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Characteristics: Int -1, Per +1, Str -1, Sta +1, Pre +3, Com +2, Dex +1, Qik +1
Size: 0
Age: 24 (24)
Decrepitude: 0
Warping Score: 0 (0)
Confidence Score: 1 (3)
Virtues and Flaws: Wanderer; Enchanting Music, Free Expression, Gossip, Improved Characteristics, Light Touch, Lightning Reflexes, Troupe Upbringing; Curse of Venus, Overconfident (Major); Oversensitive (Lack of Acknowledgement and Praise)
Personality Traits: Hot-Tempered +2, Impetuous +3, Insecure +2
Reputations: Gossip 1 (Local Peasants)
| Weapon/Attack | Init | Atk | Dfn | Dam |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fist | +1 | +2 | +2 | -1 |
Soak: +1 (Stamina)
Fatigue Levels: OK, 0, -1, -3, -5, Unconscious
Wound Penalties: -1 (1-5), -3 (6-10), -5 (11-15), Incapacitated (16-20), Dead (21+)
Abilities: Athletics 3 (Dancing), Awareness 2 (Crowds), Brawl 1 (Fighting Women), Carouse 2 (Drinking Games), Charm 3 (First Impressions), Enchanting Music 3 (Love), England Lore 1 (Nobles), English 3 (Songs), Etiquette 2 (Noble Feasts), Folk Ken 1 (Audiences), France Lore 2 (Chivalric Tales), French 5 (Romantic Expressions), Guile 3 (Feigning Emotion), Intrigue 2 (Gossip), Legerdemain 3 ('Magic' Tricks), Music 4 (Singing), Ride 1 (Ponies), Stealth 3 (Losing Pursuers)
Equipment: Travelling Clothes, "Stage" Clothes
Encumbrance: 0 (0)
Description and Background:
Eleanor is a travelling entertainer of humble origins who usually makes her living by singing and dancing in taverns and at fairs and tournaments. When that sort of work is hard to come by she has also been known to turn her hand to less honest ways to make a living. She is prone to dramatic fits of remorse about this but is unlikely to change her ways as she only targets people who need the money less than she does. Usually.
Eleanor would like to think that her father was a handsome nobleman, only separated from her mother by a cruel and poignant twist of fate, but it does not seem very likely. Her mother was also a performer, and throughout her long and varied career she met a lot of men, and Eleanor's father could have been just about any of them. Eleanor and her mother were always far too much alike to ever get on, both willful and impetuous, and as one grew up to be beautiful and talented while the other became old, haggard and spiteful, things could only go from bad to worse between them. Had they ever considered it, they could have charged spectators to watch their spectacular arguments.
Watching her mother lose her beauty and die lonely, bitter and disappointed made Eleanor determined to make something more of her own life. She is romantic to a fault and longs to meet a gallant and noble gentleman whom she can love with all her heart, but while she is overwhelmingly sure of herself when it comes to other matters she can never get relationships right. She feels that because of her background the sort of men that she aspires to could never be interested in her, and some disastrous dalliances with plausible swines have increased her tendency to be distrustful around men who are actually decent. They are driven away by the intensity of her passion and her frequent fits of jealous rage over the smallest of matters, which only increases her tendency to believe that she is not worthy of them. Meanwhile, there is no shortage of vile men whom she could take up with, from heartless noble-born rakes to pallid, wild-eyed youths who would follow her around everywhere and starve themselves to death or chop off their own toes to prove their love for her. It may not be a terribly healthy state of affairs, but somehow it makes her singing much more interesting to listen to.
In all other respects Eleanor is supremely self-assured as long as she is the centre of attention. She is only too well aware of her own charms and talents, but it hurts her self-esteem not to be reminded of them. For the same reason she tends to get very jealous and resentful around other attractive and charming women, and she will readily make a complete fool of herself in her attempts to prove that she is better than any of them. However, Eleanor is very loyal to those who truly are her friends, and while she really is just like her mother was at the same age, there are times when she can see herself for what she is and aspires to be something better.
Text copyright © Simon Foston 2006.