Hello everyone. As I new member I wish to submit a draft for a character I wish to embody on this role play.
Name: Abena Tchani (Pronounced "Te-sha-nee" or just "Sha-Nee")
Age: 16 years
Race: Human
Alliance: Whichever alliance the Humans lie with.
Biography: Born in the African nation Cameroon, Abena was fathered by a solider in Cameroon's national army and mothered by a nurse witch doctor that tended to soldiers that were wounded in battle. Her family was upper-middle class compared to the rest of the town she was born in, but they still found it hard to provide for her and her older brother, Agoume. Even at a young age, her and her brother, who was three years older than she, had to do hard tasks around their home in order to give their parents more time to work and provide for them.
When she was nearly seven years old, a great war had erupted on the western side of Africa, and times became harder for Abena and her family. Her parents had to increase their works hours to a point where they could barely see their children awake anymore. Soon enough, Cameroon was dragged into the war, and with both of her parents being actively involved in the military, they knew that they would have to leave their children behind to join in the war effort. Her parents worried about Abena and her older brother. They knew it would be too dangerous to keep her in Cameroon with the war going on, and they realised the only way to keep their children safe was to send them away to a different part of the world.
The night before Abena's and Agoume's departure, her mother came to her in her bedroom and gave her an old, magical amulet. She told Abena, "This is a magical amulet, passed down through our family for generations. It is yours now. Keep it with you always, it will protect you well." The following morning, Abena and her older brother were brought to a NATO drop zone, where they would be brought away from the war in order to keep them safe. During the boarding of the helicopters, there was chaos, each person trying to get their child to safety, away from the war. In all the haste, Abena and Agoume were separated and boarded two different helicopters. Abena, unsure of what was happening, tugged on a soldier's arm, asking "Where's my brother?" repeatedly. The soldier knelt down and told her not to worry, that all of the helicopters were headed towards the same place, Marseilles, in France. Abena smiled and waited until the helicopter would land so she could see her brother again.
As the evacuation vehicles flew away, Abena's parents waved, crying that they would probably never see their children again, but happy that they would be in a better place. Suddenly, a harsh noise was heard. Abena's parents watched, horrified, as a trail of smoke made it way towards a helicopter. The rocket propelled grenade made contact with the helicopter Agoume was aboard, and there was a flash of light before a huge explosion brought the helicopter to the ground in a flaming pile of debris. Abena never saw her brother again.
When the helicopter landed in Marseilles, Abena smiled widely and searched frantically for Agoume. She looked to the other helicopters, but he was nowhere to be found. After a quarter-hour of searching, she went up to the same soldier she had talked to before and asked the same question as before, "Where's my brother?" She had not seen her brother's helicopter crash to the ground, incinerating all inside it. She had no heard the screams of the people on board, including her dear brother. And even if she had seen these things, she was too young to understand.
That day, she learned that she would never see her brother again, and she still had to meet her new foster family. Her new father was Benoit Cheyrou, a famous footballer who played for Olympique de Marseille, a local football team, and the French National Football Team. Her new mother was his girlfriend, Evylyn Cheyrou, an English as a Second Language teacher at Lycee Montgrand, a local high school. Due to this, her new family was very well off, and she lived a very comfortable lifestyle. However, in the coming weeks she was still sad about her brother, and barely spoke a word to anyone. Eventually she settled in, attending her foster father's football matches whenever she could.
She grew up and is currently attending high school at Lycee Montgrand. During her time there she has taken a great interest in mechanics. In her spare time, she creates little objects and used her mother's amulet to enchant them, giving them certain magical abilities. She is fluent in two languages, French and English.
Magic Level: By herself, 0. Her amulet is magical, but she cannot use it directly (like shoot lightning out of it), only to enchant other objects.
Appearance: For an African girl, Abena has fairer skin than her parents do, but is still a very dark tan color. Abena has very dark brown eyes, almost black. She is a small girl, only about 1.6 meters tall, and a mass of 44.4 kilograms. She has a very small mouth and nose. Her hair is dark brown and wavy, and it grows itself a little below her shoulder. In it she has three bands, one red, one yellow, and one green, to remind her of her home country. She also wears a Cameroon wristband at all times, along with her mother's magical amulet. She is not fond of flashy clothing, and prefers a simple black overcoat with matching black boots and gloves. Under her coat she wears a navy blue sweater and a pair of denim blue jeans.
Weapons & Equipment: As it stands Abena does not possess any weapons or equipment. However, she has the ability to create slightly magical artifacts which she could use, if such an occasion arose. These artifacts take a good deal of time and focus to make and as such, cannot be made spontaneously.
Any suggestions you might have would be greatly appreciated.
