The Woodcutter & his Wife

Name: The Woodcutter
Age: Somewhere in his 20s, probably
Race & Gender: Human male
Status (as of last seen): Citizen of Daventry
Residence: The Woodcutter's Cottage, Kingdom of Daventry
Personality: Humble, probably because of his impoverished lifestyle, with a love for music and entertainment.  He is hard-working and loves his wife more than anything else in the world.
History:

Quest for the Crown

At one time, the Woodcutter was successfully cutting down trees and selling the wood he chopped to other people who lived in Daventry.  However, an evil influence emanating from Dahlia's house twisted parts of the woods of Daventry.  Eventually, many of the forests where the Woodcutter had once worked were too dangerous to go.  Thus, the poor Woodcutter and his wife lost their only source of income.  Slowly, they began to starve.  Eventually, the Woodcutter's Wife fell ill and he began to despair.  The only place he could turn for joy was his fiddle, and that was not going to help feed his dying wife.

Then Sir Graham arrived at their doorstop.  The Woodcutter welcomed the knight into their home, but admitted that he could not provide any hospitality.  There was not enough food for either himself or his wife, they certainly could not feed someone else.  However, the good knight had in his possession a magical bowl which could be filled with stew just by saying the word "fill".  Graham gave the bowl, full of warm stew, to the Woodcutter.  Grateful, he immediately began to feed his wife, who began to revive.  In thanks, the Woodcutter gave their benefactor his beloved fiddle.

The Woodcutter's Wife - the beloved wife of the Woodcutter.  She did not mind her husband's work until it became too dangerous for him to do.  Then, as the couple ran out of food, she fell ill.  Eventually, she could not even rise from her bed.  As she neared death, Graham encountered the couple.  He gave her husband a magical bowl that was full of stew, and the Woodcutter immediately began to spoon the stew into her mouth.  The stew helped her to revive and she began to regain her health.



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