Name: Dove (Dovie, Dov) Black

Age: 18

Place of Origin: She grew up in Old Rose Harbor.

History: Dove Black is so named because her adoptive father found her outside of the Black Dove tavern, sitting on the steps at the age of two swinging her feet and humming a small tune. Her father figure, a skinny and knobbled figure who goes by simply 'Ol' Knob' is well involved in the crime syndicate of Silas Hawke as a smuggler. He saw her there at the steps for two days, then walked up to the little Dove on the night of the second and asked her where her parents were. She shrugged, and then he shrugged and took her in. He perhaps wasn't the best father out there, since he loves his drink a bit to much and acts more like an old uncle than a father in most every way. He did look to see who her parents were, using the information web from the crime syndicate. Her father, he discovered, had died as a freedom fighter while doing a kamikaze attack on the Galdori, while her mother was young and scared so she left the girl on the tavern steps.
Growing up, Dove quickly became just 'Dovie' to Ol Knob, and as she grew older became Dov. (Pronounced like the word dove, as in she dove at some one.) At the age of ten Ol' Knob lamented that she wasn't a boy, since then he couldn't bring her more places, so she then started dressing like a boy. Ol Knob shrugged and went along with it, calling her Dov when she wore this guise in public. She grew up among criminals, but still lived a very happy childhood despite the troubles due to traveling and her Ol' Uncle Knob taking care of her. The toughest experience of her child hood was when she was only 12, and was pit-pocketing from different students in the stacks when most were drunk at night. One drunken student caught her, and slashed a dagger across her throat in punishment. She barely escaped back home, and was close to death when she reached her house. It was luck that made the dagger miss most of the major arteries, and luck that had the Wick in town for a festival. Ol' Knob took her to a healing Wick and after a couple weeks Dove was mostly recovered. From this experience, Dove kept a scar, and lost the ability to speak.
In the last couple years of her life Dove has kept mostly a male appearance in public, if just for it's convenience in most situations. Ol' Knob was able to get her a job as a deliverer for Silas Hawke, her inability to speak making her prized in such jobs for not being able to say anything if caught, nor being able to tattle about anything heard while delivering. And most believe her to not be able to read or write, a belief that she helped foster. After all, the less people expect of you the more freedom you have, in her opinion. In truth she can read and write, and understand most languages. The only languages she doesn't understand being Monite, and a bit of Mugrobi which she only gets every other word of. She is very adept at sign language. The reason for her wide understanding is that she has become very good at listening. By a select few she has become known as the go-to source for information. She does not plan to join the resistance, as Ol Knob told her how her father died and she doesn't want to die that way, doing something to be forgotten.


Personality: Dove is a warm and friendly character who gives off the appearance of being laid back or dim witted. But underneath the vacant smile and tilted head she can quickly sum up a situation and a person, and decide a course of action. Most of the time she seems relaxed because she has a couple plans in place if something goes wrong to get her out of there. She is one of those people who is always touching another while talking, making those with personal space issues get antsy.
Her weirdest habit is humming as a form of communication, since humming comes from the nose and not the throat so she can still produce sound that way. She is good friends with most peddlers, tavern owners and shop keepers across the city and is a well liked character by nearly all who know her (though many think she is a he). All in all she is rather devil may care attitude and is a bit of a trickster, though this mostly has to do with her happy-go-lucky personality which when there is no humor to find, makes it herself. She also enjoys flirting with guys, as not only is she attracted to them but she enjoys the confusion and horror on their face because they believe she is a boy.

Physical Description: Dove usually dresses with her chest bound, wearing a brown vest over a white collard, long-sleeved shirt with a dark brown throat tie. She wears dark brown common pants with an old nickel buckle belt, and soft worn leather boots. Her hair is down in a simple low ponytail, a style that is common for both men and women of the lower class, and wears a a worn down page boy cap over her hair. Her bangs are kept in a simple style, usually brushed out well to give her a pleasant appearance. She has light tanned skin, with light brown eyes and hair the same color. Usually she has quite a few freckles decoration her face, sometimes to the point of freckles overlapping each other. All in all she is rather nondescript looking, if it weren't for the jagged scar across her throat from when she was a kid. She wears the collar and neck-tie to try and cover it, but it is still easy to spot since she moves her head and shoulder a lot when she talks, moving the fabric enough to see it. Dove is of medium height and slim build, only reinforcing the common appearance.


Inventory:
Pistol- gotten after a year of being a delivery boy for Silas Hawke
Dagger- Given to her by Ol' Knob after the 'incident' as he calls it
Lucky Coin- First coin she successfully pit-pocketed from Ol' Knob, she marked it with a red dot in the middle so never to forget it.
Handkerchief- Made from the dress she was found in as a kid, she keeps it with her to remind her it could always be worse.
Money- She always keeps coins of different amounts hidden in a number of secret pockets throughout her clothes. She keeps some in her real pockets to test pit-pocketers and to give to those who hold her up in an ally, so as to not cause a stir.

Career: Criminal- Smuggler/Delivery boy
Growing up in a crime oriented household, she learned the skills of
Pit-pocketing
Stealth
Eavesdropping
Minor Acrobatics (to climb over walls, avoid a chase, sneak into a building, etc.)
Knife fighting (to defend herself, taught directly by Ol' Knob.)
Close-range shooting (After she got her pistol, to learn to defend herself)
Code deciphering (When delivering coded messages, she felt she had a lot of free time to learn)

Goals: Despite her practical take on life, Dove dreams of one day becoming free of the crime life. Even as a smuggler of sorts she refuses to kill anyone who doesn't deserve it. Within her heart, though she tries to ignore it, beats the same spirit which must of lead her father to die for the freedom fighters. She is less eager about the freedom fighters though, feeling like some they are almost worse than the galdori. She wants equality between humans and galdori, but has no clue on how to work for it and shrugs it off, deciding to do nothing unless it falls into her lap.

You're already approved Dove

Okay, I just thought maybe I should post it here for the other players, since usually I like to glance at characters I will be interacting with. Thanks though!