Thalra Jhalavar

Thalra Jhalavar is the firstborn of Žudyti of the Drow High Council and Tarakeshwari "Tara" Jhalavar, a human of Kamashpura. Before becoming involved with the life of a hero, Thalra took pretty much any job from the Thieves' Guild: heists, mercenary work, political assassinations. She developed a relationship with Thori Avarice, often working alongside him over the years. Eventually, she came across a decimated village and found Orinthia of Noyin, who she took under her wing and later married as a joke. On a ship adventure with Harriwen Ableroost, Matilda Burkenstein, and Lucatiel of the Silver Banner, Thalra started a relationship with Janah Vix, a vampiric wizard. During their adventures on Firewatch Island, Thalra uttered a command word which accidentally caused a folding boat to collapse onto both Harriwen and Matilda, killing them instantly. Thalra travelled to Barovia in order to revive them or at the very least commune with their spirits, got possessed for a week by Vecna, and is now part of the main field team of Argynvostholt.

## Appearance

Though a half-elf, Thalra takes a majority of her appearance from her drow side. She has upturned, pointed ears, purplish-blue skin, and blue eyes. Her hair is short, messy, and wavy, dark blue transitioning to a lighter blue gradient. She has two facial scars, and wears a large amount of golden jewellery. Her outfit is often comprised of a dark blue blouse with the top buttons undone, along with a pair of comfortable blue pants.

## Personality

Thalra is incredibly charismatic, her eloquence leading most to believe any word she says. She enjoys lying, even without having any particular reason, and tries to keep a light mood despite the circumstances, leading to her cracking jokes at inopportune moments. She has a skewed sense of justice. This shows, for example, when she steals Matilda's coin purse and says, "If you steal from the dead, at least steal from the living while you're at it," before giving Matilda back the purse. Although very much a criminal, Thalra values what she sees as her honour. She is learning how to work with morally upright people, most notably Nahida Snowfire, but so far keeps to her old criminal convictions. Thalra feels immense guilt over causing the death of her friends, and cannot let that guilt go yet.

A massive whore, Thalra has slept with hundreds of men, women, and anyone who doesn't fit in that simple binary. She flirts regularly with most, though respects people's boundaries once they become known to her.

## Early Life

### Blessed by Lolth

Thalra's mother, Žudyti, was one of the most devout worshippers of Lolth. In fact, the entire reason Thalra exists is due to the fact Žudyti failed to start a relationship with Lolth, and turned to a non-drow who did not remind her of Lolth instead. Though Lolth did not engage in a romance with Žudyti, she rewarded her loyalty in a different way: by blessing her firstborn with the magic of the Underdark.

### Fuckboi

Before her transition, Thalra wore her hair long and white. She also wore plenty of pink, including graphic eyeliner. Playing the lute in plenty of performances, Thalra was lusted after by many of the drow, and made sure to enjoy this with the best of her ability, sleeping with almost anyone after discovering she was bisexual.

### Tara's Death

In 98 B.C.O.S, Thalra's human mother, Tara Jhalavar, died due to a mixture of a shortened lifespan and the way the Underdark caused her to lose much of her vitality, her body not suited for living underground. Žudyti and Thalra's relationship became distant after the death of Tara, who was the glue holding the family together. Žudyti had many other children, none of whom she raised as her own the way she had with Thalra.

### Transition

Eight years after the death of her human mother, Thalra realized she was trans. She cut off her long hair, dyed it blue, and changed her name to Thalra Jhalavar, a similar name to her deceased mother as a way of keeping Tara with her always.

### Leaving the Underdark

After her transition, Thalra realized that it was finally time to leave the Underdark. The memories of her mother were too fresh in her memory. They haunted every place that Thalra visited, Tara's laughter echoing in the vast expanse of the caves, the scent of Tara's favourite perfume filling the market, the purple magic of the Underdark resembling Tara's own. So, Thalra left, in search of mercenary work or something she could use her rogueish abilities for. Žudyti explained her absence as a spiritual retreat.

## Life with the Thieves' Guild

Thalra quickly became a valued member of the Thieves' Guild, due to her unique abilities as a Soulknife rogue, and her general lack of morality allowing her to accept most jobs. She learned fast, discovering exactly which jobs to accept and knowing how to run a multitude of cons. Her persuasiveness, once simply used for getting people in her bed, proved to be one of her greatest assets: she could convince almost anyone she was meant to be in any place she ended up, and talked her way out of a multitude of situations.