Appearance

Physical Description

Vitskertur has a muscular yet lean body, toned by years of intensive training. Amongst fellow Dragonborns, she is considered somewhat thin, but often startles them with her brute strength.

Body Features

Her emerald green scales, which she polishes meticulously, are the envy of many of her cousins. Vitskertur's body is angular and cuts a sharp silhouette where one might expect there to be soft curves.

Facial Features

Like most of her family, Vitskertur's features are sharp and deeply reptilian, even for a Dragonborn. Her intense copper stare and glinting, razor sharp white fangs can intimidate even the haughtiest of boastful males.

Physical quirks

As a result of the incessant whispers urging her ever closer to madness, Vitskertur has developed a slight head twitch which becomes more pronounced when her emotions are running high.

Apparel & Accessories

Vitskertur prefers the custom-made armor commissioned especially for her by her family. It is made from the highest quality metal alloys and adorned with the finest emeralds.

Special abilities

Breath Weapon: Poison

Mentality

Personal history

Vitskertur grew up in the wealthy port city of Lylorn in the Dusk Ports on the coast of the Dragon Sea on the island of Laerakond (Returned Abeir), Faerun.
As a child, Vitskertur was notoriously violent, even by her own family's standards. In fact, she earned the nickname, Cleaver, when she tore off the head of one unfortunate servant who brought her chicken soup that ought to have been beef strew. Of course, this sort of behavior was highly encouraged.
 
Her earliest memories are of history lessons taught by her great auntie about the hated Volsungs and how they had defeated mighty Fafnir ages ago, bringing down a curse upon his descendants. As the heiress apparent to the Fafnisbolvun fortune and estates, Vitskertur vowed that she would be the one to end this curse by killing the last of the Volsungs.
 
Now, Vitskertur has come into her inheritance and there remains one last vile Volsung somewhere in the world. Her battle is to track down and finish him before the curse takes permanent hold of her mind.

Education

Like all Fafnisbolvun hatchlings, Vitskertur received private tutoring at home until age 13, when she attended the University of Suzail for 2 years.

Employment

She has no need for employment thanks to her family's enormous wealth. However, Vitskertur has been known to undertake occasional mercenary work for the sport of it. Primarily, though, her focus is on anything that will get her closer to the last of the Volsungs.

Accomplishments & Achievements

tore the head from a servant at the darling age of 1 year

excelled in sorcery lessons

achieved good marks at University (A-B student, certainly no cheating involved)

20 successful kills, all remarkably gruesome, to her credit as a mercenary

Failures & Embarrassments

once uttered "please" when giving orders to a servant

lost focus while casting a simple minor illusion cantrip & startled herself thinking she was about to walk into the brick wall she was projecting

was rejected by a crush at University and left his head attached to his body

should have 21 kills, but 1 target did escape - They left a manhole cover askew, convincing her that they'd dropped into the sewers, but really they had just continued straight on. She trudged through raw sewage for nothing.

Mental Trauma

The looming threat of Fafnir's Curse has hung over Vitskertur's head since she was hatched. As the eldest of her clutch, she has been destined to carry this burden all her life. Now that she has come of age, and her predecessor has gone the way Fafnisbolvun Clan leaders have always gone, the whispers have taken up residence in her head, urging her to madness.

Intellectual Characteristics

Vitskertur is fairly well read and of average intelligence. She never needed to cheat in school. She just enjoyed getting away with it.

Morality & Philosophy

The Fafnisbolvun Clan motto is:

"Coi ui vi ileai citar svaust ui edij persvek tav."

 
It means: "It is a rare prisoner who is bold in battle." This phrase is the driving force behind everything Vitskertur does. She refuses to allow the curse whispers to overtake her mind and make her a prisoner, incapable of fighting and winning the battle for her sanity, her fortune, and her family.
 
If you do me an injury, I will crush you, ruin your name, and salt your fields.
My favor, once lost, is lost forever.

person.sexuality

Vitskertur has no defined sexuality, nor any real drive toward romance. She gets what she wants, from whomever she wants, whenever she wants. The particulars matter not.

person.gender_identity

Vitskertur is a cisgendered female Dragonborn.

Taboos

Never make physical contact without explicit invitation, especially if you are of a lower socioeconomic class.

Known Languages

Common, Draconic, Dwarvish

Personality

Motivation

Vitskertur is primarily motivated by desperation. If she can break the curse, she will be the first Fafnisbolvun in generations to head the family as a true leader and not merely a figurehead cloistered away when the paranoia and unyielding rage overtakes them.
 
Power. If I can attain more power, no one will tell me what to do. (Evil)

Quotes & Catchphrases

"At current market price, you're actually worth more to me in pieces."

Savvies & Ineptitudes

Savvies
skilled sorceress
adept killer/tormentor
mercenary work
economically savvy, knows the value of most things offhand
haggling
Ineptitudes
casual social interactions, good in formal or business settings, but doesn't know how to hang out

Likes & Dislikes

Likes
the thrill of the hunt
charming small creatures to dance or smack themselves around for her amusement
Dislikes
physical contact
small talk, feels it's a waste of time
the poor

Virtues & Personality perks

Those whom Vitskertur considers allies can count on her for unrelenting, totally biased support. She will lie, cheat, steal, maim, and kill if it benefits someone she values.

Vices & Personality flaws

I too often hear veiled insults and threats in every word addressed to me, and I’m quick to anger.

Personality Quirks

head twitch that becomes more noticeable when emotions are running high

meticulous scale polishing, especially when deep in thought

Hygiene

Vitskertur is fastidiously hygienic. Her scales are always buffed to a glimmering shine; her fangs are polished; and her claws are manicured and filed to dagger-like points.

Social

Birthplace

Lylorn - Dusk Ports of Laerakond (Returned Abeir), Dragon Sea - Faerun

Current Residence

Fafnisbolvun Clan Castle & Estates

Contacts & Relations

Contacts
several contacts within Cult of the Dragon, Talons of Tiamat, & Shadowkiss
Many of the Fafnisbolvun Clan are active in various organizations or undertake mercenary work in an effort to help Vitskertur track down the last of the Volsungs.
Relations
Great Aunt Umphar, who taught Vitskertur history lessons when she was young (living)
Father: Urnak, the former head of Fafnisbolvun Clan who recently lost all sense of reality after many years of fighting against Fafnir's Curse. He committed suicide by tearing out his own throat.
Siblings: Valdratuath (sister, living), Verthodin (brother, living)
Mother: Kreroc (living)

Honorary & Occupational Titles

Heiress

Wealth & Financial state

Noble
Feature: Position of Privilege
Thanks to your noble birth, people are inclined to think the best of you. You are welcome in high society, and people assume you have the right to be wherever you are. The common folk make every effort to accommodate you and avoid your displeasure, and other people of high birth treat you as a member of the same social sphere. You can secure an audience with a local noble if you need to.

Family Ties

Nothing is more important than the other members of my family.
I will face any challenge to win the approval of my family.

Religious Views

Follower of Tiamat

Social Aptitude

Vitskertur is a skilled schmoozer and smooth talker. She blends in well at any high society engagement and knows how to loosen the tongues of her fellow nobles. In common society, however, she is abrasive at best and downright terrifying at worst.

Mannerisms

She is often passive aggressive and sarcastic, when she isn't playing with her food by making, and usually fulfilling, threats. She is somewhat paranoid, perhaps a result of her curse, and finds hidden insults in much of what others say to her. In most social instances, Vitskertur prefers to observe, isolate, and manipulate.

Hobbies & Pets

Vitskertur is an avid reader and enjoys researching sorcerial methodologies, combat strategies, and implements of torture

Speech

Vitskertur speaks in an airy, almost too gentle voice that doesn't suit her personality at all. This is very much on purpose and typically does a good job of lowering people's guards. Once she reveals her true nature, however, her voice is low with a sneering, edgy undertone. She always enunciates very well.
 
In the midst of battle, the curse of madness can sometimes seep into her voice as she loses control. Then, it is as if many voices are speaking at once in a terrifying chorus of Draconic bloodlust.