Editing Ivartha Orandesdaughter (section)

==Notes==

:Ivartha is not tall (she's 5'6") or notably muscular, but she does have the iron calf and thigh muscles of someone who walks or rides everywhere. She's brown-skinned, with dark brown wavy hair that begins to curl at around shoulder length, and grey eyes. She usually leaves her hair loose but plaits it to keep it out of the way when she needs to.

:She wears a white sleeveless knee-length linen tunic, embroidered with a band of Fertility and Harmony runes in white thread on a band of green around the hem. Round bronze clasps fasten the tunic at the shoulders, one showing a Harmony rune and the other depicting the serene face of Chalana Arroy. It's tightened with a long green sash at her waist, which she folds over to form a pocket to keep small items in.

:At home or around the village, she usually goes barefoot but for longer journeys or when the weather isn't kind, wears canvas sandals which strap up around her lower legs.

:In hot weather, she wears a broad-brimmed straw hat decorated with a band of white cloth.

:In cold weather, she'll swap the tunic for a warmer one made of wool and wear wool socks (yes, with sandals) or felt boots.

:To keep rain and cold off she has a white wool cloak. It has a very prominent set of Harmony-Fertility-Harmony runes on both front and back in blue. She fastens this at the right shoulder with a round clasp embossed with the swan symbol of the Hiording clan.

:She carries a canvas bag at her hip with the strap slung across the opposite shoulder. The bag is decorated with beadwork showing an image of Chalana Arroy holding her hand up in blessing. She keeps her medical supplies - bandages, salves, remedies, tools, etc. - and her votive figure of Chalana Arroy in it. She has a small knife and the keys to her home fastened to her sash.

:She wears a curiously shiny stone with a hole in the middle, worn smooth in a river, as a necklace on a ribbon around her neck, and a delicate silver chain around her right ankle with small charm dangling from it depicting a leaping horse and rider. The latter was passed down to her from her mother, who told her it's Grazelander work passed down from her grandfather. She also a gold arm ring in the shape of a snake, gifted to her by Queen Samastina of Nochet. She is very proud of this.

:Ivartha's tattoos show her clan allegiance and her rune affinities:

*The Hiording swan is tattooed on her right upper arm, with bold plain stripes around her arm both above and below it.
*The three vertical stripes of the Harmony rune are tattooed on her chin.
*A band of Harmony-Fertility-Harmony runes are tattooed around her left forearm.
*A Fertility rune is tattooed on the back of her right hand.
*An Earth rune is tattooed on her stomach, just below her navel.
*A snake is tattooed on her lower right leg, twining around as if climbing up it. It looks as if it's climbing towards an Air rune which is tattooed on her knee.

:Her Spirit Magic foci are:
*Befuddle - the curiously shiny stone.
*Heal - the Fertility rune tattooed on her hand.
*Mobility - the leaping horse charm around her ankle.

:Ivartha's high llama, Levru, is sandy brown in colour, slightly lighter in shade on her neck and front legs. Ivartha dyes Harmony-Fertility-Harmony runes along Levru's flanks. She's notably curious, looking at everything with her head tipped to one side. She seems to like being around sheep.

:Ivartha lets Levru carry most of her heavy items, like a bedroll or spare clothes. She's fastened a rope to the saddle with a loop at the bottom to help her climb up, which can be a challenge if Levru doesn't cooperate by lying down.




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