[b]Name[/b] - Ludmilla Van Valkenburg, Gourd Witch
[b]Age[/b] - 22
[b]Gender[/b] - F
[b]Race[/b] - Human
[b]Personality[/b] - Haughty and arrogant to a fault, Ludmilla has a serious complex about her inability to perform anything other than gourd-based magic, and generally dislikes other mages as a result. She will take any chance she gets to belittle another person's mastery of magecraft. As for those without a talent magic, she looks upon them with a mild blend of pity and disgust, occasionally crossing into respect when she encounters those with exceptional skill. Altogether, she's a very irritating person.

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[b]Abilities[/b] - Mastery of gourd-based magic, overwhelming smugness, flying with the aid of a broom, a surprisingly excellent cook, encyclopedic knowledge of herbacious plants from the western continent, standard mage skills
[b]Equipment[/b] - Twenty ducats, witch's broom, magic staff

[b]Backstory[/b] - The great-great-great-etc. granddaughter of the so-called "mother of modern witchery", Ulna Van Valkenburg and youngest scion of the Van Valkenburg clan, Ludmilla's dream was to join the family business and become a proper spellcaster. This dream was swiftly and mercilessly crushed by the fact that Ludmilla seemed to be superhumanly untalented at magic. Evocations fizzled,  divinations came out murky, abjurations were brittle, and illusions were unconvincing. Just about the only thing Ludmilla was capable of doing was, oddly, conjuring and manipulating herbacious vegetables. 

Out of a strange mix of desperation and misplaced pride, Ludmilla threw herself into the study of gourds, squash, and pumpkins, discovering ways to mimic well-known spells using her admittedly-narrow field of expertise. Now, she has sailed to Illendriel from the western continent in search of new, exotic plants to add her arsenal, and make a name for herself as an adventuring witch.