.
PERSONALITY:
what sort of game are they best suited for?
A dark game. I'd like to play the character as a kid, but I'd be willing to make them older if necessary. She'd work just fine in any range between 12-20 years old, I figure. I just find the idea of a child character as a spellcaster compelling.
I think the character would work best in a setting where magic is strange and forbidden, perhaps a low magic setting. Then instead of having already brought her brother back in some twisted way, she'd be on a quest to bring him back. That could be much more compelling.
But a dark story full of drama would be best.
What is the characters greatest strength? Greatest weakness?
Her greatest strengths are her cunning and her ability to cope with difficult times. Her greatest weaknesses are her single-mindedness and her willingness to pursue paths that should not be tread to obtain the power she needs.
Unless you want me to include physical weaknesses. Then she'll probably be played as sickly and physically weak, too.
How does the character react to tragedy?
She's seen so much tragedy that she doesn't seem to respond much on the surface.
If the tragedy is friends or family dying, she will hurt. She will grow a little harder each time it happens, and she will seem more haunted each time. If the tragedy is the loss of a home, or being robbed, or being permanently scarred or injured or what-have-you - she's seen it all. She can take the punches the world has for her. It's just the loss of her loved ones that makes her hurt a little more each time.
What is your characters greatest triumph? Greatest mistake?
Her greatest triumph AND mistake is pursuing whatever dark power it is she's after. It's a triumph because it's a means she can use to truly influence the world around her; and it's a mistake because toying with dark powers never ends well.
What sort of person would this character call friend?
Someone she can trust, someone that won't betray her, someone that understands. It doesn't matter much beyond that, I don't think. I could see her befriending a paladin or an evil witch that sees a kindred spirit in the girl.
Does this character thrive in chaos or fight desperately to reclaim peace?
She rolls with the punches fate gives her, generally, but would be much happier if she could just live a quiet life.
If circumstances didnt drive them to adventure what would they be doing otherwise?
If she were in a happy place, she might quite honestly be a normal child. But in her current situation, she'd be scraping by on the streets day by day, begging and stealing and learning some kind of magic.
