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Saraphim Castilla
Female Human (chelixian) Courtly Hunter 1
NG Medium Humanoid (Human)
Init +3; Senses Perception +7
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Defense
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AC 16, touch 13, flat-footed 13 (Armor +3, Dex +3)
HP 19 (2d8 +6)
Fort +5 Ref +6 Will +3
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Offense
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Speed 30 ft.
Melee shortsowrd +2 (1d6 +1/ 19-20)
Ranged Mswk Composite Longbow +1 (w/point blank) +6 (1d8 +2/ x3)
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Spells
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Spells Known
Level 0
- Light
- Mending
- Know Direction
- Create Water
Level 1 (3/day)
- Cure Light Wounds (1d8 +1)
- Gravity Bow (bow dmg considered large)
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Statistics
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Str 12, Dex 16, Con 14, Int 10, Wis 15, Cha 7
Base Atk +1; CMB +2; CMD 15
Feats Point-Blank Shot, Precise Shot
TraitsChild of Kintargo, Indomitable Faith (+1 will),
Rich Paretns
Drawbacks Attached (Mikhail)
Skills Bluff +3, Climb +4, Diplomacy +3, Handle Animal +3, Perception +7, Sense Motive +7, Survival +7, Stealth +8
Background skills craft (leather) +5, knowledge (nobility) +6
Languages Common
Combat Gear
Other Gear masterwork Studded Leather Armor, shortsword, masterowrk Composite Longbow +1, Masterwork Artisan Tools (Leather) 355 gp
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Special Abilities
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Animal Focus (Su) - swift action, 1 min/level. Can be placed on animal companion as well, does not count against duration when placed on animal companion.

Nature Training (Ex) - A hunter counts her total hunter level as both druid levels and ranger levels for the purpose of qualifying for feats, traits, and options that modify or improve an animal companion.
Wild Empathy (Ex) - diplomacy for animals w/in 30 ft. 1d20 + Cha mod. Domestic animals start indifferent, wild animals start unfriendly. Can be used on magical animals with int of 1 or 2 as well with -4 penalty.
Subtle Companion (Su) - a courtly hunter can transform her animal companion into a similar Tiny animal to allow it hide easily or even blend in and act as a spy. This functions as a polymorph effect, and the animal companion gains a +2 size bonus to Dexterity and a –4 size penalty to Strength (use the polymorph table to adjust its ability score if the animal companion is larger than Medium). As a standard action, the courtly hunter can touch her animal companion to transform it.
Track (Ex) - a hunter adds 1/2 her level to Survival skill checks made to follow tracks.

Ruina
N Medium Magical Beast (Augmented Animal)
Init +2; Senses Lowlight, Perception +6
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Defenses
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AC 15, touch 13, flat-footed 12 (Dex +2, Nat +2, Dodge +1)
HP 20 (3d8 +2)
Fort +5 Ref +5 Will +2
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Offense
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Speed 50 ft.
Melee Bite +4 (1d6 +1) trip
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Statistics
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Str 13, Dex 15, Con 15, Int 6, Wis 12, Cha 6
Base Atk +1; CMB +2; CMD 14
Feats Dodge, Light Armor Proficiency
Skills Perception +6, Stealth +7
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Special Abilities
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Scent

“Before you were born, our house used to go out into the wilderness. We used to work for our wealth. We had earned our status in Kintago. But when your parents married your mother had different ideas and we became weak. You still carry that old way in you, I can feel it whenever you’re around. Watch over each other.”

I never knew my grandfather well, my mother saw to that. I do know that it broke his heart when my father died. ‘A father should never have to bury his son’ he had said. I know some of the villa workers thought he was senile, saying that his loyal wolf-hound was given to him by his own father. I didn’t believe him either. Everyone knew wolves only lived around five years. Yet fifteen years ago when he passed, he told Ruina and I to look after each other and she still looks after me today. I don’t think my grandfather was lying anymore.

I knew there was more to Ruina when I was thirteen. Mother had invited the Acciai family to dinner to mingle and such. I never liked them. They were craftsmen like us, though they crafted silver rather than leather which was fine, but mother had arranged for me to marry Marshall, the firstborn son and heir to the Acciai name. Marshall was a bore of a child. Always yes ma'am, no ma'am. He never thought for himself, never did what he wanted to do. He was nothing more than a slave to his family, something I refused to become for my mother. Ruina knew that. I don’t know how she did, but she knew. Marshall was afraid of her and she would keep him away, let me keep my peace of mind.

Ruina finally changed my life when I was eighteen. As far as i knew she was at least ten years old now, far older than any wolf I had ever known and yet she still looked as young as when she came to my side. I had taken up archery, something that mother was against, and had taken to hunting during my free time. The meat I would donate to Father Ruix, a priest of Ragatheil, to feed the hungry of Kintago, but the hide I would cure to craft into leather. I was never good at it and the pelt of this particular buck was too fine for me to ruin, so Ruina and I walked the streets looking for a tanner to help us.

Ruina stopped at a shop. She didn’t paw or beg, she simply sat and looked at me. I knew she was telling me this was the place. Too many times I’ve ignored her doing this and it bitten me in the ass. So I opened the door to be greeted by a tiefling shopkeep named Mikhail. I don’t know why but I smiled when he looked over at me, I had never done that before. I sold the skin to him and stayed longer. His eyes were amber with flecks orange that seemed to dance in the light like fire. I remember staring at them too long and leaving embarrassed. He only laughed warmly and invited me back. And I did.

For the better part of two years I would go to his shop to sell the skins from my hunt and he showed me how to take the leather and craft them into other items. I soon found myself with him more than with my own family. Ignatius, my brother, was the head of the family (not really) and was under mother’s thumb while Lucida, my younger sister, was more interested in spending money at the theater and fawning after the cute actors. None of them made me feel at home like I did with Mikhail. After two years together, we stood together under an arch with Father Ruix and tied our hands together with a ceremonial red ribbon. He was Mikhail Victorov and I was Saraphim Castilla. But now he is my husband and I am his wife.