--Age: 20
--Height: 5'7"
--Weight: 125lbs
--Appearance: Her hair is deep red and down to just above her shoulders; has very pale peach, almost white, feathers and dark brown eyes. She is thin, [not emaciated], but with a definite strength in her, and has a chestnut brown patch over her beak.
--Attire: Wears a short, above-knee, brown sleeveless dress; black cloth belt; and a pair of black leather knee-high boots. Her weapons are a silver leaf-blade dagger, which hangs off her belt, and a bronze Duck Saber.
--Accent: Profoundly Ingallish (London English) with a twang of Caltec (Irish).
--Personality: An outrageous flirt, Nylessa also has a cheeky, bordering on ghoulish, sense of humour. Her temper changes quickly; once described as a small personal weather-climate of her own, her mood can swing from lamb-gentle to tiger-fury in an instant. But this, and a long enduring love of jewels! Is her only real fault. Usually she is a sweet-natured sweet-talker, unless someone has chanced to annoy her. Her high sense of honour means that if someone trusts her with anything, that trust will never be broken.
--Likes: LOVES jewels to the point of obsession, especially the colours purple and green. Anyone wearing amethysts or emeralds will probably soon find them snatched. She, well... to put it lightly she likes the boys, but can't help playing around with their feelings.
--Dislikes: She really, really hates Saurians (but otherwise kind of likes other reptiles, isn't that strange?); also hates cops and the military - (therefore wouldn't have much fondness for Mallory at all). She also hates seafood with a passion.
--Phrases Overheard:
--Mother: Breanna Nlendra Drakely. (nee: Taliesin) (deceased)
--History: Her parents and sister were killed in a car accident
when she was 8, and Nylessa was sent to live with an
absent-of-mind aunt, who lived in big summer/winter mansions
complete with estate. But her aunt rarely noticed her existance
so one day Nylessa packed up her belongings and ran away. She
was alone on the streets of DuCaine Metropolis for only a few
days before she was picked up by a gang and asked to join. She
did. This gang was one of the 'powers' of the street - they
smashed things up and vandalised things - and was led by a
fearless young man. One of the members was a 17 year old
half-caste, Leila DeSilver, and the two became good friends.
One day this leader tried to mug a seemingly harmless bloke
passing through their 'territory'. The "harmless bloke" turned
out to be Falcone of the Brotherhood, and he nearly killed the
gang leader. After Falcone had left the drake for dead, the gang
disbanded. Nylessa and Leila stuck around together for a while,
and then she too left. Nylessa, alone, decided to find out more
on the Brotherhood, and she began searching for those who could
be from it. Finally she settled on an inexperianced thief who
was likely from the BOTB, and began following him.
Everything went fine until she accidentally gave him away to
the security grid, and then had to help him escape. He wasn't
too grateful, but he did introduce her to the
Brotherhood-of-the-Blade, where Nylessa was delighted to find
Leila as a member. It was also in the Brotherhood that she found
out her father had not died in the car accident, but grief had
taken him into hiding, where he acted as a chef for the
Brotherhood.
But when Nylessa was 17, a Blade Brother in rank, the Saurians
ravaged Puckworld, destroying the BOTB base in DuCaine Metro.
Many were killed, including her father, but Leila managed to get
a handful out, including Nylessa.
"I am going to kill him so bad he'll wish he'd never been
hatched."
"Don't worry, I'm not big on buying."
Nylessa: "Is that a communicator in your pocket or are you
really just happy to see me?"
Duke {curtly}: "It's a communicator."
Nylessa:
--Father: Mikian Darhun Drakely. (deceased)
--Aunt: Hildra Patricia Feathersmythe. (deceased)
--Sister (half): Enya Blackfeather. (deceased)
Other family is the Brotherhood-of-the-Blade!
