Countess Meredith Chaemys

Countess Meredith Chaemys is a half-druid woman born in the forests of Nanclaedra, Malmafearn, Aileron.

She lives in a lonely, run down tower on the plains of Blumhofen, Caelkirk, Aileron, the Great Gouda Keep. Meredith guards the tower and maintains the wheat fields all around it. Beyond that, she's an adept mage and even an archer. Though she is 110 years old, she looks as if she's still only 30.

## Backstory

Meredith was born to a druid mother in 1244, in the deep forests of Nanclaedra. Her human father wasn't there and she grew up without him. This is not too uncommon for half-druid children, and her mother was prepared for this. Her mother brought her up in nature, but often spent time in the nearby villages. This way, she wouldn't be too alienated of her human heritage.

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One day, Queen Avalynn III encountered Meredith on one of her treks. Meredith was keeping her nick of the woods and the Queen was admiring her great work. When they crossed looks, Queen Avalynn was taken aback a bit. She fell for her and offered to take Meredith to her court, after a short conversation. The Queen courted Meredith and despite her disinterest, she gave it a try. Meredith didn't end up interested in the Queen's advances and had to reject her. She felt felt that her friendliness was genuine and not something to throw away. In an attempt to keep Meredith close after all, the Queen raised her to the peerage of count. The Queen always upheld that this is because Meredith would be the perfect guard for the Great Gouda Keep because of her very unassuming demeanor and, despite that, capability of great ferocity if needed. To all involved, this was a very convincing story, but Queen Avalynn secretly assigned her this task so that she had to stick around, and to keep her unrequited love burning. She has never told Meredith, but she is aware of this.

Meredith now resides in the tower of Great Gouda Keep where she maintains the wheat farms around it, and acts as guard for the tower. She is also the head groundskeeper of the Court of Queen Avalynn III. She doesn't really do anything in this capacity, and mostly bears the title so that the Queen has another concrete reason to meet with Meredith more often. She quickly grew accustomed to life at the Great Gouda Keep and will likely spend a very long time there, the bountiful nature that she can

## Appearance

Meredith is a very fair maiden whose age had stuck in her 30's. She has red hair and is quite voluptuously built. Many consider her to be the fairest maiden of the lands, but she does not care about things like that. Despite her high status, she usually wears quite common clothes. Despite the fact that she works in the field a lot, she still usually mostly wears dresses.

Her eyes are a little "sharply" shaped and angled, reminiscent of a cat's. She has a curvy and sharp nose. She has freckles that are there one day, and gone the next. They seem to appear and disappear at random.

## Behaviour

Despite her high status, she is exceptionally humble. She is very well known throughout the kingdom because of this.

Many fancy her, since she is quite young still too, but she has no interest in love, for she has found her place in the world and quite enjoys the serenity in her little tower.

Because of her druidic nature, she often does not sleep. Instead, she watches over her lands from the top of her dimly lit tower.

A very little known fact about Meredith is that she is also a cunning Dame. When faced with an ontologically evil threat, she can strike with great ferocity, which most wouldn’t attribute to her.

Meredith feels quite content living in such a rundown tower as the Great Gouda Keep, since it has been largely overtaken by nature. It makes her feel more at home than any other place.

Because of her druidic nature, her intuition for shaping the wheat fields has lead to the winding paths between the grain to look very ornate and organic, It's like art to most.

## Notable possessions

To help guard the Great Gouda Keep, as well as a gift to show her love, Queen Avalynn III bestowed a Bow of the Angels onto Meredith. This is a gift she takes great pride in and she uses it with great respect.