Hilda
Hilda Singed Marsh Sinlams
Hilda is a spunky, sometimes trigger happy, swamp gnome. Her childhood in the swamp has given her an appreciation for nature and an understanding about how everything is connected. She studied alchemy with her uncle, Raztix, and has both an animal companion and an animal familiar. Still a little naïve, she feels the swamp has taught her all it can and she is ready for adventure.
Shafu
Shafu is Hilda's animal familiar, she is a tiny alligator and was a gift from Raztix. Talking to him when she experiments with different reagents helps her puzzle out her problems.Norbert
Norbert is Hilda's animal companion, he is a dromaeosaur. She found him, as she was leaving the swamp for the last time, tangled in a trapper's snare. After she released him, he kept following her. She thought that once she hit the edge of the swamp he would go back to his swampy home. They reached the edge and he kept with her, she figured this was it so she named him and asked him to come adventure with her. They have been fast friends ever since.Mental characteristics
Personal history
Hilda grew up in the swamplands of Onira. Her childhood was somewhat uneventful except for when her uncle, Raztix, came to visit. He was a traveler and an inventor. Looking back, its amazing how her parents had not disowned him. 'Family values' are very important to many of the swamp gnomes and deviating from this is frowned upon. She has always been a little different than her family and fellow villagers.
Raztix taught her the basics of alchemy, just a few formulas to help around the village. As a young gnome, learning how to create things was mind blowing, she was eager to learn more. When she was a young adult she had an itch to explore. Her family refused to let her leave, so they compromised and Hilda was allowed to live with Raztix in Solaris. This did not quell her thirst for exploration, it just made her more eager to leave the swamp. While living with Raztix, he taught her more about alchemy and encouraged her to be an adventurer.
One morning she woke up and decided that today was the day. Today was the day she would actually become an adventurer, she had dreamed about it for so long, it was about time she actually did something. Raztix gave her some of his old adventuring gear, some weapons, and a few bottles of his signature bomb, Raztix's Portable Swamp, not much good in a swamp, but when you are missing home, boom! Swamp smell.
While she was exploring Onira, she heard that there was a city is Solaris, Azuros, that was a major trade hub for spices and other exotic goods. She thought this big city might have some new alchemical reagents and so she started heading that way.
Eventually she reached the eastern coast of Onira. The only way to cross the water was to join an adventures guild and promise to 'pay back' her fair. Honestly, this is what she wanted all along and so an obligation to join the adventures guild was no big deal. Bright eyed and eager to continue her adventuring, Hilda found herself in the adventurers guild in Azuros, right alongside other young recruits.
Accomplishments & Achievements
One of her awarded names is 'Singed Marsh' she was bestowed this name by the villagers in Raztix's village. They were experimenting, trying to make a fire bomb, when something went wrong and a few swamp trees burned down. This had never happened as swamp trees are very wet, heavy with water loving vegetation, it is quite a feat to burn one, let alone two, down.
Personality Characteristics
Motivation
Hilda is a relatively new explorer and she is still awe-struck at all the things she sees on her adventures. She is also really excited to find new alchemical reagents that will allow her to invent new formulas.
Hygiene
Hilda sees no fault in her hygiene routine but her friends often complain that she smells like a swamp. Hilda says she just smells like home and it smells fine.
Social
Family Ties
They say all swamp gnomes are related somehow. Hilda can probably find a distant cousin in any swamp. She is most connected to the gnomes in Onira, as that is where her parents live, and the swamp in Solaris, thanks to Raztix.
Alignment
Chaotic Good
Species
Ethnicity
Age
85
Children
Gender
Female
Eyes
Dark Blue
Hair
Red, Short
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
Pale White
Weight
95
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