Ariadne

**"Beware the snakes in the grass."**

*- Ariadne*

Champion of Ishtar

## Description

Ariadne is a member of the Howling Dragons Mercenary company. She is a woman on the shorter end of average height with a muscular build and varying degrees of scars. Her hair is currently black, having been blonde and red in previous realms. Her steel blue eyes are hard, but shine with an otherworldly glow.

### Armor

She is typically seen in heavy armor in an Argossean and Aquilonian style, or another style which leaves her legs partially bare for easier movement. She also wears leathers and a hood when she goes on more scouting tasks.

### Arms

For the longest time she fought with sword and spear. She then gravitated towards shield and spear. Now a days she fights with twin gladius.

## History

A warrior, misthios, mercenary, knight, and champion in distant lands, across many planes of existance, Ariadne started her life being constantly hunted by those who wished her extermination on the word of the Oracle.  When she had finally felt most of those who wished her dead had met their ends, she met a man named Lee, whom she married and gave her twin children.

Her hunters found them eventually, deceitfully staging it so that she was unable to stop their goal.  When she returned home, her children and husband were missing.  She followed the trail of bodies decimated by a halberd only to find the children abducted and Lee dead.  She spent the next year methodically hunting down those who brought harm to her family and killed every single one.  In time, she was able to find the children, but because she had little faith they would even be safe with her, she sent them away to another land with their only living grandfather.

After becoming lost at sea, she came to another land, met some new friends who would take her in and become her family.  These friends she swore to protect and she did so on that world and the next.  She eventually began to hear a calling, that of her bloodline... the bloodline that had been feared by those before.  The bloodline of the goddess Ishtar, goddess of love, fertility, and battle.  After some struggle, she determined to serve her, in her own way.

From the family of the Black Roses, to the family of the Howling Dragons, Ariadne continued to struggle in her quest to become the person that Ishtar wished her to be.  She took on taking care of Hindrilva when Balthazar went missing in a voidfueled calamity and brought her with her to Arvandor.

### Skills

Acrobatics - Ariadne is fairly flexible and has a tendency to like to jump around areas instead of using perfectly good stairs.

Athletics - She is physically fit and has competed in numerous tournaments in her old world. Some she won, some she did not die when losing.

Hunting - She is a skilled huntress of either beast or man, whichever gives the most coin at the time.

### Vices / Flaws:

Vengeful - If someone she cares about gets hurt or killed, hell hath no fury like this one.

Overconfident - She doesn't think there are many battles in this world that will defeat her. Occasionally will bite off more than she can chew.

Stubborn - Pretty set in her ways.

## Personality

Ariadne is fairly blunt with her thoughts, if she chooses to express them. She takes some amusement in making others a tad uncomfortable with some of her more blunt comments. She is fairly open minded about sexual preferences and discussions, usually making some other people blush when they realize what she has said.

She tends to put on a tough, sassy exterior, very rarely showing any sort of emotion other than one the helps her fight. Only certain people see her softer side, but this takes a while to get to. She has a very difficult time expressing her feelings, though, even to herself.

Over time a lot of her more icy shielded façade has become more warm and hopeful, desiring to spare folks from walking through the bitterness she used to have.

### Beliefs

She used to believe that most everyone is in it for themselves, which included the gods. Overtime her view has softened as she grew to accept her birthright and calling of Ishtar. She also used to believe that fighting and fornicating were the only things she was good at, but that too has softened with time.

### Songs

Unstoppable https://open.spotify.com/track/3vanRhtLs9b10T9zMhgtT9?si=f049a625dbb24b9d

Warrior https://open.spotify.com/track/5EpvQcpMPOJbIAdbtDmxxS?si=1afb483bfdf9488e