Shira

NAME:  Princess Shira Danwen
AGE: 18
HAIR:  Blonde
EYE COLOR: Blue
HEIGHT: 6’1”
WEIGHT: 165 LB
B-DAY: October 10
SIGN: Libra
BIRTHPLACE: The forests outside of Kiesa
SPECIES: Quarter dragon/human hybrid

PERSONALITY:  Shira tries her best to live up to the title of “Princess" but hasn't quite gotten it down yet.  She’s prim and proper, but she can also have a bit of a temper when people, namely those in her party, don't take her seriously.  She’s conservative, practical, patient, well organized, and level-headed.  She’s a very kind and compassionate person, but a fierce fighter when it comes to defending her beliefs and her people.  She tends to play her cards too close to her chest, and is a bit self-conscious of her abilities and her dragon heritage.

HISTORY: Shira is the quarter-dragon daughter of King Daray.  She wasn't born into royalty, but raised at the castle courts since she was seven years old starting life as a kitchen servant.  From there she was trained in everything from diplomacy to sword fighting, and was skilled to the point she even became the human prince's personal bodyguard.  But she messed up somehow the night the coup for the country was staged, and nearly got them both killed by Akando, something she tries to keep as quiet as possible.  She spends most of her time traveling around acting as a liaison between rebel groups, and searching for the lost human heir to the human throne.   After being attacked by goblin bandits, Matt saved her life.  She has a bond debt to him now where she has promised to help him get back to his own world.  This is proving to be tricky for her, because she’s leading a group of people who are about as cooperative as a herd of cats through the hazardous world of monsters and politics (same difference).  She wants desperately not to mix Matt up into some of the darker aspects of her life, which she is afraid she won't be able to protect him from.  

MAGIC/SPECIAL ABILITIES: Shira knows some miscellaneous spells, but most of her power lies in being an Empath, which means she can sense emotions of people around her.  She can tell when someone is coming even when she can't see them yet, and she knows when someone is telling the truth or not.  Her dragon heritage makes her stronger, faster, and tougher than an average human, and her hands and feet are scaled white dragon talons she can use as weapons in a fight. 

TRIVIA:  Shira is the most difficult character in GB to draw.  Her look is never the same twice!
Shira's name means "singer," and she can sing and play the flute and the recorder quite well.  When she adds her magic to her music she can inspire the emotions she wants people to feel.
Shira may very well still grow taller.   Dragons age and grow slower than humans do, and no one is sure how much of that she has inherited.
Shira has the strong primal rage inherent to dragons, which helps her in combat.  It over-rides her empathic ability briefly in battle, otherwise being in such a highly emotional situation would immobilize her.
Dragon/human hybrids are extraordinarily rare.  Shira and her family are the only ones in the whole country.

QUOTE:  “I'm the Princess.  They expect me to be eccentric.”
 

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