[Full Name]
Laila Bellwood
[Alias]
None yet
[Affiliation]
Galbia
[Starting Class]
Commoner
[Status]
A smith's apprentice
[Crest]
N/A
[Age]
16
[Date of Birth]
15th of the Vermilion Moon, Divine Year 765
[Appearance Information]
While Laila has a delicate appearance at first sight, upon closer inspection people will find her skin to be rough, especially around her hands. She stands at about 1.7m, and has a relatively slim body figure. Her hair, blonde in colour, is partially tied up in a simple manner above her ears, with the rest being laid behind her back, reaching just below shoulder height. Her eyes, while being light brown, seem to match her hair when out in the sun, almost as if they turn to a degree of yellow. She is mostly pale-skinned, due to spending much time indoors as a smith's apprentice, and only recently began to gain a bit of colour on her skin. Her outfits are simple work clothes, for the most part, but she does do her best to keep her uniform in good condition.
[Personality]
With a genuine smile, Laila will greet everyone she meets with a rather optimistic look over things. She will attempt to get along with others the best she can, but if she feels it does not work, she will distance herself from the others and be more reclusive. She actually feels more comfort while alone than with others, and her expressions will often show it, but she will always put the friendliest face she can whenever she spends time with others.
It is rather easy to see that when it comes to her work, Laila is always serious. Be it smithing, fighting, or even performing her hobbies. When she puts her mind to it, she will clearly be putting her heart to it as well, always pushing to do her best at everything she does. To always show her value.
[Personal History]
Laila was born on a not so calm winter day. Initially, it was believed that she would not survive the season, as she caught a fever that seemed to run quite high. As her parents did not want to face the loss of a child, they gave her away to the local smith, who had desired a child of his own for some time. Managing to nurse her well, Laila recovered from her fever, and the smith started to raise her as his own. For several years, things were calm, and Laila mostly stayed around the smithey, as her adoptive father told her he wanted her to see how he works, so that she can become his apprentice and later on, also take over the place. However, things did not remain peaceful, as the smith started to fall into some financial problems.
At first, he refused to let Laila help, as she was only seven at the time, but ended up letting her go and advertise the smithy, as he felt that would be a simple task for her. While excited at first, she got lost within Fadell's streets, ending up in the upper city. Trying to advertise as instructed, she was quickly shooed away by some of the nobility, who showed clear disgust towards the commoner girl that was trying to get them, the nobility, to go to a place in the lower city. This led to her first major feelings of rejection, and she ran away, hoping to never need to step a foot into the upper city ever again.
Following the failure, Laila sought another way to help the smithy, and it was around that time that the smith finally decided to start showing her the ropes. Although he couldn't let her try the methods of smithing immediately, he had her recite the steps loudly, to ensure she was paying attention. In the meanwhile, she also began trying to exercise with one of the smith's model axes. Although the man wasn't a big fan of it, seeing Laila swinging the axe made something in his mind decided to let her be. In the following years, she started aiding the smith in his shop, and turned her exercises into proper training sessions.
After making some weapons of her own for Friedrich's knights, they noticed she had good raw skill, but one which could be further refined. A bit of time passed, and she got an official recommendation to go attend the Officers Academy in the Irinudil Monastery. Others that were high in Fadell agreed to support it, as it would show the country in a better light if they sent a commoner, not only nobility, to the academy. Although it was hard, as she did not know how long she would be away, Laila promised to return whenever she could, and to keep practicing in the smith's name.
[Preferred Fighting Style]
Axe
[Equipment]
Training Axe, Training Sword
[Learned Spells]
N/A
[Interests]
[Likes]
- Fine-Quality weaponry
- Axes
- Wind
- Sweets
- Birds
[Dislikes]
- Anything on wheels
- Lack of work
- Noisy places