Appearance

Physical Description

Dove is slightly on the shorter side of halflings, standing at three foot eleven inches tall. She has a slight physique, deft and practiced at keeping quiet.

Facial Features

Big brown eyes take up most of the realestate on Dove's face. She keeps a tight, professional smile on her face most of the time.

Identifying Characteristics

Dove tries her best to remain inconspicuous, but little can be done about her curly red hair. She keeps it tightly braided back into a bun in an effort to tame the unruliness.

Apparel & Accessories

The Lady’s Maid, who was often of some social position, usually knew a bit about fashion so they could be of use in advising, dressing, (and mending) their mistress’ clothing. They could wear normal clothing, even castoffs from her mistress.

Special abilities

Dove has always been haunted by ghosts, though she does her best to avoid eye contact these days.

Mentality

Personal history

Alidove Quickspell was born to Wensire and Oragrace Quickspell 31 years ago, their first and only child. Her parents met while both were employed by the royal Shadowby family. Wensire Quickspell was skilled in the arcane and tutored some of the servants whose duties required magic, while Oragrace, who took pride in her cooking abilities, was earning her way up in the kitchens. They married, and Alidove came along very shortly thereafter. Shortly before Alidove’s birth, Wensire was wounded in a magic lesson gone awry. He succumbed to his injuries the next day. Alidove came into the world the day after.
Devastated and overcome with her dual burdens of grief and motherhood, Oragrace shirked her duties and was dismissed from her place in the castle staff. With no family within the city to rely on, Oragrace tried numerous odd jobs over the years, but few employers had patience for her frail constitution and explosive emotional state. When Alidove was almost 5, Oragrace passed from illness. As the medicine men covered Oragrace’s corpse before taking it away, young Alidove beheld her mother quiet and tranquil for the first and last time.
Alidove spent the next few years in the Merciful Hands Home for Orphans within the walls of the Convent of Reformation. Most of her days were filled with slinking around the backstreets of the city with other children from the orphanage, which was a far cry better than staying indoors with the less than merciful nuns.

Education

When she became old enough, a scholarship program granted her an opportunity to learn household and lady's maid duties at a nearby academy for girls, setting her on a hopeful path of employment in one of the greater Houses of the city.

Employment

House Frost did in fact take her on as a scullery maid, until one fateful day when she witnessed Lord Frost's extramarital affair with a younger woman. She was dismissed and sent to the islands as punishment for snooping, with certain actions threatened should she ever return to the mainland. She spent some time working amongst the less glamorous villages as governess to a handful of dreadful families. The work was demanding and she was no good at it, so she quietly took her leave one night to catch a boat to the mainland, despite Lord Frost's menacing promises. In the west country, she found the Sterlings, a then-middle class wealthy family who added Dove to their staff happily, albeit unaware of her real name and history.

Morality & Philosophy

Instilled in Dove was the importance of a good work ethic, as well as a clear understanding of the class system in Regencia. The upper class relies on the lower class to run their homes smoothly, and the lower class relies on the upper to provide housing and wages. If one's work is not sufficient, one does not receive one's end of the bargain.
Loyalty is a currency Dove retains only for those in her closest circle.

person.gender_identity

Female.

Known Languages

Common, halfling, thieves cant.

Personality

Motivation

Self-preservation is in the forefront of Dove's focus at all times. And within this system, the way one is preserved is by remaining dependable to those who employ you.

Likes & Dislikes

Likes honey in her tea, as well as any sweets.
Loves a good adrenaline rush, especially in the sparring hall.
Dislikes children and fellow lady's maid, Emma Parsons.

Vices & Personality flaws

Tends to run at the first sign of trouble. Hiding and running come naturally to her.

Social

Birthplace

Shadowby House, Donlon

Current Residence

Estate of House Sterling.

Contacts & Relations

Nathanial and Landry at Heirloom Isaac’s Glorious Antiques
Berig, presumably in the Donlon Underground

Wealth & Financial state

The Lady’s Maid historically made about £32 (gp) a year (=$3200 today, roughly calculated).
1 yr = 52ish weeks / 32gp per year = 0.62gp per week = 6sp 2cp per week (or 62cp/week).

Family Ties

She suspects there are Quickspells in the west country but has made no attempt to find them.

Religious Views

The goddesses are fine for people who can afford spirituality. She personally has had enough with the meddling by those who don't live in this realm.