Talise Cordell

Fit with lithe muscle definition. It could easily be concluded that she spends a lot of time dancing, or other cardio style work

Talise is on the taller side of average, and all parts of her figure are more than blessed by the Aspects. Assets that, she would say, can make her job very easy.

Very inviting beauty. Symmetrical face, charming eyes, and lips that you may find yourself staring at more often than you'd expect.

Scarring on various parts of her body that no one (living) has ever seen

Her eye color is a deep storm grey; unique and not easily forgotten

Despite alluring beauty, there is an odd stoicism to her expressions that can borderline unsettling. Her brows barely move to show any changes in emotion, and her lips, despite jarring news, seem to passively sit in the most subtle of smiles.

Minor telepathy. It's an unusual gift that she assumed awoke when Ruby began appearing more frequently. The mental speech has only been used a handful of times, mostly to help plant an idea in someone's head if she's struggling to get them to cooperate.

Talise doesn't let her line of work discourage her from indulging. Rings, wristlettes, chokers, earrings - all are things that can be found on her, usually with some sort of ruby accent. A simple leather purse would contain things such as a hairbrush, a makeup compact, an address book, and spray breath freshener, none of which were what they appeared to be.

Misdirection and distraction are perfected arts in her career path: high profile assassination. She knows how to strike efficiently, quickly, and at the right moment to minimize witnesses and maximize results.

Talise has a history that is often told in children's stories: running away from a horrible home and joining the circus. Years performing as a fire dancer eventually lead to the right set of eyes that admired her dedication and ability to both captivate and misdirect.

After an encounter that left a man dead by her hands, she was, unexpectedly, provided a job offer.

With fifteen years under the Blackaxel Cartel, it's clear that Talise, currently, is quite fond of her job.

Female

Asexual

Talise understands how sexuality can be used to easily get into a persons mind and lower their defenses. That said, she's yet to use sex appeal as anything other than a weapon. She has never spoken of any current or past partners.

Because she left home so early, Talise didn't complete early levels of schooling. Her education may be below average, but it is more than compensated with good intuition and learned knowledge that the BAC was kind enough to provide.

As far as she's concerned, she isn't paid to think. That's someone else's job.

Blackaxel Cartel

Over 200 successful assassinations that have consisted of: drug lords, human traffickers, weapons dealers, just to name a few.

There are very, very few of Talise's targets that either escape or know what's happening quick enough to try to fight back. One such instance has branded her a wanted criminal in the Fae state of Mosswillum.

She has yet to reveal how this happened, or how she got out undetected from the several dozen surrounding states.

Physical and verbal abuse growing up, the result of which is her being emotionally dead.

When it comes to book smarts, Talise is fairly average, if not a touch below. She's not stupid - she just had bigger things to worry about growing up than homework or getting to school.

Manipulative may be a good word for her. She's not always a good judge of character, but she does know how to get said character to think the way she wants them to.

Very morally grey. The world had never been kind to her, and while this may not have made Talise 'evil' per se, she certainly isn't moved by sob stories. In her opinion, she wasn't destined to make those kind of big decisions; usually it was already made. All she has to do is shoot.

If something obviously bad is happening that was simply wrong place wrong time, there's no harm in minimizing damages of course. That's logical.

Likes

• Gardening
• Swimming
• Dancing and going to nightclubs
• Attending plays, movies, or things related to the performing arts
• Sugar cookies

Dislikes

• Children
• Excessive Alcohol
• Bullies
• Handsy people

She'd probably laugh if asked. She feels a sense of pride in knowing horrible people are permanently removed from the streets, but it's not something people would find out over a coffee date.

Her near perpetual calm state has a way of also bringing others down; she can de-escalate some situations simply by being present.

The woman is a textbook sociopath. Many emotions are dulled for her, sometimes leaving her unable to easily make the morally correct decision.

An occasional cigarette helps her clear her mind, but not enough for it to be considered a habit.

Talise follows a firm "look but don't touch" policy. With the exception of a flirtatious shoulder or wrist touch, any physical contact on her body is out of the question with very, very few exceptions. The few individuals that had the ego to get handsy found their fingers quickly broken.

Immaculate. Her hair is well groomed, flawless makeup, clean outfits, manicured nails, and always smelling of some hand crafted perfume

• Rivian Cordell (Father - Deceased)
• Melissa Gaston-Cordell (Mother - Deceased)
• Madame Huntré (Mentor)
• "Prophet" (Employer)
• Z3r0 (By name and position only - no relation)

No remaining family. There are the occasional but infrequent letters she still sends and receives from the Beguiling Ensemble.

Living near the shoreline, and also because of her connection with Ruby, Talise finds herself drawn to Denna and her Currents

No pets, but fond of betta fish.

Hotter weather brings out a love of swimming, and other times of year, Talise enjoys the night life by attending various performances or frequenting night clubs with some minor disguise.

Talise is incredibly intimate in her manner of speaking with people she's known only for seconds. Sugar, Darling, Sweet Thing, all smoothly delivered as effortlessly as her targets flatline. Indeed, it is difficult to not find the woman's cooing both captivating and endearing.

And that, is why she is so dangerous.

Talise does enjoy indulging in the finer things in life. Her salary is more than reasonable for her position, and any wants or needs that exceed that, well... she's yet to find a wealthy person that has told her No.