Sakrine Dubane

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One could say Sakrine lived a very blessed life. As one born in the upper level of Aster the girl and her family rarely had to go without sustenance with exception to the cold winters; when food and trade were at its scarce. She had been born the second child to her parents, her older brother exceeding her by a total of four years and due to complications with her birth it was determined that her mother would bare no more children. The news was taken hard at first by the couple but the grief eventually faded with the knowledge that they were fortunate enough to have their daughter alive and well despite the initial scare of her delivery.

Alvina, Sakrine's mother, was a loyal follower of their lands patron goddess Bryne. Their skill in magical arts, namely enchantment, had been a blessing received by her several greats grandmother and through the bloodlines the skill had been shown to manifest in the women of the family. To her husband and son the devotion was present though not nearly as extensively in practice. It seemed being born with a Y chromosome spared the males from being frequently dragged to temples of worship. It was highly expected of Sakrine to follow her mother's guidance and become a skilled manipulator of magical energies. Her daughter however, had other plans. The theoretical and practical aspects of the art didn't come so easily to Sakrine as it did her mother. In contrast, as a young girl Alvina had been considered a type of prodigy in the area and was under the assumption that her daughter was to be the same. That wasn't the case. Along with the constant prodding and scolding from the family matriarch Sakrine had begun to hate it even more.

Her father was a knight, a damn good one at that. Although he may not have possessed a high rank within the militia of Hyrst he was well-known and equally as well-liked amongst the people. Whereas Sakrine was suscepted to her mother's torturous lessons of enchantment her brother, Alister, was taken under their father's wing and taught basic combat skills. Something Sakrine began to take more interest in with each passing day. She began to beg her elder sibling for training lessons once she was certain their parents weren't present and demanded him to reiterate their father's and the academy's teachings to her after each of his lessons. The desire to pursue a knightly path became more and more appealing.

As young children they couldn't have kept the secret for long. As expected Alvina was furious once she'd discovered the girl had been shirking her studies to sword-fight with her brother. Who'd been scolded alongside his sister before the benevolent being that was their father decided to quell the demons rage and reason with her. It was the type of talk that parents asked their children to make themselves scarce for, to this day neither are certain of what their father said to successfully agree to let Sakrine attend the Academy of Knighthood when she came of age. Needless to say her relationship with her mother was as brittle as ever after that. Being told it was near sinful to 'squander your blessing' like she was. It left a lasting impression on the young girl and was the starting point for her accumulating guilt on the subject.

In her tenth year of life and Alister's fourteenth, she was given news of her fathers death. There were often times where the city's militia were requested to guard and ensure the safe passage of particularly precious cargo on the departing ships. In her father's case the vessel he was upon met the sad fate of falling to pirates; or at least that's what they'd been told. With the body never recovered they could never be sure of what happened beyond a flaming wreck. The news hit hard for the family and the siblings quickly became reclusive to those other than each other which prompted their grieving mother to force them onto their merchant uncle and father's brother for the several months that the winter stalled the shipping trade. It was their uncle who passed to them the twin blades.

Nuka the pug arrived in her live when she happened upon a starving pup nary three weeks old in streets Lower Aster on her way home from the academy with her brother. With neither opposed to the idea of a pet the two decidedly nursed the canine back to health though with Alister's more frequent absences he became more attached to Sakrine to the point he would act as her shadow and waddle loyally behind her near constantly. She began to see less of Alister once he had graduated from the academy and took on his active role as a knight of Hyrst but he made certain to visit whenever possible. Having had little to no contact with Alvina, Sakrine was under the impression that their mother had either fully succumbed to her grief over their father's death or steered clear of her children because they only served as a reminder.

With her brother living elsewhere in the city following his graduation and her uncle off once more on the waters, Sakrine spent most of her days alone save for her canine companion when classes at the academy progressed onward. She was happy enough to have her brother present for the joyous occasion that was her graduation ceremony for however briefly. Her uncle elsewhere on business. Like all it was at the age of sixteen she completed her education and dove straight into dutiful roles. It's been three years since then and many things had transpired during the seemingly short time lapse. She'd received word from her uncle informing her of her mother's disappearance, which daunted her all the more at the thought of her dead. A rather selfish train of thought on her part in not wishing to be left as the last of her line just yet.

In the present day Sakrine still serves as a knight of Hyrst; mainly in the capital city of her birth though she's seen much of her homeland due to various excursions she'd been requested to attend for security measures. Determined to become as respected a knight as her father was, throughout the years she left the academy she's become more battle-hardened and suited to them. That being said she's never gone looking for trouble in order to prove herself. However, in noting lack of assurance in her skill be assumption of gender capabilities it what prompted her to wear a mask and pin her locks in attempted camouflage. Of course in the beginning it could only be used to fool for so long but by the time Aster had learned of their 'masked knight' she'd become attached to the partial covering and made a habit of wearing it whenever it suited her.

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