Gwynara Ridefort

Gwynara Antonia Ridefort Hearthfield is the lady of House Ridefort, the owner of Vintner's Rest, Everglade and mother to Tylanna Ridefort.

## Appearance

Her lips are often stained of wine. She’s armored in chainmail and a dress and carries a backpack, her clothes smell of a kitchen fire and brewery ingredients and horses. Gwynara looks young and her ears are very pointy, her elven heritage is visable, sometimes less so when she covers her head with a hood. She's got a silver bracelet around her left wrist.

## Personality

Gwynara is a passionate and energetic woman when it comes to the things that interest her. One such involves her love for wine and it's process of making it.

During social gatherings Gwynara is youthful, generous to her guests or host, cheerful to those speaking with her and overall quite flirtatious. She can however be a bit blunt at times, but she means it well. While she's not quick to judge and has few prejudices, she is not one that forgives easily.

She is proud of her magickal affinity and skill in provisioning skill tree. Especially about her own authored recipes like her Baked apples with honey.

Gwynara despises made recipes from Orsimer origin, due to her primary argument being they never cook their meat all the way through. Naturally like many in her community, she holds a distaste for necromancy.

#### Religious beliefs

Gwynara is a firm believer in the ways of the Eight Divines. Holding Mara and Dibella as her patron deities.

#### Motivations

She’d like to explore the world, master her magical powers that she’s still discovering and one day be a noble. Gwynara wants to be a person who matters and is wanted.

## Traits & flaws

She drinks too much, growing up on a vineyard meant she always had access to alcohol, working there was her life for a long while. Her mother resented Gwynara that lead to destructive drinking habits on both parts. Gwynara was taught that she was a mistake and this has led to her to never settle for ”good” she demands excellence of herself. Even though she’s done her fair share of traveling in Glenumbra, Gwynara has no sense of direction what so ever and constantly finds herself lost. This woman is a great cook and she’s driven by a willingness to learn of old and new recipes.

## In her bag

You’d find apples and various baking ingredients, roots from different types of plants and a leather pouch filled with an alcoholic brew that she made. There would be a journal as well, she likes to write down new recipes as they pop up in her mind, usually when she’s just went to bed. There is one special recipe written down on a piece of parchment. It seems to be of personal importance, hidden between the first two pages of the journal. It reads: Vanilla cake with lavender and lilac.

She also carries a thimble passed down to her from a dear friend (inside of it, the name Alessiana is engraved).

## Biography

An unwanted child that both of her parents regret having. Her father a Altmer trader and mother a Breton Wine merchant on the Summerset Isles and High-Rock.

Tired of the simple life at the vineyard in North Kambria, Gwynara took work as a cook and barmaid at a tavern in Wayrest when she left her home. While gaining magical skill in her spare time, it is her hope to one day rise in the eyes of society and take place among the nobility of her people. However, she’s far too impatient to join the likes of the mages guild which may prove to be her greatest mistake or hopefully become an open door to bright future filled with adventure.

She decided to use her lust for action in her role as a provisioner which would take her out in the field and feed the troops, she has no support from home so she has to earn her keep. Gwynara got thrown out from her job as a barmaid in the local tavern as she would sneak away upstairs and finish the drinks that people left behind and act too flirty towards customers, perhaps her lack of structure has to do with her birth sign being the lover under the thief charge. After that, she’s spent some time in Daenia since it is the heart of Breton adventure but she enjoys the taverns and the city life too much to stay away from it for long.