Bild

Basic Information

• The Basics

  RACE: Dwarf AGE: 201 The Hobbit, 278 LOTR (too old and frail to fight in the War of the Ring.) YEAR OF BIRTH: TA: 2740 PLACE OF BIRTH: Erebor GENDER: Female OCCUPATION: Blacksmith, Warrior MARITAL STATUS: Single (unlikely to be interested.) SEXUALITY: Straight CURRENT RESIDENCE: Erebor

• Appearance

  
  Height: 1.35m (5'7')
  Build: 35kg (slim by dwarf standards)
  Hair: Red
  Eyes: Brown
  Weapons of Choice: Battle-axe and sword
  
  Bild is tall for a dwarrowdam, matching some dwarf men in height. Her hair, while she is at work on the forge, is usually drawn back from her face and twisted into a single braid down her back. This is one of the simplest arrangements, indicating her status as an unmarried woman. The only beads she wears in it are those that indicate she is a war veteran, having fought in the war between the Dwarves and Orcs.
  
  Her clothing consists mainly of rough spun work clothes and leather, to protect her from the heat of the forge. During her soldiering years, she wore armour in addition to her rough spun working clothes. Dresses and elaborate clothing are worn sparingly, as they would be ruined during her work at the forge and are usually only worn at feasts and festivals were such attire is expected.
  
  Working at the forge is dirty, hot and sweaty work and her appearance usually reflects this. Her body is covered in scars and blemishes that are testament to the hard life she has led, and not all of them from the battle field and the forge.
  

• Personality

  
  
  Many of her stronger personality traits she picked up from her shield-maiden mother. She is adventurous, feisty, and does not lack for courage. She also fosters an independent personalty, (a consequence of having to care for herself from a young age,) and she is very resilient, and somewhat rebellious, but this does not mean to say that she has been left un-scarred by her experiences, because she has. Her life experiences weigh heavily on her shoulders and at times threaten to break her spirit. She mistrusts dwarrows (dwarf men) because of the way her Uncle treated her as a child and is unwilling to be be married. She fears being controlled and treated like a servant or a slave and wonders if marriage will be like that. She uses her craft in blacksmithing as a shield against her fears and her skills as a warrior as a force to fight them. Despite her unwillingness to marry, she wants to pass on her skills and knowledge of blacksmithing and her own child would be an ideal heir for that, if she could find that One who could allow her to trust again. Due to the maltreatment she received from her Uncle after the loss of her parents, she is afraid of leather straps, belts, whips, anything which could be used to beat someone with. Before the loss of her parents, her main aspiration was to follow in her mother's footsteps to become a shield-maiden. Later, when she started to learn the craft of the hammer and anvil, her ambition there was to become the best smith that she could.