Saskia
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basics. wrote:name: saskia corin langley
gender: female
age: twenty
orientation: homoflexible
height & build: 6' 1",
lean, muscular
hair & eyes: silver, short;
pale blue, one missing
fc: iri flina
I'M THROUGH ACCEPTING LIMITS 'CAUSE SOMEONE SAYS THEY'RE SO!
Saskia is a tough, capable young woman, trained from her childhood in the art of war, and a master at swordplay. She is more than able to make up for her half-lost sight and lack of depth perception with sheer skill, wariness, and quick reactions in the heat of battle. Born to a poor family and growing up seeing how little the king cared about his people hardened her heart against him, even as she fought in his army when she was older. When she heard about the usurper, she pledged her sword to him out of the belief that he could finally fix the country that was falling apart and full of corruption and bandits. She is often wary, cautious and mistrustful, especially of nobility and authority figures, and she usually struggles to open up to others about personal matters even if she's known them for a while. However, this does not apply when expressing her opinions and feelings about others. In this, she is honest, blunt and straightforward, sometimes harshly so.
At heart, though, she is caring and kind. She hates to see innocent people suffer and will do what she can to help them. She has a strong sense of justice and believes being idle while others suffer is one of the worst crimes there is, close to doing the actual crime yourself! She's something of a hothead, for she does not take insults lightly, whether towards herself or another that she respects, and is easily angered. This can make her rash, because once she is angered she often abandons caution. Her lack of patience can drive her to do foolish things, such as take on numbers she has no hope of defeating out of sheer blind anger and determination to obtain justice. If someone else is with her, she can be stopped by a hand on the shoulder and some reasonable words, though she will still be angry. This is not a good trait to have in battle, and she knows it. She's been lucky to avoid causing lasting issues by making impulsive choices fueled by anger. It limits her prospects of becoming more than a foot-soldier, as well as being a rare woman soldier and having one eye. Her skill is simply undeniable, though, and it balances her issues out more.
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Once Saskia trusts and believes in you, she is strongly loyal. She is protective of those she cares about- too many she cared about have been lost before- but if she feels someone she trusts has done wrong, then she will not entirely ignore it, for her sense of justice matches her loyalty. She will probably first try and figure out why you have done wrong first, though, if she has come to trust you. If she is betrayed, she is not one to easily forgive, if ever, and she will NOT forget. She is always ready for the worst to come, but she is beginning to believe that things will get better, though she doesn't let it cloud her wariness. Saskia is often determined to the point of stubbornness once she has decided on something- but she isn't entirely unreasonable, and she wouldn't be so stupid as to do something foolish just to be stubborn.
The soldier is also a workaholic, without much of a sense of humor- due to a childhood with potential danger looming over every free moment, work always had to come first, and she got very little free time. Nowadays, in her free time she is always looking for something productive to do, and gets restless without something, for she's uptight and doesn't really know how to relax. In truth, she's half-forgotten what it is to be happy and at peace, for moments like that were sparing for her, and they became all but nonexistent since her father died. But no matter what she's like, she's tired of a kingdom where the king and his daughter let crimes happen unchecked, where the country is picked apart. She wants a better ruler, and she believes the usurper is the one. She will continue to do so unless he proves otherwise.
SOME THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE BUT 'TIL I TRY, I'LL NEVER KNOW!
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