3. The Steps of a Murderer

The Steps of a Murderer

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    Acct Name: ManMyths
    Char Name: Valinda Heartseeker
    (Somehow mixed this up in character descriptions. Apologies.)

    Born in a small, now non-existant village, Valinda was brought into a world of poverty and famine. Her parents were farmers whose crops had long ago died and could not afford a new harvest.

    On the eve of her eleventh birthday, a plague swept the land, completely wiping out all but a handful of the villagers, Valinda included. Both her parents were taken almost immediately, succumbing to horrible coughing fits before choking to death on their own blood. The images of those days have been firmly imprinted upon Valinda's mind.

    Shunning the few remaining survivors, Valinda left her home, heading southwards. Braving the harsh winter that followed the plague was a mixture of luck and desperation, as she neared death from the combination of chilling winds and lack of sustenance, she was discovered by a heavily cloaked man, who referred to himself as Rapier.

    Rapier taught the young girl the art of moving like the wind, and of making oneself seemingly vanish from the average person's sight. He also provided her with martial training, teaching her the intricacies of the blade. He neglected however, to teach her any form of social skills, being a naturally quiet and detached figure himself. Their conversations were brief, rarely using speech but instead a form of sign language that was primarily used for tracking.

    But one day but a few short months later, Rapier was gone. Valinda woke to find his gear missing, and Rapier nowhere in sight. There were no tracks to be found, not that she expected any, in fact the only proof the mysterious figure had ever been with her was a few meager rations he had left by the dwindling fire, proof he had not entirely abandoned her.

    With no goal in life Valinda quickly sought out the nearest town for refuge, where she turned to petty larceny to make a living. It wasn't long however before the town guard had an arrest warrant out on her head, forcing her to make a tight escape over the walls in the black of night, followed close at heel by a unit of the town's finest.

    Having realised that theft was not quite the fufillment of her talents, Valinda sought a new occupation. It was in Amn she realised her instinctive knack for the shadowing and dispatchment of other human beings. By now, at the early age of fifteen, she had long since abandoned any notions of honor or decency, thinking of other human beings in a detached, uncaring manner. She was now a hired assassin, equipped with her sharp intellect and even sharper retractable wrist blades.

    Amn was the perfect place to practice her new artform, political assassination being at the time one of the most popular choices for government promotion. As her name spread, so did the rumours of her heritage. Demon, some whispered, others claimed she was the avatar of Nerull himself. Valinda was content to let this fear-mongering go on unabated, it made employment far easier to find.

    Having left Amn, Valinda has travelled to Narfell based on information that a mark has fled to exile somewhere in Peltarch. She is bound to stay until either new information arises of the mark's location, or he is eliminated. Until either occur she will get to know her surroundings, memorising select locales for possible ambushes, and particular individuals who might be able to aid her, whether willingly or otherwise.

    //In Game Note: Retractable Wrist Blades are taken as dual short-swords, aesthetic value will have to take a back-seat 🙂


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