[ITRIPAL] keilani

[attr="class","agar"]Keilani is a slender woman of medium height with dark skin and a fit body. She has the natural white hair of her family line which reach the middle of her waist. A section of them is tied with a leather strap and hangs off the right side of her face and she has choppy bangs covering her forehead. Her eyes are large, deep blue and they stand out on her edgy features.

She has a light blue tattoo under her left eye, which consists of a dot and two curved lines parallel to each other. She also has a gold, triangular earring on her left ear. Around her neck, on a leather cord, she wears a small blue crystall she found during one of her dives. Recently she was allowed to make another tattoo, one she bares with great pride as it is the likeness of Manaphy whose body protects the left side of her chest and tendrils snake down her arm.

Keilani usually wears a light blue bikini top and an aqua sarong-style skirt, which allows her freedom of movement and covers her bikini bottom. She also wears a gold armband on her upper left arm. She prefers to walk barefoot.

However Keilani's outfit changes slightly with the addition of a sectioned armor over her left shoulder and arm, which has three small tips resembling fins. She also carries a spear when she goes hunting or there's trouble. She always carries with her a sharp knife made from rock and a leather covered grip.

[attr="class","agar"]Keilani is an intelligent and caring young woman, but can be very unpredictable, like the sea. Her family is supposed to be of the sea and their personalities throughout the generations have proved that.

When with outsiders, she is vigilant and can easily become aggresive. However her kindness and resourcefulness often keeps her from killing or attacking an outsider on sight.

With her pokemon and her father she reveals an eager and playfully energetic side of her that is often unnoticed by most tribe members, who view her as a skilled warrior first and foremost because of her bravery and Gyarados companion.

Though willing to use a modern concept if she considers it necessary, she strongly believes their way of life must be preserved and allowed to grow and evolve without any interference from outside, like the assimilation programm. She will do all she can to protect the tribe and its culture and she refuses to speak in the common tongue, despite the fact she can understand it.

[attr="class","agar"]Keilani is the daughter of one of the tribe's Fishers, best divers and the last few of the family line carrying the white hair gene. Her mother died giving birth to her and her father raised her to be a kind and thoughtful woman. However her warrior's nature soon was brought to the surface, as Keilani played with the other kids. Through their compatitive games, she became a skilled diver and showed a fierce and brave personality.

It was no surprise to most though, as her family line was known for their unpredictable and fierce personalities. There was a myth concerning them, stating that they had come from the sea and that they were one with it, due to their natural white hair that resembled seafoam. They consider Manaphy and Phione as Legendary pokemon of the Sea and hail them as the Guardians of their family line, their silhouets adorning the entrance to their huts and being tattooed on the bodies of the most prominent members. Their family was known for their exceptional canoes and their knowledge of the ocean and navigation.

After her seventh birthday, her father decided to train Keilani in the use of the spear and also took her with him when he dived in search of Clamperl pearls. It was during one of those dives that they angered a Lanturn and her father shielded Keilani's eyes from the bright flash yet he was not so lucky. He was blinded and that forced a ten year-old Keilani to take care of her father and provide for their family of two.

It was when she turned sixteen that Keilani met her companion, Tonrak. The teen was fishing out in the ocean on a small canoe, when she accidentally caught the Gyarados in her net. A fight ensued in which Keilani managed to survive and make it to shore in one piece all the while injuring the mighty pokemon. Tonrak was surprised the human escaped. Over the course of two years, the two of them met on many occasions, some of which ended up in a fight and some into a respectful acknoledgement to the other's strength. Eventually, 18-year-old Keilani and Tonrak became partners for life and it is said among the tribe members that, if Keilani was born a pokemon, she would've been a Gyarados.

At the age of twenty four she took part in the contest for the Tribe's Champion selection and managed to win every single opponent, including the former Champion of the Tribe. That day, she became the Champion and was allowed to tattoo the figure of Manaphy on her body, taking her place amongst the most honored members of the family.

Though not keen on becoming part of modern society, Keilani prefers to stick to their tribe's ways unless absolutely necessary to do otherwise. While trying to keep an open mind, this means that the modern world should adapt to them and not the other way around. As a warrior and current Champion, she will do all that she can to protect her tribe from anyone who seeks to harm them.

[attr="class","agar"]Being the Champion, a.k.a leader of the Itripal Tribe, it comes as no surprise that she would be characterized as Rebel. Though she might not have forbidden contact with the people of Cyal or sending children off, she still does not like it when they come around acting all high and mighty. She has even stopped some babies from being stolen in the night and, though she has no proof, she believes it was the foreigners' doing. Generally she tries her best to keep their culture and adapt the modern world to them and not the other way around.To do so she works closely with the Weaver before taking any important decisions, though in the end it is really only her call to make.