Name: Azaelyn Velrose
Real Name: Azaelyn Hightear
Age: 46
Height: 5'0
Weight:105 lbs
Race: Moon Elf
Hair: Long and black, she keeps it loose and rarely ties it back or puts it up.
Eyes: deep violet
Skin: milky white
Identifying Marks: she has a rose tattoo on her left breast
Deity: Shar
Class/Lvl: 7 rogue/ 10 ninja spy

Family – Until recently, she had no knowledge of her family. She met a male who claimed to be her brother, his name is Solri, but she isn't sure she believes the tale he spins entirely. The Hightears were a known family of thieves and gypsies, or so she was told, but her mother and father have since passed away. Solri and Azaelyn are thought to be the only known survivors of the family.

Personality – Azaelyn has a confused soul, but there are many things about her that are constant. She's cold and rarely warms to another being. Aside from Misery and perhaps Exile, anyone else she had allowed to get to know her has seemed to betray her in some manner. She's got a very dark and dry sense of humor, finding humor in some of the strangest things. She tends to worry, and likes to have most things planned out perfectly, covering all of her bases before something can go wrong.

Background- As a child, Azaelyn's family left her in the southern city of Halarahh, in the Shining South. Abandoned, the girl who was raised from an early age as a pick pocket, forged her life there, scraping out a measly existence. One day however, she chose the wrong target, a Crinti female who was visiting the city from her own western region of Dambrath. Caught red handed, the female took Azaelyn back to Dambrath, for what Azaelyn was most certain would be her death, but instead, the child thief was gifted to her daughter who had just come of age and was striking out on her own in the world, building her own house and name within their Crinti city. Azaelyn was the be a slave. In later years, she had come to find out that her salvation had been her exotically colored eyes. Azaelyn's mistress, who used the house name of Velrose, branded the young girl with the tattoo on her chest, marking the raven haired child as her property. In the beginning, she was simply what one would call a lady in waiting, preparing her mistress' hair and clothes for the day, even going so far as to apply make up and bath the woman. It wasn't the life she wished for, and yet it was far better than living in the alleys of Halarahh. She couldn't complain.

As Azaelyn aged, two things happened. The first, was one day, through sheer happenstance, she caught the eye of a male from the east. She was still young young for an elf, but something about her grace and the way she moved caught his eye, showing that there was potential in this female. Taking her under his wing, in secret she thought, she began her training as a ninja spy. However, it was not in secret, for her Mistress knew all about it, and in fact, rather liked the game of watching Azaelyn try to sneak undetected from the house to meet with her teacher. It would all come to good use in the future anyhow.

The second thing to happen, was as Azaelyn aged and grew, it was becoming apparent that her body was developing into something to be desired, a female through and through, she had more curves than typical elven girls. Her Mistress used this to her advantage, often having Azaelyn and another house slave of hers, a crinti female by the name of Danae dance and “perform” as lovers as part of a show for her friends and at parties. Erotic entertainment was not unheard of, but to have it between a crinti female and a pale elven girl was so taboo!

The pair became quite popular, but they sought solace in one another, forging a closeness and a friendship that helped both cope, especially when one of them was “hired” out for the evening by one of the other Matrons within the city.

Azaelyn's training became more and more demanding, and soon she was pulled from the entertainment circuit all together. Her mistress revealed to her that she knew of her training and would soon be sending her out to work as her own personal assassin. Azaelyn didn't argue, for despite everything, her life was comfortable. She had fine things, a roof over her head and food in her belly.

She became the assassin her Mistress wanted her to be, serving loyally, though now, with her travels and missions taking elsewhere, even outside of Dambrath at times, she couldn't help but become curious. What else is out in the world? Was this everything?

One night, Azaelyn decided to take the reigns of her life into her own hands. She had been plagued for most of her young life by visions and whispered words from her goddess Shar, she was given another vision, one that showed her covered in blood and breathing heavily as she ran from the gates of the city. She took this as a sign. She knew she would never be allowed to leave her servitude, so she made a drastic decision. Her Mistress would be killed. She did the deed herself, leaving her with her throat slashed and bleeding all over her chamber floor, Azaelyn fled the city, heading first to the east, to Halruaa. From there she moved north, venturing across the mountain chain known as the North Wall. The entire time she traveled, Shar's words bore into her mind,”You will meet misery on the road, and you must utilize it.”

There she came across a small caravan heading south. Seeing that they had an apparent prisoner, judging by the drow or crinti male (she couldn't tell what he was from this far) who was shackled and in chains, she decided to slip into the shadows, remaining unseen from the guards on horseback. As they passed by, she watched with wide and amazed eyes as the male managed to slip from his bindings, breaking free of the guards and actually killing his captors without weapons. Azaelyn couldn't help but smile to herself at the scene. Waiting a few moments, she revealed herself to the male, eying him curiously because of the darker skin and his violet streaked hair. After speaking with the drow male, and discovering his name was Misery, she asked him to come along with her, traveling north and far from the area known as the Shining South.

Abilities-

Ki Breath- she has the ability to focus her ki to hold her breath.

Poison Use- She trained in the use of poison and cannot accidentally poison herself if applying poison to a weapon.

Slow Fall- As long as she is within arms reach of a wall, she can use the wall to slow her descent if she is falling.

Improved Evasion- She can avoid magical and unusual attacks with great agility.

Sneak Attack- If she can catch an opponent off guard, she has the ability to strike a vital place on her enemy's person for extra damage.

Acrobatics- She is especially adept at balancing, climbing, jumping and tumbling, even in certain circumstances that it would not be normally possibly.

Leap of the clouds- Her ability to jump upwards is not limited according to her height.

Hide in Plain Sight- As long as she is within 10 feet of a shadow, she can hide herself from view in the open without anything to actually hide behind. She can't hide in her own shadow though. >_<

Water Walk- She can walk on any liquid as if it were solid ground.

Thousand Faces- She has the ability to change her appearance at will.

Poison Immunity- She is immune to all poisons.

Slippery Mind- She can escape magical affects that would otherwise control her.

Abundant Step- She can slip magically through spaces.