1. Who are you?
Professor Eludica Greenheel... or possibly Pendelthwaite, researcher and well... Apparently the High Priestess of Balance.
2. Do you have any brothers or sisters?
Yes, a much older sister.
3. How old are you?
79, that's about 19 in human terms.
4. What's your height?
5'2"
5. Are you a virgin?
(incoherent mumbling and generalised awkwardness)
6. Who's your mate/spouse?
Marcus Pendelthwaite, to whom I am married, yes, I am aware that he is dead.
7. Do you have any kids?
Yes, a son, Samuel
8. What's your favorite food?
Oh yes, I guess I must eat something at some point, I tend not to notice much, what with the research. (rummages in pockets) Oh! A jam sandwich... I guess I must I eat those. Although if I am honest I have lost my taste for food...
9. Have you killed anyone?
Yes, I do not regret it. He deserved it.
10. Have any secrets?
Ummm... well... I did say I was male for quite a while... but that's not really a secret.
11. Do you love anyone?
Yes. I don't care what happens to anyone else anymore.
12. What is your job?
Researcher, priest, teacher of Quenyar... except they have made me go on leave for "stress related reasons"... Oh and a sort of librarian I guess.
13. Boy or girl?
Female. Definately and undeniably
14. What do you do to relax?
I don't relax. there is always work to be done, books to be read... I worry too much to relax
15. There's a person who's teasing you; what could you do?
Bend their mind to my will, torture their soul, silence them... Or yes, kill them.
16. Let’s say you have a person who you really care about but she/he doesn’t know about your feelings. How do you tell her/him?
I don't know... Wish I did. I am not so good at the articulating feelings thing, and worry far too much about seeming too forward. In retrospect it appears I just do nothing as I never quite gain the courage to.
17. What do you regret most in life?
I suppose I should really regret the incident with the chainmail shirt... I regret lying to everyone. Mostly I regret my own failings and how they make things worse for everyone around me. I regret not stopping the ritual that eventually led to my husband's death. But I do not regret my killing of that azraelite. Now? Now that I know Marcus died in vain? I regret not doing everything within my power to stop his death. I also regret those that died in my attempts to save Rosamund...
18. Do you like your maker?
Hmmm... Well... I guess the Lady Umbra would be my original maker in a way, so that would be an unequivocal no.
19. What do you fear?
I feared more than you could ever begin to imagine. Now? Suprisingly little. I feared Balance when I summoned them though...
1. What would your character kill for? What would they die for?
I said I would never kill, killing does nothing. People can change and can be made to change. But I did vow that I would assist in the destruction of the oni. I would kill and have killed to save the prime and those I care about. I am not ashamed of this. I will do what my God asks of me.
Die? I shouldn't want to...
2. What would they refuse to do under any circumstances? Why?
I will not give up on research or return to my family. Or swear an oath, as I can't without breaking strictures. But, there are things that I would never do that I won't say, and things which I would like to think I wouldn't do but will anyway.
3. What do they dream about? [Either literal or figurative].
Blood everywhere, on my hands... not my own... and that ritual.
4. What’s their biggest fear?
I have so many fears, you could say I fear my family, dark magic and metal. I had fears with far worse consequences than any of these, those consequences happened.
5. What single object would they be most hard pressed to part with? Why?
My notebook, my engagement and wedding rings or perhaps my hat.
6. What is their fondest memory?
Research. Lots of research. All of it completely worth it! And other things...
7. What is their worst memory?
Chainmail shirt. Small Drow. It really hurt. I can't help but feel that there was a slight element of liquidation, at least that's what it felt like. More recently, knowing I had tried to help but failed completely and utterly... Also... Ever been spirit wracked? It isn't nice. Watching Marcus killing himself and knowing that it couldn't have been stopped. ...Now? Thinking back on his death and knowing that it was pointless.
8. What or who was were their most significant influence? Expound.
Parents, other drow. Not being like them.
9. What do they believe makes a successful life?
Finding out everything you can about the world, no matter how simple, obvious or unwise.
10. What makes them laugh?
Hmm... sometimes I take life too seriously and fail to understand jokes... Especially ones with innuendo.
11. What are their religious views?
The Gods are greater than us, they are wiser than we may ever be. They are all worthy of our respect, therefore we should worship them all equally. Strictures are open to interpretation and most religious conflict is caused by humans who just don't live long enough to see sense.
12. What is their greatest strength?
I have none save what my Lady gives me
13. Do they have a fatal flaw? If so, what is it?
Sometimes it feels as if I only ever open my mouth to exchange feet... And I tend to run away from everything. And I am rash when panicked.
14. Who is the most important person in their life?
Aside from the dead? I have a son now...
15. If they died or went missing, who would miss them most?
I feel that this is something I cannot answer without scientific testing, and if anyone would miss me I would rather not put them through that. I'm not sure I would want people to miss me... I wouldn't want them to be hurt in any way. In a sense the people who I would like to think would miss me are the ones who I wouldn't want to miss me... But I suspect the answer is no one.
16. How would they describe themselves?
An incompetant, useless researcher and priest. Someone who by helping only ever makes things worse.
17. How would others describe them?
Foolish, unwise and naive. A murderer.
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How do you look different to your player?
Same height but somewhat slighter, currently somewhat too thin, larger eyes and a general feel of being slightly insubstantial. Mostly think like the human equivalent of a mouse. More of a haunted look. Smiles a lot less. Also (not that these are ever visible) has scars in a chainmail pattern over shoulders, heavily scarred arms and back. Gives the general impression of someone waiting for the scenery to fall on them.
What are your hobbies or entertainments?
Reading, researching... more researching... occasionally I have been known to do embroidery.
How do you support yourself?
Not very well. I suppose the occassional translation of a document helps, but mostly I teach Quenyar at Peter's House of Learning... or did... I'm sort of on leave at the moment...
What is your home like?
Stone walled room in the tunnels of Luca, rickety cast iron bed with white (and old) sheets, a desk, a wobbly chair, a few drippy looking stubs of candles, dip pen, ink... and more books than you can shake a stick at. No shelves... just stacks. The shelves broke... the stacks occasionally fall over. Unfortunately I tend to be underneath them at the time. I am currently developing a better filing system, so am using several simultaneously, making it rather hard to find anything. However, I now live in a house, not tunnels.
What are your most cherished possessions?
My glasses, my note book, my holy symbols, my hat and engagement and wedding rings. The books own themselves.
What are you proudest of?
Very little, perhaps standing up to my family, but I should have done that in the first place and not run away.
What are you most ashamed of or feel most guilty about?
I lied for so long, I shouldn't have done. Also all the deaths in the Wessex Arms that I could have done more to stop and didn't, especially when I didn't defend a member of my organisation. Trying to help Rosamund and only making everything worse for her. Having failed my god so absolutely. Inadvertently causing the deaths of several people I cared about. Not stopping Marcus's first death. Knowing that the rite failed. Sometimes it feels as if my sole purpose in life is to acquire guilt...
Under what circumstances is it justifiable to resort to violence?
I used to say never. Now? In defense of what I care about and the prime.
1. Your character is being announced at the Royal Ball by the most pompous, enthusiastic and long-winded Master of Ceremonies in recorded history. What do they declaim?
Professor Eludica Greenheel, that is probably all they would say if I were to be honest. Perhaps they would mention the priest bit, perhaps not.
2. Give a 6-word backstory and/or history for your character, prior to their entering play - it is needed for the character bio on the back cover of this season's DVD.
Drow Runaway, exiled after catapault incident
3. However improbable it may seem, your character just won a boasting competition. What was their winning boast?
I do believe it would be something as simple as "I ate some toast, now in the name of my Lady Balance this is declared to be the single greatest boast you have ever heard"
4. Your character loses a hand irrevocably, and is given the opportunity to have something grafted on to replace it. What do they pick?
Oh! I do have some fascinating ideas for clockwork! Perhaps a trapped fire elemental and water elemental coudl be used to generate steam to power it! I shoudl start work on this immediately!
5. What one impossible thing would you most like to have, be, or be able to do, in order to better physrep your character?
Point my ears at will
6. Your character is asked by their immediate superior which one thing they would choose to save from their dwelling, were it on fire. Sensing that a flippant answer is not called for, how do they instead answer?
My son?
7. Your character was abducted by Nightmares (or local equivalent) on the way out of the Arms, and wakes up in a sack (just as armed as they left the pub). What do they have in their pockets, and what one further thing do they wish they had also picked up from home this morning?
A stuffed rat thing, a pen, some scraps of tissue, a monacle, holy symbols. A good book to pass the time would be nice, or some scissors.
8. Your character's life is flashing before their eyes. Describe briefly any two of the following: Leaving their childhood home. Losing their first love. The first time they killed. The first time they lost a comrade. Another occasion on which they nearly died. A time they lowered their standards. A time they abandoned hope. Something that terrified them
Paler, less drow like, a good time to flee. No one notices boys... I had better end you before you end the universe...
9. Your character wakes up in a Militia cell with no clear memories of their last few hours. Given time to think it over, why will they conclude they are there?
I probably did something stupid, something went wrong. I probably tried to help and made things worse. Again.
10. Your character was obliged to leave town. As they fled, they left messages with a trusted friend. Most of them dealt with religious and social obligations, and put in place provision for their return (or otherwise) - but they found time for one quick personal note. Who is it to, and roughly what does it say?
"Instructions for the filing systems are pinned to the door, please feed the cats"