Post by Sigyn on Mar 28, 2023 5:01:42 GMT -5
SIGYN
GENERAL
Age: Twenty-three
Birth Season: Summer
Occupation: Sanctum Guardian
Kingdom: Cambria
Citizen Status: Warrior / Sanctum Guardian
PHYSICAL
Weight: 138lbs
Body Description: Sigyn is an attractive young woman, although perhaps not conventionally pretty. She looks a bit rough around the edges, mainly due to her facial tattoos. She has a line going down her chin and a circle-like symbol between her eyebrows between her eyebrows. Her long, blonde hair is decorated with small braids here and there, and she often uses pigments to darken her piercing blue eyes. Her mother's genes were definitely stronger than the genes of her father. Out of respect for the Cambrian traditions, she is often seen wearing ornamental jewellery and clothes made from hides and all kinds of cloth stitched together. The woman doesn't particularly care about her looks, but instead is simply blessed with natural beauty.
PERSONAL
Aspirations/Ambitions: Serving the All-Mother
Alignment: Lawful Good
Reputation: Even before Sigyn became the Sanctum Guardian, people respected her for being Isolde's daughter. She never took this respect for granted and made sure to live up to the Cambrian women's expectations. When she was young, she was a quiet girl and often kept to herself, but as she grew up, she became more outgoing.
Sigyn is a kind soul and acts with good intentions, although she sometimes seems blinded by her loyalty to her mother and the All-Mother. Her beliefs are traditional and she'n not too keen on the whole situation with Nevermere. The increasingly secular mindset in Cambria is one she does not agree with, and she seeks to warn people about turning their back on the All-Mother.
She is often perceived in two kinds of ways by people. The people that honour the All-Mother respect her and value her opinions, for she is a spiritual figure that was considered chosen by the All-Mother to be the Sanctum Guardian. Secular people sometimes think she's a lunatic because she has visions and claims to be able to navigate the spiritual realm when she's in a trance.
Combat Experience: Before Sigyn was chosen to be the Sanctum Guardian, she was trained like any other Cambrian to become a skilful warrior. She continued to train after getting her first blood and pledging service to the All-Mother. Sigyn's dexterity makes her a precise and accurate archer, but even her axes always seem to hit their target right where she wanted to hit it. Taking on a new weapon comes easy to her, so apart from axes, she has also mastered the sword, spears and even the morning star, useful while on horseback. Apart from weapons, the blonde is also a good horsewoman.
MAGIC
(The enhanced dexterity looks like superior aim and an uncanny ability to do things quickly and precisely and with little practice, particularly with one's hands. The dexterous woman of Cambria will always be precise with blows, always hits the mark with arrows (unless outside factors intervene), and can easily learn and master new weapons. In respect to this magical enhancement, in any combative engagement with a woman of Coheed it is to be assumed that her blows are impossibly accurate. The enhanced sense of sound looks like perfect hearing equipped with the ability to hone in and hear sounds through walls, within reason, and speaking voices as far away as half a mile, circumstances allowing.)
HISTORY
Mother - Isolde , father - irrelevant
Sisters - Halfrida (26, warrior), Elsha (20, healer), Yvella (18, healer), Silvie (16)
Tale:
Sigyn was Isolde's second child, born in 804. The young girl admires her mother greatly and feels honoured to be the daughter of the now Witch Doctor, then skilled warrior and dedicated servant to the Chieftess. She would be raised by her mother and the tribe, who also helped out with her education and training. She grew invested in the history of Cambria and its traditions. Like her mother, she would dedicate her life to living up to her mother's expectations and living a traditional Cambrian life she could be proud of.
She got her first blood at the age of 12. During the First Rite, it became clear that the All-Mother had plans for Sigyn. Back then, it wasn't exactly clear what yet, and time would tell that she was destined to be the Sanctum Guardian. Sigyn swore off men before ever travelling to Coheed (or later Nevermere). She pledged service to the All-Mother and would live her life in dedication to her faith and spirituality until she figured out what the First Rite had meant. After receiving her strength tattoos, the girl continued to train.
As life went on, Sigyn would start to understand that the First Rite had intended to make it clear that she wasn't just anyone serving the All-Mother, but that she had to become the Sanctum Guardian. For this reason, she got more tattoos in honour of her purpose: a line from her lip to her chin, symbolising that she spoke in service of what the All-Mother wanted and what the kingdom needed. The second tattoo she got was a symbol between her eyebrows, where the third eye is located, to symbolise that she had dedicated her life to her faith and spirituality and that she's capable of seeing beyond the world of the living.
The woman continues to serve her kingdom and the All-Mother by supporting her mother and her choices, no matter how immoral they may seem to others. She preaches the Cambrian faith and spends a lot of her time at the Sanctum, seeking to connect with the spirits of their ancestors. Even though Cambrians don't make a distinction between the spiritual realm and the physical world, Sigyn is capable of actively seeking out specific spirits and working with them (through trances, divination or astral projection) in the here and now.
A few years ago, the Priestess gave her Verrona, a beautiful and strong mare. Sigyn deeply loves her horse and takes good care of it.
Face Claim: Thea Sofie Loch Næss
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