Liquorice (370 views)

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Given Info!
Name: Liquorice
Species: Pirate Xweetok
Anthro/Quad: Anthro
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Status: Single, Pan
Job: Navigator-for-hire
Organisation: N/A
Heart: True Neutral
Homeland: Krawk Island
House: Nowhere; she's a traveller!
Special: Profound deafness. She's fluent in sign language and can speak audibly, but cannot hear. 

Appearance
Hair: Mid-length, charcoal in color, and shaved on the right side. Very thick, and often a bit disheveled. 
Eyes: A striking red color. Thick, dark lashes. 
Skin: Facial scar on the right cheek. A skull-and-crossbones tattoo on the upper left arm.  
Clothing: Blue-and-white striped crop top, exposing her midsection, and blue jean cutoffs. Wears a folded red bandanna in her hair, sometimes exchanging this accessory for other red hairpieces. She wears two earrings on the right ear, a golden stud and hoop.

Personal Info!
Personality: Liquorice is a rational and independent Neopet with an edge for adventure. Some call her a genius- she's very intelligent- and she's travelled all over the seas of Neopia. She acquires a large amount of knowledge from literature, as her passion is reading books. She's a thinker, and can strategize well when she must; however, a more rebellious side of her thirsts for danger, so oftentimes she may act impulsively to increase the thrill of things. She's a decent conversationalist when she's in a social mood, but much of the time she's too immersed in a novel to chat. Every now and then, she can be found attending a lively get-together with fellow pirates, sailors, and rambunctious-types, taking part in arm-wrestling matches and drinking contests. Although she's a bookworm, she's still a pirate!
Past: Born to a young couple (a mother of Sakhmetian decent and a local, swabbie father) on Krawk Island, she grew up among jolly sailors and conniving pirates alike. Her mother read her books as a child, and, though they couldn't afford many, Liquorice immediately developed an affinity to reading. She often approached travelers around the docks and pleaded them for stories of the far away lands she longed to visit herself, and aspired strongly to travel the world herself someday and read every book ever written!
Although her childhood dreams were a bit unreachable, she took petty, often janitorial jobs on various ships in her adolescence in preparation to experience every end of the sea. After years of training, she became a navigator-for-hire, directing ships anywhere thinkable. She was caught between a serious battle between conflicting pirate crews as a young adult and lost her hearing entirely, but her disability never kept her from pursuing her goals. Presently, she travels still.
Plus: Very intelligent/knowledgable about the lands of Neopia; can sail and navigate a ship excellently; decent physical shape
Minus: Deaf, making her less alert to her surroundings while battling, etc.; not good with emotional commitment / has mild trust issues; can be apathetic to serious situations or problems
Extra: - She HATES seafood!
- She can read lips pretty well, but has trouble with fast-talkers
- She speaks kind of slowly, to make sure her diction isn't off
- She knows it's impossible, yet still strives to read every book possible and become even more intelligent

Here's a reference sheet, for more pictures of her; also includes human and quad forms!

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Accepted~!