Legends of Belariath

Claira Mikala

A younger nymph, standing at a mere 5'3", stands cloaked in a cream colored tunic offset by her pale skin. Her eyes dance with a fire only assosciated with faery folks and are a stunning green-blue color mix. Her high cheekbones and soft features make her appear taller, more elegant as she stands there. Her hair is brushed strait back, running down into a clasped double braided style,so that the two braids curve up and back to link with each other, held by a gold clasp where they meet. Her hair is a mix of colors as well, maintaining the feel of brown but the light causes her highlights to go from red to green to blue as you watch her move. She wears a bodysuit under her cloak which hugs her small frame. Her chest is masked by the suit, though is clearly not very well endowed. She wears a sturdy but lightweight belt, which holds three small pouches on her left side. Her skin blends into patterns of blue surrounded in a red lining at parts of her skin, resembling the surface of a flower indiginous to her home, the beautiful, but poisonous, Loubictis Orchid. Her outfit reveals a large pattern on her thighs, as well as the pattern of her shoulders.

She is adorned with a cloak of green and brown fabric which drapes across her shoulders, linking in front of her collarbone with a brown carved link. Her right calf is adorned with a golden brown anklet which wraps around her ankle and lower calf in an intricate pattern of knots and swirls, surrounding a piece of stone, a piece of sea glass, and a piece of petrified wood set into a mounting together. Her feet are simply adorned by leather sandals. She carries a Glaive, using it primarily as a walking stick, but the 6 and a half foot weapon is more than a staff with it's curved blade at the end. It too has a pattern on it, a simple curled pattern of blue on the blade and a red band on the staff.

Like most Nymphs, Claira was raised amongst the forest. She was fortunate enough to have early experiance with several races that inhabited the nearby region. Her father was one of the proud guardians of the area of her birth, while her mother was a talented magic user. While her sister, Riana, became skilled in magic and followed after her mother, Claira took the role of protector and followed her father's order.

She did not take entirely after her father. Claira realized the value of subterfuge in protection of nature. She learned how to use a Glaive, a fast and agile pole arm known for speed and precision, as well as developed her own skills of hiding and stealing things. Orriginally a childhood hobby, she now impliments these skills to help stop harm from coming to nature or her friends. Only recently setting off on her own, Claira has come to the Lonely Inn in efforts to learn more and expand her horizons regarding the human, and non-human worlds.

She began her travels in the Barbarian lands near her home, where she fostered with a young Barbarian girl, Freya. Freya taught Claira about many of the fundamentals of fighting, as well as the value of wearing clothing. After a few months, Freya's father insisted that the Nymph leave the Barbarian camp. Claira did not understand her effect on the men of the camp, and only the promises made to Freya while Claira was not around kept the naive girl from trouble.

Claira set out on her own way, entering the world wide eyed and ready to advance herself in the ways of being a guardian. She was told by a wandering caravan to travel on the road to the north... that there was an inn where she could train is located... She could never guess what lay ahead at the Lonely Inn.

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