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Message: <blockquote data-quote="fianasylph" data-source="post: 354600" data-attributes="member: 5179">TaliaOk, im not used to these things (and by things i mean everything from message boards to the game itself), but here is my attempt.  Yes, i know it isnt a creative feat, or even original at all, but deal.Talia Sayvil was born and spent the the majority of her life in the poorer section of Arabel.  Her family was not impoverished, but not exactly well to do either.  Her father owned one of the pubs in town; the one where people who still wanted to get drunk but couldnt afford the better places would go.  She was the youngest of 4, all girls.  Because the family had the older siblings to do the cooking and serving, no one in the family noticed anything Talia did.  She took to entertaining herself in the dining room of the pub.  Because of her small size, no one generally noticed her.  She was facinated by the things people said (especially when drunk) and soon learned a lot about the inner workings of the city.  By watching the different kinds of transactions that took place in the tavern, she learned how to tell if someone was lying. She also developed a knack for noticing little details about people; wealth, profession, nature.  At the same time she practiced the art of going unnoticed.  She could hide in shadows and become nearly invisible.  She also learned to become invisible in a crowd.  She designed herself to be entirely ordinary.  Other than her small stature, she became almost impossible to describe simply because she manipulated her appearance and manner so much that there was nothing noticable.   As most young people do, Talia started testing the limits of her freedom and eventually found that there really were none.  She started out with little things like filching the better food in the tavern, and grew to the level of a full scale thief.  She studied the craft of locksmithing to learn to pick them better; learned to hide things (herself included) so that she would be a better thief.  She trained herself to be fast, and tought herself the wisdom of the streets.  She knew that she would never be a fighter, so she trained herself in the art of deception.  She used her knowledge of the clients in her family's pub to let her know who had money and valuables, and when they would not be home.   Because she is still quite young, Talia still had a restless and rebellious nature.  Her mentality is very much "what can i get away with".  Adventuring was not anything that she had initially in mind, but it is something she has never done before and who knows, there may be some nice mansions along the way.   Being a halfling, Talia is short, but average in stature.  While she could not be called very thin, she is by no means considered fat.  Her hair is an average brown, with slight waves.  It is generally kept in a simple braid to keep it out of the way.  Her clothing is generally a brown or gray depending on the weather and time of day, and is adorned with pockets that resemble decorations so she can hide tools in easily accessable places.  She wears thin leather soled shoes so her footsteps are silent.  For longer trips, she has a riding dog, Ambrosius to carry her packs.</blockquote>

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