Hester is a half-elf, though she mostly takes after her human father. Her slight stature and figure look all the slighter next to a full-blooded elf like her mother, and her features are delicate but decidedly human. Her main features inherited from her mother are her largish pointed ears and her large, startlingly bright, acid-green eyes - a trait that led to her elven family name, an old word for "emerald," though the shade has come out harsher mixed with her human side. She often keeps her eyes at a coquettish half-mast to diminish the impact, which sometimes makes people think she's inattentive to her surroundings.

The main things that Hester's parents have in common are physical attractiveness and caddishness, which explains why Hester has a number of half-siblings that are elves, humans, and in-betweeners like her, none raised by both of their parents. Hester had to work from a young age herself to support even younger relatives, and has never had a steady residence for long. Her longest spell in one place was working as a server in a second cousin's teahouse until her youngest relatives could support themselves without her help. She at least has a passing familiarity with both her parents: her mother made just enough of an introduction for her to spend time here and there in Cloakwood, while her father's occasional visits helped to develop an inherited interest in machines into a marketable skill.

Due to that skill, Hester now makes a much better living by tagging along with adventurers to help with locks and traps. She still carries herself like a restaurant attendant, though she carries a longbow on dangerous journeys. She looks vaguely ill at ease with it when she does feel the need, but seems to be more put out at the idea of being the only person in Cloakwood that doesn't know how to use a bow.

While Hester is pretty and charming, those that have tried to court her (at least in a loose sense of the word, since many were drunken louts patronizing her places of work) have gotten a politely frosty reception. Those that know Hester only slightly assume that she's too demure and shy to be easily romanced or even befriended. Those that know her somewhat well recognize that her professional demeanor is more like a mask, covering for a patchwork history and a lack of lasting connections with anyone. No one knows her well enough to have seen the full picture behind that mask, though a few people have seen her angry when her young siblings were threatened.

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