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hEY HEY

Name: Lihn
Gender: female
Age: 21
Species: human (mage)
Height/Weight: 5’3; 115 lbs.
Job: Wood Carver - she owns her own shop, selling her crafts. She usually makes household supplies (ex. bowls, spoons, tables), and decorative trinkets, all which have runes engraved, to grant them a modicum of magic ability (ie. bowls that keep food warm, or charms which encourage good weather). She also can be commissioned for crafting more complex things such as weapons and instruments (bows and arrows, harps/flutes), which require more intensive magic.
Birthday: June 17

Personality:
Reliable and Patient – Rather than offering sporadic, excited rushes that leave things half finished, Lihn tends to be meticulous and careful, taking a steady approach and bending with the needs of the situation just enough to accomplish her end goals. She does her best to ensure that things are done to the highest standard because she takes pride in her work and actions.
Loyal and Hard-Working – Lihn often forms intense emotional attachments to the ideas and people she’s dedicated herself to. Anything short of meeting her obligations with genuine hard work fails her own expectations. Lihn functions best with responsibility on her, a perfectionist, and though she procrastinates, she can always be relied on to get her job done on time.
Altruistic - Lihn adheres heavily to her own sense of honor and justice. She has a strong sense of altruism, which compels her to help people in need, often leading to being used by people because she has a problem saying ‘no’.

Stubborn - Due to her rigid moral compass she often sees the world in black and white terms - ‘good’ or ‘evil’ - unable to understand the complexities of morality. Because of this she can often be blind to faults in people she loves, and merits in people she has mentally categorized as ‘bad’. Once she accepts an idea, it’s extremely hard to persuade her of anything otherwise.
Repressive - Lihn can be very private when it comes to her own feelings - oftentimes her unhappiness or uncomfort will go ignored because she considers it selfish to unload her feelings on others. She often struggles to meet the expectations of the people around her, as well as her own expectations and this causes her a lot of stress (which she just...represses even more)
Abrasive - At times, Lihn can be extremely oblivious to other’s emotions, speaking her mind even when honesty is not necessarily the best policy - she can be seen and rude and blunt by many because her honesty comes across as insulting.

History:
Lihn was raised in a small village in the forest around Prima as the only child of her two parents - her mother worked as the owner of the local apothecary, making potions imbibed with magic, while her father worked as local law enforcement (although this job mainly consisted of putting the local drunks into a safe cell where they wouldn’t accidentally hurt themselves). Both her parents lived by strict moral codes - which they passed down to Lihn, but overall, she felt admiration for the way her parents conducted themselves and the way the villagers in turn gave them their respect.
From a young age, Lihn discovered that while she did not have the ability to access her magic directly, by using runes and other indirect methods, she could more easily harness her powers. She also found a favorite pastime in whittling wood to make tiny sculptures of animals, which she would then carve runes into, bringing them momentarily to life.
When she was 13, while exploring nearby caves, she fell into a deep and narrow pit, hitting her head against the rocks and landing on her left arm in a way that shattered it in multiple places. It took many hours before her family finally found her location and by that time she had already passed out from the pain. Even with the assistance of potions and magic, the nerve systems that allowed her movement were severely damaged in the fall and in the end her arm was amputated as although Lihn could not move it, it caused her great pain.
While she struggled to adjust to her missing limb, Lihn grew reclusive, pushing herself to complete acts she could have done before - she once spent several hours attempting to carve a crude wooden bird, using her feet to hold the block of wood and her teeth to hold various tools. This became a forced exercise, as Lihn struggled on her own every day, to her parents worry, but her carving got better and better as a slow progression of wooden birds lined her windowsill. As she looked at one of her older carvings from before the accident, one with runes engraved, she had an idea.
After discussing with her parents, they agreed that although it would be difficult, it could be possible to use the same type of magic to create a prosthetic arm which could function almost as normal. While they offered her advice and support, Lihn insisted on doing most of the work herself, crafting herself a crude wooden arm that functioned with her body (if stiff and slightly uncomfortable). Despite the imperfections, Lihn was proud of herself - and instantly began designing prosthetic 2.0. It became almost a hobby of hers - increasing the complexity and ability of her arm so that it was no longer a burden but a gift.
At age 18, she moved out of her parents house to start her own shop, as people often came to the apothecary to commission Lihn to carve various things, and Lihn (while she loved them) desired distance from her sometimes overbearing parents. She packed her things up, and set up shop in a location closer to the citadel where she now currently resides.

Additional info:
she carries a 2 daggers with her, mainly to carve stuff with (but also to get stabby with if someone tries to rob her or something)
her bag is filled with little good luck charms/wooden animals - she likes to go give them to kids
around prosthetic 3.0 she figured out how to use living trees for her prosthetic (it made them more comfortable for her and required less magic for motion) and after that, whenever she would make a new one, she’d just plant the old ones in her backyard (she has quite an orchard back there now)
she's really gay

Description

hEY HEY

Name: Lihn
Gender: female
Age: 21
Species: human (mage)
Height/Weight: 5’3; 115 lbs.
Job: Wood Carver - she owns her own shop, selling her crafts. She usually makes household supplies (ex. bowls, spoons, tables), and decorative trinkets, all which have runes engraved, to grant them a modicum of magic ability (ie. bowls that keep food warm, or charms which encourage good weather). She also can be commissioned for crafting more complex things such as weapons and instruments (bows and arrows, harps/flutes), which require more intensive magic.
Birthday: June 17

Personality:
Reliable and Patient – Rather than offering sporadic, excited rushes that leave things half finished, Lihn tends to be meticulous and careful, taking a steady approach and bending with the needs of the situation just enough to accomplish her end goals. She does her best to ensure that things are done to the highest standard because she takes pride in her work and actions.
Loyal and Hard-Working – Lihn often forms intense emotional attachments to the ideas and people she’s dedicated herself to. Anything short of meeting her obligations with genuine hard work fails her own expectations. Lihn functions best with responsibility on her, a perfectionist, and though she procrastinates, she can always be relied on to get her job done on time.
Altruistic - Lihn adheres heavily to her own sense of honor and justice. She has a strong sense of altruism, which compels her to help people in need, often leading to being used by people because she has a problem saying ‘no’.

Stubborn - Due to her rigid moral compass she often sees the world in black and white terms - ‘good’ or ‘evil’ - unable to understand the complexities of morality. Because of this she can often be blind to faults in people she loves, and merits in people she has mentally categorized as ‘bad’. Once she accepts an idea, it’s extremely hard to persuade her of anything otherwise.
Repressive - Lihn can be very private when it comes to her own feelings - oftentimes her unhappiness or uncomfort will go ignored because she considers it selfish to unload her feelings on others. She often struggles to meet the expectations of the people around her, as well as her own expectations and this causes her a lot of stress (which she just...represses even more)
Abrasive - At times, Lihn can be extremely oblivious to other’s emotions, speaking her mind even when honesty is not necessarily the best policy - she can be seen and rude and blunt by many because her honesty comes across as insulting.

History:
Lihn was raised in a small village in the forest around Prima as the only child of her two parents - her mother worked as the owner of the local apothecary, making potions imbibed with magic, while her father worked as local law enforcement (although this job mainly consisted of putting the local drunks into a safe cell where they wouldn’t accidentally hurt themselves). Both her parents lived by strict moral codes - which they passed down to Lihn, but overall, she felt admiration for the way her parents conducted themselves and the way the villagers in turn gave them their respect.
From a young age, Lihn discovered that while she did not have the ability to access her magic directly, by using runes and other indirect methods, she could more easily harness her powers. She also found a favorite pastime in whittling wood to make tiny sculptures of animals, which she would then carve runes into, bringing them momentarily to life.
When she was 13, while exploring nearby caves, she fell into a deep and narrow pit, hitting her head against the rocks and landing on her left arm in a way that shattered it in multiple places. It took many hours before her family finally found her location and by that time she had already passed out from the pain. Even with the assistance of potions and magic, the nerve systems that allowed her movement were severely damaged in the fall and in the end her arm was amputated as although Lihn could not move it, it caused her great pain.
While she struggled to adjust to her missing limb, Lihn grew reclusive, pushing herself to complete acts she could have done before - she once spent several hours attempting to carve a crude wooden bird, using her feet to hold the block of wood and her teeth to hold various tools. This became a forced exercise, as Lihn struggled on her own every day, to her parents worry, but her carving got better and better as a slow progression of wooden birds lined her windowsill. As she looked at one of her older carvings from before the accident, one with runes engraved, she had an idea.
After discussing with her parents, they agreed that although it would be difficult, it could be possible to use the same type of magic to create a prosthetic arm which could function almost as normal. While they offered her advice and support, Lihn insisted on doing most of the work herself, crafting herself a crude wooden arm that functioned with her body (if stiff and slightly uncomfortable). Despite the imperfections, Lihn was proud of herself - and instantly began designing prosthetic 2.0. It became almost a hobby of hers - increasing the complexity and ability of her arm so that it was no longer a burden but a gift.
At age 18, she moved out of her parents house to start her own shop, as people often came to the apothecary to commission Lihn to carve various things, and Lihn (while she loved them) desired distance from her sometimes overbearing parents. She packed her things up, and set up shop in a location closer to the citadel where she now currently resides.

Additional info:
she carries a 2 daggers with her, mainly to carve stuff with (but also to get stabby with if someone tries to rob her or something)
her bag is filled with little good luck charms/wooden animals - she likes to go give them to kids
around prosthetic 3.0 she figured out how to use living trees for her prosthetic (it made them more comfortable for her and required less magic for motion) and after that, whenever she would make a new one, she’d just plant the old ones in her backyard (she has quite an orchard back there now)
she's really gay