Sahal Jai Azal
Dawn of Fire
NAME: Sahal Jai Azal
FACTION: De-facto Silver Sanctum Coalition
RANK: Anusiya, a rank given to Force Using warriors.
SPECIES: Qadiri
AGE: 72.
SEX: Female
HEIGHT: 166cm
WEIGHT: 55kg
EYES: Green
HAIR: Dark
SKIN: Dark Tanned
FORCE SENSITIVE: Yes, apprentice level.
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STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES:
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Sahal is average height for a Qadiri female, but is well built and strong for her kind. As a career soldier her tanned skin is scarred by numerous wounds. Her hair is dark, but cut short so it is easier to maintain on campaign. Her eyes are a pale green, exotic to an outsider but quite common among the Qadiri.
BIOGRAPHY:
Sahal Jai Azal was born to a peasant farming family in the territory of the Mirza (or ruler) of Lakish. The youngest of three children, Sahal grew up in poverty. The situation only got worse at age 35 when the soldiers of a neighbouring territory ransacked the farm. Sahal’s mother was killed by the attackers to allow the rest of her family to escape. Sahal though was caught and was enslaved.
Sahal was taken to Jakai and put to work in a pottery shop as a child labourer. There she remained for almost ten years before being sold to a noblewoman who liked having pretty young servants. Sahal’s stubbornness and festering anger though bought her few favours with her owners and she was frequently punished. Eventually she was passed to her owner’s daughter and forged a bond with her as mistress and servant. This daughter married the son of the Mirza of Jakai inheriting a substantial dowry from the male’s parents. Sahal was treated well by Bahari though she was still forced to work hard.
However, Bahari had enemies, and so when an assassin was dispatched to kill her Sahal was badly hurt and the sight of her mistress dead caused her innate powers to come forth. As with all Force sensitive children, Sahal was conscripted into the military to be trained. At this point she was more than willing to do so, not just for revenge, but mainly so she could escape slavery and find her family again.
Irony and fate were not kind to Sahal though as the assassin had been sent from Lakish, and so her first campaign was against her own people. Still, not feeling much attachment to for former home, and having little choice besides, she fought and earned herself a name for bravery. When her unit passed by her old home she found it had been deserted for years, and her family’s fate unknown.
The second campaign though did not go well, and the army she was with was ambushed by Lakish forces and she was captured. To her surprise she found her sister was an officer in the army of her former home, and with her assistance was able to organise a defection. Serving on the side of her old home and now knowing more of her family’s fate, Sahal no longer had to hold back and took part in the Lakish invasion of Jakai which ended in a brutal yet victorious siege.
Though seemingly independent, the squabbling lands of Lakish and Jakai were both vassals of the Amikarese Empire now ruled by Semiramis III. The Shahbânu had defeated her rivals and now fought to bring her unruly subjects to heel. Lakish submitted to the Shahbânu, and Sahal was sent as part of the Lakish levy to serve in future conflicts.
It was at this point that the outside galaxy interfered. Slavers from off-world had been raiding, and Semiramis led an army to attack them. Sahal was part of this attack, but the blasters and spaceships of the slavers were far superior to anything the Qadiri had, and over 700 warriors were slain in under an hour for almost no enemy losses. Sahal escaped the battle, wounded in the arm by a grenade fragment, but regrouped with Semiramis.
The Shahbânu, seeing the slavers had complacently dropped their guard to celebrate, led a force in at night to attack, Sahal amongst them. Striking by surprise, the Qadiri massacred most of the slavers, Sahal using her pyromancy and lethal accuracy with the bow to kill several of them. The survivors were executed as punishment.
More outsiders came, this time at least claiming to help. Sahal returned home after the peace treaty with the Eldorai, and fought against the Xioquo in several engagements. Now though, the Mirza of Lakish has plans to end the Xioquo threat forever and marches on them without the permission of Semiramis or the knowledge of the off-world allies. Sahal’s journey is just beginning.
FACTION: De-facto Silver Sanctum Coalition
RANK: Anusiya, a rank given to Force Using warriors.
SPECIES: Qadiri
AGE: 72.
SEX: Female
HEIGHT: 166cm
WEIGHT: 55kg
EYES: Green
HAIR: Dark
SKIN: Dark Tanned
FORCE SENSITIVE: Yes, apprentice level.
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STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES:
Strengths:
- Soldier. Sahal has been a soldier for over 15 years, and has fought in numerous campaigns. She was involved in the battle with the off-world slavers and has fought both Qadiri and Xioquo numerous times. She is skilled in military tactics and use of the bow, sword and musket.
- Zari. Sahal is strong in the Force (or Zari as the Qadiri call it), especially in the elemental manipulation of fire. This makes her a valuable warrior in battle.
- Qadiri Strengths. Like all Qadiri she is a balance between Eldorai and human in strength and agility and has an instinctive skill of navigation.
Weaknesses:
- Primitive. Sahal grew up almost all her life on Tygara’s early-modern technology. The off-worlders who have caused such change frighten her. She knows nothing of technology beyond an equivalent early-19th century level.
- Illiterate. Coming from a poor family and being conscripted into military service when her gifts with the Force were discovered, Sahal does not know how to read or write. Such things are reserved for nobles and priestesses.
- Arrogant. Sahal is now given privileges due to her skills and tends to look down on non-Force users and males as inferior. Her self-confidence also leads her into underestimating dangers.
- Force Training. Being trained only really as a weapon, Sahal’s Force skills are quite basic and has little defensive or mental skills.
- Qadiri Weaknesses. As with all Qadiri Sahal is weaker than a human and less agile than a Xioquo.
Sahal is average height for a Qadiri female, but is well built and strong for her kind. As a career soldier her tanned skin is scarred by numerous wounds. Her hair is dark, but cut short so it is easier to maintain on campaign. Her eyes are a pale green, exotic to an outsider but quite common among the Qadiri.
BIOGRAPHY:
Sahal Jai Azal was born to a peasant farming family in the territory of the Mirza (or ruler) of Lakish. The youngest of three children, Sahal grew up in poverty. The situation only got worse at age 35 when the soldiers of a neighbouring territory ransacked the farm. Sahal’s mother was killed by the attackers to allow the rest of her family to escape. Sahal though was caught and was enslaved.
Sahal was taken to Jakai and put to work in a pottery shop as a child labourer. There she remained for almost ten years before being sold to a noblewoman who liked having pretty young servants. Sahal’s stubbornness and festering anger though bought her few favours with her owners and she was frequently punished. Eventually she was passed to her owner’s daughter and forged a bond with her as mistress and servant. This daughter married the son of the Mirza of Jakai inheriting a substantial dowry from the male’s parents. Sahal was treated well by Bahari though she was still forced to work hard.
However, Bahari had enemies, and so when an assassin was dispatched to kill her Sahal was badly hurt and the sight of her mistress dead caused her innate powers to come forth. As with all Force sensitive children, Sahal was conscripted into the military to be trained. At this point she was more than willing to do so, not just for revenge, but mainly so she could escape slavery and find her family again.
Irony and fate were not kind to Sahal though as the assassin had been sent from Lakish, and so her first campaign was against her own people. Still, not feeling much attachment to for former home, and having little choice besides, she fought and earned herself a name for bravery. When her unit passed by her old home she found it had been deserted for years, and her family’s fate unknown.
The second campaign though did not go well, and the army she was with was ambushed by Lakish forces and she was captured. To her surprise she found her sister was an officer in the army of her former home, and with her assistance was able to organise a defection. Serving on the side of her old home and now knowing more of her family’s fate, Sahal no longer had to hold back and took part in the Lakish invasion of Jakai which ended in a brutal yet victorious siege.
Though seemingly independent, the squabbling lands of Lakish and Jakai were both vassals of the Amikarese Empire now ruled by Semiramis III. The Shahbânu had defeated her rivals and now fought to bring her unruly subjects to heel. Lakish submitted to the Shahbânu, and Sahal was sent as part of the Lakish levy to serve in future conflicts.
It was at this point that the outside galaxy interfered. Slavers from off-world had been raiding, and Semiramis led an army to attack them. Sahal was part of this attack, but the blasters and spaceships of the slavers were far superior to anything the Qadiri had, and over 700 warriors were slain in under an hour for almost no enemy losses. Sahal escaped the battle, wounded in the arm by a grenade fragment, but regrouped with Semiramis.
The Shahbânu, seeing the slavers had complacently dropped their guard to celebrate, led a force in at night to attack, Sahal amongst them. Striking by surprise, the Qadiri massacred most of the slavers, Sahal using her pyromancy and lethal accuracy with the bow to kill several of them. The survivors were executed as punishment.
More outsiders came, this time at least claiming to help. Sahal returned home after the peace treaty with the Eldorai, and fought against the Xioquo in several engagements. Now though, the Mirza of Lakish has plans to end the Xioquo threat forever and marches on them without the permission of Semiramis or the knowledge of the off-world allies. Sahal’s journey is just beginning.
