Post by Vio on Apr 11, 2018 12:38:11 GMT -5
Little Monster Shakarri Montbretia |
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Core Details
}“Yeah, just… Just call me Monty.”~ Monty
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Character Development
}“I’m not short! I’m just not ‘gargantuganan’ like you!”~ Monty
Personality
-~-Calm, Focused
Despite her age, Shakarri Montbretia is quite the calm individual, able to keep the rampant abundance of youthful energy under her control. She’s generally able to contain herself in most situations and lacks the shorter attention spans of youths, able to maintain focus on something for prolonged periods of time without the influence of boredom or repetitiveness taking hold. These quirks of her personality are a core aspect of her hunting prowess, able to wait in ambush for hours if need by, keeping movements to a minimum and conserving her energies for when they need to be called upon.
Wise Beyond Her Years
Though but young, Monty’s unusually wise and perceptive. She pays attention to her surroundings and is quick to discern who is friend and who is foe, possessing an unusual knack for reading body language. When it comes to the rules of nature, this tiny terror is well-versed with the survival of the fittest mentality. She knows safety and will never willingly step outside of her comfort zone.
The Monster Within
At once with the natural world, Montbretia’s also more in touch with her wild side. A part of her still young soul is nature’s primal instinct, manifesting itself on occasion in the form of an immense, bestial ferocity. This only seems to let loose when the girl is endangered and, like a cornered animal, her size belies her true ferocity. Under great threat and against all odds, the monster inside of this child has clawed back from the brink before and likely will continue to do so…
The Quirks of Childhood
Monty doesn’t like it when others don’t take her seriously because she’s a child. One thing that does anger her is when people dismiss her for her stature; even lighthearted musings about her size are taken as digs. Though, in trying to act like an adult, Monty does demonstrate another flaw; she’s not good with long words. When she does attempt to seem important, she often tries to use “grown-up” words, only to add additional and unnecessary syllables to them!
Appearance
-~-Body Shape, Facial Features, Etc.
Standing at 4’1” – approximately 124 centimetres tall, Shakarri Montbretia possesses a small build, favouring neither slenderness nor chubbiness. Her complexion and overall skin tone sits somewhere between the fairness of childhood and a dark bronze indicative of her more exotic origins, while her round face and small rounded features grant her face a distinct childish innocence despite her oddly mature demeanour. Wide, rich hazel eyes shine with a certain keenness, contrasting her dark locks which she typically keeps tied back into a mess of tight, natural curls that resemble dreadlocks.
Outfit & Accessories
Monty typically favours simple, practical garments – attire that doesn’t hinder her movements either from being too tight or even too loose, and whose colours are subdued and natural. Her common choice includes a creamy white garment resembling a child’s summer dress, albeit with a shorter skirt, and a pair of brown shorts. Like many natives of Amazon Lily, she has a sort of shawl which she occasionally wears; a mint green material with dark blue vine patterns and light yellow floral designs. She often smears mud and face paints – dark greens, browns and blacks – upon her skin to aid with stealth and camouflage when hunting.
Relationships
-~-Mambo
Class “E” NPC, 0 X-Poinz
Montbretia’s best friend and trusted comrade. Mambo is an unusual snake with a vivid green back, light yellow underbelly and marked by various stripes of minty blue. His eyes are also blue, an oddity for any serpent. At 4’00”, or 122 centimetres long, his total body length matches his company’s height almost perfectly, though Monty has no trouble supporting his weight upon her body, as he usually wraps himself around her like a scarf or sash. Mambo’s theme colour is Jonquil (f4ca16).
Skills
-~-Primitive Cook
Able to fend for herself in the wilderness, hunting and gathering and having a good knack for discerning what is edible and what is not, Monty’s affinity for nature makes her a surprisingly good cook for her age. Admittedly, she’s mainly used to smoking meats and roasting morsels over a campfire, but she can easily prepare prey and make use of nature’s bounty.
Miscellaneous Belongings
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Combat Data
}“Hush! I’m trying to track my prey…”~ Monty
Traits
-~-Inhuman Accuracy
Human Starter Trait #1
Blessed with incredible hand-eye coordination, Monty’s ability to hit a target is seemingly supernatural, regardless of whether the target is moving or not or otherwise has cover. Rest assured, this huntress will find a way to bring her quarry down, no matter the environment and no matter what it is she’s throwing!
Inhuman Agility
Human Starter Trait #2
Despite her youth, Monty is not to be underestimated as an athlete or an acrobat. An incredible climber and blessed with a strong sense of balance, she can manoeuvre about all sorts of environments with relative ease, scaling to heights others would see as impossible.
Fighting Styles
-~-Jagteres’ Instink
“Huntress’ Instinct” in Afrikaans
Class “E”, 0 X-Poinz
Focus – Projectile Weaponry, Hunting
Though it isn’t anything particularly special, Montbretia’s combat capabilities are born from hunting techniques and reliance on a certain primal instinct. She wields throwing weapons and other hunting tools in conjunction with traps and other hunting tricks used in the capture of prey, providing her with a diverse array of advantages to make use of when fighting enemies.
Equipment:–
- Knife
Rank 0, 0 X-Poinz
FiSt – Jagteres’ Instink
A simple knife typically used for cutting vines or ropes. She rarely uses it as a weapon as it’s quite small.- Boomerang
Rank 0, 0 X-Poinz
FiSt – Jagteres’ Instink
Monty’s primary ranged weapon with which she has developed astounding proficiency. This curved hunting tool soon returns to its wielder’s general location after being thrown, flying straight before suddenly veering skywards and gliding back down. It delivers a potent whack to opponents, enough to inflict concussions and contusions with a good hit.- Stones
Rank 0, 0 X-Poinz
FiSt – Jagteres’ Instink
A simple bag of small, rounded pebbles that Monty uses to cause distractions or even dislodge her boomerang when it becomes stuck somewhere out of reach.
Techniques:–
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Rank –, – X-Poinz
FiSt – Jagteres’ Instink
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Slangbekoorder
“Snakecharmer” in Afrikaans
Class “E”, 0 X-Poinz
Focus – Mambo
By issuing specific commands to Mambo, Monty and her serpentine companion act in synergy to take down prey and other threats. The combination of snake and child is a synergy to behold.
Note:– This Fighting Style is associated with Mambo more so than Monty, but as Mambo’s an allied NPC, the cost is issued to Monty anyway.
Techniques:–
- Giftige Byt
“Venomous Bite”
Rank 1, 50 X-Poinz
FiSt – Slangbekoorder
Mambo delivers a bite to a target, injecting a dose of his venom. The toxins within his venom take effect rapidly, causing the affected area to become numb and suffer from pins and needles as well as slowing the victim’s reaction times. The effects last for up to an hour and, against much smaller creatures, the toxin can cause total paralysis for the duration.
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Background
}“Someday, I’ll become a Kuja Warrior!”~ Monty– Shakarri Montbretia was born on Amazon Lily, home of the Kuja and “Pirate Empress” Boa Hancock, where she grew up in the care of her mother. As she aged, Monty assigned herself a personal goal. Inspired by the Kuja Warriors, the young girl wished to one day join their ranks, testing her skills but completely incapable of wielding any sort of bow. It would be later on that Monty’s first disappearing act occurred. Much to her mother’s panic, the youth had ran away into the jungles of the Island of Women, prompting a thorough search for signs of the child before any of the island’s more monstrous inhabitants found themselves an easy meal. But, even with the help of some of the Kuja as a search party, the child was incredibly difficult to find. Eventually, she was uncovered, hiding high in the canopy, demonstrating a curious amount of agility.
– This would not be the last time she vanished into the wilds. In fact, despite her mother’s best efforts, Miss Shakarri continued to venture out into the wilderness, returning of her own accord days later and seemingly better for it. It was when they found her in the jungle for a third time that they discovered this girl was a capable hunter, having managed to incapacitate and capture a small wild pig. Whenever Monty was found, so too was an animal she had bested, and their sizes increased as time went on. Eventually, she was even found with company; a colourful snake which she had named “Mambo” who seemed strangely fond of her. This young serpent, despite not being a Kuja Snake Weapon, would grow up with the girl and be her companion for years to come.
– It was at the age of eleven that Monty ventured daringly to the farthest coast of Amazon Lily, and that is where she would encounter a strange vessel. Only ever having seen the Kuja Pirates’ Yuda-towed ship, this one was unlike anything she had ever laid eyes on. Curiosity got the better of her. It was while exploring the cramped confines of this vessel that the girl found herself cornered. The owners had returned, and none of them sounded like women. Hiding herself deep within the cargo hold, Monty soon ended up on an unwanted and long-winded voyage, forever lurking and rationing supplies to keep out of sight and out of mind. An adventure she was not entirely prepared for would soon begin, as soon as this new and mysterious vessel made landfall…
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X-Poinz Earnings
}“Hey, Mambo? Where do you think we should go next?”~ MontyMiscellaneous:–
- Starter X-Poinz
+300 X-Poinz
Hush Little Baby Saga:–
- Hush, Little Baby; Don’t You Cry
South Blue
+140 X-Poinz- Hush, Little Baby; Mama’s Lullaby
South Blue
+30 X-Poinz
Events:–
- Candy Chaos!
Event
+25 X-Poinz
