Lash: Difference between revisions

Lashaara
RPG	BZPRPG III
Nicknames	Lash
Species	Vortixx
Gender	Female
Pronouns	She/Her
Equipment & Traits
Weaponry/Equipment	Takea’s Tooth
Alignment	Neutral
History & Relationships
Allegiance	Herself
Occupation(s)	Mercenary
OOC Information
Status	Active
Status (IC)	Alive
Creator	Nato

Latest revision as of 11:47, 1 May 2022

"It’s nothing personal. I just got a better offer."
— Lash

‘’’Lash’’’ is a former Vortixx mercenary who has made and betrayed a litany of alliances.

Biography

Pre-game history

Lash worked as a contract killer, mercenary and bodyguard in exchange for money back on her homeland. After a mission gone awry, she fled her homeland for new shores, eventually finding her way to the island of Mata Nui.

Pact With The Piraka

Shortly after her arrival on the island, Lash ventured into the Darkwalk, following up rumours of the Piraka and the Vault Loot. Along the way, she formed a short-lived alliance with fellow mercenary Aurum, who fought by her side against a Rahkshi of Heat Vision prowling in the tunnels. The pair eventually encountered Piraka Hakann, who decided he only required one mercenary, and demanded they fight each other to prove their worth. During their battle, an explosion triggered by Lash revealed the presence of two further opportunistic visitors, Kavala and Lonefeld. All four ultimately entered the Vault and received various forms of Vault Loot, with Lash receiving a vial of Antidermis which she used to enslave a Rahkshi of Vacuum that she came to name Breathless.

Union With The Ussalry

In exchange for the Antidermis, Lash was instructed to make her way to Onu-Koro, to assist with an upcoming attack on the city. She managed to bring her Rahkshi into the city by separating it from its Kraata and hauling the suit in under the pretence of salvaging and studying it. In the days that followed, circumstances forced her to betray Kavala to help cover her allegiances, and she later took an Ussalry guard hostage after he confronted her about her true intentions. It didn’t take long for the Ussalry to track down their missing member and surround the inn where Lash was taking refuge. As no one had been hurt yet, Onepu was willing to hear Lash out, and gave her an ultimatum: go with the Ussalry and continue her experiments with the Rahkshi under careful guard, destroy the Kraata, or leave the city, with Lash deciding to take the first option. She and her latest temporary ally Skoll were taken to Ussalry Headquarters, where Onepu negotiated with Nuparu to allocate space for Lash and the Rahkshi to operate.

Negotiating With Niralle

Upon learning of the Vortixx and her tamed Rahkshi, ambitious Onu-Koroan businessman Niralle sent his lawyer to negotiate for her release. Despite attempting to build a case that Lash had committed no serious crimes and should be released from custody, the Ussalry didn’t budge on their position that her Rahkshi posed a potential threat. Enticed by the possibility of an alliance with the businessman, Lash decided to take Onepu’s third option and leave the city… only to sneak back in through an unguarded tunnel, and make her way to Niralle’s Estate to meet him in person. Niralle revealed his grand designs to profit from the coming war that he believed would inevitably consume the island, and explained his interest in Lash was partially based on her familiarity with both the Piraka and the Ussalry. He offered her the position of Head Of Security, which she tentatively accepted.

Battle Of The Bay

As with many alliances in Lash’s life, her relationship with Niralle ultimately soured, and she ventured off to Ga-Koro, where she negotiated with Leah Maru for permission to enter the city (on the condition that her Rahkshi remain outside, under watch of the local guards). While in the city, she was attacked in the street by a vengeful Kavala, fresh from his stint in Onu-Koro’s jail. The battle quickly drew a crowd, and Kavala ultimately backed off, once he learned of Lash’s tentative alliance with the village and its resident Toa Maru. In the month that followed, Lash laid low in a beachside hut just outside the Koro, honouring the agreement not to bring Breathless into the city, but staying close enough to retreat to the safety of the well-patrolled streets if any of her enemies caught up with her.

A stylised depiction of Breathless. In-game, the Rahkshi's armour recogniseably reflects the proper colourscheme for a Vacuum Rahkshi.

Appearance and Tools:

Grey-skinned and clad in dark green armour, Lashaara is about average height for a Vortixx, and more lean and wiry than most. Her eyes and heartstone are red, matching the crimson hue of the lightstone she wears around her neck, a souvenir from a past journey through the Darkwalks. In battle, she wields a razor-edged whip named Takea’s Tooth, and a stasis shielding device.

Her companion Breathless is typical in appearance for a Rahkshi, with a sleek, serpentine carapace, and black/orange colouring to its armour. Breathless wields an ornate staff tipped with twisted blades.

Abilities and Traits:

Lash is self-obsessed to a destructive degree, having deceived or abandoned every friend, partner, and cause she’s ever aligned with, for her own benefit. She’s burned every bridge, betrayed every bargain, and broken every promise, forcing her to remain on-the-move for almost her entire existence, for fear of someone she spurned finally catching up with her. Lies and falsehoods are as natural to her as breathing, and over the years she’s become so wrapped up in her own delusions and deceptions that even she’s lost track of what’s true and what isn’t.

She also has little in the way of foresight, pursuing short-term objectives with little consideration for the bigger picture. Her greatest weakness, however, is her lack of empathy and understanding, her warped worldview leaving her literally incapable of understanding what motivates others, making it difficult for her to anticipate their actions.

Breathless, being a Rahkshi of Vacuum, allowing them to absorb and release air with both precision and brutality, pulling objects towards them or unleashing concussive blasts. Their Kraata can infect Kanohi through physical contact. Though they are enslaved by Lash, Breathless still retains their connection to the recently-returned Makuta.

Relationships

Allies

Breathless.
Aurum
Zaktan
Hakann
Skoll
Niralle

Enemies

Quotes:

"I have no use for masks, and I've seen enough fancy technology to last me a lifetime, but this Antidermis is something I've never heard of before. I'm curious to see what it can do."
— Lash

"See, that sounded suspiciously like you insulting my intelligence… and I didn't come here to be insulted"
— Lash

"Artahka have mercy no, silly Vortixx. When war is upon us, you will know."
— Niralle

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-Lash is a vicious Vortixx mercenary and assassin who has allied herself with the Piraka.{{Infobox|Box title = Lash|Row 1 title = Species|Row 1 info = Vortixx|Row 2 title = Alignment|Row 2 info = Herself|Row 3 title = Weapons|Row 3 info = Razor whips, knives, Rahkshi.|Row 4 title = Occupation|Row 4 info = Mercenary|Row 5 title = Status|Row 5 info = Alive, Active|Row 6 title = Creator|Row 6 info = Roman Torchwick|image = File:Lash.jpg|imagewidth = 300px|caption = - Lash -}}
+{{Quote|It’s nothing personal. I just got a better offer.|Lash|center}}
-== Biography ==
+{{Player Character
+| bg_color            =
+| name                =Lashaara
+| image               =File:Lashaara.png
+| caption             =
+| rpg                 =BZPRPG III
+| rpgManualLink       =
+| type                =
-=== Pre-game history: ===
+| nicknames           = Lash
-Lash worked as a contract killer, mercenary and bodyguard in exchange for money back on her homeland. While murdering a group of important village elders on one of these contracts, something went wrong, and Lash was forced to flee her homeland. Thankfully, she had planned for such an eventuality, and set sail to find a new land to establish herself on, ultimately arriving in Ko-Koro, where she stole a satchel full of Stralix Powder charges, and learnt of rumours about organised criminal activity in the bowels of the Darkwalk.
+| aliases             =
+| titles              =
+| family              =
+| clan                =
-=== The Darkwalk: ===
+| element             =
-Venturing into the tunnels, Lash found one of the unique blood red lightstones that exist down there, and used that to illuminate her way down into the tunnel. She was soon attacked by a Rahkshi of heat vision, which she fought off with her razor-lined whips, managing to remove one of the creature's arms before retreating.
+| elementManualLink   =
+| species             =Vortixx
+| speciesManualLink   =
+| gender              =Female
+| genderManualLink    =
+| pronouns            =She/Her
+| sexuality           =
+| appearance          =
-She then encountered Aurum, who helped her fight off the son of Makuta, ultimately delivering the killing blow with his lance. As they walked deeper into the tunnels, Aurum told her some of the history of the island, until they were abruptly halted by the Piraka Hakann, who demanded to know their intentions. Thye explained that they were both mercenaries looking for employment with the Piraka, and Hakann, telling them that he only required one mercenary, then forced them to fight.
+| kanohi              =
+| power               =
+| mutation            =
+| disciplines         =
+| abilities           =
+| weapon              = ''Takea’s Tooth''
+| weakness            =
-The fight was a short-lived one, as Lash was not used to fighting in confined spaces, or directly engaging an opponent. In an attempt to even the odds and take Aurum by surprise, she set off one of her Stralix charges, incidentally thwarting an ambush attack directed at them in the process. The fiery bright blast revealed two newcomers in the tunnels, Kavala and Lonefeld, who were also seeking to join the Piraka.
+| alignment           = Neutral
+| alignmentManualLink =
+| goals               =
+| likes               =
+| hates               =
-Hakann instructed all of them to kneel before him, which everyone eventually did, albeit reluctantly. While the other three were more interested in acquiring technology from Hakann, Lash found herself intrigued by the idea of antidermis, and appealed to Hakann to take her to the Vault, where he negotiated with Zaktan to get herself a vial of antidermis.
+| native              =
+| nativeto            =
+| home                =
+| residesat           =
+| faction             =
+| guild               =
+| group               =
+| affiliation         =
+| allegiance          =Herself
+| occupations         =Mercenary
+| rank                =
-=== Breathless: ===
+| status              = Active
-Zaktan's price for the antidermis was for her to help in the upcoming attack on Onu-Koro, so she set off out into the tunnels once more, headed in that direction, taking a detour along the way to hunt for a Rahkshi to enslave with her antidermis. Finding herself in some kind of den, she encountered and fought a Rahkshi of Vacuum, eventually managing to successfully trap it with her antidermis but sustaining a minor shoulder wound in the process.
+| statusic            =Alive
+| statusooc           =
+| creator             =Nato
+| player              =
+| pronunciation       =
+| hexcolor            =
+}}
-She took shelter in a side tunnel to tend her wounds and attempt to train her new pet, which she named ''Breathless'', a few tricks. She commanded him to "play dead" which consisted of ''Breathless''<nowiki/>' Kraata slithering out of the suit, causing the creature to shut down and become, for all intents and purposes, dead.
+‘’’Lash’’’ is a former Vortixx mercenary who has made and betrayed a litany of alliances.
-=== Arrival in Onu-Koro: ===
+== Biography ==
-Lash put the empty Rahkshi into a cart and wheeled it into the city. Although she was hampered by the Ussalry guards at the gates, Sajis and Reson, she managed to get her Rahkshi into the city with her only loss being the Stralix Powder she'd stolen back in Ko-Koro. While the guards were busy searching the cart, she instructed the Kraata to slip silently into the city.
-She later found a derelict inn, the ''Ussal Crab'', and bribed the Matoran innkeeper to skip town for a few weeks, leaving the place in her hands. She changed the name to the ''Ussal Crap,'' as a tribute to the disgusting condition of the place, and left ''<nowiki>Breathless'</nowiki>'' armour in the main room, hiding the Kraata upstairs until the attack began and it was time for him to be reactivated.
-She also carved a small Rahkshi sign into the side of the doorframe, which she hoped other Makuta worshipers and Piraka friends would recognise, so that they knew the inn was a place they could rally. Soon after, Skoll arrived, and Lash attempted to convince him to join the Piraka's cause.
-=== Shadow Kidnapper: ===
-After hearing that a matoran had been kidnapped by an unknown assailant wielding the power of shadow, Lash became curious, and joined up with the Ussalry guards Sajis and Reson to seek them out. Entering a bar with Sajis, she spotted Kavala, whom she recognised from her time in the Darkwalk. Suspecting that he was responsible for the disappearance, she decided to bide her time until she could speak with him.
-After a brief discussion, Kavala was spotted by Vesun, Reson and the matoran he had kidnapped earlier, who had escaped the cave he'd been trapped in. Realising Kavala might betray her allegiances, Lash was forced to knock him out before he could say anything.
-=== Change of Plans: ===
-Later, Reson confronted her in the inn she was staying at, accusing her of already knowing who Kavala was, and threatening to turn her over to the Ussalry. In response, Lash summoned Breathless, who knocked Reson out, before she tied the unfortunate Toa up in the inn's cellar, intending to use him for leverage later. When she left, she discovered Reson's Ussal Crab Curmudgeon waiting for her outside.
-Angered, she chased the crab back to the Ussalry headquarters, where she confronted Onepu, the first person in authority she happened to encounter. She made up a story about Reson getting drunk and dumping the crab with her, in the hopes of stopping the Ussalry for looking for Reson, before it occurred to her that Curmudgeon might actually be smart enough to lead the Ussalry back to the captured Toa.
-=== Cover Blown: ===
-Onepu spotted her running back to the inn, and gathered a team of Ussalry guards to surround the building before sending the NPC Kaj to confront her. When her Kraata was discovered, Kaj panicked, and Sajis and Onepu came running. Lash put herself between the pair and Breathless, convincing them that she was attempting to reverse-engineer the Rahkshi and that she meant no one any harm.
-Onepu seemed to buy her story, and despite Sajis protests, gave Lash an ultimatum: go with the Ussalry and continue her "experiments" under careful guard, destroy the Kraata, or leave the city. Taking a gamble, Lash decided to go with the first option.
+=== Pre-game history ===
+Lash worked as a contract killer, mercenary and bodyguard in exchange for money back on her homeland. After a mission gone awry, she fled her homeland for new shores, eventually finding her way to the island of Mata Nui.
-Lash and Skoll arrived at the Ussalry headquarters, where Onepu went and negotiated with Nuparu. Upon his return, he informed the pair that they would be allowed to continue their Rahkshi work in another part of the Koro, under careful guard.
+=== Pact With The Piraka ===
+Shortly after her arrival on the island, Lash ventured into the Darkwalk, following up rumours of the Piraka and the Vault Loot. Along the way, she formed a short-lived alliance with fellow mercenary Aurum, who fought by her side against a Rahkshi of Heat Vision prowling in the tunnels.
+The pair eventually encountered Piraka Hakann, who decided he only required one mercenary, and demanded they fight each other to prove their worth. During their battle, an explosion triggered by Lash revealed the presence of two further opportunistic visitors, Kavala and Lonefeld. All four ultimately entered the Vault and received various forms of Vault Loot, with Lash receiving a vial of Antidermis which she used to enslave a Rahkshi of Vacuum that she came to name Breathless.
-The skakdi [[Onoraza]] later contacted Lash via a note asking her to meet in a nearby alleyway. Since Lash was unable to leave the building, had no idea what the message was for anyway, Reson took the note and went to investigate. When he didn't return, Lash began to get worried, knowing if anything happened to the guardman it would likely get blamed on her.
+=== Union With The Ussalry ===
+In exchange for the Antidermis, Lash was instructed to make her way to Onu-Koro, to assist with an upcoming attack on the city.
+She managed to bring her Rahkshi into the city by separating it from its Kraata and hauling the suit in under the pretence of salvaging and studying it. In the days that followed, circumstances forced her to betray Kavala to help cover her allegiances, and she later took an Ussalry guard hostage after he confronted her about her true intentions.
+It didn’t take long for the Ussalry to track down their missing member and surround the inn where Lash was taking refuge. As no one had been hurt yet, Onepu was willing to hear Lash out, and gave her an ultimatum: go with the Ussalry and continue her experiments with the Rahkshi under careful guard, destroy the Kraata, or leave the city, with Lash deciding to take the first option.
+She and her latest temporary ally Skoll were taken to Ussalry Headquarters, where Onepu negotiated with Nuparu to allocate space for Lash and the Rahkshi to operate.
-=== Lawless: ===
+=== Negotiating With Niralle ===
-Later on, the Matoran businessman Niralle and his lawyer Eretas arrived  at the workshop demanding to see Lash. Uncertain of the legalities of the situation, the guards let Eretas pass.
+Upon learning of the Vortixx and her tamed Rahkshi, ambitious Onu-Koroan businessman Niralle sent his lawyer to negotiate for her release. Despite attempting to build a case that Lash had committed no serious crimes and should be released from custody, the Ussalry didn’t budge on their position that her Rahkshi posed a potential threat.
+Enticed by the possibility of an alliance with the businessman, Lash decided to take Onepu’s third option and leave the city… only to sneak back in through an unguarded tunnel, and make her way to Niralle’s Estate to meet him in person.
+Niralle revealed his grand designs to profit from the coming war that he believed would inevitably consume the island, and explained his interest in Lash was partially based on her familiarity with both the Piraka and the Ussalry. He offered her the position of Head Of Security, which she tentatively accepted.
-The lawyer then questioned Lash, building up a case that she had been unfairly imprisoned for a crime that hadn't been been committed yet. After he was done, he demanded that the guards set Lash and Breathless go free.
+=== Battle Of The Bay ===
+As with many alliances in Lash’s life, her relationship with Niralle ultimately soured, and she ventured off to Ga-Koro, where she negotiated with Leah Maru for permission to enter the city (on the condition that her Rahkshi remain outside, under watch of the local guards).
+While in the city, she was attacked in the street by a vengeful Kavala, fresh from his stint in Onu-Koro’s jail. The battle quickly drew a crowd, and Kavala ultimately backed off, once he learned of Lash’s tentative alliance with the village and its resident Toa Maru.
+In the month that followed, Lash laid low in a beachside hut just outside the Koro, honouring the agreement not to bring Breathless into the city, but staying close enough to retreat to the safety of the well-patrolled streets if any of her enemies caught up with her.
+[[File:Breathless.png|thumb|right|500px|A stylised depiction of Breathless. In-game, the Rahkshi's armour recogniseably reflects the proper colourscheme for a Vacuum Rahkshi.]]
 == Appearance and Tools: ==
-Grey-skinned and clad in olive-green armour, Lash has soul-chilling red eyes, and speaks with an enthralling exotic accent. Although about average height for a Vortixx, she often walks with a hunch, so that her foes underestimate her. Her weapons are a pair of whips lined with triangular protosteel spikes, serrated to resembled the teeth of a Takea Shark, and deisnged to rip and tear through armour with flesh with ease, as exemplified when she dis''arm''ed the Heat vision Rahkshi she first fought. she also carries a pair of knives that she made out of the dead Heat Vision Rahkshi's staff.
+Grey-skinned and clad in dark green armour, Lashaara is about average height for a Vortixx, and more lean and wiry than most. Her eyes and heartstone are red, matching the crimson hue of the lightstone she wears around her neck, a souvenir from a past journey through the Darkwalks. In battle, she wields a razor-edged whip named ''Takea’s Tooth'', and a stasis shielding device.
-''Breathless ''is orange and black, while his Kraata is a bright green/yellow in colour. He wields a Rahkshi staff of Vacuum, which serves as a means to channel and amplify his powers.
+Her companion Breathless is typical in appearance for a Rahkshi, with a sleek, serpentine carapace, and black/orange colouring to its armour. Breathless wields an ornate staff tipped with twisted blades.
 == Abilities and Traits: ==
-Lash has no inherent powers or technology, simply relying on her own viciousness and skills in battle. She relies heavily on thoughtful planning and ambush tactics, but is incapable of understanding what motivates other, making it difficult for her to predict their actions.
+Lash is self-obsessed to a destructive degree, having deceived or abandoned every friend, partner, and cause she’s ever aligned with, for her own benefit. She’s burned every bridge, betrayed every bargain, and broken every promise, forcing her to remain on-the-move for almost her entire existence, for fear of someone she spurned finally catching up with her. Lies and falsehoods are as natural to her as breathing, and over the years she’s become so wrapped up in her own delusions and deceptions that even she’s lost track of what’s true and what isn’t.
+She also has little in the way of foresight, pursuing short-term objectives with little consideration for the bigger picture. Her greatest weakness, however, is her lack of empathy and understanding, her warped worldview leaving her literally incapable of understanding what motivates others, making it difficult for her to anticipate their actions.
-Breathless, being a Rahkshi, has no personality of his own, but is blindly obedient  to the being that enslaved him, namely Lash. He has the power to draw all of the air out of an area, and release it in a powerful burst.
+Breathless, being a Rahkshi of Vacuum, allowing them to absorb and release air with both precision and brutality, pulling objects towards them or unleashing concussive blasts. Their Kraata can infect Kanohi through physical contact. Though they are enslaved by Lash, Breathless still retains their connection to the recently-returned Makuta.
-== Relationships: ==
+== Relationships ==
-=== Allies: ===
+=== Allies ===
 * Breathless.
 * Aurum
@@ Line 69: / Line 109: @@
 * Skoll
 * [[Niralle]]
-* Eretas
-=== Enemies: ===
+=== Enemies ===
 * [[Reson|Reson Ance]]
+* [[Kavala]]
 * [[Draygon]]
 * [[Minnorak]]
 == Quotes: ==
-"As a Vortixx, I have no use for masks, and I've seen enough fancy technology to last me a lifetime, but this Antidermis is something I've never heard of before. I'm curious to see what it can do. If, when you return to the vault, you would show me the way in, so that I may see this antidermis for myself and negotiate with whoever may be willing to give it me, I would be most... grateful." - Lash to Hakann.
+{{Quote|I have no use for masks, and I've seen enough fancy technology to last me a lifetime, but this Antidermis is something I've never heard of before. I'm curious to see what it can do.|Lash|left}}
+{{Quote|See, that sounded suspiciously like you insulting my intelligence… and I didn't come here to be insulted|Lash|left}}
-"What if I don't <em>want</em> to attack Onu-Koro with the rest of your cronies?" - Lash, to Zaktan.
+{{Quote|Artahka have mercy no, silly Vortixx. When war is upon us, you will know.|Niralle|left}}
-== Trivia: ==
-* One of the guards Lash encountered, Reson, was coincidentally also controlled by the same player.
-* The scene where Lash receives her antidermis from Zaktan was RPed by Zaktan's player, as Lash's player was out of the country at the time and had arranged the interaction in advance.
-[[Category:Vortixx]]
 [[Category:Mercenaries]]
-[[Category:Characters]]