Craft Journeyman Ardea, ANPC

Character Information

Gender		Female
Age		37

Physical Appearance

Physical Description

Ardea is a tall woman, almost six feet. She has a looong neck and loooong legs, high cheekbones, and pale skin. Out of her family she is the most classically beautiful, in an icy sort of way. She's an elegent person, and always can be found in dresses and adorned with jewellry. Despite the measured beauty of her movements, she's not a very athletic woman and would never been able to handle the life of a dragonrider (or even a candidate). Her lifestyle is a sedate, calm one. Like her sisters she is a dark brunette, and her eyes are a hazel-grey. Ardea is an insecure and sensitive woman hiding behind a thick mask of a cool, slightly impersonal woman. Very few people can see behind this presence, and most think of her as confident, perhaps a little intimidating, perhaps a little cool and calculating; for a side-effect of this mask is that little of her true feelings, true thoughts, and true emotions are revealed. After the tragic earthquake in which she lost half of her family, Ardea unconsciously thought it would be best if she simply was very careful to keep distance between herself and anything that would require her to get emotionally involved. She is too scared of losing anyone again to risk getting attatched. Her outside personality is smooth and reasonably charming without being particularly memorable (or at least she tries not to be memorable). Ardea is fanatically neat and can get obessive about getting the details right - not always a bad thing in tailoring, not always a good thing in everyday life. In skill she is a good journeywoman, but doesn't have the extra talent needed to attain mastership.

Family

Personality & Traits

Personal History

Ardea is the oldest of four children born to a family of hold residents at CFH. She was loved and her quiet sensitivity protected and nourished, and her childhood was happy. She became an apprentice tailor at eleven; Ardea's keen eye for the fit of an outfit and good taste, even at a young age, made it a natural choice. She remained at CFH during her apprenticeship and only (reluctantly) moved to the Tailorcraft Hall to walk the tables and spend a few years perfecting her craft. She has no desire to become a master and so returned to CFH after graduating to senior journeywoman. During the earthquake she and most of her family were close to the epicenter, and she was one of the few to survive. The trauma scored her deeply, and she requested at transfer to Cascade Weyr a few months later.