Amber Sareth

Name: Amber Sareth
Gender: Female
Age: 19
Race: Kazuth
Birthplace: N/A - for the moment, still talking with Pat
Occupation: Thief
Affiliation: N/A

Allignment: Chaotic Neutral

Hair Color: Dark
Hair Length: Short
Eye Color: Amber
Skin Tone: Pale Caucasian
Height: 5'5" ft
Weight: 110 lbs
Body Type: Lithe - Slim
Distinguishing Marks: Her Feline traits.

(( Amber is the fourth - fifth decendant of my original character from Olden, before the change of Era.
She was caught stealing from the head of the guards' house and was put to work as a domestic servant, cleaning his house and tending to minimal chores that he couldn't be bothered with.
I believe he was married to Shelob back then... I'm not entirely sure anymore, but this is basically what happened to the original character after she's grown up. ))


The sun light streamed brightly through the windows of the keep as the day faded into the evening, the sun perfectly positioned to pour its light directly into the windows that faced it now, said light pooling on the ground, warming it considerably and providing the room with a rather cozy feel to it - and yet one of slight disappointment as the day was visually coming to an end. The brightly was brightly lit thanks to torches hanging on the walls near doors to clearly mark out every exit and entrance though special care was taken to keep the open flames far from any books or wooden shelves. A woman wandered the great library with a thin wooden stick in her hand, holding it much like one would hold a wand, the tip of said stick baring a small flame and emitting a white fume that smelled faintly of pine. The woman took care to use her extra hand as a shield to protect the flame from any wind as she moved from table to table lighting each and every candle in preparation for the night. Her chores for the day were done, and no one had assigned her any more duties for the night, meaning that - were she to remain quiet and out of the way - she could easily spend the rest of the day and night doing whatever she pleases.

With the candles now lit, the woman shook the stick until the flame withered and died, placing the stick down onto a table before resuming her aimless wandering through the rows of shelved books that laid in the vast room. History books, books written on human anatomy, alchemy books, novels... These shelves held them all, and they were ripe for the picking, yet none really struck the girl or poked at her interests. Were you to ask her what her opinion was on reading, she would have scoffed and waved you off dismissively, being that she used to be illiterate and rather uneducated in her childhood. Now, however, the woman had grown. Ever since she had been caught stealing from the head guard's home, she had been kept as a servant. Mind you, said guard took pity on her - and she was quite grateful for it, given how easily he could have simply let his anger get the better of him. He had instead 'offered' her a career, one that she could not refuse merely because he left her no choice. For her crimes, she became a servant and a maid, cleaning the very house she had stolen from and tending to the castle's hygienic needs with a broom and duster. At first, she was resentful, but she very quickly came to accept her role; she was fed, she was allowed to bathe and sleep in a bed, and she was offered the chance to learn to read. It was - really - all that a peasant, or a petty thief, could ask for. Besides, she was rather fortunate; her kind was renowned for being slaves, and yet she was hardly that, she was more of a domestic servant.

As she roamed the aisles, a certain book caught the woman's eye. Her feline ears twitched and her brow quirked; the book she had spotted was a brightly colored little thing... Well, not exactly 'little'. She reached for it and slipped it from its resting place, giving it and it's neighbors a peek. Their titles were of magical origins, books written by mages and individuals whom have followed mages. A book of sorcery and magical spells as it were. Oh, she's seen magic before, yet she's never thought anything of it. Magic was in the blood, was it not? Yet, the idea of learning about this field intrigued her - she was oh so giddy to learn to snap her fingers and evoke a flame in the palm of her hand, or cast a spell to create a bright and dazzling light. It was an exciting prospect, but those were farfetched ideas. Still, the woman carried the small stack of books back to a candle lit table and opened the first on the pile. The night was hers, and she decided to spend it by exercising her rather fortunate skill of literacy.

Night after night, the Kazuth woman returned to the library and studied these books out of wonder and intrigue. Though she tried on her own, there was no magic spell she could cast, she was simply not experienced enough with such a subject. However, after months of reading and re-reading, the woman decided that chasing this casual interest was better than simply sitting and rotting during her downtime. A maid - once her chores were done - had nothing more to do than wait and sleep until her schedule began anew, so why not become productive with such time? The woman sought out the keep's most talented magic users, requesting a tutor to help her the arts of 'magic'. Many of which scoffed and laughed at the amateur that did not recognize the different fields and branches of magic that there were, but many still took her under their wing. As amusing as she was, it was quite flattering to them to have a student oh-so interested in learning and hearing them speak.

From then on, the woman had no time to herself; every hour she could spare, she spent it learning, attending to the sorcerers' lessons in magical arts, even learning about alchemy and chemistry to a certain degree. Yet, still. Nothing came to her. The woman was unable to evoke the slightest of magical energy. It was only when - after a good year spent under their wing - that the woman had managed to successfully cast a spell. The spell itself was a failure, but she had cast it - a sign of progress, and a sign of promise. Oh sure, it was a minor spell, moving a marble across a table, but it was done by a user that had previously never even attempted to cast any sort of magic. There was no magic in her blood as far as she knew, but she had done it.

Progress came slowly, but surely. Time went on, and the woman's knowledge grew. Specialization was never really in her reach, yet she still was allowed to learn a very vast amount of information on the fields and schools of magic. Though her skills never past beyond the point of healing a simple wound, or making a round object roll under its own will, she was still extremely pleased. When the time came, she took her daughter under her own wing, teaching her from a young age the knowledge she had worked so hard to attain. The sorcerers, old and worn by time, also aided the young one in her lessons, taking the new blood as their new student. Knowledge and skill ever growing as the child held clear signs that her mother's blood and hard earned 'prowess' in the magical arts had descended unto her.

That child would then teach her own child some day, and their blood would only grow thicker with energy and essence. However, the daughter's child would not follow anymore lessons as the sorcerers expired, their lives ended by time and age. Said child would seek to travel and escape her mother and grandmother's lives spent within the castle walls and soon she would escape, venturing forth into the world and allowing her skills to grow further than her mother could ever teach her on her own.

~ Abjuration ~
Using the power of Abjuration, Amber has focused on learning to manipulate mass and inertia at will, focusing on learning and perfecting her own little arsenal of spells and abilities that revolve around these basic laws of physics. This means that objects, people, and herself can be moved more easily by lowering their inertia, then cause their trajectory to become much harsher and less easily halted by suddenly increasing the inertia as much as possible. This can mean slowing targets down, or stopping them out right with less physical strength needed to do so. This can also mean raising her own speed and jumping trajectory to a certain point, or making her tackles deal some serious impact by raising the inertia on herself mid-leap forward. However, this is still an unpredictable force, and though she can tackle people with the weight of a boulder, her body and endurance does not change, meaning that tackling the side of a building with increased inertia will probably result in some serious damage to herself - much greater than she would have normally received. Furthermore, these skills and her ability to manipulate basic physics all depend on the objects unaltered mass and inertia. Objects that are naturally heavy and have a great mass like a boulder will require an exponentially greater amount of energy and focus to manipulate in any notable manner to a point where things that are simply too heavy cannot be manipulated at all. However, she's quite adept at manipulating the mass and inertia of living creatures and armored guards to a certain degree for escaping purposes. Her set of spells and skills are quite formidable, but they are not lethal unless done under certain circumstances or when in a specific area - such as a cliff, or a roof top.

Overall, she can add and remove from 50 to 200 lbs to an object's mass, which directly correlated to inertia.

• Feather Fall: Due to most successful tradesmen and protected stands having armored guards, or burly mercenaries to protect them, it's of no surprise that a lengthy fall is one of the best ways to escape them. Unless the guard in question is also adept in the arts of Abjuration, that clunky suit of steel or hardened leather armor will not absorb that impact very well. Amber on the other hand, can alter and decrease her inertia to a point where falling from a great height will not bring her - or her internal organs - any harm, much like how insects can survive falling off of what is ridiculous heights considering their size. Any smart individuals without the resources to pursue after someone who's just fallen a good story or two will probably give up the chase or seek another way around said obstacle - which would give Amber the chance to escape. There is no maximum height to this ability due to it being based around Amber's inertia and not the speed of her fall - which usually increases when falling from greater heights, but due to this ability's frequent use, it's something she's quite good at performing, so it comes to no surprises that this is her most prized and best skill.
  
  
• Leap: Due to Amber having to rely on escaping the guards on foot seeing as she's not built to fight, she's been forced to keep natural talents in speed and agility quite sharpened, giving her an important edge on anyone pursuing her. Sometimes, however, that isn't enough. Out there, somewhere, there are people faster than her - and those people pose a serious threat to her well being all things considered. Her solution to this is to focus her magic into propelling herself off the ground after jumping - often times a two-legged jump for the best momentum - and sending her flying through the air in a super-hero-esque leap. By decreasing her inertia at the moment of the leap, and then increasing it just as she leaves the ground, she not only propels herself off the ground at a much higher speed than what could be considered normal, but her trajectory also increases to the point where it can seem as if she's been shot out a canon. The height and length of her leaps depend on how much energy she focuses on altering her inertia, it also relies heavily on timing and planning ahead. Due to this being a rather unpredictable thing to do - even for Amber - but coupled with Feather Fall, she will usually avoid injuring herself... Usually. When Push is used mid-flight, Amber can propel herself forward or higher up in an attempt to fix botched jumps or avoid missing a target entirely. This, however, even when coupled with Feather Fall will usually end up in her trajectory going wild, sending her tumbling forward and failing to correctly land.
  
  
• Slow: By increasing the mass and inertia of an object or person, Amber is able to cripple their movement speed and agility greatly. With greater inertia, the target will need to spend more energy and time gaining speed, making running and jumping extremely difficult and energy consuming. Reflexes that usually happen in a blink of an eye now need a much longer time to enact, and often times fail to register at all in time. When fighting - if fighting at all - this is her most useful of abilities, giving her an edge over her opponent. Thanks to her own agility and speed, she can focus all of her attention on keeping her opponent slowed down instead of speeding herself up... However, and an important note, this means that her opponent's blows become extremely severe, the inertia and mass of each strike becoming much heavier - even when slowed down. Another way this particular skill can be used is by decreasing her opponent's inertia to the extreme, meaning that a big burly man attempting to tackle her will hit her with the force of a tissue being blown against her, her own inertia and mass - altered or not - will more than easily withstand the impact and often times leave her standing.
  
  Furthermore, weapons that have their inertia increased or decreased can also be directly disabled; a sword with low inertia will have a very hard time cutting through skin, and a weapon with high inertia will be nigh unswingable. She has yet, however, been able to perfect this ability with firearms due to how rare they are and how hard it is to manipulate an object that moves as fast as a bullet.
  
  
• Push: A very different type of magic that still finds itself within the field of Abjuration; Amber is able to send a raw and powerful blast of air forward in any direction - however only in a direct stream. This spell can either propel her forward, or propel whatever she's aiming at backwards depending on their inertia. When done as Amber lowers her opponent's inertia, said blast of air will send them flying as if they were a paper bag caught in the wind - and if their inertia suddenly increases, they'll be sent flying much farther and hit the ground with greater force. When done by itself however, the worst it could do - depending on the size and weight of her target - is send it or them back onto their hind quarters, or blowing a lightweight weapon out of their hands if they don't have a tight grip on it. Swords can still easily slice through the stream of air due to their smaller surface area, but maces or thrown objects are much more susceptible to the current of air.
  
  
• Lift: Using a combination of her previously mentioned skills, Amber is able to move objects - of limited size and distance - in many ways, using them for various scenarios from distracting someone to steal from their stand to flinging a barrel to a guard in an attempt to throw the guards off her trail. The uses are near endless, but the limitations to her using said skill are quite strict; This takes a tremendous amount of effort on her part, exponentially needing more energy to do so with heavier and heavier objects.
  

~ Non-Magical Skills & Attributes ~

• Free Running: With most of her skills revolving around 'escape' and mobility, with the addition of her feline agility, it's no surprise that Amber has become quite fleet footed and adept at traveling at high speeds through unusual or obstacle ridden terrain such as market places and busy streets, all the way to forests and thick vegetation such as high grass and wheat fields.
  
  
• Climbing: Amber's typically small body and lightweight form allows her an easier time to haul herself up and over certain obstacles that require climbing, or requires a general strong upper body strength to pull one's self up over a ledge or across anything that resembles Monkey bars... Basically, if there are any obstacles that can be related to a child's playground, she can overcome it with a varying speed depending on how challenging the obstacle is.
  
  
• Sharpened Olfactory & Auditory Perception: Not surprisingly, Amber has relied on and developed her senses quite formidably. Though she's not yet on par with a Bloodhound, she is still able to pick up on the slightest of smells and sounds that linger in the area, using said senses in various situations. However, she has not yet taught herself how to track while using these senses alone.
  
  
• Simplified Night Vision: Though her eyes' iris are not slit-shaped like other felines, her ocular muscles and nerves are able to quickly adapt to low-light environments. Granted, there needs to be a light source present like the moon, otherwise there is no light to be picked up on. However, this natural skill allows Amber to travel the night much more easily than the average adventurer.
  
  
• Pick pocketing: Being a thief, and rather dexterous, Amber has taught herself through trial and error throughout the years spent on her own to pick pocket individuals whom are wearing typical clothes. Anyone wearing plate armor or any armor that covers their pockets are safe as she's not yet taught herself how to stealthily punch through steel.
  
  
• Daggers and Pocket Knives: With her petite form and slim arms, swinging a long sword or mace is somewhat out of her league. She is much more skilled in using short bladed weapons, or general 'small' arms - this not including fire arms which she's never handled before. Though she's had no official training in using bladed weapons, she's taught herself how to properly use daggers and typical dagger-shaped weapons to a fair degree of efficiency. She knows where to hit, how to hit and how to sharpen her weapon, but again, her knowledge and skill are based on first hand experience, so she isn't extremely good at it.