Scriv
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Name:
Scriv
Pronunciation:
/skrɪv/
Name Meaning:
Scriv is created by her own terms. It has no true meaning, but it does have potential echoes. Rooted in “scribe” or “scrivener” – historically, a scrivener was a writer or clerk, someone who recorded truths, contracts, or secrets; as thus, Scriv could be a name earned for her memory, her ability to “record” street lore, and her knack for decoding glyphs.
Or, just or...it sounds like "shiv"-a hidden blade, a survival tool. Simple, but cool. Simply cool.
Nicknames:
Scorchlet, Inkfang, Raggle, Grinblade, Flick, Patch, Sootie, Skiv
Titles:
The Gutter Phoenix, The Charred Quill, Inkborne Scion, Scriv of the Ash Ledger
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Age:
21
Gender:
Female
Sexualities:
Survival Mask-Pansexual Charmcraft
Scriv uses attraction like a lockpick—fluid, adaptive, and strategic. She flirts with men, women, and anyone in between, not out of desire but out of necessity. Her pansexual presentation is performative, a street-learned magic that lets her slip through danger, gather secrets, and manipulate power.
Hidden Truth-Demisexual Core
Beneath the mask, Scriv’s true affection is slow-burning and sacred. She doesn’t feel genuine desire unless deep emotional trust is built-something she’s never had the luxury to cultivate. Her demisexuality is a locked vault, guarded by trauma and soot.
Previous Role(s):
The Whisper Broker
She traded secrets like coins. Her charm was currency, her memory a vault. She ran with informant rings, collecting gossip, blackmail, and coded truths. Her nickname, "Scriv" came from her habit of scribbing intel in soot or ash.
The Runner of the Alleys
Courier, thief, and shadow. She knew every rooftop, every sewer gate. She delivers forbidden texts, stolen dragon scales, and illegal glyphs. Her agility and charm let her slip past guards and enchantments alike.
Current Status:
Unbonded Rider
Magic:
TBD
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Appearance:

[Image (c) to The Lady of Hera 2 on Picrew.com]
Scriv’s body is a paradox, compact but commanding, graceful but grounded. She’s built not for brute force, but for precision, escape, and emotional warfare. Her frame tells the story of someone who’s climbed rooftops, dodged blades, and danced through fire. She's 5'5", but she carries herself like she’s taller; shoulders squared, chin tilted, daring anyone to underestimate her. Her frame is lean and wiry, with limbs for her height; having a build that favors agility, speed, and stealth. Her muscles are ropey and defined, not bulky, earned through motion, not training. Her back and shoulders bear the subtle asymmetry of someone who’s favored one side for climbing, dodging, or drawing blades. She stands like a coiled spring—never relaxed, always ready. Her stillness is ritualized, a form of control. When she moves, it’s with intent, like every step is a spell.
Her skin tone is a light brown, with undertones of bronze and ash; a hue that catches firelight and moonlight in equal measure. Her skin bears the faint shimmer of alchemical residue from street rituals. A jagged scar runs from her left brow down to her cheek, like a lightning bolt carved in flesh. It’s raised and pale, a stark contrast against her skin; not hidden, not explained. Some say it was earned in a dragon’s breath, others say she carved it herself during a rite of truth. It pulls slightly at her expression, giving her smile a haunted asymmetry-half charm, half challenge. Her scar is a sigil-not of weakness, but of survival. It marks her as seen and scorched, but never broken.
She has a black dragon tattoo that coils across her chest, with its head near her heart, its tail vanishing beneath her ribs. It shifts subtly with her emotions; flaring when she's angry, fading when she's vulnerable. The ink is alchemical, possibly bonded to her dragon or her trials.
Scriv doesn’t enter a room-she infiltrates it. Her presence is magnetically unsettling, like a whisper that makes everyone stop talking. Her aura is smoky, silver-threaded, with a scent of metal, ink, and something faintly scorched. People feel her before they see her; a pressure behind the eyes, a prickle at the nape. She walks like she’s dodging ghosts: fluid, reactive, and always watching. Her steps are silent but deliberate, like each one is a test of the ground beneath her. he rarely gestures wide-everything is tight, controlled, ritualized. When she does reach out, it’s with the grace of a predator or a priestess: slow, intentional, and emotionally loaded.
Scriv's hair is ash-blade with ember undertones. The primary hue is ash-black, like soot scraped from dragon-forged stone or the remnants of a burned ledger. In certain light, especially firelight or moonlight, faint ember glints shimmer through, hinting at a dormant flame or alchemical residue. Her hair color echoes her duality: shadow and flame, mask and truth, street and academy. The length is short to medium, with the longest strands brushing just past her jawline. The sides are uneven—not shaved, but jagged, like they were cut with a stolen blade or burned away in a trial. The back is slightly longer, often tied or braided into a ritual knot when she prepares for combat or deception. Her hair is deliberately tousled, with layers that fall like feathers scorched at the tips. Her fringe is asymmetrical, often falling over her eyepatch like a curtain; a veil between her and the world. Some describe the texture as smoke-touched silk, soft but coarse, like dragged through ash. It resists taming-always slightly wild, always moving with her mood. When touched, it feels charged, like static or latent magic. Two to three thin braids, woven behind her left ear or along her temple. Each braid is tied with thread, wire, or scale fragments-tokens from allies, trials, or fallen rivals. One braid contains a hidden glyph, a spell woven into hair-a ward, a tracker, or a truth-seal (she doesn't know, she just finds it cool).
As for the eyepatch itself, black leather, stitched with a silver thread, worn over her right eye. It’s not just concealment-it’s a sigil of defiance, a ward against truth or a seal over power. Rumors say it hides a dragonbrand, a cursed eye, or a glyph that sees lies. Her only eye, the left one that actually works and is not hidden, is a steel silver with emotional precision, like moonlight on a blade or the glint of a dragon's fang. It shimmers faintly when she lies, when her dragon stirs, or when she's on the edge of truth. In a certain light, her eye reflects ghosts of flame-a flicker of the fire she survived. The eye shape itself is almond with a downward tilt at the outer corners. This tilt gives her a resting sorrow, a gaze that always looks like it's remembering something painful, or watching for betrayal. Her lashes are long, uneven, singed at the tips—a relic of a fire she never speaks of, perhaps the one that earned her the name “Scorch.” Her left eye (the visible one) is always calculating, never blinking too long, never revealing too much. It’s the kind of eye that makes people confess things they didn’t mean to say, or hesitate before lying.
Her nose is straight with a subtle aquiline curve. Not delicate, but regal and sharp, like a crest carved in obisidan or a dagger forged for ceremony. The bridge is high, giving her profile a statuesque silhouette, especially in shadow. A faint scar crosses the bridge: not enough to mar her beauty, but enough to mark her myth. Some say it was earned in a duel, others say it was self-inflicted during a street rite of passage.
Her lip shape is a full lower lip with a thinner upper lip with a defined cupid's bow. Her smile is asymmetrical-one side lifts in charm, the other in challenge. When she speaks, her lips move with ritual precision, like each word is a spell, a test, or a trap. The color is naturally pale, but often painted in plum, rust, or blood-red. She chooses shades that echo her mood or her intent-never for vanity, always for ritual. Blood-red when she’s hunting truth. Plum when she’s hiding it. Rust when she’s ready to burn it all down.
Finally, her jawline is angular, but not harsh, with a subtle curve that softens her silhouette just enough to make her dangerous. It’s the kind of jaw that looks noble when she’s silent, lethal when she speaks. Her jaw is often clenched; not in anger, but in ritual restraint. Her chin is slightly pointed, with a faint cleft, a mark of duality, echoing her mask and her truth. It’s the kind of chin that tilts up when challenged, tilts down when she’s about to lie, and tilts sideways when she’s about to seduce.
Voice:
Scriv’s voice is low, deliberate, and emotionally charged. It’s not loud; it doesn’t need to be. People lean in when she speaks, not because they can’t hear her, but because they want to. Her tone carries the weight of someone who’s learned to make every word count. The pitch is a low-alto, with a smoky resonance, like coals still glowing beneath ash. There’s a subtle rasp, not from damage, but from ritual restraint; as if she’s burned through too many truths to speak freely. The cadence is measured and intentional, like she’s reciting a spell or testing your reaction. She pauses often, not out of hesitation, but to watch what her silence does to you. Her rhythm shifts depending on the mask she wears: Quick and playful when charming, slow and surgical when interrogating, and soft and fractured when vulnerable. Her accent is a blend of street slang and academic polish; a hybrid dialect, sharpened by survival and softened by ritual. She drops formalities when she wants to unsettle, and adopts them when she wants to seduce. Her voice tightens when she lies, softens when she mourns, and cracks, just slightly, when she loves. In rare moments of truth, her voice becomes almost melodic, like a lullaby sung in a forgotten tongue.
Scent:
Scriv’s scent is subtle but unforgettable. It doesn’t announce her-it haunts. It clings to rooms long after she’s gone, like a secret waiting to be remembered. The base notes are charred cedar and dragon ash; a smoky, ancient aroma that evokes burned scrolls and scorched ritual chambers. There’s a faint metallic tang, like silver dust or blood on steel-not unpleasant, but emotionally charged. The middle notes are ink and leather, the scent of old ledgers, stolen books, and worn jackets. These notes speak of memory, secrecy, and survival, a life lived in shadow and archives. Finally, the top notes, black plum and burnt sage, a hint of sweetness wrapped in ritual smoke. This is the scent that draws people in, makes them curious, makes them want to know. Her scent intensifies when she’s angry, fades when she’s grieving, and shifts subtly when she’s in love, and her dragon responds to her emotions, altering the alchemical balance. Some say her scent is enchanted, tied to her trials or her dragon bond—others say it’s just the smell of someone who’s survived too much to smell like anything ordinary.
Dominant Hand:
Left-handed, but not exclusively. Her dominant hand is her left, honed through years of street survival: lockpicking, blade work, and sleight-of-hand all favor her left side. It’s the hand she writes with, fights with, and casts with when she’s not hiding her strength. But she’s also ambidextrous by necessity, not by nature. Her right hand is trained for deception—used when she wants to appear weaker, more vulnerable, or more “normal.” She switches hands in combat to confuse opponents, often feinting with her right before striking with her left.
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Personality:
Flirty ⋆ Emotionally Masked ⋆ Playful ⋆ Manipulative (for survival) ⋆ Loyal (when earned) ⋆ Chill ⋆ Trickster ⋆ Morally Selective ⋆ Affectionate ⋆ Best-Friend Vibes ⋆ Sacredly Silly ⋆ Follower ⋆ Empathetic (in disguise) ⋆ Comforting (when cornered) ⋆ Expressive ⋆ Shadow-Dancer ⋆ Peacekeeper (through chaos)
Scriv is the ember’s grin incarnate; a trickster soul wrapped in soot and silver, whose laughter flickers before the flame ever catches. She’s the kind of companion who’ll flirt with danger, charm the enemy, and steal the map while everyone’s still arguing over directions. Her presence is a ritual of contradiction: playful but guarded, affectionate but unreadable, loyal but never tame.
She’s the shadow-heart of any dragonbound ensemble; the one who defuses tension with a smirk, a sarcastic quip, or a mock duel using stolen spoons. Her emotional choreography is layered: she’ll tease you, test you, and laugh first before helping you up. Her affection is sacred comedy, ritualized in mimicry, nicknames, and dramatic reenactments of your worst decisions.
Scriv’s loyalty is earned through fire and fracture. She doesn’t follow orders, she follows people. She’s never the leader, never the voice of reason, but always the one who knows where the bodies are buried and how to make you laugh about it. Her moral code is flexible, but not absent; she won’t betray you unless you deserve it, and she’ll never let you fall unless you asked her to.
Her emotional rhythm is masked but attuned. She senses moods like shifts in alley wind—responding with a joke, a distraction, or a sudden change of subject. She’s the one who’ll sit beside you in silence, then steal a flower from a noble’s garden just to make you smile. Her empathy is hidden behind charm, her comfort wrapped in chaos.
Despite her lightness, Scriv is deeply bonded to those who see past the mask. She’s not just playful: she’s protective, intuitive, and emotionally resonant. Her titles, The Charred Quill, Scorchlet of Hollowfang, reflect not just her street-forged nature, but her role as the emotional saboteur of the group. She’s the one who reminds others to laugh, to lie when needed, and to never let the truth ruin a good story.
Scriv’s Personality Strengths & Weaknesses
Trait Type | Strengths | Weaknesses |
Emotional | Emotionally observant; reads moods with precision and adapts instinctively. | Masks her own feelings too well; struggles to express vulnerability or ask for help. |
Social | Flirty, playful, and magnetic; builds rapport through charm, mimicry, and humor. | Manipulates social dynamics for survival; may push people away when they get too close. |
Creative | Invents rituals, nicknames, and comedic distractions with ease; thrives in chaos. | Uses humor to deflect depth; avoids emotional confrontation by turning everything into a game. |
Loyal | Fiercely protective of chosen allies; bonds deeply once trust is earned. | Loyalty is selective and slow to form; betrayal scars linger and may breed quiet resentment. |
Moral | Operates by a personal code—protect the vulnerable, punish betrayal, honor earned bonds. | Morality is situational; may justify manipulation or theft if survival demands it. |
Leadership | Supports leaders with insight, sabotage, and emotional grounding; thrives as the trickster. | Avoids responsibility or spotlight; may undermine authority if it feels unjust or rigid. |
Romantic | Seduces with wit and mystery; love is slow-burning, sacred, and emotionally resonant. | Distrusts genuine affection; may sabotage intimacy before it becomes real. |
Peacekeeping | Diffuses tension with jokes, mimicry, or distraction; keeps the group emotionally afloat. | Avoids serious conflict; may let problems fester beneath the surface to preserve harmony. |
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Scriv’s Skill Ledger
Skill Type | Core Skills | Symbolic Resonance |
Deception | Flirting, mimicry, emotional masking, false identities | Her charm is a blade; she lies like she’s casting spells. |
Streetcraft | Lockpicking, rooftop navigation, alley mapping, sewer escape routes | She knows every shadow’s name and every wall’s weakness. |
Combat | Dual-wielding daggers, feinting, dirty fighting, ambidextrous strikes | She fights like a trickster—never fair, always effective. |
Social Manipulation | Seduction, distraction, morale boosting, tension defusing | She’s the one who makes enemies laugh before stealing their secrets. |
Emotional Reading | Mood sensing, micro-expression decoding, trauma recognition | She sees what people won’t say—and uses it. |
Alchemy & Glyphcraft | Minor enchantments, forged sigils, counterfeit tokens | Her magic is tactile, rebellious, and often illegal. |
Memory & Lore | Street legends, dragon myths, forbidden archives | She remembers what others forget—and weaponizes it. |
Performance | Impersonation, storytelling, sacred comedy rituals | Her humor is a shield, a spell, and a seduction. |
Survival | Scavenging, rationing, sleeping with one eye open | She’s lived through things that should’ve killed her—and made them into rituals. |
Dragonbonding | Emotional tethering, silent communication, instinctive resonance | Her bond is feral, earned through fire and fear—not academy rites. |
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Crush:
Open, PM Me
Partner:
Is Seeing Someone, But Complicated and Awkward (PM Me)
Exes:
cough, cough,
Kin:
Open, PM Me
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Affiliations:
Open, PM Me
Other:
Bleh, human rider in case we need more. <3