Amlais | Hind | Glenmore Commoner

Personality: 

< Quiet | Pragmatic | Constantly Disheveled | Socially Detached | Sensitive >

Amlais' personality is informed by her history and upbringing. She is the daughter of Lady Aimé, a royal doe that abandoned her at birth to be raised by her grandmother, Lady Esmé, without so much as a hint as to who her father might be (though it is obviously not her mother's lord and mate.) Because she has no definite bloodline, Amlais has no social standing- a commoner. Add to this her short, stout stature (not unlike her grandfather,) masses of fluffy, unkempt hair, and dark, sooty coat - all extremely unattractive qualities in a doe - and Amlais ends up as quite the social outcast, the butt of everyone's mockery. As an individual Amlais is very quiet and soft-spoken, generally reserving her words partly out of nature, and partially to avoid any kind negative attention. Unfortunately this causes most people to assume she is dim-witted. Among those that know her, Amlais is very practical and down-to-earth. She doesn't expend words unnecessarily, and has interests in magic and herbs for practical uses, such as healing and aiding others. She doesn't believe in devoting a lot of time and energy to primping and personal grooming, probably due to her impossible amounts of fluffy, crimpy, sooty-colored hair and overall perceived ugliness, despite her grandmother's best efforts to the contrary. Amlais doesn't really have fully-formed opinions on the role of does within the herd, though she does feel relief that she is not subject to the same roles and responsibilities expected of stags. Secretly she is very insecure about her appearance, and one of her greatest fears is that no stag will ever choose her as a mate during rut. Internally, Amlais can be very different than the aloof and pragmatic shell she projects. She fantasizes about magic, and myths, and stories, and sometimes will lay awake at night thinking up stories of traveling to distant lands, meeting many strange and beautiful (and terrible) creatures on her adventures- a stark contrast to her generally reserved and conservative actions in the realm of reality. Well, she's young yet.

Appearance: 

< Short(ish) | Heavy | Unkempt | Bad Posture | ALL OF THE HAIR >

Amlais' appearance, and her unwillingness to have any kind of positive effect on it, are the everyday bane of her grandmother's existence. Although Esmé believes her granddaughter has the potential to be at least a passable lady (doubtful,) Amlais has long since given up on the prospect, and simply doesn't bother to maintain any kind of appearance. Her hair is very bushy and thick, with a tight crimpy texture that is very unlike her grandmother's attractive, silky curls. Her mane is a constant threat of suffocation and strangulation of herself and anything that comes near, and will often flop in every possible direction. There is almost always hair in her face, partly because it needs somewhere to go, and partly because of Amlais' own insecurity about her features- she feels more comfortable being able to hide under her mass of hair. Her tail is similarly afflicted with hair, and Amlais doesn't usually bother to hold it aloft, instead simply dragging it along the ground. As far as figure, Amlais would not be considered terribly short for a doe of Glenmore if she wasn't so heavy also. Although she hardly eats any more than any other fawnling, it seems to have twice the effect on her figure, which rests on a stout frame with lots of bone. Her legs are sturdy and thick, and hooves wide to support her frame. Although she has no physiological difficulties supporting herself, Amlais generally has pretty poor posture, and will slouch and lift a hind leg if standing for any length of time.

 Accessories:

• Three pearls given to her by Zayden

• A white shell (light magic charm) given to her by Eir

History: 

< Born | Abandoned | Raised by Grandmother | Bullied due to Build> 

I plan to write out Amlais' history in a lit/rp-style piece, but the general gist is that her mom, Lady Aimé, is a huge bwitch, had a foal by someone that was not her royal-stag mate, the kid was ugly as sin, abandoned the foal with her mother, and stalked back off to her high-society life. Since then, Amlais has been raised by her grandmother, Lady Esmé, who is kind and loving, but generally tries to enforce her traditional ideals and royal standards of appearance on her clearly sub-par charge. Still, beyond trying to get her granddaughter to lighten her hair and go for a jog every once in a while for chrissakes, Lady Esmé has also taught Amlais a lot about herb lore, medicinal plants and their uses, and tells her lots of stories about the old days of gods and magic. Despite her near-constant exasperation for Amlais' personal-maintenance choices, Esmé really does love her, and the two live a quiet life together in the foothills of the Glenmore Mountains, overlooking the Glenwood.

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