Elizabeth Quimby

Been in the career, experiencing bumps, shines, and growths all the while, for thirty years. She’s planning to retire in five more. There will be a big party, all two hundred and twenty-seven of her family members will come. Diana has clarified that Elizabeth and her were “colleagues” at some point. “There ain’t no one lioke her ya’ve seen. Real good wit’ her crew, knows exactly what ta say. Never ever thinkin’ o’ just herself, ‘s always the crew. The crew, the crew, the crew. She’s amazin.’”

## Personality

A night after warm keg beer, the butterfly feeling in the stomach, being surrounded by friends and family: Elizabeth Rhonda Quimby thrives in this.

The familiar and the cozy and the affectionate. She is the woman who cares too much. Aggressive, overwhelming, and it’s all done with love.
Where it becomes customary for a vase of flowers to be placed on a hospital room’s table, she clutters over a garden of daisies, marigolds, poppies, lilies, foxgloves, and pansies. Instead of pulling aside someone to mumble a congratulations, there will be banners put up and confetti thrown. Elizabeth’s existence depends entirely on her zest of life and the zest of others around her; happiness is “what ya should live life for!” After all, we only have so much time on this Earth, better make it good.

This attitude extends into her Fishing life (a bit too much in some people’s opinion). She’s what employees would consider a “good but embarrassing boss.” Remembering birthdays, favorite foods, favorite colors, bringing donuts and baking cookies for her crew is on page one of Elizabeth’s version of the Fisher Handbook.
Her care for her crew is unmatched. She’ll defend them with the honor of a vestal knight, send them postcards with the cheer of a mother, and believe in their utmost goodness. The moment she respects you is the moment you’re in with her-- and once you’re in, you’re in good.
Still, perhaps her good faith in people is a little too unwavering. She’s supportive to an overwhelming amount and she refuses to ever ever give up on those she loves, but there are always bound to be individuals who can’t change no matter what someone does. What would she do then?

*The answer? Nothing but love, love, and love.*

That has to be enough.

## Biography

Elizabeth has always been in the “Fishing business.” The Quimbys are a wealthy merchant family dealing with spireglass production and sentinel imports from Ordene. They’re social butterflies who jump from one import job to the other, and many of their members end up in the Fishing industry in some way. Entrepreneurs in the field, scientists in the field, or just plain Fishers. Regardless, Elizabeth had grown up in familiarity with the craft so it was no surprise when she became a Captain at twenty-nine.
It was a learning curve, when you’re fishing for so long, you’re going to learn things but she never had catastrophic failures. She always had someone backing her up: family members, friends, people to offer advice before she got too deep somewhere bad.
She’s had the amazing skill of giving help and getting help. Both independent but willing to accept assistance, she’s learned fast.
Apparently this is her twenty-second talk in the Wicklow Convention, she’s doing it on the crucialness of a Captain’s crew. Again.

## Trivia

* She just got a brand spanking new airship four years ago. This one’s named “Ellie” after her mom. R.I.P. “The North Star.”
* Plays favorites sometimes. Or at least, it seems so, she always loves helping out the rookies.
* Bisexual and “Single ready to mingle.” Being fifty-four? Pft. Not a problem.
* Her Captaining culture involves giving nicknames to all the crew members and going to pubs every week
* Not pictured in the drawing (because I can’t draw) but she wears a large captain’s hat with a feather in it
* Likes:
	+ Postcards. She buys them everytime Ellie docks. So far, she’s been consistent in sending them to all her contacts instead of one. Their parents had asked her sadly to stop.
	+ Her specific brand of “Captain fashion.”
	+ Big social events
	+ Beer. So. Much. Beer.
	+ Ranting, she gets on her soapbox all too often. Also toasts, very good at that too. Just good at talking in general
* Dislikes:
	+ Rainy weather. Usually that means docking because of tricky air currents when navigating the ship up. Then there’s scheduling issues and the client gets frustrated and the crew gets frustrated and it’s just a downer really.
	+ Being “ghosted”.
	+ Troublesome behavior. She’s more tired than she admits when it comes to people making trouble. None of her crew members pass if they can’t take it seriously up there. Love turns to sternness, you don’t want to be there when she gets pissed.