Lady Letitia Chiriga ni Leanhaun
Nathair Afrai of the Fountain of Verdant Mist

Pooka Wilder
Knight of the Lodge of Avernus

Description


Mortal Form: ~Slink meets style in Letitia “Tish” Chiriga. Tish struts in leather and silk, cut in the latest fashions. She favors a wide assortment of colors on any given day. But her choices always highlight her light-caramel brown (“red eboe”) skin and thick black hair. Her hair always gets special attention, ranging from flattened straight (rarely with extensions) and styled into a Rachel, to knotted up into multiple afro puffs, to occasional cornrow braids with elaborate jewels, to even a flat-out wild afro. Tish clearly takes pride in her appearance. The radiant glow to her cheeks and the twinkle in her brown eyes illustrate that. No wrinkles mar Tish’s skin, but instead markings adorn her left cheek and forehead – deliberate little circles and lines that seem like meaningless scars. Her age seems impossible to guess. She appears to range from her early 20s to mid-40s. Who can tell? Who’d dare guess? Experience conspires with vigor in this lady’s soul. Dexterous fingers animatedly echo every word her painted lips utter, as if she were inventing a new sign language on the spot. The lithe energy of her leggy form helps distract from the African-American’s pearly white teeth, particularly those unusually long canines. Does she have a lisp from her “deformity” or does that derive from a hint of an exotic accent?~

OOC: Appearance 4 (slinky)

Fae Seeming: ~Her true figure bequeaths an image of a creature marrying dark and light, black and white: the African-American woman cannot hide her serpentine heritage. The Pooka’s eyes yellow and slit. Her skin darkens and hardens into smooth scales. The scales become so shiny black that they reflect light, like a perfect onyx jewel. She does not lose the length of her limbs, nor their use. However, Letitia Chiriga revels in the snake-like elegance her sinuous muscles provide; her every step seems to exaggerate her mundane slinkiness. The scars on her face deepen and gleam with a crimson heat that burns from under her scaly skin. Her clothing does not vanish but voile replaces it with hardier dark-brown leather. The leather conforms to her womanly form but reveals nothing. A single silk handkerchief tucks into her vest. Upon it one might observe the threading of a single rose bloom.~

OOC: Appearance 4 (slinky)

Animal Form: ~Holy Christmas! A ten-foot snake slithers swiftly out of sight before too many housewives have heart attacks. This is why snakes are near-deaf, from hearing the shrieks of terror of human harridans. Yeesh, people. It’s just a highly venomous elapid, rich gray in color, with no patience for your human shenanigans. Yes, yes, we know that black mambas aren’t native to this part of the world. Neither are tacos, Gidget.~

OOC: SNAKE! A pretty one.

"Don't put all your eggs in one basket. I'm really, really hungry."

History


Date of Birth: July 18th, 1976
Home: Lemon Grove, San Diego, California, United States
Family: Gitau and Ngina Chiriga (parents), Kibe "Kimberly" Chiriga (older sister)
Chrysalis: Personal Tragedy (car accident killed parents, she and sister in emergency care, sister fell into coma), 1989
Mentor: Ginger Jace
The Test: Trial by Wit (had to keep up with Ginger's improvised limerick game)
Comrades: Ginger Jace, Young Yella, Lady Vivian Bessel
Key Event #1: Awe & Wonder (gallivanted around San Diego county with her Pooka motley, pranking nobles, help Vivian gain allies and the upper hand over enemies, learning much of Dreaming)
Key Event #2: Treachery (Young Yella turned out to be a Ranter and tried to assassinate Vivian, killed Ginger instead, Tish got him)
Key Event #3: Awe & Wonder (a grateful Vivian inducted Tish into House Leanhaun and the nobility)
Transition: Reassignment (Vivian moved up in the noble world, had her friend Antoinette in Kansas City vouch for Tish, who assigned her to Avernus Lodge to work with Baronet Kenneth Killian as his vassal)

Remembrance


Magnitude: About as far back as 1800 during the Interregnum
Details: Recalls being a mixed child (English-Kenyan) who could breathe fire like a dragon

Patron


Name: Vivian Bessel
Influence: Countess in San Diego, California; moderate sway over local politics and Trod access

Chimera


Studded Leather Armor
Appearance: Cuirass and apron of black-dyed leather fitted with fang-like barbs, prominently on the shoulderpads
Origin: Gift (presented by House after formal induction)

Rapier
Appearance: Long fine blade (36 inches) with a light round guard of golden brass and leather bound hilt; sharp point designed for thrusting, edges sharp but not particularly keen
Origin: Gift (presented by House after formal induction)

Parrying Dagger
Appearance: A blunt-tipped 22-inch dagger with sharp if thick edges and a full cup-style hand guard, designed for fully blocking any blade, even a troll's axe
Origin: Gift (presented by House after formal induction)

Bunk Styles


Style: Tricks & Treats
Examples: Sleight-of-hand tricks, rumor-mongering, start an argument, riddle contest, seductive ploy, sensuous dance

Weakness
Deadly Shenanigans


Tish loves to play her silly Pooka games. Problem is, sometimes her idea of a joke goes too far, offending the wrong snooty lord, killing the wrong noble's son, et cetera. As a Leanhaun, she has yet to embrace the seriousness of the need to Rhapsodize. She enjoys the game of seduction but cares little about the drive to stay young forever. Living in a freehold helps, but it also doesn't endear her to her Housemates. Antoinette tolerates her for Vivian's sake.

Likelihood of Corruption


Average.

She has carefully embraced her House curse by maintaining the high-flying Glamour-charged life she enjoyed even before ennoblement. However, political extremists annoy her immensely (after a Ranter killed her mentor and best friend), and so she's far more likely to sink her fangs into a Shadow Courtier than listen to his lies.

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