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Full name:: Ayla (allie as a nickname)
Reasons for the name(s):: He bond gave it to her back before the village
Sex:: Female
Apparent Age/Approximate Age:: she looks somewhere between 40 and 45 but she's from before the masacres so she's pretty old by jivvin standards. By the time she was released by her bond she was already 35 years old (hence her looking older than most of the villagers)
If he/she was alive during the massacres, was he/she bonded? To whom? She was bonded. To a man named Ceric, and he was one of the tax collectors... thus he spent a lot of time going back and forth between the commoners and the castle elite. He was a rather nice guy and a generally fair person when it came to collecting the taxes, and while most people liked him as a person, his job didn't get hi may friends. He relied on Ayla for friendship and general company for years and years. When the masacres started, Ceric was a sure target as a tax collector and he set Ayla free two days before he was captured, totrued and killed. Not knowing what to do, Ayla ran and hid, was taken in by some soon to be villagers, when everything had calmed down she went back to the castle and town and searched for Ceric until someone pointed out his name on the list of the dead. She misses him but lives her life to the fullest in his memory.
Rank:: Afya
If a Daewl, what is his/her one power?:: No power at all.
Skin Tone/Apparent Race:: medium pale. She's white. But not as pale as some.
Height::Short. I'd say about 5'4" ?
Weight/Body Build:: She's not fat... but she's certainly not thin. People who know her love the fact that not only is she busty, but she's got hips that she knows how to swing and enough body to hold onto. I'd say she's pudgy for sure but that she knows exactly how to fling it around and still be sexy in a strange way.
Hair:: Shoulder length brown, straight, she does't quite know what to do with it and isn't sure she wants to anyway. Doing her hair takes too much time away from doing the things she wants to, and anyway her hair passes for her brand of pretty.
Eyes:: Brown.
Ear colours/markings:: She's harvest coloured. Orange and brown and yellow with reds and greens in fall type colours.
Tail colours/markings:: Same as her ears. Harvest colours... orange and brown, yellow red and green.
Peculiar Physical Traits:: Ayla is almost gnomelike. She's not typicaly pretty. Her cheekbones are high and round, her nose is pudgy and she's got a smattering of freckles over her face along with generally red cheeks and nose and chin. She's cute... She probably even has acne that she can't ever completely get rid of. With the burn on her face (see next info) she's never really semetrical and prone to extreme expressions.
Distinguishing Marks:: Ayla has burn scars on the left side of her face, over her cheek and mouth, but they've faded now so that they're mostly hard to see. The burns extend down the left side of her neck over her shoulder and partially down her arm, and in the center it's more pronounced though that's becuase that's where the burn started. back during the masacres she was caught in a burning building for a short time and the burns are left over from that.
Health:: She's healthy. Healthy and happy.
Senses:: She's general on her senses.
Voice:: Cute. Kind of high pitched and nasal with plenty of 'growl'.
Mannerisms:: She's flippy. Hand flops and flaps, with lots of giggle and naughtyness. She has a dirty sense of humour, and isn't afraid to use it.
Clothes/shoes/accessories:: Think pirate wench. She always wears skirts and boots, with pantaloons (that sometimes show if her skirt is pinned up) and short puffy tops that show off the scar on her left shoulder and chest, because she thinks it makes her look tough and she enjoys being a conversation starter.
Eating habits/mannerisms/tastes:: She loves to eat. Mostly pub food and heavier dishes. She also loves to drink. Ale and beer for the most part. She also loves to cook but usually spends so much time picking at what she's cooking as it's cooking that she isn't all that hungry when it's done.



Occupation/Social Status in Rank:: She's an afya so she's low rank, but you can't help but like her, and she's almost totally unthreatening so socially she's pretty high.
Views on Rank responsibilites:: She believes that people think too much and that there are better things to do than argue andbe jerky. Though she does agree with war and fighting, she just prefers not to have to do it herself. (i.e :: she agrees that people are treated better now, well after the massacres have come and gone and there's no ruling family in the castle or supreme leadership among Gaians, however she hates the fact that it came at the expense of so many 'good' people like herself and Ceric)
Education/ Intelligence:: She's wicked good at math, and she's a damn good brewer... as far as history goes she only knows what's actually happened to her, and while science and politics are intersting, they're hard to keep in your head when you're drunk.
Marital Status:: She's single... and totally open to sleeping with anyone.
Where does he/she live?:: She lives in the attic appartment of The Salty Slug and Spoon - her Tavern and bar in the Eastern section of the village. It's quiet and her appartment is two rooms and a bathroom. She basically has the entire top floor to herself. There are five available rooms in the Salty Slug, rentable for all purposes (no questions asked until the floor falls in and damages are due), and a breakfast, lunch and dinner menu available all throughout the day. The Slug is a semi nice tavern, most suited to the people who like to sit and drink and have a good time in a safe environment than those looking for a fancy meal. The food is decent, the music is lively and the people are drunk... what more could you ask for?
Political Thoughts/ Views of Ranks and Vhaid:: She likes Kyros. She thinks he's sexy, and she'd tell him so if se ever got the chance. She thinks Afya are sensible people who she usually gets along with really well, Daewls are the best broody drinkers and when they're drunk they've usually got the best party tricks, and she keeps an eye on the Opyln when the're in her bar.
Beliefs/ Values/ Strength of Beliefs:: she believes what most afya believe. goodness in all, happiness all around, help those in need, and have a damn good time doing it.
What is his/her usual disposition?:: She's happy. truely happy deep inside, and it shows.
Optimist/ Pessimist? :: She's an optimist through and through.
Confident/Self-conscious? :: very confident.
How does he/she feel about his/her appearance? :: She likes how she looks a lot. She likes the fact that she's not at all typical and lets it work to her advantage.
Most important possession:: Her bar, the Salty Slug and Spoon.
Talents :: Serving drinks, conversation, and general people skills.
What is a normal day like for this Jivvin?:: She wakes up in her attic with whoever she took to bed the night before and gets dressed. She works behind the bar all day at the Slug, mostly because she craves company and attention and the bar brings people to her. She talks with the cooks about the day's possibilities for food and drink and then she sends the bussers out to get supplies from the market. Some days she goes with them (if the prospect of shopping appeals more than the breakfast shift at the tavern) and other days she tends to the general duties of the tavern (cleaning tables, helping the cooks make breakfast dishes and bread for the day, feeding the tavern animals, setting places and talking to the general customers) Once she's in the bar it's hard to get her to leave and she bartends until it dies down. When it gets late she sends the scrappier public home and kicks out the die hard barfolk and musicians and closes the place down, sometimes taking customers and friends to bed with her.
What is a normal rainy day like for this Jivvin?:: The rain does't really stop her and makes her a little happy because it usually brings in more customers. She isn't likely to go market shopping in the rain however.
Greatest Fear:: Being alone. She can't stand to not have other people around her.
What does he/she want most?:: She wants to make other people happy? She doesn't really know yet. At one point she would have said a family, but she's having way too much fun being a successful bachleorette right now to want that anymore.

Major Goals::
1. Successful Bar
2. Good friends who come over at a moment's call
3. Children of her very own



Significant Other/Relationship:: She's dated a lot of jivvins, and probably will continue to date a lot of jivvins.
Who does he/she live with?:: She lives in the bar (slug and spoon) with whoever is currently staying there.
Who does he/she spend the most time with?:: She spends the most time with the customers at the bar, the waiters and waitresses, the bussers and the cooks.
Father/Relationship with him/Rank/Current Status:: Her father was a castle Afya that was offered out for breeding with other castle jivvinesses. He was very young to be breeding, and he was very stuffy as a jivvin, thinking he was better than everyone else. Ayla met him once and honestly can't remember his name now that it's been so long. She believes that he was killed in the masacres, but isn't sure.
Mother/Relationship with her/Rank/Current Status:: Ayla's mother wa a kind afya who belonged to a smith in the castle town. Ceric was ery good about making sure that Ayla got t visit with her mother on a regular basis (Later on in her castle life, Ayla would learn that Ceric had certian reasons for repeat visits to the smith, but she didn't know that when her mother was still alive.) One day the smith was caught in an explosion in his shop and her mother died with him. She attended the funeral with Ceric.
Siblings/Ranks/Current Status:: She has two brothers born at the same time that she was, and two more brothers from another breeding (different mother). The two brothers from her hatching are both afya, and the older two are Sargtlins. She likes them all and they're all still living in the village (I can name them and make up jobs and personalities for them if you like, but I'd like to allow for other people to pick them up as characters of their own if desired? )
Best Friend/Rank/Current Status:: She's got lots of friends, Raechel, Bay, Kamin, Cole, yaddah yaddah.... pretty much anyone who comes and sits at the bar on a regular basis.
Feelings toward animals:: She likes them. they're tasty. and the tavern pets are cute and fluffy.
How does he/she view his/her family?:: She loves everyone. family too.
How does he/she view his/her friends?:: She enjoys them, and she'd honestly be lost without them... mentally and business like.
How does his/her family view him/her?:: Her brothers all consider her to be he baby of the family and would do anything for her.
How does his/her friends view them?:: she's terrible fun. She's a blast.
Who is his/her hero?:: Her mother? Ceric? Typical heros.