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Personal History
Sunfire - "Sunny" to most - is one of many Demarians who fled the Kretonian invasion aboard Sanctuary in 2651 CE, being six years old at the time and a ward of the Alhiran temple. This was, until the 3008 Rift Crisis, her only extended exposure to alien lifeforms.
For the majority of her life, Sunny served as an acolyte of the faith, and pursuant to tradition entered into the clergy upon completing her rite of adulthood. From an early age, she was expected to liaise between the various settlements of the desert world, and is therefore well-versed in traditions both common and esoteric, as well as fluent in a variety of Demarian dialects.
Since arriving in Hiverspace, Sunny and her fellow cloistered sisters have worked toward bettering conditions for the Demarian people and preserving their culture. Despite having no apparent source of income, she is somehow able to finance frequent travel between Outverser settlements.
Personality & Quirks
In disposition, Sunny is sweet, shy, scatterbrained, and cheerful - the sort of person who smiles in spite of overwhelming odds. Her Standard leaves a lot to be desired, as does her ability to interact with other races - faults only worsened by her incredible naivete and terrible judgement of character.
Sunny suffers from Jordanna's Syndrome, a degenerative disease for which is there is no cure. Its weakening of her immune system led to her infection during the 3005 ATRV outbreak, in addition to shortening her lifespan and stunting her growth.
Physical Description
It's not hard to tell where this young Outverser gets her name: from tip to toe, she is an inferno of fiery red-orange. Almond-shaped eyes flank a wedgelike muzzle and a ruddy brown nose, their vibrant green a striking contrast against the blazing hue of her fur. Her thick mane is a shaggy mop of uneven braids which reaches the apple of her throat at its longest, and those plaits which might obstruct sight and sense are bound back by colorful beads and desert flowers. Height-wise she is a runt, bearing all the feline hallmarks of the Sand Mother's children yet towering no higher than the average human man.
Alhiran roots are evident in her chosen attire, complimenting her natural warmth with a vivid teal that brings out her eyes. Her top - such as it is - is simply a hooded poncho trimmed with gold knotwork, cut as to cover only one arm to the elbow while leaving the other bare. It is pinned at the nude shoulder with a gold triquetra. Knotted casually through a snug ivory loop at her right hip is a long batiked sarong which allows for free movement of the tail and licks at the straps of calf-length Roman sandals. A pair of bone scabbards sits laterally across the small of her back, each housing the deadly curve of a Demarian kukri.