Roh
From Ardesia
Rowynna "Roh" Mistlefell's early history is not widely known. However, small glimpses have been revealed to a select few who were fortunate enough to be in her company to hear her history during some of the many instances when she has been heavily intoxicated. She lived in a rural area as a small child, with one older brother named Jesmund, and a younger sister, Finntrah. It has been gleaned that her mother died of some sort of sickness when she was around the age of six, which left her overbearing and emotionally unstable father to handle the rearing of his children on his own. The added responsibility was too much for him to handle, and he often turned to physical violence to both instill order, and also to vent his frustrations. Roh's brother, being some years older than Roh and her younger sister, soon left to enlist in the military, leaving Roh and her sister at the mercy of her father's emotional outbursts.
When Roh was in her eleventh year something drastic occurred at home which lead to her running away. Not much is known about what came of her in the intervening years, but the impact of leaving her family, especially her younger sister to the mercy of her father, has been known to plague her still. She is often seen nursing bottle after bottle of amaranth wine asking for the forgiveness of a girl named "Finn" for her desertion. In addition to this glimpse of grief, she has also shown great anger towards her older brother for leaving her and her sister alone, and disappearing into the military.
Since leaving her family, she has worked many odd jobs around the country, as well as gotten into her fair share of trouble with the Royal Dragons, usually due to outbursts of anger while, once more, heavily intoxicated. There was also a moment when she was a teenager when the military tried unsuccessfully to recruit her, which further bolstered her growing hatred of the Dragons.
Over the past couple years she has developed a fairly stable life in Dragon Falls, working as a hunter in the Serpent Wood. She stays out of the way of the military as much as she can, dealing directly with merchants and tradespeople in the selling of whatever game she is able to kill. However, the mystery of the old roads leading off into the trees has sparked her curiosity, and meeting Gemina and Bronwyn on a broken down gondola car gave her added motivation to go on an expedition to discover what exists on the other side of the Serpent River.
Roh is a very secretive and quiet individual, though her mind is far from inactive. She is very perceptive of emotions and motivations, and is exceedingly good at noticing when someone is trying to manipulate her. She does a lot of listening, and uses the information she gleans to fuel her need for intrigue. However, whenever she tries to speak about these theories to others, they usualy dismiss her as being paranoid. She has a very low tolerance for fools and braggarts, as well as the aforementioned authority figures and officials, especially the military. She finds solace in the wilderness during her hunting excursions, and uses that time to regroup and calm her mind.
[edit] Physical Description
Roh is tall and thin, with strong arms from her extensive archery practice. Her facial features are sharp and unforgiving, and her skin is naturally a shade darker than the norm. She has pitch black hair which has been shaved from the sides and back of her head; what hair is left on the top of her crown is dreadlocked and usually tied back in a simple ponytail. Sometimes she winds bird feathers into the tail for decoration. She wears simple, natural-coloured hunter's garb.
[edit] Story Engine
- Role
- A brooding hunter with a distrustful eye.
- Descriptors
- very fit [Matter] 2
- very perceptive [Mind] 2
- introspective [Mind] 3
- Quirks
- distrusts people, especially authority figures [Mind] 1
- does not suffer fools gladly [Mind] 2
- Traits
- Swordplay (weak) 3
- Bow hunting (weak) 3
- Wilderness survival (weak) 3
- Prime Affinities
- Tayelan culture 7
- The wilderness 7
(total 33)
[edit] Burning Wheel
Concept- A brooding hunter with a distrustful eye.
Character Name- Rowynna "Roh" Mistlefell
Brief Description-
Rowynna "Roh" Mistlefell Wi Pe Ag Sp Po Fo Hea Ref MW Ste Hes Res Cir Multi. B4 B4 B5 B4 B4 B5 B6 B4 B10 B3 6 B0 B2 x3.5
PTGS Su: B3 Li: B6 Mi: B7 Se: B8 Tr: B9 Mo: B10 Age- 20
Lifepaths- Village Born, Laborer, Lead to Peasant, Hunter
Skills- Bow B4, Ditch Digging B2, Hunting B3, Orienteering B2, Stealthy B2, Sword B2, Tracking B3, Wilderness-Wise B2
Gear- Poor arms, Clothes, Shoes, Hunting bow
Affiliations-
Reputations-
Relationships- Finntrah, younger sister (Minor, immediate family), Jesmund, brother in military (Minor, immediate family, hateful/rival)
Property-
Spells-
IMS-
Weapon Type I M S Add VA WS Strike Dist Bare Fisted B2 B4 B6 2 - Fast Shortest Bronze Sword B3 B7 B10 2 - Slow Long Copper Knife B2 B4 B6 1 - Fast Shortest Notes 1 Two-handed, may not be used with a shield. 2 May Great Strike.
Beliefs
- Belief 1
- Belief 2
- Belief 3
Instincts-
- Instinct 1
- Instinct 2
- Instinct 3
Traits- Calloused, Drunk, Paranoid, Hardened
