Leta Leyva

Leta Leyva, a half-elf assassin, grew up in a difficult mixed world of humans and elves.

## Biography

### Background

Her father, Theseus Leyva  was a high military man and her mother, Niralenya Spellire, was a high class ambassador elf. The two came to know each other after dealing with a complex deal between the high elven society located near a busy city, The Hague. They were both selected from their communities to strike a deal as the moon elves of the Forgotten Realms were being encroached on by The Hague’s city development.

The two played hardball and showed no sign of attraction until Niralenya purposely dropped her quill. Theseus reached forward to grab it for her and as he rose he saw her true beauty, rising closer to her. Needless to say, a deal was made as well as a child that was Leta Leyva. She grew up in solitude as her parents raised her under the eye of their communities. They knew she wouldn’t be accepted as their relationship but they continued to love each other and kept their relationship very secretive.

Leta was raised by a multitude of people that her parents paid for classes in defense, in high education of all species and cultures and in dance and music. They strongly believed the art of dance was a healthy creative outlet but more so that it would assist her flexibility and movement in any silent battle. She was essentially raised to be capable of silent and deadly actions. Her parents made sure she would never be weak in the world due to her race and/or gender.

Due to Leta’s lack of human connection she grew a great fondness towards her tutors and parents but never understood how to connect with people her age or to humans or elves. She only understood how they worked and how to appeal to their likes and dislikes through much study and practice in the outside world but never truly understanding herself in the process.

You would never guess it by coming in contact with her - as she seems charismatic in most environments, a femme fatale seductress. Ready to take on any task necessary with the proper pay. She has no moral compass but her own. Her parents taught her well in the arts of defending and supporting herself so when it was time for her to live on her own she decided to explore the world she learned so much about and came into many types of contacts with all types of species. Using her elf traits where beneficial and her human traits where necessary she was able to make connections with high standing political figures in many groups and continued her travels through bounty hunts + assassin paid jobs to continue her travels - taking advantage of her longer life span due to her elf lineage. Her only compass being exploration and growth to make herself feel worthy- she doesn’t know what that is yet.

Her vices only occur when she is socializing with the socialites to appear to be fitting in with knowledge in each culture’s favored alcohol but she never drinks enough to dampen her senses. Although she does enjoy her favorite skinny cigars during these occasions she doesn’t divulge outside of that.

Leta did not have many weaknesses at a young age as she was comfortable with heights, comfortable with many animals, but when it came to killing them - she hesitated. She was forced to learn about death at probably too young of an age, but what really struck a chord with her was the blood. She was able to successfully figure out ways to kill opponents without ever having to see a drop of blood, by simply containing every slit throat with a cloth. As years went on she was forced to see more and more blood in every case that she was unable to secretly murder, and in these cases she would simply leave before seeing blood ever pool. One of her main contradictory traits- she keeps it extremely secretive, not because it could be used against her but more because she’s embarrassed by it.

She has a great skill in forging documents and shaving coins - she learned from one of her trainers. She is able to forge documents including personal letters, as long as she has seen an example of one. She has become exceptionally well in reflecting what people want to see, and believe. This causes her major fault in trusting no one. Her major flaw would be running away if it means saving herself - although she would never admit that to anyone - even to herself.

Fun fact: she enjoys collecting weapons from her journeys around the world.

Childhood Characters:

During Leta’s childhood - she had few friends and had friendly competitive relationships from her classes. One boy, in particular, was a fencing and ballet student that took classes with Leta. His family, who were part of a very old and long lineage, were wealthy. During their many classes this boy would taunt Leta for human blood line and took much pride in his ability to dance better than Leta. He walked with a composure so fine and made sure that he would always take a view from above his dancing partners. Leta was definitely bitter about her lack of ability in reaching the gracefulness of a full elf, but where she lacked in her dancing skills she made up for it during fencing. They grew up with mild competitions whenever they bumped shoulders during their childhood. When they began dating Leta would taunt her gay enemy by gaining attention from attractive young elves that her counterpart fancied in an attempt to steam Morelion Farblade. And steam him it did, being a gay elf was a struggle as it was not widely accepted for him to date who he pleased. Most of his relationships, if any were successful, were kept secret for the safety of his family’s reputation.

Description: Morelion Farblade is part of a long line of yellow blonde elves. He wore his hair clean- always with a little flare and combed over. He tended to change his hairstyles- always in fashion and often depending on his mood, more often when he was feeling especially attitudish. Always wearing the newest fashion to catch the most charming high elven males. He wore golden jewelry and always wore at least one piece to showcase his family’s emblem which showcases a shortsword

Leta had made a friend as well, Alexander Sarmiento, he was very curious about the human race and loved to learn from Leta’s “stranger” tendencies. He found her repulsion to blood fascinating for example, and her lack of elven skills entertaining. To any human - these would never be noticed, but to her elven peers it was clear she was different.

Description: Alexander Sarmiento - A tall brown haired elf. He never dressed to impress but rather enjoyed being prepared for battle. Not that it was ever a true concern but he fancied all the weapons he could gather. This is probably where Leta found a desire to collect weapons herself as they both loved to show and compare each others new finds after a long journey of travel and adventure. Alexander dressed the part of a proper elf but always had 3 weapons at least on hand hidden within his proper dress. Compared to other high elves he would be considered a boring dress but to humans - he always looked a bit smart. His hair was at mid length and it was straight. He had thick brows and light hazel eyes. His resting face always appeared to be a little angry yet his eyes were soft and inviting. He was a bit expressionless most of the time. He always showed interest in human things - so he would be caught collecting random artifacts - possibly wearing a new necklace he had found and changing it out with an earring from another journey.