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Btâyhî hsîn: Ayyuha l-mujawir
Beihdja Rahal
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A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a person perfected without trials
Spirited and strong-willed, with a wealth of life experiences and an unfortunate case of amnesia, Kylie is the beloved owner of the local inn and tavern. Born as Khayr Lesha, she is the presumed-dead youngest princess and political envoy hailing from the kingdom of Sénati.

Basics
FULL NAME Khayr Lesha Wainwright (née Beketaten)
OTHER NAMES Kylie, Innkeeper
AGE + DOB 29, January 30
ZODIAC Aquarius
GENDER Female
PRONOUNS she/her/hers
ORIENTATION Bisexual
OCCUPATION Inn/Tavern Owner

Background
BIRTHPLACE Sénati, a small island kingdom that lies in the Mediterranean Sea
CURRENT HOME Alryn
LANGUAGE(S) the common tongue, Arabic, French, Latin, Greek
NATIONALITY Sénati
ETHNICITY Arabic, Hindi

PARENTS King Raees and Queen Chasvika
SIBLINGS Dhuvesh (M), Sumaha (F), Jabir (M), Parwiz (M), Hudi (F), Harnav (M), Naif (F). Hudi and Harnav are twins.
OTHER(S) Other living family includes 2 paternal uncles, 1 paternal aunt, 3 maternal aunts, paternal grandmother.

Appearance
HAIR mid-back length, dark brown. Kylie’s hair usually hangs in loose curls down her back, in a half or full ponytail.
EYES dark brown
HEIGHT 5′ 8″ / 172 cm
BUILD ectomorph
TATTOOS has a series of tattoos based on Sénati birth and fertility beliefs: on her upper thighs are small figures of Bes, protector or mothers, children, and childbirth. Spanning her lower back, lower abdomen, above the navel, and above the elbow joint are a series of dots and dashes, some of which form concentric circles.
PIERCINGS earlobes
SCARS many back and leg scars from her time as a pirate captive

Personality
CHARACTER TRAITS nurturing, observant, humorous, stubborn, impulsive, petty
PHOBIAS stormy seas and sudden, loud noises
MBTI ESFJ (The Consul)
MORAL ALIGNMENT chaotic good
DRUG + ALCOHOL USE a social drinker, when she can be torn away from her duties

Backstory
Kylie Wainwright was born Khayr Lesha Beketaten, the youngest daughter of 7 children, to the King and Queen of the island kingdom of Sénati. With 4 older brothers and 3 older sisters, it was unspoken that her role in the family would simply be to maintain their image—not that it was an impossible task. The Sénati ruling family were kind, benevolent, and always ruled with their peoples' best interests at heart. Despite having a trained army, they were a peaceful people by default.

Then came the war. A nearby kingdom, seeking to expand its rule, came for Sénati with all they had, but the kingdoms were evenly matched. There was equal loss on both sides and the war continued as a stalemate for upwards of 7 years until they had a peace summit on neutral land that lie between the two kingdoms. After 5 days, the summit came to a peaceful conclusion, with the two kingdoms deciding to set aside their differences and be allies. To ensure this peace and the strength of the alliance, there was a trading of envoys—sending an important figure from each family to live and act as a diplomatic representative. At just 17, and with no promising marriage prospects because of her own vehement sabotage, Khayr would be the envoy from Sénati.

[tw: mentions of loss of pregnancy, kidnapping, abuse]

Khayr took her position as envoy seriously, but she struggled to adjust to her new home of Fallrath. After some months, though, she found a good friend in her handmaiden, as well as the 2nd prince. The latter relationship soon blossomed into more and they were wed by the time that she was 19. With Khayr Lesha being a bit more difficult to pronounce with unfamiliar tongues, she had long since adopted the nickname of "Kylie" and, upon marriage, donned the surname Wainwright. Kylie and her husband were fortunate enough that a quick relationship didn't mean poor dynamic. They were happy and soon welcoming their first child.

Then, disaster struck—seemingly all at once. A band of scorned pirates lay siege on Fallrath during a gathering that marked the royal family and its courtiers as sitting ducks. They killed and kidnapped as many as they could, including Kylie. For months and months, the young woman sat a prisoner in the ship's brig—enduring harsh interrogation and surviving on little more than bread and water, despite eating for two. A strike to the head during the siege had left her without memory of much of her life. Besides her nickname and a few lesser important things, she knew one thing: she was to be a mother and she should do everything in her power to keep her child safe. Kylie prayed to the deity Bes every single night to ensure a healthy child. But, her prayers fell on deaf ears as she lost the babe before being able to make it to full term. When she was no longer pregnant and slow, the pirate captain was quick to force her into performing manual labor around the ship and, if she was tired or too emotionally burdened, she would be lashed.

She was only saved when a vigilante pirate ship happened to attack for their own vendettas against the brutish captain. She and the only other surviving prisoner were onboarded despite their hesitance, but they soon realized that they were in good hands. On this ship, Kylie learned to swordfight, she learned to smile and laugh again, and she had a home for the first time in years. She stuck with the vigilantes until her 24th year, after nearly 5 summers of traveling the world and soaking up other cultures in a way she'd never been able to in her entire life. It was a natural parting and the vigilante captain agreed to get her set up with a life in Alryn where he'd made a few great comrades. She was given a healthy sum of gold and an empty building to do whatever she wanted. Over the next handful of years, she used it to fashion and run the inn and tavern that lies at the heart of Alryn.

Education
Kylie was tutored by the best available to her affluent family. She is fully literate, well-traveled, and knowledgeable on a number of topics—ranging from politics to the sciences to the cultures around the world.

Employment
She has run the local Inn and Tavern for upwards of five years, carving out a social niche for herself where many guests are happy to recommend the place to friends for its jovial and inviting atmosphere.

Savvies and Ineptitudes
She is an exceptional speaker, swordswoman, dancer, cook and barkeep. She’s also been known to outdrink a knight or two. She cannot, however, sing to save a life or hide her emotions well because of her expressive face. She is also a terrible gossip and, usually, isn’t the one to share deep dark secrets with. Though she’s (very) slowly gaining her memory, she has no memories of her loved ones.

Likes
cinnamon brewet, ryse, apple tarts, buttered beere, warm colors, jewelry, stargazing, listening to bard’s tales, and mythology/folklore

Dislikes
seafood dishes, closed spaces, and tempting/testing superstitions and the supernatural

Religious Views
The people of Sénati are a polytheistic folk. Kylie believes in a god existing for every aspect of life and death.

Motivations
Her chief motivation in life is living happily. She doesn't want to let the hazy memories, flashbacks, and resulting headaches of a forgotten past get in the way of her present However, she's not entirely closed off to the idea of finding out what they all mean.

Hobbies
embroidery, trinket collecting, reading, and dancing

Pets
Though she doesn't have any true pets, Kylie happily feeds and greets the stray cats and dogs that tend to gather around the Inn and town square.