Ta’ark Perzahl
Played by Scott
Ta’ark Perzahl is a half-elf woman. She would be very tall for an elf, but quite short for a human. She’s slight in stature, blonde, and more than accustomed to catching unwelcome stares from elfin men, human men, or other unwelcome suitors.
She is estranged from her family and she only speaks of them in vague terms, even to her closest friends.
Since her teen years, she has dedicated herself to the study of the arcane. She believes that persistence in her search for knowledge will guide her to being a force in improving the lives of the powerless. That said, her drive is not for creating good, exactly — but rather in destroying the corrupt and vile forces that she has seen gain power in her mere thirty years.
“If we don’t learn to wallow in the fetid filth that enables the powerful, how can we hope to climb out of it?”
She’s lived on her own for many years, and as a rogue, has learned to be stealthy, clever, and perceptive of the weaknesses of those she encounters. She can come across as cold to new acquaintances, but takes pride in the love she derives from her keen understanding of those who have earned her trust. Dimli often jokes of her interactions with strangers when she isn’t in earshot.
“If she’s smiling from one ear to the other, you’d better wonder what’s going on between them.”
As an arcane trickster, she’s augmented her bookish tendencies with illusions and spells that guarantee a level of enchantment that her arresting appearance can’t.
If you can’t hear her walking behind you, it’s because she’s a few steps ahead.
Early Life
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