Sage Aylin

Sage Aylin

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Name: Sage Aylin

Age: 26

Birth Season: Winter

Rank: Low Nobility

Occupation: Cartography, Artist

Kingdom: Almeran

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Body description: Sage is a porcelain-skinned, raven haired beauty with full and pouty magenta lips. Her almond eyes are striking blue, set under an arched raven-colored brow, giving her a look that is always curious and thirsting for knowledge. Her build is slender and lithe, giving her an aura of softness and grace, standing at a lovely 5'7". Sage has a dainty nose with high-cheekbones that almost always rosy in color. Her hands are smooth and delicate, with well manicured nails. She often wears her hair half-up in braids, allowing her onyx waves to fall in length to her mid back. Sage's voice is velvet soft, erring on the sensual side. Her laugh is full and chirps like the song of lovebirds. 


Personality: Although she may look the part of a lovely seductress - Sage is sharp of mind and wit. Many underestimate her cleverness. Her thirst for knowledge draws her in like moths to a flame, and can often land her in a nick of trouble when she pokes her nose where it doesn't belong. Sage is reserved, preferring to observe those around her and chooses to speak once addressed formally. Sage often struggles to make deep intimate connections with others, and she has refused suitors, much to her Father's dismay.  You will often find her in one of the libraries of the Almeran kingdom, or somewhere quiet in The Outskirts of her Father's Manor, pondering life with her trusted steed, Lace. Although her family lineage is that of duty and strength, she often finds herself drawn to the simpler things in life, such as artistic expression and mindful quietness. 

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Magic: N/A



Combat experience: Sage has had meager training in hand to hand or armed combat. Most of her training was in her younger years while she traveled with her Father on excursions. Should bandits or other miscreants attack, she was instructed on how to carve out the soft, vulnerable part of a man and woman. She is outfitted with a small knife that is intricately woven into a star necklace, and thanks to her nimbleness, she can attack swiftly. Sage is ambdidextrous and can use either hand as her prominent hand in armed combat. She is not strong enough to wield large or heavy weapons. but can handily equip a curved wooden bow and light arrows. 

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Family: 
Eddard Aylin (75)
E'ali Aylin (70)
Ramon Aylin (30) 



History:

The Aylin Family name has stretched back for many generations. The first recorded Aylin was Ser Gergoni Aylin, a Master Cartographer, traveler, and researcher. He was among the first to chart the open, wild lands of Idrenor, supplying maps to the nobles of higher rank and military. He was tall and lanky, with bouncy raven curls and striking blue eyes, his body corded with muscle from his weeks spent on horseback. He took the Horse as the family sigil, after many nights with his equine companion, Arwen. His family name never reached High Nobility status, although it was offered. Gergoni forfeited Higher titles and accepted his rank as Lower Nobility, as his heart plunged him into the depth of love with a woman of lower heirarchy. Where Gergoni was rough, she was soft. Him travel-worn and weary, her supple and homely. She was Mystra, a fair-skinned and dark haired woman with a heart of gold and warmth. They bore 4 children. Arya, Samson, Clegane, and Ryu. Only Samson made it to adulthood. 

He was taught everything his father knew - how to chart lands, tell coordinates via stars, track sunsets, and above all else, create a dream worth sharing. Samson grew in his love for his craft and took to it well. His marriage was arranged with a petite, shy girl called Leona from another Lesser House, solidfying the Aylin Family name. After many Winters, Gergoni and Mystra grew old and gray hair streaked their once ebony locks. They bid their son farewell, stealing away in the night for one last ride. They did not return. Samson was left with the duty to continue his family name with honor and passion. 


After many long nights, Leona finally became with child. As a gift, Samson had a local smith create a star necklace, inlaid with one single jewel and hiding a small blade. Leona birthed a son, and they donned him Eddard Aylin. Eddard was a staunch young man, committed to his Family duty with tireless desire to see the world brought to order through the means of creation of maps and land appraisal. He was thick, muscled and hardy. His hair grew as long as a Winter night, his eyes twinkling with life. Eddard worked meticulously through his young adulthood, often taking off by himself for excursions and explorations. Although aged, his parents would frequent a ride. In their line of work, it is of utmost importance to update and change and maps created by their hand. As lands, holdings, and positions of power changes, so does the land and villages. 

In an unfortunate turn of events, Leona and her horse were attacked by a beast from the wood while alone. She was found by Eddard, a bloody shredded mess. Her horse was nowhere to be found, presumably taken by the beast. Eddard returned home, handing his Father her Star necklace, painted red with death. It was many moons before he took another wife, but she bore him no children. Eddard grew in popularity with the Lesser nobles due to his strong features, sense of duty, and charismatic personality. He found himself bewitched by an ethereal woman, with hair as dark as his and gray, stormy eyes. Her gaze alone could bring him to his knees. Her name was E'ali, and she would become Sage's mother. 

Eddard and E'ali have since spent many long years together. They bore 2 children. Ramon and Sage. Ramon was 4 years Sage's senior, and heir to the house. He is a brilliant, sometimes egotistical man, eager to debate and prove himself to his peers. Sage was more on the quiet side, perfectly content to write or draw within her own space. Their family had occupied the Lesser Manors for some time, and yet somehow, she always found new places to hide and look to the sky. On the eye of her womanhood, she was gifted the Star necklace by her lord Father, as well as a young foal, which she named Lace. As tradition in her family, the men must take to the woods and tame their stallion. The women would recieve a foal and raise it from youth. 

Young, naive Ramon took to his horse with intentions to explore No Man's Land. He has not yet returned, and no news has been brought from travelers. Sage has made it her duty to find out what's happened to him and bring him home so that he may take the House name under his wing and lead, lest the responsbility fall to her. Because although she comes from a family of map makers and crafters, her heart lies in a different sunset. 


 
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