Name Niamh Wayrest
Age 28
Gender Female
Species Human
Ethnicity Serenian
Height 5'7"
Occupation Trader in forbidden lore, proprietor of 'Tales Resold', former novitiate of the Order of the Moon
Residence Zantaric
Physical Description
Niamh's face is dotted with freckles and nose slightly upturned, giving her a youthful appearance. Her blue hair is drawn into a neat and utilitarian braid. She is fairly athletic, with the taught muscles of someone who keeps their body in good condition. Her attire is nothing special, she favors a thick wool coat with extra padding and lots of pockets.
Seldom is she without a pair of green-lensed goggles, used to detect magic.
Personality
Niamh is brusque and unpleasantly sarcastic, though more than capable of holding her tongue when its warranted. She has a dark sense of humor and takes pride in her ability to turn a healthy profit, live comfortably, and not ask questions. Beneath her gruff exterior she is kind hearted, and has a soft spot for outcasts and strays. The former witch-hunter sometimes worries about just what her customers are getting up to. Nonetheless, she tells herself it will ultimately help the cause of progress and knowledge.
Besides trading in banned magic and dark curiosities, Niamh has a soft spot for the saccharine and sentimental. The shelves of her shop are filled garish statuettes of animals, children, and faeries. She of course claims she only carries them to disguise the true nature of her shop. They do not sell well.
Magic/Abilities
Until she was 14 Niamh was a novitiate of the Order of the Moon, a sect of priests dedicated to hunting demons and supernatural terrors. Today, she uses her training to trade in the dark arts. Through meditation and concentration she is able to shrug off the effects of curses and hexes, and knows a thing or two about the storage and nullification of daemonic artifacts.
Niamh can fight well with her fists and light blades. Temple training, life on the road, and friendly brawls in Zantaric have only sharpened her skills.
She is cautious, streetsmart, and has a good read of people. Niamh is rarely unprepared and can think straight during a crisis, and excellent at cards.
Relationships
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History
Niamh was the seventh daughter of a farmer in Moonspear. As her parents aged, and the farm was due to pass to her eldest sister's husband, there was little place for her or in the way of a dowry. And that was all well and good; she was an adventurous tomboy with no intention of settling down. At the age of 11 she was sent away to the Order of the Moon to become a novitiate. For a time she was their pride and joy, with both the willpower and worldliness needed to be an excellent witch-hunter. It was good until it wasn't.
Due to her talent Niamh was sent along with a battalion of daemonhunters to deal with an outbreak of the curse. Crazed villagers were quite different than treacherous witches, and it was a slaughter. She fled and never looked back. The girl made her way south doing odd jobs as a thief and then a thug. And eventually she made her way to Zantaric. Using her particular talents she became involved in smuggling illicit magical paraphernalia. She uses her curio shop, 'Tales Resold', as a front for this.
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