The Undertow: Session Eleven, Trait Vote the First

So here's the traits Mikansia had that we were voting on:

Impulsive
Dutiful
Watchful

I suggested the following:

Change Impulsive to Noble
Mikansia had willingly surrendered herself to the dark elves because it would end the siege against Elfwatch. If that's not noble then I'm not entirely sure what you would call it.
 
Add Deadly Precision
Mikansia was already an incredible fighter at Sword B6, but she had a number of encounters with Krakeru, who was a G8. She had to learn to see through the noise and horror, and ended with an incredible roll against Krakeru to end his threat, once and for all. She's become one of those rare sword fighters whose skill will probably be talked about for generations to come.
 
Add Fearless
The whole ten sessions saw Mikansia not only face her own inner demons, but quite a number of external ones, with increasing courage. She's been forged into something completely different than she was at the beginning.

Lena laughed and returned:

Change Impulsive to Compassionate Defender
Lena didn't know about nobility, but she did think Mikansia's journey was one of compassion. Of moving from revenge to love. And then, out of love to defending what she loved. It's a part of her now. 
Add Fearless
We both laughed and agreed on this one, full stop.
 
Add Driven
 The resolve to chase down your father, endure the Nameless, and fight back against interior corruption shown by Mikansia was nothing short of extraordinary. Driven was suggested by Lena to represent how much of an interior juggernaut Mikansia had been.

Obviously Fearless is going to stay. I liked Compassionate Defender more than Noble, as it was more descriptive of what Mikansia had become. And Driven certainly described every last thing Mikansia had done, so that was a no-brainer. We were originally going to change a Trait and add two, but we couldn't say no to Driven.

Obviously, Mikansia was exiled from the Sword Singers for desertion. But the General, grateful for single-handedly saving Elfwatch from the siege, made her an Honorary Member of the Fer Militaries (2D), and recommended she go to a criminal organization known as The Sword Runners. Elves are very stingy with their superior weaponry, and so there is a thriving black market for elven arms and armor in the Fer Kingdoms. This demand is met by lots of criminals, humans and elves alike, who have commandeered flying ships and now go between the Ring of Tears and the surface. The Sword Runners are known for their egalitarian and more squeaky-clean nature, as far as criminal organizations were concerned.  And so, after a few months of helping make sure that Elfharrow was completely razed to the ground with the help of the new dragon they had on their side, Mikansia, Nomi, and Akseli went and became members of The Sword Runners as enforcers.

Mikansia's exploits on the surface were legion, and she got four reputations to sum up what she had done. By the dark elves she is still known as the "So-Called Yetekaida", as she is clearly their enemy, but is still destined to channel the Nameless, at least in their minds (1D). The story of her sacrificing herself for Elfwatch has earned her the moniker "The Savior of Elfwatch" (2D) amongst the human societies of the surface world. But to the elves of the Ring of Tears? She is a "Sword Singer Deserter" (2D) and is to be tried and executed for abandoning them in their time of need against the Nameless. And then, to a small section of folks, she is "The Killer of Krakeru" (1D), who was well-known monster in his corners of the world.

The next session's opening situation is that Mikansia, after a year on the surface, has finally gotten the resources to get her back into Kotae Mah. She wants to go and see Jabez's parents, and talk to them, and just... sit. Just for a moment. She and Yngvar are very concerned with the fact that Jabez somehow was exile near Elfharrow, which should not be possible. The elves know what they're doing when they launch people out of the ring; they don't want them just going and joining the dark elves. So the fact that Jabez wound up outside of Elfharrow points to a systemic problem that no one is probably addressing.  So Yngvar went back to the Ring of Tears to begin looking on the inside of the system, prepping for Mikansia to come back and do some digging around herself.