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Noomi Stroud
Age: Twenty Something
Hair: Platinum, short and often windswept
Eyes: Blue-Hazel
Height: A gangly 5'8
Weight: A slight 119 lbs

Description:
Without her black cloak, Noomi's body had a lean look to it, as if she worked too long, and ate too little or too poorly. Her fingers are as long as the rest of her, perfect for plucking at a harp or piano playing, which they may have done in her childhood put are now wrapped in black cloth and adept at finding their way into the pockets of others. Her long platinum blonde hair was once something she was proud of, letting it all loose when she left that forsaken convent was perhaps one of the greatest feelings she had ever felt, it was ruined now, cut short as a fuse by the guards of her cell while she screamed and cried and bargained for her life with the dastardly Chalight. Her eyes are a strong blue hazel mix and less looked at a man as much as stabbed him through the heart. Her lips are as slight as the rest of her, almost always parted cos she's one of those "mouth breather" types.

Noomi grew up free spirited and willful, she butted heads with Sister Cavenisse on a regular basis and more then once was at the business end of Cavenisse's discipline switch. The general concusses among the nuns was Noomi would either outgrow her mischievous ways or Sister Cavenisse would beat Dianodus straight out of her. Neither happened and by the time Noomi was a part of the "Fearsome Five" she had developed a very aggressive and tough personality. Yrad always liked telling the story of the man who had tried to steal a kiss from her and the beating he and his two friends had received as a result. If only Sister Cavenisse could see her now, oh how that switch would come down! Running with the Fearsome Five has earned her both a nickname and a hefty bounty that many a man and some women have tried to claim but somehow, someway Quicksilver has always managed to get the better of them.

Though a secret from everyone except Yrad Noomi, or Quick as he affectionately called her, isn't fast cos of honed honest skill, she's fast cos she was born different, born wrong maybe, but not normal all the same. She can run and move as fast as a whip cracks, run up walls and across smallish bodies of water, honestly she has no idea how fast she can go for fear of ripping herself to pieces, a fate she has suffered in one too many nightmares. Those dreams have been replaced however with horrible nightmares of her teeth shattering which, while horrible, she sees as a kind of weird reprieve.

History:
Around twenty years ago or so ago Kyen Etlor had coin in his pocket and celebrated by enjoying a frolic with a prostitute at the Bizosi Inn named Elmyn Caskel. It proved to be ill timed however and Elmyn found herself pregnant, unable to feed herself, let alone a screaming newborn, Elmyn saw it best, for herself mostly, to leave her baby in the donations basket of a nunnery. The newborn was found screaming away for rescue a day or two thereafter and brought into the convent where she was blessed and named Noomi, "My Delight", by Burgha Stroud, a nun who had heard the voice of Somol tell her to raise the child into a devoted sister. Burgha saw to it that Noomi was taught how to read and write, to understand mathematics, sciences, geography and theology and expected the girl to take her vows when she was of age.

Those expectations were dashed when Noomi was no where to be found on the morning of her Solemn Vows Ceremony. She had escaped into a life of squalor, hunger and seedy sorts. Didn't take long for a well educated woman with years of experience in sneaking about nuns to play with the girls outside the convent's walls when she wasn't supposed too to find a way to feed herself. Crowded streets at peak hours made it easy to steal from merchants at the market, of course, feeding herself soon wasn't enough and when she took it upon herself to pick the pocket of an elderly man she wound up at the mercy of Hatquaold Attin. Luckily, or maybe unluckily due to later events, Hatquaold was less an old delinquent and more a retired thief with a band of brigands at his command.

He offered her food, lodging, more riches then her young mind could fathom and a chance at something she had never been part of: Family. The years went on and as they did she formed friendships with Omwor, Imeer, Til and the ever dashing Yrad. They were the "Fearsome Five" and not a soul around could stop them from plundering the pockets of the soulless rich. Little did any of them know that their quickest hands were those of a mutant cos, if they had, they would have surly cast her out if not outright killed her. When she confessed her skill to Yrad he had intended to do just that but a kiss saved her life and more guaranteed his silence. All was well in Quick's world until Hatquold was caught by Echull Chalight, the chief inspector in Lleusden, and brought up on charges that would have seen him hang. He had one route for survival and took it. Noomi only knows what became of herself, a chance at freedom if she brought the <instert thingie>, a <whatchyamacallit>, to Chalight from <that place with the name a skinny girl with sense wouldn't be caught dead being>.

NPC Quick List:
I will totally admit to being a fan of Oliver Twist and taking a page from Dickens' classic.

Kyen Etlor, father, has no information, not even a name, is an open book.
Elmyn Caskel, mother, has no information, not even a name, is an open book.
Burgha Stroud, adoptive Mother, elderly, patient and calm, kind and forgiving, a true benefactor.
Sister Cavenisse, a pompous, self-important disciplinary, though she preaches the good word of Somol she has no compassion.
Hatquaold Attin, a conniving career criminal, takes in homeless children and makes criminals of them.
Omwor, one of Hatquaold's better pick pockets, ready to laugh at anything.
Imeer, a brutal professional burglar brought up in Hatquaold's gang, he is Til's pimp and lover.
Til, a beautiful, compassionate, and forgiving young prostitute involved in a sometimes brutal relationship with Imeer.
Yrad, the cleverest of Hatquaold's gang, dashing and handsome, kindhearted and conflicted with his feelings toward Noomi, in love but not cos she isn't really human.
Chalight, an open book as well, I see him being cruel and power hungry but really whatever you want to do is cool.