Cristyn Hayers

[Cristyn Hayers]

Name: Cristyn Hayers

Age: 16

Race: Human

Physical Description: Cristyn is a small girl with curly black hair. She’s skinny to the point of being malnourished, because she often does not have enough food to eat. She has a round face with large blue eyes, who always wander around, distrusting and careful. There is not much that she misses. Her lips are full of chaps, because she has a habit of biting them until they bleed, especially when she is very focused or afraid. Her hands are deft with long fingers, but her feet are rough and calloused from walking everywhere barefoot. She could be considered pretty if she took better care of herself.

Her clothes are old and patched up, but clean. She washes them often in the Ofriyu Mar, holding them tightly until the raging waters clean them thoroughly. Cristyn is less clean, as no one is crazy enough to enter the river and so loses the opportunity to bath. She relies on rains and if they hold of for a while, Cristyn gets increasingly agitated. When its night and it rains, she strips down and rubs herself clean with sand. If it is day, she will try to find a place to hide and do the same, even though it is often not possible.

Possessions:
Cristyn has a small, old dagger spotted with rust, that she found on the street once. She sharpened it herself, but it was clumsily done. She also has a small knife that can be held between fingers or in the palm of a hand, which she uses to cut purses. The rest of her possessions are few. She has little money and sleeps on the street. She has two sets of clothes, a book that was once her mothers and an overly large cloak that she stole from a drunk nobleman once, after he had passed out in the street. She stores these valuables carefully under a house in the industrial district, accessible by lying on your belly and hidden behind planks of wood.

Powers or Strengths: Cristyn is a cut purse and a good one at that. She is good at stalking people and blending in. Her fingers are well trained and can undo a complicated knot in a matter of seconds. She is also reasonable good at fighting, but in an uncontrolled, streetwise kind of way. She knows dirty tricks such as kicking in the groin or poking at eyes, but in a real fight she wouldn’t stand a chance. She’s also a fast sprinter, but because of her diet cannot keep it up for long.
She is very good at reading people’s intentions and thoughts and so capable of finding good targets. She knows many things about the city guards too; who is mean and who is lazy and who is most likely to chase. She knows their rounds and when their change of watches are. She is good at eluding them.

Weaknesses and Flaws: Cristyn doesn’t trust people quickly and does not work well in teams. She likes being on her own, without anyone bothering her. She’s also notoriously distrustful of magic, because it is the reason her father died. She is a pathological liar, but always forgets what she has said, what gives her nothing but trouble. Physically she is weak, because of her living style.

History: Cristyn is not very educated and has been alone since she was eight. Her mother died birthing her and her father was a drunkard, spending the wage he earned as an industrial worker in the taverns starting brawls and causing trouble. One night he didn’t return home and when Cristyn went to find him, she saw him lying in an alleyway, his skull crushed and arms broken. Later she heard that an elf, who visited the city, was arrested. Since then, Cristyn distrusts magic, because it seemed impossible to her that a strong man like her father could be defeated by anything but that.

After the death of her father, Cristyn was placed in an orphanage but ran away after one of the boys started touching and threatening her. She hasn’t returned to school or the orphanage since, but thought herself the skills needed to become a cutpurse. First it started off with stealing a bun from a baker, later waiting outside taverns until drunkards came stumbling out and taking the easy pickings. Now she is better, easily able to pick off three people in a row and returning to the shadows without being noticed. The city guard caught her red handed once and whipped her, but that didn’t stop her. She returned to her habit, only now watching the city guard notoriously and being even more careful than before.

Cristyn sleeps in the industrial district but makes her way downtown every day to pick of the fatter purses. She doesn’t come near the historical district, distrustful of anyone and anything in that area. She doesn’t have any human friends, but a stray cat that she calls “Jammy”, sleeps with her often. He is grey with his left ear missing. Cristyn would do almost anything for money and is able to put up a good front when necessary. However, her being alone since she was eight has left his mark and she can be a bit weird around other people, not knowing how to deal with them well.

[Katona]

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