Name: Joanna Blackwood
Other Names: Jo
Titles:
Age: Holds the youthful face of an elf, yet has toiled through forty years in the swamps.
Race: Forest Elven
Gender: Female
Sexuality: "Love is love, but there will be a need for an new line of Blackwoods on down the road, and that'll take priority."
Current Residence: Tamor
Relationship Status: Married to her work
Social Status: By Tamor standards, well off. By Alteran standards, she is rather poor.
Physical Appearance:
Height: 5'7
Weight: 135 lbs
Eye Color: Hazel
Skin Color: Sun-kissed
Shape of Face: Long and narrow with defined cheekbones
Distinguishing Features: Her vibrant hair
Build of Body: Lithe and lean
Hair Color: Fiery red
Hair Style: Straight hair worn down and free. Small braids with feathers and bells looped into the braids.
Complexion: Freckled but otherwise unmarred. Depending on the day, could have some grime on her face from work.
Posture: Rigid
Is Seen By Others As: You tell me?
Scars: Some scars on her palms.
Voice: TBD
Personality:
Likes: + Family + Herbalism + Blackwood traditions + Teas + Alchemy + Enchanting + Legends + The swamp + Telling stories + Spiritualism + The Witchlights (She finds the stories interesting)
Dislikes: + Judgemental and close minded people + Zealotry + Squabbles + Armed men
Strengths: + Knowledge regarding swamp flora and fauna + Able to remain rather calm + Her resolve and dedication + Apparent kindness + Basic alchemical knowledge
Weaknesses: + Physically weak. + Tends to get injured easily + Although seemingly kind most of the time, she is slow to trust outsiders + Gets sick a lot
Fears: + Crowds of outsiders + Zealots + Marsh Striders + Alligators + Armed foes
Values: + Family + Bonds + A person's given word + Ancestors + The swamp
Education: Well versed in Blackwood ways
Languages: Fluent in elven. Passable common, though not as fluent.
General Attitude: She comes off as a relaxed individual. She's very warm and kind to most, but that kindness isn't extended to everyone. She can hold a lasting grudge.
Religious Inclination: Yes, in her own way.
General Intelligence: She's smart enough, but not as familiar with the world around as she'd like.
General Sociability: Kind and sociable to visitors. Kind to most, unless you do something to get on her bad side And then she can be rather vindictive. But- If things are good, then she is good. Not quite as chatty with overly religious people, however.
Short Term Goals:
+ Reinvigorate Tamor
+ Research more
Long Term Goals:
+ See Tamor thrive
+ See the Blackwood ways thrive
+ Bear children to carry on her the legacy of her family
Possessions:
Wardrobe: A very loose and thin white dress with a brown frock over it. Belts with pouches.
Jewelry: Hemp cord necklaces, anklets, and bracelets with trinkets, charms and bells. You can always hear her coming.
Pets/Animals:
Owned Homes: The Main House in Tamor
Carried Inventory: +Herbs + Needles and a couple knives + Waterskin + Some coin + Bells + Hemp twine + Pouch of tobacco + Smoking pipe
General Inventory: + MORE herbs + Some potions
General Wealth: Not much as outsiders would see it. She feels as if she's richer than any noble. The swamp provides for its own.
Health:
Illnesses: None CURRENTLY. She gets ill often.
Allergies: No real allergies
Injuries: None CURRENTLY.
Sleeping Habits: Restless. Doesn't sleep well without herbal help.
Energy Levels: Driven to get things done.
Eating Habits: Normal
Exercise Habits: She gets her exercise from working around the village and doing what's needed.
Memory: Average. Has to study often to retain what she knows.
Unhealthy Habits: She enjoys pipe tobacco far more than she should.
Drinking Habits: She personally refuses to drink alcohol.
History:
Birthplace: Tamor
Childhood: Tamor child. Idolized her mother and listened to all the stories. Loved sinking her toes into the mud. Played often with siblings and cousins.
Teen Years: Began helping with the traditions. Learning the legends and the lore. Helping her mother. Troubled by some deaths in her family.
Adulthood: Mother Blackwood died and Joanna has transitioned into taking over the spiritual aspects of Tamor. She wants to bring in more outsiders and teach them the ways. Remaining family dispersed for various reasons and Joanna was left to care for the empty village.
Family History: A few generations back, some Forest Elves settled in the swamps. It was a new sort of environment. Over time, they grew more and more isolated. They largely left the ways of Theodra and Shalherana, though the Blackwoods do retain the respect for the hunt and for nature. Though as direct reverence of the Pantheon dwindled, they relied more and more on the land itself. Became more attuned to the family, to the family that passed, and eventually came to have their own curious beliefs.
Past Places of Residences: ---
Places Traveled:
Combat:
Peaceful or violent: Peaceful in that she won't instigate violence or draw a blade. But she'll gladly throw some "hexes and curses", as she sees them, together.
Weaponry: Daggers. Athames. Knives. Needles. Ropes. Her "hexes"
Combat Training: She doesn't directly fight.
Training & Skills:
Blackwood Traditions: Her mother passed on the Blackwood traditions to Joanna. She knows the legends, lore, and the practices of her family inside and out.
Alchemy: She has a basic knowledge. Dabbled enough to know her way around, but not skilled enough to call herself a proper alchemist. Intends to remedy this through study.
Herbalism: Knows many of the edible plants around Tamor, but lacks familarity with plants outside her village.
Medical: Quite familiar with anatomy. Simple poultices.
Other Trivia:
Occupation: Spiritualist? Caretaker? Apothecary?
Favorite Types of Food: Snake
Favorite Types of Drink: Tea
Relationships:
Relevant Family Members: Lola
(Balatro )
Romantic Interests:
Trusted Friends:
Friendly With: Nylarii, Nwalme, Mikasa
( Elz blargtheawesome, BrianAT16 )
Loose Acquaintances: Benjamin, Adrian, Rinaeth, Spirit, Nikolche
(Deathmoron TheDeester Spooksy_ SpiritTheLightning Nikolaos )
Disfavored Individuals:
Hated:
Wary Of:
Note: The Blackwood traditions, hexes, charms, etc. are not in any way real magic. It's no more magic than the the spoopy "magic" you read about in real world history.
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