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Ilia Profile
The Questions
Date this form was created: July 1, 2009
Full name of Character: Ilia Pyyrhus
Reason, meaning or purpose behind the name: Ilia was given by her parents, the last name added when she came to Thordis as it was required by the government. She chose Pyyrhus because it has to do with fire.
Nickname: None
Reason for nickname:-
Race: Sorin
Occupation/class: Shopkeeper who takes occasional contracts from Eisenzahn Inc.
Social class: Lower middle-class
Physical Appearance
Age: 22
How old they appear: Generally around her actual age
Eye Color: black with a green iris and black pupil
Glasses or contacts? neither
Hair color length and style: red hair shaved on the bottom half, top pulled back, short “v” shaped bangs. Short under hair and bangs dyed black
Weight and height: 152 lbs, 5’8”
Type of body (build): Heavy muscles on long lean limbs, small bust, little body fat
Skin tone and type (i.e., harry, slimy, scaly, oily, fair, burns easily): Incredibly-fine scaled skin which feels like a rougher version of human skin, slightly abrasive. Thick and sun-resistant.
Shape of face: elongated oval with defined facial planes
Distinguishing marks (dimples, moles, scars, birthmarks, etc.): 4 tattooed dots beneath left eye in a vertical row
Predominant feature: Hands have three fingers rather than the human five, one thumb and two digits.
Is s/he healthy? Very healthy
If not, why not? Or why are they healthy? Has a decent amount of food and a very physically active lifestyle
Do they look healthy? Why/why not? Looks generally healthy, no more than the average person or any less
Favorites:
Char’s favorite color: White
Least favorite, why? Green, it reminds her of a dish she once got very ill after eating
Music? Human music of any kind, her race love music in general so it is fascinating to her
Least favorite music, why? Traditional Asian, the singing is too nasal for her ears
Food: Ripe juicy fruits like melons, grapes, citrus, and berries
Literature: Militant history
Expressions: “ Sweety” “Sugar” various nicknames and terms of endearment
Expletives (curse): “Fuck!” “Fuck me up the ass with a wire brush!”
Mode of transport: A poorly-maintained dune buggy
Hobbies: Racing vehicles, practicing her aim with small arms
How do they spend a rainy day? Likely outdoors playing in the puddles and enjoying the precipitation as it is a rare occurrence in her homelands. Dancing like a fool in rain showers is her brand of fun.
Personality:
Are they a daredevil or cautious? Daredevil by far.
Do they act the same alone as when with someone? No, alone she is more reserved and introverted. With others she is bold and boisterous.
Habits: Chews on her nails, always has to smell new items she buys or is given, talks to her favorite possessions as if they are her pets.
Drinks: Has a low natural alcohol tolerance but loves to drink vodka she pilfers from humans anyways.
How much: Enough to get her wasted, which is only around three shots.
Greatest Strength: Her eyes sight and observations skills
Greatest Weakness: Her low ability to plan things ahead, she has little pre-thought to the point it is a real handicap.
Soft spot: Someone who honestly enjoys her company
Is their soft spot obvious, why/why not: No, not many people like to spend a lot of time with her because she is unpredictable and often in legal trouble.
If not, how do they hide it:
Biggest Vulnerability: Feeling trapped. She does not like to feel that she can not roam freely or do as she wishes. Very sensitive to enclosed places, high claustrophobia.
Background:
Hometown: Eulit tribe, Itur continent, planet Serr in the Dromalith solar system
Type of childhood: Generally average upbringing in a small tribe manner. Born to upper low class family and suffered little emotional or physical harm.
First Memory: Being carried by her mother as she baked bread, smelling the dough as it cooked and feeling the heat from the sun-warmed rocks used to bake it and hearing the low voices of her mother and grandmother as they conversed. Remembers the comfortable, warm feeling from it all.
Most important child hood event that still effects him/her: When her father went away on a raid of another tribe/
Why? She was afraid he would not come back and it was her first taste of true fear for someone she loved and it made her realize how deeply she cares for those around her.
Education: Basic at best. Can read simple words, write her name, do basic arithmetic, knows her tribal history, and survival skills. Only recently began learning reading and writing in earnest and is picking up mechanical skills with ease.
Religion: Nature worship through totems
Finances: Modest income selling sundries in a shop she does not own, occasional supplementary income through contracts given by Eisenzahn Inc.
Family:
Mother: Whetu
Relationship with her: amiable, not especially close or estranged
Father: Nnamdi
Relationship with him: Closer than with her mother, she thinks of him as her best friend.
Siblings, How many, relationship with each: 3 siblings, Elder sister Emeka who she looks up to as she is an accomplished singer, Elder brother Sipho who left before she was born so she does not have a relationship though she wished the best for him, and younger brother Imamu who she loves to death and babies any time she sees him.
Children of siblings: Emeka has a daughter who is still quite young named Desta.
Other extended family: Grandmother “Dada”.
Close? Why or why not: Very close, her grandmother is the person she looks up to the most as she always told her the best stories as a child and had a comforting way about her. Lived during a difficult time in the tribe’s history so she has seen many hardships and does much for her grandchildren.
Attitude:
Most at ease when: At home in comfortable clothes curled up with her studies.
Most ill at ease when: Out in the field far from home and alone with no one to talk to.
Priorities: Keeping happy, fed, and safe. Furthering her mind by educating herself in human skills and traditions as well as getting to know the other races of Serr.
Philosophies: To do what it takes to make the future better than the present no matter what the sacrifice.
How they feel about themselves: Feels she is a bit of a bumbling fool who does little right, low confidence, and thinks she is too much of a romantic.
Past failure they would be embarrassed to admit: Telling a young man she hardly knew that she might love him and having him laugh at her and tell all of his friends.
Why? It embarrassed her yes, but hurt her feelings as well. Sorin are highly emotional and for her to go out of her way to reveal how she feels was a bit deal and it was laughed at.
If granted one wish what would it be, why? The ability to think of the future more than she can so she could have hopes and dreams.
Traits:
Optimist or pessimist? Why? Pessimist, has really bad luck in general
Introvert or extrovert? Why? Introverted privately, Extrovert publicly. She has a bit of a false front she puts up around people that she feels will be best to get her ahead in the world.
Drives and motives: Knowledge and cultural sharing.
Talents: bartering, using blades, tracking, and negotiations
Extremely skilled at: Negotiation
Extremely unskilled at: Driving vehicles, planning for the future, and skills which requite extreme dexterity.
Good characteristics: Honest, caring, eager to learn, easy to befriend
Character flaws: Overly-emotional, stubborn, pessimistic, claustrophobia, and falls in love too easily
Mannerisms: Stands with her weight on one foot and hands on hips, motions broadly with her hands while speaking, bites lower lip when thinking, flicks her ears when annoyed.
Peculiarities: Eats food with her hands at all times, Rarely wears shoes, makes strange clicking sounds in her throat when thinking.
Biggest regret: Not leaving home sooner to see the world
Minor regrets: Telling the human she loved him, leaving her family behind, and not making more friends.
Biggest accomplishment: learning to write her first sentence
Minor accomplishments: Getting a job at a general goods store, moving to Thordis, and getting jobs with Eisenzahn Inc.
Darkest secret: She has murdered, kidnapped, and tortured people for money.
Does anyone know? Her employers and her current potential love interest.
How did they find out: She told him so it would not be a problem later.
Self-perception:
One word they would use to describe themselves: Stubborn.
One paragraph of how they would describe themselves: A stubborn little girl who is in over her head in the big city and trying to make the best of it.
What do they consider their best physical characteristic and why: Her hair, because she takes care of it and it brings attention to her.
The worst one? Why? Her neck and shoulder area, it is one of the more inhuman features and it often gets stares.
Are they realistic assessments? Yes.
If not, why not?
How they think others preserve them: A weird Sorin girl who tries to fit in with the humans.
What four things would they most like to change about themselves: To be a little plumper, know how to read better, know more about the world, and to be a better cook.
Why? So she has a more feminine figure, to read books, to know about places she has never been to, and to be able to cook for her friends.
If they were changed would they be the same person, why/why not: Yes, they are minor things, She is rather happy with herself.
Would changing of number 1 make them more happy? Why/why not: Yes, she would feel more like a woman and less like a genderless thing.
Interaction with other people:
How do they relate to others: Able to empathies with others fairly well.
How are they perceived by strangers: As a strange uncivilized thing from out in the desert.
Friends: Seth Harless, Kid Phoenix, William Deisan, and Tierney Cameraci.
Wife/husband/lover: Makis
First impression of the char: Too curious, too energetic, and a little dumb.
What happens to change this perception: They get to know her and realize she is simply friendly and uneducated.
What do people like most about this char: Her warm heart and fun loving attitude.
What do they dislike most about them: her lack of control of her emotins and tongue.
Goals:
Immediate: To earn enough from the shop to get her own home.
Long term: To become educated and get a job in Eisenzahn Inc.
How do they plan to accomplish them: By working hard and making physical plans with help from her friends.
How will others be effected by this: They will likely be supportive and aid her though they might get a little annoyed at her inability to really concentrate on the future.
Problems/Crisis:
How do they react in a crisis: She first tends to panic and go into a state of heightened emotional reaction, but she soon calms and tries to think the situation out.
How do they face problems: Head on and with all of her might.
Kind of problems they usually run into: Her lack of an education makes some daily tasks difficult like shopping, selling unfamiliar goods, and finding her way in new places.
How they react to new problems: By asking someone for help generally if there si someone around, if not she takes her time to think it over.
How they react to change: Change is no problem, she accepts it as it comes without complaint.
General:
Favorite clothing, why: Tough, leathery clothing that can withstand her high body temperature and has an ease of motion. Likes to reveal a fair amount of flesh because she feels it is nothing to be ashamed of.
Least favorite, why: Fully-covering clothing that does not breath with close fitting areas around her neck, wrists, and ankles. It makes her feel trapped and does not let her body heat escape which can cause her to overheat and pass out.
Jewelry: A necklace-like translator which augments her voice so it can be understood by humans and translates the speech around her as well. Never removes it.
Other accessories: A basic field knife kept at her side.
Drives: A run-down old dune buggy she has pieced together from scrap with the help of her friends.
Where do they live: In the Thordis lower residential ring in a apartment complex.
Where do they want to live: In a small house in the upper residential ring where there are gardens and parks.
Spending habits, why: Spends a lot of money on oddities like foreign foods, spices, weapons, clothing, and scientific specimens. She likes to look at things and try to figure them out.
What do they do too much of, why: Drinking, because her friends drink nightly but she can not handle the alcohol so she ends up drunk most nights of the week.
Most prized possession, why: her translator. Without it, few people could understand her because her voice is very low and guttural.
People they secretly admire, why: Her Eisenzahn contact who’s name she has yet to learn. He seems interesting to her and she wants to learn something, anything about him and how he got such a high position in such a tough corporation.
Person they are most influenced by, why: Her friend Kid, he has known her for many years and she feels he is as close to her as a brother. His ideology has rubbed off on her.
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