Name:
Kalinovhar k'Leysha

Position:
Adventurer

Race:
Gryphon (golden eagle type)

Age:
Adult

Physical Description:
Kalinovhar is a female gryphon, one of the non-human races created in ages past by Urtho, the Mage of Silence. She has the head, wings, and forelegs of a great bird of prey, and the body and hindquarters of a grass-cat. Though her head resembles that of a golden eagle, the cranium is much larger, and her deep golden eyes reflect a shining intellect (and a glint of mischief). Her feathers are a dusty golden color, tipped a dark brown, lending her a dappled pattern, which her leonine pelt continues all along her body. Standing, she is roughly the size of a small horse, and it is obvious she hasn't quite reached her full adult proportions.

Personality / Attitude:
Kalinovhar (Kali for short) was about as mischievous as a gryphon can get. She loved practical jokes and teasing, and had developed a bit of a reputation in her home Vale as a prankster, though some humans look askance at her gryphonic sense of humor. The past several years have dampened her spirit a bit, and her humour has become sharper, more cynical. She is still vain and prideful of her appearance and her prowess in battle, as almost all gryphons are, and loves sporting new patterns painted into her feathers by her trondi'irn. She also has a penchant for shiny baubles with which to decorate her body. She tends toward being brash and hot-tempered at times, and this can cause her to stick her paw in her beak, so to speak. She is very forward, and despite her loud beak, she is generally quite friendly to humans and non-humans alike. Those she calls her friends, she will defend with all the raptorial ferocity a gryphon possesses.

Brief History:
Born to stern but loving gryphon parents in White Gryphon, and despite a few close calls with practical jokes not going quite as originally planned, Kali had a wonderful childhood. Upon fledging, Kali decided she wanted to see the world; more specifically, the strange and fascinating Valdemar that she had heard so much about. Joining Serende SwiftBlade's merchant band was the perfect opportunity. She enjoyed the adventure immensely, up until her young charge Aidanna was kidnapped and Serende was murdered.

Things went from fun to deadly serious, and Kali joined the in the hunt for Memnar with every intention of rending the monster limb from limb, Heralds or no. A year of tracking the bloodmage (and witnessing the carnage left in his wake, the hideous things he could do to innocents over and over) had only hardened her anger. When she and the hunting party of Heralds and Guard finally did catch up to Memnar, cornering him in some desolate ruins in the Pelagirs, the fight was brutal. Several of her companions were slain (including the Companion Helene – though her Herald, Owen, somehow survived), and many more grievously wounded, but in the end, the evil blood-mage was defeated and destroyed, as were his motley collection of mage constructs and Pelagiris monsters.

After returning to Haven, Kali spent a short time recovering from her wounds, and left as a caravan guard with the first available caravan setting out for the southern lands. She has spent the last several years acting as a scout and guard for trade caravans, sometimes for IceHeart, sometimes for competing companies – just to put a burr under IceHeart's saddle, as it were, and has only recently returned to Haven.

Goals in Life:
Collect more shinies, sport the latest gryphon feather-painting fashions, find subtle ways to be a pain in the neck for IceHeart, keep an eye on Aidanna, in no particular order.

Gifts:
Mind Speech (minor); Mage Gift (minor, Master)