Talise Gianfair

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Talise Gianfair
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IC Information
Full Name: Gianfair, Talise
Gender: Female
Age (Birthdate): 18ish
Hometown: SS Lunabelle
Hair Colour: Brown
Class: Bladesinger
Role: Drifter
Bounty: Not yet
OOC Information
Theme: Original Character
Groups: None
Player: Hats

Talise Gianfair is a child of nowhere and everywhere. Born on a ship of miscreants long since lost, the bastard child of a Beastwoman pirate and a human con man who vanished along with the ship, she grew up wild, free and often afoul of the law, and with a thirst for adventure that took her away from the loss of her childhood home and across the Salyan Desert. In her heart she's a storyteller and a singer, the sort to knock back a couple of mugs of mead and sing songs of heroes long dead, favouring those of the Dragonmasters. But she's also a fighter at heart and a talented swordswoman, and she's learned by necessity to survive the badlands and the sea alike - and more recently to survive a world in which her Goddess seems to want to ban everything she finds fun. Now finding herself in a strange new world, she makes the most of it - and turns her eyes towards the lost treasures of the Blue Star.

Background

Gianfair is the outcome of a drunken one-night-stand between a Beastwoman privateer named Tanin de Gianfair and a sly human con-man named Clyde Rath. She was born on Lunar, aboard a privateer ship called the Lunabelle, unwelcome in most ports for its crew of ne'er-do-wells.

Gianfair never had a formal education, though her father taught her how to read and write. She spent about half her time aboard the Lunabelle and the other half skipping from port to port or landing spot to landing spot. She grew up with two primary role models aside from her father. The first was her mother. Tanin de Gianfair was not only a strong-willed woman with a fiery temper and a big smile, she was a complete badass as a fighter, a talented swordswoman who could defeat most people on board the ship. Her second role model was a man named Piet Wilk, an older man who taught her most of her repertoire of old Dragonmaster songs, particularly introducing her to the story of Dragonmaster Chloe, the Beastwoman Dragonmaster.

When Gianfair was about ten, the Lunabelle was chartered for a dangerous mission. Understanding the risk, Tanin handed the ten-year-old Talise off to Piet and put them ashore in Dalton, promising to come back safely. The Lunabelle never returned to port, and Gianfair sunk into a deep misery.

She fell into the care of Piet, who cut a deal with the local thieves' guild and found the pair a little shack to stay in, the old man turning a pretty penny by peddling treasures. Talise proved something of a burden, too young to have many useful skills of her own, but to his credit Piet took good care of her anyway. As she grew up over the next few years, Talise learned from him: She, too, gained a good singing voice. She even learned to play the lute. Around the age of 13, she took to sitting by the docks and playing, singing songs about the Dragonmasters and collecting coins in her hat. Her li'l-minstrel act even had an audience: With Althena seemingly returned, more people became interested in old tales. Talise even heard tell of a few visions of the Goddess in the water.

Through it all, she never forgot her parents, and when she turned 14 - the traditional age of Adventuring Pipsqueaks in Japanese adventure shows - she stole an old sword, invited Piet to come with her, and set off over the horizon. What inspired her all the more was the announcement of a Dragonmaster - Ghaleon, a man dead a thousand years. She knew Ghaleon from the old stories of Dyne and, while excited to see a Dragonmaster, was also confused and disappointed - confused that a dead man could be Dragonmaster, and disappointed she'd never get to be one.

Booking passage on a rickety ship northward, Gianfair headed for Meribia, and she and Piet took to exploring. The two were joined by at least two more young party members (who I leave undefined in case someone wants to app them later) as they took to the countryside, exploring old caves and ruins and occasionally robbing fat-cat travellers for their gold. Over the next few years, Talise made a name for herself as an adventurer, but increasingly came to cross paths with Althena's Guard. She came up against one of their initiates when she was just fifteen, and promptly got her butt handed to her in humiliating fashion as her offensive style did nothing against the swordsman's more defensive style. She fled further away from Meribia, back towards the Badlands, ducking Althena's Guard wherever she could. To make ends meet she fell back on singing again.

The straw that broke her back, though, was the next year - when the church outlawed singing and drinking. She sank and drang anyway; someone from the Guard came and attempted to take her into care, resulting in a swordfight in which the 16-year-old Gianfair again got spanked and had to run away. From there she kept to the badlands around Dalton and Larpa and the broader Salyan Desert, occasionally traveling elsewhere by booking passage on ships under an assumed name. With survival on her mind now, she took to ruin diving again. It was her adventuring in this time period which brought her sword and gauntlets into her care.

Ultimately, Gianfair's adventuring saw her pursued into an old ruin somewhere within the Salyan Desert. After a chance tumble, she found herself deposited in another world, where a woman named Lynnai and a woman named Lestaci picked her up and carried her to safety. That's when she discovered she was on the Blue Star now - and stuck there.

Adlehyde: Four Women, a Girl and a Chauncey

<WIP>

Powers and Abilities

  • Rastaban: Talise's sword, a two-handed blade she pulled out of a crystal in a cave somewhere on Lunar after beating the living stuffing out of a ghost knight of some kind. At a glance it's simply an exceptionally well-made two-handed longsword with a big green pommel gem and another green gem buried in the crosspiece. In fact that's what it is - it doesn't seem to have magic to it, or if it does, Talise has no idea what it is. She doesn't even know how the sword got into the dungeon.
  • Thousand Stormless Tides School: It says it's a school but to be honest, Talise just made this style of swordsplay up. When she first started fighting, Talise was a purely offensive swashbuckler who liked to charge in and hack things with cool offensive techniques; she didn't have a name for her style because everything she did was improvised. Piet, her mentor in adolescence, taught her a few basic moves of Lion's Heart he'd picked up, but for the most part Talise just freeformed it. Then she ran into members of Althena's Guard who used Waning Crescent and just clowned on her by parrying and blocking all her moves and then kicking her ass with moves she had no defense for. Since then she's calmed down and taken her drubbings in stride, using them as learning experiences: She's learned to defend herself and look for openings rather than rushing in and hoping to score hits. The past two years have seen her adapt her learnings into this conglomerate style.
  • Storm Knives: Talise has a few throwing knives in her arsenal, but two of them are special gifts from Piet Wilk. Her old mentor claims to have picked them up from a Vaneish wizard when he was a young man; he passed them on to Tal when she struck out on her own, figuring she could use them in a pinch. They're simply fancy-looking throwing knives with a lightning spell woven into them; when thrown, they strike something and unleash the spell in a bomb-like lightning burst.
  • Ogre Power Gauntlets: Talise uses these gloves to account for the fact that all her friends are noodle-armed weaklings. She found the Gauntlets in a chest in an old sea cave near Salyan about a year before the game opened, punching her way through an /actual/ ogre to get them, and hasn't parted with them since. The Gauntlets, when activated, flood Talise's body with a surge of strength, enabling her to lift massive boulders - she can use them to lift massive boulders or big chests, smash open doors, you name it. The magic in the gloves is somewhat finite and takes a bit of time to recharge, but while it lasts, Tal can use the Gauntlets' strength basically the way Link uses the Power Glove in Zelda.

Relationships

The Gang of However Many People It Is Now

  • Lynnai Albrek: "I owe her for dragging me out of the bottom of that ruin, and the least I can do is help her to find her companion. But she's also a really smart person who understands a lot of things I never could. I like her a lot more than most people."
  • Ida Everstead-Rey: "I feel like I'm too stupid to hang around her sometimes, but I've learned a lot just by watching her do what she does. It's like I get less dumb just by proximity with her."
  • Sephilia Lampbright: "I never really had a little sister growing up - I was always the only kid. It's a weird feeling to be responsible for a younger person. I mean, she can take care of herself - Sephilia's no kid! It's just... kind of nice. I like it."
  • Rosaline Calice: "...Sweet Dyne's beard, I had no idea she was a total maniac behind all that sweet ditzy Etone stuff. Nice girl, though... and super handy to have along on the team. I'm growing to really like her."

Oh, I Like You

  • Hiro: "It's kind of weirdly cute but also a little disturbing how very, very dedicated he is to Lucia, but he's a pretty okay guy, and he's got his heart in the right place. Maybe we're not destined to roll together, but I'll probably lend him a hand when the time's right."
  • Jean: "She loves to drink. She loves to dance. She's friendly. She's myyyyyy kind of people."
  • Layna Manydays: "Hey, another seafarer from home! She's a good sort, and we have a few things in common. I'd love to roll with her more often."
  • Morgan Newkirk: "Oh, I definitely like him. He's a fun guy - and hot. Very hot. I'd definitely knock back a few drinks with him and break a few pieces of furniture any day of the week."
  • Ruby: "OH MY GOSH SHE'S A BABY RED DRAGON EEEEEEE THAT'S LITERALLY THE BEST THING EVER"
  • Tethelle Cirdian: "Goddess, I barely even know her and I like her. She's into swordsmanship, she seems like a free spirit, she grasps a lot about old stories... it's like we're spirit sisters. It's the best."

And I Like You Too

  • Alisha Diphda: "I really want to like her. She's very classy and seems to be a skilled fighter who likes a good song and a good tale. I just wish she weren't judging me for even talking to Hiro and Lucia. Ugh! Whatever. I'm staying out of that crap! So long as Alisha and her gang are trying to get home too, we can agree on that!"
  • Bart Fatima: "Hey, for once I'm not the only one along on a mission who doesn't have twigs for arms! Bart's a pretty competent dude and I'd roll with him any day of the week. And, heh, he's kind of my type, but I feel like Cecilia would eat me if I tried to take a run at him. Damn."
  • Cecilia Adlehyde: "Cecilia's a lot stronger than she looks for a poofy princess. She's not even that poofy! I didn't think I'd like her that much, but she can handle herself and I respect it."
  • Claude C. Kenny: "I don't quite know what his deal is - oh, wait, actually I do. He's a pretty tough dude and he handles himself alright when he's not trying to chase Zed up a tree."
  • Kalve: "I really don't know what to make of him, though Ida seems to like him. Oh well. He's reliable and he's got a good head on his shoulders. That's what counts!"
  • Leon Albus: "Quiet dude here, but a pro. I'd work with him again."
  • Lily Keil: "Another quiet one. Competent, just like Leon. I wonder how often they kiss."
  • Lucia: "I want so much to believe everything she says about Althena, but she's just so... weird. Lynnai's right about not trusting her or taking her at face value. I don't want to wade into her feud with Alisha and Sorey, either... but if she finds a way home, then we want the same thing."
  • Lunata Croze: "She's a really good cook and a really good person, and I'd teach her a song or two any day of the week! I just have to keep reminding myself not to hit on her dad. Even if he is pretty hot. --No! Bad thoughts, Talise!"
  • Noah Hawthorne: "Easy on the eyes, this one. And he can hold his liquor. I think I like him."
  • Noeline: "Goddess, I don't even like girls and I still feel like I have to tease her back. She's definitely fun and has a nice eye for fashion, though!"
  • Riesenlied: "She's one of the good ones and I respect that she took the time to warn me about the Pyre Witch going after Sephilia. I wonder what it is she's looking for here in Adlehyde? It seems like everyone loves her but I feel like I still have a lot of questions."
  • Rudy Roughnight: "This guy's either going to come back in two or three years as a world-beating superhero, or he's going to snap and kill half of us in a screaming rage. It's always the quiet ones. Poor guy."
  • Sorey: "Whatever, buddy - his beef with Lucia and Hiro is between him and those two! So long as he's the Shepherd, he has my respect. Plus he's a decent guy who knows how to handle himself."
  • Tipheria Aredor: "She seems to be really interesting. I'd love to get to know her in a situation that's less life-or-death-y."

No Thanks, I'll Pass

  • Amelia Rose: "Oh, this nasty bitch. How dare she break the lute Piet gave me! She's one of the most zealous and judgmental people I've ever met and I absolutely loathe her."
  • Kourin: "Ugh, what a pathetic whiner. I mean, I feel bad for her being an orphan and all that, but she uses it as a sob story to try and make people pity her and sympathize with the Church, and that's contemptible. And the way she hides behind it when she knows what they do is wrong is even worse."
  • Layla: "Anything that can take a knee to Althena's secret spot and not flinch is not something I want to confront. Nope. Nope nope nope."
  • Zed: "Damn it... I knew Zed was a dumb guy, but who would've thought he'd be a Metal Demon? I didn't realize how much I liked him until I had to fight him in a serious situation. And to think he'd choose to be with a guy who abuses him horribly... why?"

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  • Agatha Pyrelight: "If she wants to take a bite out of Sephilia's soul, she'll have to go through me. I just wish I were confident in my ability to stop her. I'm not even sure she's killable. If she does try to pull something, will I be able to prevent it?"
  • K.K.: "It chooses me? Why? What does the Trial Knight want with me of all people? I hate to admit it, but I'm... actually a little terrified."

Discoveries

  • A whole lot of Heal Berries, and an urchin.
  • A mysterious piece of history.

Soundtrack

Logs and Cutscenes

Chapter 1 Logs

Chapter 1 Cutscenes

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