Minigallith Atakares

Minigallith "Mini" or "Miss Mini" Atakares (Willene 11, 1726 - undetermined) was a mage half-elf who lived in Trynser City. After the fire and fall in early 1742 (see below), she was formally Minigallith Sex Atakares, "Sex" meaning "six." (She was a player character created and played by Alden Loveshade in the Citadel's Shadow II campaign. She was created while Alden was working on a query to write GURPS Fantasy Folk: Elves).
== Background ==
=== Personal Life ===
She was the daughter of Gina Atakares, half-elven priestess of the Divine Pleasures sect of Leathane associated with the Palace of the Lady With Seven Golden Rings where she was largely raised. Her father was long believed to be the half-elven Sir Beibalar Zinmaer, O.B.D., although there were rumors her father was the human (quarter-elf) Nalo de Sombrano who had been close to her grandmother Estrella Atakares, or the half-elven Sir Lyus Sleyden. However, after a test on Heris 6, 1742 by her that was verified by her mother, she discovered she was the daughter of Sir Lyus' unknown brother. On Damirin 26, she magically verified that Sir Beibalar was both Sir Lyus' brother and her father. She hugged him, and he hugged back.
Her younger (presumably half) sister, born in 1729, was named Twena Atakares. She had an aunt named Krisdove Atakares who studied to become a Leathane priestess and an uncle enchanter named Keasandoral Atakares; both lived in Millisymph. Unlike her mother but like some half-elves, Mini developed physically at a human-standard rate, although she did have the common youthful looks of a half-elf.
On Heris 1, 1742, she moved into the home of Lon Sillavan, a teacher at St. Ingrance's Nursery, and his wife Ptoma. The couple had one adopted son, Supiji, born in 1733. Mini shared meals with the family, but had her own room with a private entrance. The home was located on Six Fingers Road in Delctra's Cauldron Borough of Trynser City. The family took her in as a boarder both for protection as Lon had nearly been killed by members of the Sardaster cult, and due to financial losses suffered during Storm Audrea.
On Heris 44, 1742, she gained the pixie companion Sixapharilla aka Sixie when the pixie's previous companion Phazimella was killed in the Festival of Herix Demon Monkey Attack.
=== Career ===
While she did learn the theology and rituals of Leathane, she was fascinated by the largely foreign goddess Grebonia and the Lamadien deities in general, and was more interested in a career as a mage. She was born on Guild Day, and believed it her destiny to join a guild. 
She became an apprentice mage at the Shining Luck Mage's Guild, studying at Grandmaster Pei Zhing's Magic School. While she studied some under Pei Zhing and learned some Leathane-related spells from her mother, she primarily studied under Pei's granddaughter Ona Zhing. Her insistence on paying her own way, in addition to her prolonged hospitalization, left her heavily in debt.
She was known to her friends and associates for wanting to learn the truth about everyone and everything, including what people were thinking and feeling, and for innocently stumbling into romantic liaisons (sometimes in association with the machinations of then sister student Audrea Daleos, sometimes also including sister student Chwe Zhing). Some of her associates thought of her as being highly intelligent but a little naive.
She performed occasionally on amateur night, sometimes acting but often singing or dancing, at Madame Maude Lynn's Theater of Thrills.
She was scheduled to be elevated to Journeyman mage in a ceremony on Flowering 6, 1742, but she was still in a coma (see Fire and Fall below). When she came out of the coma on Flowering 42 and asked about her elevation, she received an "honorary" elevation to journeyman at bedside. Following further testing to verify she still had her magical abilities, this was made retroactively official on Heris 1, 1742, the day she was declared fully recovered (except for loss of memory of much of her personal life). On Heris 2, 1742, she began working on a trial basis as an assistant teacher at Pei Zhing's magic school, largely assisting Ona Zhing.
On Heris 11, in cooperation with her school, Mini was offiered an assistant teaching position at St. Bassard's School and Home for Disadvantaged Youth. She decided to accept it, and began working there on Heris 13. The students called her, "Miss Mini."
=== The Sixth Staff of Inova VI ===
She reported she'd had a dream that, on the sixth day of the sixth month of the sixth year from when she announced she would become a mage, she would acquire the Sixth Staff of Inova VI. This would be on Sweatingday, Ulthrane 33, 1742 (Sweatingday is the sixth day of the week; from 33, the date of the month, 3 + 3 = 6; from the year 1742, 7 - 1 = 6, 4 + 2 = 6, 42 / 1 / 7 = 6 ). The staff was, indeed, found with her in her hospital bed (see Fire and Fall below) on that day. It was unknown how she got it; a likely spurious rumor claimed it was somehow gained from the treasure of the dragon Vexicrucinae. A more likely explanation is that a visitor left it for her as a gift, possibly an early graduation gift.
The day she received the staff, she reportedly woke up and gave herself a middle name, something quite uncommon. She then fell back to unconsciousness. Her middle name "Sex" meant "six" in High Kastebani, but this was subject to misinterpretation.
=== Fire and Fall ===
She was nearly killed during a fire at Balsten Arms Building, a seven-story tenement in Delctra's Cauldron Borough of Trynser City, that occurred on Groundhog Day (Ulthrane 32,(Middleday, the fifth day of the week) of 1742. (Some apparently spurious rumors claimed she was killed, but was brought back from the dead.) The fire began, apparently accidentally, during an attack on resident Professor Chalk (who had student Kyrie Kelevan staying with him) by followers of Sardaster. Minigallith was reportedly visiting the tenement, and was trying to climb from the fifth floor to the sixth floor when she fell. At least one witness claimed she was helping battle the fire and was distracting a follower of Sardaster, but this is unconfirmed.
She would lie for an extended period on a coma. In spite of medical care and her mother's fervent hopes, she was still in a coma well past her expected recovery at the Festival of Leathane on Ulthrane 44. She did not fully regain consciousness until Flowering 42 after special treatment.
She seemed to act a bit differently after her recovery from the ordeal (see Personality below). She also seemed forgetful of her personal life before the fall. One rumor claimed that after or during the fire or fall, Minigallith critically failed a mental control spell, and her mother and younger sister and Shining Luck guild members lost some of their memories of her; Minigallith would then often gently but firmly disagree with others' memories. A second, more likely rumor, was that Minigallith's memory was a "bit jilted" due to her fall, near death, and being in a coma. Fellow guild member and conspiracy theorist Rajesh Pridoni expressed a third; a suspicion that the original Minigallith was "replaced."
== Personality ==
Mini seemed highly intelligent but a bit too open and a little naive. She would try very hard to fulfill her responsibilities as a mage, but sometimes, even with her natural talent, it seemed she was lucky to succeed as much as she did. She was curious, and liked trying to talk people into revealing their secrets, but didn't let it get too far out of line--most of the time. She was also sociable; this and her curiosity seemed to extend even to strangers and strange people that she perhaps would have been better off avoiding.
She was dedicated to becoming a Sister of Surrea even though, as she was primarily a magic user and mediocre with weapons at best, those knowledgeable thought this unlikely. 
After her recovery from a coma, her personality changed in some ways. Stating she had visions while unconscious, she began to rely heavily on dreams. She sometimes seemed to suddenly become dedicated to helping someone, even a complete stranger, for no apparent reason--except that she "had a dream." While her skills and knowledge of things outside her personal life seemed equal or even superior to what they had been before, her knowledge of her own personal life had serious gaps. Apparently as a result, she sometimes seemed to naively go her own way to the irritation of others. She did, however, become better at keeping secrets. She also started favoring the number six and related numbers. 
== Appearance ==
Minigallith was a female half-elf, skin type ii (very light but not extremely light skin), green eyes with flecks of pink, and long wavy brown hair she almost always had in curls. However, she often dyed her hair. As of 1742, she stood 5 feet tall aka 0 in (1.524 meters), and weighed 90 lbs (40.8 kg). She was generally considered attractive with a seemingly-naively alluring way about her.
She often wore dressed and dressed in white or pastel colors.
== Associates ==
Her known associates included her mother Gina Atakares; her younger sister Twena Atakares; Kyrie Kelevan, priestess of Damira born eight days after her; and Shining Luck Mage's Guild members Ona Zhing (her primary teacher), Chwe Zhing (Ona's granddaughter), Audrea Daleos (former student and guild member as of early 1742), and Pei Zhing (guildmaster and another of her teachers).
Beginning on Heris 44, 1742, the Festival of Herix, the pixie Sixapharilla who lost her half-elf companion Phazimella at the festival, became Mini's companion.
Soon after her recovery of Flowering 42, 1742, Minigallith seemed fascinated with Captain Shesta Zarzulian of Kastebani Phantom Force Four, who also specialized in spells of the mind, and with Professor Clarence Smartcat who taught material sciences and metalworking at St. Bassard's School and Home for Disadvantaged Youth.
====== Copyright by Alden Loveshade ======
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