Name: Sikora Raynes
Race: Human
Class/Role: Bard (College of Glamour) 5 / Rogue (Swashbuckler) 4
Appearance: Sikora Raynes is a riot of color and charisma. Her outfit is a mash-up of military-style tailoring, street flair, and stage-ready glam: a high-collared, asymmetrical jacket with glittered epaulets over a tight corset and leather trousers studded with metal scales. A short rapier rests at her hip, and twin throwing daggers are hidden in thigh holsters. Her hair is dyed in shifting streaks, and a rogueish grin is nearly ever-present. She wears mismatched earrings and has a crescent tattoo behind her left ear. At her back hangs a customized lute—covered in band stickers, arcane doodles, and carved initials.
Backstory
Born to a no-nonsense military officer father and a sharp-tongued professor mother, Sikora was never going to follow a quiet path. Her home life was a tightrope of expectations—and she jumped off it with a flip and a wink. Trained in debate, fencing, and musical performance, she left home at sixteen and made her way by busking, bluffing, and blowing minds. Her talent drew attention from both bardic colleges and criminal guilds, but Sikora refused to commit to anything too orderly. Now she’s a wandering iconoclast, part spy, part street legend, and all chaos, performing wherever the stage or stakes are high.
Personality
- “Rules are like tempos—meant to be broken if you know what you’re doing.”
- Magnetic: People either love her or want to punch her. Sometimes both.
- Reckless with Style: Leaps first, plays a song while falling, lands with a bow.
- Loyal to Individuals, Not Systems: Institutions bore her—people fascinate her.
Gear and Loot
- Trickstring Lute (arcane focus; lets her cast Message once per short rest)
- Rapier of Echoes (non-magical but resonates with minor illusory sound effects when drawn)
- Set of throwing daggers, each painted a different color
- A worn, sticker-covered leather journal filled with lyrics, sketches, and snarky quotes
- A “dearly borrowed” noble’s signet ring (potential blackmail or favor token)
- Small lockpicks hidden inside her flute
- 1 Potion of Greater Healing
- 1 Smoke Bomb (minor illusion and 10-ft. lightly obscured area)
Adventure Hooks
- Sikora needs a crew for a "performance art heist" involving a cursed concert hall.
- She’s on the run from a bardic college where she tricked a faculty duelmaster into a dance battle—and won.
- A rival swashbuckler has challenged her to a show duel during a city festival, and she needs backup.
- A song she wrote accidentally mirrors a lost artifact’s activation chant—now everyone's after it.
- She's been blackmailed into working with a thieves’ guild she hates, and wants out—with flair.
Roleplaying Tips
- Talk fast, flirt faster. Use wit like a weapon.
- Mix musical terms with thieving lingo (“Let’s remix this vault.” “Time to drop the beat... and the guard.”)
- Break tension with impromptu songs, limericks, or beatboxing.
- Never let anyone box her in. Always looking for a way to twist the situation to her tempo.
- Her laugh is real, often disruptive, and a little infectious.
Sikora Raynes is a dazzling fusion of bard and rogue, born from discipline but raised on defiance. With a song on her lips and a plan in her pocket (usually), she brings unpredictability, charisma, and chaos to every encounter. Whether you need a distraction, a dagger, or a devastating performance, Sikora doesn’t follow the script—she writes her own.
