KITHRAN ALDEATH
The circumstances of Kithran's birth are confusing at best and concerning at worst. What she knows for certain is this: her mother must have been Sylvari (judging from her bastard features), but she is an utter mystery and that suits Kithran just fine. The half-elf grew up in the company of her father, a travelling human merchant. Even at a young age, her wandering eyes and twitchy fingers got her into trouble. Kithran was often dragged back to her father by the ear after she swiped something from a fellow merchant's stall. As she grew older, though, her thieving grew more finessed and the complaints withered away. Sure, every now and then a fellow merchant would argue with her father that Kithran had to be responsible for their missing stock, but what could they prove?
Despite her sticky fingers, Kithran grew into a somewhat respectable young woman. She and her father lived a nomadic life, travelling from bustling marketplace to bustling marketplace with their merchant's cart. Unfortunatley, their happy life came to a halt in one particularly profitable city when a lower-ranking nobleman spotted Kithran helping her father at his stall and ordered his guards to bring her to him for the evening. When night fell, two guards ambushed Kithran as she was helping break down the stall and dragged her to the noble in question. Kithran won't elaborate on what exactly happened next, but the facts stand: when morning came, the nobleman's maid found him dead in his bedchamber with his throat slit and Kithran was nowhere to be found. Her father found a hurried letter on her pillow that only told him something terrible had happened and she had to leave to protect him. Kithran fled that city and cut all ties with the father she loved and the life she had lived before.
To make a living on the run, Kithran found herself taking up odd jobs. Her unique talents did not go unnoticed in the towns she settled in for longer amounts of time and Kithran was occassionally recruited by other adventurers to help out on small quests. Combat was quick for her to pick up: Kithran found she preferred dual-wielding daggers, but she's decent enough with a bow if a ranged attack is needed. She found the adventuring life to be more exciting than tending cows or working as a barmaid, so she saved up enough to buy herself some decent equipment and set out to make a name for herself.
As it stands, your party most likely picked up Kithran in some quiet town here or there. You'll have noticed she is a very precise woman who wastes few words, but if you've been around those who fortune has frowned upon, you'll know that Kithran is secretly tender-hearted. She strongly believes good should prevail over evil. Despite her desire to pack her coin purse, Kithran won't have turned down any quest that would bring safety and happiness to a struggling people. She might not be the chattiest of companions, but you know that she'll have your back should trouble arise.
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