DM: I submitted my character sheet for approval (I think?)
Meanwhile I'll just repost my character concept from the application thread here:
Character Name: Gabrielle d'Orien, nee Blackwood
Race: Human, dragonmarked
Proposed Class: Swarmkeeper Ranger
Background: Noble
Alignment: CG
Description: Of average stature and slim, athletic build, Gabrielle's raven-black hair is usually tied back into a hasty ponytail or a braid. Her pale complexion is tanned by the sun, indicating a life spent outdoors, and her face bears scars from a years-old injury. Her posture is excellent and she carries herself upright like a trained dancer. Gabrielle favors clothing in earth tones or dark shades, usually with a modern but otherwise unremarkable cut. She speaks with a soft, breathy voice. On the inside of her forearm she bears the Mark of Passage, though she goes to great lengths to conceal it, usually wearing long sleeves, bracers or gloves.
Personality: Gabrielle is of the calm, deliberate sort. She finds rash action to be exasperating and at times stressful, and she is loath to act without a plan. In her childhood years Gabrielle was often described as cheerful and upbeat despite the forever war but as she reached adulthood her demeanor took on a more sombre aspect. Regardless, even if it does not always shine through, Gabrielle's innate optimism refuses to be extinguished completely.
Backstory (I'll keep it brief for now, can flesh it out later if so desired): Gabrielle is the middle of five children born to Lord & Lady Ir'Blackwood, a cadet branch of House Orien. Her childhood was about as normal as could be expected for someone of her social class who grew up in eastern Breland during the War. Like her sisters, Gabrielle was given a thorough grounding in what were considered the appropriate subjects. Politics, history, etiquette, the arts. From a young age Gabrielle in particular showed great promise in the art of dance, and formal ballet lessons from a demanding tutor soon occupied much of her already-limited free time.
When Gabrielle came of age her Dragonmark manifested and what had been a fairly ordinary noble upbringing mutated into a whirlwind of being presented at various social functions, meeting the Baron, and learning to harness the power of the Mark of Passage. Gabrielle took the House name
d'Orien and the regimen of demanding lessons only increased from there. Whenever she was allowed a moment of leisure, Gabrielle would escape to the woods and the fields. She chafed under the regimented life that was more or less predetermined for her, and being out in nature gave her a sense of freedom and connection to the land. More often than not if she left the Blackwood Estate she would be accompanied (or tailed) by family retainers for safety's sake but even that was a welcome reprieve from the stifling world of dinner parties and political doubletalk.
On the Day of Mourning Gabrielle's father and two brothers were with Brelish armies and presumably perished in the cataclysm. The rest of House Blackwood, including Gabrielle's fiancé, were at the manor which was destroyed that day. Gabrielle herself only managed to escape by the power of her Dragonmark, a close brush with death, and she is not sure what fate befell her family. In the months after the cataclysm, Gabrielle wandered alone and aimlessly, using the power of the Mark and her afinity for nature to survive. Eventually she fell in with a group of scavengers which is how she ended up in Sanctuary.
Other secret details:
Plum sent a note to _Tripp__
Short term: Survive.
Medium term: Find out what happened to her fiancé.
Long term: Restore the Blackwood estate to its rightful place in society.
