Saidra
Character Information
Character Name: Saidra, daughter of Cyrus, Exiled Princess, Demon's Bane, and the White Rose of Cordoba
Class: Mysterious Stranger(Gunslinger), Legate Paladin, Nornkith Monk: (6/4/2)
Age: 17 years old
Gender: Female
Height: 5' 5"
Weight: 97 lbs
Eye color: Vibrant Blue
Fur: Pearlescent White.
Species: Catfolk
Homeworld: Cordoba
Weapons and Equipment
Weapons: "Promise" -A simple flintlock pistol, with a polished red wood grip, and dark iron parts. The only defining mark is the simple Templar Shield mounted in the grip.
"Reach" -Her first Pepper box, and first successful attempt at the craft, this pistol was enchanted at her father's command to give it extended range. It is a mix of brass plated steel, and creme colored wood, ornately scrolled with Cordoban designs.
"Pepper Box" -A second pepper box, crafted as she continued to work at her skill in gunsmithing, this pistol is rather simple, but also sports brass plating and pale birch wood.
"Hawk's Moon" -Her first personally designed and constructed firearm, Saidra labored for months on this particular design. When it was ready, she ordered the parts machined, and personally checked them for perfection. She finally crafted it while visiting Brummen's family in Chanson, and later had it enchanted with Holy Magic. This pistol is also tied to her belt by a leather strap, a gift from Brummen.
"Cordoban Scimitar and Curved Dagger set" -Befitting her royal status, these weapons were largely for show. She was preparing to lead her armies at the time of her exile, and thus is armed with the regal pair of blades.
"Dragon ballista" -Purchased in preparation for the mission to find Aysel, this weapon is a underslung canon, made to fire ballista bolts with gun powder charges. She has great plans for expanding this weapon's properties in the future.
Equipment: Ring of Grit Mastery Bag of Holding type 1 Bag of Holding type 2 Belt of Dexterity +2 Boots of Speed Endless bandolier Gloves of Arrow Snatching Headband of Charisma Cracked Kintuk Pendant Scarab Pendant(A gift from Arnon Katsu) Ioun Torch Ring of Protection +4
First and Second Impressions
Appearance: Saidra is a young catfolk female, but her eyes bear a potential for both strength and compassion that are uncommon in one so young. She has pearlescent white fur, gleaming in the light with hues of pink, gold, and purple. In her world, this is a mark of those who carry the blood of the djinn in their veins, but so far from home, the true meaning of the coloring is lost to most.
Personality: Having been raised in a palace, Saidra has had to learn many of the day to day skills that common people learn as children. Still, she has a deep loyalty and determination in her, and has set herself to accomplish whatever she needs to, if it is for the good of her friends.
Other Skills: Saidra is an excellent marksman, and an accomplished craftsman in firearms and ammunition. She has also learned to cook passably well, and continues to improve under Mu's tutelage.
BackStory
Background: Saidra was born to Cyrus the Unifier, and Nadia. She lived a carefree life in the palace of Cordoba, but always had an interest in anything her father was doing. While many thought this unbecoming of a young lady, Cyrus encouraged her interest, and put his Captain of the Guard to work training her in the sword. Artaxes had been a long time friend of Cyrus, and so while he also questioned the importance of the princess' instruction in such things, he would not deny his emperor and friend. Saidra grew up the oldest of four children, with twin sisters Aria and Niani, and the baby of the family being her brother Qareem. When Saidra was seventeen years old, tragedy struck the nation. Assassins from the west managed to breach security at the palace, and murdered the royal family in their sleep. Only Saidra survived, being plagued with nightmares that night, and tumbling from her bed as the fateful crossbow bolt struck the pillow she had slept upon. The assassin was never able to complete the last kill, thanks to the Royal Guard that intervened at that time.
Saidra was robbed of her family, and crowned empress in her father's place, all in the same night. Her heart was filled with pain and anger, and she immediately set about gathering the army to bring war to the west. Her army was gathered and dispatched to the west, while Saidra observed the required ninety days of mourning alone. With the days of mourning past, and with news of border incursions from the already in the court, Saidra prepared to join her armies at the front nearly three months after the death of her family. She received word from Artaxes that a mysterious old craftsman had offered to make the armor for the empress, and had done an exquisite job. Upon donning the armor however, the empress was caught in a magical sand storm, and with a strong voice telling her that she was exiled from her home until such time as she could return and save it, Saidra was cast out into the ethereal plane.
She lingered there for only a few hours, but the time seemed both eternal and but a moment. She felt only a coldness in her mind, and sunk into darkness. When she awoke, she was in a bed at the gold goblin, surrounded by a strange group of people, all looking inquisitively at her. They seemed to feel some level of responsibility for her, and as she grew to know them, she grew to love them as friends and family. She tried to work, to show her appreciation, but when her cooking proved disastrous, she was invited to learn from the best, and as Mu taught Saidra to cook, she became more at home in this new strange world.
About three months later, Saidra was invited to join the others in a trip to visit Brummen's family in a place called Chanson.
After spending the new year in Chanson, the group were asked to join in the fight against the Drow, a war that taught Saidra a lot in terms of her own abilities, and the value of loyal friends. Particularly, this was the time in which Aysel vanished, and thoughts of Katsu began to grow more in her mind. He was her friend, like the others, but he was also more than that. He had pulled her from the planes, rescued her from being lost forever, and had since pulled her life back from the darkness of death on multiple occasions. He was a quiet and mysterious man, with a past that he didn't talk about, but also with a irrepressible light that resonated deeply within Saidra.
Upon returning from the war with the Drow, the group were again called away to handle a problem with in the Kintuk people.
returning from this last journey, it was finally time to get Aysel back. The group gathered information by all means available, from old libraries to summoned Djinn, they got closer and closer. When they were finally ready, they prepared for three days to wage war on a god. They traveled to the Feywild, and breached the Fellnight Realm. Within this realm, they battled their way to the castle of Ranalak the Cruel, before breaching it, and finding their friend. Aysel was not as happy to see them as they were to see her, and finding that Ranalak still held sway over their friend, the group went to face him. If he would not release her, then they would kill him. It was that simple. It had to be that simple.
