» Fri May 04, 2012 11:23 am
Name: Elene Laviscia
Age: 27
Race: Imperial (Nibenese)
Gender: Female
Birthsign: The Lover
Height: 5’7
Appearance: Given her profession, it is rather fortunate for her that Elene does not appear to be extraordinary in any more notable way. Possessed of a rather fit physique, it does not take much to figure out that she leads an active lifestyle – and whether it seems to be a by-product of the life she leads or something she goes out of her way to achieve depends on her disguise at the time, although the truth leans towards the former. As is often the case with Nibenay-born, the agent’s skin is rather tanned; another, rather more obvious sign of her heritage are the swirling patterns tattooed upon her left cheek in faded blue, descending down her neck as well – and for that matter covering the entire left side of her chest, going down her arm and stopping just shy of her fingers, the colour being rather more vibrant in all those places and hinting at the fact she tried to have the facial tattoo removed.
Aside from the tattooing, perhaps the most notable thing about the Nibenese is the bright red of her hair, somewhat unusual for an Imperial; currently, they are kept tied into a tidy ponytail. Thin, slightly arched eyebrows of the same colour sit above eyes of vibrant dark brown, the tendency being for them to possess a rather lively gleam. Somewhat thin lips and a nose that is just slightly snub complete the picture of Elene being a rather handsome and fairly ordinary Nibenese woman.
Class: Agent of the Penitus Oculatus. For reasons rather obvious, she does not introduce herself as such.
Skills and known spells: Infiltration is Elene’s real skill, being able to fit into whatever role she finds thrust upon her to best perform the task at hand. However, due to the dangers often associated with being an agent for the Oculatus, she is not void of other skills that are useful in a tighter spot; most notably, her interest in and aptitude for enchantments, both discerning the nature of existing enchanting and imbuing mundane items. Should her arsenal of magical items fail her, she can always fall back on her skill with a dagger, being a formidable opponent with it – though far from a warrior. In general, she prefers to leave the straight-up fighting to others.
Clothing / armor: The unexpected arrival of the Tsaesci caught the agent in the middle of posing as an aide of a rather influential noble in the Imperial court, a fact reflected by her clothing. Elene’s penchant for robes (due to the ample inconspicuous storage space they offer) translated on this occasion into her wearing a crimson robe, trimmed conservatively with gold along the ends of the sleeves and the collar and including a hood. Underneath, however, she is not as unprotected as she might seem; over a white blouse, she wears a corset of studded leather. Brown pants that are intentionally slightly baggy and boots of tough leather that reach to just under her knees complete the outfit, rather practical clothing concealed by an exterior of lavishness.
Weapons: Beneath her robe is a sheath containing a silver dagger that serves as her fallback weapon, for the event that a situation should decline very rapidly.
Miscellaneous items: Concealed in the crimson robe is a collection of enchanted amulets, rings and gemstones that could make an enchanter of the Synod or the College of the Whispers raise his eyebrows in surprise and envy. In addition to half a dozen slim green gems which are not enchanted but rather kept around in case there is need for a more specific enchantment Elene does not have readily available, she has amulets of life detection, water-walking and underwater breathing, as well as rings of various elemental resistances, spell absorption and reflection (not particularly potent, as the power of these spells makes them difficult to bind to smaller objects without sacrificing power), feather and muffle.
Personality: Affable is a good way to sum Elene up. Regardless of the disguise she takes on, one will rarely find her gloomy and serious, her perpetual cheerfulness evident in the constantly present glint to her eye and lending itself well to the disguises she favours, that of people who interact heavily with those surrounding them – such as a bard, one of her preferred masks. This happy demeanour does not fail her even when she pronounces death sentences and condemns people to painful torture in the few occasions she drops the mask in favour of acting openly with the full force of the Penitus Oculatus behind her, which offers some clue as to what were to happen if that constant gleam were to shut down – that is to say, nothing pretty.
Major flaw: For all her skill in subterfuge and enchantment tricks, Elene is by no means a straight-up warrior and, knowing her limits well, tends to avoid direct confrontations with the more dangerous things and individuals on the face of Nirn.
Background: Membership within the Penitus Oculatus often runs in the family, and so it is with Elene – both her mother and her father being agents, she was destined to end up serving the Oculatus in some capacity as well. Which she did sure enough – aged 16, she began her training, accompanying a senior agent in the field for the first time when she was 19 and her first independent – minor, but still independent – operation two years later (posing as a priestess of Dibella, which she still remembers quite vividly in spite of the fact later years offered a slew of rather more exciting and important assignments). Thus it was that the Tsaesci delegation found her, a rather experienced agent masquerading at the time as the aide of an Imperial nobleman; of course, no agent of the Oculatus could pass up an opportunity for spying out the distant lands of Akavir and perhaps even open up some Imperial interests there for the first time since Uriel V Septim. So it is that she finds herself aboard a ship bound for the Tsaesci homeland.