name: Diandrah
race: elven
class: sword dancer
apparant age: early 30's
personality/attitude: Focused, stately, deliberate, compasionate. When she is not fighting, she is very courtly. Gracefull, refined, dignified and unhurried. This carries over in to fight mode as well, but she moves with a remarkable speed and agility that her otherwise leisurely demeanor contradicts.
skin tone: very pale
body type: 5’9”, slender, B-cup chest, very physically fit--not buff, but very well toned. A dancer’s build.
eye color: brilliant blue.
hair: sleek black, pulled into a very high ponytail/topknot. Held with a tall ornate silver clasp (about 2” in diameter, 3 or 4” tall) adorned with saphires. Ponytail falls to about the buttox/thigh region (don’t ask me kow she manages to not cut if off while fighting/dancing)
clothing: Blue leggings, simple black knee-high soft leather boots. Black 'karate gi' style top/tunic with silver trim and no sleeves. Bottom half of tunic is split on the sides (from under the belt, all the way down) and falls to mid-calf. Ornate silver gauntlets/armgaurds which start at the wrist and extend about 2/3rds way to elbow. Wide Oriental floral-patterned belt/obi (royal/navy, sapphire, black, and silver pattern) held in place with a black sash, tied in a large bow in front.
Nagajuban style collar in matching print.
weapons: pair of tasseled scimitars (see ref). Her fighting style is similar to Korean sword dance. She whilrs the simitars around in an intricate dance filled with accrobatics. Entrancing to watch, an attacker is often distracted and looses any advantage.
Some Korean sword dancing videos so you can get a feel for her fighting style--this isn't really the same, but it gets the idea.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUdkQQQnOXA&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xCkMrD3p5o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCNb0vuNHSk&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGsJQgrBdrk (first minute only--dear god, save yourself and stop watching after he puts the sword down)
Tassel ref http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpHtxDjLCaE
My (wow, crappy--but accurate) edit of a naked elf base: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v123/Raesha/ze%20other%20stuff/ratoproperties/new-elf.jpg
and her scimitars (also a bad edit. XD;; ): http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v123/Raesha/ze%20other%20stuff/ratoproperties/scimitar.jpg
