Mynian Copperhand Profile
Sept 4, 2015 13:31:31 GMT -5
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Mynian Copperhand
(Pronounced min-ē-an)
Mynian's Personal Insignia and Makers Mark
Embroidered on all her works
created by High Herald
Gender: Female
Race: Half-elf
Height: 5' 4 1/2" (163cm)
Body Type: Svelte
Skin: Light tan
Hair: Black
Eyes: Dark Brown
Age Appearance: Human equivalent of someone in their mid 30s.
Finer Details: Her hair is slightly wavy with the length to tops of her shoulders. One cowlick of hair has a tendency to fall into her eyes. She goes mostly without makeup. Clean looking. There is a slight upturning of the corners of her eyes with the size leaning more toward the human range than it does elven. The majority of her height is in her legs.
Perceived Heritage: Looks more human than half-elven. The points of her ears and size of her eyes are not as pronounced as other half-elves are. She has a distinct lack of elven mannerisms and very rarely speaks another language other than common.
Dressing Habits: Her clothing styles lean towards human nobility or the richer merchant classes, but never into the realm of gaudy. If the outfit is not already close-necked she will wear a choker or something to cover it. Under the covering, unseen, she wears a thin metal lining. She's almost never seen without her biceps covered up. She'll wear small bits of jewelry from time to time, mostly when it matches the outfit.
Basic IC Information (things that can be found out just by talking with commoners, no lore check needed):
- She hails from Luskan
- In Valkur's Roar and some of the Western Reaches she's known by the populous as the former Minister of The City Interior of Valkur's Roar. She owns The Three Chimneys establishment. Outside of Valkur's Roar she is still more known for her talents as a tailor, dressmaker, seamstress, songstress, and merchant.
Deeper Information (Can maybe find out via RP)
Age: Has survived 58-ish winters. Exact birth date unknown. She marks Tarsakh 1 as a "cycle successfully survived".
Actual Heritage: Born from the pairing of two half-elves. Her elven, human (or otherwise) bloodlines have never been defined. She's never met her father. She's estranged from her mother. [Mynian was created back in 2006 before the Character Creation Rules were established that it needs to be one elven and one human parent. Her parental line was grandfathered in.]
Other Details:
- Her ties to Luskan continue to diminish year after year and while she has "family" back there, they're loyal to her "brother" Aeden Turn.
- She lived for a time in The Silver Marches. Her ties there are fairly non-existent now, though perhaps some individuals recall a "Copperhand" who used to run the short lived Marches Trading Association there.
----- DM Centric Info Below This Point, Do Not Metagame Info for Your Character----
For her full history go here. She is a legacy character created in 2006 and her .bic file on the server is her original file. You can also take a look at her journal or some moments in between. There is also a rumor thread of things characters/PCs can potentially hear about Mynian.
Mechanics:
In terms of mechanics, for a level 22 Mynian is built very poorly. I initially leveled her up on the concept of a "Pure RP" build, something that doesn't work on FRC anymore. Her skills and abilities are not optimized for standard dungeon/encounter play and she does not have the typical Feats or spells you would expect for the classes she has.
Add to it that 80 to 90% of her XP was earned through DM given RP XP over the years -- meaning she did not have loot drops along the way to match her levels as she went -- and you have a severely under equipped epic level character. Even with her best gear on, should a CR 10 or above encounter be dropped on her, she will 100% die if she's unable to flee. Her AB and/or spell modifiers sees her doing little to no damage, making her undesirable to bring into a group.
I mention all this to make sure any E/DMs reading will understand that until I can somehow resolve her issues without a rebuild, getting Mynian involved in a combat centric situation will lead to unsatisfying outcomes.
Finer Details:
- She possesses several scars. Some of them old. Some of them newer. One long diagonal scar across her left hip - assassination attempt. One small vertical scar above her right elbow - an arrow from an undead archer during the days of the Silent Dominion. A cross shaped scar upon her right forearm, barely visible - a necrotic cyst that was removed ((8/24/2019, EDM Plotter plot)). A scar is on the left side of her abdomen, a splotch as if someone plunged and then twisted a blade into her - torture and assassination attempt ((7/6/2020, PVP driven, based off plot)).
- There are two tattoos she bears that she earned from her early Luskan days. They've faded a bit over the years and she generally keeps them covered up. On her left bicep is a black cat with brownish-red eyes walking down her arm with a dagger in its maw. On her right bicep is a caricature of a grey wolf wearing dapper clothing. It's on its hind legs sporting a wide brimmed feathered hat, a cane with a large purple jewel atop it, and one of the fangs in its grin is a gold capped tooth. The wolf is more of a gang emblem that her Uncle's lads ran with.
- Due to her repeated encountered with vampires of all sorts over the years, Mynian habitually carries garlic, a wooden stake, and holy water. The thin metal lining she always wears about her neck is also because of vampires. While she knows it won't ultimately stop a vampire, if it buys her a few seconds time before being bitten, she'll take it. ((Encounters mostly done by DM Munroe))
- Mynian likes to go fishing. It's something she picked up when she was in the Silver Marches and resided near the rivertowns there. She finds it relaxing and considers it to be an expression of Tymora's faith.
"Yeh c'n fish one day 'n pull up six fish in less than two bells. Come back latah ta tha same exact spot, same exact time o' day, same exact weather 'n water conditions, usin' tha same bait 'n techniques, 'n not get a single nibble tha entire day. Tha' ain't fer nature, tha's nay fer a lack o' skill, tha's jus' pure luck."
Heritage Notes:
Her non-existent ties with her mother and father have left her completely ignorant of her heritage. She knows her mother comes from a "respected family" in Waterdeep and that her surname Copperhand comes from her father. Though it's heavily assumed the name was an alias. Her Elven heritage is a complete blank.
One small potential clue to her bloodline is that her bardic spells are heavily innate. She's only capable of casting healing, curative/restorative, or spells based on sound (Amplify, Silence, Sound Burst, Wounding Whispers). Mynian has been somewhat fearful to find out why her bardic spells are limited and she covers up the inadequacy by casting other spells in the book learned way (Wizard).
I did consider retconning her mother being full human and her father being full elven. However, part of her mental makeup does stem from the fact that she is a "mutt". She has pride in the fact that she can't be narrowed down by hereditary labels and that people have to judge her based on merit instead of her race. Yet she simultaneously feels a lack of self worth because of not knowing where she really comes from. On one hand she can dismissively wave off any racial judgements held against her, but on the other be a bit envious of those who can proudly say they were born into something and belong to it. When she hears others go on about their bloodlines or family ties, all that flashes through her mind is her childhood on the streets as a waif while her mother worked at a brothel. Nothing more than "a bastard of a bastard."
E/DM Hook: Some aspect of Mynian's heritage crops up. Maybe someone looking for her father, someone from her mother's human side manages to track her down for some reason, or some sort of elven type of contact is made... or something else completely unexpected.
Mynian and Magic (Book Learned Finger-wigglin'!):
On and off through the years, she's dabbled in the more formal and book learned means of magic. Even before her arrival to Cormyr she had dabbled, but got no better than first circle. She had dropped her studies in favor of the more natural magics that come with being a Bard. However, her time dealing with the Wild Magic crisis and the magics in Cloudstone had encouraged her to take up her book learned studies again. Getting some help and tutoring from Arician the Blue, she relearned the basics once more. This time, her studies were more in earnest with some concentration put toward the potential of enchanting items.
Currently, she is a generalist with access to 4th circle spells.
Current Personal Goals:
- Multiple goals listed under her in-game Info. If you need me to PM it to you, let me know.
- Continue to finalize any items with the Valkur's Roar council, this mostly having to do with the Last Will and Testament for Arician the Blue. As of June 5 she's inquired on both matters and has received responses, but both items still need full solidification. Matter 1: Donated funds for use in gardens and/or libraries. 17,500 in reserve for "surplus for the benefit of learning or future Libraries". 17,500 to move the shrine of Chauntea, but Mynian has contention with this as it serves the shrine and not the gardens. Matter 2: Use of Rainbow Gem, a sentimental trinket. Likely to be put in the Mage Tower for study and meditation with a notation of donation and service from Arician. If nothing is solidified, then Mynian will touch base with the council again at the beginning of winter ((Dec 1)).
- Continue her routes as a traveling merchant, next stops are The Last Flagon in the Hullack, Arabel and Eveningstar.
- Continue to study magic and increase her knowledge of it (aiming for more Wizard levels). Will also work on her bow arm to get some of her martial abilities back. ((Still pondering a potential rebuild, but it still won't matter without the right kind of gear. Feel a little stuck to be honest.))
- Potentially attempt to occasionally adventure to try and regain some of her losses due to paying fines for her past crimes (most notably the 100,000 lions for the kidnapping and torture fines).
SIDE NOTE: Current Master Bard of the Unicorn's Door Inn -> Marcus Thorne as of 2/27/2022
