Áinewyn (/ˈɔːnjəwɪn/)
Áinewyn loves working two different jobs, by day she works as an Alchemist at the local Apothecary and by night she works in the Library, at the big house across from the Town Hall. Áinewyn grew up love reading books which got her interested in alchemy. Her favorite book is Craftician of the Arts, the very book that got her start in alchemy, and specializes in making healing potions. She makes various potions from her goo that secretes from her own body brewing them into healing potions to cure various ailments and poisons.
Physical Description
Identifying Characteristics
Body of white fur and light blue goo dragon skin, with red and blue pigmented paws, and red and blue colored horns. Secretes blue goo from her dragon skin from which she uses in healing potions.
Special abilities
While she has wings capable of flight she doesn't use them all that often to fly around, and much prefers to walk on her two feet.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Born on the 26th day of Nustox in the year 548 EC, Áinewyn was raised by her loving mother in Lintara , her mother fled to Lintara 6 months before Áinewyn's birth to escape an on-going war in what is now called The Era of Conflict. Áinewyn was given a nice and safe place to grow up in a nurturing environment where her mother encouraged exploration and self-discovery rather than setting expectations. She never grew up with her father around, as he had stayed behind when her mother left for Lintara, and was only ever told about him and shown pictures of them by her mother.
By the time Áinewyn was 20 years of age, she had already mastered alchemy and began working alongside other town alchemists at the towns local Apothecary, she also took up running the town library has her side hobby in the late evenings. By age 40 she took over ownership of the town's Apothecary when its original owners retired, and has served both roles for 90 years, becoming the cornerstone of the community. Even now aged 110 she lives independently while maintaining close relationship with her mother, who now resides in the next town over in Greenbark, enjoying a cozy cottage house that overlooks a massive lake.
Education
Áinewyn is primarily autodidact, having learned through extensive reading and experimentation, her key education catalyst was from reading "Craftician of the Arts" —A comprehensive alchemy tome covering basics to advanced techniques, she absorbed the knowledge from this single book to achieve complete mastery of alchemical arts. Some would even consider her a bit nerdy girl having spent a lot of time reading the many hundreds and thousands of books of the library growing up, having nearly read every book there ever was to be read.
The learning philosophy was greatly influenced by her mother's approach; discovery through exploration rather than formal instruction. But she did attend school just like everybody else growing up, which she enjoyed a lot, and allowing her to learn and experience new things, however she would often spend her time alone in the school library reading whatever books they had, enjoying the peaceful silence of the library, which then lead her to want to run the town's library after she left school.
Accomplishments & Achievements
Professional Milestones
Having achieved alchemy mastery by age 20 (exceptionally young, even for a long-lived Thuwedari), she was able to go on to successfully take over and operate the town's Apothecary, all while being able to manage the community library, and expanding the collection by even writing a few of her own books. She even developed her own specialized healing potions using her own blue goo secretions.Community Impact
Áinewyn became a pillar of the community, adored by the many residents of both Lintara and Greenbark, providing essential healing services to a diverse population of mixed races, and serves as a keeper of knowledge and literacy for the community, all while maintaining affordable and accessible healthcare through her apothecary work, that it doesn't even cost a dime to anyone.Personal Achievements
She found the perfect work-life balance combining her two passions, built meaningful relationships with many in her community, discovering therapeutic properties of her own biological secretions, and maintains hope and positive outlook despite never having met her father.Social
Contacts & Relations
Áinewyn considers all who she meets as a friend, maintaining warm relationships across all kinds of people in her community, while she enjoys the company of others, she usually wrapped up reading books at the library.
Mannerisms
Her daily work schedule has her working the Apothecary from 9:30 AM to 3:00 PM, and the Library from 5:00 PM to 17:00 PM (28-hour, 64-minute day cycle). She enjoys regularly dining as a patron at Janet's Cafe with whatever soup of the day is available, often bringing her books to study while dining to seamlessly blending social time with learning.
Áinewyn likes to live in the moment, and doesn't worry about things beyond her control, with gentle curiosity she approaches life with wonder and openness to discovery, taking each day as it comes without rigid long-term planning, and finds joy and purpose in helping others through her abilities.
Áinewyn has a warm and welcoming air about her in all her interactions, and shares her knowledge freely and enthusiastically, she is most comfortable in both casual and serious conversations about her crafts.
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