Danica

Danica means "Morning Star"

Main Party, Leader

Dani (By Adam)
Starchaser
Captain

Female

27

Saber - A saber-type sword made of a strong but light metal alloy with a broken decorative handguard

Small Dagger - A small knife that can easily be hidden up the sleeve or in a boot, made of the same metal alloy as the sword

• Starmap


• Nav stone (compass but magic)


• Lockpicks

• Scrap of cloth from an old military uniform


• Hair beads (significant bounties or monster hunts, mercenary work)

Adam Ashwin
- The ex-captain of Danica's squadron in the Vesperian military. He deserted with her after a suicide mission killed the others and stuck with her since.

Sterling
- An old ally and trusted mechanic from Myriad. He sold them the Seeker and has been responsible for her upkeep and additions ever since.

Azarael
- A Lost (demon) they encountered on a mercenary job. She brought Aza to Sterling to heal and stayed in touch.

Lyka
- The apprentice/co-worker of Sterling, recently met. They get along well despite their conflicting natures.

Eilo
- The medic they picked up when tracking down Nova. He stuck around to help and Danica is more than happy to have a doctor to patch her up after any crazy plans, even if he gets on her nerves for (rightfully) nagging her.

Nova
- The mysterious new ally, Danica reaches a mutual agreement to help one another but quickly grows attached when they have the same penchant for causing trouble

Vel
- An information broker who has equally helped and backstabbed

The Vesperian Empire
- She really doesn't like tyrants, especially those who condone child soldiers.

Adira the Battleborne
- A warrior she fights in a tournament, they become rivals while flirting mid-fight. It's complicated.

Time - Late night
Color - The dark purply-blue the sky gets when the sun just sets
Food - Musa Bread (basically tiny banana bread loaves with tons of frosting)

Curious of the Ancients, in a researcher kind of way, but not religious

Has deep-seated hate towards Vesperia (Bunker city empire), especially their militant nobility and how they treat nomads.

• Chaser (relic hunter/explorer)


• Ship Captain (mercenary vessel)


• Ex-military (deserter)

Average

Slightly taller than average

Black (Brown tones)

Half-braided, wavy curls with mercenary style gold hair beads and caps

None

Dark Grey (almost black)

Human

Warm medium brown

Slender, but athletic

Mole under right eye

Long scars along back from corporeal punishment in the military, clawed scars on right arm from a mercenary job gone wrong

• Always acts confident in front of others, taking poses of hands-on-hips, open posture, etc.


• Same confident poses get more aggressive when angry


• Clear speech, sounds suave and in charge even when cussing someone out (plenty of swears in her vocab)


• Expressive faces, usually resorts to "covering" instead of holding back (raised eyebrow of doom, evil smile when fighting someone)

• Called by the stars to find the Last City


• Wants to protect and look after her crew

• Stubborn


• Clever


• Protective


• Charismatic


• Loyal

• Hate towards any sort of Pro-Vesperian or Vesperian soldiers


• Dislikes wealthy people


• Dislikes authority figures

• Combat (dirty hand-to-hand, swordplay, daggers)


• Navigation


• Negotiation


• Driving Sandships


• Pickpocketing/Sleight of hand

• Stargazing


• Reading (poetry, claims it helps her smooth-talk)

Neutral good

• Right shoulder occasionally acts up due to old injuries


• Star-Called, a type of madness that drives people to search out the Ancients and the Last City. Most die young after going crazy, the want to seek out this city turning into an obsession trying to find it.

Nav Stone, Stars

23rd of the Crown

• Street until 15


• Military until 17

Danica was born to a small nomadic group that disbanded, at eleven she was abandoned in the territories of the bunker empire Vesperia. Alone with no surviving family, she was a starving orphan on the streets who soon grew adept at pickpocketing. She learned of the Ancients and the tales of their Last City on these streets from other less-fortunate people, including a few Star-Called who were more than gone.

At age fifteen she was caught for stealing and drafted into Vesperia's military under the newly-made Captain Ashwin. Under him, she learned to fight and follow orders as well as use weapons. After being sent on a suicide raid mission that failed catastrophically, she and the captain deserted. After a few years of mercenary work with his help, they bought their first mercenary ship and shortly after bought the Seeker. With connections in several nomadic cities, she started her search for relics and maps that could be clues to finding the Ancient's Last City.

A few years into the chase, she makes a bad call that results in the death of her crew. She and Adam retire to do solely mercenary work, without any additional crew. She puts her ship, The Seeker, into storage with a trusted mechanic (Sterling). Danica resists the Star-Calling and continues mercenary work until she meets Nova (protag) and she can no longer resist the pull of the City.

• Slightly crazy, but very clever. This results in some questionable plans that for some reason work out.


• Hair is a point of pride for her, having it cut off when drafted into the military. Each bead is a hard-won battle worthy of the small engraved jewelry

Context for the world relating to Dani cause I'm posting this to look at:
- Danica is the captain of a ship in a world where everyone must be mobile or live underground because a deadly storm circles the earth. One underground (or 'bunker') city is a tyrannical empire called Vesperia. Before the storm there were Ancients, a technologically and magically advanced race, and it's believed their Last City is eternally safe from the storm (though this is pretty much children's tales and conspiracy theories at this point).