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Description

Tall, but sturdy. A thick woman buried in layers and layers of wool clothing; dresses and leggings and coats, mostly in dark grays and browns. Dusty dark brown hair constantly pinned back. Plain-faced, with a mottled complexion, tired eyes, and a stern nose. Slow in her movements, almost laborious, but incredibly strong for her size.

Powers: Able to extract poison from veins, aid and abet a person's natural healing processes, mend bones and re-seal flesh with magic, conjure small fires, create temporary protective shields, cast protective spells over a dwelling or structure, cast temporary cloaking charms over dwellings and structures, and pull water from the air. All magic requires at the very least a verbal cue, and in almost every case some sort of short ritual.

Personality

Plain-spoken, and deeply religious. She is a practiced healer since her youth. She was trained by her mother along with her sisters, and so holds a high reverence for her abilities and for tradition. Has sworn herself to charity, service, chastity and asceticism. She finds all forms of flamboyance or fancy dress to be proud and arrogant, and finds most modern entertainment frivolous and a waste of time, but will never voice her opinion out loud and doesn't judge a person by these indulgences. However, a failure to act to help others or an ambivalence towards other people in any capacity or situation, no matter how justified, will set her off, as will an act of promiscuity (the old-school definition; e.g. holding hands out of wedlock, men and women being alone in a room together). Once angered she tends to have a fit and walk off without listening to explanations or reason. Holds a grudge for a very long time.

Equipment

1. A pouch containing two dozen different stones which she uses to heal.

2. A rucksack containing several books related to her craft, candles, flint, scraps of men's clothing, flax, a vial of rosewater, a vial with a few dead beatles inside, and soap.

3. Several small knives made of silver, iron, and copper.

History

Born in a small village in a heavily wooded area, Rosanna, along with her sisters Remembrance and Abitha, was trained by their mother to be a healer and to use magic. The community she grew up in were a form of Puritan Pagans, very earth-based and strict. She thrived in the village until her twenties, when she was made to choose between a life as a monastic or getting married. Although under much pressure from her sisters to settle down with them, she chose the monastic life and set out on the year-long mission required of all new monks. While on the road she got tangled up in a territory war and, for the first time, had to use her magic defensively. While she had been taught defensive magic early on, and instructed to use it to save lives, she suffered an intense conflict of self at having participated in such a violent battle. She fled home and fell into penitent grieving, fasting and praying for weeks on end, wearing thorns and pulling out her hair. While she stood still, the climate around her changed, and soon her home was threatened by outside forces. Faced with the potential loss of her sanctuary she lashed out, causing numerous casualties on the other side and successfully driving the enemy away. Realizing how far she had fallen from her former heights, she helped rebuild, and then set out into the world. She now helps others as a form of penance for her wrongdoing and selfishness. But out of the shelter of her order, the multiverse is incredibly foreign and hard to pallete.

Rosanna's Story