About Mayken VondelStatistics:
Female Human Bard (Studious Librarian) 1
CG Medium Humanoid (Human) Init +2; Senses Perception +4 ------------------------------ DEFENSE ------------------------------ AC 16, Touch 12, Flat-Footed 14 (+3 armor, +2 Dex +1 Buckler) HP 11 Fort +2, Ref +4, Will +2 (+1 vs Charms & Compulsions) ------------------------------ OFFENSE ------------------------------ Speed 30 ft. Melee +0 Ranged +2
Scion of Legend:
Magical Knack:
Varisian Tattoo:
Pride (Drawback):
FEATS: Point Blank Shot
Lingering Performance
Scribe Scroll
SKILLS: (10 points; 6 class, 1 INT, 1 Skilled, 2 Background)
*ACP applies to these skills
+1 & In Class: Disable Device (Trait)
Languages Taldane, Varisian Special Abilities:
------------------------------ SPECIAL ABILITIES ------------------------------ BARD (Studious Librarian): Performance: (7 Rounds / Day)
Countersong (Su):
Fascinate (Su):
Inspire Courage (Su):
Bardic Knowledge (Ex):
Spells::
------------------------------ 0 Level (Cantrips) Dancing Lights
1st (1+1/day) Cure Light Wounds
Gear/Possessions:
------------------------------ GEAR/POSSESSIONS Studded Leather Armor
Money 4 GP 7 SP 0 CP
Appearance and Personality:
Height: 5'5 | Weight: 140 | Hair: Dark Brown | Eyes: Dark Brown Mayken is of roughly average height for a human woman. Her hair is dark brown and falls in loose curls and waves halfway down her back. Her eyes are dark brown, and her complexion is olive with a hint of bronze. She emphasizes her Varisian heritage in her clothing, wearing layered skirts and scarves in bright colors. Aside from bracelets and rings on her fingers and toes, Mayken wears jewelry in her pierced ears, nose, septum, and navel. Mayken is cheerful and outgoing most of the time. She enjoys being around people, and her open friendliness and curiosity about others generally makes people happy to have her around. She tends to be animated. Her facial expressions are a direct map to her inner state of mind. She talks with her hands. Mayken takes her Varisian heritage very seriously. Her two great passions, music and history, are both pursued by her in the service of increasing her knowledge and understanding of Varisian culture. She also emphasizes her heritage through her appearance. Whenever possible Mayken will speak Varisian instead of Taldane. Few other things will draw her ire more quickly than implications about Varisians as inclined to criminality, or claims that Sczarni gangs are a Varisian tradition. Mayken’s life has been comfortable, but it would be unfair to her to call her spoiled. Being an only child has meant she has had little experience in compromise. She has largely been able to act and make decisions without making to accommodate others. Because she is outspoken and fairly determined, she can slip into leadership or spokesperson roles by default. This is less because she believes she deserves such things than because she can forget to seek feedback from peers. Mayken doesn’t take well to idleness. The accounting jobs she has created for herself were less about a need for income than to fill extra time. While she isn’t necessarily a brilliant thinker, Mayken has an extraordinary memory and attention to details. She doesn’t typically forget what she reads or otherwise learns. Background:
Mayken was born and grew up in Roderic’s Cove, where her parents are among the area’s more prosperous farmers. While not exactly a “gentleman farmer” her father has been able to expand his landholdings to the point he keeps several laborers on permanently to handle much of the work. Her family’s financial comfort has provided Mayken with opportunities beyond those typical for a farmer’s daughter. Further, Mayken is an only child. She is pampered in the ways so common of parents who do not have to divide their affections among multiple children. With less work required, and more time and resources at her disposal, Mayken has been able to indulge in her interests, music and history. She has a fine singing voice, and plays the violin with great expression. She is also a passionate and persuasive speaker. Mayken’s particular historical interests revolve around Varisia and the Varisian people. Her mother’s side of the family is purely Varisian, while her father’s family is of mixed Varisian and Shoanti ancestry. Mayken is something of a cultural preservationist and revivalist, studying Varisian music and dance. She began to pester her mother about receiving tattooing in her mid-teens, and her mother finally agreed it could be done when she reached eighteen. When the time came, Mayken pushed for the proper, traditional tattooing process. Since it would require the particpation of elder clans leaders, Mayken and her mother traveled by ship to Sandpoint, where they had relatives. The tattooing and accompanying rituals took almost two months, and during her time there Sandpoint made quite an impression on Mayken. After her return to Roderic’s Cove, she found her hometown far drearier than before. She missed Sandpoint for its theater, good bookstores, far better venues for musical performances, and opportunities to spend time with her extended relatives. For a town only marginally larger than Roderic’s Cove, Sandpoint had such vibrancy compared to Roderic’s Cove. Mayken stayed on for another year. To keep herself busy she started a part-time business doing bookkeeping and accounting for a couple of business owners who hated doing it themselves. She also kept books for some of the farmers and fishermen who were illiterate. Eventually Mayken spoke with her parents about moving to Sandpoint for a more extended period, which they consented to since she had relatives there with whom she could live. After relocating to Sandpoint, Mayken restarted her bookkeeping services. She found enough work to meet her needs, and after she gained the Valdemar Fishmarket as a steady client she was comfortable. Mayken also met and struck up a friendship with Rojava Brishon, the only hero involved with the defeat of the Runelord Karzoug to have remained in Sandpoint. Now, two years later, Mayken is visiting Roderic’s Cove for an extended period before moving to Sandpoint permanently.
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