Talra

Talra

Species: River Otter

Gender: Female

Position aboard ship: Quartermaster/Rank: First Mate

Age: 30

Appearance: Talra has a tall, rangy build, dark brown fur, and dark green eyes. She has a long, thin, scar on her face under her left eye that runs from the bridge of her nose, along the underside of her eye socket and runs from the outer corner of her eye, down her cheek to the corner of her mouth, forming two points of a triangle.

The words "In Aeternum Vive"  are tattooed on her right forearm, the letters are in a small circle surrounding the Jolly Roger.

Personality: Incredibly intelligent, solemn and generally quiet, an expert in fencing. Puts more faith in blades than in firearms. Has a roguish side; doesn't drink much, but will pretend to be drunk to catch her enemies off guard. Is insulted by being called a "goodbeast" and takes the term "vermin" as a compliment.

Clothing: Talra wears a long-sleeved red tunic and black vest, black boots, a light steel cuirass worn only during battle, and two black bandannas, one tied around her forehead and the other around her neck.

Equipment: Talra has a shoulder belt over her left shoulder that holds her main weapon, a silver-hilted fencing rapier with a square blue gem set in the pommel stone, and her backup weapon, a matching dirk. Both blades are laced  with adder venom. Her other equipment includes a small bag with a mortar, pestle and adder fangs in it, a brass spyglass, moneybags and copper scales to weigh money for the crew, quills and ink and parchment to write letters, contracts and the Articles of Piracy.

Background: Talra's adoptive mother, a vixen named Vanatha, knew the Carrion's captain when they were children. She found Talra in an abandoned otter holt on the Far North Coast, she was just a cub clinging to the dead body of her mother. Vanatha took the baby otter and raised her as her own daughter. When Talra came of age she was sent to work for the captain and has since risen through ranks.

Talra sees her facial scar as a badge of honor: She got it defending Captain Buckley one day when she jumped between the captain and a weasel assassin attacking with a dagger; Talra took a blow to the face that was meant for Buckley. Even though partially blinded by her own blood, the otter managed to kill the assassin. She's recorded as screaming "I'm fine, make sure the captain's safe!" as the doctors were working on her.

Nicknames: Talra goes by the nickname "Bloodrudder" to everybeast aboard except Captain Buckley; the captain's the only creature Talra allows to use her real name, it's an ongoing sign of trust and closeness between the two.

Character Theme: The Medallion Calls

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqE8deCknKY