Sylis

After the death of both her wealthy merchant parents at the hands of Bondar pirates while on an excursion opening up new trading route, Sylis, having no other family and being too young (8 years old) to hold any legal claim to her property, found herself an orphan.





Under the tutelage of a shrewd orphanage owner, she finds herself with the extraordinary ability to get around in different circles by observing and mimicking those around her. Panhandling, swindling, and deceiving become a daily practice to get by and survive. As Sylis grows and matures, she soon finds herself with a new asset to use in surviving; her looks. It isn’t long before she becomes involved in illicit activities, both as source of income directly and as an information broker and informant for wealthy merchants and tradesman.   Before her 18th birthday Sylis found herself in too deep after taking a job to get information from a New Kalian consul. In a moment of great stress and flight she attempts to hide in a familiar alley where an old lady will take a coin to unlock a sewage system to those on the run. Finding the old lady missing and hearing a stampede of armed men approaching she panicked, cursing “where is that old lady! She’s suppose to be here!”.



As the men entered she began to tremble and slowly step back. “Don’t hurt me!” she said. The leader looked puzzled, “It’s just an old lady. Let’s divide up and check the remaining alley ways!”. And with that, they were gone. 

Startled and confused at what had just happened, Sylis flees the alley way. Only a few paces out, she inexplicitly finds herself unable to move her feet. Trying to free herself and old man, a great one, approaches her leans close to her face and says “Do you know what you are?” 



<p dir="ltr" style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap;">Abandoning her old lifestyle but not her preoccupation with secrecy, deception, and information as currency, the academy teachers her that she can be of great use with the added harnessing of her innate powers. <span style="font-weight:400;font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap;">