Forgot to add gear and logistical info. I believe now this is complete!
Past:
Ruxanna was born in the small village of Brasov a days walk to the north of Cortaud. Her father, Liviu, is a modestly successful farmer and her mother weaves yarns that are prized throughout the county for her vibrant dyes. Along with her 5 sisters, Ruxanna had a normal, and by Ustalavan standards, happy childhood until she was 8. That was the year her eldest sister, Nadya, turned 11 and the changes began.
What Ruxanna never knew growing up was that her family was not, in fact, like all the other families in her village. Her family had come to Ustalav out of the Tusk Mountains and they carried the spark of Lycanthrope in their veins. Her mother, Jenica, lived her life every day concealing her nature as a Skinwalker from both her husband and the neighboring farmsteads and villagers. Though her children had long sported the characteristic gold eyes of skinwalkers, they had never shown other signs and Jenica had begun to hope that perhaps her secret had not been passed on to the next generation. Unfortunately, as each of the daughters came of age and went through puberty, they began to experience the changes and with five teen daughters all changing one after another it was only a matter of time until their secret was revealed.
The parochial villagers were alarmed and immediately confrontational when faced with the half monsters in their midst. Only the long years of respect for Liviu and Jenica kept violence from being visited upon the Mihalauru farm. The family was ostracized, banned from the village, and disinvited from village and religious life. Unable to participate in the market or enter the villages, the family fortunes turned for the worse and by the time Ruxanna was 11 they were near destitute.
Finally Liviu, out of options, negotiated a deal with the local councils. He and his wife would be permitted to rejoin local life but only if their daughters upon coming of age were sent away. So it was that at the age of 12 Ruxanna was sent to a government boarding school in Leipstadt.
Her time at the school was not a happy one. For four years, Ruxanna was shunned, shammed, and bullied for her monstrous heritage. Torn from a happy childhood full of friends and family, she was unbearably lonely and threw herself into her studies as the only distraction available to her. She discovered she had something of a gift for academics and finished her time at the boarding school as quickly as possible.
Thanks to her achievements at school, Ruxanna found herself admitted to the University of Leipstadt and began to take up a serious study of Alchemy with a single goal in mind – To purge the taint of Lycanthrope from herself and her family.
Ruxanna became obsessive about her research. When her first two years showed no sign of the cure she hoped to find, she began to research ever more fringe elements of the art searching desperately for any hint of a possible solution. Ruxanna began to branch out from the pure study of Alchemy. She took classes in religion and the occult, in the basics of arcana, in medicine and surgery, and particularly in exotic flora and fauna. These latter two subjects in particular captivated Ruxanna as she became ever more convinced that the compound she needed had to exist in some rare and magical plant or beast, she just had to identify the correct one!
It was in this investigation into magical creatures that Ruxanna first met Professor Larrimor. Her academic research into beast and compound had revealed nothing to her and Ruxanna determined that she needed actual subjects to dissect and investigate if she were to find the compound. She met Lorrimor during her investigation into the undead (she was, and is convinced that an element of the negative energy that animates undead could be utilized to annihilate the part of her responsible for the Lycanthrope). The kindly Professor reminded her much of her father and she spent long hours in his class and lab learning about the qualities and weaknesses of undead creatures.
Eventually, nearly two years later, Ruxanna took her knowledge and confronted one of the undead to gain practical experience. Ruxanna and a small group confronted a pair of ghouls in the countryside and slew them.
A week later Ruxanna had the ghouls dissected and had identified several compounds that she thought might provide a solution to her problem. For two more months she experimented with the compounds but, one after another, they failed to provide an answer. Finally, with only one compound left and truly desperate, Ruxanna created an elixir that pushed the very limits of her ability. Unwilling to wait any longer she drank the untested elixir.
Almost immediately a horrible pain wracked her body and her skin was engulfed in a burning sensation. Every joint in her body felt as though it were being torn apart and eventually she passed out from the sheer agony of it. Upon waking Ruxanna discovered that the potion had not worked, not at all, rather than curing her plight, it had brought many of her most hated aspects to the fore. Where before Ruxanna could pass easily for a normal woman now her very figure had been tainted. Her eyes seemed to glow and had narrowed to slits and every inch of her body was covered in very light feathers and down. The nails on both feet had elongated and stretched, tearing through her shoes. Her ears had grown pointed and her face had elongated slightly.
There was no more hiding what she was.
Since that day Ruxanna has lived a life of near solitude continuing to search for an answer. At least she was until Professor Lorrimor’s letter arrived.
Present:
Ruxanna is deeply ashamed of her appearance and her heritage and she goes to some length to camouflage it as much as possible. She truly hates the monstrous side of herself and feels a deep shame whenever she allows the change to overcome her, while she has managed not to allow the change much, or at all, over the last two years, this is likely to change. Her conflict will be particularly acute if she is thrown into combat and life and death situations where the change could mean the difference in surviving on a regular basis.
Additionally her current appearance has caused Ruxanna to avoid other people for several years now. Prior to her monstrous appearance, Ruxanna was a highly social and outgoing girl. She desperately sought deep connections to replace those she lost when she was taken away from most her sisters and her parents. She is still in touch with her sister Nadya who was also sent to Leipstadt but Nadyas new husband is not accepting of Ruxanna in her current form. Ruxanna strongly craves deep relationships and companionship but she is usually met with fear and loathing from those around her. She is still outgoing and eternally optimistic at meeting new people, but almost universally disappointed by the result.
Finally, Ruxanna is almost painfully awkward around men of her own age. Between a childhood raised almost entirely among women and a maturity spent with no self-confidence she is usually reduced to nearly a stammering mess around anyone she finds attractive.
Ruxanna is inherently good. She desperately seeks approval and affirmation and tries to do the societally dictated “Right” thing at all times to achieve that. However this does butt up against her singular focus on finding a cure and she can be shockingly calculated and brutal when her pursuit of an alchemical answer is on the line.
In terms of appearance, Ruxanna is unique. She stands at an average height with a thin, wispy build. Her face looks just a bit gaunt and drawn at all times and all of her visible skin is covered with very small soft golden feathers. If anyone gets close enough to see her, her eyes are just a bit too narrow and just a bit too yellow to be natural. Ruxanna is always clean, and usually lightly perfumed with clothes that are both flattering and fashionable. She can not change her physical appearance but she is painfully aware of how she looks and does everything in her power to conform to the norm in her attire and accessories. She typically keeps as much of her skin covered wearing long dresses and gloves on even hot days. Whenever possible Ruxanna wears a cloak with the hood pulled all the way up or a wide brimmed hat with a gauzy veil to hide her face
Hopes and Dreams:
Ruxanna has a single overarching ambition – Find a cure for her Lycanthrope and her current appearance.
That said even that goal is really just a means to an end and her true desire is to find somewhere that she will be fully accepted and to find people with whom she can build true friendships and relationships.
A secondary goal is to reconnect with her family. While she is not exactly estranged from her family, there is little relationship left there and particularly with her sister Nadya remarrying Ruxanna feels like she has lost her only real connections.
Secrets:
Six months prior to her successful encounter with the Ghouls, Ruxanna lead a small group of her friends to confront a supposedly weak ghost at a farmstead outside of the city. They were wholly unprepared for what they found and during the encounter everyone but Ruxanna perished. Ruxanna only survived because she fled in horror as soon as the first of her companions fell. Among the dead was her first love (unrequited) Cristol. Ruxanna secretly hopes to find a way to return Cristol from the dead.
One of her dead companions had a young daughter. That girl, Evelia, resides with a foster family now that appears to be kind and good. Every month Ruxanna arranges to have a small gift delivered to the girl and a few coins to the family. Ruxanna knows someday she will have to tell the girl the truth of her mothers disappearance but she dreads that day.
During her research into arcane rights Ruxanna found a small book in a back archive at the university. The book detailed the means by which one could contact the darker of the outer planes. Ruxanna did not, and does not, have the power to utilize the ritual but she still feels the book calling to her. As she grows increasingly desperate she wonders more and more often about the boons that could be obtained from one of the denizens of those planes. She hid the book away in a seldom used corner of the archive in case she should ever need it in the future.
Statistics:
Female Skinwalker Alchemist (Beastmorph) 1
NG Medium Humanoid (Skinwalker)
Init +3; Senses: Lowlight Vision, Perception +7
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DEFENSE
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AC 16, touch 13, flat-footed 13 (+3 armor, +3 dex, +0 shield)
hp 10
Fort +3, Ref +5, Will +1
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OFFENSE
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Speed 30 ft.
Melee -1
Ranged +3
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STATISTICS
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Str 8, Dex 16, Con 13, Int 16, Wis 12, Cha 7
Base Atk +0; CMB -1; CMD 12
Traits
[url = https://www.d20pfsrd.com/traits/campaign-traits/carrion-crown/subject-of-study/] Subject of study (Undead) [/url]
Pragmatic Activator Feats Weapon Finesse Brew Potion (Alchemist Bonus)
*ACP applies to these skills
Non-Standard Skill Bonuses
Languages Common, Varisian, Kelish, Gnome
Special Abilities:
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SPECIAL ABILITIES
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Change Shape (Race): Choose one feature from –
• Bite attack that deals 1d6 points of damage
• 2 talon attacks that each deal 1d4 points of damage
• +4 racial bonus on Perception checks
• Increase fly speeds from other sources by 10 feet
Feather Fall 1/day (Race)
2 x [Url= http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/r/reduce-person] Reduce person
Gear:
Starting Gold: 110
Combat Equipment:
Studded Leather Armor (Equipped): 25 gp
Dagger (Sheathed): 2 gp
Light Crossbow (on back): 35 gp
Remaining gold: 48 gp
Clothing
Scholars Outfit (In bag): 5 gp
Travellers Outfit (Worn): 1 gp
Cold Weather Outfit (In Bag): 8 Gp
Hooded Cloak (Worn): 5 gp
Hat (In bag): 1 gp
Veil (In Bag): 1 gp
Remaining Gold: 27
Gear
Bedroll (Bag): 1 gp
Small Tent: 10 gp
5 days rations: 2.5 gp
Flint and Steel: 1 gp
Remaining gold 12.5 gp
Logistics:
I am located in the CST timezone though I travel within the US for work a bit and am often in the EST timezone also. I can post quite frequently MOST days, at least several times a day and can commit to at least one every day. Weekends are less frequent but I should be able to manage at least one a day.
I had intended just to edit my above post but I dont seem to be able to so here is the complete submission for Ruxanna Mihalauru an Alchemist in desperate search of an impossible cure.
Past:
Ruxanna was born in the small village of Brasov a days walk to the north of Cortaud. Her father, Liviu, is a modestly successful farmer and her mother weaves yarns that are prized throughout the county for her vibrant dyes. Along with her 5 sisters, Ruxanna had a normal, and by Ustalavan standards, happy childhood until she was 8. That was the year her eldest sister, Nadya, turned 11 and the changes began.
What Ruxanna never knew growing up was that her family was not, in fact, like all the other families in her village. Her family had come to Ustalav out of the Tusk Mountains and they carried the spark of Lycanthrope in their veins. Her mother, Jenica, lived her life every day concealing her nature as a Skinwalker from both her husband and the neighboring farmsteads and villagers. Though her children had long sported the characteristic gold eyes of skinwalkers, they had never shown other signs and Jenica had begun to hope that perhaps her secret had not been passed on to the next generation. Unfortunately, as each of the daughters came of age and went through puberty, they began to experience the changes and with five teen daughters all changing one after another it was only a matter of time until their secret was revealed.
The parochial villagers were alarmed and immediately confrontational when faced with the half monsters in their midst. Only the long years of respect for Liviu and Jenica kept violence from being visited upon the Mihalauru farm. The family was ostracized, banned from the village, and disinvited from village and religious life. Unable to participate in the market or enter the villages, the family fortunes turned for the worse and by the time Ruxanna was 11 they were near destitute.
Finally Liviu, out of options, negotiated a deal with the local councils. He and his wife would be permitted to rejoin local life but only if their daughters upon coming of age were sent away. So it was that at the age of 12 Ruxanna was sent to a government boarding school in Leipstadt.
Her time at the school was not a happy one. For four years, Ruxanna was shunned, shammed, and bullied for her monstrous heritage. Torn from a happy childhood full of friends and family, she was unbearably lonely and threw herself into her studies as the only distraction available to her. She discovered she had something of a gift for academics and finished her time at the boarding school as quickly as possible.
Thanks to her achievements at school, Ruxanna found herself admitted to the University of Leipstadt and began to take up a serious study of Alchemy with a single goal in mind – To purge the taint of Lycanthrope from herself and her family.
Ruxanna became obsessive about her research. When her first two years showed no sign of the cure she hoped to find, she began to research ever more fringe elements of the art searching desperately for any hint of a possible solution. Ruxanna began to branch out from the pure study of Alchemy. She took classes in religion and the occult, in the basics of arcana, in medicine and surgery, and particularly in exotic flora and fauna. These latter two subjects in particular captivated Ruxanna as she became ever more convinced that the compound she needed had to exist in some rare and magical plant or beast, she just had to identify the correct one!
It was in this investigation into magical creatures that Ruxanna first met Professor Larrimor. Her academic research into beast and compound had revealed nothing to her and Ruxanna determined that she needed actual subjects to dissect and investigate if she were to find the compound. She met Lorrimor during her investigation into the undead (she was, and is convinced that an element of the negative energy that animates undead could be utilized to annihilate the part of her responsible for the Lycanthrope). The kindly Professor reminded her much of her father and she spent long hours in his class and lab learning about the qualities and weaknesses of undead creatures.
Eventually, nearly two years later, Ruxanna took her knowledge and confronted one of the undead to gain practical experience. Ruxanna and a small group confronted a pair of ghouls in the countryside and slew them.
A week later Ruxanna had the ghouls dissected and had identified several compounds that she thought might provide a solution to her problem. For two more months she experimented with the compounds but, one after another, they failed to provide an answer. Finally, with only one compound left and truly desperate, Ruxanna created an elixir that pushed the very limits of her ability. Unwilling to wait any longer she drank the untested elixir.
Almost immediately a horrible pain wracked her body and her skin was engulfed in a burning sensation. Every joint in her body felt as though it were being torn apart and eventually she passed out from the sheer agony of it. Upon waking Ruxanna discovered that the potion had not worked, not at all, rather than curing her plight, it had brought many of her most hated aspects to the fore. Where before Ruxanna could pass easily for a normal woman now her very figure had been tainted. Her eyes seemed to glow and had narrowed to slits and every inch of her body was covered in very light feathers and down. The nails on both feet had elongated and stretched, tearing through her shoes. Her ears had grown pointed and her face had elongated slightly.
There was no more hiding what she was.
Since that day Ruxanna has lived a life of near solitude continuing to search for an answer. At least she was until Professor Lorrimor’s letter arrived.
Present:
Ruxanna is deeply ashamed of her appearance and her heritage and she goes to some length to camouflage it as much as possible. She truly hates the monstrous side of herself and feels a deep shame whenever she allows the change to overcome her, while she has managed not to allow the change much, or at all, over the last two years, this is likely to change. Her conflict will be particularly acute if she is thrown into combat and life and death situations where the change could mean the difference in surviving on a regular basis.
Additionally her current appearance has caused Ruxanna to avoid other people for several years now. Prior to her monstrous appearance, Ruxanna was a highly social and outgoing girl. She desperately sought deep connections to replace those she lost when she was taken away from most her sisters and her parents. She is still in touch with her sister Nadya who was also sent to Leipstadt but Nadyas new husband is not accepting of Ruxanna in her current form. Ruxanna strongly craves deep relationships and companionship but she is usually met with fear and loathing from those around her. She is still outgoing and eternally optimistic at meeting new people, but almost universally disappointed by the result.
Finally, Ruxanna is almost painfully awkward around men of her own age. Between a childhood raised almost entirely among women and a maturity spent with no self-confidence she is usually reduced to nearly a stammering mess around anyone she finds attractive.
Ruxanna is inherently good. She desperately seeks approval and affirmation and tries to do the societally dictated “Right” thing at all times to achieve that. However this does butt up against her singular focus on finding a cure and she can be shockingly calculated and brutal when her pursuit of an alchemical answer is on the line.
In terms of appearance, Ruxanna is unique. She stands at an average height with a thin, wispy build. Her face looks just a bit gaunt and drawn at all times and all of her visible skin is covered with very small soft golden feathers. If anyone gets close enough to see her, her eyes are just a bit too narrow and just a bit too yellow to be natural. Ruxanna is always clean, and usually lightly perfumed with clothes that are both flattering and fashionable. She can not change her physical appearance but she is painfully aware of how she looks and does everything in her power to conform to the norm in her attire and accessories. She typically keeps as much of her skin covered wearing long dresses and gloves on even hot days. Whenever possible Ruxanna wears a cloak with the hood pulled all the way up or a wide brimmed hat with a gauzy veil to hide her face
Hopes and Dreams:
Ruxanna has a single overarching ambition – Find a cure for her Lycanthrope and her current appearance.
That said even that goal is really just a means to an end and her true desire is to find somewhere that she will be fully accepted and to find people with whom she can build true friendships and relationships.
A secondary goal is to reconnect with her family. While she is not exactly estranged from her family, there is little relationship left there and particularly with her sister Nadya remarrying Ruxanna feels like she has lost her only real connections.
Secrets:
Six months prior to her successful encounter with the Ghouls, Ruxanna lead a small group of her friends to confront a supposedly weak ghost at a farmstead outside of the city. They were wholly unprepared for what they found and during the encounter everyone but Ruxanna perished. Ruxanna only survived because she fled in horror as soon as the first of her companions fell. Among the dead was her first love (unrequited) Cristol. Ruxanna secretly hopes to find a way to return Cristol from the dead.
One of her dead companions had a young daughter. That girl, Evelia, resides with a foster family now that appears to be kind and good. Every month Ruxanna arranges to have a small gift delivered to the girl and a few coins to the family. Ruxanna knows someday she will have to tell the girl the truth of her mothers disappearance but she dreads that day.
During her research into arcane rights Ruxanna found a small book in a back archive at the university. The book detailed the means by which one could contact the darker of the outer planes. Ruxanna did not, and does not, have the power to utilize the ritual but she still feels the book calling to her. As she grows increasingly desperate she wonders more and more often about the boons that could be obtained from one of the denizens of those planes. She hid the book away in a seldom used corner of the archive in case she should ever need it in the future.
Role:
Ruxanna can play a variety of roles. She will be a decent Melee and Ranged combatant, have some light control abilities, light healing and decent skills (knowledges, disable device (non-magical), perception)
She is a terrible party face and not overtly tough!
Statistics:
Female Skinwalker Alchemist (Beastmorph) 1
NG Medium Humanoid (Skinwalker)
Init +3; Senses: Lowlight Vision, Perception +7
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DEFENSE
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AC 16, touch 13, flat-footed 13 (+3 armor, +3 dex, +0 shield)
hp 10
Fort +3, Ref +5, Will +1
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OFFENSE
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Speed 30 ft.
Melee -1
Ranged +3
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STATISTICS
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Str 8, Dex 16, Con 13, Int 16, Wis 12, Cha 7
Base Atk +0; CMB -1; CMD 12
Traits
[url = https://www.d20pfsrd.com/traits/campaign-traits/carrion-crown/subject-of-study/] Subject of study (Undead) [/url]
Pragmatic Activator Feats Weapon Finesse Brew Potion (Alchemist Bonus)
*ACP applies to these skills
Non-Standard Skill Bonuses
Languages Common, Varisian, Kelish, Gnome
Special Abilities:
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SPECIAL ABILITIES
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Change Shape (Race): Choose one feature from –
• Bite attack that deals 1d6 points of damage
• 2 talon attacks that each deal 1d4 points of damage
• +4 racial bonus on Perception checks
• Increase fly speeds from other sources by 10 feet
Introducing Ruxanna Mihalauru an Alchemist in desperate search of an impossible cure. Crunch to come later today. Feedback, ideas, suggestions, discussion welcome!
Past:
Ruxanna was born in the small village of Brasov a days walk to the north of Cortaud. Her father, Liviu, is a modestly successful farmer and her mother weaves yarns that are prized throughout the county for her vibrant dyes. Along with her 5 sisters, Ruxanna had a normal, and by Ustalavan standards, happy childhood until she was 8. That was the year her eldest sister, Nadya, turned 11 and the changes began.
What Ruxanna never knew growing up was that her family was not, in fact, like all the other families in her village. Her family had come to Ustalav out of the Tusk Mountains and they carried the spark of Lycanthrope in their veins. Her mother, Jenica, lived her life every day concealing her nature as a Skinwalker from both her husband and the neighboring farmsteads and villagers. Though her children had long sported the characteristic gold eyes of skinwalkers, they had never shown other signs and Jenica had begun to hope that perhaps her secret had not been passed on to the next generation. Unfortunately, as each of the daughters came of age and went through puberty, they began to experience the changes and with five teen daughters all changing one after another it was only a matter of time until their secret was revealed.
The parochial villagers were alarmed and immediately confrontational when faced with the half monsters in their midst. Only the long years of respect for Liviu and Jenica kept violence from being visited upon the Mihalauru farm. The family was ostracized, banned from the village, and disinvited from village and religious life. Unable to participate in the market or enter the villages, the family fortunes turned for the worse and by the time Ruxanna was 11 they were near destitute.
Finally Liviu, out of options, negotiated a deal with the local councils. He and his wife would be permitted to rejoin local life but only if their daughters upon coming of age were sent away. So it was that at the age of 12 Ruxanna was sent to a government boarding school in Leipstadt.
Her time at the school was not a happy one. For four years, Ruxanna was shunned, shammed, and bullied for her monstrous heritage. Torn from a happy childhood full of friends and family, she was unbearably lonely and threw herself into her studies as the only distraction available to her. She discovered she had something of a gift for academics and finished her time at the boarding school as quickly as possible.
Thanks to her achievements at school, Ruxanna found herself admitted to the University of Leipstadt and began to take up a serious study of Alchemy with a single goal in mind – To purge the taint of Lycanthrope from herself and her family.
Ruxanna became obsessive about her research. When her first two years showed no sign of the cure she hoped to find, she began to research ever more fringe elements of the art searching desperately for any hint of a possible solution. Ruxanna began to branch out from the pure study of Alchemy. She took classes in religion and the occult, in the basics of arcana, in medicine and surgery, and particularly in exotic flora and fauna. These latter two subjects in particular captivated Ruxanna as she became ever more convinced that the compound she needed had to exist in some rare and magical plant or beast, she just had to identify the correct one!
It was in this investigation into magical creatures that Ruxanna first met Professor Larrimor. Her academic research into beast and compound had revealed nothing to her and Ruxanna determined that she needed actual subjects to dissect and investigate if she were to find the compound. She met Lorrimor during her investigation into the undead (she was, and is convinced that an element of the negative energy that animates undead could be utilized to annihilate the part of her responsible for the Lycanthrope). The kindly Professor reminded her much of her father and she spent long hours in his class and lab learning about the qualities and weaknesses of undead creatures.
Eventually, nearly two years later, Ruxanna took her knowledge and confronted one of the undead to gain practical experience. Ruxanna and a small group confronted a pair of ghouls in the countryside and slew them.
A week later Ruxanna had the ghouls dissected and had identified several compounds that she thought might provide a solution to her problem. For two more months she experimented with the compounds but, one after another, they failed to provide an answer. Finally, with only one compound left and truly desperate, Ruxanna created an elixir that pushed the very limits of her ability. Unwilling to wait any longer she drank the untested elixir.
Almost immediately a horrible pain wracked her body and her skin was engulfed in a burning sensation. Every joint in her body felt as though it were being torn apart and eventually she passed out from the sheer agony of it. Upon waking Ruxanna discovered that the potion had not worked, not at all, rather than curing her plight, it had brought many of her most hated aspects to the fore. Where before Ruxanna could pass easily for a normal woman now her very figure had been tainted. Her eyes seemed to glow and had narrowed to slits and every inch of her body was covered in very light feathers and down. The nails on both feet had elongated and stretched, tearing through her shoes. Her ears had grown pointed and her face had elongated slightly.
There was no more hiding what she was.
Since that day Ruxanna has lived a life of near solitude continuing to search for an answer. At least she was until Professor Lorrimor’s letter arrived.
Present:
Ruxanna is deeply ashamed of her appearance and her heritage and she goes to some length to camouflage it as much as possible. She truly hates the monstrous side of herself and feels a deep shame whenever she allows the change to overcome her, while she has managed not to allow the change much, or at all, over the last two years, this is likely to change. Her conflict will be particularly acute if she is thrown into combat and life and death situations where the change could mean the difference in surviving on a regular basis.
Additionally her current appearance has caused Ruxanna to avoid other people for several years now. Prior to her monstrous appearance, Ruxanna was a highly social and outgoing girl. She desperately sought deep connections to replace those she lost when she was taken away from most her sisters and her parents. She is still in touch with her sister Nadya who was also sent to Leipstadt but Nadyas new husband is not accepting of Ruxanna in her current form. Ruxanna strongly craves deep relationships and companionship but she is usually met with fear and loathing from those around her. She is still outgoing and eternally optimistic at meeting new people, but almost universally disappointed by the result.
Finally, Ruxanna is almost painfully awkward around men of her own age. Between a childhood raised almost entirely among women and a maturity spent with no self-confidence she is usually reduced to nearly a stammering mess around anyone she finds attractive.
Ruxanna is inherently good. She desperately seeks approval and affirmation and tries to do the societally dictated “Right” thing at all times to achieve that. However this does butt up against her singular focus on finding a cure and she can be shockingly calculated and brutal when her pursuit of an alchemical answer is on the line.
In terms of appearance, Ruxanna is unique. She stands at an average height with a thin, wispy build. Her face looks just a bit gaunt and drawn at all times and all of her visible skin is covered with very small soft golden feathers. If anyone gets close enough to see her, her eyes are just a bit too narrow and just a bit too yellow to be natural. Ruxanna is always clean, and usually lightly perfumed with clothes that are both flattering and fashionable. She can not change her physical appearance but she is painfully aware of how she looks and does everything in her power to conform to the norm in her attire and accessories. She typically keeps as much of her skin covered wearing long dresses and gloves on even hot days. Whenever possible Ruxanna wears a cloak with the hood pulled all the way up or a wide brimmed hat with a gauzy veil to hide her face
Hopes and Dreams:
Ruxanna has a single overarching ambition – Find a cure for her Lycanthrope and her current appearance.
That said even that goal is really just a means to an end and her true desire is to find somewhere that she will be fully accepted and to find people with whom she can build true friendships and relationships.
A secondary goal is to reconnect with her family. While she is not exactly estranged from her family, there is little relationship left there and particularly with her sister Nadya remarrying Ruxanna feels like she has lost her only real connections.
