Ethernias: Durga Marshna

Name: Durga Marshna, ‘Durma’ for short

Gender: Female

Race: Earthshifter Troll

Their name comes from the fact that they are trolls who have the ability to dig tunnels by moving large chunks of earth with just their bare hands, thus normally these trolls possess above average amounts of physical strength.

Some of them can dig tunnels though hard rock without tools too because while their race doesn’t have the capability to learn most spells, they do have an affinity to learn a specific type of earth spell that manipulates the density/ compactness of earthy materials (dirt, sand, gravel, rock/crystal ect) that they are in contact with, making it more brittle and shifty or solid and stable. The level of density/compactness and area effect radius of this spell depends on their ability to control the Ether around them, some can compact more dirt together to make a harder rock or have a larger effect radius than others.

Age: 27

Birthday: 28 June

Realm/Continent:  The realm of earth, Larea Vanya

Height: 216cm

Weight 146 kg

Job: Seeker of the Shiny Things/ Expert Miner

Place of birth: Syarahall

Weapon:
A very sturdy iron sword, she uses it more for chopping up vegetation blocking her way and even pry open coconuts rather than in actual combat; and even when she does use it in combat, she doesn’t have a refined or trained technique to use it, its just there to give her an extra cutting edge alongside her brute strength.

Abilities:
-Physical Brute Strength: She is rather well built even on Earthshifter Troll standards after years of mining though hard rock, she can lift and carry man sized boulders around without much trouble.

-Earthshifting: She can manipulate earthy materials (dirt, sand, gravel, rock/crystals ect) in an area up to 4m in radius from where she is in contact with to become either more brittle and shifty or solid and stable, very useful for making tunnels or digging out of one.

-Close ranged combat: She is well trained in hand to hand combat maneuvers and techniques; though at times just her brute strength is normally enough for her to muscle her way through battles. And if on earthy terrain, she also likes using her Earthshifting ability change the stability of the dirt ground around her to gain a terrain advantage.

History:

Durma was born in a Syarahall mining village that was mostly populated by Earthshifter Trolls. They are a closely knit outspoken small society that thrived off mining and polishing the unique gems that formed in the volcanic and hard stone ground in the area, they worshiped the land and respected it by taking only what they needed from it. While their goal is the unique gems, they didn’t always find what they were looking for though, most of the time, they just bump into other rather normal types ores and crystals that formed in the ground too, it wasn’t what they were finding but still they took enough of them to trade for supplies from wandering merchants or neighboring villages.

As a kid, Durma would play with the other Troll kids outside the mine their parents worked in, they would play games, practice their Earthshifting or just name the types of gems and ores their parents dug out. It was then, that Durma developed deep love for shiny things. She was very intrigued that a once lumpy ore or uncut gemstone could turn into such shiny objects after being polished; it was just magical to her. During the days when the villagers did dig up the unique gem they were looking for, there would be a big celebration and the miners who found it were praised as great as heroes. After a few celebrations like that, Durma decided that she would want to dig up that unique gem at least once when she gotten old enough to go into the mines. When she was a teen; she, her father and many other miners got trapped underground due to a large chunk of the tunnel suddenly caving in while they were mining for gems. It would be a few days later till the other trolls finally located them and dug them out, Durma was one of the lucky ones, most of the others were either crushed during the initial collapse or by suffocation, her father fell victim to the former. That incident didn't stun her dream though, it only made her chase after it even more. Everyone in that tunnel had one goal and she knew it, so she made a promise to find a unique gem for the others in their place so that they may rest in peace.

She reached her goal when she turned 23, she mined the largest unique gem her village had ever seen to date and they celebrated for two entire days and nights for the achievement. It was the happiest  moment in Durma’s life so far, but the week after that she felt a little lost at what to do, she already reached her goal, fulfilled her promise to the others so what should she do now. She didn’t feel like mining around her village for she seen most of the types of gems and ores that her area had to offer. Though, after reading that there were other bigger mining capitals out there like Felegmoor, Durma decided that she should travel around for a while and see what other areas had to offer, maybe she could find even more shiny things, ones that she haven’t seen before. The thought attracted her very much and so, just with a warm good luck party by the village, she was off to be the Seeker of All Shiny Things and promised to come home with tales of wonderful mines from faraway places.

Personality:  Durma is a very friendly, outgoing, outspoken, loud and to some people, obnoxious large Amazonian lady. She loves adventures or challenges and a good drink afterwards, she’s almost never seen without a water-skin filled with alcohol, apparently she has a very high tolerance to it so it’s very rare to see her getting drunk, though her personality and actions does make some people question if she already is at times. Despite of that, she knows when to lower her voice and can be very mature while being protective of her friends. She also likes to stick up for people who are being stepped on for no good reason. She has a trickster streak in her and isn’t afraid to lightly tease people or get involved in silly shenanigans. And she is very VERY passionate about shiny things, it’s her greatest obsession.  

Stats:  Current total: 195 // Unused:0

Strength: 80
Ether: 20
Agility: 40
Transformation: 0
Vitality: 40
Dexterity: 15

Likes:

Gems but ANYTHING SHINY WOULD DO TOO

Things that CAN BE SHINY AFTER SOME POLISHING

Alcohol

Parties and social events

All types of stories or adventures

Dislikes:

People who takes rules too seriously

Snobby attitudes

Being stuck in the dark with no way out

Wasting raw materials from mines

Cheese...just cheese...

Random Facts:
.Durma can't seem to hold glass cups without breaking them for the time being. They are too fragile and she doesn't have that much delicate control over her strength. So like the rest of her race, she uses metal or wooden cups most of the time instead.

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