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DISLIKES: Briste's hatred of the world and her circumstances results in her disliking most things. She hates her job- though not the actual killing, just the tedium. She hates socializing, aside from Rum. She hates herself, especially, though she doesn't realize.
The first few moons of Briste's life were peaceful. She was born to a young woman named Illumi, her surname Pond because... well, Briste was a bastard. Her father was a tom from an esteemed family, Arthur Thorn, though Briste has never known his name.
The Thorns paid a mighty sum to Briste's mother when she was born, intended to support the child. Illumi insisted that he would have raised Briste if he had been allowed- but his family's pressures had not allowed for that, and so Briste was alone with her mother.
When she was 12 moons old, the Stepping Stone Massacre occurred. It was an evisceration of The Thorns- and Briste watched as Illumi was killed trying to defend her, and she herself was then taken hostage.
They questioned her about the money Illumi had been given, and despite repeated insistence that she didn't know where her mother had hidden it, the bandits tortured the child for days. She lost an eye, and many scars were permanently left marking her body.
Briste finally managed to get a single foreleg free. She panicked trying to protect herself, and drove her arm into the eye socket of the cat trying to pin her down again. She killed him instantly, of course- and when the Man in the Cloak arrived, it was to see Briste painted in the blood of the man to her elbow, struggling to untie herself.
The Man in the Cloak took her away from Marshfall, to a place called Dune's Hold. He taught Briste to defend herself, and support herself through assassins work. Her magic was perfect for it, having manifested soon after her torture- she could meld with shadows.
Once she was stable, and 18 moons old, he left her, and she began to support herself and help one other kid in the area- another shadow user, a child named Rum Blackmane.
Rum was only 6 moons younger than Briste, but Briste became protective of her, and spent much of her extra time there. They are independent agents, and don't always stay near one another, though their magic compliments one another, and Briste views her as a sister figure.
- Briste can be drawn with or without her blindfold, but it's more common for her to wear it
- Briste's facial markings are asymmetrical
- Briste's scars are asymmetrical, she is missing one eye
- Briste's eyes are golden
- Briste is a reltively shorthaired cat
- Briste is a powerful combatant and is usually in deadpan
- Briste is the bastard and now orphaned daughter of Lord Arthur Thorn
- She knows she's of noble blood in Marshfall but not her true identity
- Briste and Rum do not know they are second cousins, but are close like sisters
- Briste is an extremely dangerous combatant, she shoots to kill from the start
- Briste's magic is the ability to merge with shadows, at least that's the extent of it she's aware of
- Briste has lived on the streets since she was 6 moons old or so, and is scrappy because of it
- Briste trains in excess, both magic and physically
- Briste enjoys hunting and other sports like it
- Briste is a big foodie
- Briste likes heights and climbing the buildings in Dune's Hold
- Briste is interested in horses but hasn't had much of a chance to work with them
- Briste is resentful of what happened to her, and as such is fixated on "overcoming" that tragedy
"It's been a long day, and a conversation sounds like nothing but a headache. Leave me alone."
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