Name: Niq
Full Name: Niq Valence
Pronunciation: NEEK VAL - ehns
Nickname: None
Race: Shifter
Birthday: October 17th
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Class: Thief
Deity: Rouna, Goddess of Strife
Pets: None
Current Residence: Large City

Height: 5'7"
Build: Extremely Thin
Skin Tone: Lightly Tanned
Eyes: Dark Green
Hair Color: Dark Brown
Hair Length and Style: To Mid Back and Usually Worn in a Braid
Clothing Style: Simple and plain dresses; for the ball, she'll be wearing her best dress, which is in a dark gray with a black satin sash tied about her waist

Parents: Both Deceased
Siblings: 1 Older Brother, 1 Older Sister
Spouse(s): Married to Cipher, a male shifter
Offspring: None
History: Married her current husband, who was courting her at the time, shortly after her mother perished in a hunting accident (she was an animal shifter and was mistaken for the hunters' quarry). She has never gotten along with her brother, but she and her sister get along just fine. She became a thief to help support her mother and siblings after her father went missing, despite being the youngest child. She uses her powers to evade capture. Rouna chose her to attend the ball, knowing that she can control herself and behave.

Abilities/Skills: can shift into inanimate objects for short amounts of time (an hour or less), extremely stealthy, quick, has recently taken up learning to cook and weave
Personality: She is mischievous and enjoys causing trouble, but she has good self control and knows when to resist temptation. She is generous and loving towards her family but very suspicious of anyone outside her inner circle. To the outside world, she can appear emotionless and rather cold. She is thorough and meticulous.

Non-Bonding Companions for the Ball: None

Meeting Notes (Written by Shard): She'd noticed them arrive, just before the third hour ahead of midnight. They were sneaky, that was certain. Niq was sneaky too, and she decided to watch what might happen with these long legged, long tailed... long necked and very strange dragons. They weren't as brightly white in their lightest form, nor as deeply black in their darkest, as many others were being billed - the checkerboard black and white was much starker than these dragonets.

One or two of them outright vanished before her eyes, but then again so had she: because from her vantage point as a hanging decoration on one balcony, who would have guessed she was a person? A few of the smoke dragons lingered near one or another person or dragon group, obviously finding their forever-friend or just a place to hang out. Eventually, Niq grew a little bored of this, as well her shape needed to revert to her normal appearance so she dropped to the floor, startling one of the dancers.

She thought that was that, even got around to dancing a little, herself. Enjoying the food - so much of it, but not too much to be bloated or bogged down. She'd hardly ever seen this much food in one place, and been able to just... reach out and eat it, most of her life. It was nearly an hour later when she felt something strange brush her elbow. On turning, she saw nothing out of the ordinary. There was a dim corridor behind her, so Niq headed into it on habit. Oh, the casino was back there? She heard noises of a few slot machines and someone inexpertly belting out a cheerful song on the small stage there.

Well, there was ample opportunity to make a coin or two here... and not exactly by playing cards. However, before she could reach into the first pouch for whatever local coinage this odd four-armed man had, Niq felt that brushing once more. She covered for her own startled glance around by apologizing to the man in earnest, and heading off to the far wall. What was going on, was this place infested with mosquitoes or something?

No, no infestation... Besides, I could take care of that easily.

Niq's normally tan cheeks went pale, but she said nothing, she didn't want to appear too skittish. With her eyes, she scanned the area and tried to look casual. Finally up on one of the small dining balconies around the casino floor, she saw a billowing shape. Almost like a cape, or smoke on the wind.

Oh.

Niq ascended the wide black-velvet runner on the white marble stairs, picking up another chunk of cheese to pop into her mouth on the way. The dragon that waited for her stood carefully, but proudly with her head up and violet eyes shining. How her wings could 'fold' like that, and still be smoke, Niq couldn't guess. The markings on her limbs and tail swirled like the oddly hole-filled edges of her tail and wings.

"I wanted to make sure you were the right one for me," the dragon spoke in a strangely husky voice. "Looks like you are. Cilalı Dumani," she asserted, "we will be trouble together. Who'll know?"

A broad grin, unusual on her normally stoic face, grew on Niq's lips.

Niq has bonded with Cilali Dumani!

Name: Cilali Dumani (gee LAH luh doo MAN ee, polished smoke Turkish origin words; Dumani will continue to pass or be modified by partners)
Gender: Female
Size: 7'4" s/l/ws* can alter height down to 3'6" (solid wings/tail, very dense body) and up to 11' (no visible smoke parts, but body is not very solid, can mix and match this, as she's remarkably adept with this ability)
Build: high bodied, very long
Physical Features: Pernese/Smoke, four legs and two wings, claws on feet only, long neck and tail, beak-like face, smoke based webbing and crest/tail that may vanish entirely
Colors: body solid pale grey marked with silver and soft white on tail, hind lmbs and wing arms/fingers - these markings move gently like smoke and become quite bright and contrasted against body if her wings/tail are 'absorbed'; wingsails oil on the back, soft white underneath, barely visible as they are smoke... but they're distinctly two shades; crest and tail smoke silver metallic (shiny... smoke...); dark claws; faceted red-violet eyes
Stats: Strength 4, Speed 5, Endurance 4, Agility 4, Health 2, Intelligence 3
Abilities: 6 density/size control*; 5 shadow walk teleportation, vapor control, verbal speech; 4 telepathy, particulate control, nexus teleport, assisted firebreath (doesn't use, but can collect particles from coal dust or other such ignition materials if needed); 3 local teleport
Parents: Dantinath + Dymati
Bond: Niq Valence