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"Eigi fellr tré við fyrstra högg."
(A tree does not fall with the first blow).
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Full Name: Inkeri Bodil Årud.
Årud - Aarud.
Pronunciation: IN-ke-re.Common Nicknames: Ink, Inky, Inkpot.
Race: Ailor.
Culture: Velheim.
Main Ambition: To live a life that is full of adventure and rich with passion.Religion: Oldt Fayth.
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- +40 Proficiency points;
- +30 Skagger Axe, (+10 from the School of Skagger, +10 from Velheim proficiency points, +10 from proficiency points).
- +20 Tracking, (+10 from the School of Skagger, +10 from proficiency points).
- +20 Battle Command, (+10 from the School of Skagger, +10 from proficiency points).
- +40 Culture points;
- +20 Carving, (+20 from culture points).
- +20 Vocal Music, (+20 from culture points).
- Haak, (10/10).
- Tunge, (10/10).
- Skodje, (10/10).
- Common, (10/10).
- Inkeri finds herself currently living in the City of Regalia. She ventured to the city from Drixagh after receiving word of the recent deaths of her mother and brother; she left in the hopes of creating a new life for herself and her daughter, pursuing a fresh start. Inkeri has currently been in Regalia for about six years and plans on staying for the majority of her life.
- This woman of Northern origin was born in Jedmark, located in the Kingdom of Hedryll, to Bryann and Haarith Årud, a couple who belonged to a tribe of hunters and gatherers. At the time, Inkeri had an older brother of three years, Kabira. The Årud's extended family are spread across Jedmark, Drixagh, and Gelehrteheim, though the family as a whole are not close-knit and do not make an effort to stay in touch.
- As far as a secondary ambition goes, Inkeri finds herself wanting to one day be able to settle down with her daughter and leave her war-filled life in the past, though she will always be a combatant at heart and she knows deep down that pursuing this goal will be recognizably tough.
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Eye Colour: Glaucous.
Hair Colour: Ash blonde.
Hair Style: Long, wavy, and slightly messy, sometimes consisting of two braids.
Skin Colour: Fair.
Clothing: Traditional Northern garments.
Height: 5'6.
Body Build: Toned.
Weapon of Choice: Skagger Axe.
- Inkeri comes to have large oval eyes, full lips, a sloped nose, an averagely sized forehead, and ears that come to be slightly pointed following with a bigger lobe. She usually carries a neutral expression, though her eyes will often offer those among her a rather cold gaze. Inkeri has a numerous amount of prominent freckles on her nose carrying onto her cheeks, and a set of notable dimples when she decides to smile. Now in her forties, Inkeri's fine ageing details have started to show, though the woman still looks very youthful in appearance and could be mistaken to be much younger.
- When it comes to Inkeri's body, the North woman comes to have appalling scarring that decorates her right shoulder from a previous bear encounter on a hunting expedition which she is considerably ashamed of.
- This young woman prefers to wear traditional Northern garments, specifically, that come to be in a shade of blue. Inkeri will almost always carry a small blade of any kind in one of her equipped boots, whether it be for cautionary reasons or conventional paranoia.
- When speaking, Inkeri carries a relatively thick Northern accent, remains at a typical speed and tone, and will oftentimes stutter when in an uncomfortable situation or in a situation that puts her under-pressure or on the spot.
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This woman of Northern origin constantly feels as if her soul is being lost from underneath her frosted skin. Inkeri is afraid of much more than she leads on; continually putting on a mask before her many battles in the hopes her fellow comrades in arms and enemies will not be able to sense what she fears the most: Death. Though she may fear more than most, Inkeri balances her troubles with her plausible confidence regarding her many skills such as her hunting and Skagger capabilities. Inkeri sees herself as a woman who is capable, downright erratic, and generally good-natured despite it all. After being victimized by two life-altering injuries, (an unfortunate bear attack and having her legs shattered in 305 AC), the Velheimer was forced to deal with the rather cruel aftermath that followed: Arthritis in her right shoulder and having acute compartment syndrome in both of her legs. These injuries have taken quite a toll on Inkeri, leaving her quite self-conscious about her scars and the hindering disabilities that came with them.
When it comes to friends who are close and the distant remaining family Inkeri has left, she acts as if the hypothetical armour she is prominently wearing has been broken and smelted down into nothing; the wolf's clothing she once wore now gone, exposing a fragile yet mighty lamb. This Northern flower that was once bloodless and turned into a crisp by the frost, now blossoming and existing near the sun. Inkeri tends to present herself as more content and relaxed when she finds herself in a friends presence, whilst with family, though she will act much the same, she will find herself to be withstanding and moreover cautious when it comes to her private or personal matters. Inkeri is both protective and watchful when it comes to those who she considers a friend or a loved one.
Inkeri's morality truly lies in the good, though her moral compass tends to face many difficulties that sometimes come into play; her overall moral compass can easily become cracked and/or damaged. She comes to view the corrupted and evil deeds of others as though the ones who are carrying them out have been possessed and are not in control of their actions or themselves, whether it be due to their lack of willpower or certain demoralizing events that have followed them from their past.
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Arthritis in Right Shoulder: During a rather unfortunate hunting expedition with her brother, Kabira, back in Jedmark, the two siblings found themselves in conflict with a grizzly bear. Though the creature more so did a number on her brother, the bear managed to latch onto the young woman's right shoulder with its incredible knife-edged teeth, ripping open pale flesh and crushing Velheimer bones. Luckily enough, other than this specific endeavour, the rest of Inkeri remained relatively intact, though to this day, as you could imagine, her shoulder still affects her and is decorated with painful scarring. Due to mainly the bone breakage and the lack of medical assistance that was provided at the time, arthritis developed, impacting the joints surrounding the shoulder itself. This weakness brings the Velheimer pain and a decrease of available motion in the said shoulder.
Acute Compartment Syndrome in Legs: When Feathered Dragons returned to Regalia and Dragonblood and Aspects walked the holy streets, Inkeri being part of the Violet Guard, more formally known as the Order of Hightower at present, was taken hostage with a few others at the Bastion by those who served Rikkira, the Dragon who could turn into an Ailor woman. The north woman was brought to the Bastion's balcony with a noose around her neck, whilst those who served Rikkira made their demands known. Surprisingly, Inkeri was able to manage to get the noose off from around her neck, and to her own discretion, she jumped from the balcony's edge out of pure instinct. This, of course, left the woman's legs severely fractured, seeing that it was over a twenty-foot drop to the ground below. Though the woman healed from her injuries, slowly but surely, she was left with acute compartment syndrome in both of her legs. This syndrome occurs when the tissue pressure within a closed muscle compartment exceeds the perfusion pressure and results in muscle and nerve ischemia, typically occurring subsequent to a traumatic event, most commonly a fracture in Inkeri's case. The condition is without a doubt painful and generally comes to affect the woman when participating in any physical activity, hindering her general movement.
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Youth | 266 AC - 276 AC
Further down the line, Haarith, a member of the Skagger order, began to mentor and train his daughter in the art of wielding an axe as soon as she was able to take her first steps into the cold and brisk world. Inkeri's father wanted her to be able to hold her own as the years past; he wanted her to be able to fend for herself and not have to rely on others to do her bidding and/or protect her. Although she was quite young when she started to train, Inkeri quickly grasped this form of combat as the many summers and winters past her by.
Teen Years | 279 AC - 285 AC
As Inkeri hit her teen years, the young Northerner was given the responsibility of hunting with/for the rest of the tribe with the guidance of her older brother. During the time of a rather unfortunate hunting expedition with Kabira, the two came across a devil of a creature, a grizzly, leaving Inkeri with a torn up shoulder which still affects her to this day due to the lack of medical aid and assistance that was provided and the severity of the wound. Unfortunately, arthritis developed around the joints surrounding said shoulder over the next few passing years because of this.
At the young age of fourteen, Inkeri's father fell ill to an unknown disease; Haarith later passed on to join the spirits after just a few days, involuntarily leaving his family to deal with the grief and sorrow that followed. During this time of misfortune, Inkeri decided to follow in her father's footsteps by leaving to Drixagh to attend the School of Skagger, in the hopes of bringing honour to his name.
At eighteen, the young North woman still attending the school met a man at a nearby village by the name of Eske Ulfmaerr, a man that would change her life forever. The two Velheimer fell quickly and madly in love with one another, soon welcoming a new Årud to the world: Eydis, their bastard daughter at the time. Before the young woman found out she was pregnant, the two Velheimer's decided to end things with one another; they lived two completely different lives. This resulted in Inkeri raising her daughter on her own, making the severe decision to keep her father's name and story from her as she grew old enough to ask questions about who and where he might be.
Adulthood (Present) | 286 AC - 306 AC
The young Northerner remained in Drixagh attending the School of Skagger for a total of sixteen years. After the completion of her training, Inkeri left to the City of Regalia with her young daughter in the hopes of a fresh start; she was forced to bear the recent news involving the deaths of her mother, brother, and the rest of her tribe after they were allegedly found lying motionless in the snow with multiple weaponry related wounds from another possible tribe.
A few years into living in the Holy City, Inkeri was reunited with her former lover and her daughter's father, seeing as they were all now living in Regalia. Inkeri now being forty, and Eske being thirty-eight, she was given the chance to tell him of his daughter, who was now twenty-two and ever since then, Eske had made the decision to continue to fight to be apart of Inkeri and Eydis' life and eventually succeeded. The two now found themselves engaged to be married, Inkeri becoming his Sol-Kvinne, though not all would have been so simple. The love of Inkeri's life, Eske Ulfmaerr, was brought to the block and beheaded for his past and current crimes a month or so in, once again leaving the north woman alone.
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