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Dylanna Swinden, merchant

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__________________QUICK STATS
Name Dylanna Swinden
Age 27
Gender female
Species human
Ethnicity Serenian
Height 5'7"
Occupation merchant, and though she does have a place as some form of nobility, she rarely acts like the typical lady at court and spends most of her time out at sea or tending to her business.
Residence Serendipity, though while her home is in Arca, she does a lot of trading over seas as well, and frequents the coast when not involved in affairs at home.


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And an image of Dylanna and Ryk, here!

__________________IN-DEPTH STUFF

Physical Description
Dylanna is not a petite one, as fragile as some ladies of society ought to be- being she took after her father and learned his trade, she's traveled alot and knows the ins and outs of running a ship and it's crew. She's got curves, a strong body, and a lot more muscle and little fat.

She has dark brown, nearly black hair that parts asymmetrically and has subtle curls at the ends (where it's length is about to her shoulders). Her eye are a deep, dark green. Her skin is swarthy from travel and she has a strong face, and full lips, and large, expressive eyes and heavy brows.

She tends to wear either a blue or green tunic and matching skirt. The tunic normally is open to a V in the front, with a blouse layered underneath. Her skirts have two layers, a shorter skirt going to about mid thigh in length, and then a longer, half skirt in the back that falls just beneath her knees in length  (which is the same color as her tunic, normally). She wears tall, well polish black boots that go up past her knees, and a few buckles around her waist to help carry supplies (and to keep her layered skirts on).

Her open tunic is bound by laces going part way up the front, and also is laced and held together tightly in the back. Her tunic is short sleeved, where the blouse she wears beneath goes to a length down to her elbows.
Cuffs in matching colors adorn her wrists, paired up with fingerless gloves, primarily worn when sailing. Sometimes beads or leather hands will adorn her hair. And if the occasion calls for it, she'll wear a pretty dress for the nobles, or a full suit for business ventures.

Personality
Head strong, dedicated, strict, rigid are but a few words to to describe Lady Dylanna. She also has all of the qualities of a leader her father shaped her out to be. Being as her brother died when she was young, she was to become the heir to take on her family's merchant business, and also the only heir of her family name, the last line of the Swinden Family.  She is very efficient in what she does, someone that strongly believes 'if you're going to do something, you might as well do it right or not at all' and puts 200% into things, and all of her heart and soul.

Her love life is non-existent (except one fateful one night stand she wishes she could forget, but found it a blessing in disguise for having a son seemed to complete her other wise 'profession only) life.  Who has time for love when you've got a business to run? And being in the business world, she's seen her fair share of flabby marriages that are flat and pointless, just unions of business.

So that's what she takes life as, as a business proposition, always ensuring things are in it's place. Though since she's had her child, she's been a lot more soft and motherly, a lot more sweeter, she still has that distinctive business woman feel about her, and she's not afraid to use her tongue to put someone in their place. She'd also give her life to protect her child, and her business, which comes out of her passionate nature. She'd like to believe she takes nothing for granted, even when ignoring some of the aspects she wishes to better within her own life. Her loves and family always come first.

Before she was quite the serious woman, now that she has a child, you can often times here her laugh and even spurt ridiculous stories and 'voices' for her child in attempts to keep him entertained and loved.


Magic/Abilities
If being a shrewd business woman and a leader is an ability, sure! but she's got no magic.
Her father taught her some sword techniques, so she knows how to defend herself and keeps a blade on her at all times. Though her most powerful weapon is her tongue, a pen to write checks, or her coin purse to keep the business lucrative.
She also knows her way around a ship, and is very good at navigating on land, or by sea.
She also has some knowledge of a bow/cross bow and daggers used for survival and self defense methods.

Relationships
Samuel- her son; age 3 and a half! (dark brown hair and bright blue eyes)
Lightning- her son's pet wolf
Nammick, Father- deceased (died only within the last 5 years) *murdered*
Jadayu, Mother- died when she was ten from an illness
Christov, Brother- died when he was six from the pox
Jardan- cousin (dealer in shady businesses and a recent member of the Soot wolves)
Ryk Handelaar - her son's father, and now, (LE GASP) her 'fiance?'
Jasper- Primary house servant who keeps the house in order. Worked for her father, now works for her.

History
Dylanna is a no-none sense kind of girl. She's lived a good life, though even the life of a merchant and trader can be tough. She grew up half on land (in Arca), learning from her father how to maintain the paper work and politics with nobles for his business, while the other half of the time she was at sea. She is at home there and wishes to someday set up her home on the coast, but has been born into a family of merchants and is dedicated to keeping that business alive. So she remains in Arca for most of the year, unless out on trade ships for personal investments over seas.

Due to the fact most of her crew are made up of men, she has become quite strict in the way she governs her ship, keeping her calm, keeping her authority at all times. She doesn't like showing any weakness to her men, and keeps a clean, tight crew when sailing.

Dylanna hasn't had much time to consider or desire a love life or to be married, though when her father made a suggestion to make interests towards a certain, self made man; Ryk Handelaar, she had almost considered to make an offer on the idea; that was, until she found out how much of a womanizer he was. Ever since, she had shown such distaste towards him, an almost unnatural hatred for the man. So when a fateful business venture had him invited on board her shipping vessel, she tried her best to keep her distance from him, giving him the cold shoulder.

However, things had drastically changed over the course of their journey. A terrible storm nearly destroyed the ship and crew. Every man was hands on deck, helping to keep the ship afloat, and it was in that moment she found some respect for Ryk, who pulled his own weight, perhaps even more.....
So the ship was salvaged, the crew maintained, but after a long night of drinking, she made the mistake to let herself fall prey to Ryk's pretty baby blue eyes and his womanizing charm,a nd woke up the next morning barely recollecting what had occurred. Furious, she ignored the other merchant the rest of the trip, ignoring him and always picking up a heated fight. Though truthfully, she was angry towards herself for ever showing a vulnerable side, so when the pair were on land, she told him to his face she never wanted to see him again,a nd any business unions would never, ever occur. And some of that animosity towards him still remain today. 

However, fate was cruel, and months later, she realized she had been with child, and a child who's story is a bit ambiguous at best. But her son Samuel Swinden is very much apart of her life, and having a child has softened her greatly over the years. Even still, she avoids Ryk Handelaar like the plague, so the man has no idea the child is his. Most believe he was the son to some ill-fated marriage off at sea, and Dylanna simply let's the people believe it. Though there are times she feels horrible guilty when she stares at her son's pretty blue eyes and thinks back to his father..
But she keeps reminding herself, it was a foolish one night stand and nothing more.

Music
Second Chance by Shinedown



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