Name: Armerza Gilkak
Age: 57
Race: Dwarf
Sex: Female
Appearance: Standing a stout 4'1" tall, and weighing 212 lbs, Armerza is a powerfully built Dwarven woman. She keeps her honey-wheat toned hair long, to just below her shoulder blades, frequently decorated with braids, and leather thongs to add to it. Her groomed facial hair is restricted to following her lower jaw-line, starting just at the connection with her ear, and finishing three-quarters of the way to her chin. She actively shaves and trims to maintain this appearance. Her facial features are strong and defined, giving her a commanding presence. She has a few noticeable scars, including the most prominent one, just above her left cheekbone.
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Rank: Veteran
Homeland: The Dwarven Meritocracy
Motivation: Armerza seeks strength, glory, coin, and above all, a good fight. When the Dwarven hold she was living in heard of the Demonic invasion, they decided, like most of the Dwarven cities and holds, to protect themselves defensively. While she may be a defensive fighting specialist, Armerza couldn't abide waiting for the fight to come to her. She would seek out the demons, and take the fight to them. Hearing of the Queen's Blades, they seemed to offer everything she could want, a grand fight against strong enemies with the glory that goes with it, and to be paid handsomely for her skills. Fighting alongside some of the best from Liveria to the Freeholds.
History: Armerza was born to a woman who was damn near a legend, Ruvna Gilkak, and her wife, Gandolir, a woman known for her smithing. To bear Armerza, Ruvna and Gandolir selected a man who had a strong physicality to, in crude terms, sire her. She is the middle child of three, with one older brother, and one younger brother by three days. The eldest was named Hildin, and was born to Gandolir. Her younger brother, Vorn, was also born to Gandolir.
From a young age, Armerza proved to be quite strong, graceful, and quick to learn. Ruvna began training her daughter nearly from the day Armerza could walk. As she grew, the training became more intensive, and the pressure to succeed, suffocating. Armerza began to resent her mother, and fantasized about a different life after having witnessed the power and abilities of powerful mages. She abandoned her family to seek magical training.
Magic however, was far harder for Armerza to understand and gain access to. It took years of constant failure to progress just a little. Frustration gave way to despair, after an attempt at suicide, she found herself back under the care of her mothers.
It took her a while to recover, but Ruvna and her daughter were able to reconcile, and resume Armerza's training. After her struggles with magic, the ease of physical combat was invigorating, and rewarding. She found peace in weight training, and this showed in her ever growing strength. On missions, she was finding herself coming out from her mother's shadow, finally, establishing a name for herself, for her strength was surpassing that of her mother's. While she was not quite as skilled, yet, her strength gave her abilities that few could match.
In defense of her home, she became a leader of a platoon of guards. She oversaw their training, and worked to improve them, like her mother had helped her. As the invasion began, she was content with working to defend the city. They would come, and they would fall at the walls. They would fall to their blades and hammers, however things were becoming more dire. The demons were far more devious, and it wasn't long, before Armerza saw the need of an offensive campaign to push back against the demonic invasion, as necessary. Living in a siege only lasted so long. Attrition could only sustain you for a limited time. The leaders of the city disagreed.
Frustrating with their shortsightedness, Armerza took interest of a Queen's Blade emissary, saying she would think on it. After another failed plea to the leaders of the city, she resigned from the guards, and left. Swearing to her mother that she would return when the demon threat was dealt with.