Character Guide - Leyla

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( Sorry for the repost on these, guys. dA screws with your thumbnail if you edit a text deviation after it's posted, it seems, so I'm redoing my Zelda OC profiles with a nice display image. Unfortunately, this also means posting the full profile in... eyup, the comments section. Standby for textbomb!)

It's Leyla, my not-quite-Nintendo-appropriate emotion mage. Another super bloody hard choice for symbols... I actually started off giving her the symbol of the shadow Stygia, since I have the vague notion that her powers came from a shadowkin patron, but I decided not because I didn't want to lock anything in.

Hylian font from the AWESOME Hyrule Realm.

Bend over and take it like a man at .

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Character Guide: Leyla
~ The Red Strokes ~

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Basics
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Full name: Leyla
Race: Hylian
Age: 24
Gender: Very much a woman
Occupation: "Intimancer" (a sort of bard-like warrior-mage)
Blood Type: AB-
Instrument: ?

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Appearance
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Height/Weight: 176cm/65kg
Hair: A dark violet, falling in dramatic waves around her face. Usually worn loose, with a fringe parted slightly to the right; it's roughly thigh-length.
Eyes: Deep red, dangerous and seductive.
Skin Tone: Fairly pale, but nothing out of the ordinary.

General Build: Statuesque. Leyla has a magnificent womanly figure, tall and leggy, well-endowed and curvy, with relatively broad shoulders. Her build is slim but lithe, well-toned if not muscular.

Distinguishing features: None, beyond being remarkably attractive.

Preferred clothing: Leyla's battle costume is a black leather halter-top, laced at the bustline, along with matching bikini-cut bottoms, high-heeled thigh boots, and opera gloves. The whole thing features a lot of buckles, rings and straps, lending to her deliberately sexual - and dominant - image. Although it's hard-wearing and practical enough to ensure that nothing slips out of it when she's in action, it's also a little silly for everyday wear, so she usually wears a long cloak over it when she's not fighting. For travelling or spending extended periods in town, she'll usually transmute it into something more "everyday".

Accessories: Leyla's only accessory is her weapon, which she calls a "chainblade". It's a long, thin sword - rather like a rapier with an edged blade - which upon closer inspection is segmented into many arrow-shaped sections. Using her magic, Leyla can extend the blade to act much like a whip or chain.

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Personality
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General Attitude: Where it comes to personality, Leyla is fairly true to her image - she's highly confident, openly sexual, prideful, slightly vain, and very dominant. She has a good sense of humour, if rather perverse, and enjoys teasing her comrades (though only if she intends to follow through - she doesn't make empty implications). She's self-assured but sensible; while she might come across as overconfident, it's more that she's always thinking ahead, and preparing for any likely scenario. She also has a great understanding of people, and is highly insightful when it comes to social matters.

Due to the nature of her powers, some might expect her to be a seductress, but this isn't the case; Leyla commands, not manipulates, and is in fact rather scornful of the whole "femme fatale" idea. She considers that sort of thing to be the premise of people with better looks than self-esteem - and besides, she's worldly enough to know that there are very few people who are actually pathetic enough to give in to that sort of thing. Her style and appearance is deliberate, of course, but it's not for the sake of her enemies - she'd never lower herself to trying to appeal to someone she didn't like.

Likes: Interacting with other people, analysing people, being in control, people with lots of flaws and/or quirks. And... well... sex. Usually the bondage-y kind, obviously with her on top.

Dislikes: Stupid or ignorant people, dull people, manipulative people, people who "advertise what they aren't selling", prudes, overly conservative types, people who judge others for their desires. Any girl who complains about people looking at her cleavage when she's wearing a low-cut top. Also, she won't under any circumstance willingly give another person control over her.

Interests: Leyla has a driving interest in psychology; she likes to know how people work. what they're thinking, and what they want.

Abilities of note: Leyla is a magic-user, though strangely she doesn't seem to be allied with any element or goddess; she draws her powers from the desire (both emotional and physical) radiated by herself and those around her, though desire which she does not identify with or reciprocate is mostly worthless. She can use her magic to achieve a variety of effects relating to emotion and physical transformation - primarily, she can enhance her own abilities and lower those of her opponent, as well as making more "cosmetic" alterations (such as changing something's size, gender, apparent race, and so forth).

She also has an uncanny ability to read people - possibly due to her powers, but probably due to having a lot of experience with people and a firm grasp of psychology - and it's very difficult to hide desire from her, especially when it comes to romance.

Quirks: Oddly enough, Leyla does not revere the goddesses of Hyrule, nor any other deity or supernatural figure. It's not that she denies their existence, and she certainly doesn't try to change other peoples' views of the gods - however, she personally refuses to worship any being, even if it's just a matter of lip service.

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Background
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Social Status: ?
Family Status: ?
Birth Rank: ?

Homeland/Birthplace: Unknown, but possibly outside of Hyrule.

History: Leyla is generally unwilling to speak of her background, or how she came upon her unusual magical power.

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Combat
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General level: Mid-high
Style: Leyla has a unique fighting style based around her bizarre weapon, switching between close and ranged combat and keeping her opponent constantly off-guard. With her chainblade in whip-form, she can perform manoeuvres such as tripping and throwing, ensuring she can control the fight.

Advantages: Leyla is a cautious, clever and well-rounded fighter, whose versatility leaves few holes that can be exploited. Also, as long as she's around other people, she is almost unnaturally energetic and difficult to tire out. Few people can keep up with her.

Disadvantages: If anything, Leyla's disadvantage is that she is too generalised; prepared to deal with any situation, she has little specialisation to exercise when she doesn't need to adapt.

Special: Through her magic, Leyla can augment her own abilities or cause negative effects (such as slowing or weakening) in her opponent(s). Her powers are amplified when she's surrounded by strong desire, such as is provided by Runner's group, and accordingly weakened when she's alone.

Techniques: [To be added]

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Other
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A Quote: "I kneel for no-one, dear. God or mortal."
Other: Nothing of note.

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OOC Info
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Theme Song: Captain Tractor - Ghostriders / Garth Brooks - The Red Strokes
Seiyuu: Neya Michiko, for her sexy older-woman action girls like Miss Deep (Read or Die) and Melissa Mao (Full Metal Panic).

Name info: It's a real name, obviously. Leyla had no name for ages - we just called her "the Erotimancer" - until I commissioned a picture of her and needed to give a name This one is an Arabic name meaning "dark beauty", which was too perfect to pass up ^^

Pronunciation: Ley as in ley line, la as in larder. Stress the "ley".

Title/Tagline: One of here theme songs, obviously. Leyla draws her power from passion, so the song follows fairly naturally.

Roleplay notes: Obviously, Leyla is sailing close to the line of what's permissible in a group story. As her player, I feel I should note that in roleplay situations - i.e., where younger people might be present - it's easy enough to keep it in her pants, as it were. Sexuality is important to her, but it's not the total of her character, and her powers come more from affection and romance than an actual sex. In short, she can still contribute plenty even under a PG rating.

Other notes: Sorry if you think Leyla's too adult for Zelda, but people have sexual identities, and therefore my characters do too. I know she's not typical G-rated Zelda fare, but that's sort of the point. If you don't think sexuality has a place in Zelda, please don't make a big deal out of it; there's no need to fight.

Leyla is pretty much "pansexual" - she's really not biased toward any gender, race, colour, or similar factor. However, she's most attracted to people who break traditional gender roles - strong women, fragile men - and because she's not compatible with other dominating personalities, this means she's not often involved with other women.

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