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[Player name] Emerald
[Age] Well over legal
[Personal Journal] N/A
[Other characters currently played] None
[Character name] Princess Tamina of Alamut
[Age] Early 20's. (Canon does not specify)
[Canon] Prince of Persia: Movieverse
[Point in time taken from canon] After her death in the film.
[Background] The history prior to the movie is not clear, but it is evident that Tamina is the ruler of the Holy City of Alamut, on the fringes of the Persian Empire. She is also considered a priestess, a Guardian of the High Temple. From events in the movie, it can be speculated that the line of Princesses is matrilineal, passed down from mother to daughter. At the opening of the film, Tamina, having heard from her councilors that the city is under attack, is both worried and concerned, and retreats to the High Temple to pray for guidance from the gods. She then gives the city’s precious heirloom to Asoka, with orders to remove the Dagger from the city before it falls into Persian hands.
The Persians, led by Prince Dastan, manage to get inside the city, and Tamina is discovered face-down before the Dagger’s opened resting place. Insults are exchanged and Prince Tus manages to extrude a level of political calm, however, Tamina flatly refuses his offers. That is until she spies Prince Dastan with the dagger in his belt. She then immediately switches tactics, asking Tus if he will promise to treat the citizens of Alamut with mercy. He responds by forcefully kissing her hand and the alliance is sealed, for the moment.
King Sharaman arrives in the city shortly afterward and Tamina is presented to him by Dastan, asking the king for a blessing upon Tus’ marriage to the Princess. Before he can consent or negate, the King is murdered by the poisoned cloak he’d received from his son. Tamina helps Dastan flee from the pursuing guards, intent on sticking as close as possible to the prince until she can retrieve the Dagger and carry out her sacred duty.
At first she tries to seduce it away from him, but when that fails, she falls to the sword, intending on killing him for his “thievery”. In avoiding her attacks, Dastan discovers the power of the Dagger and inadvertently uses up all of the sand contained in the Dagger’s hilt. The following morning, Dastan informs her he’s going to try to convince his uncle Nizam of his innocence and is headed to the city of Avrat for the King’s funeral. It’s his intention to leave her and go alone, but her shrill harping and appeals to his “princely honor” finally win out and he brings her along.
Instead of going along conventional roads, as they are sure to be well watched by Persian patrols, Dastan and Tamina head through the Valley of the Slaves. Before they reach the valley, however, Dastan reveals to Tamina his less-than-princely origins, hoping to put an end to her never ending criticism. She realizes that instead of being nothing more than a Persian monster who attacked her home, Dastan is just a man, a man “who’s lost everything”. Nevertheless, it doesn’t stop her from scheming to gain the Dagger back, which she proves during a fainting act just after entering the Valley of the Slaves. Dastan, concerned for her safety, falls for the trick and Tamina manages to knock him senseless and escape with the Dagger and their horse.
The “clever princess” is apprehended again, however, thanks to the deal the Prince makes with Sheik Amar, the leader of the merchant-bandits operating in the Valley. They discover that the terrible reputation of the Valley is completely fabricated to stave off Persian tax-collectors and the main sport of the place is, in fact, ostrich racing. Tamina is given over to the Sheik as one of the refreshment girls while he and Dastan head off to confer. But the Sheik soon recognizes the Prince as the renegade responsible for the king’s death and attempts to turn him in for the considerable reward. Although Dastan manages to escape, the Sheik takes the Dagger to have it melted down for jewels. Seeing this from the track, Tamina quickly performs “crowd control” and starts a riot in order to escape; Dastan recovers the Dagger and the two narrowly manage to flee from the Valley of the Slaves intact.
Once in Avrat, Tamina uses her “diplomatic connections” to gain them entrance to the King’s funeral procession, and Dastan manages to contact his uncle Nizam. He soon learns, however, that it was his uncle behind the King’s death all along, and, while Dastan is fleeing the ambush Nizam prepared for him, Tamina flees the city, thinking she has the Dagger in her possession, but in reality, Dastan filched it back when she filched it from him in the Avrat marketplace. The Prince catches up with her in the desert and demands to know the entire truth about the Dagger.
During the sandstorm, Tamina tells Dastan the history of the Dagger; about how the gods looked down upon man and were appalled at the greed and treachery within humanity’s heart. They sent a great sandstorm to cleanse the face of the earth, but a young girl pure of heart beseeched the gods for mercy, and they were reminded that all was not yet lost, that there might yet be a saving grace for mankind. They then swept the sands into the Sand Glass, buried beneath the city of Alamut, and gave to the girl, the First Guardian, the Dagger of Time, the only instrument able to pierce the Sand Glass and release the Sands of Time. She explained further about the Dagger’s power to control and turn back Time, making the Dagger a precious and powerful relic indeed.
After the storm passes, Tamina asks Dastan in all seriousness to give her back the Dagger, so that she might take it to the Temple outside of Alamut, where Asoka had been headed before crossing Dastan’s path during the attack of the city. He refuses to simply give it to her and tells her that he will help her take it there, and the two head off across the desert.
Sheik Amar and Sesos, the Sheik’s knife-throwing Ngbaka, apprehend Dastan and Tamina at an oasis as they stop for water and rest. The Sheik is quite upset as his gaming empire has been decimated after the “two young lovers” started a “bloody riot that went on for two whole days!” So he intends to collect the reward on Dastan’s head as compensation. Both Dastan and Tamina try to convince him otherwise, but are quickly bound and gagged. The Hassansins, hired by Nizam to kill Dastan, attack the camp that night, using deadly snakes to attack. Having filled the Dagger’s hilt with the bit of Sand Tamina carried with her, Dastan is able to fend off the attack and convince the Sheik to let them go. But it is Tamina who makes him an offer to accompany them all the way to the temple; “gold”, and “tax free”.
They arrive at the Temple outside of Alamut only to find the villagers and priests tortured and dead. Sickened, Tamina makes the decision to return the Dagger to the gods by putting it back into the mountain and giving her life in sacrifice. Dastan tries to dissuade her from this course, but is thwarted by his brother Garsiv and his Persian patrol, caught up at last. Dastan tries to convince Garsiv of their uncle’s treachery, but before Dastan can tell him everything, the Hassansins attack again and Garsiv is killed. Tamina flees into the mountain temple and prepares herself to offer the Dagger and the sacrifice, but Dastan interrupts her, saying that he isn’t ready for such a sacrifice. But before she can insert the knife into the stone, another Hassansin attacks and Tamina is knocked unconscious, one of the deadly snakes retrieving the Dagger for the Hassansin leader.
After the battle, Tamina is devastated, but Dastan assures her that they will get it back and he won’t let his uncle get away with his foul scheme. With Amar and Sesos in tow - Sesos needing to repay a debt to Dastan - the group heads to Alamut, where Dastan plans to speak with his elder brother Tus and inform him as well of Nizam’s treachery. Sesos manages to retrieve the Dagger but gives his life in doing so. Dastan and Tamina sneak into the palace where Dastan confronts his brother with the Dagger’s power, even going so far as to end his life in order to prove to Tus his innocence. Tus uses the power of the Dagger and reverses Time, able to see Dastan’s truth and his uncle’s villainy.
Unfortunately, Nizam kills Tus and takes the Dagger away from a stunned Dastan; a guardsman makes to end his life, but Tamina thwarts the attack, having watched from the balcony outside the chamber. She then discovers that Nizam’s guardsman was one of the temple’s priests and is horrified to learn that her people are no longer pure. Nevertheless, she and Dastan hurry for the hidden passageway to the Sand Chamber, but the floor collapses and they are separated. Tamina hurries down the stairs just in time to save Dastan from death at the hands of the Hassansin leader. The assassin falls to his death and Dastan and Tamina share their first and only kiss before hurrying to stop Nizam.
Nizam overpowers them both but Dastan manages to grab Tamina’s hand before she falls; however, if he saves her, Nizam will win and the world will be destroyed. To prevent Armageddon, Tamina begs Dastan to let her go in order to save the world, but he refuses; she then tells him that it has been his destiny all along, to keep safe the Sands of Time and lets go of his hand. He struggles but loses his grip and she plunges into the chasm below, screaming Dastan’s name as she falls.
Dastan manages to stop his uncle before the Sand Glass cracks completely, but enough Sand has been released to throw the two men back into time, to the instant where Dastan first picks up the dagger after battling with Asoka. However, he still retains his knowledge of all the events after, and hurries to stop his uncle and brothers before time can reassert itself and the events unfold as they had before. Dastan proves Nizam’s treachery to his brothers and Tus kills their uncle when he tries to murder Dastan after being defeated by the youngest prince.
The Persian princes meet Princess Tamina, not in the high temple as conquerors, but humbly requesting her pardon and are eager to make amends for their unprovoked attack on the city. Rather than offer himself as husband and liason, Tus instead offers Dastan, who still recalls his memories of his adventures with the Princess. He then gives her the Dagger as a proposal gift, telling her he’d been surprised at the proposal and was thus unprepared; he had no gift, “save that which was already yours.” She stares at him for a moment, then invites him to walk with her, away from the rest of the party. Curious as to the Prince’s apparent change of heart, Tamina probes a bit delicately as to the why of this revelation, but Dastan is reluctant to impart the truth. Nevertheless, Tamina appears to sense that there might be more to the story than what she can see, and seemingly accepts the Prince’s proposal at the end of the film.
[Personality] Tamina is a ruler. A princess. A Priestess. Beloved of the gods, she has been charged with a sacred trust to ensure the continuation of all life upon the earth. She and her people value peace, purity, grace and beauty above all else, and she is the epitome of her people. Strong in will, brave in spirit, Tamina is but one of a long line of Guardians to the sacred Dagger which rests within the city of Alamut.
However, she is also a decisive leader and a politician. She remains unruffled in the face of danger, heathen kings and disgruntled sheiks. She is quite opinionated, educated and verbal, not willing to hold her tongue when most women might in fact lose theirs for such audacity. Tamina has some skill with weapons, and is more than willing to use whatever within reach to attain her goals or defend herself and her city from unwanted inhabitants. Seen as very cool and aloof, it eventually takes rousing adventures with a Persian Prince to bring to light the fiery woman beneath, ready to sacrifice everything, including herself, for her sacred duty.
Her duty is the primary center of her life. More than likely taught since a very young age that her sacred trust was of the utmost importance, a pact from the gods, she over and over proves that it is all that fuels her thoughts and actions. More than willing to lay down her own life, happiness and all other consequences for her duty, Tamina is a servant of the Dagger first, and Princess of Alamut second.
[Abilities] None
[Other important stuff] Tamina is the only other person who knows the power of the Dagger and Sands of Time alongside of Dastan. She is the Guardian of the Dagger and Keeper of the Covenant set down by the gods to Holy Alamut. She is considered royalty, a princess in her city and revered by her people. Also, considering this is a re-app and a 'character reset', so to speak, the Princess will not retain her memories of her time here before.
[Sample post]
[First Person]
Waking up here was...strange. My last memories are scattered, broken. Dastan's shout of pain, my own scream as I...fell, the roaring of the sands as they swirled in the Sandglass.
Thinking about it too much gives me quite the headache.
But this place...it's so strange. Never had I imagined such a land existed, not even beyond the Empire's borders. Yet, this does not seem to be a world known; no one here save Dastan has even heard of Alamut, or even Persia.
...answers will come, I hope, in Time. And Time seems to be bountiful here, and protected, and for that, at least, I am thankful. Dastan holds the Dagger; I can trust him with its safekeeping, at least for now.
Perhaps I should take this time of peace and bring a bit to my own mind; a new beginning, a new life. A promise of renewal.
[Third Person]
Tamina sat on the bank of the small stream behind Dastan's little cottage, her feet dangling in the cool water. The large thick-leaved trees provided ample shade, the breeze was pleasant and the sun dappled the little glade with gold. All in all, not a bad afternoon, she thought with a smile.
Granted, this "Somarium" was a far cry from Alamut's gilded walls, but Tamina had more or less reconciled herself to the fact that she was stuck here for now; Alamut would simply have to carry on without her for a while. The notion did give her concern if she let herself dwell on it for any length of time, but she trusted Roham to continue his duties smoothly; her High Priest was still competent, despite his climbing years.
Withdrawing her toes from the stream, she leaned back against the tree's rough bark, wrapping her arms about her knees and staring up at the blue, blue sky over the field just hence. Was it really the same sky as lorded over her beloved home? Or was she on a different world entirely and Alamut only a memory in her mind. Not so, for did not the Prince carry the Dagger still? That alone, if nothing else, cemented the fact that they had done their part to keep safe their world's greatest treasure.
As if her thoughts had conjured him, Dastan himself appeared around the corner of the cottage; she couldn't help but chuckle at his goofy grin. He plunked down beside her; she thought nothing of leaning comfortably against his shoulder. Words didn't seem necessary; the two simply sat together and enjoyed the silence, there under the foreign sky.
[Why do you want to play this character in Somarium?] I've played here before and enjoyed it very much. Tamina has castmates here, and she seems to fit in well with the rest of the cast. The people are welcoming, the mods know what they're doing, and I admit to have missed the interaction. Tamina has been in other games, but none have seemed to "fit" as well as this one.
[Which rule was your favorite and why?] "partner/animal pets characters allowed" Very few games allow this.
[Where did you hear about Somarium?] I've been here before, but life intervened. Now that I have a bit of stability back, I'd like to resume playing with the awesome people here and give this character the time and effort she deserves.
[Any questions?] Not at present
[Age] Well over legal
[Personal Journal] N/A
[Other characters currently played] None
[Character name] Princess Tamina of Alamut
[Age] Early 20's. (Canon does not specify)
[Canon] Prince of Persia: Movieverse
[Point in time taken from canon] After her death in the film.
[Background] The history prior to the movie is not clear, but it is evident that Tamina is the ruler of the Holy City of Alamut, on the fringes of the Persian Empire. She is also considered a priestess, a Guardian of the High Temple. From events in the movie, it can be speculated that the line of Princesses is matrilineal, passed down from mother to daughter. At the opening of the film, Tamina, having heard from her councilors that the city is under attack, is both worried and concerned, and retreats to the High Temple to pray for guidance from the gods. She then gives the city’s precious heirloom to Asoka, with orders to remove the Dagger from the city before it falls into Persian hands.
The Persians, led by Prince Dastan, manage to get inside the city, and Tamina is discovered face-down before the Dagger’s opened resting place. Insults are exchanged and Prince Tus manages to extrude a level of political calm, however, Tamina flatly refuses his offers. That is until she spies Prince Dastan with the dagger in his belt. She then immediately switches tactics, asking Tus if he will promise to treat the citizens of Alamut with mercy. He responds by forcefully kissing her hand and the alliance is sealed, for the moment.
King Sharaman arrives in the city shortly afterward and Tamina is presented to him by Dastan, asking the king for a blessing upon Tus’ marriage to the Princess. Before he can consent or negate, the King is murdered by the poisoned cloak he’d received from his son. Tamina helps Dastan flee from the pursuing guards, intent on sticking as close as possible to the prince until she can retrieve the Dagger and carry out her sacred duty.
At first she tries to seduce it away from him, but when that fails, she falls to the sword, intending on killing him for his “thievery”. In avoiding her attacks, Dastan discovers the power of the Dagger and inadvertently uses up all of the sand contained in the Dagger’s hilt. The following morning, Dastan informs her he’s going to try to convince his uncle Nizam of his innocence and is headed to the city of Avrat for the King’s funeral. It’s his intention to leave her and go alone, but her shrill harping and appeals to his “princely honor” finally win out and he brings her along.
Instead of going along conventional roads, as they are sure to be well watched by Persian patrols, Dastan and Tamina head through the Valley of the Slaves. Before they reach the valley, however, Dastan reveals to Tamina his less-than-princely origins, hoping to put an end to her never ending criticism. She realizes that instead of being nothing more than a Persian monster who attacked her home, Dastan is just a man, a man “who’s lost everything”. Nevertheless, it doesn’t stop her from scheming to gain the Dagger back, which she proves during a fainting act just after entering the Valley of the Slaves. Dastan, concerned for her safety, falls for the trick and Tamina manages to knock him senseless and escape with the Dagger and their horse.
The “clever princess” is apprehended again, however, thanks to the deal the Prince makes with Sheik Amar, the leader of the merchant-bandits operating in the Valley. They discover that the terrible reputation of the Valley is completely fabricated to stave off Persian tax-collectors and the main sport of the place is, in fact, ostrich racing. Tamina is given over to the Sheik as one of the refreshment girls while he and Dastan head off to confer. But the Sheik soon recognizes the Prince as the renegade responsible for the king’s death and attempts to turn him in for the considerable reward. Although Dastan manages to escape, the Sheik takes the Dagger to have it melted down for jewels. Seeing this from the track, Tamina quickly performs “crowd control” and starts a riot in order to escape; Dastan recovers the Dagger and the two narrowly manage to flee from the Valley of the Slaves intact.
Once in Avrat, Tamina uses her “diplomatic connections” to gain them entrance to the King’s funeral procession, and Dastan manages to contact his uncle Nizam. He soon learns, however, that it was his uncle behind the King’s death all along, and, while Dastan is fleeing the ambush Nizam prepared for him, Tamina flees the city, thinking she has the Dagger in her possession, but in reality, Dastan filched it back when she filched it from him in the Avrat marketplace. The Prince catches up with her in the desert and demands to know the entire truth about the Dagger.
During the sandstorm, Tamina tells Dastan the history of the Dagger; about how the gods looked down upon man and were appalled at the greed and treachery within humanity’s heart. They sent a great sandstorm to cleanse the face of the earth, but a young girl pure of heart beseeched the gods for mercy, and they were reminded that all was not yet lost, that there might yet be a saving grace for mankind. They then swept the sands into the Sand Glass, buried beneath the city of Alamut, and gave to the girl, the First Guardian, the Dagger of Time, the only instrument able to pierce the Sand Glass and release the Sands of Time. She explained further about the Dagger’s power to control and turn back Time, making the Dagger a precious and powerful relic indeed.
After the storm passes, Tamina asks Dastan in all seriousness to give her back the Dagger, so that she might take it to the Temple outside of Alamut, where Asoka had been headed before crossing Dastan’s path during the attack of the city. He refuses to simply give it to her and tells her that he will help her take it there, and the two head off across the desert.
Sheik Amar and Sesos, the Sheik’s knife-throwing Ngbaka, apprehend Dastan and Tamina at an oasis as they stop for water and rest. The Sheik is quite upset as his gaming empire has been decimated after the “two young lovers” started a “bloody riot that went on for two whole days!” So he intends to collect the reward on Dastan’s head as compensation. Both Dastan and Tamina try to convince him otherwise, but are quickly bound and gagged. The Hassansins, hired by Nizam to kill Dastan, attack the camp that night, using deadly snakes to attack. Having filled the Dagger’s hilt with the bit of Sand Tamina carried with her, Dastan is able to fend off the attack and convince the Sheik to let them go. But it is Tamina who makes him an offer to accompany them all the way to the temple; “gold”, and “tax free”.
They arrive at the Temple outside of Alamut only to find the villagers and priests tortured and dead. Sickened, Tamina makes the decision to return the Dagger to the gods by putting it back into the mountain and giving her life in sacrifice. Dastan tries to dissuade her from this course, but is thwarted by his brother Garsiv and his Persian patrol, caught up at last. Dastan tries to convince Garsiv of their uncle’s treachery, but before Dastan can tell him everything, the Hassansins attack again and Garsiv is killed. Tamina flees into the mountain temple and prepares herself to offer the Dagger and the sacrifice, but Dastan interrupts her, saying that he isn’t ready for such a sacrifice. But before she can insert the knife into the stone, another Hassansin attacks and Tamina is knocked unconscious, one of the deadly snakes retrieving the Dagger for the Hassansin leader.
After the battle, Tamina is devastated, but Dastan assures her that they will get it back and he won’t let his uncle get away with his foul scheme. With Amar and Sesos in tow - Sesos needing to repay a debt to Dastan - the group heads to Alamut, where Dastan plans to speak with his elder brother Tus and inform him as well of Nizam’s treachery. Sesos manages to retrieve the Dagger but gives his life in doing so. Dastan and Tamina sneak into the palace where Dastan confronts his brother with the Dagger’s power, even going so far as to end his life in order to prove to Tus his innocence. Tus uses the power of the Dagger and reverses Time, able to see Dastan’s truth and his uncle’s villainy.
Unfortunately, Nizam kills Tus and takes the Dagger away from a stunned Dastan; a guardsman makes to end his life, but Tamina thwarts the attack, having watched from the balcony outside the chamber. She then discovers that Nizam’s guardsman was one of the temple’s priests and is horrified to learn that her people are no longer pure. Nevertheless, she and Dastan hurry for the hidden passageway to the Sand Chamber, but the floor collapses and they are separated. Tamina hurries down the stairs just in time to save Dastan from death at the hands of the Hassansin leader. The assassin falls to his death and Dastan and Tamina share their first and only kiss before hurrying to stop Nizam.
Nizam overpowers them both but Dastan manages to grab Tamina’s hand before she falls; however, if he saves her, Nizam will win and the world will be destroyed. To prevent Armageddon, Tamina begs Dastan to let her go in order to save the world, but he refuses; she then tells him that it has been his destiny all along, to keep safe the Sands of Time and lets go of his hand. He struggles but loses his grip and she plunges into the chasm below, screaming Dastan’s name as she falls.
Dastan manages to stop his uncle before the Sand Glass cracks completely, but enough Sand has been released to throw the two men back into time, to the instant where Dastan first picks up the dagger after battling with Asoka. However, he still retains his knowledge of all the events after, and hurries to stop his uncle and brothers before time can reassert itself and the events unfold as they had before. Dastan proves Nizam’s treachery to his brothers and Tus kills their uncle when he tries to murder Dastan after being defeated by the youngest prince.
The Persian princes meet Princess Tamina, not in the high temple as conquerors, but humbly requesting her pardon and are eager to make amends for their unprovoked attack on the city. Rather than offer himself as husband and liason, Tus instead offers Dastan, who still recalls his memories of his adventures with the Princess. He then gives her the Dagger as a proposal gift, telling her he’d been surprised at the proposal and was thus unprepared; he had no gift, “save that which was already yours.” She stares at him for a moment, then invites him to walk with her, away from the rest of the party. Curious as to the Prince’s apparent change of heart, Tamina probes a bit delicately as to the why of this revelation, but Dastan is reluctant to impart the truth. Nevertheless, Tamina appears to sense that there might be more to the story than what she can see, and seemingly accepts the Prince’s proposal at the end of the film.
[Personality] Tamina is a ruler. A princess. A Priestess. Beloved of the gods, she has been charged with a sacred trust to ensure the continuation of all life upon the earth. She and her people value peace, purity, grace and beauty above all else, and she is the epitome of her people. Strong in will, brave in spirit, Tamina is but one of a long line of Guardians to the sacred Dagger which rests within the city of Alamut.
However, she is also a decisive leader and a politician. She remains unruffled in the face of danger, heathen kings and disgruntled sheiks. She is quite opinionated, educated and verbal, not willing to hold her tongue when most women might in fact lose theirs for such audacity. Tamina has some skill with weapons, and is more than willing to use whatever within reach to attain her goals or defend herself and her city from unwanted inhabitants. Seen as very cool and aloof, it eventually takes rousing adventures with a Persian Prince to bring to light the fiery woman beneath, ready to sacrifice everything, including herself, for her sacred duty.
Her duty is the primary center of her life. More than likely taught since a very young age that her sacred trust was of the utmost importance, a pact from the gods, she over and over proves that it is all that fuels her thoughts and actions. More than willing to lay down her own life, happiness and all other consequences for her duty, Tamina is a servant of the Dagger first, and Princess of Alamut second.
[Abilities] None
[Other important stuff] Tamina is the only other person who knows the power of the Dagger and Sands of Time alongside of Dastan. She is the Guardian of the Dagger and Keeper of the Covenant set down by the gods to Holy Alamut. She is considered royalty, a princess in her city and revered by her people. Also, considering this is a re-app and a 'character reset', so to speak, the Princess will not retain her memories of her time here before.
[Sample post]
[First Person]
Waking up here was...strange. My last memories are scattered, broken. Dastan's shout of pain, my own scream as I...fell, the roaring of the sands as they swirled in the Sandglass.
Thinking about it too much gives me quite the headache.
But this place...it's so strange. Never had I imagined such a land existed, not even beyond the Empire's borders. Yet, this does not seem to be a world known; no one here save Dastan has even heard of Alamut, or even Persia.
...answers will come, I hope, in Time. And Time seems to be bountiful here, and protected, and for that, at least, I am thankful. Dastan holds the Dagger; I can trust him with its safekeeping, at least for now.
Perhaps I should take this time of peace and bring a bit to my own mind; a new beginning, a new life. A promise of renewal.
[Third Person]
Tamina sat on the bank of the small stream behind Dastan's little cottage, her feet dangling in the cool water. The large thick-leaved trees provided ample shade, the breeze was pleasant and the sun dappled the little glade with gold. All in all, not a bad afternoon, she thought with a smile.
Granted, this "Somarium" was a far cry from Alamut's gilded walls, but Tamina had more or less reconciled herself to the fact that she was stuck here for now; Alamut would simply have to carry on without her for a while. The notion did give her concern if she let herself dwell on it for any length of time, but she trusted Roham to continue his duties smoothly; her High Priest was still competent, despite his climbing years.
Withdrawing her toes from the stream, she leaned back against the tree's rough bark, wrapping her arms about her knees and staring up at the blue, blue sky over the field just hence. Was it really the same sky as lorded over her beloved home? Or was she on a different world entirely and Alamut only a memory in her mind. Not so, for did not the Prince carry the Dagger still? That alone, if nothing else, cemented the fact that they had done their part to keep safe their world's greatest treasure.
As if her thoughts had conjured him, Dastan himself appeared around the corner of the cottage; she couldn't help but chuckle at his goofy grin. He plunked down beside her; she thought nothing of leaning comfortably against his shoulder. Words didn't seem necessary; the two simply sat together and enjoyed the silence, there under the foreign sky.
[Why do you want to play this character in Somarium?] I've played here before and enjoyed it very much. Tamina has castmates here, and she seems to fit in well with the rest of the cast. The people are welcoming, the mods know what they're doing, and I admit to have missed the interaction. Tamina has been in other games, but none have seemed to "fit" as well as this one.
[Which rule was your favorite and why?] "partner/animal pets characters allowed" Very few games allow this.
[Where did you hear about Somarium?] I've been here before, but life intervened. Now that I have a bit of stability back, I'd like to resume playing with the awesome people here and give this character the time and effort she deserves.
[Any questions?] Not at present