Alma Fairmount

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[BASICS]
First name: Alma
Surname: Fairmount
Race: Human
Profession: Healer
Religion: TBD
Hometown: A small village near the Cold Mountains and Cobran Town.
Marital Status: Single
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Gender: Female
Age: 24

[PHYSICAL]
Eyes: Hazel
Complexion: Pale, with freckles
Height: 5'6"
Build: Strong and curvy: she's farm stock, and not waiflike, but capable of walking a long distance or carrying a heavy load.
Hair: Dark brown; worn long, with slight waves in it, but most often pulled back to the nape of her neck.
Scars: None
Tattoos: None

[MENTAL]
Demeanor: Alma is a bit shy at first, but can warm up to being outgoing, humorous, or just an easy person to be around. With her patients, she's a natural healer — assertive, comforting, and certain. She has a gift with calming children, people, and even animals in distress or panic. She's sensitive, and has been burned in friendship a few times in the past. Alma can also be a bit naive about the world — aside from her upbringing and her intensive healer training, she's never faced much conflict.
Hopes: Finding her way in the world.
Fears: Failure.

[GEAR]
Top: She often wears layers of simple tunics, long-sleeved in pale colors or light greens, with a heavier outer tunic in dark brown wool for warmth.
Bottom: When traveling, she wears deerskin breeches, tucked into tall boots. But she's been known to wear skirts, or even a dress, if the time calls for it.

[WEAPONS]
The Nonviolent Hunter
Alma grew up on a small farm, trained by parents who are trappers, and is adept at trapping, snaring and skinning small game. At times she can even fell small fowl, like quail, ducks or pheasant. She’s used these skills to feed herself, and to make a bit of extra cash, in the past. For these purposes she carries a small cross-bow, simply made and easily fitting on her wrist. The darts could fell a duck, but wouldn’t do too much damage to a person unless it was aimed at a mortal artery. She also carries a large hunting knife, mainly for multi-purpose uses.

Adhering strictly to the Healer’s Code, “Do No Harm,” Alma doesn’t believe in violence. In fact, she hates violence, and the results of violence. She’s rarely encountered it in her life, growing up in a peaceful household and then being dedicated to her studies at Celin, she never encountered a random act of violence or petty theft. She’s always thought that if someone tried to rob her, she’d try to cooperate, give them what they wanted, and then run away.


[SKILLS]
Healing: Advanced.
Alma was trained as a healer for six years at a prestigious healer's academy in Celin. She can diagnose and treat a vast range of wounds and diseases. A majority of her studies centered around memorization and studying books, and she has less than a year of hands-on experience with a patients. She also spent four years in a special school within the academy, dedicated to training the magical healing arts. However, Alma does not use magic to heal. (Plooooooot bum bum buuuuum!!) She carries a kit of instruments with her, along with a few basic pharmaceutical ingredients.

[BACKGROUND]
It’ll be more fun to reveal the rest in time, but here’s what you might want to know: Alma grew up in a rural settlement on the edge of the Cold Mountains. She's the oldest of four siblings, and grew up with a happy, stable family. Her parents were fur trappers on and off for a lot of her life, dealing in the pelts of the game — standard and exotic — that dwells there. Eventually they settled down into a more agriculture-based subsistence. Alma’s mother was able to save money, over the years, to send Alma for healer’s training at an academy in Celin. The academy trained a majority of non-magically talented healers, but at age 20 Alma was accepted into a special school for those with the potential for the healing “gifts.” Just a few weeks before her studies were completed, in her final year, Alma left the school. Her family mistakenly believes she remained in Celin for an intensive internship. She can’t go back, or go home yet. She’s out to see where the road leads.

[FAMILY]
Father: Vincent Fairmount; 54 years old
Mother: Sarah Fairmount; 52 years old
Brother: Vincent "Younger" Fairmount; 16 years old
Brother: Everett Fairmount; 16 years old
(Everett and Younger are twins.)
Sister: Eliza Fairmount; 12 years old
Alma's family lives on a small farm near the Cold Mountains and Cobran Town. She grew up close to them, but hasn't seen them very much in recent years, except for time on holidays and school breaks. Alma is the first person in her family to attend a formal education, and her mother worked hard to save up to send her to the academy in Celin. Her parents have a stable, happy marriage. Her younger twin brothers wreak a lot of havoc on the farm and village, and have grown up wild and rugged. They are both planning on taking up their parent's trade as trappers. Alma's youngest sister, Eliza, is the spoiled baby and her mother's darling. In addition to her own siblings, she has a massive extended family with plenty of aunts, uncles and cousins. They get together at least once a year, and the celebrations are always loud, rowdy, and centered around good food and better drink.

[COMPANION: MAGPIE]
Mapie, Horse: Somewhere in her lineage, Magpie could have traces of the famous Arazura horse, but mostly it manifests in her stubbornness and intelligence. Magpie is a large horse of draft stock, closely resembling a Percheron with a dapple-gray color that has begun to lighten over the years. She’s around 15 years old, and went with Alma to Celin as a means of transportation. She has a white blaze, large features, and long “feathered” hair on her legs, leading down to hooves the size of a dinner plate. However, she’s not graceful or fleet, with a round barreled stomach and a gait that rarely goes faster than a trot. Her size makes her a bit of a challenge to ride, and she’s the kind of horse that would look more comfortable before a plow or wagon. Most of the time she’s an amicable companion, but she’s been known to pull tricks in order to get at her main interest in life — food. She has an enormous taste for anything sweet.

[STORIES]
Link to Come