Feliss Ketola

Introduction
Feliss is a descendant of Toriya Ketola, the renowned Angel of Yllspire, but she couldn't have been more different from her ancestor. she's lazy beyond words, resulting in her being thrown out of the house for not working for her food. Rather than getting a honourable job and making her money honestly, Feliss has chosen the path of a criminal and has become known as the Snow Cat of Frostrun Heights.

Appearance
Hardly reaching four foot and ten inches, Feliss is even shorter than her famous ancestor. She more than makes up for her own lack of inches with the insane length of her hair. The golden strands are tied in a high ponytail, but they still easily reach her bottoms. For a woman born and raised in Frostrun Heights, her skin doesn’t have the characteristic pale tone. Her eyes are a silverfish blue, contrasting sharply with the warm colors of her hair and her clothes.

Feliss usually wears a white skirt and leggings, as well as a red short-sleeve blouse. Her ankle-height boots match the color of her skirt. While all in all, this may not sound too flamboyant, Feliss clearly has her ways to stand out. The ribbon she uses to tie her hair is humongous- the REAL eyecatcher on the Snow Cat. She also wears a heirloom from Saint Toriya herself; the dragon fang necklace that is rumored to bring good luck.

Feliss is always armed. Normally, she wears her sword around her waist, on the left side so she can reach it with her right hand easily. However, at night, when she’s working, she only carries a knife. Knife and lockpick are carried under her skirt, tied to her upper legs. While they might not always be visible, one can rather safely assume that Feliss is armed when they see her.

Personality
For a Thief, Feliss is quite noisy. Singing, humming, or talking loudly, she’s always brimming with energy and catching attention wherever she goes. People sometimes think she doesn’t take anything seriously and she seems to be smiling unless the situation gets massively out of hand.

However, Felicia Ketola is a professional. Once she gets to work, she becomes very serious, silent, and reliable. As soon as there’s gold to be made, she’s in- her lazy nature does not outweigh her greedy side here. And she may not be the most dangerous swordswoman out there, she certainly knows how to use both sword and dagger. However, she can break in, rob a house empty and break back out completely unarmed if she wishes to.

Feliss has an elaborate network of informants, weapon traffickers and co-criminals. She uses them to their fullest extent, gathering as much intelligence about her targets and employers as she can before taking off. While things might not seem like it at first, the Snow Cat does in fact have a functioning moral compass. She always make sure her jobs don’t endanger anyone.

Prior to Skylessia II
Born in Frostrun Heights, Feliss was a bit of a difficult child right off the bat. She refused to do manual labour, preferring to take a walk in town instead. However, sometimes her father would have to go as far as to chase her up into a tree and she still wouldn’t work.

It’s no wonder that she was thrown out as soon as she reached legal age.

Once she had been thrown out onto the streets, she was soon found by a professional, rich Thief who saw potential in her agility and small frame, took her in and trained her.

After a few years of training in stealth and combat, Feliss was introduced to the Underground Company, Or the Undergrounders, and made herself quite popular by succeeding in everything she was assigned to.

She earned herself the nickname ‘Snow Cat’ for her feline agility and her ability to run out into the snowy fields, only to seemingly disappear into the snow. Well, the Undergrounders know that she uses the secret passageways, but the citizenry doesn’t…

During Skylessia II
One of Feliss’ first serious jobs was the escorting of Elphisia Svanhildur up the mountain towards the shrine of Saint Zelena. Nothing truly significant happened, other than a run-in with a freaking Yeti. Feliss hasn’t remained in touch with the people she worked with on this job.

Afterwards, she was requested in Araducia to steal a Runesword from the warlord Valentine of Avoret. Before she did so, though, she 'terrorized' a small bazaar. The warlord’s son did not make her job easy on her, almost capturing her and going as far as to fight her in the process. She was forced to take him along afterwards.

Back on the Heights, she chose to rob a suspicious caravan of their treasure. This would prove to be more trouble than it would be worth... or would it? Once she had her hands on the treasure, Jacques sent her to Nagaräth for a job. However, a sandstorm intercepted the Pegasus she travelled with and threw her in the middle of the struggle for a strange girl's freedom.

Back home, she was sent on a most unusual task for a thief... she was sent away to kill a crazy scientist. In a village not far from the target location, she was forced to offer her services to capture a rather violent 'colleague,' after which she managed to end up at the border with the Centerlands, where her swords and skills were needed to fend off invaders.

Relations

 * Jacques

Rogue NPC by yours truly

Also known as the Crutch Man. The man who took Feliss in shortly after her abandonment by her parents was a Project Leader of the Underground Company. He recruited Feliss and rather than giving her into the care of a Freelancer, her personally took care of her training. With his frail body and weak health, he is more in charge of administrational work than of anything involving combat, but he can hold his own with a knife.


 * Andreas Valentine III

Myrmidon by Knight of G

More of a pest than anything else, Andreas is Feliss' apprentice/personal slave. For some reason, the Snow Cat can't be nice and cheerful to him, and she pretty much abuses him. They got stuck together as payback for him sparing Feliss' life and honour during their first meeting.

Underground Company
A group of professional criminals, who meet under the towns of Ral Yllspire. Feliss is a part of this Underground Company. Most of the Undergrounders are given a ‘nickname’ or a ‘handle’ based on their appearance, their habits, or their performances. Respect is earned in the group by fighting your way up through the different kinds of ranks.


 * Contracters are not allowed to do anything unless they have a contract offered by a higher-ranked Undergrounder or a civilian with ‘connections.’ If they do act without contract, they must not be surprised to find themselves killed by a former companion. While true disrespect and despise are rare, Contracters are easily the least respected of all Undergrounders.
 * Informants are invaluable and irreplaceable. They are the ones who gather intelligence on targets, ongoing events, and locations. The Undergrounders have them all over the continent, and they enjoy both a lot of respect and a high salary. It is argued that their jobs are even more dangerous than those of the Freelancers.
 * Maintenance is responsible for the storage of the Underground Company. They are in charge of stealing food, gold, and weapons, and handing it out to Undergrounders in need. They enjoy a lot of respect, not for their skills, but for their willingness to employ those skills for their companions.
 * Freelancers are easily the freest criminals of the Underground Company. They are allowed to take contracts from citizens or from Project Leaders, but they can also choose their own targets. When stealing or attacking from their own initiative, some paperwork has to be filled out and the target has to be approved by a Project Leader. Nonetheless, most targets go through the ‘auto-approve’ and cause little trouble. Since the title of ‘Freelancer’ is far from easily obtained, they enjoy even more respect than Maintenance.
 * Project Leaders are the chiefs of the Underground Company. They’re responsible for recruitment of members, recruitment for jobs, approval of Freelancer Targets, and regulation of the Undergrounders in general. They logically enjoy the most of respect in the entire Underground.

Supports
C-rank Conversation: Feliss forces herself to declare Andreas her apprentice. After learning that he got into trouble that can get her into trouble, she knocks him out with ease.
 * Andreas Valentine III: C-rank.

C-rank conversation: Abel asks Feliss to show him some basics of combat and she agrees. She ends up teaching him mostly that small people can be as terrifying as big people.
 * Abel: C-rank.

C-rank conversation: Mirta stops Feliss from leaving the capital of Nagaräth to talk to her. She points out that the Thief doesn't have her fooled, and that she is in fact going to be screened. Feliss is intrigued.
 * Mirta Atreides: C-rank.

C-rank conversation: After taking out the trash the night before, Dorian and Feliss enjoy a breakfast talk. Mostly about how soon Andreas can be out of Feliss' sight.
 * Dorian Thomas: C-rank.

Currently pending:

Finished RP's

 * Beginning of Pilgrimage Trial earned Feliss 3 levels, 3/4 of a Swords level, and no supports.
 * At the Bazaar.
 * Unexpected Rendezvous earned Feliss 2 levels, 2/4 of a Swords level, and the Andreas Valentine III C-support.
 * Egged On earned Feliss 2 levels, 3/5 of a Swords level, and the Dorian Thomas C-support.
 * A Girl from Sky, a Guy from Sand earned Feliss 4 levels, 3/4 of a weapon level, the Mirta Atreides C-support and the Abel C-support.
 * Storm the Tower earned Feliss 3 levels and 2/5 of a Weapon level.
 * Takes a Thief to Catch a Thief is currently going on.
 * Tower Defense is currently going on.