[b]Name:[/b] Venwen
[b]Age:[/b] 68
[b]Race:[/b] Bosmer
[b]Class:[/b] Jaqspur

[b]Portrait:[/b] 
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[b]Sum your life so far into a single paragraph:[/b] “You quite sure you’re ready for that? I find that most people aren’t prepared to hear ‘bout Bosmer life. It’s always ‘By the Gods’ this, an’ ‘Heavens have mercy’ that -- men an’ mer alike can’t seem to stomach the Old Ways of eating fallen enemies or hunting an’ raiding through the grahtwood boughs an’ picking off the ignorant invaders, much like how I can’t stomach the sight of them clutching their pearls. I’m from Malabal Tor, in the deepest wilds of Valenwood, an’ was a jaqspur of me tribe. All Bosmer are taught to shoot, hunt, an’ track as children, to trek the forest floors an’ canopies blindfolded. I took it a step further an’ became a jaqspur -- a ranger, a scout, a sniper, a hunter; call me what you will, but it means I’m the best of the best. Ever since I became tribeless though… let’s just say I needed a change of scenery, so I ventured north. I love me homeland more than anything else, but it’s also home to a lot of painful memories.”

[b]What was the most difficult decision you've ever had to make?:[/b] “I come from a tribe that took the Green Pact seriously, but we were hunters first an’ foremost. So, in addition to Y’ffre, Z’en, and Baan Dar, we worshipped Hircine. We prayed to him so that he would guide our arrows to our quarries’ hearts, but eventually me people took their worship of Hircine too far. The Huntsman ought to be treated like any beast: to be respected at a distance. But when they threw themselves wholly an’ willingly into the beast’s maw, they spoke of Y’ffre’s gift as a trap and a cage. After such profanity, they desecrated their bodies with were-touched transformations and betrayed the Green Pact. So, I was forced to run to Silvenar and tell them what happened.

And then, with the help of the other jaqspurs, I slew me entire tribe one by one.”

[b]Tell me how other people would describe you?:[/b] “I think I scare most people, y’know? You’d think they never seen a woman with sharp teeth an’ horn nubs before. They don’t like how I look at them -- of course I look at ‘em like fresh meat, I’m a [i]predator.[/i] It’s what I [i]do.[/i] If you aren’t sizin’ everyone you meet, you’re [i]dead.[/i] But if you asked another Bosmer, they’d tell you I’m pretty cheerful an’ fun to be around -- the life of the party an’ all that. I don’t like being held down by rules, see? The only laws I follow are in the Green Pact.”

[b]What are your outside interests?:[/b] “Aye, of course I’ve got interests! I’m not a [i]savage.[/i] Let’s see… well, ask any Bosmer and they’ll tell you they love a good story. Song, poetry, spoken -- it’s like moon sugar to us. Though of course, a story with no point to it is also like moon sugar in that it’s empty calories an’ can make a mer go psychotically ballistic, so make sure it’s at least somewhat good! And parties! Been across Tamriel, and Bosmer always have the best parties. The secret is not in all the dress-up, but in the [i]spirit![/i] Even Sanguine would agree, I think. Otherwise? Rite of Theft.”

[b]What are your greatest strengths?:[/b] “Optimism and confidence! Nothin’ brings me down. The circle of life is the way of things, right? Unlike some of your greenhorns, I’m close friends with death. It doesn’t bother me. Of course that doesn’t mean I don’t respect the dead, y’know? But death can break lesser men. If you mean me strengths in a scrap, then know this: I'm quicker than anyone you know, I can shoot farther, an’ if you can see me, it's because I’m allowing it.”

[b]What are your weaknesses?:[/b] “Rules shmules. I work best when you let me work on me own terms. An’ sure, I don't much like the city, an’ I might not make friends easy, but there's more than one way to make a pig squeal. And I get called short a lot, even for a Bosmer. Makes intimidation a wee bit harder.”

[b]What are your aspirations for the future?:[/b] “One day, I’d like to return home. Travellin’ the world is nice an’ all, but there’s no place like Valenwood an’ I’d like to bring those experiences home to me people. Until then? I’m just gonna live day by day doing as I will. Maybe I’ll become one of the Briars of Falinesti, or the personal bodyguard of the Silvenar or the Green Lady. Only time will tell! Maybe as a gift to said Green Lady, or to meself when I become her bodyguard, I can commission bone scale mail armor; I even did the math, see: one thousand knuckle bones from a hundred of my enemies for the rings, and chipping their skulls for the plates!”

[b]Why do you want to join this guild?:[/b] “If you’re good at something, never do it for free. But I don’t like sittin’ in one place for too long, or goin’ out of me way to look for people I don’t particularly care for to run solo. I wanna stay busy doin’ what I’m good at without doin’ it outta charity.”

[b]What are your expectations of the guild?:[/b] “Why, I expect to be shown a good time! Keep me busy, trust me instincts, an’ don’t judge me methods. They work and they get results. What else matters?”
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[row][cell]Skill Level[/cell][cell][b]Skill[/b][/cell][/row]
[row][cell]Highly Proficient[/cell][cell]Archery[/cell][/row]
[row][cell]Moderately Proficient[/cell][cell]Acrobatics, Stealth, Athletics[/cell][/row]
[row][cell]Somewhat Proficient[/cell][cell]One-Handed, Light Armor[/cell][/row]
[row][cell]Novice[/cell][cell]Pickpocket[/cell][/row]
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[row][cell]Magic School[/cell][cell][b]Spell[/b][/cell][/row]
[row][cell]Destruction[/cell][cell]N/A[/cell][/row]
[row][cell]Conjuration[/cell][cell]N/A[/cell][/row]
[row][cell]Restoration[/cell][cell]N/A[/cell][/row]
[row][cell]Illusion[/cell][cell]Racial Abilities: Forest Coupling, Charm Animal[/cell][/row]
[row][cell]Alteration[/cell][cell]N/A[/cell][/row]
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[row][cell]Equipment Type[/cell][cell][b]Item[/b][/cell][/row]
[row][cell]Weapon[/cell][cell]Bone longbow; string made from khajiit gut sinew, an obsidian shortsword, and various bone arrows.[/cell][/row]
[row][cell]Armour[/cell][cell]Leather.[/cell][/row]
[row][cell]Food/Provisions[/cell][cell]Jerky, dried fish, pickled eggs, waterskin, jagga, and rotmeth.[/cell][/row]
[row][cell]Alchemical Ingredients[/cell][cell]Butterfly Wings, Bees, Slaughterfish Scales, and a Hagraven Claw.[/cell][/row]
[row][cell]Miscellaneous[/cell][cell]12 Septims, leather haversack, someone’s house key[/cell][/row]
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