Bre'anne Tiaishia
Marka of the Ebon Cyclone

Eshu
Helmswoman of the Cyclone

Description


Mortal Seeming
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 135 lb.
Ethnicity: Mixed (Black/Pacific Islander)
Eyes: Starry black
Hair: Long simple black
Clothing: Black and gray casual
Comportment/Cadence: Confident
Distinctions: A tall and beautiful woman of color, Bre'anne is proud of her heritage and it shows in her self-confident poise and stride; she prefers style-savvy name-brand attire, the better to declare her love for the proverbial streets
Supernatural Qualities: There is no hiding her eyes though (except maybe with low-brimmed hats or a careful maneuvering of her bangs), which are black pools with pinpoint stars as pupils, both frightening and wondrous; likewise, her poise has a sliver of regal aloofness to it that other Elegbara especially would be quick to recognize
Accoutrements: Light jewelry, knife
Traits: Appearance 5 (roguish); Style 2; Royal Lineage 1; Changeling's Eyes

Fae Mien
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 135 lb.
Eyes: Starry black
Hair: Long simple black
Clothing: Black archaic
Comportment/Cadence: Confident
Supernatural Qualities:Past her mortal Seeming, the first sight one has are of those black pooling eyes with pinpoint stars as pupils, both frightening and wondrous; likewise, her poise has a sliver of regal aloofness to it that other Elegbara especially would be quick to recognize; the Eshu more generally seems taller, more willowy, as if standing in a perpetual breeze that flutters both her hair and those elfin ears; her voile takes on a 17th-century fashion common among the more rakish and questionable sorts, such as (for example) pirates
Accoutrements: Light jewelry, chimerical arms and armor
Traits: Appearance 5 (roguish); Style 2; Royal Lineage 1

“Always steer into a maelstrom.”

History


Date of Birth: October 12th, 1984
Home: Dededo, Guam, United States
Family: Aarav and Eve Tiaishia (parents), Rashad (younger brother)
Chrysalis: Preordainment (born from a Black Naval officer mother and Chamorro native dancer on Guam, their family was relatively poor but she found joy in exploring the island; during Typhoon Pongsona, she found herself in the eye of the storm as it blew past the island, wrecking homes, and she gazed upon that wild and untouchable beauty, while she herself stood harmless within it), 2002
Mentor: Tuhfa al-Aboud
The Test: Trial by Influence (the Glamour of her Chrysalis was so intense that it opened a wild Trod and blew her through the "wormhole" and deposited her in San Diego, California, right in the heart of a commoner mew; the amazed fae there immediately leapt into action and realizing what she was, turned her over to the most experienced Eshu in town for Saining)
Comrades: Dylan Manx, Jawara Pallassa, Sabia Suerte, Nikita Yu Vasili Aleksandrov, Luna Starling, Danna Valverde, Brigita Birkanaite, Cyndi Briggs, Fate Shammgod, Wanda Absalon, Drew Connelly
Key Event #1: Treachery (surrounded by all types of fae in such a big city, she bent more Unseelie, as evidenced by her general disinterest in reconnecting with her human family back in Guam, and actually ran with a Redcap corby, learning "the skills", namely as a driver)
Key Event #2: Treachery (but eventually she got bored there, too, and started working for Mexican cartels, namely as a boat smuggler; but they tried to get rid of her as a loose end, so she disappeared herself with fancy drivin' and Arts and the Mists)
Key Event #3: Awe & Wonder (part of her escape from the cartels included stealing a small yacht and sailing it down around Cape Horn and back up around South America, visiting the Caribbean for a short while before making berth in New Orleans, where she met Captain Sabia and was recruited into he crew for the Cyclone)
Transition: Shift in Nature (at last, Bre'anne felt respected and validated, and having gained the place she knew she deserved, settled into the crew and ship, even hitting it off with the navigator, a silly Clurichaun of a man, Dylan Manx)

Remembrance


Magnitude: Her memory reaches back a century or so; it's been potentially addled by mingling with what may be Menehune history (perhaps her father is Kin to those Polynesian Gallain).
Details: She recalls being on the water a great deal, on boats and crafts of various types. It's how she knows it's her element.

Chimera


Manton Flintlock Pistol
Appearance: A simple dueling or self-defense pistol with a heavy stained wood grip (heavy enough to use as a makeshift club) with the simple iron and copper mechanisms of the late 18th/early 19th-century, in which pill-shaped containers of gunpowder provided the firepower. Included is a pouch of (daily self-replenishing) firing "pills".
Origin: Inherent

Saber
Appearance: A heavy iron curved blade designed to hew enemies from above with an unremarkable sheath.
Origin: Inherent

Dagger
Appearance: A slim, iron double-edged knife with an unadorned scabbard.
Origin: Inherent

Leather Armor
Appearance: A vest of light, well-treated, black-dyed armor that protects the upper torso, especially the chest with a hardened cuirass.
Origin: Inherent

Tattoos


Olukun's Salvation
Appearance: A black-inked tattoo on the center of her lower back portraying a masked face representative of the orisha, Olukun.
Origin: Inherent
Effects: So long as she's at the wheel/helm, any vehicle she operates suffers only the minimal effects of any inclement weather, including (temporary storm-driven) whirlpools/maelstroms and even powerful forces like hurricanes and tornadoes (or water spouts).
Activation: She must call out Olukun's name as a prayer.

Bunk Styles


Style: Dank Witchcraft
Examples: Scatter the bones, voodoo doll, roll the dice, sacrifice food, spiritual dance

Significant Other


Name: Dylan Manx, 2004
Nature: Companionship

Dylan



Weakness
Into the Storm


Bre'anne is one of the best helmswomen one can find and she's relatively reliable. Relatively in that she deliberately steers into storms with a mad laugh, yet steers the boat safely out, too. (The crew's mostly used to it by now. The captain tends to add her own crazed cackle to the glee. Bre'anne's boyfriend still grits his teeth and mutters under breath.)

Likelihood of Corruption

Average.

Aye, it's a pirate's life. Spent mostly at life away from dark forces. Well, most dark forces. There are scary things in the seven seas...

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