Status: Active PC, played by Chama
Reď has never had a happy, harmonious family, nor has she had a safe and secure childhood.
Originally an orphan, she was abandoned in the forest near a village in the western parts
of Avoirdupos territory, left to die, or so she was later told. Her story continues with
Reď being miraculously found by a handmaiden from the castle to which the village belonged
and taken in as a servant girl. Thus she grew up, parentless but at least alive.
Though she was tolerated around the castle, Reď was never very popular. She was a fanciful
and skittish character without the emotional stability that properly raised children
enjoy. Without any real friend, Reď naturally found herself lonely and without anyone
to talk to. She befriended a small local animal called a Myrr and ever since, it would follow
her wherever she went.
Of course, things weren't all that bad, so it's perfectly natural that they would go worse.
The de-facto ruler of the castle, Lady Vara who had quite a few favours to repay to the
organization of the Twelve Paws, once ran out of
messengers to dispatch in her neverending stream of political maneuvering. As it went,
Reď was found to be the "perfect" replacement for reasons not clearly disclosed. This was
indeed quite an advancement for Reď who normally wouldn't be trusted with more than
keeping the castle clean and the animals fed.
As this miraculous opportunity arose, you would expect that Reď would rise to the occasion
and instantly become a dashing master spy, with a self-assured urbane manner and a few
well-placed cool remarks on the side. Not so. Reď completely and utterly messed up her
assignment, lost all her money and had to come back shame-facedly, only to face the
emissary of the Twelve Paws who was quite furious. In the end, Lady Vara had to dismiss
Reď and banish her from the castle to at least save some face.
Reď today
Now, Reď is lost in a sea of troubles. Without any papers or proof of her heritage;
without any roots, family or relatives; without any prospect in life, Reď is drifting
towards a goal unknown if it even exists. Whatever she tries, it fails in some fatal
and sometimes spectacular way. Reď can't fully trust anyone, let alone herself. She
tries to find a path, but there are none to be found. And to put the crown on her
queen-sized heap of depressions, she's lost her Myrr. Presumably it's searching for
her, but it may take years until they meet again.
Reď as a person
Reď, the bittersweet doe, can be a quite demanding character to be around. She can
be quite moody, jumping all over the emotional palette, leaving little emotionally
coloured hoof prints all over the place. She's easily moved to enthusiasm, but
equally easily frightened by whatever seems threatening. Reď has a deep-seated
fear of wolves, but at the same time, she feels a mystical, perhaps fatal
attraction to them. She doesn't know what's with these emotions, and she can't bear
to think about them too deeply, or she becomes unhappy.
However, there are times when Reď forgets her humble beginnings and she begins let
her dreams take wing. Luckily there's always someone there to immediately take her
down to Calabria again, for who knows what could happen, should this deer achieve
anything in life...
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