Summer Wind
Summer Wind
An enigmatic dancer, Summer Wind is a traveling bard and adventurer. She holds great confidence and charisma, refusing to be thought less of by others because of her orc race and heritage. To those who grant her the respect she knows she deserves, they will not find a greater ally, confidant, or friend.
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
Summer has a conventionally attractive body that she is proud to display in public. Even by Orcish standards, she is tall, which she finds empowering, able to literally stand above those who would judge or criticize her. Her lean muscle shows her extensive practice as an acrobatist and dancer, and often encourages passers by to wonder just to what extent her flexibility may go in other matters.
Apparel & Accessories
Summer still prefers to dress in the Linthalian standard of fashion, especially while dancing. This means that, when she wears anything at all, it's only covering the barest of her body, to maintain a shred of decency, though more often to be a matter of teasing and enticing those around her.
She's accrued a small wardrobe of more conservative clothing, and some attire appropriate for cold wealther, though it's rarely needed where she currently resides.
She's accrued a small wardrobe of more conservative clothing, and some attire appropriate for cold wealther, though it's rarely needed where she currently resides.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Summer grew up in the capital city of Linthalia, Freeport. Her grandparents on both sides traveled here as refugees, fleeing the onslaught from Intransica. Her parents were traders, making a handy income from the wares that moved in and out of the most populous and wealthy nation in the world.
Although The Maiden Queen and her people were well known for accepting practically anyone or anything, for better and for worse, Orcs were still a minority in the city and Monarchy at large, leaving a lot of room for prejudicial opinions. Having only ever known Linthalia as her home, Summer felt the need to stand up for herself and her kind. It was hard for her to resist a challenge, and the most difficult challenge of all seemed to be that of judgement. What bothered Summer the most growing up was being told that orcs were all stupid, ugly, and uncultured.
So, seemingly on a dare that never actually was made, Summer Wind set out to prove the detractors wrong, wanting to become an accomplished Bard. By doing so, she could prove that her kind could be intelligent, as well as cultured. In owning the role herself, she began to reject the naysayers and showing off her body. Such a display would be entirely unremarkable in a town like Freeport, but that it would be an Orc woman, not as a prostitute, doing so was a different story.
Although The Maiden Queen and her people were well known for accepting practically anyone or anything, for better and for worse, Orcs were still a minority in the city and Monarchy at large, leaving a lot of room for prejudicial opinions. Having only ever known Linthalia as her home, Summer felt the need to stand up for herself and her kind. It was hard for her to resist a challenge, and the most difficult challenge of all seemed to be that of judgement. What bothered Summer the most growing up was being told that orcs were all stupid, ugly, and uncultured.
So, seemingly on a dare that never actually was made, Summer Wind set out to prove the detractors wrong, wanting to become an accomplished Bard. By doing so, she could prove that her kind could be intelligent, as well as cultured. In owning the role herself, she began to reject the naysayers and showing off her body. Such a display would be entirely unremarkable in a town like Freeport, but that it would be an Orc woman, not as a prostitute, doing so was a different story.
Sexuality
Summer is comfortable and open in her sexuality. Although her kind are not conventionally attractive, she knows she is stunning in her way, and that her behavior and presentation matter more than how she appears. As a result, her sexuality is very performative, putting her attractiveness and desires on display. She is very flirty, and receptive to being flirted with, regardless of sincerity.
Education
Summer learned song, dance, poetry, and more at the Bard's College in Freeport, the Capital of Linthalia. Although her true calling is dance, she also has a well trained voice and is familiar with the bodhran, a small hand drum. Along with dance, Summer also became familiar with a wider degree of acrobatic and gymnastic movements, to expand and explore her flexibility.
Employment
Before studying to become a Bard, Summer studied in her parents merchant family. She's been a shopkeeper, an accountant, and brute force to haul goods from the docks to the storehouses. she's even traveled with her father on trade ships to better understand the benefits and challenges of trade by sea.
Failures & Embarrassments
Feeling an obligation to honor her ethnic ancestry, Summer tried to familiarize with more martial prowess, such as the doubleheaded axes commonly associated with Stoneheart. She couldn't get the handle of that form of combat, even as her body was well suited to it. She hasn't entirely written off the prospect; her father Skalg still holds onto his, inherited from his father in turn, for whenever Summer may wish to try her hand again at mastering the exotic weapon.
Intellectual Characteristics
Summer has a curious mind about the world, but scarcely about the kind found in books. She is fond of looking at maps, but only that she might plot a course to the destinations on them. She appreciates language, but wishes to understand them in the vernacular way the people of the culture actually use it. As such, she struggled in formal education of simply having some tired old professor narrate at her, even at the Bard's College.
Morality & Philosophy
Summer carries a religious devotion that is stronger than most Linthalians, and unusual for Orcs in general. She's a strong believer in the words of Khalee. Everyone and everything has beauty in its own way, and should be respected and valued for it. Although this applies to herself and how she chooses to present in the world, her beliefs apply more to others, and to the world itself. It is at least a portion of these beliefs that inspire her to the role of a globetrotting adventurer.
Personality Characteristics
Motivation
Summer wishes to travel the world and witness all of the sights and sounds that there are. T'sara is full of various cultures with interesting people and customs, and she feels it's her calling as a bard to witness and share them.
As far as being an adventurer goes, Summer wants to not only have a vast array of stories to tell, but to bear witness to the legends themselves. She hopes to find some brave souls that are capable of truly legendary exploits, so that she may personally tell their stories to the world.
As far as being an adventurer goes, Summer wants to not only have a vast array of stories to tell, but to bear witness to the legends themselves. She hopes to find some brave souls that are capable of truly legendary exploits, so that she may personally tell their stories to the world.
Vices & Personality flaws
Summer's confidence can border on arrogance. She can be combative in personality and off-putting. Typically, this behavior only appears when she feels she's been slighted or disrespected.
Having grown up in Linthalia, with it's open sexuality and hedonistic lifestyle, Summer can often struggle turning that off and accepting the modest and discrete cultures that she visits. It's gotten her in trouble on occassion; not near enough to get her into prison or legal trouble, but close to it.
Hygiene
Having grown up in the Linthalian capital, Summer is used to routine access to hygiene and tries to keep herself and her possessions clean, as much as she can reasonably afford to. She's aware that it has, at times, given the impression of her having a streak of vanity, which is a reputation she tries to mitigate, even though it may partially be true.
Social
Contacts & Relations
Summer made a number of good friends at the Bard's College in Freeport, both among her fellow students, the staff, and the locals. She's quite confident that, if she were ever to return to that famed city, she would be well among strong company.
Religious Views
Summer, like most in the Bardic traditions, puts great faith and devotion to the Pantheon of Performers. Her truest religious devotion however, is to Khalee, Goddess of Beauty and of Seasons. She has firmly taken to heart Khalee's lesson that there is beauty in all things, and given her greater confidence in herself and her own appearance and worth.
Alignment
Chaotic Sassy
Species
Age
26
Children
Gender
Woman
Quotes & Catchphrases
Audiences are fond of her singing a rendition of "Angry Husbands". Familiar with a wide variety of coastal cultures, the song is never the same two performances in a row.
Belief/Deity
Khalee
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