Sierra Beaumont
Sierra Beaumont
Sierra Beaumont is an incredibly strong and powerful girl. Age 15, she comes from a very rural part of Sannes, deep in the northern fjords. She never had her Wisthread pulled, and instead accidentally performed a much older ritual to harness the power of her wist.
When she was 11, she was gifted a lovingly crafted handaxe, especially unique for its use of Ormignon steel instead of Wistmettle. It would swing cleaner through the air, and be lighter on the mind to wield it.
For three years she held that axe close, sleeping with it in her arms and keeping it looped into her belt all day. She poured her heart into the axe, and it slowly connected with her soul, her wist.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Her axe was a hallow, an object used and kept under the same kind of wist for a long period, so that the defections and impurities of the object's existence were erased, and shaped to perfectly fit the wist it was worn in.
Hallows are rare, but not unique. Many craftsmen and workers slowly build up a collection of hallowed tools over the decades. What was really special was how quickly Sierra poured herself into the axe, and so when she was in her greatest danger, it was ready to transform.
She was out gathering branches, when a Wistbeasts three times her size ambushed her. It struck her down, and she barely rose to her feet before the beast charged her again.
She lifted her axe in front of her, trying to block the coming strike, but instead the axe shattered in twain. The two pieces fell to the ground and the beast followed up with a strike to the solar plexus.
This was the final moment for Sierra, she was surely dead from that moment. She hurled blood and vomit onto the ground between the two halves of the axe, and the ritual was complete.
Her wist, pulled from the base of her stomach, stretched across the ground to fill the gap between the two pieces of the axe. Her soul was so connected to the weapon, that her wist could naturally repair it. The wood handle grew back together, just as Sierra slipped unconscious.
She awoke floating above her body, a construct of pure willpower and wist.
She lifted the new two handed axe, still floating above her dying corpse, and swung the axe at the wistbeast. It hit clean, and the beast pulled back. She did not hesitate to charge the beast, whipped into a fury against her killer.
Slashes and cleaving strikes wailed into the beast, creating huge gashes in its flesh. She finished it off with a series of blows to the neck, severing the head.
She walked back to her body, and with the help of her axe for power, poured herself back in, knitting torn organs and frostbitten flesh back together.
She awoke, and walked up to the beast. She tossed the head over her shoulder, and walked back to her village, longaxe following her through the air.
She returned to her village, and was celebrated as a great hero. The skull was cleaned and gifted to her by the shamans. The festivities were scattered with endless questions about her wistaxe. She knew very little about how it worked, and was interested in going somewhere she could learn more.
She traveled south to Ventaibelles, where she talked with university professors in search of a teacher. While many were interested in examining her axe and asking her questions, there were very few answers to be found.
She met Xandra Windritches there, and Xandra offered to help her figure out the wistaxe. There would be nothing more to be gained in the stuffy classrooms and libraries, and instead the two would venture out into the wild and explore the secrets and techniques available to Sierra.
She slowly learned Gedaran while she studied under Xandra, who wanted Sierra to get a more rounded understanding of the world, and therefore spent time teaching her the languages and cultures of the nations.
Sexuality
Her sexuality so far has been a series of crushes that started as a want to protect the smaller boys and girls her age. Now she seems to have a type for the scrawny ones.
Education
She had been a student of Xandra for six months when Otto joined them. He was 16, nearly blind, and a well learned expert on wist theory. Sierra was very shy around him for quite some time, having trouble communicating with him around a language barrier.
Then Randall joined, and though he was also quiet, he at least understood Otto when he spoke, and so Sierra was the third wheel.
Finally, Frances and Asher have joined the team, and Sierra has gotten a good base understanding of Gedaran, even if she speaks with quite an accent.
Accomplishments & Achievements
Slayed the great beast of Gavey at age 14
Mental Trauma
She still carries the weight of watching her dying body lay still in the snow, not knowing if she would be able to get up and survive.
Her disconnection from much of the world, through a combination of a unique application of her wist, and her upbringing in the boonies of an isolated nation, has heavily affected her perception of others, nearly as much as it affects others perception of her.
Intellectual Characteristics
She approaches many of the problems in her life with an axe in hand, even before she awoke her wist weapon. If it can be struck down or broken up, she will do so, toppling problems and breaking them into the smallest pieces she can handle.
She is incredibly intelligent and a great planner, though her shame and embarrassment with her struggles to communicate often cut her short of suggesting her ideas.
Personality Characteristics
Motivation
What she most wants is a chance to prove herself and teach others like Xandra, leading more students to self discovery. There are so many possibilities if kids like her can explore the world and find them, and she is compelled to journey out and seek great fortune and adventure in search of the answer to her questions.
Virtues & Personality perks
Overall, Sierra is someone with a lot of emotional strength, and even more physical strength. She can push on nearly past the brink of death, and would stare down a dragon to protect those she loves.
Social
Family Ties
She misses her family and village certainly, including eight older and four younger siblings, but she knows that the village does not solely rely on her, and that she can do the best by learning as much as she can with the opportunities she has now.
Religious Views
Her out of body experience has made her seek out answers, and the ones given by the shamans never sat quite right. She didn't feel her strength ever coming from above, it came from within.
Relationships
Species
Ethnicity
Year of Birth
3399 GS
15 Years old
Circumstances of Birth
Her mother's second child and Her father's eighth.
Birthplace
Gavey
Spouses
Siblings
Children
Gender
Female
Eyes
Green and Orange
Hair
Deep red, tangled curls
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
Freckled
Height
6'
Weight
180lbs
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