Ellery
Name: ElleryNicknames: Ell, Elly
Age: 24
Apparent Age: 24(ish)
Sex/Gender: Female (cisgender)
Occupation: Crafter - Journeywoman Smith
Overall Appearance: When people meet Ellery they get an impression of height but the truth is she is only a little over average, around 5'10". She bears strong, obvious muscle tone from years at the forge and a love of physical exercise. Her hair is a shock of blonde that, with enough sun exposure, goes a snowy white, varying between a short, almost mannish look and a jaw-length bob. It is frequently a little uneven as she sometimes accidentally singes parts off when it gets too long, or (inexpertly) cuts it to prevent the same.
She is an attractive woman in a hard, competent kind of way. Her body bears enough curves at bosom and backside to make her undeniably female, while still being moderately slender due to physical exertion. She has particularly full lips and dazzling hazel-green eyes. Her hands and forearms bear minor scars from lesser burns but they are old and fading, gained for the most part in her ignorant youth. Her skin bears a comfortable tan that, perhaps conspicuously, remains free of tan lines.
When working her forge Ellery is a daunting sight. She beats down metal, hammers it into submission, encourages it lovingly, all with equal skill. She isn't far off being recognised as a MasterSmith but that happy day has no yet come. As often as she can get away with it she remains topless under her leather apron and gloves, entirely used to working in stifling tropical heat and remaining unabashed by the degree of skin she tends to show.
Ellery's left shoulder is marked by a deep brand, the crest of the Smith Crafthall. It is very obviously intentional and was, indeed, self-applied several years ago.
Height: 5'10" (178cm)
Build: Muscular, retaining tight feminine curves (though you couldn't exactly call her voluptuous)
Eye Colour: Hazel-green
Hair Colour: Light blonde, sun-bleaches to white in summer
Hairstyle: Short bob or shorter, typically with a few unevenly cut and/or singed ends
Complexion: White, tanned (exhibiting no obvious tan-lines)
Character Model: Jamie Eason
Personality Brief: Ellery is a wilful woman, strong in more than one sense of the word. She is used to having to work for what she receives and enjoys the work that she does. While particularly talented as a Smith - especially with gold and silver - she is nonetheless a strong proponent of iron as a structural compound and steel as both a decorative and functional substance. She wears little jewellery herself but what she does is made of polished steel, not any form of finer metals. One of her old masters once called her 'forge-hearted,' meaning she is ultimately a passionate creature who enjoys life in whatever form it takes and strikes out at enemies with ringing force. Mind you, he also referred to her as 'anvil-headed' in her youth.Ellery is not stupid by any stretch of the imagination. She is intelligent and canny. Having said that she has neither interest in nor skill for intrigue; luckily not too many people bother trying to manipulate a Journeywoman Smith who looks like she could pick her anvil up and drop it on your head without straining a muscle.
She is unrepentantly sexual (though at least moderately discreet about it), having had several lovers over the course of her life, most of them women. She isn't vain, precisely, but does enjoy being physically admired.
Quirks: As is the case with most people, Ellery has a few... oddities. here are some of the more obvious (though not necessarily immediately so).
- No TMI Reflex - Ellery is willing and able to listen to pretty much anything. It's phenomenally difficult to make her uncomfortable talking about socially inappropriate things.
- No 'Ick' Reflex - In addition to being difficult to weird out, Ellery doesn't find herself nauseated easily. While some may want to vomit at the smell of rotting meat or the sight of a dead runner-beast writhing with maggots, Ellery just gets on with things. Also, she has no gag reflex. In case you were curious.
- Attention to Detail - As much a result of her work as an innate trait, Ellery has an excellent sense of detail and surprising spatial awareness. She can judge shape and distance with such accuracy that using a ruler in the workshop is a matter of habit rather than necessity.
- Female-inclined - While actually bisexual, and quite adept at finding pleasure in a man, Ellery actually prefers the company of women. In modern terms she's about at a 4 on the Kinsey Scale.
- Hard-Hitter - Ellery has impressive upper body strength and, as a direct result, significant hitting power. She also often has a handy iron tool on her person which can be used as a flint-striker or, in a pinch, knuckledusters.
- Goldsmith - While her first and second loves are iron and steel, Ellery is a talented goldsmith and silversmith.
Common Belongings: For the most part Ellery's tools - being very heavy - stay in her workshop. However she typically has a flint-striker on her person that she can use as a knuckleduster (to devastating effect) and usually also carries around a knife.
She also normally has a wide range of tools for metalsmithing. If she has no access to her tools but can get a fire with sufficient heat, a half-decent hammering surface, sufficient materials and a basic hammer, she can easily make anything she needs, from basic tongs up.
Jewellery: Ellery, of course, makes all her own jewellery. For the larger part she doesn't wear it, though, giving or selling most of it away. Her own accoutrements are limited to: a spiral cuff around her lower right arm, shaped like an elongated dragon; a small lodestone pendant carved into a near-perfect cube (which she uses in some metalwork applications); and an ankle-bracelet strung with tiny bells that she typically only wears when she's feeling especially cheerful.
Notes: None as of yet, but I'll update as I think of things.
