Work in progress, still trying to get a nice faceclaim.

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[hr][hr][center][color=cyan][h1][b] AME FELFARER [/b][/h1][/color][/center][hr][hr]

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[center][color=cyan][B]| 23 | Female | Champion-Apparent |[/B][/color][/center]

[color=cyan][B]|  PERSONALITY  |[/B][/color]

Ame was always a bookish and curious type, never looking for fame or fortune. Responsibilities are, after all, just distractions of the material world, and she was much more interested in the spiritual and the arcane. She enjoyed the simple life of living in her older sister's shadow, nodding along to whatever half-hearted praises and prizes were thrown at her. Such a lifestyle made her undersocialized and unequipped for the life of the spontaneous champion, much less one that should be riding alongside the strongest champions of the kingdom. This much, she knows, and she is mature enough to understand the weight of her position within the world. She has since tried to push herself more and more into social settings, but is often awkward and can't seem to get her words right during high pressure moments. 

[color=cyan][B]|  BACKGROUND  |[/B][/color]

With the weakened Alveria in turmoil in the south, the usually isolated and aloof Valken barons were split on how to deal with their southern neighbour. Some of the more militant barons, keen to shore up their influence through closer ties with the outermost regions of Alveria, pushed for immediate economic annexation of Alverian trade outposts. Not only would they free their country from the heavy mercantile tariffs, but they could levy their own fee upon the other baronies should they gain control over the few mountain passes that maintained trade over the two kingdoms. The moderate barons who would gain nothing from such an aggressive push advocated for more opportunistic diplomatic and religious concessions. 

Weiss Felfarer was both a compromise and a gamble. As an accomplished champion in the arena, Lady Weiss was due to be married off to Alveria anyway, but famously refused the hand of any marriage unless the would-be suitors could defeat her in fair combat. At the combined Grand Council's request, she bowed her stubbornness and agreed to secure the hand of House Estival, the House that had the ports closest to the mountain passes to Valkenkarr. For the hardliners, Valkenkarr would collectively reap the benefits of severely reduced tariffs and some influence over the much needed trade ports. For the moderates, they would be able to sate the bloodthirst of their southern counterparts and demonstrate their political prowess of the usually unwieldy Felfarer clan.

Weiss quickly rose in infamy and rank, garnering support from local fringe believers of the northern faiths whilst also gaining respect from knight commanders with her knowledge of battle tactics and brute strength. Soon, she was in the close company of knight commanders and putting down insurgencies left and right. Most famous of these exploits included her alledgedly wrestling an armored bear to submission as a show of force. This is, however, not her story. Weiss was killed in the bloody coup several years ago with her involvement in the coup remaining unknown. The entirety of her landing was burnt in a mysterious fire at the night of the coup, and her body was never found.

Although the popular narrative was that she died in defence of the steward loyalists, the lack of solid evidence and unifying answers sent many of the baronies in the north into an uproar. Hardliners immediately started moving military units, and others started scrambling for a solution before Valkenkarr would start a full blown invasion in search of a blood-debt. The Felfarer House in particular was in hot waters both from the Valken and the Alverians who suspected Weiss of treachery.

Ame Felfarer was the last minute stop-gap attempt to stop the brewing conflict. Weiss' much younger and disinterested sister was forced into the limelight. Befitting the rest of the Felfarer clan, she was always aloof and quiet, although unlike her sister Ame was also altogether removed from the cavalier lifestyle of a champion. Burdened with the sudden responsibilities of having to soothe tensions in a international incident in the middle of a possible civil war, she mostly let the Felfarer clan diplomats speak for her. 

Due to her elusiveness she earned the reputation of being icy and ill-mannered, and many questioned her Champion-Apparent status as she only inherited the title from her sister and by will of the Valkenkarr Council, never having participated in a duel herself outside of ceremonious scripted combats. Her saving grace was the enthusiastic vouching of the Alverian College, who praised her as 'esoteric but honest' in her forays into alchemy.

[color=cyan][B]|  RUNE AFFINITY  |[/B][/color]

Ame is eligible to accept runes which would theoretically enhance her magic, but as a pledge-kin accepting Alverian rune would cause a major diplomatic incident, Ame will refuse any offer of a rune.

[color=cyan][B]|  SKILLS  |[/B][/color]

Ame's primary subject of interest is alchemy and detection magic. Her Arcane Eye grants her the ability to detect poisons and traces of magic not ordinarily seen by untrained eyes, and can often figure out the mechanics of a given spell if she spends enough time. This also grants her limited darkvision but ironically is limited in more mundane environments.

With her portable alchemy kit she can craft various elemental flasks that can quickly imbue a material with an elemental affinity, making blazing blades and polearms of everfrost. She can also perform limited transmutation with enough materials, but she is more interested in crafting poisons than transmuting objects.

Ame's study subjects into the arcane has been broad and wide-ranging, but due Alverian skeptics always looking over her shoulders she has limited her forays into the traditional Old Magic of the north in favor of a more fundamentalist approach favored by the Alverians. Thus although she has a good grasp of traditional avenues of knowledge, Old Magic is still something she avoids.

Ame is somewhat weak on the physical front and will prefer to avoid direct combat, but is handy with a knife and staff if she is cornered. She often coats her knife with a paralytic poison to disarm rather than disfigure her enemies.
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