You know, for as vast as the universe is, as big as all of creation seems to be, it seems you can't help but run into people you know. People who wander across realities or travel among the stars of their own dimension meet new people, make friends, move on... and then, somehow, they seem to run across them again, often many worlds removed from where they met, or many years later. Funny how that works.
Tavra's the former sort of wanderer, mind you. An inter-dimensional traveler, moving amongst the worlds known to the society she was born to, she's been traveling from the young age of ten. She didn't have much choice in that matter, though, when her family's home caught fire, her father cast her adrift across dimensions, and then the whole place blew up. Still, it could have been worse. After all, what were the odds that she'd wind up on a habitable world, just as someone was passing through who could and would help her?
I won't bore you with the details of her childhood. It'd take much too long, and it would really be better if you just asked her yourself. It's the end result that matters more, after all, right?
And, some fifteen years later, here she is. Tavra's grown up well, from a young girl into a rather capable mage, albeit not of the usual sort. Not surprising, though, considering her circumstances. Had a normal life been possible, she would likely have been a mage much like any other, heavily reliant on ranged attacks above other features. As things stand, though, her benefactor was a wanderer who could, perhaps, be described as a being outside of her own time. See, Tavra met a Belka Knight.
Most mages use the Mid-Child system(named after that world). Their skills lie in ranged attacks primarily, with supporting skills. Some of them can fly, others can craft illusions, still others can generate barriers and bindings, all in some combination of several of these talents. It is a system that has served them well over the years, but in recent years it has been demonstrated that the Belka system is not only valid, but devastating when used against Mid-Child mages. Not unstoppable, but your average mage is going to have a hard time.
Unlike typical mages, users of the Belka system are called Knights. They boast superior mobility and attacking power, often at the expense of range, and they're simply NOT going to have the same kind of range as a proper long-gunner mage. However, their strength and skill lets them shear through barriers and weapons alike, striking down their enemies with weapons that have been reinforced to use their specific style. Through the use of cartridges prepared in advance of a given battle, they can briefly up their combat capabilities, causing surges in power that overwhelm enemy defenses. It's pretty nifty, overall.
Tavra is a fairly typical Belka knight, overall. Like the rest, few though they may be, she's got a strong melee capability and good mobility. Boosted by her Intelligent Device, the sword named Gram, she's a force to be reckoned with. While she has Gram handy, though, she's also got a few surprising capabilities, including but not limited to Flight, Optic Camo, and Binding magic, in addition to the typical barrier defenses and strong attack spells common to the system she uses. More than that, well, you'll have to learn on your own, as I'm getting rambly and long-winded.
Physically, Tavra's fairly interesting to look at, to say the least. Her hair color isn't unusual for where she comes from, but it stands out a bit on, say, modern earth, being a light purple color, coming down to just above her rear when she wears it up in a ponytail, and just under her rump when she wears it down. Her eyes are a quite striking silvery-blue, standing out almost everywhere, and her figure speaks to long years of practice and combat experience. She's lean, and toned, sporting defined abs underneath simple, comfortable traveling clothes, often loose pants, simple boots, and a button-down shirt, reinforced in the back with leather. Around her neck, she wears a sword necklace as her only piece of jewelry, entirely lacking piercings and rings. Her only other oddity is a tattoo that you will probably never see.
As for her personality, well.. she's a bit brusque. She doesn't take kindly to things she perceives as idiocy, or stupidity, and has no patience for people who waste her time. Honestly, she could be described as a bit of a bitch, but she's worth every penny, according to her former employers(Well, the ones who didn't try to get handsy with her, anyway. Those don't want to talk about her at all). So, life goes on, she moves on, and she winds up, on occasion, in strange places... like here.
Feel free to drop me a whisper, but please, don't do so in character. I like to chat with people before I RP.
