Menelik Extra Sheet+Private Description

Your character's race and ancestry are inspired by the maenad.  The maenad are described as a human-like race of sea-dwelling people, defined by their extreme emotions and culture of self-control.  In the World of the Ledge, we distinguish race and culture so that no one race belongs to a single culture and no culture is composed of only one race.  In other words, you have the freedom to change aspects of the race or culture to whatever you want.  Perhaps you were a member of a tribe of sea-faring people, whose members include the maenad among other races.  I've put your first language as Mataori-Dari as a placeholder name for your people.

Your character's story is also open to changes, but as the character is built now it looks something like this:

Menelik was abandoned at birth on the steps of the Untouched Monastery.  The monks there took him in and raised him during his early years.  At some point, he discovered his magical powers and railed against the harsh rules of the monastery.  Escaping as a stowaway aboard a ship in the Black Ink Depths, he eventually became a sailor, and then a pirate - a vocation that gave him an outlet for his rage and emotional outbursts.

Later, he encountered the Daulo Barbarians, and was accepted as a member of their tribe.  He helped them raid a number of airships before arriving at the Floating Cities of Al'Maqadim.  As they sacked the cities, Menelik found like minds amongst the native magisters, students, and academics.  He helped them to survive the war and even studied with them, keeping his magical skills a secret from his Daulo compatriots.  When the time came to prove his loyalty, Menelik fled with a tulpar foal (winged horse) too young and weak to fly.

The Daulo tracked him to the Ohmani-controlled town of Ashareashade.  He would have been killed had it not been for the intervention of Marko Doriavo, a citizen of Ohma.  Since then, Menelik has pledged to repay his life debt to Marko and serve the Ohmani as best he can.  Ultimately, his loyalties are his own.

Questions to answer:

Your character is middle-aged.  How would you describe their appearance?

Your character knows a mystical tradition that is part psychic, part arcane.  Casting spells requires intense mental focus and exact arcane gestures.  How did you learn this magic tradition?  Are you self-taught, or did you study under another?  Were you trained in a local academy?

Magic in the World of the Ledge is tied to an emotion.  Your magic is strongest in this emotional state, and weakest when you are possessed by a different sensation.  What emotion is the source of your magic?

Your character spent some time cloistered in a monastery.  Were they left there as a babe or did they go willingly?  Did you ever meet Mikasa there?

Is your character religious?  Do they worship a deity, an abstract ideal, or some other philosophy?  Do they have a personal code of conduct?

Your character has spent significant time at sea.  Were they a common sailor, a pirate, or navy man?

Does your character have a reputation?  Are they infamous, famous, or generally unknown?

When you were young, a relative with whom you had frequently quarreled passed away where his or her soul could not rest. Now, the unquiet spirit appears around you at inconvenient times, distracting you with regret for being unable to help.  Who was this relative and how would you describe this relationship?

Your character carries a family locket.  Does he know his family or is this his only connection to them?

Your character spent time raiding with Daulo marauders.  Normally they hate magic, and kill or subjugate all those who practice it.  Why were you spared?  And how did you end up with one of their tulpar foal (a young, winged horse)?

You are now working for the Ohmani, as you owe a life debt to Marko Doriavo.  Why do you owe this debt?  And how did you come to work for the Ohmani?

Is your character considered to be a Resident, Denizen, or Citizen by the Ohmani?