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Sandalwood of Batala
Topic Started: Sat Apr 2, 2016 4:19 am (180 Views)
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Flaws
Bad Reputation
Those familiar with her species distrust Sandalwood and her kin. It is rare that a single word she speaks is taken at face value, and suspicion is cast her way at all times; it is no different for her family.

Blindness
Although she retains her eyes, natural and untainted, Sandalwood is not possessed of her sight. She believes this to be a divine infliction with which she has been blessed in order to heighten her awareness of the world around her.

Daemonophobia
This extreme fear of demons is present in all Crota and is intertwined with their equally extreme hatred of demon-kind.

Dark Secret
While knowledge of her species is limited, those familiar with it tend to react poorly to such knowledge. People that Sandalwood or any of her kin are in the company of tend to be distrusted just as much as she and her kin are, and it is not at all unexpected that a disagreement might quickly and with frightening ease erupt into a full-blown conflict. For this reason, it is rare that Sandalwood or her kin reveal what they are in the presence of others.

Greedy
What’s a few coins among friends, especially if they’re in Sandalwood’s possession?

Intolerance
There are some species that are even worse than the Crota, and among the worst of them are those of demon blood. Like her kin and others of their kind, Sandalwood loathes demon-kind with a passion unrivaled.

Qualm
Like others of her species, Sandalwood considers serpents sacred; this broad classification includes snakes, wyrms, wyverns, drakes, and dragons. Half-dragons are respected by them but not considered sacred.

Reaction PenaltyBecause of their collective reputation as beggars and thieves, Sandalwood and her kin are often shunned by larger communities.
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[tab=Family]There are six two wagons possessed by Sandalwood’s family, including her own. They are as follows:

The Wagon of Sandalwood, Her Mother, & Her Mother’s Mother
The Wagon of Sandalwood’s Four Sisters


Former Wagon Count


Current Family
FatherCoriander of Batala
His name was supposedly a direct blessing from the spirits that inhabit the three sand seas of Istan, each one agreeing with the other two upon the name; this unanimity is considered the reason that he is a master alchemist, whose skills surpass even those of his mother. He is currently imprisoned in Istan City for desertion and will not be released at any time in the foreseeable future.

Maternal GrandmotherAmendoim of Balud
Though a gifted harpist, Amendoim of Balud now only plays to honour her deceased husband (also a harpist when he was alive). Amendoim has a decent amount of skill at alchemy; she preferred performing when her husband was alive but no longer has the heart for it except when she honours him at his grave. She currently dwells with her daughter and grand-daughter in a wagon belonging to the latter.

MotherChira of Balud
A healer from a tribe of Hara, Chira is a gifted healer and a skilled alchemist. Following a series of incidents that no one in her family likes to talk about, Chira and the other members of her family migrated to Balud; her family refuses to acknowledge their origin in Hara. It was in Balud that Chira met her husband. She currently dwells with her mother and daughter in a wagon belonging to the latter.

SisterPeony of Batala
Although younger than Sandalwood, Peony is the oldest of triplets. She has mediocre talent as a seer but is considered by her family to be of one mind with her two identical siblings. She is an expert in tarot readings and palmistry. It is said that by focusing her “sight beyond the physical” with that of her two younger identical siblings, she can dramatically increase the potency of her blessing. She currently dwells with her two identical sisters and her youngest sister.

SisterPoppy of Batala
The second-eldest of triplets (younger than Peony, older than Pansy), Poppy also has mediocre talent as a seer. Like her two identical siblings, she an expert in tarot readings and palmistry; she is considered of one mind with said identical siblings. It is said that by focusing her “sight beyond the physical” with that of her two identical siblings, she can dramatically increase the potency of her blessing. She currently dwells with her two identical sisters and her youngest sister.

SisterPansy of Batala
The youngest of triplets Pansy is considered to be of one mind with her two older identical siblings. Like her two older identical siblings, she is an expert in tarot readings and palmistry. It is said that by focusing her “sight beyond the physical” with that of her two older identical siblings, she can dramatically increase the potency of her blessing. She currently dwells with her two identical sisters and her youngest sister.

SisterBagonia of BatalaBagonia is the youngest of Sandalwood’s siblings. Although she has not been gifted (or does not seem to have been, at least) with “sight beyond the physical”, she has an uncanny talent for picking up and playing almost any instrument. She is still a child, not even having reached her teen years, and yet she is already considered a professional lutist; flautist; clarinetist; harpist; and expert player of several exotic instruments. She has no talent for alchemy at all. Like Sandalwood, she is completely blind. Despite being physically identical to one another, the triplets only barely resemble Bagonia. Bagonia doesn’t really like her older siblings, as they intimidate her and are generally callous toward her. Despite this, she currently dwells in a wagon with her three older sisters.


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Final Notes on Sandalwood’s Family
Following the events that occurred during the Army of Istan’s war against the Katai Union, Sandalwood’s family consolidated the possessions of their fallen and sold those wagons that they could no longer support. The bodies of their men were never returned to them, instead burned along with those of the rest of the soldiers in the Army of Istan. Sandalwood’s family was allowed to leave the confines of Istan City only after the war had ended, and they returned to Short-Cliff Valley to bury the bodies and honour the lives of those women among them who had perished because of Istan’s cruelty and the hardships caused by their war. Regardless of who was responsible, Sandalwood’s family holds the now-split government of Istan at fault. When they attempted to confront the leaders of the nationstate and free Sandalwood’s father, as well as seek reparations for their losses, they were forcibly ejected from the city and permanently denied access to it.

They eventually reunited with Sandalwood in Rozanai. Sandalwood and her family are now refugees from Istan, though they journey to Short-Cliff Valley annually to honour their dead.
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Edited by Sandalwood, Sun Feb 25, 2018 8:36 pm.
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