23/01/15:making kai an NPC

25/5/2014: updated Kai's personality, likes, dislikes and added a little bit to her history.

Preferred RP Style: On dA, notes and comments – I can do paragraph or script style. Or through Skype (username Idle-Emma).

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              The Useful Stuff

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- Basics -

Name: Karina Kaisen (Kai for short)
Race: Yari
Class: Crafter, Mechanist (Warrior)
Rank: Rank 3, Journeyman
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Patron Deity: Balumor, the God of fire and steel

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- Stats -

   Skill: 9
^{4 [base] + 4 [mechanist] + 1 [event]}
   Speed: 5
^{3 [base] + 2 [misc.]}
   Strength: 15
^{6 [base] + 2 [mechanist] + 7 [misc.] + 1 [rank up]}
   Defence: 10
^{3 [base] + 5 [misc.] + 1 [ad prize] + 1 [rank up]}
   Magic: 3
^{3 [base]}
   Magic Resist: 6
^{3 [base] + 2 [mechanist] + 1 [event]}
   Constitution: 11
^{5 [base] + 4 [mechanist] + 1 [misc.] + 1 [rank up]}

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- Equipment -

Weapon: Hammer, Large weapons [+2 Strength, -1 Skill]
     Weapon name: Mjölnir. "That which smashes"

Armour:
Head Slot: - - -
Neck Slot: - - -
Chest Slot: medium [+2 Defense, Mastery skill]

Ring Slot 1: - - -
Ring Slot 2: - - -
Legs Slot: medium [+2 Defense, Mastery skill]

Feet Slot: medium [+2 Defenses, Mastery skill]

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- Abilities -

School of Elements - Fire
     (1) Enhance: (passive) spell that grants harmony with the element, such as to enhance a sense (high resistance to heat, able to handle hot things with no damage [but still burned by fire])
     (2) Touch: (self-cast) using the element to enhance the caster's attack (fire imbued weapons). Buff: +1 of any stat (Skill +1). Lasts until end of battle.

Class skills
     Mastery: Mechanists get double bonuses from armor (does not apply to special stats/enchantments).
     Runecarver: Mechanists cannot cast learned spells directly; however, they can imbue ordinary objects with spells that they have learned, which will then activate under specific conditions that they determine (saying a keyword - "It's hammer time!") after they place those objects on the battlefield. (Weapon is imbued with Touch-Fire magic)

Warrior Skills

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              The Other Stuff

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- Physical -

 - Height: 5'2"

 - Hair: reddy brown (usually tied up in a ponytail)
 - Eyes: blue
Kai can see well enough in low lighting, but very strong lighting like daylight blinds her. She tends to avoid going out much in the day and when she does to covers her eyes so as to avoid damaging them.
 - Glowing marks: light blue (but covered with bandages)

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- Likes -

 + Rockcorn and rockcakes. In her spare time, Kai is fond of a bit of baking. Being a Yari though, her recipes often call for some rocks which unfortunately doesn't go down well with other races. They're just wimps anyway. The cool kids eat rocks.
 + Good quality weapons and armour. Well, she is a smith afterall. If she didn't appreciate good quality equipment, she wouldn't be any good at her job. No matter how good your equipment though, she'll probably try sell you something else, which leads to...
 + Money. Kai's very much likes money and making money. You sure you don't need a new set of boots or a chestplate? Kai thinks you do.
 + Tunnels and caves. In the first twenty-five years of her life, Kai barely left the tunnels of Folkrunn. In fact, she could probably count the number of times she stepped outside using her fingers. She feels much more at home when underground.
 + A good drink. She wouldn't call herself a heavy drinker, but she appreciated a good alcoholic beverage after a long day of smithing. Or after trekking around with her hammer. You would to if you had a hammer that size. I mean, have you seen the thing?
 + Fluffy things
 + Free things
 + The sound of thunder

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- Dislikes -

 - Bright likes and sunlight. Well, it's typical for a Yari, isn't it? She lives in tunnels with very little lighting and sunlight basically blinds her. If she had to go out during the day, it wouldn't be uncommon for her to just completely cover up her eyes and relay on her other senses.
 - Big, open spaces with sky. While some of the caves and tunnels of Blavama are quite large indeed, being in a big open space with a blue sky above her makes Kai feel rather uncomfortable and panicky. It's not so bad at night, she likes the stars but still would rather be inside.
 - Being cold. She's not really used to being cold and really doesn't like it. Her wardrobe isn't exactly suited it. She spends most of her time surrounded by the heat of forges; it's hard to be cold with them around.
 - People bad mouthing her grandfather or the Yari. She's Yari and proud. Not that she has anything against the other races, but it's well known that the Yari are the best crafters in Edia. Okay...she's slightly racist...just a little...
 - Being called Karina. She doesn't even know why herself, but she doesn't like her name which is why she goes by the name Kai. If you do call her Karina, you might find a hammer 'accidently' being dropped on your foot.
 - Tall grass
 - Bugs
 - Water (can't swim)

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- Personality -

        [ Curious ]        [ Honest ]        [ Impulsive ]        [ Persistent ]        [ Tactless ]
She is pretty open to new experiences and learning new things about people and places, so don't be surprised if she starts firing off questions. They might be strange questions, or seem a bit insensitive, but that's just Kai's style. She hasn't had much social contact outside of the Yari community and often isn't sure how to interact with others. Not that she notices though - she's a bit oblivious.
Kai's an honest girl. She doesn't feel the need to lie about things. Though she often has sarcastic responses.
Patience is a virtue...that Kai lacks outside of her smithing. While she has all the patience in the world when crafting a sword blade, that somehow goes out the window in all other aspects of her life. Rather than plan out a battle, she will rush straight in to get it over with all the sooner.
When she get's her mind set on something, she will keep at it. It could be a difficult piece of armour that she will work on for hours, or it could be a giant ant queen that has gotten on the bad side of the Yari by attacking her - Kai will keep her (admittedly rather poor) eyes on target.
Kai isn't known for discretion and subtly, she walks around with a hammer that's larger than some people and a fondness for stating the obvious. 

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- History -

Hometown: Just outside Blavama
   Kai lives underground in an area of tunnels of Folkrunn’s Spine that aren’t too frequently travelled, just outside Blavama. She lives with her grandfather, Zarayn. Though not her grandfather by blood, he is the man that raised her. Kai never really knew her mother, or who her real family was for that matter. It’s something that has secretly bothered her due to the emphasis placed on family in Yari culture. She was told by Zarayn that he found her mother one day when wandering the tunnels. She was severely injured and with child, so he took her in and cared for her. She lived long enough to give birth and see Kai reach a year old, but unfortunately died soon after that from illness. She refused to talk about her life before hand and so Zarayn was unable to find out where to bring the child. Zarayn was a bit of a hermit and social recluse who had moved to abandoned tunnels to be away from his family, but he ended up raising Kai after the death of her mother.
   Kai has lived with Zarayn her entire life and he taught Kai everything she knows about metalwork. Up until recently, her life was pretty uneventful. Due to living outside of major Yari settlements, Kai hadn't had much social interaction bar a few trips every year to sell and buy wares. When she reached adulthood, Zarayn starting encouraging her to explore more of the world and experience new things. Eventually, Zarayn basically kicked Kai out to make her leave, but in a loving way, because when she left Kai realised that she really did enjoy learning things about other people and places. 

Since Then:
   In order to explore the world some more, Kai set out to join an expedition to find a missing scout. It was an experience, to say the least. Kai met new people, discovered a strong dislike for bugs (particularly ants), and made a new friend in the form of a baby flying snake that spends most of its time either hiding from her or sitting on her head. 

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- Items -

Winged Snake
    Name: Jörmungandr. Gander for short.
Stats
    Skill: 8
    Speed: 8
    Constitution: 6
    Strength: 4
    Magic: 10
    Defense: 5
    Magic Resist: 9
Feather Mask: the winged snake can cast a minor illusion on itself that allows it to blend in with its surroundings as long as it stays perfectly still, although careful observers will still be able to spot their silhouettes
Feather Heal: the winged snake can heal itself or another target by touching them with their wings
Blessed Wings: winged snakes can dispel one harmful effect.

Crafting Materials:
  [Psyllium] x1
  [Periwinkle] x1
  [Black Poplar] x1
  [Sheepskin] x1
  [Horns] x1