Latika the Porter

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Latika the Porter
Name	Latika Paljor
Species	Slow Loris
Age	15
Height	120cm
Weight	30kg
Special abilities & skills	Able to carry ridiculously heavy loads for extended periods of time Elementally hardy - comfortable in blistering heat, freezing cold, and everything in between Student of Xiaolin Wushu Can walk forever
Unique ability	N/A
Carried items	Ornate single-headed 10kg bronze meteor hammer, on eight-strand silk rope Lots and lots of camping and survival gear; rope, thermal blankets, waterproof matches, utility knives, dehydrated food, etc. Blue wax-coated paper parasol Small collection of paperbacks collected from Western travelers Hollow plastic lawn gnome (???)
Ability Ratings
Agility	Slow loris is slow. Sometimes, a day or two after being pinched, she'll say "ow." Has never so much as seen a body of water.
Strength	Hails from a long, proud line of people who carry large, heavy things from the minute they start walking until the minute they die, and she's pretty good at it, too.
Toughness	Though athletic and healthy, making one's living hauling stuff all over mountains possesses certain inherent occupational hazards (like gravity) that make for a reasonably resilient individual
Energy	Minimal CE potential, but if you're patient enough, she can go on forever. If it's possible to wear her out, she's back up and at 'em with almost negligible recovery time.

Alternate appearance with pack

General Info

Just a small-town girl living in the middle of nowhere. Seriously.

Latika Paljor knows there's something more to life than endlessly traversing the perilous mountains of Chun-Nan with the contents of a small house on her back, and while she doesn't know specifically what, she knows bigger and better things lie West. For west is the mysterious land of gold-paved streets, celebrities, and technology bordering on magic; the place where all the prosperous adventure seekers who employ her come from. She's whiled away many an hour listening to stories of the wondrous South Island, with its president the size of a tower, and a blue hedgehog whose swiftness of foot actually causes the world to spin, and vowed to someday see these things for herself.

Certainly an imaginative girl, Latika isn't especially quick-witted, or quick-anything, for that matter, which, compounded with her peppy enthusiasm, insatiable curiosity, and unfathomable naivety can make her rather exhausting to be around.

Ability Info

Fire. Lightning. Tsunamis. The porters of Chun-Nan. Natural phenomena that may not be completely understood, but just are.

Why should such disproportionately small people be able to bear such a hefty burden all the day long, and not think a thing of it? No one's really sure, but it's just they way they've been as long as anyone's cared to remember. Latika was born into this world, carrying the weight of her ancestors' legacy (along with a couple metric tons of camping supplies), but hardly looks sturdy enough to support her own massive eyes. Quite the contrary, though, the trim and tall loris is actually one of the most able-bodied porters in her small village of Bhatguri, capable of lugging lofty loads up miles of mountain in without breaking a sweat. Slow, but apparently inexhaustible, and consummately survival savvy, Latika makes an excellent (albeit chatty) workhorse for mountain expeditions. So long as you've got time on your hands, she'll get it there. Eventually.

Also, she knows kung fu. Seriously. Don't all Chunese?

Miscellanea

Trivia

• Closest friends: Regards Casey with respect and admiration, and speaks fondly of her betrothed, but otherwise doesn't seem to have any
• Likes: Anything from western civilization, but enjoys books most, as they help her improve her spotty English; has a soft spot for po cha (butter tea)
• Dislikes: Shoes
• Favorite color: Reddish purple
• Birthday: May 7th
• Birthplace: Bhatguri, Chun-Nan
• Home: None yet
• Other trivia:
  • Her name is pronounced "LAH-thick-uh"
  • Obsessed with the occidental; her dearest possessions are things given to her by traveling Westerners passing through her village.
  • Frequently tries on different English names as she learns them -- especially celebrity names, whether or not they're actually girls' names (For several weeks, she insisted on being called "Velo Prower.")
  • Spends substantial time reading pretty much anything English she can get her hands on, and is knowledgeable about a surprising breadth of subjects

Beyond the Profile

Played By

Mie

Credits

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