Mother Ai
Curse-Lifting Cat
Ai (a.k.a. Mother Ai)
I've been in this business for over 45 years. Some wizards come up with the weirdest curses. But farting out doves is weird even for me.
Mother Ai is the owner of the Curselifter Spa, an old but friendly grandmother of a Catfolk. Experienced in purifying people from their curses and ailments, she has quite the knowledge about how such spells can be lifted. Which she uses in her little business to aid travellers.
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
A black-haired Catfolk, Ai shows her age for someone in her late 80s. Silver hairs cover her black fur, eyes squinted behind glasses and a curling smile only a feline could make. Soft fur and a bit of weight make her short figure appear welcoming, hunched over her walking stick.
Apparel & Accessories
With the colder climates around Luxaltar, Ai likes wearing a thick coat with long sleeves, with beneath a typical commoner's attire. Sleeves and leggings putting away all the extra fluff, with a long skirt and sandals to work around her paws and tail.
Specialized Equipment
The feline always carries with her a small satchel filled with medical herbs and other tools for treatment. From things that help with colds and sore throats to others that can lift magical afflictions. Nothing super powerful, but good enough to cure something small.
Mental characteristics
Education
Several years studying curses and other forms of magic afflictions makes Ai an expert at curing minor and greater curses in a variety of ways. Most of it is self-taught from experience on the field, but she has followed a few classes on curses in Maditon Academy.
This led to her research in several practices of curse lifting, which she now uses in the Curselifter Spa. Meditation, sweating out curses, pressure point massages, even what rituals can help. Two decades worth of field research improving upon her studies in this field of curing.
Personality Characteristics
Likes & Dislikes
Likes
- Conversations about arcana
- The smell of incense
- Warm milk
Dislikes
- Getting soaked
- Cigar smoke
- Loud noises
Virtues & Personality perks
Ai is a very patient woman who struggles to keep a grudge on anyone. She does not raise her voice, stays angry or gets violent. She uses as much force as needed and knows when to be gentle with people as well. The kindness of a mother as one would put it.
Vices & Personality flaws
Her age has gotten the best of her, making her hearing and sight harder while her body got slower. Ai's body needs support, whether it be her walking stick or glasses to do anything.
Some argue she should retire and let her spa get run by those below her, but she refuses to do so. Feeling worried that without her, the place would miss something.
Social
Family Ties
Despite her given name, Mother Ai has no known children. The people of Luxaltar gave her that name because of her kind-hearted nature, which she accepted herself as a nickname. Even some children like to call her mom or granny Ai because of it.
Her closest family members live in Peripatia, who she hardly stays in contact with. A supposed cousin with his children who visit during the Week of Warmth.
Speech
There are too many people that place some nasty curses on the most random of things. One guy arrived here with leaves for hair cause someone cursed some boulder in the woods. Druids can be weird sometimes.
She is a rather talkative woman, having conversations drift from one topic to another. Often in a calm tone she tells stories to people, both from her own experience and that of others. She weaves them together through the details, remembering things and focusing on that.
It can lead to her rambling about the most random of topics, from the details of a curse to a recipe she learned. Somehow she finds a way to connect those things too if given the time.
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