Tishe' Bloodpac

Witch7/ Spellweaver 5

70,550gp Equipment and magic + 7,449gp, 5sp coins + 1,162gp pearls and gems = 79,161gp

Player is Stephen Knotts (SteveK); 41 year old husband of 15 years and father of three daughters. I'm a 19-year veteran US Army officer currently assigned as commander of the Eastern Illinois University ROTC in Charleston, IL. (And I stop by Fort Knox a couple times per year). Leon must be reading my mind because I ALSO started gaming when I was 12 with the red box. My brothers Mike and Dan and I were the core of any group we played with, and we each took turns being DM. I stopped playing after college because I couldn't find a group that wasn't Monty Haul or just plain wierd. Tried playing 2ed by mail with my brothers until Mike invited me to the Wold in Jan 2004. I've been learning 3.5 edition and getting more involved in the Wold since.

• Appearance: At first glance, the woman wearing greens and tans looks like a guildswoman of modest means. The short woman keeps her shoulder-length wavy brown hair in a tail pulled away from her rather plain face and the light brown skin does nothing to craft a striking appearance. Not the kind of face or body to give anything more than a passing glance. More striking is her nose that seems to melt off her face, the dark moles that appear and disappear on her skin, and the brown eyes that dance with warmth and carefully bridled enthusiasm.

• Personality. Tishe' is a barely contained ball of energy that is focused on learning. No wonder or mystery is too insignificant for her attention, and often her concentration can be redirected by giving her a new piece of information. Her questions can drive people to distraction, and she sometimes forgets that others aren't as interested in learning for learning's sake as she is. She is less aware of personalities and intrigue around her, and treats everyone in the same cordial, but distracted manner, sort of like an absent-minded professor. That is not to say she doesn't care about other people. Tishe' has a very strong protective instinct (don't call it motherly!). Between her upbringing and training, she has little tolerance for bullies. Tishe' had always been overshadowed by more beautiful and 'womanly-talented' sisters, so it is not surprising she doesn't think much of natural beauty nor traditional roles for women.

• Motivation. Learning and Protecting. Her curiosity and sense of duty (along with little personal social skill or interest) keeps her from settling down.

Wishlist for Tishe'

- Set OddHolme up as a viable trading/ living community in the Sargrass. Tishe' thinks the Bloodpack and refugees are going to need a couple traders with Druidwood ships to start making OddHolme a port of call for this to work.

- Learn how to effectively use the Portal system discovered at OddHolme (if this is linked into a trade route or getting to other cities like Hook City great) At a minimum, it could be relagated to role-playing only and have portals to Catacombs, Star Mages Guild, and Woldian League of Adventurers Headquarters.

- Find the headquarters of the slave trade on the Sargrass and end it. In the past, the Bloodpack has met the Barons, Oglians, and these Snake-taurs; all of which are slavers. Why is Sargrass such a hotbed for slaves? Can we do something to make it safer?

- Find out why her parents were exiled from Rattledam. From family story and her experience of the Rattledam monks, she has pieced together that her mother was born in Rattledam, and her father was a wandering bard. They fell in love and then were exiled from Rattledam, their memories wiped away of what happened or how to get back. When Rattledam was destroyed, one of the refugees who came to OddHolme is a cousin of her mother, but Tishe' hasn't yet had time to cultivate the relationship to learn more.

- Tishe's always been facinated by the stars. Travelling there would be soooo wonderful!