Thrace
Thrace Cato
The Cato family is one that's known all through Rylan, Frial and even in the elven peasant lands. It's a name that's synonymous with timely deliveries, quality ore and reasonable prices. The Cato's are merchants and owners of a large ore refinery in Rylan, their reputation in business is one that traces back to before the time of the Queen's War and the founding of the city.
For Thrace Cato, none of that long and distinguished heritage belongs to her. It's a prized bit of trivia that belongs to her sisters, brother, parents and grandparents. It's a history of destructive waste and opportunistic bullying. She was a commodity like the forest trees that fueled her family's forges. She was a token thing to married off to a family with logging rights or river boats or any number of other business assets that would bring the bloodline prosperity.
Rather than embrace her obligations to the Cato Household she left it all behind and traded her opulent lifestyle for a place in the Sarmyar, the nature cults that wander the Rylan woods. She learned how to embrace her cravings, pursue her passions and live a more deliberate existence.
It's also where she met Godfrey and The Choir. Briefly, she traveled with them, learned of their more extreme views on civilization versus nature and how to become a true druid. In The Choir everyone shared everything. There were no secrets, no ownerships, just work toward the singular goal of restoring nature's strength. Knowledge, body and soul were all shared and given freely.
When The Choir's methods turned violent Thrace fled their group. They'd begun studying the darker aspects of nature's urges and plotting bloody vengeance on the forest's behalf against the logging teams. It's there in forbidden glades and groves deep in the woods that she found a dead soldier return to life. Using the last of her Manacite she helped restore his memories and flee the woods.
Now the pair wanders the roads between Rylan and Ghal Pelor seeking the people and places their aid is needed. She does the best she can to bring a little joy to the lives of others while making sure to bring as much joy as possible to herself.
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
Very fit from time outdoors. Generally has a few knicks, cuts and scars from crawling through vegetation or dealing with animals
Body Features
Tanned skin, athletic, long legs
Facial Features
Generally soft features, usually smiling
Special abilities
Druidic talents but without manacite they cannot manifest
Apparel & Accessories
Often wears her long green coat. Generally wears a bracelet or necklace made from herbs and vines, very few pieces of jewelry.
Specialized Equipment
Long oak staff
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Family is rather prominent and well known in the Rylan and Frial area as merchants and blacksmiths. She was reluctant to be married off to another family and left for the Sarmyar. That is where she met a group of nature worshipers and druids with more extreme views on saving Tairos.
There she met Godfrey, the leader of a group of nature worshipers and druids. The group called themselves The Choir as they believed they'd tapped into nature's voice. Godfrey and Thrace were close in the beginning and even intimate but she found their methods to be increasingly violent. She eventually parted ways with The Choir and struck out on her own as a traveling healer and sage.
She used the last of her stores of Manacite to try and heal the mind of a wandering, lost, knight she found in the darkest parts of the Rylan Woods. She's been traveling with him ever since.
Sexuality
Bisexual Female
Education
Formal education in the elementary schools of Rylan. Expert level field training in the woods of Rylan with the Sarmyar and The Choir. Considerable amount of local lore picked up from travels between Rylan and Ghal Pelor
Accomplishments & Achievements
Leaving her family and striking out on her own.
Failures & Embarrassments
Not realizing sooner that The Choir was dangerous
Intellectual Characteristics
Light-hearted, enjoys humor, joking and not being serious. Also enjoys indulging in physical pleasures like good food, drink and sex. Is reverent toward the spirits of nature at all times though and never puts her own enjoyment above theirs.
Morality & Philosophy
Indulge, enjoy and smile. The purpose of sentient life is to enjoy the bounty nature has to offer and to give back equally. Anything that upsets the balance between joy and nature's ability to supply it must be confronted.
Taboos
The purposeless destruction or depletion of natural settings. Taking a life without need or justification.
Personality Characteristics
Motivation
Helping others and learning more about Tairos and it's people. She has a desire to return to Rylan Woods and help the people and the forest strike a living balance with each other.
Savvies & Ineptitudes
Enjoys people and is a good conversationalist. Great with nature and animals.
Likes & Dislikes
Likes- Beer, Mercy, Cinnamon, Lore and Trivia, Sex, Being Outdoors
Dislikes- Spicey food, bullies, wasting food or natural resources, people who mistreat animals, the city of Frial
Vices & Personality flaws
Easily loses track of time, overindulges in many things
Hygiene
Thrace washes frequently but rarely has the opportunity for soap, perfumes or similar luxuries. Because of her time spent outdoors, she often smells of whatever environment she's been in
Social
Religious Views
Thrace is very reverent toward the totem spirits of nature. She tries to show no particular favour toward any specific totem but she acknowledges that Grandfather Bear is the most powerful
Social Aptitude
Flirtatious, enjoys joking and being part of the conversation, isn't shy about social interactions of any kind
Hobbies & Pets
She enjoys recording bits of lore from other communities. She often has one or two small animals with her for brief amounts of time
Speech
Having grown up in Rylan she's had elves around all her life. Most Rylanders have a slight elvish accent attached to the way they speak The Common Tongue. And when speaking elvish they are particularly well versed in all its intricacies.
Wealth & Financial state
She rarely has much, if any money on her person. She prefers to give it away to those in need or to use it to buy fine food or drink. The Cato family is rather wealthy and respected in Rylan though.
Species
Children
Gender
Female
Eyes
Brown
Hair
Long fair blond hair
Height
5'5
Weight
126
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