Ardra's Character Sketch

Fantasy Character Background Information Sheet

The Basic Facts
Name: Ardra
Pronunciation: Ar-dra
Age: 16
City or Area of Birth: Northern Reaches area on her family's farm
Sex: Female
Height: 5'2"
Weight: thin, well muscled, fit and not scrawny, just lean, small breasted, petite
Hair: auburn; short, closely cropped to keep it out of her way
Eyes: golden--vividly so--denotes power
Clothes: breeches, shirt, very rarely a skirt, vest or tunic, boots
Marriage Status: single
Sexual Orientation: heterosexual
Occupation: Majay--The Prophesied One
Fighting Ability: able to defend herself to a certain extent, knife throwing ability high, bow and arrow ability high, no sword ability, minimum hand to hand (unarmed)
Magikal Ability: Majay--most powerful ever--able to control all five elements (Earth, Fire, Air, Water, and Spirit), untrained
Character Description:
Shayla studied the young girl she found in the stairway. Her auburn hair was cropped short and close to her head like many of the farm children. She wore homespun clothes but unlike the others, her shirt was a midnight blue. Shayla had seen men and boys wearing that color and wondered if the girl had borrowed the clothes. At first, Shayla had taken her for a boy until she saw the curves that signified womanhood. She bit back a gasp as the girl, little older than a child, turned her head up to gaze at the bard. Her eyes, so large in her pinched face, were the golden yellow of the sunrise. That yellow, so vivid in her tan face, was the only visible mark of a Majay in full power. This tired, tattered little girl was a powerful Majay. Shayla knew well that the darker the yellow the more powerful the Majay and Shayla had never seen darker yellow eyes. (from Come the Fire)

Familial Relations
Father: Llyr
Living/Deceased: deceased
Occupation of Father: sheep farmer
Mother: Aine
Living/Deceased: deceased
Parental Marriage Status: married until they were both killed
Occupation of Mother: farm wife
Sister(s): None
Age(s): N/A
Living/Deceased: N/A
Marriage Status: N/A
Brother(s): Airell, Perth, Cyric
Age(s): 15, 4, 3
Living/Deceased: living, deceased, deceased
Marriage Status: N/A
Aunt(s), Uncle(s), Cousin(s), etc: None
Other Family Occupations: N/A

Relationships with Others
Current Lover/Spouse: none
Best Friend(s): Eadoin, Airell
Other Friends: None close enough to her to matter, her companions become her friends
Past Love(s)/Spouse(s): none
Worst Enemy: any Majay
Allies: Shayla, Katen, Ahearn, Tadac, Kendreague
Ability to Make New Friends: at this moment not very good, she is very wary of new people due to her recent experiences at the farm, she also tends to take a while to form close friendships as evidenced by the fact that her two closest friends are her brother and a girl she sees approximately three times a year
Other People of Note in Character's Life: Betha, Oran, Maccus,Weylyn
Reason Why They are Noteworthy: best friend's parents and younger brother, village priest

Background
Where Raised: on her family farm in the Northern Reaches
Family Background: Her family has lived on the same farm for five generations. Llyr (Ardra's father) was the only child of an only child so the farm in its entirety came to him when his father died. Since he is now dead, the farm belongs jointly to Airell and Ardra. The farm is almost completely self-sufficient; growing their own food and raising sheep and goats for wool, meat, and profit. They are about a three to four day trip from the nearest village and are separated by a mountain range from the rest of the land.

Psych Profile
Greatest Joy: assisting with the birth of her youngest brothers
Greatest Trauma: watching her mother and brothers killed, being raped (age 16)
Morals: believes in treating others as she wants to be treated, believes she should be married before sex (which makes the rape all the more detrimental to her), believes that she should care for her family, good work ethics
Ambitions: to get married, return to the farm, and raise her own family
Positive Personality Traits: caring, family loving, strong work ethic, self-sufficient
Negative Personality Traits: argumentative, not completely trusting of strangers, somewhat of a loner
Mannerisms: sometimes fingers knife or dagger when nervous
Fears, Anxieties: strangers--especially men, anxiety about the future due to not knowing where Airell is
Temperament: ups and downs, not very even tempered, but not in an evil or dangerous way; typical anger
How Character Displays Emotions: tends to set things on fire when emotional, screams, withdraws at times, flash temper-yells, screams, throws fit, and is then fine
Leader/Follower: mostly a follower--needs to become a leader
Perception of Others: suspicious of others, doesn't think anyone is trustworthy, more likely to trust someone like a bard than a priest, least likely to trust men
Perception of Self: feels overwhelmed sometimes, trusts herself, feels she is self-sufficient
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Special thanks to Wannabe and Tehuti, Lord of the Eight for the guidelines I used to create this.