Parts Used:
Head/torso: POTC3 Preview Liz Swan (torso's shoulder sockets are modified) w/Green Stuff hair and sculpted ears
Arms, legs, skirt: SW Leia in Boushh Disguise
Katana: Marauder, Inc.
Kasellen’s history is one without much foundation: her parents were adventurers, never content to settle for long in any one place, always seeking some new adventure or discovery. This eventually led them—and with them Kasellen, by then just a young girl--to the lands of Kara-Tur, where Elves such as themselves were eyed with both wonder and suspicion wherever they went. Sadly the latter proved more the case than the former and a group of paranoid villagers, suspecting them of being evil spirits summoned by a Wu-Jen who had once cursed their village, attacked them as they made camp in the hills just outside its limits. Despite a valiant fight her parents were killed—yet when the smoke cleared, there was no sign of the child.
During the fight Kasellen had been taken by two men, Korishi and his half-brother Kaishi, who saw much in the unusual child they knew was also no evil spirit. Kaishi, a thief, saw fortune; he in fact planned to sell the odd child to a daimyo known to collect odd creatures from afar, a plan his half-brother did not share. Korishi, a noble kensai who had taken to traveling with his half-brother in hopes of turning him from his thieving ways, quickly fell in love with the brave, seemingly every-curious child as if she were his own, and stole her away one night as they camped, heading deep into the wilderness of Kara-Tur to raise her.
By the time Kasellen had reached adolescence Korishi was quite old and had already taught her all he knew about the style of fighting with a single weapon; he forged for her a katana, which was then enchanted by a Wu-jen to always retain its keen edge and be unbreakable, a final gift before his death. Armed with this and the knowledge of how to fight as a Kensai, Kasellen struck out for the lands west, to a homeland and a people she barely remembered; after only a year in the settlement where she was born she left, too used to the nomadic lifestyle to change. She has since gained a name for herself as a kensai, wielding the katana Korishi-To gave her upon completing her training, and was last seen aiding in the fight against the Cult of the Eye in Neverwinter…
Construction and other notes:
Kasellen began out as an an attempt by me to create pointed Elven ears on a custom, and grew from there. For a long time she was just a head and torso, until I realized with a little modification I could get the Leia in Boushh arms fitted pretty well, and that the legs/skirt from the same figure were an ideal match. My original plan was for her to be a thief/mage, but the tiny (and soft) hands simply couldn't hold much; so I opted for the Marauder, Inc. katana, which was an ideal fit, gave her a unique background, and made her into a Kensai (one of my favorite fighter type characters.) She's a good deal smaller than most figures (around 3" or so) due to the parts I used, but I'm quite, quite happy with her.
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