4 and 21 for Tala! 26 for the chevalier you almost played. 11 and 33 for Ori~
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[Big Ol' Character Questions List]
4. What are your character’s sleeping habits? Can they fall asleep anywhere, or do they need perfect silence and darkness? Do they tend to stay up late or get to bed early? Would they be comfortable sharing a bed with someone they don’t know very well?
Growing up on a farm, it was habit to go to sleep and wake up early. When she started doing guard work, late shifts were hard for her because of this habit. I think one of the best reasons she might give someone for why she eventually joined an adventuring party would be at least partially "because we get to pick when we go to sleep".
Tala doesn't need total darkness to sleep, and she can sleep fine in less comfortable situations, but she does appreciate beds when she is not on the road. And while silence can be nice, she actually does like to be able to hear things as she's dozing off. The sound of crickets and other typical night animals, as well as light rain especially can almost lull her to sleep.
But sharing a bed is gonna be difficult, with her being a Firbolg. I don't think she would have anything against the idea, it would just need to be a pretty big one to fit her and someone else at the same time. Especially if the bed isn't that big to begin with, she may be more inclined to offer the bed to her companion and then sleep on a bedroll that she knows fits her.
21. How would your character deal with someone confessing their love to them? What if they don’t return the feelings? What if they do?
It would start with a very surprised, drawn out stare while making sure that the confession was serious.
Honestly, if she did not return the feelings, she would have the most awkward time letting them down. Probably a lot of apologies and "It's not you, it's me" type of statements thrown around. She's a people pleaser and a gentle giant, so she would want to leave the situation as positively as possible, even if she doesn't quite have the right words for it. However, if she does return the feelings, then this triggers a whole different type of awkward. Words will not work, she would barely be able to get out a statement of "I feel the same" before she might be completely robbed of words. I do think her strongest love languages would be acts of service and physical touch, so the conversation might turn into small snippets where she tries to work out what she wants to say while trying to hold the other's hand~
26. Does your character tend to take unnecessary risks, or are they more on the cautious side? If they are a risk-taker, does it ever get them into trouble? If they’re cautious, do they wish they were more gutsy sometimes?
Risk-taker all the way. Or at least most of the time.
Kela has a bold personality. She's quick to charge headfirst into things if she feels confident in her abilities, much like how she charges with her horse, but she's not so reckless as to put others around her in danger. She is aware of this trait of hers, as the training and discipline she received from her father and other members of the clan have done its job, so she does try to temper her impulses. However, there are still times that she gets and idea or sees an opportunity that she just has to take, caution be damned. Or sometimes curiosity gets the better of her, since she has yet to see a lot of the world outside of the villages she grew up around.
But the one thing she will never, ever be reckless about if her horse. Sometimes it seems that if he so much as has a scratch she will probably want him resting and doing all she can to make sure nothing else can potentially harm him. But that is also a thing she is working on: learning where both her and her mount's limits are, as well as when to push that limit or when to stop before things get bad.
11. Would your character rather travel all over the world alone or stay in one place forever with the people they love?
Oriana definitely has the inclination to stay in one place with the people she loves and cares about. Fun fact, half of the reason the Damak/Oriana ship did not happen in the end was because Damak was going to be doing a lot of traveling post-campaign, and Oriana was not about to follow him when all she wanted to do was spend time at home with her family. On the other hand, Ranna was still there, always close, and those feelings only grew because of that.
Now, Oriana does enjoy traveling from time to time. Her time in the Last Resort Movers definitely gave her a new appreciation for it, and I imagine she does go out of her way occasionally to visit places, even further away than what she has in the past. She's always happy to visit Aerenth, Melitene, Anthosa, or wherever either her or Ranna's work may take them. But she looks forward to coming home just as much, especially if she's been away from her family and friends.
33. Can your character play any instruments? If so, when and how did they learn? Do they play just for fun, in a school group/club, in a band, or for some other reason?
Not really pre-campaign, most of her music experience was singing in the temple, though she may have tried to learn the harp as an older child but it didn't really stick. However, in the aftermath of the campaign, when she was trying to get to feeling back to normal, she took up learning how to play a zither instead, something probably close in style and sound to the Chinese Guqin. It started as something to focus on that was different and hopefully therapeutic, and it's not something she's interested in performing in front of a crowd, but it's not unusual to hear her practicing in the mornings/evenings or on days she has time to just relax.
