Elenathriel

Elenathriel

Name Elenathriel
Status
Active
Occupation
Tailor
Age
Young
Race
Elf
Residence
Traveler
Kinship
Outward Appearance

A young elf female with long dark hair and grey eyes with a hint of blue, average height. Her facial expression is neutral and rather serious, remaining cautious most of the time. Though usually polite and appropriate enough, her traveling life and her background give her a mannerism that is perhaps a bit more direct and less ornate/refined than what is commonly heralded as the epitome of exquisitely graceful behavior, both in speech and movement.

Background

History/Background:

Elenathriel was born in a common Silvan Elf family that dealt with providing and trading simple leather and such from the animals in Mirkwood, a land under the protection of King Thranduil.

As she began to learn simple sewing and treating of leather, she realized that there were a lot of goods that came from outside the kingdom. Despite the seclusive nature of the Woodland elves, she became a bit curious to see the world and was able to get the permission to leave the land to learn more about becoming a more accomplished tailor.

Since then, she has been traveling to learn what she can and where she can, practicing her tailoring and trading what she’s made.

Motivation

Becoming a Respectable Tailor: Instead of merely hunting and dealing hides and such as her family used to do, she wants to create something beautiful that can also be sold and used by many others, viewing that as her own way of distributing joy into the world where darkness seems to be spreading. She aims to craft the best quality goods that she can, especially the practical kind that can be enjoyed every day by everyone.

Abilities and Training:

Elenathriel has been traveling and improving her tailoring skills during the last several hundreds years, as she set out to do from her home in Mirkwood. With the need to be on the road often without a permanent residence, coupled with the general affection she harbors for nature as all Elves do, she now prefers to concentrate on working with light fabrics instead of leather. However, she did learn to how to hunt the wild animals to get leather growing up with her family, and when necessary, she can hunt other unpleasant beings such as orcs, goblins and spiders, though she would never initiate the fight voluntarily if she can avoid the confrontation. Her primary weapon is a bow and while she also carries a dagger or two for additional protection as well as for tailoring-related tasks, she is much less proficient with wielding them in combat.

Likes:

Respect:  Elenathriel likes being treated with respect, especially by the very few non-Elves she can come across during her travels. Though she likes to blend in and stay low key in any group, her Elven pride often makes her take things personally when she is being slighted by the others, whether that feeling is warranted or not.

Dislikes:

Competition: A competition is usually unnecessary and oftentimes, it is not as productive as cooperation in the long term. Instead of pitting people against each other with the possibility of breeding hostility towards the opponent, Elenathriel believes more can be accomplished by working together towards a common goal, just like the different stitches create a single piece of embroidery.

Empty words / promises: Being involved in trade and untrained in the scholarly ways, sometimes she treats words as means to exchange information or as transactional details that she needs to fulfill. She can be annoyed by seemingly empty words because she sees them as wasting one’s energy, or worse, spending energy to create falsehood by setting up inaccurate expectations.

Spiders: Enough said.

Positive Traits:

Reliable and Supportive: Generally, Elenathriel wants to become a good tailor and a reliable one at that, consistently crafting practical, high quality items. She has the lofty desire that people will find her goods to be both useful and beautiful, and for them to act as a reminder of something good in the world. Along the same philosophy, she will usually make an effort to support her friends/family/team if she can, since the world can a big and dangerous place for a traveler, and she’d like the same courtesy returned to her if she ever needed help one day.

Negative Traits:

Haughty and Overly Defensive: Though she usually treats everyone with the usual courtesy, her demeanor can become rather arrogant when she believes she is not being treated the same in return. Often this is just her incorrect perception, but nevertheless, she will demand justice if she feels slighted. The only exception of her haughty behavior is towards other elves.

Friends
Relatives
N/A
Rivals/Enemies
Loves
Being treated fairly and respectfully
Hates
Empty words/promises, competition, spiders
Motivation
Becoming a respectable tailor
Quotes
“Words and action both have meaning, but perfection is reached when they match.”

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A Tailor's Quiet Spring Day 5 years 11 months ago
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