Kalayah

Standing a modest five foot four inches, the young woman you see here is carrying around a broadsword and a large kite shield slung on her back- obviously not for decoration, the weapon and shield are austere and virtually undecorated.

By bizarre contrast, the young woman herself does not seem clad for battle. Her dress is of an odd enough shape to barely qualify- there is no word for the garment's nature. It seems to consist of two broad swathes of bold-blue cloth, one hanging down her front and the other behind. This cloth is not quite as wide as her collarbone, and surprisingly thin white laces hold it together on the sides from mid-bust to mid-hip. The cloth itself seems silky and light, though the 'skirt' hangs as though weighted thoroughly at the ends. Her boots are the only part of her garb that seems right for a combatant, heavy white leather thickly embracing either foot and ankle on up to the thickest bulge of calf muscle. Topping the ensemble off as it were is a heavy blue cloak in the same shade as the main garment, bound about her neck with many loops of silvery chain. In any other situation, that sort of clothing would be for the sake of a harlot, displaying her wares- as it displays the fit but clearly soft body of the young woman, broad curve of hip and a bust generous but not enough so to be troubling.

In any other situation.

In this one, though, it clearly serves an entirely different display- a display of the heavy tattooing of the woman's sides. Both sides of her in their entirety (excepting the undersides of her arms) are tattooed with blue shapes, interlocking without ever quite touching, some of which resemble glyphs. From her temples and hairline down the sides of her head (excepting her ears), down both sides of her neck and spilling over both shoulders, the tattoos also cover the outward half of either breast and both sides of her body, running down further to cover the outward half of either leg (and foot for those who get to see her feet) as well as the outer halves of both arms. Her garment seems to have been designed with the sole intent of displaying these areas of her body as much as possible- a goal which it succeeds admirably.

All of this aside, it's worthy of note that she moves more like a dancer than a warrior.

Who is she? Why is she here? Why is she how she is?

Well. She may tell you- if you ask. If you ask.

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Height: 5'4"
Weight: 130 lbs
Hair Length: 2' 6"
Hair Color: Bright Fiery Reddish-Orange
Eye Color: Forest Green
Skin Tone: Pale Caucasian
Bust: C-D
Age: Uncertain, suspected roughly 20 years