Ivy Paris

Ivy Paris
was born 12th June, twin to her brother Charles. Her parents are Cyril and Helen Paris. She was born and raised in her home town of Loburn in House Schneeplestein and joined the Watch in January 1609.

## **Personality**

Generally rather relaxed, not much fazes her. Does not appreciate it when someone assumes she can't do something, and is always willing to try anything once.

When her temper gets the better of her, it will explode quickly and fade, so a general rule she doesn't hold grudges.

She quite likes being on the move, although that is partially because she doesn't feel like she's found her place yet. The Watch has been good, and is so far the
place she has stayed the longest, but she's starting to get antsy again.

## **Appearance**

Short and
stocky with long blonde hair usually tied back and brown eyes. Mostly Waldren
like features, with pale skin and blonde hair, although she has become tanned
from working outdoors a lot.

## **History**

### Early Life

Born and
raised in Loburn, just north of the Airceann river. Rather uneventful
childhood, but didn't leave home until six months after graduation to
emotionally support her brother.

She was
quick to anger as a child and often got into fights. Sometimes she would just
wrestle with the boys for fun, but that was also a good way for them to learn
that they didn't want to fight her.

*Jan 1602*

Went with
Charles to Fionport to be an assistant researcher at the Scholar's College. She
assisted Scholar Marc in his studies in differences in phenotypes in the same
species of plant. She heard about the rumours of a new Lord being announced and
spent of her time reorganising her time going around the Houses. Marc
encouraged her to keep records of everything, and gave her a pressed flower
when she left.

*July 1602*

Travelled
to Monacoil to start her next apprenticeship under Mage Irnas. Her she unlocked
her magic, although did not find much use for it yet. Her family came to visit
her during October for Hallow's Eve. She was in Monacoil when Jameson Jackson
was announced as the new Lord, and when his subsequent disappearance was
announced. Before she left, Irnas gave her a notebook with an opal like cover.

*Jan 1603*

Was
picked up just after New Year by Bard Hazel, and taken to the currently under
construction Noefrach. There she learned about storytelling and assisted Hazel
in her performances.

*Feb 1603*

Charles
came to visit, and then decided to stay in Noefrach.

*July 1603*

After
having a group meal with Hazel, Charles, and Charles's mentor Percival, Ivy
left for Arcath in House Jackie. She now had a cats paw cloak pin from Hazel
and a painted bangle from Charles. Once in Arcath she apprenticed under
Blacksmith Griff Graham and his son Gus. She struggled initially, being more used
to mental work than physical, but adapted.

She and
Gus had a playful rivalry, and would often spar in their time off.

### The Overnight Defense (Dec 1603)

She slept
through the Overnight Defense. She only learned about it the next day from a customer and was
naturally shocked.

*Jan 1604*

At the
end of her time in Arcath she was tasked to put everything she had learned to
the test and forge something for herself. She made a small knife and sheath,
the sheath being solid red with a little bit of blue.

After
that she travelled north to House Brody to the town of Slinad, then just a
little north of that to the Mason's family farm. There her metal working
knowledge was put to use, and she learned crop rotation and care, sheep and dog
husbandry, and how to repair things around the farm. She was not the only
farmhand, and stayed in the farmhand's lodgings.

After her
usual six months were up, she decided to stay on a bit longer.

*March*
1604

The raids
on House Brody begin. Being right on the edge of the kingdom, Slinad and the
Mason's farm take a lot of impact. This is when Ivy first finds a use for her
magic, and finds a focus 'to defend people from danger'.

*August*
1604

Ivy
receives a letter from her father in Loburn, saying that her mother is dying.
Ivy leaves Slinad almost immediately to travel south to the other side of the
kingdom.

Arrives
in Iolla Cliffs and gets shown to where her mother is. It's been about 2 years
since they last saw each other and Helen Paris had deteriorated drastically. It
turns out Charles was supposed to have told Ivy about their mother's ill health
when he went to House Jameson, but never did. It's the first time Ivy remains
angry at her brother.

Helen
Paris dies at the end of August.

*Sept 1604*

Helen's
funeral, and two days after Ivy can no longer take the atmosphere in the house,
so she leaves. She wanders into the market and hides in the first cart she
sees. The cart owners don't notice her until halfway to House Marvin, but
reluctantly drop her off in Monacoil, where she wanders around aimlessly until
Irnas finds her.

She stays
with them for a few months, falling back into old roles since Irnas didn't have
an apprentice right then. She gets her tattoo there as an attempt to make a
physical focus, but it doesn't really work. During this time, Ivy slowly starts
to come to terms with her grief. She's not entirely sure what to do from here,
but eventually decides to go to Mulladún.

*Jan 1605*

It's not
the best time to travel, and Guard didn't have any openings, since most of
their new recruits arrive in June. Ivy wandered down to Arcath to see Gus and
Griff. Gus and Ivy bond a little bit over lost mothers, and Griff reluctantly
allows her to stay in the forge again, but only until the weather gets better,
since there isn't really space for two apprentices. She and Gus spar more, and
he tells her that he plans to join the Guard that year.

*April*
1605

Ivy
returns to Slinad, where Rufus Mason presents her with a foal who lost her mother to
the Enemy's raids. She eventually names her Firefly.

While
there, she finally writes home, explaining where she's been and where she
currently is. Charles comes to visit, and the two fight, with Ivy using her
magic unintentionally and breaking Charles's hand. After a raid they two make
up and Charles goes home.

She
finally figures out a physical focus during the raids. It ends up being
gripping the hilt of her knife.

*Oct 1606*

The raids
end, and the Second Famine begins. The Mason's can't keep her on, so she rides
south, pretending she has a plan. She doesn't. Her only thought is to maybe go
back to Loburn. She passed through Mulladún, and she decided to check if there
were any Guard openings.

*Nov 1606*

Ivy
joined the Guard, several months behind the other Squires in her year, as
someone had dropped out. So began what should have been several years of
intensive training.

She knew
she would struggle, she was starting behind everyone else after all, but no one
else seemed to take that into consideration. She felt like she was constantly
being called out for insignificant mistakes. She began to withdraw, hiding in
the stables while everyone else was socialising. Her family would visit her,
mostly Charles, and his girlfriend Mags. During these visits she would bury how
tired and useless she felt.

*Nov 1608*

The
Commanding Knight puts her on temporary medical leave, since she is having
trouble sleeping, isn't eating much and just generally appears to be
spiralling. Finally, she goes home to Loburn.

She meets
her father, and spends the next month recovering and working out what to do next.

She went
to Domhainn Outlook and ended up randomly volunteering with the Watch for a
couple of days. She went home, and after some thought, decides to quit the
Guard and join the Watch.

At the
end of the month she returned to the Whetstone and made it clear she wanted to
leave, and join the Watch. They were surprised at that last it, but gave her
some surplus House Scheeplestein Guard equipment (Sword and shield).

*Jan 1609*

Ivy went
to Fort Stiofán and joined the Watch

*Nov 1611*

Attends
Charles's and Mags's wedding

## **The Watch**

Within
the Watch she is a Messenger. She delivers messages from Outpost to Outpost
across Duilintinn, and is well known if just by face. She also helps out
wherever a spare hand is needed, and has in the past assisted with patrols,
combat training, cooking, archiving, among others.

=== **History**
in the Watch **===**
*March*
1610

Ivy finds
an abandoned nest with a nestling inside it. She takes the nestling to the
Guardian Spire, where she raises it with the help of the Spire's Raven Master.
The nestling grows into her raven companion, Otto.

*Jul 1610*

She rides into a town called Glenbeg, taking a quick detour out of curiosity on her way to the Runner's Haven. There she recognises one othe Guards as Gus Graham, and the two agree to meet the next day to catch up.

She's not surprised to hear that he's graduated from the Guard now, but it takes some drawing out for her to tell him that she's a Messenger for the Watch.

She's angry, but not surprised by Gus's reaction, especially when he says that the Watch isn't good enough for her andthat the Guard would have her back. Given how badly the Guard effected her she didn't react well and stormed out.

*Sept 1610*

Gus found her in the Runner's Haven, and she got to explain why she had left the Guard. Gus was surpisingly sympthetic, even if he didn't fully understand. She suggested he join the Watch, but never expected him to actually do it.

*1611*

Nearly drowns in the Rúnach river during a patrol

*March-April 1612*

Heads back to the Mason's farm with the Watch to assist with the raids and planting.

*Summer*
1612

Meets Fay and Scout Winnie

*Jan 1614*

Meets Wren Bacespider

*Feb 1614*

Meets Bard Autumn Green

*April* 1614

Is hired
by Researcher Jen Quillan, and the two of them spent three days collecting
specimens within the Western Forest. They meet one vaguely benevolent Fae, see
a puppet, get attacked by a puppet one night, and nearly fall asleep in a
Droopbell patch among other things.

On the
last day they meet a Fae, then another appeared and the two Fae (Author and Ley
Fay) kidnapped Jen. As she was pulled through, Ivy got a glimpse of someone who
looked a lot like her dead mother.

She
travels to Cnocrann to inform Jen's family; Jon and Beck Quillan, and decides
she will get Jen back.

She
travels to Begdor, where her brother and sister-in-law now live. Mags
researches Fae Gardens, so Ivy wants to pick her brain. She manages to, and has
to explain what's happening to her brother and father, who don't approve. She
tries to pick Irnas's brain, who comes down to Begdor himself to tell her she's
crazy, but does give her the information she wants.

Over the
next few months she practices her magic, which she had let stagnant after
leaving the Mason's farm. She went to Monacoil to get permission to go into the
Mage's Guild Library towers to learn a magic dispersing enchantment. Irnas
gives her permission to go into the Ward Tower to learn shields instead, which
has a similar concept.

*July 1614*

Meets up
with Green in the Runach Hold, and Green ends up agreeing to help find Jen.
They go through the Hold's Archives, find out a lot of information about the
Fae, then travel to the Agrona Bastion together.

They
speperated for a few days, and Ivy went back to the Hold, where she met
Morgana. Green had said Morgana could translate some of the passages they were
having trouble with, and Morgana got recruited into the Fae Hunt.

Later
that month she met up with Gus, who also wanted to come, but Ivy didn't want
anyone else coming. They fought, and the two stormed off after Gus broke his
knuckles. Ivy travelled to Monacoil the next day, got the text she needed for
the enchantment and headed off again.

*August*
1614

Morgana,
Ivy, Green and Jon meet up at Stiofán to prepare to rescue Jen.

**TBC**

## **Magic**

Ivy is a
Combat Mage, whose magic manifests as energy blasts strengthening of the body,
preventing injury and knockback, while causing injury to other if struck (which
is how Charles broke his hand and Gus his knuckles). In 1614 she learned to
back a shield and cast a magic dispelling enchantment.