Name: Ingrid Sauer
Age: 51
Gender: Female
Species: Human
Ethnicity: Connlaothian
Height: 5'9"
Occupation: Fencer/Gangster/Racketeer
Residence: Reajh

Physical Description
Ingrid is tall for her people, and far slenderer than most as well, narrow at the shoulders and hips.  This along with her long, black (though sporadically graying) hair makes her seem other than Connlaothian, though her pale skin and emerald eyes are a clear sign of her heritage.

Despite her middling age, she almost seems as though she is still in her mid 30's, owing to her activity and exercise.  She is still considered attractive to most, with a straight, proud nose and high cheekbones.  Still, creases have begun to accumulate around her face and her neck and hands have begun showing her age, inspiring her to cover up more.

She favors high collared blouses and close-fitting leggings and can usually be seen with her dagger strapped to her waist.  She will only rarely wear her great-knife, preferring to either carry it by hand or leave it at home to avoid attracting attention.

Personality
At a glance, Ingrid comes across as motherly, affectionate and caring to those she has labeled as her family.  This is generally reserved for her students and the younger women at her old brothel.  She is protective and nurturing and can even become stern if she feels those she cares for could do better with what they have.

Conversely, to those she has deemed an adversary, she is ruthless and Machiavellian.  In the low-level "politics" amid the streets of Reajh, she has few peers and many rivals, and she will use any advantage to control every one of her relationships, including the affection of her "children."

Magic/Abilities

• Messer: A system for fighting with a short sword in one hand, with a focus on cutting.  Well suited to street fights and urban dueling.
• Dagger: A system of fighting using only a dagger, ideal for ambushes, both in performance of and defense against.
• Wrestling: A system of fighting through the use of grapples and holds; useful as a complement to other weapons, but Ingrid finds she lacks the brute strength to stand toe-to-toe against similarly skilled opponents.
• Southpaw: Ingrid is left-handed, favoring the use of her left side in sparring and combat.  This makes her unpredictable in a fight, with most fencers being accustomed to combating right-handed opponents.

Relationships

• Michael Wolfram -  Former student and foster son
• Brotherhood of St. Laudus - Fencing Guild

History
Ingrid was born the daughter of an impoverished prostitute, a fate she would eventually follow once she turned 16.  Though not especially fond of this career, there were few other practical options left open to those in her station, left at the bottom of the social ladder.  She simply learned to shrug off the ire of the well-to-do, content in the knowledge that for all their scorn, those that mocked and "pitied" her still sought her services.

Alongside this early inevitability, Ingrid also studied fencing, particularly with dagger and grappling as skills she might inevitably need to defend herself against future clients.  However, her study did not end there, and as her study continued, she eventually caught the eye of one of her fellow students, promising young swordsman who had plans to establish his own academy.

The pair eventually married, but Ingrid found herself supporting her husband early on as they struggled to accrue the funds needed to secure grounds for their guild.  Ingrid was nearly 28 by the time her husband had founded his school and began taking students.  She stayed at the brothel for another 4 years, even while moonlighting as a weapons instructor until she felt she could afford to leave her former profession.

This gave way to a comfortable life until her husband's death in a duel against a rival master.  Widowed without children, Ingrid inherited the acadamy, become sole owner and master in place of her husband.  She already had a reputation by this point and experience in the guilds other dealings so it was not hard to take up her husband's mantle.

Still, without any children of her own, she has taken to fostering children in search of a potential heir to preserve her late husband's system and school.

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