Challa

*"Vilte's fallen ill. Tomil has made a recipe in here for a healing draught, but I've never actually tried before. It's very tricky to make, and if you get one thing wrong you need to start completely over. I am getting better at it..."*

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*"I guess it's good to learn how to make it, but I'm sad we have to use it. At least I know exactly where to find all of the ingredients now. And, they have to be freshly picked each time or the healing draught won't work. One of the ingredients is a fruit from the koak tree on the cliff. They grow so far out! Luckily, I've been climbing out to pick them since I was little- even though the fruit is not very tasty. The climbing is fun though!
I tried the recipe that Tomil wrote in here, but... it's not very good either. Guess it's got some healing properties, but I wish we could just eat them.
I went out to gather some more fruit today. Climbing out in the trees reminded me of the day I found all the caves in the cliff. I went out further than anyone had ever done, and that's when I saw the holes. They were all over the cliffside and I convinced everyone to build ladders and bridges so we could explore them... I wish I was still there, climbing the trees or exploring the caves... all this sitting and watching is hard. I want to help though. Grandma said that Vilte's very important. I'm not sure why, but since she came everything seems really different here. People started arguing more, some people are scared of her... voices about her being dangerous, trying to trick people? But she's always been kind to me. She even asked about my book. She taught me a new recipe for dumplings that I added in. Anyway, now she's sick in one of our our beds. She hasn't woken up in days and it feels like forever. I don't know what happened, but Grandma said some of the grown-ups aren't allowed to visit her any more. I wonder if they hurt her...
Whatever the reason, I won't let them near her again. I will protect her."*

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*Challa, in the cookbook*"

## Description

### Humanity

Small, with fierce eyes, very small hands
Like everyone from Ninut, she has excellent eyesight, but is also sensitive to sunlight and wears a veil.

*Tiding 12*:Challa's irises have taken on the quality of ice shards after being touched by Strael

### Personality

Independent, headstrong, tenacious, adventurous, a risk-taker, impulsive, committed, protective, doesn't always think things through, rebellious

### Clothing and Equipment

* Slingshot
* The family Cookbook, passed down through many generations, containing stories, recipes, botany and zoology notes, etc.

Wears a bright red embroidered parka made of goat hair, and, like all from Ninut, a veil over her eyes most of the time.

## Relationships

### Family

* Tomil is Challa's grandmother, and Challa is her favourite grandchild- hence Challa being entrusted with the Cookbook. Tomil is also Challa's favourite family member. Tomil supports Challa with almost all of her endeavours, even when to others they seem less than wise. Challa spends a lot of time with Tomil, on account of her parents being less available.
* Yani is Challa's mother. She was wounded in a fight and doesn't interact much with Challa.
* Sarran is Challa's father, and spends much of his time looking after Yani, meaning his relationship with Challa isn't as well-developed.
* Tien is Challa's elder sister. To Challa, Tien is the golden child, and becoming a boring and accomplished adult.
* Drish is Challa's younger sister, and to Challa she is foolish and babyish.

### Other

Korrin

Challa knows Korrin very well, especially since the caravan has been on the road. Challa knows Korrin much better than Bris does. Korrin and Challa are friends, particularly since they are of similar age and Challa has more of a family than him.

Vilte
Challa respects Vilte enormously, and is determined to protect her.
Bris

Venz

Belka
Belka treats Challa with the same respect as an adult and doesn't dismiss her as a child (unlike others). Challa looks up to Belka and likes to go where they go as they tend to do and say interesting things.

## History

When growing up in Ninut, she once scaled a cliff and co-opted several village members to help her build a bridge system to see if there were mushrooms in the cliff caves.
When Vilte came to the village, and saw her argue against the elders and stand up for what she believed in (and then saw Vilte be schemed against and forced to drink poison), Challa learned that sometimes the elders can be wrong, and that it's important to stand up to them sometimes. Challa's family stood with Vilte when tensions ran high in the village, and are the ones looking after her now she is ill. Challa herself volunteered to watch over Vilte while she slept, a task she takes very seriously.

In *Tiding 11* we learn from Rugate Ullun Bakkal that her mother Yani has died in the caves under Carn Veskl, and that the family is mourning.
In *Tiding 12*, Korrin notices that Challa's irises now seem to have taken on the quality of shards of ice.

## Mechanics

### Playbook

The Kid
The Kid playbook doesn't allow access to all of the moves that adult characters have, such as reading other people.

* Hot-headed: You can only use an emotion 4 times before spiking out- but gains XP from spiking out (to represent learning from the experience)
* Pack leader: When you play with other kids, roll to become the ringleader and get other kids to do what you want. 10+ gives three holds, 7-9 gives one. Spend one hold per child you would like to lead.
* Tempt Fate: You do something a bit risky to achieve a goal, not having more specific moves that adults have. 10+ = success; 7-9 = success with a cost, a worse outcome, a hard bargain or an ugly choice
* Still A Kid (bond move): When you show vulnerability (genuine or otherwise) to an adult, gain a bond on them.

**Advancement 1**

* Uncanny potential: You have the potential to manipulate the supernatural. 10+ pick 2; 7-9 pick 1. You do what you set out to do; You don't attract unwanted attention; you don't suffer trauma.
* Unthreatening- used to hide, or distract the threat so it focuses on someone or something else.

**Advancement 2**

* Read Person

**Advancement 3**

* Unthreatening: When you want to hide, sneak, or otherwise remove attention from yourself, roll. 10+ success, 7-9 success but something else geos wrong.

### Emotional stats

* Scared: +2
* Powerful: +1
* Mad: +1
* Peaceful: 0
* Sad: -1
* Joyful: 0

### Bonds

1) *If somebody treats you like an adult, they have a bond on you.*
 Belka has a bond on Challa.

2) *If somebody teaches you a valuable life lesson, they have a bond on you.*
 Vilte has a bond on Challa.

3) *If someone lets you in on their secret, you gain a bond on them.*
 Challa has a bond on Tomil.

4) Helped Bris raise her charge, thus has a bond on Bris (from Bris' playbook)

### Beliefs

Tiding 03:

Most important: I must protect the Weaver as she gains back her strength."

Longstanding: "The most interesting things are the ones I've been told not to look at."

Interpersonal: "I must be Belka's teacher because Belka doesn't know much about the world."

## Quotes

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