Post by Firehead on Jul 29, 2011 9:30:48 GMT -5
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Profession: Ranger, unattached to a fief, goes where needed.
Appearance:
Gender: Female
Profession: Ranger, unattached to a fief, goes where needed.
Appearance:
Pippen is a half-blood, her father being from Tuscano originally, and her mother from the lands far to the south. Her skin is the color of light coffee, and she has frizzy, extremely curly black hair that has a complete mind of it's own. Her large, almond-shaped eyes are a dark, rich chocolate brown in color. She has a kind of exotic beauty about her.Personality:
She has the kind of shape that most women only dream about having, with a curvey, hourglass figure that catches the mens' eyes. She stands 5'3, and weighs 120lbs, but can be an intimidating force despite her petite looking frame.
Pippen likes to wear clothes with rich colors, but will stick with plain and serviceable out on the field. She goes for loose-fitting, comfortable tunics with typically T-shaped necklines, and trousers. When in the field, it's the typical Ranger's dress, but occasions--big or small--are the only excuse needed to dress with color and flair.
She doesn't mind being called Pip, Pippen, or even Pipperel, but call her Pipsqueak at you own risk. She absolutely hates that nickname. For one, she was never a pipsqueak. And if you call her that or imply that she is, watch out--violence is a hefty risk on the near horizon.History:
Aside from the pipsqueak thing, and one individual in particular, she is really an easy-going type of person, having an even-keeled personality for the most part. It takes a lot--repeat, a lot -- to make her mad.
At times she can be the life of the party, and she's not above a little jibbing or fun ribbing. Nor is she above a little flirting, although it takes a special kind of attitude for her to take it from Rick. Rick being the one person who can annoy her to no end. It's something like a love/hate relationship, there.
She has a photographic memory, and is able to recall even the most minute of details weeks, sometimes even months, later, without the need to write any of it down right away.
Pippen's parents immigrated to Araluan shortly before she was born and settled down on a small farm in Coledale Fief. However, the land was uncooperative, and they wound up selling the farm and moving to the City when Pip was five. There, Pippen's fater managed to land a job, teaching. That lasted for about three years, then they moved back out to the country in hopes of trying their hand at farming again.Additional Information:
They wound up with a plot of land at the edge of the Solitary Plains. For all that there was frequent trouble with the Plain People, they managed to carve out a good life for themselves. Pippen was of a curious nature and would often wander out into the Plains, sometimes getting lost for hours, and later even days, before wandering back home.
They might have stayed out there indefinitely, but when Pippen was 13, a drought hit their farm. Massive dust storms became regular occurances, and during one of these, Pippen's father went out and never returned. The dust storm was the worst yet, lasting for over two days. Afterwords, Pip and her mother went in search of him, but they never found him. Shortly after that, Pip's mother decided to abandon the farm and go dack to the city.
Pip was 14 when she met the Ranger. She was in the tavern where her mother now worked as a cook, eating, when she overheard a group of men plotting to kill the local Baron. It seems they weren't to happy with him, over lowering the price of wool. At any rate, they were so focused on their plans, and Pippen heard quite a lot.
Knowing that the Baron needed to be warned, she went first to the Baron himself and tried to tell him of the plot. When the Barons attendents refused to let her in because he was busy consulting with the local Ranger, she determined to try another way. She wasn't much for climbing up things, but she went to the top of the tower to the roof, then climbed down one story, and in through the baron's office window.
Not shy by any means, she stepped out from behind the curtins drawn across the window, and told them straight-up that she had information that they needed to hear. They actually listened, while she reported what she'd overheard, word for word. Impressed-- and convinced of the threat to the Baron-- by Pippen's accurate memory, the Ranger acted on her information and led the arrests of the plotters.
Afterwards, he asked her whether she would be interested in learning the life of a Ranger. Intrigued by the idea, Pippen readily aggreed to a trial, and by the end of the month, she couldn't imagine life any other way.
After five years of apprenticeship, she became a full-fledged Ranger. She has not been assigned a fief, but she freely wanders the countryside, helping out where she is needed, and doing all sorts of odd jobs.
She owns two horses. Her favorite is a 15 hand high, red sorrel gelding with a wide blaze and four white socks up to the knees. He is a good travelling horse, but can sprint quickly over short distances as well. His name is Stryker. Her second string horse is a tall, rangey, blood bay stallion, 17 hands tall. This horse is strictly a long distance traveller. His name is Tabor. Stryker is her Ranger horse.
She is an excellent rider and teaches trick riding on occasion to those Ranger Apprentices who have a talent for it, or to those who need to improve their balance on horseback. Though she hasn't taught Tam anything, she has seen him practicing his riding, and she can't wait to see the expression of Rick's face when he sees it for the first time.