Vakshetnessaralax-Nyssa
Crone Vakshetnessaralax (a.k.a. Nyssa)
Nyssa, or Nyssa the Crone, is a woman who lives along the banks of the river Whitten in Stilton-Head territory.
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
She seems hale and healthy, but old old old
Body Features
Liver spotted skin
Facial Features
Likes to frown a lot.
Identifying Characteristics
Her eyes are an unusual green.
Physical quirks
She seems too hearty for her age.
Apparel & Accessories
Cardigans; simple, long skirts of sensible fabric; A broach that matches her eyes almost exactly almost always adorns her left breast, securing a self-made cardigan of a complex and patterned weave.
Specialized Equipment
Healing, nature magic, scrying, fortune telling, alchemy.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Nothing is known of her from before 5320 on the Celestial Calendar.
Gender Identity
She's a woman, hear her roar.
Sexuality
Unknown. She's old, so probably pretty fucking insane.
Education
Unknown, but she seems knowledgeable about...everything.
Employment
She is a hunter/gatherer, and trades for what all else she needs.
Accomplishments & Achievements
She diverted a massive flood of the river away from unsuspecting hamlets along the river.
Failures & Embarrassments
She has admitted to a family dispute that she feels shame about, but has never elaborated.
Mental Trauma
She has admitted to feelings of guilt and shame over something that happened long ago within her family, who she describes as 'small enough for us to care deeply about one another.'
Intellectual Characteristics
"The smartest person in the room", and she has no problem letting everyone know it. She also doesn't mind reminding folks that she is if they seem to be getting uppity.
Morality & Philosophy
Her morality seems to be rather flexible, but is in fact rather deep and contemplative.
Personality Characteristics
Motivation
She made a great mistake in her past that shook her to her core. She changed, and went into a self-sentenced hermitage.
Savvies & Ineptitudes
She seems to have more of a handle on world history than most, and indeed had been a professor at one of the famous Colleges out in Craysilt. She can make custom potions with any conceivable effect.
Likes & Dislikes
The color green; she loves gold and gems. She has a soft spot in her heart for druids and those who worship nature deities. She severely dislike people who are smarter than her, and she is very suspicious of overly pretty women.
Virtues & Personality perks
Her virtues are few, but powerful. She is fearlessly courageous, in her temperance she has managed to stay alive and thrive in an utter wilderness. There is no road but the river to her home.
Vices & Personality flaws
Many people say Nyssa's vices are...well, not vices. She enjoys sleeping in, napping, siestas, and dozing off. Sometimes in the middle of a conversation if she isn't sufficiently engaged. She also smokes a pipe, varying between tobacco she grows and dries herself and many other...um, 'herbs'...and certain fragrant spices, such as cloves. And weed, she smokes a lot of weed.
Personality Quirks
She has a tendency to 'tsk, tsk' everything, sometimes even good things. It seems to be totally unconscious, just a quirk and not a value statement. Like someone who sucks their teeth.
Hygiene
Meticulously clean, Nyssa is also pleasantly, and subtly, scented like a field of wildflowers.
Relationships
History
While not close, the two share a familial bond, a love of laughter, and a great, shared sadness.
Nicknames & Petnames
Nyssa
Relationship Reasoning
His mother's sister.
Commonalities & Shared Interests
Hashish. Yes, really.
Shared Secrets
They know all about Shayna's Tantrum
Nicknames & Petnames
Auntie Mira, Sis.
Relationship Reasoning
Family
Commonalities & Shared Interests
They are from the same PoE
Shared Secrets
They both know of the state the planet, indeed the galaxy, is being kept in by Bayard in an attempt to keep the planet from ripping itself apart and destroying all life upon it.
History
The sisters have been estranged for so long they can barely be called related, yet Vakshetnessaralax-Nyssa feels a responsibility to the denizens of this Prime Material Plane.
Nicknames & Petnames
Nyssa the Crone Nyssa the Damsel
Relationship Reasoning
They had the same parents?
Commonalities & Shared Interests
They both love to crotchet, and both are sexually insatiable.
Shared Secrets
They both know who started all this shit.
History
The two are not close, but they do love and respect one another.
Nicknames & Petnames
Nyssa
Relationship Reasoning
His mother's sister.
Commonalities & Shared Interests
The quest to save the life on this planet.
Shared Secrets
They know all about Shayna's Tantrum
Alignment
Neutral/Good
Current Location
Date of Birth
unknown
Spouses
Vekhetmiradonalax-Myra
(Aunt)
Vekhettebærdolax-Bayard
(Father)
Siblings
Vekheteshaynaralax-Shayna
(Sister)
Children
Gender
Female
Eyes
Pale Green
Hair
white
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
Dark, leathery, liver spots
Height
5'6"
Weight
120
Quotes & Catchphrases
No, dearie, it would just eat you. Perhaps with ketchup. -Nyssa the Crone
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