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Sah'el is a drow and a fairly typical one at that: red eyes, ebony skin, white hair which she keeps in a tight braid. Her face is somewhat broader than the norm for an elf, and her nose a little flat, making her somewhat less than a classical beauty. She usually wears simple yet comfortable dark outfits that allow her a good freedom of movement. She carries around a few bladed weapons and at least her trusted old guitar, but often also a heavy backpack filled with things such as books, scrolls, and bundles of cloths containting whatever old thing she recently managed to dig out. Unless she is just back from the Outlands, she usually keeps herself very clean, which can be a rare sight in the Lower Ward. There are always a few guitar strings tied around her left wrist, and also what appears to be a tiny piece of crystal. | Sah'el is a drow and a fairly typical one at that: red eyes, ebony skin, white hair which she keeps in a tight braid. Her face is somewhat broader than the norm for an elf, and her nose a little flat, making her somewhat less than a classical beauty. She usually wears simple yet comfortable dark outfits that allow her a good freedom of movement. She carries around a few bladed weapons and at least her trusted old guitar, but often also a heavy backpack filled with things such as books, scrolls, and bundles of cloths containting whatever old thing she recently managed to dig out. Unless she is just back from the Outlands, she usually keeps herself very clean, which can be a rare sight in the Lower Ward. There are always a few guitar strings tied around her left wrist, and also what appears to be a tiny piece of crystal. | ||
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Revision as of 15:36, 5 April 2015
| Sah'el | |||||||
| Female Drow | |||||||
| Player: Saerel | |||||||
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| General Information | ||||||||||
| Full Name: | Sah'el | |||||||||
| Nicknames: | She sometimes mention being kind-of-a-Dancer for Aerenxa | |||||||||
| Age: | 170 | |||||||||
| Deity: | Unknown | |||||||||
| Alignment: |
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| Occupation: | Dancer/Musician | |||||||||
| Faction/Rank: | Bleak Cabal. | |||||||||
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| Physical Attributes | ||||||||||
| Height: | 5'5" | |||||||||
| Weight: | *Stare* | |||||||||
| Eyes: | Red | |||||||||
| Hair: | White | |||||||||
| Complexion: | Dark drow | |||||||||
| Physical Build: | Dancer | |||||||||
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| Skills | ||||||||||
| Dance, Song, Conversation, Dodging Questions, etc. | ||||||||||
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Appearance
Sah'el is a drow and a fairly typical one at that: red eyes, ebony skin, white hair which she keeps in a tight braid. Her face is somewhat broader than the norm for an elf, and her nose a little flat, making her somewhat less than a classical beauty. She usually wears simple yet comfortable dark outfits that allow her a good freedom of movement. She carries around a few bladed weapons and at least her trusted old guitar, but often also a heavy backpack filled with things such as books, scrolls, and bundles of cloths containting whatever old thing she recently managed to dig out. Unless she is just back from the Outlands, she usually keeps herself very clean, which can be a rare sight in the Lower Ward. There are always a few guitar strings tied around her left wrist, and also what appears to be a tiny piece of crystal.
A small pewter badge has now found its place pinned on the shawl she usually wears, marking her affliation to the Bleak Cabal.
This drow is not exactly known for her wide range of facial expressions. She rarely smiles, almost never laughs though she does seem to have a certain skill for frowning and scowling. Even when she stands perfectly still, her fingertips are calloused from the strings of her guitar, and usually drumming on something, as if following a tune no-one else can hear. She has a low-pitched, alto voice, not unpleasant to hear when she sings.
Personality and relationships
Sah'el's personality is sometimes difficult to follow. She is usually calm and polite if not particularly friendly, though she is not shy at expressing exactly what she feels -when she wants to. Innocence, soft-hearted people and excessive cheerfulness already irritated her before she joined the Bleakers, and that certainly didn't help.
Senna is probably the closest to a traditionnal 'friend' that Sah'el has. She regularly spends some time alone with the girl, and appears to implicitly trust her.
To say that The Machinist is a friend of Sah'el would be an overstatement bordering on a lie; while there does seem to be a working relationship between the two, she doesn't hesitate to express her irritation over some aspects of his character, and the opposite is equally true. "We would both rather drown in the Styx", answered Balthazar to a berk who thought there might be some kind of romance between the two. If the rumours are true, though, she's been working for him at least on a couple of occasions- and one of the Tytatus Theater's pianists happens to be a mechanical scarecrow made by him.
Much more simple is the quiet companionship she sometimes shares with Saevio. The two seem to enjoy the other's uncomplicated, direct approach to life and though they are very different personnality, interests and goals, the drow relaxes in the company of the barbarian. Both of them are rather obsessed by their respective work, and as residents of the Lower Ward, they occasionally take a break together.
Sah'el seems to hold the wizard Alec in high regards, and always adresses him with polite respect. Since she joined the Bleakers, he has been seen around the Tytalus a few times. Besides, Niki and him allowed her to use the Archives to train and work when she did not have a safe place to do so, for which she is grateful.
Most of the workers of the Tytalus would not be considered to be Sah'el's friends, yet she has developped a strong protective attitude towards them. Whether they are simple cleaners (and there is work to do, with all the dust and foul smoke coming in from the Lower Ward!) or artists, she treats them all with a polite respect, and keeps a sharp eye on whatever could threaten them. One of them in particular, the comedian Yvan, appears to have developped a fondness for the drow and has taken up the responsability of ensuring that she doesn't forget little details like eating.
Is her immense talent the reason why Sah'el is so fiercly protective of Aerenxa? The one who calls herself the Weird Girl has been the main dancer of many a performance at the Tytalus, and Sah'el gives her a sort of respect that very few others get from her. Some say the two women have a long history of struggles and survival at eachother's side. Others, that the drow is merely, like many others, falling for the charm of the elven dancer.
History
Sah'el makes no secret of the fact that she was born in a "normal" drow house, somewhere in the Underdark on Toril. During an Eilistraean raid on her house, she was considered young enough to be saved and was taught to dance, and play music. What happened then is not very clear, but she left them as soon as she reached adulthood.
Her travels led her to Ironridge. This is where she settled, bought her own music shop, where she kept a gallery of odd instruments and welcomed a gallery of odd people. Then Ironridge was destroyed, she lost everything, and somehow ended up in Sigil. There she showed interest in the Tytalus, which she ended up running.
The Tytalus Theater
Chant
This drow woman is said to share her time between the Tytalus Theater, the Archives, and various ruins in the Outlands. The Tytalus clearly occupies most of her mind, between taking care of its people and organizing performances in which the dancer Aerenxa usually holds a central role, and sometimes -when time allows- actually dancing and playing music. When she is not in her theater, she can be found either in the Archives, sitting swamped in open books, or one one of her archeology sites in the Outlands, covered with mud.
She's a bard alright- clearly there is nothing more important than music in her life- a fact she doesn't even try to conceal. To a point where most berks'd consider her more than a little barmy. But maybe that's due to joining the Madmen? Either way she is known to wander for weeks in the Outlands, seemingly aimlessly, "for her archeology researches" she says. But then does she evern know what she's looking for? Why does a musician even care about traces of the past in the ever-shifting Outlands?
Whatever qualities she might have, she doesn't have a reputation for courage. Hiding and running away from dangerous situations are two of her specialties. Whether that really helps keep a drow alive is up for debate, but either way she doesn't particularly care to pretend being something else than a coward.