NEW HOPE CHARACTER INFORMATION SHEET

ORIGINATOR OF CHARACTER: Dale Beaver
NAME:  Jiko
GENDER: Female
AGE: (born NH 1)
ORIGIN: New Hope
SOUL NAME: n/a
 
HEIGHT: 4' 9'
BUILD: Healthy( i.e.; big busted). Long limbs, long fingers and toes. Firm muscles: a swimmer's body. Almost squirrel-cheeked.
EYES:  Golden ember, large & slanted. A bit of the mischief about them
HAIR:  Tawny-blonde, with sun streaks of gold. Thick and shaggy, cut just below shoulder length. Tails before ears are hip length, braided, bound with blue coral rings. Hair is swept to the right.
SKIN TONE: Light tan; pale with peach tones when untanned. Tans to a medium shade. Never burns.
MARKS/SCARS:   Dimples. Several faint scars on her right leg from a shark bite.

PARENTS: Crystel, (M); father unknown.  (Born out of Recognition.  Probable father is Lord Erik of Tower Mountain, but Crystel has never bothered to find out for sure and Jiko doesn’t care.)
SIBLINGS: None known for certain.
OTHER RELATIVES:
CURRENT MATE(S):
RECOGNIZED? No
PREVIOUS MATES: Many lovemates, mostly male, a few female.
CHILDREN: No
OTHER RELATIVES: Doleera, Collya, cousins; Doreel, uncle.
TALENT(S): VERY weak gliding ability; useful in swimming, but practically useless in open air.
SKILL(S):   Filching, rafting, fishing( spear, net, line, etc.)  Macrame (an outgrowth of learning knotting to repair nets). Sailing(very small skiffs). Shellfish tending. Good singer, only fair kitar player. Very capable dancer( for councils, at least).  Can ride a horse.
WEAPON(S); Fishing spear, gutting knife, teeth, rocks, whatever's handy.
JEWELRY: Striped blue coral band choker with white pearls embedded in the stone; collar was shaped on. Gold and pearl dangle earrings. Gold & emerald anklet.
SPECIAL POSSESSION(S): Above jewelry (all gifts from her 'family'). A webcloth gown that Vayree gives her when grown.
BONDBEAST: None. She obtains several pets. She knows how to handle horses, and shares a rapport with the dolphins that come into the bay.
CLOTHING (Summer): White silk g-string and breastband; Fishnet overtunic, sleeveless, hip length.  Usually barefoot, occasionally thong sandals. (Winter): Sealskin body sheath with detachable hood. Dyed purple. Black fur trim on hood. Strap sandals or slippers.  Cape, fur vest, fur-lined knee boots and gloves for bad weather.

PERSONALITY:  Bright, quick-witted, a sun-child of the sea. Good fisher-elf, a superb filch... she is not malicious, though.  It's all in fun (mostly), and she gets a kick out of a well executed theft and getaway. Loves to swim; Jiko has sensitive breasts, and swimming is one of the activities she can indulge in without having to be bound up for comfort. A fear of flying; she can look off of a cliff without blinking, but she has to be either drunk, drugged, or unconscious to get her on hawkback.  This doesn't appear until she's around 6 or so.

 Very ticklish. Fond of dreamberries, wine, brew, whatever... and has two hollow legs (among other things) to hold it all.  Strangely enough, she has no tolerance for sleeproot or any similar herb mixture, & goes out like a light from dosages that only make others sleepy. Confident in what she knows, has a tendency to try and BS herself through any situation.
 A streak of pure nasty surfaces when she feels moved to avenge a wrong; has her mother's temper, but Jiko is vocal, rather than physical.

 Suffers a bit of an identity crisis when she learns about her conception, but turns it into something of a perverse status symbol.  Has her mother's libido, but aside from one or two special females, her lusts are for the guys (they have cuter butts--among other things). Likes to be romanced, but prefers honesty in intentions; quite capable of joining in for a little meaningless sex.  Prefers the slow, leisurely approach.
 Possesses a subtle, psychic link with Widget; neither of them can explain it, and no one knows that this is due to his being her real father.

Humans:  Likes them; was raised with them, Sad that many of her childhood friends will die of old age.
TROLLS: Not overly fond, but doesn't know why.
PRESERVERS:    Thinks that they're cute.. as long as they don't sing.