Amaryllis Ignus

2. Roasted and Boiled
3. Cut Adrift
4. The Catacombs
5. Shadows
6. Eyes of Fire
7. Hearth
8. Adjourned
9. Waterlogged
10. Ironhand
11. Starting Over
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## Appearance

Amaryllis takes most after her father in appearance, inheriting strong Thanosian features. She has pale white skin, wavy black hair, sharp and strong cheekbones, and a stoic expression. Her eyes are a shade of olivine green. She lets her hair down and grow past her shoulders, and it has streaks of gray in it -- not from age or stress, but naturally occurring since birth.

She maintains a neutral expression nearly all the time, oscillating from stern to soft given her mood, but almost never bowing to extreme displays of emotion. Most of her stronger feelings play out in her head, leaving most of the work to her brows and her mouth to convey her mood; a slight frown, a tilt of her brows, a softening of her eyes.

She is above average height for a human female, with very strong lateral muscles gained from years of practice with her bow. She wears brown boiled leather armor beneath a travelling cloak (usually reddish-brown or a gentle blue). She is never without her amulet of Pelor, a golden medallion with the 8-pointed Sun as its symbol. She bears her signature longbow on her back, a weapon made of yew just under 6 feet long. The bow is a golden brown color, maintaining a highly polished surface as it has been blessed by Pelor and thusly far more durable than most bows. She wears a dagger on her belt, though she almost exclusively uses it for medical purposes as she is a ranged combatant first and foremost.

While not wearing adventuring gear, she favors soft, cream-colored clothes, with loose linen shirts and light brown pants. She keeps her medical instruments, her weapons, and her religious paraphernalia consistently clean, and while she cares less about her personal appearance, she is sure to brush her hair as part of her morning and evening rituals every day.

## Personality

Amaryllis is soft, gentle, and kind. She is very perceptive to the suffering of those around her, and always offers whatever comfort she can, be those words of kindness and reassurance, medicine to the sick, or just a blanket and a hug to the shivering. She is quiet, but do not confuse this with shyness. Rather, it is mostly due to her unfamiliarity with the language spoken by most, Rulian, as she grew up only speaking Thanosian and Elvish. She learned Rulian to the point of being quite good at it, though still has the snaggles typical of non-native speakers. She is introverted, but those that get to know her find her quite bright, insightful, and poetic.

As a healer, Amaryllis is sweet as pie to the young and innocent, the sick, the injured, the kind and caring and good in the world; she shows her kindness to those who earn it. And she matches this boundless compassion with a dispassionate, almost ruthless approach to those who would do them harm. For all of her benevolence, do not think that she is some weak flower that shirks at the thoughts of violence.

Considering her abilities are all about keeping people alive, she is uncannily good at ending lives as well. She boasts great skill with her bow, and shows no remorse for those she kills, rationalizing it as unfortunate but utterly necessary, and that evil and power must be matched with the force to best it. And as soon as her battles are over, she attends to the wounded with characteristic zeal -- be they friend or foe.

One of her chief guiding principles is the idea of sacrifice for the sake of the whole. As a follower of Pelor and a practicer of the Unity Domain, she has herself and her allies take on the burdens of those who suffer. She remains resolute in her faith despite the hardships she's undergone, and frequently prays for guidance and wisdom.

Amaryllis has been deeply affected by the crimes committed by the Empire of Thanatos, of which her father used to be a soldier. She fosters a sense of guilt for the deep scars left on the land and the people by the marauding empire, and constantly works not only to try and heal the scars her ancestors left, but also to better herself on a personal level, to break the line of suffering and evil and let it end with her.

While not a personality trait, Amaryllis is exclusively attracted to other women, which can cause some controversy with others. Her father warmly accepted her sexuality, and she never grew to hate her own identity.