Sam Mentes Basic Information Race: Human Birthday & Age : Summer 1st, 495 (16) Gender: Female Languages Common: Fluent Isur: Poor Nari: Poor Physical Description Sam is not the most beautiful, skinny, red lipped girl in the world. She's your typical plain-jane type of girl with long brown hair and bangs. Occasionally she'll tie her hair in a simple braid, but that only occurs when she's doing some serious work. Her skin is lightly tanned. Her eyes are an emerald green that twinkle in just the right light. Her figure is abnormal as opposed to the common man's. Sam has broad shoulders, wide arms, and thick calves with a figure who had plenty of access to food in their youth. She weighs around 145 pounds total. Along with the fact that she is 5'6 results in a rather masculine looking figure for her age. This causes some discomfort for her, especially when she's around other women. A typical outfit for Sam is always practical. While a comfortable dress outlining her curves would be the best choice for a musician, the adventurer in her must travel in places in which that wouldn't be ideal. She wears a simple creme colored chemisette with an black velveteen bodice, brown cotton pants, and sturdy leather boots. On colder days, Sam wears a full body brown cloak with a hood. For some reason she keeps getting mistaken as a man when she wears the cloak until she speaks. Character Concept Sam, or Samantha as she was called in the past, is not your typical fragile girl. Neither is she a feisty tomboy ready to whip sexist men into shape. She's a simple country girl whose innocence has a certain charm to it. Her honest, good morale and hardworking attitude make it obvious that she's going to be a successful adventurer. She isn't quite that stupid either: she desires to learn and grow as a person and knows when she's licked from the start. However, her goal in life is not to become a great adventurer like her grandfather, but on a more religious level. Sam desires to spread music all across Mizahar as she explores, hoping to spread the good will around the world. She is gifted with playing the violin and hopes that one day, with all her gifted musical talent, that she may change the world. Sam isn't exactly the prettiest girl in the world. With her large figure, it was pretty obvious that she was going to be a klutz. She is slow with little endurance, making her one of the rare females who would have to rely on strength for fighting. She also has brute honesty and her mind is full of mistaken information. The first source that she hears must be true, but then another side shows and she's morally torn. While she's musically gifted, her main profit is being a bard on the streets begging for money. This isn't exactly the best job in the world as it has the air of being only for filthy beggars. But she has hope, hope that someday she can make a difference. A bard at heart, Sam worships Rhaus, god of buskers and music, and will pray to him before she plays. Character History Pre-Creation Sam is the second youngest child and the youngest daughter out of a family of six kids. Her family inherited a small farm to hold and keep in the mountains of Kalea. While it wasn't enough to make a profit, it was enough to keep them self-sufficient. With six kids on a farm, the need for social interactions was null. So they could stay in their happy place, shielded from the outside world forever. They were content. It was only the constant visits from her grandfather that changed everything. His name was Samuel Mentes, a true mentor to Sam in many ways more than one. A retired adventurer, he had lived on the farm with them but still traveled to nearby locations for adventure. His constant stories to his grandchildren of the outside world inspired many of them to go onto adventures of their own, and his knowledge of instruments made them go with a spring in their step. However, it was a simple gift, a fiddle, that changed the mindset of Samantha forever. Samuel's biggest regret was that he had not taken up music sooner and share it with a world that lacked music in its whole. He was also the one who told her of Rhaus, the god of buskers. So when his death struck before her fifteenth birthday, Sam was shocked. He was her true mentor, and with his last regret on her mind she set off for Alvadas. Post-Creation: Training (Skills, Arcana, Gnosis, Lore) Playing a musical instrument (Violin)- 30 (15 SP + 15 RB) Cooking- 5 (5 SP) Riding 10 (10 SP) Wilderness Survival- 10 (10 SP) Food preservation- 5 (5 SP) Hunting- 5 (5 SP) Lore How to skin an animal | How to clean a violin Equipment and Possessions 1 Set of Clothing (cloak/coat & footwear included) 1 Waterskin 1 Backpack which contains: 1 Set of Toiletries (comb, brush, razor, soap) Food for a week 1 eating knife Flint & Steel 1 large tent (4 person) 1 large tarp 100 ft of rope 1 lantern 2 torches 1 bedroll 1 blanket 1 set of fishing tackle & hooks 1 riding horse 1 full set of tack 1 large set of saddlebags 1 violin with a case (family heirloom) Salt (1oz) Rice(1lb) (10 servings left) Dried Apples(1lb) (12 servings left) Sausage (pig) (2lb) (32 servings left) Belt(leather) Riding boots Pot, iron w/feet Strong Rations (7 servings left) Preserving Kit 5gm Traveller’s Stock (10 servings left) Ledger 100 mizas -5 sm = 99 gm, 5 sm -3 gm = 96 gm, 5 sm -2 gm, 7 sm, and 1 cm = 93 gm, 7 sm, and 9 cm Thread List Winter 511 37th (Dusk)-Performance at Dusk |