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<blockquote data-quote="JustKim" data-source="post: 5516190" data-attributes="member: 5478"><p>Yikes, sorry! I jumped into the conversation with Raef with both feet, expecting that folks would be more interested in the information that came from the conversation than the conversation itself. I'll slow it down if that's what you need.</p><p></p><p>Knowing everybody's characters has been a little puzzling for me. I sort of wrote Nafije into an awkward situation by making her a slave, before I knew that we were all old friends. It seems like most of us have painted ourselves together under the broad stroke of the Swords of Darokin organization. If you want our characters to share a more personal connection, here's what I have for Nafije.</p><p></p><p>Originally Nafije was born in Ylaruam, a quasi-Arabian nation that neighbors Darokin, Thyatis, and Karakeikos (where we are now). Her folks were horse breeders, and Nafije was a groom before she trained to become an enchanter. She may have done some studying abroad in Selenica, which is in Darokin and near Alfheim, years ago.</p><p></p><p>Once she left her tutelage, Nafije became a camp follower of a group of Ylari militants called desert riders, where she tended the horses and continued to learn magic from the band's resident wizard. Nafije followed the desert riders to a border skirmish with Thyatis, and when things went badly she was captured and enslaved.</p><p></p><p>From that time on Nafije was the slave of a nebulous Thyatian mage. Nafije's master has sent her on errands to pursue interests that he deems too dangerous or too trivial to attend to personally. Among those errands were visiting Cassi and Mikel's shop in Darokin for frequent business, and corresponding with the Swords of Darokin. During this time Nafije also resided in Thyatis, where she and Barook commiserated as second-class citizens.</p><p></p><p>I have Nafije penned as a warm and polite person, but a habitual manipulator. She can be counted on to fulfill her obligations and takes honor in the fact that she does. She follows the Eternal Truth of al-Kalim, a religion native to Ylaruam that holds the warrior Suleiman al-Kalim as prophet of the gods who guard Mystara. She loves animals and language.</p><p></p><p>Here are a couple of ideas: <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If your character visited Selenica years ago, she may have been around when Nafije took an interest in the Elven language as a young student. Maybe Shay instructed Nafije, or helped her to remain fluent, as a native speaker. I'm imagining a slow process of frequent conversations where Nafije came to master the nuances of Elven.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Despite the default flavor for 4E familiars, I like to think of Nafije's macaw Goldie as an enchanted pet. Originally I thought Goldie might have been a gift from Nafije's master, but it would be a lot more relevant if Goldie was a gift from another PC.</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JustKim, post: 5516190, member: 5478"] Yikes, sorry! I jumped into the conversation with Raef with both feet, expecting that folks would be more interested in the information that came from the conversation than the conversation itself. I'll slow it down if that's what you need. Knowing everybody's characters has been a little puzzling for me. I sort of wrote Nafije into an awkward situation by making her a slave, before I knew that we were all old friends. It seems like most of us have painted ourselves together under the broad stroke of the Swords of Darokin organization. If you want our characters to share a more personal connection, here's what I have for Nafije. Originally Nafije was born in Ylaruam, a quasi-Arabian nation that neighbors Darokin, Thyatis, and Karakeikos (where we are now). Her folks were horse breeders, and Nafije was a groom before she trained to become an enchanter. She may have done some studying abroad in Selenica, which is in Darokin and near Alfheim, years ago. Once she left her tutelage, Nafije became a camp follower of a group of Ylari militants called desert riders, where she tended the horses and continued to learn magic from the band's resident wizard. Nafije followed the desert riders to a border skirmish with Thyatis, and when things went badly she was captured and enslaved. From that time on Nafije was the slave of a nebulous Thyatian mage. Nafije's master has sent her on errands to pursue interests that he deems too dangerous or too trivial to attend to personally. Among those errands were visiting Cassi and Mikel's shop in Darokin for frequent business, and corresponding with the Swords of Darokin. During this time Nafije also resided in Thyatis, where she and Barook commiserated as second-class citizens. I have Nafije penned as a warm and polite person, but a habitual manipulator. She can be counted on to fulfill her obligations and takes honor in the fact that she does. She follows the Eternal Truth of al-Kalim, a religion native to Ylaruam that holds the warrior Suleiman al-Kalim as prophet of the gods who guard Mystara. She loves animals and language. Here are a couple of ideas:[list][*]If your character visited Selenica years ago, she may have been around when Nafije took an interest in the Elven language as a young student. Maybe Shay instructed Nafije, or helped her to remain fluent, as a native speaker. I'm imagining a slow process of frequent conversations where Nafije came to master the nuances of Elven. [*]Despite the default flavor for 4E familiars, I like to think of Nafije's macaw Goldie as an enchanted pet. Originally I thought Goldie might have been a gift from Nafije's master, but it would be a lot more relevant if Goldie was a gift from another PC.[/list] [/QUOTE]
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