Yneffuwen "Sledge" Avastarylline
Appearance
* Sandy blonde chin-length hair, blue eyes, fair skin, 6'2". She also has a large scar on her left cheek extending down to her chin. Her ears are small for an elf.
* Usually wears her silvery plate armor of elven make. Wears a light gambeson coat made of elven linen underneath.
* Armed with twin winged maces.
* Owns her own mount, Mace. A Falwood Moa Strider; a giant, bipedal, temperamental bird.
Skills and Abilities
Elven Quickness and Agility, Lacking Grace: Though not possessing much of the hallmark elven grace in how she moves, Sledge nonetheless is as fast and agile as her kin. Her reaction time is above average, and she's a good judge on gauging the minimum distance necessary to evade, sidestep, or dodge a strike. Often she will simply move her head, twist her body slightly, arch her back and et cetera to just barely evade her foe's weapon. This style of dodging doesn't leave much momentum for a fluid counterattack, and so while her strikes can be quick they are often predictable, as opposed to the quick and unpredictable styles of her peers.
Mercenary Combat Experience, Terrible Shot: After a brief stint in a mercenary company with her brother, Sledge gained a certain amount of proficiency in close-quarters combat. The polar opposite of her brother, she turned out to be a legendarily awful shot with a bow, literally missing the broad side of an actual barn. So she tried a variety of hand weapons, favoring maces. Her fighting style isn't graceful or flowing or artful in the slightest. Simple brutal efficiency. Dodge and parry as necessary with a minimal amount of effort, and deliver singular strikes when opportunities are presented. Her style is all about felling her opponent with as few swings and effort expended as possible. Nothing flashy or showy.
Kinetic Magic, Often Backfires: Untrained in it, Sledge nevertheless discovered that she had some fledgling magical potential. With intense focus, she can concentrate on objects and manipulate them: moving objects at rest and stopping objects in motion, with heavier and/or faster objects being increasingly more difficult to manipulate. However, this magic is utterly ineffective at manipulating people and living creatures, always causing a backfire if she attempts it. Backfires occur if her focus falters by any degree or if she simply didn't concentrate hard enough to begin with. Curiously, though her kinetic magic can't affect others, a backfire always sends Sledge flying some distance, very often bursting blood vessels in her nose and eyes as well.
Personality
* Practices radical honesty. As such, is terrible at keeping secrets. Though, to her credit, she doesn't lie. Ever.
* Brash and succinct. Says what she wants to say whenever she wants to say it. Very much inclined to "call it as it is", dispensing with pleasantries and metaphors and euphemisms and all else that isn't direct. Tends to dislike others who aren't as straightforward as her.
* Confident and prideful to a fault. A result of the inferiority complex she has with regards to her brother and the immense skill he has that she envies. Despite all her best efforts, she constantly finds herself outdone by him and his exploits as a bounty hunter. She knows it, and will say as much, but is certain beyond doubt that she will best him one day.
* Often single-minded and stubborn. Can sometimes result in her bashing her head against a problem "her way" until somehow it works. One of the reasons for the nickname she earned in Leona's mercenary company.
* Likes to sometimes take inexperienced or "weak" people under her wing, as she had been in her former mercenary company. Also takes pride in defending and protecting those who cannot do so themselves.
+ Has a tendency to disrespect the personal space of others.
+ Incredibly unfeminine.
+ Enjoys smoking.
+ Likes to instigate brawls.
+ Curses often and casually.
+ Formerly a potter, shoemaker, and tailor, like the rest of her family in Fal'Addas. Looks down on non-elven craft in these fields.
+ Hates her given name and her family name, each too long and "soft". Goes by her nickname "Sledge", and hates all the condescending nicknames her brother has for her.
+ Loathes the feel of sweat on her skin. Bathes and washes her silken clothes and underwear often. Exception for sweating on account of battle.