Estelle

• Name: Estelle
• RPer: Not FD
• Sex: Female
• Rank: Sterem
• Age: 14
• Height: 5' 3"
• Weight: 79 lbs
• Weapon: Some sort of knives, balanced for throwing, but not specifically designed for such. A shortbow, if she really has to use one.
• Amour: Some sort of leather bracers. Noticeably thicker on the inside of the wrist. Some leather padding on the elbows, knees, shoulders, and thighs of her clothing.
• Description: Small! She has short (manageable!) red hair, green eyes, and lots of freckles. Short, thin build. Looks...well...like a kid. Which she is.

Estelle. She has no last name. Why? Because, well, she's a street urchin. No way around it. She doesn't even remember her parents, and doesn't remember who exactly gave her that name. All she knows is that as long as she can remember, she's lived alone, on the streets, stealing what she could to get by.

At a young age, however, she developed a habit. A pretty bad habit, from some points of view. She started sneaking into the Temple of Water, and watching the beginners classes being taught. She had some very clever ways of getting to the island that the temple was located on, sometimes involving rafts, or even grappling hooks!

Anyways. She snuck into the temple, and began learning magic! This wouldn't have been quite so unusual, except for that problem that usually, to learn magic, one had to be initiated into the order. Which she hadn't been.

It went on for years. Sneak in, sneak out, avoid getting caught. Well, one day, she was. The guards were just going to throw her back on to the street, too, except they were stopped by a slightly higher ranking clergymen. It seemed that he had noticed that the young lady was, well, casting magic.

Before long, Estelle found herself initiated into the order. It was pretty swell for her, and she wondered why she hadn't thought of that to begin with. And she was able to start casting more complex magic, to boot! Hooray! Anyways. Yada yada, research. They found that for some reason, her aura was able to power small spells, even without being initiated. It added a bit of extra 'oomph' to her spells afterwards, too. They gave her some sort of last name, too, but it was mighty generic, and she doesn't even remember what it was.

So, she's in the order now, for better or worse. They're not sure whether it was destiny or a freak accident that brought her to them...all they know is that it'd be dumb to leave her out in the street, as is.

The order knows that Estelle is still here by choice. After all, she had spent years sneaking in and out of the temple before they even knew she was there, and knows the ins and outs of the temple architecture quite well. They are, however, thankful that she IS choosing to be there, rather than going and casting water magic at random and giving them a bad name. Well, except when she sneaks out at night to do something more fun than sleep.

Estelle is skilled in the basics. In fact, even with those a couple ranks higher than herself, it's hard to find someone who can cast the small spells faster or more effectively. She's learning the slightly more complex spells, though she's a bit impatient about it, now that she doesn't have the option of sneaking out of class. Speaking of which, she's a pretty stealthy lass, when she wants to be. She knows basic knife fighting and marksmanship, and is really starting to get a hang on this "reading" thing.

Personality-wise, Estelle tries to be nice. She really does. However, there's a lot of social unlearning that has to go on before she will really fit in with polite society. As is, she's not particularly well mannered, or patient, and likes to state things in as straight-forward a manner as possible. Also, she really doesn't understand the animosity between the orders, and has taken it upon herself to be in fire and air controlled areas whenever possible, despite the fact that everyone tells her that's a very bad idea.