Cye Veisi (Sigh vay-SEE)

Cye "Of the Waves," no family ties

Cye is the wayward outlander Aasimar that made the courageous move from Pascal's Omen in search of a new life after the illusion of the one they'd always known was brutally shattered. Now fallen from the purpose they believed they were born for, she wanders mainland Ostelliach in search of hope, identity, and family.

Physical Description

General Physical Condition

A lithe athlete's body that has trained since childhood in combat with reflexes quick and poised like a predator's strike. Resembles a Triton to the unassuming eye. Androgynous-feminine with a focus on function over form.

Body Features

• Slim build with muscular arms and legs, strong core

• Modest chest that is not usually bound/hidden but not emphasized

• Calloused hands of a perpetual fighter, often speckled with deep blue bruising

• Scaled skin - smooth, almost imperceptible on the face and neck, more fish-like on the extremities

• Ability to grow/create webbing in fingers/toes when swimming

Facial Features

• Mismatched blue eyes with vaguely reptilian (crocodilian) pupils, the right bearing a nasty jagged white-skinned scar vertically through the eyebrow

• Finned ears that angle back and up, splitting into 3 curves at the ends

• Slightly sharp, pointed teeth, especially when giving a smirk

Apparel & Accessories

• Loose-fitted adventurer clothing that allows for freedom of movement (especially when swimming) with the ability to easily drop/remove any belts or bags.

• Carries an aspen quarterstaff and wears no armor besides a pair of hardened leather bracers.

• The only adornment for frivolity are a set of ear piercings in the left ear (gold loops) and a chunky cord necklace laden with small wooden charms (often hidden inside top).

Mental characteristics

Personal history

Born: ??? Pascal's Omen until recently (this year). Insert a lot of trauma and conflict. Leaves Pascal's Omen for mainland, driven by grief and rage and a displaced sense of "I must find the one person I know here, for revenge or comfort, I don't even know." Find said person, take their eye out, crash in their hammock. Ta-da!

Gender Identity

Born AFAB and with little time/reason to question that for 20 years but in recent times is realizing there's more androgyny and nonbinary tint to her life. Trying out "they" pronouns but it's not a priority.

Sexuality

Pansexual/Bisexual in the "I don't really care" sort of way. Likely seesaws between a casualness with relationships and a visceral possessiveness of "her" people that would point toward relationship anarchy and polyamory if they could just work on a few things. (Little experience with actual relationships in practice.)

Education

Smart as a whip but with an education that prioritized function and survival over book learning. Literate and fluent in several languages and picks up concepts well but don't expect her to know theory. Or math.

Accomplishments & Achievements

Cye was an incredibly skilled Hand, one of the brightest of the younger generation, trained from extremely early in physical fitness, most weapons, and hand-to-hand combat. She's also an extremely skilled crafter, particularly in wood, shell, or bone, but that's not something she advertises.

Personality Characteristics

Motivation

Cye is the most dangerous type of person: burning with passion and zeal without a place to apply it. Once, it was their island and their people. Now, she is struggling to learn who a person can be when they are not molded from birth by those who see them as a tool. Her sense of connection, identity, duty, and community shattered, she seeks to rebuild that anew, starting with the one tie to her old life that still has the potential to feel safe.

Likes & Dislikes

• Likes: Saltwater taffy, making things with her hands, chilly mornings, meditation

• Dislikes: Feeling aimless, not getting enough sleep, drying out, being surprised

Personality Quirks

Often flexes her hands in a way that makes people think she's looking for a fight, but it's truly subconscious. Similarly, runs her tongue over her sharp teeth in a way that seems like a threat but is really just a tic.

Hygiene

A waterborn being that severely dislikes the dust and grit of the mainland. Strives to stay hydrated inside and out, including bathing often; ironically, however, doesn't mind dirty water. (It's the dry yuck, not the actual dirt, that's the problem.)

Social

Family Ties

As far as Cye knows, she has no birth family. She was found borne upon the shore by the waves, unclaimed and unnamed. The Hands of the island took her into their training as early as possible, an orphan-to-child-soldier pipeline for the ages. She found bonds among her fellow trainees and the children on the island, looked up to the Hands as mentors but never parental figures, and relied on the kindness of other adults (it takes a village) for warmth.

Religious Views

Once, a pseudo-religious belief in her island, her Hands, her people, and perhaps the mysterious historical figure Pascal who was said to have created it all. Now, very little, certainly little knowledge of/attention to the Ostellian pantheon.

Social Aptitude

Cye bounces between cold, pragmatic aloofness taught by the Hands and a natural instinct for mischief, merrymaking, biting wit, and irreverence. Both are sharpened by her trauma and both make her seem less approachable than she actually is. This facetious charm works well in surface-level conversations where flippant comments are charming but she doesn't often take the time or energy to delve deeper lately. Some find her rigid or standoffish, the inherent strangeness of growing up in a militant closed community impossible to shake.

Age

Early 20s

Circumstances of Birth

Borne upon ocean waves

Birthplace

Pascal's Omen

Pronouns

she/they (leans "she" out of habit)

Gender

Femme

Presentation

Feminine-leaning utilitarian/function over form

Eyes

Deep turquoise (left), milky filmed "dirty water" blue (right), vaguely reptilian (angular) pupils

Hair

Shock of white-blue short "mohawk" with close-shaved sides

Skin Tone/Pigmentation

Light teal blue scales, similar to a merfolk/triton

Height

5'8"

Related Reports

• Session 23: Drowning in the Past
• Session 24: Dipping Their Toes In
• Session 25: Jumping Right In

Known Languages

Common, Sylvan, Celestial, Elvish, Merfolk, Abyssal.