Minerva Ravitz

[Minerva Ravitz]

Minerva Ravitz Appearance Race: Human Gender: Female Age: 20 Birthday: Day 4 of Spring, 494 AV Birthplace: Syrilas Appearance: 5'4", short blonde hair reaching to the top of her neck. She has blue eyes, a somewhat small nose, and thin lips. Her frame, though petite, boasts subtly-toned muscles. Her arms and legs are of average length for her height. Character Concept Minerva Ravitz is a blacksmith for the Sylian Knights. She is more than happy to let them do the fighting while she makes their equipment behind city walls. However, she does tend to find life somewhat dull in Syrilas, performing the same job every day, receiving the same pay, and not really being able to own any of her work. She's somewhat hard to approach, brushing aside most other commoners outside her profession, but start telling her a story from outside the city and she'll pay attention to you all day with a little kid's smile as she listens. Her gruff outer shell born of the city routine also evaporates whenever she gets to meet a traveling merchant. She has not yet been able to bring herself to spend any of her money on any trinkets just yet, though. Character History Minerva's father was a Syrilan Knight, who was killed during an incursion with bandits. Her blacksmith mother Linza, seeking to prevent the same fate that had befallen Linza's husband, decided to make Minerva an apprentice blacksmith - an artisan safe within the walls of Syrilas. Linza succumbed to illness before she could finish teaching her daughter all the ins and outs of the trade, though, and Minerva was left to practice on her own from the age of 16 onward. Language Fluent Language: Common tongue, Syrilan dialect Skills SP = starting package, RB = racial bonus Skill EXP Total Proficiency Blacksmithing 15 SP, 15 RB 30 Competent Metalsmithing 30 SP 30 Competent Unarmed Combat 5 SP 5 Novice Lores Lore of Syliran Culture Lore of History of Syliran Knights Possessions 1 Set of Clothing -Simple Shirt -Simple Pants -Simple Undergarments -Simple Cloak or Coat -Simple Boots 1 Waterskin 1 Backpack which contains: -Comb (Wood) -Brush (Wood) -Soap -Razor -Balanced Rations (1 Week's worth) -1 eating knife -Flint & Steel 1 heirloom stone hammer, the very hammer her mother used in her smithing work 19 sheets of blank paper 5 quills 2 bottles of black ink 1 "map" of the Bronze Wood, illegible to anyone but Minerva herself Heirloom: Her mother's stone blacksmith's hammer, which she uses to the exclusion of other hammers in her work. Housing A basic 20x20 single room cottage (400 sq feet) with a hearth, bunk, chest, chair, and small table, deep in the Stormhold Citadel. Nothing special. Ledger Purchase Cost Total Starting +100 GM 100 GM 20 sheets of blank paper -80 SM 99 GM, 20 SM 5 quills -25 CM 99 GM, 19 SM, 75 CM 3 bottles of black ink -3 GM 96 GM, 19 SM, 75 CM Thread List 39th of Summer, 514 AV: Making More Friends 72nd of Summer, 514 AV: Learning how to Navigate 80th of Summer, 514 AV: Forging in Miniature