Post by kara on Aug 6, 2009 15:56:31 GMT -5
Name: Kara
Age: 22 (or so, she's not sure)
Sex: Female
Race: Human
Physical Appearance: (Post a pic if you like) Kara has a tattoo/brand on her right shoulder which was 'given' to her by her last owner so that she could be easily identified. She has a perpetually wary expression since she expects an attack at most times.
Hair/Eyes: Mid-back length red hair, blue eyes
Scars: Kara has a variety of scars all over her body from her time in the arena.
Occupation: Escaped Gladiatrix.
personality: Kara rarely speaks to anyone and tends to avoid becoming too attached to people (by the second time her owner forced her to kill someone she had befriended for his sadistic pleasure she had learned her lesson). She has serious trust issues with strangers as her former owner (and most of the people involved with the arena's she has fought in) regarded her as little more than a animal who they used to make them money and Kara tends to assume that everyone will act the same. The fact that the last person she trusted betrayed her only reinforces her distrust of most people. Her one over-riding concern, other than remaining free as long as possible is to find out what happened to her daughter and kill those responsible.
Fears: Kara mostly fears being returned to her former owner.
Weakness/Fear: Kara is a little socially awkward and her abilities are more than a little limited outside of the arena.
Talent/Skills: Kara is trained to fight with a variety of weapons and unarmed.
Weapons: Kara tends to rely on using swords or cestii if given a choice.
Family: Mother: Elona (deceased), father unknown, possibly other relatives.
History: Kara was born in Pompeii and her mother was a slave to a Roman nobleman. Kara's mother had explained to her as she grew up that she was a member of a tribe of amazon women who had been captured while pregnant by the Romans, they had threatened to kill her if her mother hadn't complied. Her mother her mother finally saw an apportunity for both of them to escape when Kara was 15. When the escape attempt failed the Senator ordered that her mother was execured in front of her. Instead of being killed as well Kara was sold into slavery, the Senator deciding that he could make a profit by selling her.
Her new owner was the master of a school of gladiators. Kara was sent into with no training to provide a training exercise for another gladiatrix. After proving herself by killing her opponent with her bare hands Kara was given training and time to heal. Over the next four years Kara's life entered a repeated cycle of learn new techniques, go into the arena to (most often) kill an opponent, heal the wounds inflicted on her then repeat the procedure. She gained a reputation as one of the premiere gladiatrixes in the empire, occasionally fighting male opponents and gaining experience with a variety of weapons.
When she was 18, Kara was allowed out of the gladiatorial school and, despite her instincts, fell in love with a Roman noble. When she fell pregnant all thoughts of escape faded. When she gave birth to a daughter she was drugged and woke up in the gladiatorial school again. She was informed that it had been decided she was 'good stock' and used to make an heir for that noble. She was then sent back into the arena, fighting and killing for another three years.
Finally, when she was being transferred to another arena and the group she was in was in a forest Kara saw her chance. She decided that she would rather most likely die fighting a half-dozen armed guards unarmed and unarmoured than kill again for someone else's pleasure. She killed one of the guards and took the keys to the cage she was being carried in, then killed the other guards and ran before anyone could discover she had escaped.
Age: 22 (or so, she's not sure)
Sex: Female
Race: Human
Physical Appearance: (Post a pic if you like) Kara has a tattoo/brand on her right shoulder which was 'given' to her by her last owner so that she could be easily identified. She has a perpetually wary expression since she expects an attack at most times.
Hair/Eyes: Mid-back length red hair, blue eyes
Scars: Kara has a variety of scars all over her body from her time in the arena.
Occupation: Escaped Gladiatrix.
personality: Kara rarely speaks to anyone and tends to avoid becoming too attached to people (by the second time her owner forced her to kill someone she had befriended for his sadistic pleasure she had learned her lesson). She has serious trust issues with strangers as her former owner (and most of the people involved with the arena's she has fought in) regarded her as little more than a animal who they used to make them money and Kara tends to assume that everyone will act the same. The fact that the last person she trusted betrayed her only reinforces her distrust of most people. Her one over-riding concern, other than remaining free as long as possible is to find out what happened to her daughter and kill those responsible.
Fears: Kara mostly fears being returned to her former owner.
Weakness/Fear: Kara is a little socially awkward and her abilities are more than a little limited outside of the arena.
Talent/Skills: Kara is trained to fight with a variety of weapons and unarmed.
Weapons: Kara tends to rely on using swords or cestii if given a choice.
Family: Mother: Elona (deceased), father unknown, possibly other relatives.
History: Kara was born in Pompeii and her mother was a slave to a Roman nobleman. Kara's mother had explained to her as she grew up that she was a member of a tribe of amazon women who had been captured while pregnant by the Romans, they had threatened to kill her if her mother hadn't complied. Her mother her mother finally saw an apportunity for both of them to escape when Kara was 15. When the escape attempt failed the Senator ordered that her mother was execured in front of her. Instead of being killed as well Kara was sold into slavery, the Senator deciding that he could make a profit by selling her.
Her new owner was the master of a school of gladiators. Kara was sent into with no training to provide a training exercise for another gladiatrix. After proving herself by killing her opponent with her bare hands Kara was given training and time to heal. Over the next four years Kara's life entered a repeated cycle of learn new techniques, go into the arena to (most often) kill an opponent, heal the wounds inflicted on her then repeat the procedure. She gained a reputation as one of the premiere gladiatrixes in the empire, occasionally fighting male opponents and gaining experience with a variety of weapons.
When she was 18, Kara was allowed out of the gladiatorial school and, despite her instincts, fell in love with a Roman noble. When she fell pregnant all thoughts of escape faded. When she gave birth to a daughter she was drugged and woke up in the gladiatorial school again. She was informed that it had been decided she was 'good stock' and used to make an heir for that noble. She was then sent back into the arena, fighting and killing for another three years.
Finally, when she was being transferred to another arena and the group she was in was in a forest Kara saw her chance. She decided that she would rather most likely die fighting a half-dozen armed guards unarmed and unarmoured than kill again for someone else's pleasure. She killed one of the guards and took the keys to the cage she was being carried in, then killed the other guards and ran before anyone could discover she had escaped.