Aelwen

Hey! What the hell are you doing here dumbass?! These are the deepest part of the tunnel network! Only people with a lot of experience can be here!, this place is full of goblins, monsters and gods know what else... you should get back to the settlement huh? You're adventurers from the guild? tsk...This is fucking unbelivable...You see... I'm here to keep the monsters at bay, and the last thing I wanna do is to take care of a buch of noobs that obviously can't read a map!.

 

Background

Aelwen was born in the city of Yetlas, the northernmost settlement of the Kingdom of the Snow Elves. Her parent was Hallëer , the owner of a pottery shop and her mother was Alaw, a renowned war dancer. Since childhood she helped her parents in the pottery shop as well as helping them farm their lands during spring when Snow elves emerge from their cave settlements. Everyone from Yetlas that knows here agree that she was a very cheerful girl. Her personality changed when her father died in battle in 668 AP defending the surface entrance of Yetlas against a Nord raiding party. She then became more serious and began her training as a war dancer, in order to defend her town and avenger her father's death. She also cut her hair like her mother, who became her role model during her adolescence.   After her mother's death Aelwen began living with her uncles and her young cousin, Abi. One day, she heard some Blatian officials in the main street asking for strong elves to be hired as Foederati for the Empire. Aelwen decided to join them, just as an excuse to have revenge upon the people who murdered her father. She doesn't speak a lot about her time fighting in the Imperial armies, but from what some of her friends have said, she fought bravely as a champion killing many barbarian champions in single combat. After 20 years of service Aelwen returned to her northern homeland with money and the feeling that despite killing some barbarians, she didn't achieve the revenge she wanted. After arriving to Yetlas she joined the Adventurer's guild after watching some little girls who had been rescued after her family had been massacred in one of the inner galleries, she felt pity for the girls and she also became reflected in them as she was also an orphan.

The Protector of the Inner Galleries

Due to her bravery and her fighting and exploration skills the city council and the local Adventurers guild gave her the position of Protector of the Inner Galleries, a place that sometimes are invaded by evil creatures and monsters. When some of these galleries is invaded by monsters one of the people they call is Aelwen, thanks to her fighting abilities as well as her magical powers as a war dancer.   Aelwen sees these missions as an oportunity not only for earning money and prestige among her neighbours but also as a way of improving her martial skills and her knowledge about monsters.   Because of her knowledge of the inner galleries that connect Yetlas with other Snow Elf settlements Aelwen sometimes is hired as guide for merchant caravans, diplomatic missions and even adventurer parties . And it's not the first time Aelwen has to rescue some lost adventurers!.  

Ok, follow me , whatever noise you hear or whatever you see, keep following me, and if you see something shiny on our way, don't touch it, it might be a mimic, I once saw the corpse of a poor lad covered in shiny golden coins, that weren't exactly coins, you know what I mean...

 

Personality

  At first, Aelwen seems like a rather serious and cold person, but beneath that appearance of an indomitable warrior there also hides that of a loving girl, concerned about her family and friends, and even with a sense of humor. Despite sometimes being annoyed by her young cousin, Abi, Aelwen genuinely cares for her. For example, she always scolds her when she sees her on the street instead of going to school. And she always comforts her when she has a problem or is sad.  

Good morning Aelwen!!

Oh Gods, please no...

Do you want to hear me playing the flute?

Please kill me....

I'm sure that hearing this music would cheer you up, you seem quite bored!

It's not the best time for it Abi....

Please, pleeeaaaase !!!

Ahhrg fine!, come here, sit on my lap! (Gods I can't resist her adorable look...)

  Aelwen is famous for fighting very calmly against monsters that, at first glance, would seem difficult to fight, even joking or mocking them while fighting.    

- (A girl attacked by some goblins): Help! somebody help meeee!!

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    (Suddently Aelwen appears from behind the goblins opening the head of one of them in half with her sword, then placing herself between the girl and the goblins)

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(Aelwen): Seriously, who the fuck decides to come to the northern tunnel alone?, why people can't just read the bloody inscription at the entrance that says "Danger, there might be monsters ahead". Are you ok? Did they hurt you?.

(Girl): No, no...wh...who are you?.

(Aelwen): Oh, me? I just heard someone yelling Heeeeelp, and I decided to take a look, I thought, perhaps a beautiful boy or girl needs my help, and.... well... judging at your looks... I wasn't mistaken.

(Girl): Are...Are you flirting with me right now? in this situation? Seriously?.

(Aelwen) Yeah why not?, oooh you mean the goblins, they're going to be dead in less than a minute.

(Goblin): Oh another elf, and this is a cocky one, we're going to have fun with you and then perhaps ... I don't know, we would eat your organs and have your corpses hung at the gate of our settlement....

(Aelwen): (pointing at the dead goblin with her sword) Your friend probably thought the same, but I "cleared" his mind.

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(Aelwen then proceeds to fight the goblings and kill all of them with grace and precission)

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(Aelwen): Ok, done, come on, get up, it won't be long for their friends for noticing they are missing, or worse, they might be monsters that can smell blood.

(Girl): Thank you, thank you so much, I owed you my live. May I know the name of my hero, my name is Myriell by the way.

- (Aelwen): Don't worry It's my job, I rescue people and kill monsters inside these tunnels, my name is Aelwen, nice to meet you as well, now can you tell me what does a beautiful lady like you with clearly no brain do in these galleries?.

(Girl): No brai... Hey, just a moment ago you were...flirting with me and now you're insulting me?

(Aelwen): (While she cleans the blood on her sword) Who said I stopped flirting with you?.

  She is also very flirtatious, she always likes to look well-groomed when she leaves the house, something she inherited from her mother, who said, a war dancer has to look elegant even off the battlefield. For example, she often uses eye shadow, something common in snow elf warriors and which, according to her, gives her an elegant and ferocious appearance.   "Every time a monster looks at my face, it knows that nothing good awaits it," she often says.  

Sexuality and love live

It is said that every sailor has a lover in every port, well, that would also be true for Aelwen, but instead of port in every city near Yetlas, due to her missions and trips across the main tunnels and galleries inside the mountains and it's not suprising she has broken the hearts of men and women alike, considering Aelwen is indeed a very good looking snow elf girl. She hasn't had any stable relationship, she says that it is because of the nature of her work, travelling from town to town, fighting monsters in the tunnels and galleries, and that having her family worrying about her everytime she goes on a mission is hard enough without having more people worried.   Some of her best-known lovers and those she appreciates the most are Melwin, a tavern keeper of the city of Oremar that Aelwen tends to visit everytime she travels to that city or has a mission there. Another love interest of Aelwen was Fawy, a fellow adventurer from the Royal Capital of Naritlune, both met each other during a mission and her first impression of him wasn't very positive, but after multiple missions Aelwen's opinion began to change and began to be attracted to him, but, as always, Aelwen preferred not to go any further in the relationship, but she is always happy to work with him and "relieve stress" with him after work, as she likes to say.  

Personal items

Aelwen wears some very interesting garments and items in her daily live. For example the earrings she wears were bought by her in Blati when she served as a mercenary in the Blatian territories. The fibula she wears on her cloak has a special meaning for her as it was her father's. He had bought it from a merchant from ancient Ikaria, according to him, months before the siege and subsequent fall of the ancient imperial capital, in 460 AP. Talking about her cloak, it is made of wool, something ideal for the cold region she lives in and the tartan that decorates it is the traditional tartan design of the citizens of Yetlas.   Her sword is also a reminder of her time as a mercenary in the Imperial armies. And her knife, which she carries on her right side, belonged to her mother, and was one of the weapons she used as a war dancer.   She also has a diploma certificate of her acquired Blatian citizenship after her years of military service, although Aelwen hasn't made use of it nor expressing her pride like for it as many of her fellow countrymen. "Yes it's a sign of prestige and it can be useful but I don't live in the Empire, so, what's the point?", she said once.  

Likes and Dislikes

Aelwen loves honey, she loves honey cakes and she always carries some bottles with honey during their travels that she adds to her bread rations. Aelwen, due to her personal experiences, hates bullies and people who abuse their position or power for their own benefit, it is said that during her stay in the Blatian Empire she denounced a corrupt official who was extorting the inhabitants of a village to the authorities and she was even a key witness in the trial against said official. Because of this the inhabitants of the village were very thankful to her and and they promised her that if she ever needed help, lodging or food, or even shelter, the villagers would gladly help her.   Regarding food she dislikes pickles, she can't stand their taste, and she often asks herself how people can eat that thing. Once some grateful peasants rewarded her with some pickles, she thanked them for the offering and once she began her trip back home she began to think what to do with the pickles so she stopped in the nearest cave settlement and gave the food to a religious association that give food to orphan children. At least I return home with a clear conscience and the blessings of the Gods after having done this gesture.