Grace Ward
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Lady (a.k.a. Grace the Gentle)
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
Grace maintains her health through a balanced diet and regular walks around the estate. She maintains a slender yet sturdy build, reflecting a life of both noble refinement and quiet resilience. Her frame carries itself with graceful poise, but there’s an underlying strength in her posture and movements, shaped by years of navigating the demanding expectations of noble life and raising her family.
Body Features
Slender shoulders, graceful neck, and delicate hands often stained with herbs from her healing work.
Facial Features
Soft features with faint crow's feet at the corners of her eyes from years of smiling and worry.
Identifying Characteristics
A small scar on her left wrist from a childhood accident, usually hidden beneath long sleeves.
Physical quirks
She tends to clasp her hands together tightly when anxious.
Apparel & Accessories
Grace prefers modest gowns in earthy or pastel tones, often adorned with subtle embroidery. She wears her wedding band and a pendant of Infinite Grace.
Specialized Equipment
A leather-bound herbal guidebook and a satchel of medicinal herbs.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Grace was born into the noble lineage of the Westly family, a family renowned for its loyalty and resilience even as it faced lean times financially. Raised with the expectation of being an honorable noblewoman, Grace excelled in diplomacy, household management, and traditional healing arts. Her marriage to Artemus Ward was an arranged union that boosted her family's finances. It was a respectful arrangement between them that blossomed into genuine love over burdens. She provided the emotional support, particularly to Josiah, that Artemus couldn't always provide.
Gender Identity
Grace identifies strongly with traditional feminine roles with Aurelian noble society, valuing her role role as a caretaker, a mother, and a loving wife. She views her femininity as a source of strength and wisdm rather than fragility.
Sexuality
Heterosexual, with deep loyalty and love for her husband, Artemus. While their marriage was initially arranged, love grew over shared values, mutual respect, and enduring challenges.
Education
Grace received a refined noble education, including etiquette, diplomacy, history, literature, and herbal medicine by the finest tutors her parents could afford.
Employment
She didn't have a professional job since her position as Artemus's wife keeps her busy. Grace managed Hawkport Mansion's day-to-day affairs, oversaw charitable initiatives for the local populace, and provided help healing.
Accomplishments & Achievements
- Managed the Hawkport estate during Artemus's extended absences.
- Personally treated and saved dozens of villagers during a plague outbreak.
- Raised three sons with distinct strengths and supported their individual paths.
Failures & Embarrassments
- Struggled to bridge the emotional gap between Artemus and Josiah.
- Occasionally felt powerless in the face of societal expectations placed upon her.
Mental Trauma
Grace harbors silent grief over the emotional distance in her family and the societal restrictions placed on her role as a woman of nobility.
Intellectual Characteristics
Highly intelligent and perceptive, Grace has a knack for reading people and situations. Her wisdom often manifests in subtle yet impactful advice.
Morality & Philosophy
Grace believes in the tenets of Eternal Harmony, emphasizing compassion, selflessness, and faith in Infinite Grace. She strives to find balance in all things and considers kindness a revolutionary act.
Taboos
- Abandoning family or loved ones
- Willful cruelty
- Disrespecting sacred traditions
Personality Characteristics
Motivation
To protect and support her family, to serve Infinite Grace with humility, and to ensure her children fulfill their destinies.
Savvies & Ineptitudes
Savvies: Diplomacy, herbal medicine, emotional intelligence
Ineptidtudes: Armed combat, horseback riding
Likes & Dislikes
Likes: Herbal remedies, quiet evening, family gatherings.
Dislikes: Arrogance, unnecessary violence, political intrigue
Virtues & Personality perks
Empathic, wise, resilient
Vices & Personality flaws
Overly self-sacrificing, hesitant to confront authority figures directly
Personality Quirks
Adjusts her sleeves when nervous, hums softly when focused
Hygiene
Impeccably clean, takes pride in her appearance despite the simplicity of her attire.
Representation & Legacy
Grace's compassion, quiet resilience, and maternal strength has left it impact on her husband, sons and those she's helped.
Social
Reign
While not a ruling figure, Grace's influence as the Countess of Hawkport has been marked by her steady presence in hard times, her ability to unite the other noblewomen of Edria, and her ability to heal.
Family Ties
She's married to Artemus Ward; mother to Chauncy, Gaylord, and Josiah Ward.
Religious Views
As a devout follower of Infinite Grace, she follows the teachings of Eternal Harmony. She has a good relation with the Priest at the local Harmony Sanctuary.
Social Aptitude
Grace is poised and eloquent, capable of holding her own in noble gatherings and calming tense situations with her presence. This has made her popular among the noblewomen, who flocked to her side to curry her favor.
Mannerisms
Grace speaks softly but firmly, maintaining eye contact to show sincerity. Her movements are deliberate, and she often uses touch (a hand on the shoulder or a gentle squeeze) to convey comfort.
Speech
Her voice is melodic and soothing, with a faint Aurelian lilt. She rarely raises her voice, and her tone carries an air of gentle authority.
Relationships
History
Their marriage was arranged to solidify noble alliances but grew into a profound partnership built on mutual respect, love, and trust.
Nicknames & Petnames
Artemus affectionately calls Grace "woman," or "love," while Grace calls him "husband," or "love."
Relationship Reasoning
Political necessity initially, but over time they discovered shared values, goals, and a deep emotional connection.
Commonalities & Shared Interests
Both enjoy quiet evenings by the fire, long walks through the estate gardens, and supporting Josiah's growth.
Shared Secrets
They once sheltered a political fugitive at great personal risk.
Shared Acquaintances
They both trust and confide in Sir Alden, an old family friend and advisor.
Legal Status
Lawfully wedded under Aurelian noble traditions, with their union widely respected throughout the Commonwealth.
Wealth & Financial state
Wealthy by birth and marriage, much of her stipend and dowry settled on her upon her marriage to Artemus was directed towards healing and funding charitable endeavors.
Table of Contents
Current Status
Supporting and aiding Josiah during the apocalypse
Current Location
Species
Ethnicity
Honorary & Occupational Titles
Date of Birth
12 Halycon 2955 AS
Date of Death
28 Frostember 3000 AS
Life
2955
3000
45 years old
Circumstances of Birth
Born into nobility, she became the hope for the Westly family to gain more wealth and power among the nobles of Edria.
Circumstances of Death
Killed by Gloombringers during the final assault on Guardian Solace.
Birthplace
Westly Manor (her family home)
Place of Death
Guardian Solace
Family
Spouses
Artemus Ward
(Husband)
Siblings
Children
Pronouns
She/Her
Sex
Female
Gender
Woman
Presentation
Feminine
Eyes
Warm hazel with flecks of gold
Hair
Chestnut brown, long and often tied in a modest bun or braided crown
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
Fair with a slight rosy undertone
Height
5'6"
Weight
140 lbs
Quotes & Catchphrases
Compassion is the truest strength one can wield.
Faith is not knowing the path but walking it anyway.
Belief/Deity
Aligned Organization
Related Plots
Here is the best of women. She was always there for me when I needed her. I don't think I would have made it through my childhood without her. My visions started at a young age and I didn't know how to handle them. I mean what child could understand the horrors Infinite Grace was presenting me with. And her guidance didn't end there. She helped me interact with women. Though I swear, I still don't think I'm good at it and I can't claim to understand a woman's mind. But Mother also nurtured my scholarly interests. I wonder if she knew how important that was to me, how much that meant to me.
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