#which haalide will never ever ever admit

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Elfroot

Elfroot :: What is a small, mundane thing that brings your character great comfort?

* throwing a dart at a corkboard *

Haalide's turn!

Small, Mundane Comforts:

Haalide is not a sentimental person. She was raised under the Qun, after all, so the order of the day is Ruthless Practicality.

However. There is One thing she carries, that she will carry until her death: two halves of a dragon's tooth, set into a pair of amulets, their cords knotted together and tied to her belt. Years ago, her Kadan was a viddathari, an elven convert. When a surface lyrium vein awakened her magic and wiped out her antaam, Haalide went to him first. He tried to convince her to hide, or flee with him, so they could live together; he didn't want to see her bound as Saarebas. But she was loyal; she turned herself in to the Ben-hassrath. Partway through the binding, her Kadan attacked; he thought she'd been captured. The Ben-hassrath killed him. Haalide lashed out, and killed those responsible. She claimed the amulet of Kadan from the body and fled south, not because she was afraid, but because her Kadan had wanted her freedom.

And so she will always carry the amulets. Her Kadan is gone, but never forgotten. If there is anything she holds to give herself strength, to remind herself of her path, to bolster her heart, it is his amulet.