Aileen

Aileen Lockheart is a dwarven fighter.

Age	Height	Weight
???	??? ft	??? lbs

Appearance

Dirty blonde hair, though despite being a mountain dwarf she keeps herself well-maintained. If anything she's more like a normal human with how she presents herself if you disregard her shortness. Her height is of traditional average for dwarves being 4'4.

Personality (WIP)

Eager for adventure and optimistic in life! Though she wasn't exactly the happiest person back then.

Hell kinda changed her.

Background

Born in Barrowrock Edge, north of Val-Adin, Aileen blessed with a large family. The people of Barrowrock consisted mainly of dwarves, with the occasional minority. Though they are quite isolated and are wary of newcomers, those who earn their trust or become part of the City is considered in a way a family of the people there. Almost everyone knows everyone. From miners to traders to hunters to teachers. Barrowrock Edge is a nice and wealthy place.

Aileen's outlook in life is perhaps blessed because of that. With such a warm atmosphere she lived a modest life. The idea of mining wasn't to her liking initially but as part of her family line and specialty in doing so, it was a fate she didn't particularly hate. Besides, everyone was earning riches from their mining expeditions. With the amount of special artifacts and other minerals they could find, they could really trade well with other lands. She might've wanted to be a famous person or so on, but in the end, this wasn't too bad. She was fine with this.

Months would pass and soon the mines' treasures they could find would start to wane. It wasn't death of their economy, but Barrowrock Edge did start to struggle. More miners and hunters would have to work harder and the risks increased. Though the villagers were happy, it really was different from the past and everyone was starting to doubt their future. Aileen particularly hated it. She wanted to find a way to return the city she loved back to what it was so she worked even harder, even if it meant forcing herself into the darkness of those caverns more and more.

It was becoming more difficult to earn what once made their city popular. Victims to the mines rose up the more Aileen grew up. Initially minor injuries or close calls would soon turn to casualties. Accustoming themselves to eating less and losing more and more luxury was a big surprise to Aileen

The nature of where she lived and how things worked made her aspire to do so much more. Though she was fine with operating under the dwarven mines she wished to become someone that mattered and didn't have to be shrouded by darkness all the time.

Before financial issues arose. Bit by bit there was less food on the table, there was less joy around. Life became worse and things just weren’t great. Even the situation outside didn’t seem favorable. Fights would be more frequent, findings would become less, and their booming village wasn’t so great anymore.

One had to accept that their greatness waned and she disliked it. Not being able to house a lot of money and such. Not being able to see smiles on anyone’s faces. But she hoped that things will go well and through hard work people can become better. That’s what the people around her think. Even the retired adventurers think that too. One particular one is Barbatos’ teacher, who’s always eluding any attempts to get him to pay up or so. Always have wonderful life lessons and have great tales that slowly have Aileen want to explore.

Her interest on the outside grew more and more and she wanted to find out more- and then she met Wojtek.

This rabid bear was so dangerous and feral despite being a cub. Despite it not wanting to be close to anyone, she was able to nurse it back to health. Sure she suffered major injuries and cuts and was frustrated beyond life but through enough effort it became a kind bear that she has influence over. You could say they became partners in life.

Trivia

• For Halloween, due to not being able to afford pumpkins they have to rely on using large rocks for Jack-o-lanterns